The policy discussion then went on to talk about Yuan Shao's reaction to the slander and competition among his strategists.
He actually didn't care at all!
He actually thought that this was normal and a healthy competition!
He had never seen how united Cao Cao's strategists were. They would only discuss when they found a problem. There was rarely any conflict. Even if there was a conflict, it would be quickly resolved. There was no time for them to slander each other.
On the other hand, Yuan Shao's place was almost becoming a daily routine.
However, Yuan Shao still preferred Guo Tu and Shen Pei over the others, so he listened to their opinions in the end.、、
Shen Pei and Guo Tu both advocated following Yuan Shao's decision to immediately gather 100,000 elite soldiers and march toward Xudu. Why did Shen Pei and Guo Tu insist on this? Shen Pei might have been too busy and muddle-headed. As for Guo Tu, he was just sucking up.
Because he knew Guo Tu's character very well. He was eager for quick success, eager for success, self-righteous, and headstrong.
Moreover, Yuan Shao had just defeated Gongsun Zan at the Battle of the Boundary Bridge and became the most powerful duke in the north. His limelight was unparalleled.
At this time when the limelight was at its peak, Yuan Shao naturally had to be even more arrogant.
He felt that he was a majestic man who could swallow everything in his path. He was eager to win and was impatient to engage in mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, and protracted warfare.
According to Jushou and Tian Feng, it would take three to four years to kill Cao Cao.
It was too long.
He was impatient, he was unhappy, he was not cool.
As for Guo Tu, he deeply understood Yuan Shao's character, so he advised Yuan Shao and opposed Ju Shou, saying," There's no need for that. The military book says that if it's ten, surround it, if it's five, attack it, and if it's the enemy, fight it. What does that mean? If our strength is ten times that of the enemy, we will surround him. If we outnumber the enemy by five times, we will attack. If we are evenly matched with the enemy, we can fight him. Our army is now ten times Cao Cao's! Why do we still have to do such small tricks? What mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, protracted warfare? With our Deacon Yuan's wisdom and might, with our invincible army, isn't it easy to destroy a small Cao Cao?
This was another set of empty words, and bootlickers were the best at saying such things. And the words of a bootlicker were the most unreliable.
However, Yuan Shao was a person who liked to listen to flattery. After he heard it, he immediately felt smug. Qiushou saw that the situation was not good and came out to speak again.
This time, Qiushou's words were more serious, and he directly pointed out the stakes. Suppressing unrest and exterminating cruelty were called righteous soldiers. Militarism and bullying were called arrogant soldiers. Righteous soldiers always won, and proud soldiers always lost. Now that the emperor is in Xu, we have no reason to fight. We will go against justice and lose in politics first. And we bully the weak and bully people with our power. We lose another move in terms of morality. If we don't pay attention to strategy, if we are still eager for quick success and instant benefits, if we still want to strike first, if we still want to accomplish everything in one go, then we will lose another move in strategy, and we will definitely not win this war.
At this moment, his words were inevitably a little rushed, but he angered Yuan Shao, so he was kicked out of the military advisor group for the reason of saying inauspicious words and was no longer used.
Therefore, Yuan Shao lost to Ming Gong in terms of morality, politics, and then in terms of employment.
And because of the improper use of people, he lost to Ming Gong in strategy.
This fifth move, however, was lost in terms of command.
Although he had lost in terms of strategy, Yuan Benchu still had a large number of soldiers and generals. His political defeat could be salvaged through actual military combat. It was still possible to win. But in the end, he still failed. The reason was that he did not command properly.
When Ming Gong was resting on the white horse, he did not guard the white horse to save Yanjin. It was a mistake to fall into Ming Gong's diversion and lure the tiger away from the mountain.
Ming Gong retreated in order to advance, his goal was to extend his supply line, but Yuan Shao was deceived, advancing into Guandu was the second mistake.
During the stalemate, Xu You suggested that Yuan Shao send surprise soldiers to attack Xudu and kidnap the emperor. Yuan Shao did not adopt this suggestion. This was the third mistake.
When Ming Gong attacked Wuchao, Yuan Shao did not send a large number of troops to save Wuchao. Instead, he listened to Guo Tu's suggestion and sent a large number of troops to attack Guandu, losing Wuchao. This was the fourth mistake.
It could be said that in this battle, Yuan Shao's command was wrong again and again. Therefore, rather than saying that the victory of the Battle of Guandu was due to Ming Gong's godlike use of troops, it was more accurate to say that it was due to Yuan Benchu's stupidity.
"Good!" Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but exclaim loudly. Then, he stared at the words on the policy paper, clearly fascinated.
Moreover, even if Yuan Benchu was incompetent because of improper employment, discord in the organization, and strategic mistakes, he would not be unable to recover after his defeat in Guandu.
However, after the defeat at Guandu, Yuan Benchu couldn't calm down and spat out blood. Therefore, his sixth question was exposed.
That was the problem of the heir's housework.
Not only were Yuan Benchu's advisors fighting among themselves, but his family was also fighting over household chores.
He had three sons, the eldest son Yuan Tan, the second son Yuan Xi, and the youngest son Yuan Shang. Who did Yuan Benchu like? Yuan Shang, why? Because Yuan Shang was beautiful, so they decided to make Yuan Shang their successor. Yuan Shao was probably also a handsome man. Among his three sons, the youngest son was the most handsome. Therefore, Yuan Shao thought that the successor of the old handsome man should be the young handsome man. It was ridiculous. Wasn't this ridiculous? But he couldn't say it. What should he do? He said,"Three sons and one nephew. I will divide my four provinces into Jizhou, Qingzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou. I will keep my youngest son Yuan Shang with me in Jizhou, and then send one person to each of the remaining three provinces. Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Gao Gan are my nephews." Ju Shou objected again. Ju Shou said,"My Lord, how can you do this?" As the saying goes," A rabbit on the road is chased by ten thousand people." What did it mean? It was a rabbit that ran to a crossroad and everyone came to snatch it." If one person gets it, the greedy will stop." If one person got it, everyone would stop fighting. What you're doing now is equivalent to putting this rabbit at the crossroads. Can you not fight among yourself? Yuan Shao didn't listen. After he died, his eldest son Yuan Tan and his third son Yuan Shang started fighting. His strategists also split into two factions and killed each other, saving Cao Cao a lot of effort. This was Yuan Shao's second mistake, called the disharmony of the organization.
Political failure, moral error, strategic error, command error, personnel error, and discord in the organization. With these six mistakes, if they did not fail, then it would be called heaven's will!
In the Battle of Red Cliff, you and Yuan Shao were no different!
Seeing this, Cao Cao was about to clap his hands in joy, but he didn't expect to see the words 'In the Battle of Red Cliff, Ming Gong and Yuan Shao were no different.' His expression immediately froze and he began to ponder.
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