In 215 AD, Cao Cao accounted for more than eight of the thirteen states in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and almost all of them occupied the hinterland of the Central Plains.
Before that, in addition to not letting Emperor Han Xian give up the throne, he basically got all the titles and honors he should get.
If there are no special circumstances, Cao CaoLikeBasically, you can change the dynasty, but at this time, Liu Bei took the mutilated version of Yizhou.
Although Yizhou was remote, Liu Bei still owned part of Jingzhou at that time, and if Liu Bei was allowed to continue to develop, then Cao Cao would no longer be able to live in peace in the Central Plains.
The first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers.
Cao Cao immediately led the army to attack Hanzhong, which originally belonged to Yizhou and was very close to Jingzhou.
If Cao Cao can take here, then the initiative will come to Cao Cao, so Cao Cao quickly took Hanzhong with lightning speed.
According to reason, Liu Bei's foothold in Yizhou was not stable at that time, and on the Jingzhou side, Cao Ren was watching Guan Yu, and Cao Cao could strike while the iron was hot and advance into Shu.
However, Cao Cao ordered to stop there, and then transferred the human resources of Hanzhong to the Central Plains, that is, Cao Cao had no intention of attacking Shu in a short time.
Regarding Cao Cao's abnormal behavior, not long after joining the work, Sima Yi, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, questioned Cao Cao, but Cao Cao did not explain much, just smiled and said that he should be content.
This kind of nonsense is okay to deceive ordinary new employees, Sima Yi is also the reincarnation of a thousand-year-old fox, so naturally he can't believe it, and he must have understood Boss Cao's thoughts, so he didn't continue to fight for Boss Cao's opportunity to perform.
So then again, why did Boss Cao accept it when he saw it, was he in a hurry to go back to make a ppt and make a year-end summary?
The answer, of course, is no.
To know the answer to this question, we have to start with the first of the three kingdoms.
When Cao Cao first debuted, he was very eye-catching, and when the Dong Alliance gathered for the first time, except for Sun Jian, it was Boss Cao's most outstanding performance, so there were even rumors in the rivers and lakes that Cao Cao wanted to assassinate Dong Zhuo himself.
After seeing Cao Cao's experience, many people often think that this is a manifestation of Boss Cao's newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, but they forget that Cao Cao was born in a family of eunuchs, and when they were in kindergarten, they watched news broadcasts instead of cartoons.
Therefore, how could Boss Cao be impulsive back then, there is only one purpose for people to do this, that is, to accumulate qualifications, what to do with accumulating qualifications, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who were born in the fourth and third princes' families, have already made proofs, naturally after the collapse of the Han family, they will become independent, and then they will also live an addiction to the emperor.
However, although Cao Cao was very ambitious at that time, he had a fatal flaw.
He didn't have a good territory of his own, Cao Cao's starting place was in the Central Plains, and he was surrounded by enemies.
When it comes to Cao Cao's enemies, most people may think that Cao Cao's biggest enemy back then was to ask for DongThe first termtook the lead in the eldest brother Yuan Shao, but few people knew that the biggest enemy Cao Cao faced back then was actually to ask for DongSecond termTake the lead in the big brother Tao Qian.
In literary and artistic works, Tao Qian is a little old man who is about to die, but in fact, his power was very great back then, and he even faintly had the meaning of fighting against Yuan Shao.
And Cao Cao's territory is next to Tao Qian's family, so there is inevitably a conflict between the two parties.
In addition, there is a misunderstanding among ordinary people, that is, Cao Cao launched a campaign to attack Xuzhou because his father was handled by Tao Qian, and launched a brutal ** after the battle.
In fact, that was Cao Cao's second move, and Cao Cao had already moved to Xuzhou before this time, and carried out similar ** actions in the occupied places.
So at that time, the forces in Xuzhou had not killed Cao Cao's father, why did Cao Cao have to be so ruthless?
In ancient times, the expansion of territory did not mean that after you defeated the enemy and destroyed the enemy's armed forces, this territory was yours.
The land of an agrarian society is the lifeblood of the people on the land, and if you rob a common man's land, he can't do anything about it, but what if you want to rob thousands of people?
What if there were not only unarmed ordinary peasants in this land, but also some big families with big businesses?
The purpose of your seizure of land is to obtain the income from this land, so after you have established a new land, the best way is to appease.
But at that time, Cao Cao was not sure whether he could stand on his feet, and he didn't have time to do water grinding kung fu, so he could only use violent means to maximize the resources of this land.
What you can't get yourself, you must never let the enemy get.
Cao Cao only fought a Xuzhou back then, and he became the first ** in the Three Kingdoms, so Cao Cao later fought down nearly Kyushu, why didn't he start killing?
There are two main reasons for this:
First, after the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao's enemies were actually not much of a threat, so Cao Cao had time to digest the newly occupied chassis, and as his territory became larger and larger, he already had room to maneuver.
Second, Cao Cao already had the capital to dominate the world at that time, and sooner or later the world would be his own, so of course there was no need for him to go on a killing spree.
However, Cao Cao's rapid expansion does not mean that there are no sequelae, Cao Cao wanted a lot at that time, and even touched the moral constraints of the two Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, plus there are still many local forces that need to be settled, so Cao Cao needs a sufficient period of time to digest the results.
If Liu Bei didn't develop so fast back then, then Cao Cao might continue to go through the process of usurping the throne, and wait until Hanzhong arrives, and then continue to fight, I don't know how much time it will take, there are many variables, and Cao Cao's age is also a lot, so Cao Cao can only accept it when he sees good things.