Yuan Shao is really such a person.
Yuan Shao was originally from Runan Ruyang. Great-grandfather Yuan Anguan was Han Situ. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao had the highest prestige and the greatest power. He could have dominated the world with great fanfare. However, in the contest with Cao Cao, he was defeated by Guandu first, and then by Cangting, which made millions of soldiers feel frightened and die heroically, and finally failed, and fell into a tragic situation of vomiting blood and dying. Guo Jia, Cao Cao's counselor, once said a very incisive sentence about the reasons for Yuan Shao's failure: Yuan Shao lost ten times and Cao Gong won ten times: Yuan Shao was strong but not afraid; Yuan Shao has many formalities, and Tso Gong gives people free space, which is the way to win. The failure of the Han dynasty lies in leniency, but Yuan Shao still uses leniency, and you can correct it by beating, which is victory; Yuan Shao's profile looks generous, but the reality is that he is generous and tolerant, and he is crony to Yuan Shao's profile, while you are simple in appearance and talented in employing people. This is victory; Seek more, decide less, and take the policy from many, which is victory; Yuan Shao's length is confused, and your statutes are solemn. This is Vincent; Good salt is empty, and I don't know what soldiers want. You are superior to many with few, and you regard soldiers as gods. How difficult is it to beat Yuan Shao when Vu Thang wins ten times?
Yuan Shao's early fame mainly came from his family background and family background.
Grandfather's uncle Yuan An to his father Yuan Feng, four generations of Yuan were appointed as Stuart and Qiu. In the Han dynasty, this was the name of the three public officials, who were in charge of the country's political, legal and military power, and were the highest positions. Yuan IV, Sangong, a great official, had disciples all over the country. With the strength of his family, Yuan Shao was promoted to be a captain in Zhong Jun at an early age. He Jinmou wanted to entrust the eunuch to him, and Dong Zhuo was in power. He dared to publicly veto it. Just like this, when the 18th Route Governors begged Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao proposed that Yuan Benchu IV, a famous figure in the Han Dynasty, be the leader. All the governors agreed.
This kind of upper hand was still playing a role until later when feudal lords competed for hegemony. After Yuan Shao denounced the collapse of Dong Zhuo's allied forces due to internal friction, relying on his own honor and influence, he first seized Jizhou and then annihilated Gongsun Zan, and soon became the most powerful force in the north.
On the eve of competing with Cao Cao, Cao Cao was most afraid of enemies, who were eyeing on all sides, secluded in green fields, criss-crossing counties, millions of troops and numerous civilian commanders. Relatively speaking, Cao Cao's geography and strength cannot be compared with Yuan Shao's. At the beginning of the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao sent 700,000 troops, claiming to be a million, while Cao Cao only had 60,000 to 70,000.
However, the effect of the midnight battle between Yuan and Cao Nian ended in Yuan Shao's fiasco, which is a famous classic midnight battle in history. Many historians and military strategists have done a lot of research.
At first, Dong Zhuo came to power and wanted to abolish the emperor in Korea. When the civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty dared not go out, Yuan Shao angrily volunteered to veto. Dong Zhuo said angrily, I am in charge of the whole country, and I am doing it today. Who dares not to follow! Do you think my sword is unlucky? Yuan Shao also drew his sword and said, Ru Jianfeng, my sword is unlucky! Yuan Shao died with a sword in his hand, and Dong Zhuo was worried. Wu Qiong, a captain, once said to him: Yuan Shao is resourceful, so don't worry about it.
Liu Bei used this weakness of Yuan Shao to achieve the purpose of sheltering himself.
After Guan Yu killed Yan Liang, Liu Bei took refuge in Yuan Shao's account at that time. When the noise came, Ju Shou told Yuan Shao that it was Liu Bei's brother Guan Yu who killed Yan Liang. Yuan Shao was furious and immediately ordered Liu Bei to be killed.
Liu Bei argued: Did Gong Ming just listen to the words of a wall and keep a straight face to Japan? Guan Yu and I have been separated since Xuzhou, and I wonder if Guan Yu is still alive. And there are many people who look the same all over the country. Is it true that the man with red face and beard must be Guan Yu? Please check it carefully.
Hearing this, Yuan Shao felt quite reasonable. He immediately pleaded with the giant hand: I misheard you and almost killed a great man! Immediately ask Liu Bei to sit on the tent and discuss revenge for Yan Liang. Then Wen Chou went to avenge Yan Liang, and Guan Yu killed him. When Yuan Shao heard this, he wanted to kill Liu Bei, but Liu Bei argued again: Wait until I say a word before killing me: Cao Cao came to care about Liu Bei. Today, knowing that Liu Bei was in a public place, he was afraid that I would help you, so he killed two generals with special envoy Yun Chang. You'll be furious when you know. This is to kill Liu Bei by the generals! May Gong Ming think it over.
Hearing this, Yuan Shao felt reasonable. He immediately begged all the servants to say: Liu Bei's words are right. You almost ruined my reputation. Immediately dismissed Guo Tu and others. Liu Bei was invited to sit down again.
Liu Bei then hinted that he would personally invite Guan Yu to make amends for Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Yuan Shao was overjoyed and said, If it comes, it will be ten times better than Yan Liang and Wen Chou.
In this way, Liu Bei easily stopped the reward and punishment and easily escaped from the den. In the battle of Guandu, this weakness of Yuan Shao was more fully revealed.
Short-sightedness and lack of foresight are another fatal weakness of Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao is ambitious, but he can't assess the situation. He often does great things and lives in exile for small profits. When fighting Gongsun Zan, his ministers advised him to welcome the emperor to build Yecheng as the capital to show the whole country. Yuan Shao didn't adopt this suggestion, thinking that the son of heaven was beside him and asked for everything, but he was not free. Later, it was a pity to see that Cao Cao was quick to welcome the emperor to Xuchang. Cao Caobing entered Xuzhou, and Liu Bei came for help. Tian Feng suggested that when Cao Xiangdong marched, Xuchang was empty. If you fish in troubled waters with the rebels, you can protect the emperor and save the people. This is a once-in-a-century opportunity.
However, Yuan Shao gave such an answer: My child has scabies, and I have no other mind to work! Tian Feng can't help but sigh: After this difficult opportunity, he missed this opportunity because of his baby's illness. What a great event! What a disappointment!
Yuan Shao lost the opportunity to dominate again and again because of such a trivial matter! He was narrow-minded and suspicious, but he was killed, which was the basis of his defeat.
In terms of employing people, Yuan Shao is cronyism on the one hand, but his family background and reputation are good. On the other hand, he likes to listen to slanders, and the length is reversed. He can't tell good from evil, and he can't tell talent. Even if he has talent, he can't use it. Under Yuan Shao's account, there were many top talents at that time. But because the coach is in a daze, there is no unity inside. As a result, the tiles thundered and the good minister was dismissed.
Tian Feng and Jushou are loyal ministers, but they have no good results.
After Gongsun Zan's defeat, Yuan Shao was eager to attack Cao Cao. Tian Feng thought that after years of deployment, the old man was tired and dull, but Cao Cao and Serenade were good at fighting. At this time, they should have gone to war with Cao Cao as soon as possible. Tian Feng tried hard to persuade Yuan Shao not to listen and put Tian Feng in jail.
In the fifth year of Jian 'an (200 years), Yuan Shao and Cao Cao fought in Guandu.
Yuan Shao led more than 700,000 troops from Hebei, Qinghai and Youyou to Guandu to attack Xuchang. Tian Feng, the first counselor of Yuan Shao, wrote to Yuan Shao again from prison, saying: Now we should wait and see, and wait until the weather is favorable to me before sending troops, otherwise there may be unlucky jobs.
Tian Feng explained the environment at that time, and soon saw that there were many Yuan Shaobing, but the people's hearts were uneven. It was unthinkable to engage in ostentation and extravagance on occasions if food and grass were attacked.
But Yuan Shao is arrogant and rude, and basically doesn't listen. Tian Feng's enemies took the opportunity to declare that your majesty's crusade against Cao Cao was a benevolent move. Why did Tian Feng say such unlucky things? Yuan Shao was so angry that he wanted to kill Tian Feng. The officials begged him, but he just gave up. He still said bitterly: If I break Cao Cao, I will punish Tian Feng!
When the two armies confronted each other, Cao Cao's rations were running out, so he wrote a letter and sent an envoy to the camp last night, asking Xuchang officials to quickly transport the grain and grass to the Guandu front. Unfortunately, Cao Cao's envoy was caught by Yuan on the way and escorted to Yuan's counselor. Xu You found out Cao Cao's urgent letter that he was short of food, and stated this primary information to Yuan Shao, saying: Cao Cao sent troops to Guandu and has been an enemy of me for a long time, and Xuchang is bound to be empty; If we take this opportunity, we will divide our forces and attack Xuchang in the starry night. Xuchang can be broken and Cao can be captured. Now that Cao Cao is running out of food and grass, we can wait for an opportunity to attack in two ways and win!
Yuan Shao said: Cao Cao is full of tricks. This urgent letter may be a trick to lure the enemy, so don't believe it. Xu You said: Cao has been at war with me for a long time, and the food and grass are urgently verified. If you don't wait for an opportunity to take Xuchang, you will suffer.
Just then, I saw an emissary from Yuan Shao's headquarters, presenting a letter from Yuan Shao's counselor Shen Pei, saying that Xu You abused people's wealth when he was in Jizhou, ordered his sons and nephews to levy more people's taxes, and put them in prison.
Yuan Shao was so angry that he pointed to Xu You and scolded him: "You are a common people!" ! What's the other face going to do to me! You and Cao Cao are friends, so you must have taken his money today and acted as his agent to cheat me! Is it a brief introduction to Yuan Shao, hmm! I should have been beheaded, but now I have the right to keep a head. Get out of here and never see me again!
The plan put forward by Xu You is really a wonderful plan. After he quit, he could not help but sigh: good medicine tastes bitter, but it is not enough to make a plan! My son and nephew must have been hurt by Shen Pei. How can I meet Jizhou people again? You have to pull out your sword and be at the mercy of the sword to persuade: why are you so hard? If Yuan Shao does not tell the truth, he will be captured by Cao Cao in the future. Since you are a public friend of Tsao Kung, why not abandon the dark for the bright future?
A word awakened Xu You, so Xu You took refuge in Cao Cao.
It is said that Cao Cao was ecstatic about Xu You's coming to vote. He had no time to put on his shoes and ran out of the account barefoot to see Xu You. Cao Cao put Xu You in his tent and knelt down to worship Xu You. Xu You quickly lifted Cao Cao up and said, Cao Gong is from the Han Dynasty, and I am a civilian. Why should I be modest and peaceful? Cao Cao laughed and said, "You are my friend and can't be equal to a mg!" " !
Xu You said: I can't choose my master and bow to Yuan Shao. He won't listen to his words and plans, so I'm going to abandon him and take refuge in you, hoping to use me. Cao Cao was overjoyed: Would you like to come to me and help me grow up? I know you must have a way to break Yuan. They looked at each other and laughed.
Xu You and Cao Cao were friends in their youth. This time, they took refuge in Cao Cao and taught him to defeat Yuan Shao. After the friendship between some old friends, Xu You said: I have a plan that will make millions of people die without fighting in three days. Will Gong Ming listen? Cao Cao's teeth are crooked.
Xu You said, "Yuan Shao's food and grass are accumulating day by day, so he won't defend Chunyu Qiong. He is a dissolute. You can choose a good soldier to pretend to be the general of Yuan Shao, take Indiana Jones to Wu Chao to strengthen the shelter of grain and grass, and wait for an opportunity to burn its grain and grass trenches. Yuan Jun will be in chaos in three days!
Cao Cao was glad to hear the plan. The next day, under the banner of Yuan Jun, the soldiers were all paid by sokcho, and they all carried gold medals. At dusk, they headed for Wu Dynasty, rushed into Wu Dynasty in the middle of the night, attacked Yuan Jun who was defending, set fire to Yuan Jun's hay, and Cao Jun captured Yuan Jun's shoujiang Chun Yuqiong alive. Cao Cao ordered people to cut off their ears and fingers to humiliate them. Yuan Shao's army heard that the lair was lost, there was no food and grass relief, and the three armed forces were in chaos. Cao Cao pursued Yuan Shao's defeat, and Cao Cao laid the foundation for the same north.
Yuan Shao was a hero all his life, but he was not a hero. Embroidered pillows are just a proper test of his image.
A person's talent, whether winning or losing, is better than a horde. Yuan Shao acted arbitrarily, without using the counsel of the counselor, but insulted him; And Cao, a polite corporal, used his strategy to attack the grain and grass base in Yuan Jun, and Yuan Jun was defeated.
Yuan Shao's defeat lies in Hongyuan's lack of political ideals and ambitions, the failure to establish a clear policy of using troops to unify his subordinates' thoughts, and the failure to pay attention to the connection with lofty sentiments, which led to the lack of centripetal force within the group, coupled with Yuan Shao's inner jealousy, which led to competition among his subordinates and intrigue among his advisers; Civil servants flatter military commanders and distrust each other between superiors and subordinates, which leads to internal friction in the group and is used by the enemy. (Editor: China History Network)