Knowing that the Xiongshan people were a big threat, he wanted to ask Liu Xing to coordinate the Xiongshan people to lead the troops into Guangnan West Road.

When Zhong Xiang heard about Liu Xu's plan, he stared at him with wide eyes and said puzzledly: "Let the people of Xiongshan come to Guangnan West Road, aren't you afraid that General Liu will lure the wolf into the house?" ”

As if he had expected Zhong Xiang to ask this question, Liu Shu smiled calmly: "The Heavenly Master General is not a wolf, but a fierce and abnormal tiger. But the marshal seems to have forgotten why he was included in the plan I said. To drive the tiger and devour the wolf, as long as he comes to this Guangnan West Road, the handsome not only does not have to be afraid of him. Because once he fights the Jiaozhi people head-on, even if he wins, he will no longer be able to care whether the commander is self-reliant or not. ”

After listening to Liu Xu's answer, Zhong Xiang still frowned, and said thoughtfully: "The soldiers of Jiaozhi are ferocious, but their strength seems to be far inferior to our army. The general must not forget that the Xiongshan people not only have a town's Dongchuan musketeers under their command, but also 2,000 spell masters. With the strength of Jiaozhi, I am afraid that it will be difficult to consume how many of his troops. ”

drove the tiger and devoured the wolf, and the first person to use that strategy to succeed was Xun Yu, the great strategist of Yingchuan under Cao Apu during the Three Kingdoms.

Xun Yu mastered the personality traits and psychological states of Liu Bei, Lü Bu, and Yuan Shu at that time, and used Liu Bei's loyalty to the Han family, Lü Bu's greed and arrogance, and Yuan Shu's recklessness to mobilize them to attack each other.

At the time when Xun Yu used the strategy of two tigers competing for food and driving tigers and wolves, the three-legged form had not yet been formed. At that time, Yuan Shao was particularly powerful among the princes of the world, and Cao Cao was hesitant to start a war with him. Xun Yu enlightened Cao Cao with the theory of four wins and four defeats, so that he finally made up his mind to resist Yuan.

The battle of Guandu, the planning of grain and grass supply and the reply letter strengthened Cao Cao's will. In the end, Yuan Shao was defeated to unify the Central Plains. This is all Xun Yu's plan.

Shi Dong Zhao persuaded Cao Cao to call him Duke of Wei. Xun Yu objected, and Cao Cao was deeply dissatisfied, so he recruited him into the army and recruited Sun Quan. Xun Yu stayed in Shouchun due to illness, and soon committed suicide by poisoning under Cao Cao's suggestion.

Why did Xun Yu die? The cause of his death was a great deal with his personal character.

Xun Yu was considered to have Wang Zuozhicai since he was a child, and Dong Zhuo resigned and returned to his hometown after entering Beijing to lead his clan to move to Jizhou.

Xun Yu thought that Yuan Shao would not be able to achieve great things in the end, so he went to Dongjun to seek refuge with Cao Cao, who admired him very much. compared him to Zhang Liang and named him Sima, when Xun Yu was twenty-nine years old.

When Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian, Lü Bu attacked Yanzhou, and Xun Yu was not afraid to go alone to say that he would retreat from Yuzhou, and he and Cheng Yu kept three cities.

Soon Lü Bu was defeated, and Xun Yu persuaded Cao Cao to welcome Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, so he was promoted to Shizhong and Shangshuling.

Because Xun Yu has recommended outstanding talents such as Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia to Cao Cao many times, Cao Cao respects Xun Yu even more and discusses with him first whenever there is a major event.

Yuan Shao was powerful, and Cao Cao was hesitant to go to war with him. Xun Yu enlightened Cao Cao with the theory of four wins and four defeats, so that he finally made up his mind to resist Yuan.

We can conceive. If Xun Yu had not supported Cao Cao's attack on Yuan Shao and strengthened Cao Cao's confidence, perhaps Cao Cao would never have the great feats he had in the future. can only succumb to Yuan Shao forever, and maybe there will be no situation of "Three Kingdoms" after that.

Even if there were, it was a competition between Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, and Cao Cao was gone.

The victory in the Battle of Guandu laid the foundation for a series of successes after Cao Cao, which was also an important turning point in Cao Cao's life, and all this is largely due to Xun Yu. However, a seemingly ordinary thing changed Xun Yu's life.

In the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Dong Zhao and others persuaded Cao Cao to take the public throne, but Xun Yu privately expressed his opposition, so he was jealous of Cao Cao. Later, he took him on the expedition when he was conquering Sun Quan.

Because Cao Cao sent troops in the past, Xun Yu stayed in the rear. Therefore, Xun Yu was sad and afraid, and finally died of illness in Shouchun, and was posthumously honored as a marquis, and later posthumously presented as a captain.

Was it because he was too strong, and Cao Cao was jealous of him and wanted to kill him?

No. Cao Cao is a person who is good at reusing talents, and it is because of his strong Cao Cao that he will take a fancy to him.

Cao Cao's interests, and they are very important interests to Cao Cao, otherwise, he would not kill Xun Yu, who was loyal to him and brought him a lot of benefits.

In fact, Xun Yu's death was caused by his character in the final analysis: first, he was too straightforward, and second, he was too loyal.

Let's start with his straightforwardness. He was too straightforward to present his point of view to Cao Cao, and if he had been more tactful and kind when he gave Cao Cao's advice, he might have survived death.

may not be able to continue to be his official, but at least he left a precious life, as the saying goes: "Stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood." "Life is the most precious thing and should be cherished.

Speaking of his loyalty, his loyalty is to the Han family and Cao Cao.

He had hopes for the recovery of the already irretrievable Han dynasty, hoping that it would be continued and restored with the efforts of him or Cao Cao.

In fact, it is all to blame him for being too stubborn, or he has read too little and does not understand that the change of dynasties is a natural phenomenon and a manifestation of social progress.

Moreover, no one can stop the progress of society, and the demise of the Han Dynasty is inevitable, and it will not be changed because of his intelligence and hard work.

He was too loyal to his Han family, and if he could give up his loyalty to the Han family regardless of what Cao Cao did, then his life would be rewritten. Maybe it will be a smooth sailing life, an enviable life.

He was too loyal to Cao Cao for the sake of Cao Cao's good, so he expressed his opinion, hoping that Cao Cao could change the established strategy.

But Xun Yu didn't expect that people would change, and as Cao Cao's credit increased, his power also increased. As his power grew, so did his ambitions.

Regarding Xun Yu's suggestion, Cao Cao, who "would rather bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear me", not only did not adopt it, but also wanted to kill Xun Yu, who was powerless.

used Xun Yu's strategy, Liu Xu naturally knew Xun Yu's ability and ending and the reason.

Liu Xu didn't want to be Xun Yu's second, he knew that he was not loyal to Zhong Xiang of the Song Dynasty, but he was loyal to Zhong Xiang but he didn't even dare to confirm it.

Strategists, Xun Yu's generation is a minority. Liu Xu is not that kind of strategist, when he is working for Zhong Xiang, he must first plan for himself.

So when he heard Zhong Xiang ask questions again, he didn't continue to say deeply, but directly said the next step he thought of.

What is Liu Xu's next strategy? That is to make Zhong Xiang give up the sea to be the king, isn't Jiaozhi ready to attack Guangnan West Road?

In the Xining War, the Jiaozhi people adopted a preemptive routine, and only at the beginning of the war did they take the Great Song Dynasty by surprise, so that the Great Song Dynasty lost face and killed many people in vain. (To be continued.) )