Let's take a look at his competitor Cao Pi. Historically, people always liked to sympathize with losers, so they deliberately praised Cao Zhi and deliberately belittled Cao Pi. In fact, Cao Pi's literary talent and martial arts do not belong to his father Cao Cao. In Zhang Pu's Collection of Wei Wendi, Cao Pi was praised: "Cao Zihuan was born between armies, good at riding and shooting, shooting from the right, fencing and chess, and skillful in using skills, no less than his father. His poems seem to rise and fall, which makes his younger brother Chu Chen Si unbearable. He is Meng De's big boy. Yu also thinks that he is equal to his father in both literary talent and martial arts.
Cao Pi was supported by Jia Xu, Cui Dan, Mao Jia, Xing Shun, Wu Han, Huan Kai, Wei Bi, his wife and his wife Hou. At that time, only Cao Zhi could compete with him, including Rockett, Ding Xia, Yang Xiu, Jia Feng, Wang Ling, Han Danchun, Xun Hun, Kong Gui and Tang Jun, and the two factions were evenly matched.
Although Cao Zhang held the relieving power and made an expedition to Wuhuan, he had excellent command ability. But at that time, Xuchang Imperial City was an important place, guarding all local troops. If Cao Zhang leads the troops in a non-war state, it is unlikely. After xelloss succeeded to the throne, Cao Zhang took the initiative to lay down the relieving power to relieve xelloss from protecting himself.