The famous and prestigious families of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Sima family with "Bada" counts as one, the Sima family with "Eight Dragons" counts as one, and the Zhuge family with "Dragon, Tiger and Dog" also counts as one.
Famous people who survive in a chaotic world cannot put their eggs in the same basket. The three outstanding sons of the Zhuge family, Mr. Wolong assisted Liu Bei, that is, Ji Han Cheng Xiang Ling Si Lieutenant, Yizhou Mu, and Wuxiang Marquis Zhuge Liang; the tiger went to the Jiangdong Sun family, that is, the Eastern Wu Grand General, zuo du protector Yu Zhou Mu, and the Wanling Marquis Zhuge Jin; the ancients often said "serve the dog and horse", calling their sons "dogs", so the titles of Cao Wei Gaoping Marquis, Zhengdong Dajun, and Sikong Zhuge Birthday are not pejorative.
It was not only the Zhuge family that bet on the three parties, but also the loyal han courtier Xun Yu, uncles, brothers, and nephews who we think of as Xun Yu, and did not all assist Sikong Cao Cao or Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty.
In the Battle of Guandu in the fifth year of Jian'an, "Xiao He", who sat in the rear of Cao Cao's rear foot soldiers, was Xun Yu Xun Wenruo, who followed Cao Cao as "Zhang Liang", xun Yu's nephew Xun You Xun Gongda, and Yuan Shao's important adviser (some historical sources say that the chief strategist) Xun Chen was Xun Yu's fourth brother (the Xun Family Biography says that Xun Yan zi Xiu Ruo, was Xun Yu's third brother, Xun Chen's character Youruo, and Xun Yu's fourth brother).
If we look closely at the historical materials of the Three Kingdoms, we will find a more interesting thing: the two big leaders in the fight were Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the little brothers who stole the bride together, and the main strategists who contributed to the fight were Xun Chen, the fourth son of xun jia's erlong Xun, and Xun Yu, the younger brother of the unknown rank.
Xun You was Xun Yu's nephew, but he was six years older than Xun Yu, which was not surprising at all: in the big family, it was also common for eighty old men to call three-foot naughty children Uncle Grandpa.
It is not surprising that the nephew Xun You was older than his uncle Xun Yu, and it was not surprising that Xun Yu's fourth brother encouraged Yuan Shao to fight Cao Cao. Some people say that this is the far-sightedness of the big family, and some people say that this is the Xun family playing the infernal path, and there are many different opinions, we only know that Xun Chen disappeared after the Battle of Guandu was known - since then there is no trace of "Xun Fourth Master" in the historical records.
The fuse of the Battle of Guandu should actually be traced back to Liu Bei, even the "Discussion on Cao Shu Wen" written by Chen Lin was actually not announced to the whole country but written to Liu Bei, the original name of the article was "For Yuan Shao Yu Prefecture", and the first sentence at the beginning was "The Left General Led yu Prefecture to assassinate the county of Yu Prefecture to guard the country".
Yuan Shao wanted to fight with Cao Cao, and first sent Liu Bei a letter, of course, not without reason: Liu Bei was afraid of the incident, so he took the opportunity to recruit Yuan Shu and roll up 50,000 horses of Cao Cao, occupied Xuzhou and beheaded the assassin Shi Che appointed by the imperial court. Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao's large-scale attack was impossible for him to resist, so he asked Yuan Shao for help--to say that Liu Bei's heart was really big enough, you had just killed Yuan Shu, the "first emperor" of the Yuan family, and now you wanted to unite with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, the brother of Yuan Shushu.
Cao Cao attacked, Liu Bei asked for help, and the letter of help was sent to Yuan Shao, and the four major strategists of Cao Ying divided into two groups, and they quarreled with a blushing neck. Guo Tu and Zhen Pei were the main warrior faction, believing that Yuan Shao and Liu Beibing would fight together, and the division was famous and stable: "The law of the book of soldiers, ten sieges and five attacks, the enemy can fight." Ten times will encircle it, and five times will attack it. Now with the divine martial arts of the Ming Gong and the mighty people of LianHeshuo, in order to cut down Cao Cao, its power is like overturning. Nowadays from time to time to take, after the difficult figure also. ”
However, Tian Feng and Frustrated Zhi resolutely opposed and sang "Cao Cao's Invincibility Theory": "Cao Cao's decrees are both fulfilled, the soldiers are refined, and the non-Gongsun Zhan sits and is besieged." Now abandon the art of ten thousand peace, and the nameless teacher, stealing is feared by the public. ”
The two sides could not stand each other, making Yuan Shao a head and two big, at this time Xun Yu's fourth brother Xun Chen stepped forward and made a final decision: "We have a large territory, Cao Cao's territory is small; we have many people, Cao Cao has few people and horses; we are strong, Cao Cao is weak, Cao Cao is holding the son of heaven to order the princes, why should we please the Han thieves to help the royal family, at this time do not fight and stay longer?" ”
Yuan Shao, a man who prefers to listen to flattery, is frustrated and tian feng asks him to sneakily fight sparrow wars, he is certainly unwilling, and now that we want to come, Tian Feng's words may not be all right: "The general is based on the solidity of the mountains and rivers, the people of the four states, the heroes of the outside, the cultivation of agricultural warfare inside, and then the elite of the outside, divided into strange soldiers, multiplied by the void, to disturb Henan, to save the right is to hit its left, to save the left is to hit its right, so that the enemy is tired of running for his life, people are not allowed to settle down, I am not tired and he is already trapped, less than three years, can sit on Keye." Now the temple is victorious and the decision to succeed or lose in a war, if it is not as good as the will, there is no regret. ”
This kind of damage to the other party's production is not only Tian Feng can think of, he can think of it, the righteous gentleman Xun Yu Xun you disdain, Guo Jiajia is not so generous, if Cao Jun still draws gourds, Yuan Shao, who has a bigger territory, must also have a greater loss, and Cao Cao controls Liu Xie, the son of the Great Han Dynasty, recruits the world's talents, and the wings are getting fuller and fuller, and the longer the time drags on, the more difficult it is to fight.
In the eyes of most people at that time, fighting Cao Cao was equivalent to fighting the Great Han Tianzi, which was equivalent to rebellion, so the war could not last but could only be decided quickly, and only when it was won could it grasp the right to speak. Therefore, Xun Yu's fourth brother Xun Chen's suggestion seemed to be quite wise, and Yuan Shao listened to Xun Chen's suggestion and launched a large-scale attack, which could not be said to be wrong.
Yuan Shao originally planned to "attack Xu with 100,000 elite troops, riding 10,000 horses, and wanting to attack Xu, with Tian Feng, Xun Chen, and Nanyang Xu You as the masterminds, and Yan Liang and Wen Ugly as the generals", but Tian Feng continued to spread the theory that Cao Cao was invincible, and Yuan Shao arrested him and imprisoned him in a fit of anger, and the first conspirator (equivalent to the chief of staff) became Xun Yu's fourth brother Xun Chen.
In any dynasty's war, it is important to know oneself and know that the other side has won hundreds of battles, and Cao Cao's side of course must also study the characteristics of the generals and commanders of the Yuan army in order to come up with a way to defeat the enemy, but whether it is Kong Rong or Xun Yu, when analyzing the enemy situation, they have deliberately ignored Xun Chen, the first chief of staff of the Yuan army.
In Kong Rong's view, Yuan Shaodi was strong in broad troops, Tian Feng and Xu You were wise and scheming men, Judges and Feng Ji were loyal ministers, and Yan Liang and Wen Ugly bravely championed the three armies, which were difficult to defeat. Xun Yu put forward the complete opposite view: "Although there are many soldiers, the law is not in order. Tian Fenggang committed the crime, and Xu You was greedy but not cured. The trial is special and unscrupulous, and the two people are used for their own purposes, and if the family violates its laws, it will not be able to indulge, and if it is not indulgent, it will be changed. Yan Liang, Wen Ugly, a husband's brave ear, can fight a war and birds also. "
Xun Yu had spent some time under Yuan Shao and may have known tian feng Xuyou, but Xun Lingjun was an upright strategist, not as good at observing the end of the candle as Guo Fengxiao, nor did he have time to understand the hook-and-mind between Yuan Shao's advisers—so some people suspected that the core figures of Yuan Shao's camp were informing Xun Yu, and this person may be Xun Yu's fourth brother Xun Chen.
Xun Chen's encouragement of Yuan Shao to fight Cao Cao was staged infernal affairs, and there was no half-word historical record of this statement, and half a pot of old wine could not be believed, but there were two questions that were difficult to answer: After the Battle of Guandu, the anti-war faction Tian Fengfeng was killed by Yuan Shao Cao Cao, how did the main war faction Xun Chen suddenly disappear? Looking closely at the controversy of the four major strategists under Yuan Shao's account, it seems that they all make sense, why does Xun Chen support the trial of Guo Tu and not Support Tian Fengfeng?