Many people believe that the Battle of Guandu determined the downfall of Yuan Shao's clique, believing that Yuan Shao had no hope since the great defeat at Guandu, which is actually a wrong view! The Yuan Shao clique was very powerful, although they lost miserably in the Battle of Guandu, but their strength was still there, and they were still able to organize their strength and mediate with Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao died prematurely, making the Yuan Shao clique lose its main heart! However, after Yuan Shao's death, his sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were still alive, so why didn't they unite against Cao Cao? Why did you lose all of the North?
Many people think that Yuan Shao is a straw bag, and there is no real talent and practical learning, in fact, this is the stereotype brought to everyone by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms! In the main history, Yuan Shao was also a man of great talent and great strategy, and he was also the first great prince in the world at that time, the rich land in the north was occupied by Yuan Shao, and the people also played such a large territory step by step, which is enough to prove that Yuan Shao is a real tyrant, and people are not wine bags and rice bags!
Take the Battle of Guandu, many people think that Yuan Shao was easily defeated in this battle, and think that Yuan Shao made a mistake in decision-making, but what is the real situation? The real situation is that Yuan Shao has always occupied the advantage and has been pressing Cao Cao to fight, and Cao Cao almost can't hold back! From beginning to end, Yuan Shao was in an advantage. The reason why Yuan Shao was defeated was mainly the rebellion of the two major figures under his command! First, Xu You's rebellion directly told Cao Cao the core secret of Yuan Shao's army, causing the Wuchao granary to be destroyed; second, the betrayal of the general Zhang Guo made Yuan Shaojun feel distracted! Under the shameless betrayal of these two men, Yuan Shao's army eventually collapsed and was completely defeated by Cao Cao!
To put it bluntly, Yuan Shao was responsible for the defeat of the Battle of Guandu, but the greater responsibility lay with Xu You and Zhang Guo, who were real traitors! It's just that it was Cao Cao who won in the end, and these two people were beautified!
Guandu was defeated, and there were many rebellions behind Yuan Shao, but after Yuan Shao returned to his old nest, he quickly quelled the rebellion, so that his old territory returned to tranquility! Although Yuan Shao was defeated at Guandu and lost his troops, his strength in the four northern states was stronger than that of the four counties under Cao Cao, and the strength of the people was still there, and even Cao Cao did not dare to continue to attack Yuan Shao! In fact, as long as Yuan Shao lived for a few more years, he could still continue to pull up the army and continue to compete with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao might not be able to achieve the final victory! Unfortunately, it did not take long for Yuan Shao to die of illness, and before Yuan Shao's death, it was not clear who was the successor, which triggered the struggle for power between yuan tan and yuan shang!
From the perspective of the overall strength comparison, the Yuan Shao group is stronger than the Cao Cao group, as long as the Yuan Shao group is united, they are not afraid of Cao Cao at all, so why don't the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang unite to fight against Cao Cao?
On this issue, Guo Jia directly used 9 characters to break the mystery!
After Yuan Shao's death, the people of Cao Ying discussed how to deal with the yuan shao clique. Many people believe that Yuan Shao is dead, and the Yuan Shao group is in a state of leaderlessness, and should take the opportunity to attack the Yuan Shao group and capture the northern land in one fell swoop. However, Guo Jia believed that although Yuan Shao was dead, the strength of Yuan Shao's clique was still there, and if Cao Cao rushed to attack, it would inevitably cause Yuan Shao's clique to quickly unify and oppose Cao Cao, so that even if Cao Cao finally won, it would be a tragic victory. It is better not to attack the Yuan Shao clique for the time being, let the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang infighting, wait until the two lose both, and then attack with their divisions, so that they can defeat the Yuan Shao clique in one battle!
In the end, Cao Cao acted according to Guo Jia's strategy, and the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang really started infighting, leaving the entire group in a state of division, and was eventually defeated by Cao Cao!
In fact, the 9 words guo jia said are "brothers are on the wall, and the outside is insulted", which means that the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are privately disobedient to each other and cannot live in peace, but if they are attacked from the outside, they will still unite against the outside. It was precisely because he saw this that Guo Jia would let Cao Cao temporarily not attack the land of Hebei, let the two brothers of the Yuan family mistakenly think that Cao Cao had no idea about the land of Hebei, let them go to infighting by themselves, and wait until the entire Yuan Shao group was seriously depleted and unable to resist Cao Cao anymore, cao Cao attacked again, so that he could achieve the effect of doubling the results with half the effort! I have to say that Guo Jia is indeed a talent!
epilogue
After Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang did not unite to fight against Cao Cao's reason, Guo Jia 9 words to break the mystery! The 9 words that Guo Jia said are "brothers are on the wall, and the outside is insulted", which means that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are very dissatisfied with each other in private, although when they are under external pressure, they will unite to fight, but once there is no external pressure, they will sooner or later infighting, will consume each other, and cannot form a joint force, which is why they ultimately failed. And the fact is that just as Guo Jia said, the collapse of the entire Yuan Shao clique lies in the infighting between the two brothers Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang!
(This article mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)