As we all know, Guo Jia died of illness shortly after the Battle of Guandu, so what kind of last words did Guo Jia, as the first strategist under Cao Cao, leave Cao Cao? It is said that before he died, he said 27 words to Cao Cao: "Sima Yi is far beyond the reach of the minister, and after the death of the minister, he can use it immediately, and if he can't use it, he will kill him", so why did Guo Jia say such a thing?
In the last years of the Wei Dynasty, the imperial court was empty. Cao Pi had no choice but to reuse Sima Yi. At that time, Sima Yi's approach did not disappoint Guo Jia, who had already passed away. After finding an opportunity, he contacted the ministers at the time, Zhong Hui and Deng Ai, and gradually grasped the power in his hands. Later, he took power into his own hands. Cao Pi was in power in the Wei Dynasty, and Sima Yi was the mastermind behind the scenes.
Zhuge Liang, as the mainstay of the Shu Kingdom, chose to go out of the mountain in order to complete the plan to revive the Han Dynasty in Liu Bei's most difficult time. He also helped Liu Bei seize Sichuan and Shu, consolidate his position, and form a three-legged situation with Eastern Wu and Shu. After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang organized armies to attack Wei several times, but they were unsuccessful. The reason why Zhuge Liang wanted to eliminate Wei was because he believed that Sima Yi of Wei was a great threat to Wei, but by the end of Shu, there were no more strategists and generals to take advantage of.
Later, Zhuge Liang went to Wei to compete with Sima Yi for wisdom and courage. Although Zhuge Liang won the battle, he was still old and sickly during the long journey. So he wanted to get rid of Sima Yi until he died, but failed. After Zhuge Liang's death, few generals in Shu were able to fight. Wei Yan was the only person who could fight Cao Jun in his later years. Later, Jiang Wei also wanted to defend Shu by dying. However, in the face of the Wei army, he was the only one who could not save the Shu state from destruction.
In fact, the biggest beneficiary of this war was Sima Yi, as he was initially just a small adviser and was used by Cao Cao. In fact, no one thought that his ultimate goal was to occupy the entire country. So Zhuge Liang and the Guo family both wanted to get rid of Sima Yi, but they didn't succeed. Before Guo Jia died, he held Cao Cao's hand tightly and said, "Sima Yi's ministers are far from being able to use his schemes. He can use them immediately after death, but he can't kill them with his tactics!"