Among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao was a wise king who was thirsty for talents and recruited talents. He had many talents under his command. Among them, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were the most brave in Wu, and Guo Jia and Sima Yi were the most outstanding in Wen. . Especially Guo Jia, Cao Cao praised him for "pacifying the world and pursuing great achievements" and gave him the high hat of "ghost genius". What is even more amazing is that people in the world still have an 8-character saying like "Guo Jia will not die, and Crouching Dragon will not come out." If you look at the meaning of these 8 characters alone, on the one hand, it "sticks" Guo Jia, on the other hand "Belittled" Zhuge Liang, then, how powerful is Guo Jia? Is Zhuge Liang really not on the same level as Guo Jia?
First of all, let’s see how powerful Guo Jia is? Guo Jia debuted very early, starting a business when he was sixteen or seventeen years old. The first person he joined was Yuan Shao. However, he found that Yuan Shao was "many of tricks, weak in ideas, and full of ideas", making it difficult for him to become a king, so he resigned and went into seclusion. Practice with concentration. Later, on Xun Yu's recommendation, Cao Cao invited 21-year-old Guo Jia down the mountain, and he thought highly of him from then on.
After Guo Jia analyzed the world situation, he first advised Cao Cao to attack Lu Bu and Liu Bei. In the end, Cao Cao accepted it. In 198 AD, Cao Cao besieged Lu Bu, but Lu Bu could not hold out. The battle lasted for more than half a year. When Cao Cao was about to give up, Guo Jia saw an opportunity to win and proposed: "A man who is brave but has no plans will be exhausted if his energy is exhausted." At this time, he will soon be defeated" and advised Cao Cao to attack quickly. Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's plan and finally captured Lu Bu.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at a stalemate in Guandu. In order to prevent Liu Bei from Xuzhou from making a surprise attack from behind during the battle with Yuan Shao, he decided to eliminate Liu Bei first. As a result, all the soldiers were worried that Yuan Shao would take the opportunity to attack Xudu. Cao Cao was wavering about this, but Guo Jia stepped forward and said: "Yuan Shao has always been indecisive and will not react quickly." As a result, Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's advice and defeated Liu Bei, and Yuan Shao indeed "stand still."
At the same time, Cao Cao was still afraid of Sun Ce during the Battle of Guandu, but Guo Jia predicted that Sun Ce would soon die from the assassins. As a result, the little overlord was actually plotted. Later, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao with a small number in the Battle of Guandu. After defeating Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao died of illness. However, his two sons split over the succession. Cao Cao's generals thought that they should take advantage of his illness. Take his life. Only Guo Jia shook his head to stop him, and urged Cao Cao to release the news and pretend to go south to attack Liu Biao. After the internal strife between Yuan and Yuan broke out, he could then fight back and settle it in one battle. After Cao Cao adopted it, the result was exactly what Guo Jia expected.
Subsequently, Cao Cao decided to march thousands of miles away to Wuhuan. Guo Jia proposed the idea of ????a "blitzkrieg" attack, suggesting that Cao Cao use light troops to move quickly, take him by surprise, and attack Shan Yuting. Sure enough, Cao Cao's army fell from the sky and defeated Wuhuan. Huan people. In fact, these 8 words must be divided into two to understand. First of all, Guo Jia's talent is obvious to all. If he had not died of illness prematurely, with his intelligence and super resourcefulness, Cao Cao would definitely not have Chibi. The tragic death in the battle was also the reason why Cao Cao cried bitterly after the defeat in Chibi. He cried and said 9 words: Guo Fengxiao is here, and he will not be alone here. These 9 words reveal the level of Guo Jia's true knowledge - his strategy is definitely the best in the Three Kingdoms.
Secondly, Zhuge Liang's talent is also obvious to all. After Zhuge Liang came down from the mountain, he assisted Liu Bei, who was impoverished and homeless, to counterattack step by step and become the overlord of one side. This is the best proof. However, the year that Zhuge Liang went down the mountain happened to be the year that Guo Jia died of illness. Although this is a coincidence, from another perspective, if Guo Jia had not died, Zhuge Liang would not actually have to go down the mountain, because the result would be the same whether he went down the mountain or not. , unable to stop Cao Cao from dominating the world. Therefore, "Unless Guo Jia dies, the crouching dragon will not emerge" is not an exaggeration, but a fundamental statement. Guo Jia's premature death from illness is Cao Cao's lifelong regret.
Of course, in addition to the saying "Guo Jia will not die, Crouching Dragon will not come out", there are actually 8 words behind it: "Kongming's Northern Expedition, the Tomb Tiger Rise." "Kongming" of course refers to Zhuge Liang, and " Who is Tsukatora? In fact, it refers to Sima Yi. So, is there any connection between Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and Sima Yi's rise?
The answer is yes. You must know that Sima Yi is a talent. The so-called "Tomb Tiger" spirit is too strong. When Cao Cao was alive, he had smelled the ominous atmosphere, so he warned his successor Cao Pi before his death. Of course Cao Pi was wary of Sima Yi, but Sima Yi was very good at putting on a show and showed his "loyalty" in various ways. Later, Cao Pi actually trusted him and entrusted him with important tasks.
After Cao Pi's death, his son Cao Rui Succession - Emperor Wei Ming. He did it knowingly that he could not do anything. As a result, Wei sent many famous generals to resist Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition. The results were not satisfactory, especially after the death of Cao Wei's Dinghai Divine Needle, Cao Zhen. Not until the outstanding general arrived. In the end, Cao Rui had no choice but to appoint Sima Yi, who had been "hiding in the ice".
Cao Rui couldn't care so much anymore, so he still appointed Sima Yi. In response to the changes, he successfully stopped Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition army with the three-character tactics of "holding", "waiting" and "drag". In addition, the Shu army was affected by the food and grass problem. As a result, Zhuge Liang returned from Qishan's Northern Expedition seven times without success. He died of illness in Wuzhangyuan.
It was precisely because of his merits that Sima Yi rose through the ranks, and later became a Taiwei. As one of the three princes, Taiwei was extremely powerful and held the highest military power in the dynasty. In addition, after Cao Rui died of illness, he was worshiped as a sole and important minister. Sima Yi's prestige and influence were different from the same. Even if he was excluded by Cao Shuang in the future, it would not affect his prestige.
Sima Yi deceived Cao Shuang and others by pretending to be ill, and finally launched the Gaopingling Incident to easily deal with Cao Shuang. At this point, the power of Cao Wei fell into Sima Yi's hands, and the Cao Wei regime existed in name only. The Three Kingdoms also quickly changed. Shu and Wu were destroyed one after another. Sima Yi's descendants achieved unification and established the Jin Dynasty. History turned a new page.