Among the many strategists of the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are the most well-known. Zhuge Liang is known as the representative of the strategists of the Three Kingdoms and has a lofty status. However, recently there is a popular saying on the Internet: "Guo Jia is not dead, Wolong is not out!" ”
Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang are the best of the many strategists of the Three Kingdoms, and Zhuge Liang's importance to Liu Bei is self-evident, just as Guo Jia is to Cao Cao. Even, even *** has compared and evaluated the two.
So, how do you evaluate these two great strategists? Is Guo Jia really better than Zhuge Liang?
* The First Strategist of the Three Kingdoms: The contest between Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang, we can't jump to conclusions just because Zhuge Liang's deeds are widely known. On the contrary, we need to deeply analyze Guo Jia's life and briefly review Zhuge Liang's deeds in order to make a fair judgment.
Born in Yingchuan in 170 AD, Guo Jia had great ambitions at a young age. In 190 AD, at the age of twenty, he was keenly aware of the imminent chaos of the Han Dynasty.
In order to prepare early, he made friends in private, but kept a low profile and waited for the opportunity. This attitude of "seeing the world with a discerning eye" is very consistent with Zhuge Liang's mentality when he lived in seclusion in Nanyang, proving that smart people do have a lot in common.
Therefore, we cannot ignore Guo Jia, who and Zhuge Liang were both top strategists during the Three Kingdoms period, and their wisdom and strategies have had a profound impact on history.
Guo Jia was an important strategist at the time, and he discovered the rise of Yuan Shao at the beginning of the early Eastern Han Dynasty turmoil, thinking that he was a good choice. However, he soon left Yuan Shao's command, because Guo Jia believed that although Yuan Shao imitated the corporal of the ancients, he did not know how to appoint talents.
Although Yuan Shao had many strategies, he lacked decisiveness, and it was difficult to establish hegemony by working with him. After Xi Zhicai's death, Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia to Cao Cao.
In his conversation with Guo Jia, Cao Cao deeply agreed with his analysis of today's general trend, and announced: "The person who can help me establish a hegemony in the future is none other than Guo Jia!" ”
Guo Jia also expressed his gratitude to Cao Cao, believing that he had finally found the true master.
The encounter between Guo Jia and Cao Cao is undoubtedly a collision of "talent" and "insight". Guo Jia once said that although Yuan Shao was a corporal, he did not know how to appoint talents, and although he had a lot of thoughts, he could not get the point.
Therefore, his criterion for selecting the master is "to discern the talents, to arrange people with different talents to the right position, to be brave and strategic, and to have a good strategy." And Cao Cao's evaluation is "a capable minister who governs the world, a hero in troubled times", which is the ideal master in Guo Jia's heart.
Cao Cao's insight into talent allowed him to appoint a talent like Guo Jia. And Guo Jia's discerning eye also allowed him to find an opportunity to display his talents. Guo Jia is known as the "Wonder of the World" for his talent and strategy.
After meeting Cao Cao, his talent was fully utilized, he was good at analyzing the situation, grasping the enemy's psychology, especially for the enemy's internal situation The judgment is quite sharp and to the point, helping Cao Cao to win incredible victories many times.
Guo Jia's choice was undoubtedly correct, his talent was displayed, and Cao Cao also found his right-hand man.
In the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao hesitated to sever relations with Yuan Shao, and Guo Jia made a suggestion, proposing that Cao Cao had ten factors for victory, while Yuan Shao had ten reasons for failure.
The success of this strategy convinced Cao Cao of Guo Jia and laid the foundation for his later victory in the Battle of Guandu. In the third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei came to Cao Cao, Cao Cao hesitated, Guo Jia analyzed to Cao Cao and pointed out that killing Liu Bei would do more harm than good.
Cao Cao had not yet unified the north at that time, and needed to attract more strategists and generals, so he had to show an attitude of "being a corporal and seeking talent". Therefore, Guo Jia believes that although he can't kill Liu Bei, he must be careful to guard against his ambitions.
Cao Cao accepted his advice, but unfortunately, Cao Cao was overconfident and tried to convince Liu Bei to follow him, resulting in the return of the tiger to the mountain, which made him regret not following Guo Jia's advice.
In September of the third year of Liu Bei'an's Jian'an, Cao Cao captured Xuzhou, Lu Bu trapped and defended Xiapi, and Cao's army besieged the city for half a year without success, and even had the intention of retreating. At the critical moment, Guo Jia offered a strange strategy, believing that the besiegers were exhausted and the defenders were about to collapse.
Cao Cao took the advice and launched a final attack, successfully capturing Xiapi and killing Lü Bu. In the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao competed for hegemony and Guandu, and the army's heart was shaken, and everyone suggested that Cao Cao give up, so as not to be attacked by Jiangdong Sun Ce.
However, at critical moments, Guo Jia can always rejuvenate with a skillful hand, and he insists that Sun Ce is reckless and careless, and if he comes to the Central Plains, he will definitely die. Soon after, Sun Ce was indeed killed by the assassins, and Cao Cao praised Guo Jia for his ingenuity, and in the subsequent Battle of Guandu, Guo Jia inspired Cao Cao with the "theory of ten victories and ten defeats" to help him defeat Yuan Shao.
The story of Cao Cao and Guo Jia is one of the most wonderful chapters of the Three Kingdoms period. When Cao Cao pursued the remnants of Yuan Shao, Guo Jia proposed a strategy of pretending to withdraw the army, and the remnants of Yuan Shao were indeed fighting for power and civil strife, Cao Cao took the opportunity to kill them and easily solved them.
Since then, Cao Cao has cleared almost most of the obstacles to the unification of the North. Guo Jia's strange schemes are frequent, and his "ten victories and ten defeats" are praised by later generations as the essence of the art of war.
He is known as a genius, and he is known as the two greatest strategists along with Zhuge Liang after him. Cao Cao and Guo Jia had a close relationship, and they often sat in the car and at the same table.
In Cao Cao's army, Guo Jia was not bound by military discipline and went his own way, and Cao Cao liked this characteristic very much. Guo Jia's resourcefulness and close relationship with Cao Cao filled people with admiration and curiosity about them.
Guo Jia, who conquered Cao Cao through his wisdom, helped Cao Cao establish hegemony in the twelfth year of Jian'an. If Guo Jia hadn't died young, and followed Cao Cao south to fight against Liu Bei and Eastern Wu, what would have been the outcome of the Battle of Chibi?
How exciting will Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia's clash of wits be? However, history has no ifs, and Guo Jia died in the same year that Cao Cao pacified the north. And after his death, a young man went out of the mountain with Liu Bei, set a plan to divide the world into three parts, joined forces with Eastern Wu to fight against Cao Cao, and helped Liu Bei establish the Shu Kingdom from scratch, he is the famous Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia: Rivals and confidants in the fight for life and death Historical coincidences are always surprising, and when Guo Jia died of illness, Zhuge Liang's light began to shine, unmatched.
Some people even said: "Guo Jia is not dead, and Wolong will not come out." Zhuge Liang knew that Guo Jia was his biggest competitor, so he kept a low profile until Guo Jia's death, and he began to emerge.
Guo Jia's death made Cao Cao's battle against Liu Bei not as smooth as before, and Zhuge Liang used the strategy of burning Xinye to defeat Cao Cao and help Liu Bei escape smoothly. However, is it really "Guo Jia is not dead, Wolong is not out"?
In the author's opinion, this is not the case. Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia have many similarities, and even their lord's attitude towards the two is very similar. They are all brilliant strategists, and their lords trust them very much.
Although they are in different camps, their fates are closely linked, and their rivalry has become an important chapter in history. In general, Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia are rivals and confidants in the fight for life and death.
Their wisdom and strategy have left a deep mark on the stage of history, and their stories will continue to be celebrated by future generations.
The status of Zhuge Liang and Guo Jia in history is not the same, although Liu Bei is very important to Zhuge Liang, but compared with Cao Cao's treatment of Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang's position is more stable.
Zhuge Liang's influence in Liu Bei's team is unmatched, and although Guo Jia is also valued in Cao Ying, he has not reached Zhuge Liang's height. This is because their respective positions and choices are different, Zhuge Liang was personally invited by Liu Bei, while Guo Jia took the initiative to take refuge.
Zhuge Liang's success is inseparable from his resourcefulness and strategy, especially Longzhong's pair, which makes his position in Shu unshakable. Although Guo Jia is talented, he has not become the real backbone in Cao Ying, which is related to his strategy of choosing to take refuge on his own initiative.
At the right time in Longzhong, Zhuge Liang analyzed the current situation and put forward a strategic plan for three points in the world, which made Liu Beimao suddenly open up and suddenly enlightened, so he could be acquired by the best in the talent market.
The world situation is ever-changing, and Zhuge Liang cannot conceive a strategy to divide the world into three parts in a short period of time, and he must have come to a conclusion after long-term observation and research.
This shows that he has been waiting for a suitable time to come out, but has never found a talent willing to buy him. Therefore, no matter whether Guo Jia lives or dies, it has no impact on whether Zhuge Liang comes out of the mountain or not.
Zhuge Liang had long been willing to go out of the mountain, otherwise he would not have spent a lot of time and energy to study and formulate a strategy for dividing the world. And this strategy must be implemented as soon as possible, because the plan cannot keep up with the changes.
Therefore, we can infer that Zhuge Liang has long planned to go out of the mountain"Guo Jia is not dead, and Wolong is not out"The statement is not accurate. Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang, who were the first strategists in the Three Kingdoms period?
This requires us to look for answers from *** reviews. **I like to read the Three Kingdoms very much, he has a very high opinion of Guo Jia, believing that there is no real prophet in the world, and the reason why Guo Jia can repeatedly come up with strange plans is because he is good at thinking and has reservations.
** Praised Guo Jia as "resourceful", and said that in the process of Cao Cao's unification of the north, Guo Jia contributed the most, his"Ten wins and ten defeats"It is praised as "involving almost all aspects of Chinese art of war thought", and it is a theory that is "rare in ancient and modern times".
** He spoke highly of Guo Jia, and he praised Cao Cao for being able to unify the north, which was inseparable from the advice of the strategist Guo Jia. Guo Jia is known as "resourceful"* for his talent as a strategist.
Guo Jia's scheming is like a hidden sword out of the sheath, accurate and unmistakable, and he will definitely be able to win by surprise. Unlike Guo Jia, **'s evaluation of Zhuge Liang is both praise and belittling.
He expressed deep admiration for Zhuge Liang's personality and took it for granted that he could be famous through the ages. He encouraged party cadres to learn from Zhuge Liang's spirit of dedication and dedication, and also hoped that they could go deep into the masses of the people like Zhuge Liang and truly "be diligent in government and love the people".
** He spoke highly of Zhuge Liang's ability to govern the country, especially in the section of the Seven Capture of Meng, and he greatly admired Zhuge Liang's vision and strategy to solve the long-term troubles in the rear of Shu.
However, it also pointed out Zhuge Liang's shortcomings in employing people, especially in the cases of Guan Yu guarding Jingzhou and Ma Tan guarding the street pavilion, which led to a series of problems.
In addition, ** also criticized Zhuge Liang for not personally commanding in the first Northern Expedition, believing that this led to the problem of Ma Tan's disobedience to the command. Finally, ** also questioned Zhuge Liang's strategy in Longzhong, arguing that his strategy did not take into account the geographical location of Jingzhou and Yizhou, which led to the problem of the dispersion of Shu's forces.
Despite this, ** still highly appreciates Zhuge Liang's ability to govern the country, but his criticism is also realistic and reasonable.
In the evaluation of ***, we can see that he regards Zhuge Liang as a comprehensive national commander, who can not only fight wars but also govern the country, and positions Guo Jia as a pure strategist and a single-minded talent.
Therefore, although Guo Jia may be superior to Zhuge Liang in terms of intrigue and trickery, Zhuge Liang is undoubtedly superior in governing the country and beyond.