As the saying goes, "good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose their masters". The lord is incompetent, or cruel and incompetent, and the courtiers can completely abandon him and choose a master to serve. However, due to various reasons, these courtiers did not abandon the original lord, and thus ended up in a more miserable end. Below, let's talk about the five strategists of the Three Kingdoms and the wrong lord.
1. Chen Palace
Chen Gong, the chief strategist of Lu Bu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. According to the records of historical materials such as the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Chen Gong was upright and resourceful, and made friends with well-known people at home and abroad when he was young. In the third year of Chuping (192), Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, was killed in battle during the crusade against the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou, and Chen Gong and others advocated that Cao Cao take over as the pastor of Yanzhou, so he was regarded as a confidant by Cao Cao. Later, Chen Gong lobbied Zhang Miao to betray Cao Cao to welcome Lü Bu into Yanzhou, and assisted Lü Bu to attack Cao Cao and successively obtain Yanzhou and Xuzhou.
However, Lu Bu is not only brave and unscrupulous, but also not a lord worth following. Especially in Xiapi City, Lü Bu did not listen to the complementary plan of the Chen Palace, so he was defeated by Cao Cao. Of course, Chen Gong did not betray Lu Bu, the lord. In 199 AD, after the defeat of Chen Gong, he was captured by Cao Cao along with Lu Bu and others, refused Cao Cao's surrender, and decided to die.
Second, Tian Feng
Tian Feng (?) -200 years), the character Yuan Hao, a native of Julu (now Julu, Hebei), a native of Bohai. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao's subordinates were ministers, and the officials went to Jizhou to drive. He was an upright person, and he had repeatedly made suggestions to Yuan Shao but was not accepted, and Cao Cao's subordinate adviser Xun Yu once commented that he was "just and guilty". In 200 AD, Tian Feng was imprisoned by Yuan Shao for dissuading him from conquering Cao Cao.
In this regard, in the author's opinion, judging from the situation at the time, there was no need for the powerful Yuan Shao to fight a decisive battle with Cao Cao, as long as he continued to attack, it would be difficult for Cao Cao to gain a foothold in the land of the four wars. However, Yuan Shao not only rejected Tian Feng's suggestion, but instead listened to the slander of others and arrested this upright strategist. After the Battle of Guandu, Tian Feng was killed by Yuan Shao, and such an ending is naturally regrettable, that is, Tian Feng did not follow the lord.
3. Frustration
Frustrated with "few ambitions, more power". He used to drive for Jizhou, raised Maocai, and served as a county commander twice. Later, he became Han Fu's other driver, and was listed by Han Fu as a riding captain. He once proposed a good plan to Han Fu, but it was not adopted. From this point of view, Fu Zhu did not follow the lord in the first place.
After Yuan Shao seized Jizhou, he was instructed to supervise the three armies of Inner and Outer and Weizhen to help unify Hebei. However, he was gradually alienated by Yuan Shao. For example, Fu Zhu once proposed to Yuan Shao to welcome the Son of Heaven, oppose the separation of the sons, and put forward a strategy of three years of fatigue, which was not only not adopted by Yuan Shao, but was weakened by military power.
In the Battle of Guandu, Fu Zhu proposed a slow advance tactic, which was not adopted. On the eve of the burning of the black nest, he proposed to protect the food on the outside, but it was not adopted. After Yuan Shao's defeat, he was captured and refused to surrender. Later, he wanted to return to Hebei, but he was defeated and killed. In this regard, in the author's opinion, if Yuan Shao can adopt the opinions of Fu Zhi, he will not be defeated at all.
Fourth, Xun Yu
Under Cao Cao, Xun Yu held the center for more than ten years and was respectfully called "Xun Lingjun". In terms of strategy, he laid out a blueprint and military route for Cao Cao's plan to unify the north. At the same time, a large number of talents such as Zhong Xuan, Xun You, Chen Qun, Du Xian, Xi Zhicai, and Guo Jia were recommended for Cao Cao. Because of his achievements in planning, conspiracy, Kuang Bi, and raising people, he was called "my son's house" by Cao Cao, and he was called the chief strategist of Cao Cao's unification of the north.
However, although Xun Yu helped Cao Cao achieve great things, he was loyal to the Han family in his heart. As far as Cao Cao is concerned, his ambition to replace the Han family was gradually exposed in the later period, which had a direct conflict with Xun Yu. In the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), Xun Yu was transferred from the center because of his opposition to Cao Cao's claim to be the Duke of Wei, and on the way to conquer Sun Quan, Yu Shouchun died of depression (he committed suicide by persuading poison) at the age of fifty.
Fifth, Huan Fan
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huan Fan entered the Prime Minister (Cao Cao) Mansion to serve. During the reign of Emperor Wei Ming, he successively served as Zhongjunjunjun, Shangshu, Dongzhong Lang General, Envoy Jiejie, and Yanzhou Assassin History. Emperor Cao Fang of Wei ascended the throne, and Huan Fan served as the chief of the agriculture and the people of Tuntian. Huan Fan also advised Cao Shuang on his actions, and was called Cao Shuang's "think tank" by Sima Yi. In the first ten years (249), Cao Shuang's brothers and ministers accompanied Emperor Cao Fang of Wei out of Luoyang City to pay homage to Emperor Gao Pingling of Wei Ming, and Sima Yi took the opportunity to launch a mutiny and control the capital Luoyang.
At that time, Sima Yi wanted to win over Huan Fan and planned to use him as the leader of the central army, but Huan Fan refused to answer the call and went to Cao Fang and Cao Shuang. It is worth noting that Huan Fan urged Cao Shuang to recruit the world's troops to fight against Sima Yi, but it is a pity that Cao Shuang did not adopt Huan Fan's suggestion. Of course, Huan Fan did not abandon the lord, but followed Cao Shuang back to Luoyang, and was later captured, killed, and razed the three clans.