At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was able to become a great prince of the Central Plains after a eunuch, in addition to his talent and strategy, the most important thing was the help given to him by his family.
We all know that in the early days of the troubled times, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers were able to dominate the south and dominate the north, precisely because of their origins, they were all from the Yuan family of the "Four Worlds and Three Princes".
Just as Cao Cao was still worried about food and grass, Sun Ce was still thinking about avenging his father, Liu Bei was just uncared for, and the energy of the Yuan family made the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu directly become the top two princes in the world at that time.
And Cao Cao was able to rise, also relying on the strength of the family, although the Cao family at that time was not as prominent as the Yuan family, but the Cao family, as a family of eunuchs, also had its own heritage.
Judging from Cao Cao's later team, the family provided Cao Cao with sufficient generals, such as Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others. is the so-called "fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers". Compared with the generals with foreign surnames, although they are more capable, Cao Cao trusts these clan generals more.
Later, after Cao Cao unified the Central Plains, he let various clan generals guard the Quartet, such as Cao Ren guarding Jingzhou, Xiahou Yuan guarding Yongliang, and Xiahou Yuan guarding **. This situation lasted until Cao Pi became emperor, and Cao Zhen was still asked to guard Yongliang and Cao Xiu to guard Huainan.
In addition, Cao Cao had an extremely strong cavalry under his command, known as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and his successive commanders were all clan generals, such as Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen.
The most commendable thing about these clan generals is that they are not like those family gentlemen, who only know how to bully men and women, although they also have some flaws, but their martial arts and commanders were also first-class at that time.
Moreover, he has experienced countless vicious battles and followed Cao Cao's birth and death, for example, although Cao Hong is inferior to others in all aspects of martial arts, he has saved Cao Cao's life many times.
Xiahoudun is even more amazing, his force should be the highest among the clan generals, and he once fought with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other fierce generals in the world without falling behind.
Cao Ren was born handsome, guarding Jingzhou, and even resisting the attacks of Zhou Yu and Guan Yu.
After these generals grew old, the second generation grew up rapidly, among which Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen were the most outstanding, as well as Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Ba and others were all outstanding in the world.
It can be said that the generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family are the foundation of Cao Cao, and without them, it is difficult for Cao Cao to rise.