So let Cao Cao get emotional. What are the advantages of Guo Jia? Guo Jia not only knows people's responsibilities, but also knows his own times. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was chaos in the world and heroes came forth in large numbers. This is an era when bosses choose employees and employees choose bosses. You have freedom, but you also have to learn to choose. A smart person like Guo Jia will not easily sell his life for the prestige of the company, for the tall and clear office building and for the elegant demeanor of the boss. He knows how to choose. He knew that the sheep led by the lion would eventually defeat the lion led by the sheep. So avoid reality and be empty, give up Yuan Shao and vote for Cao Cao. As a result, his colleagues Guo Tu, Tian Feng and others were either killed alive or treated as cannon fodder by Yuan Shao, while Guo Fengxiao became famous. Isn't this one-way, one-way, one-way and one-way failure worth pondering?
Guo Jia saw through Yuan Shao and knew Liu Bei and Sun Ce like the back of his hand. His knowledge of people helped Cao Cao a lot. Liu Bei was ready to move Jingzhou, and Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of his fledgling advantage in one fell swoop, fearing that Yuan Shao would take the opportunity to sneak attack and make himself "retreat without a fight". War is gambling. No risk, no gain. Guo Jia means: Liu Bei is an outstanding man, and he must be removed. People's hearts are not attached, which is a thousand-year opportunity; Yuan Xiaoxing was late and suspicious. Even if he sneaked in, he would send troops without delay. As a result, Cao Cao took advantage of Yuan Shao's weakness and caught Liu Bei off guard.
Sun Ce's judgment made Guo Jia famous. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at loggerheads in Guandu, while Sun Ce in Jiangdong tried to cross the river and attack the city when he fell. When the news came, everyone changed color, but Guo Jia was well-founded and resourceful. In his view, Sun Ce recently pacified Jiangdong, and many heroes were killed! Who doesn't have a few cronies and die-hard men? As luck would have it, Sun Ce was very independent in martial arts, and he was ill-considered. Such a man, despite his tribe, only needs an assassin to solve it. As a result, Sun Ce was stabbed to death by Xu Gong's public servant before crossing the river. Although the timing is too coincidental, it is only a matter of time before people like Sun Ce die at the hands of the villains.
Guo Jia's masterpiece is the treatment of Yuan Shao's two precious sons, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. Guandu was defeated, Yuan Shao collapsed and died of anger. Cao Cao went on fighting and won Lien Chan. As a result, all the generals wanted to strike while the iron was hot and raze Hebei in one fell swoop. In Guo Jia's view, although Yuan Shao died, he had many children and great potential. However, "if you are in a hurry, you can't stand each other, and then you will fight with your heart." Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's advice and slowly attacked Hebei, which seems to prove that he understood Guo Jia's decision full of psychological mystery: "If you are in a hurry, you will both lose;" If you are in a hurry, you will fight for your heart. "Later, it turned out that Cao Cao was actually confused at this time.
After the fiasco in Chibi, Cao Cao faithfully carried out Guo Jia's strategy of "slowing down the troops, fighting again and winning more". For Jingzhou, an important place where the three clans compete for hegemony, although he is in a favorable position near the water tower, he always guards Xiangfan and does not take the initiative to fight. But deliberately threw this bone out of Jiangling and let Sun and Liu compete. It was Cao Cao's slowness that deepened the gap between Sun and Liu, tore the alliance between the two families and finally broke the triangle Bala.