Yuan Shao in the early Three Kingdoms period can be called the world's largest prince, at that time, whether it is prestige or soldiers and horses, money and grain, prefectures and counties, Yuan Shao is the first in the world, but it is such a powerful prince who finally lost to Cao Cao, one of the most important culprits is Yuan Shao's most valued strategist Guo Tu, it is this person who led Yuan Shao to overturn the car step by step, so that the soldiers were defeated and killed.
Guo Tu gave Yuan Shao a lot of strategies in his life, most of which were harmful and unprofitable, but what was puzzling was that Yuan Shao still trusted him. Guo Tu's first pit of Yuan Shao was in the matter of greeting Tianzi, when Emperor Xian of Han was chased and killed by the anti-thieves Li Dai and Guo Feng, and his car happened to pass through Yuan Shao's territory.
At this time, his great strategist Frustrated Zhi suggested that Yuan Shao take people to take Tianzi to his side, and then he could blackmail Tianzi and order the princes, Yuan Shao had planned to accept this suggestion, and was about to send troops to rescue Tianzi, but at this moment Guo Tu expressed his opposition, he believed that the Han Dynasty was on the verge of extinction, the Han Xiandi emperor existed in name only, and taking it back could only bring trouble, so it was better not, Yuan Shao actually agreed to this view in a confused way, and then the princes who threatened tianzi became Cao Cao.
Later, Frustrated Zhi put forward the tactic of three years of fatigue, which meant that Yuan Shao used his strength stronger than Cao Cao to fight Cao Cao for a long time, and dragged him down step by step, but Guo Tu thought that he should fight quickly, he repeatedly put forward some unreasonable suggestions, Yuan Shao all accepted, and finally, Yuan Shao was once again disarmed by Guo Tukeng's loss of armor, and even almost made a prisoner. In the end, most of his generals and advisers also defected to Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao could only end up with a defeat and death.