Yuan Shao
Yuan Shao IV, Sangong, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao's birth was far superior, which helped him a lot! At the beginning, Yuan Shao was actually just a court minister, not a government official at all. His territory was all earned by his hard work. Conquering the world is not easy. You can imagine how powerful Yuan Shao is. Although Yuan Shao is mentioned in the romance, Yuan Shao in the official history is completely different. He is as talented as Cao Cao!
At the peak of his life, Yuan Shao lived in seclusion in the land of four States, with a registered population of nearly 2 million and an army of nearly 200,000. What is this concept? During the Three Kingdoms period, the registered population of Shu Han was only one million, and the army was only nearly 654.38 million. In other words, Yuan Shao is actually far stronger than the later Shu Han, and he can build a country independently! It's a pity that Yuan Shao died too early, otherwise Cao Cao wouldn't have become the strongest man in the world so easily!
The battle of Guandu, many people think that this is a sign of Yuan Shao's complete failure, but it is not. Although Yuan Shao lost a lot in this battle, he occupied four States in Qinghai and Hebei, and was very rich. Yuan Shao had a very good reputation in these places. Therefore, it is very easy for Yuan Shao to raise another army. If he hadn't died, the whole Hebei province would still obey Yuan Shao's orders, and Cao Cao might not win because Cao Cao's rear was much worse than Yuan Shao's. Cao Cao's living environment is even worse, surrounded by strong enemies and frequent wars. He is not as rich as Yuan Shao at all, so the outcome is unknown!
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Next, let's take a look at Yuan Shao's talent. First of all, we say that Yuan Shao is brave and good at fighting, and he is called the fourth court pillar of Hebei. They are Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan and Z Ryan! Among them, Yan Liang was beheaded by Guan Yu in the Battle of White Horse, Wen Chou died in the Battle, Gao Lan and Zhang He surrendered to Cao Cao, and Gao Lan gradually disappeared. However, Zhang He has always been famous in Cao Cao's place, and even became the only famous soldier in the world in the later period. He even fought side by side with Zhuge Liang in the Northern Expedition, and finally died tragically in Mumen Road.
Eight pillars
The four courts mainly refer to the four valiant generals under Yuan Shao, and the eight pillars refer to Yuan Shao's advisers! They are Tian Feng, Giant Hand, Xu You, Shen Pei, Ji Feng, Guo Tu, Xin Ping and Yu Xun!
Tian Feng made many contributions to Yuan Shao's expansion. Destroying Gongsun Zan and pacifying Hebei is Tian Feng's plan. And when Cao Cao and Liu Bei were fighting, Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao send troops to attack Cao Cao. As a result, Yuan Shao didn't agree. If Yuan Shao had followed Tian Feng's advice, Cao Cao would have been killed! Later, due to the change of the situation, Tian Feng disapproved of Yuan Shao's initiative to send troops to attack Cao Cao, which angered Yuan Shao and eventually killed him.
The great hand is also very talented, but he was alienated by Yuan Shao because he disagreed with Yuan Shao many times. In the battle of Guandu, Jushou was captured. Cao Cao knew that Jushou was a great talent and wanted to have Jushou. As a result, Jushou planned to sneak back to Yuan Shao and embarrass Cao Cao. Finally Cao Cao killed the giant hand.
Xu You is the biggest traitor under Yuan Shao. Although he is very talented, he is greedy and indulges his family in breaking the law. When his family was arrested, he betrayed Yuan Shao directly, told Cao Cao Yuan's military secrets and made suggestions for Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao. But the bad guys always get what they deserve, and finally Xu You was killed by Cao Cao.
Shen Pei is a very talented person, but he followed the wrong person. Yuan Shao could still help him, but Yuan Shao's son was too abrasive, and finally Shen Pei was defeated and captured alive by Cao Cao. Cao Cao knew that Shen Pei was a talented person, so he wanted to keep Shen Pei, but Shen Pei would rather die than surrender and eventually die heroically.
Monsoon was also a talented man, but it is very regrettable that he finally died in the infighting of yuan brothers.
Guo Tu is most famous for falsely accusing Zhang He and Gao Lan in the battle of Guandu, which eventually forced them to turn against each other and dealt a great blow to Yuan Shao's morale. Later, in the process of resisting Cao Cao, Guo Tu was defeated and killed.
Xin Ping's ability is not as good as before, but he is honest and unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao, which is worthy of Yuan Shao.
Chen Xun is Yuan Shao's chief adviser and Yu Xun's brother. However, after the battle of Guandu, Chen Xun disappeared. It is estimated that Yuan Shao has lost the tide and lived in seclusion.
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On the whole, in fact, the peak strength of Yuan Shao is very strong. He not only far surpassed Cao Cao in territory and population, but also far surpassed Cao Cao in talent. It can be said that Yuan Shao was the most powerful person to unify the whole country at that time. Unfortunately, Yuan Shao died shortly after the Battle of Guandu. If he hadn't died so early, the result of his confrontation with Cao Cao is still unknown!
(This article mainly refers to the history of the Three Kingdoms)