The person who stood up had nothing to do with all the strategists present, but he was Tian Feng who was a thorn in everyone's eyes.

It is said that Tian Feng has nothing to do with the other strategists present, but because except for official business, Tian Feng does not participate in the open and secret battles between several strategists, and does not unite with any one, so he can be regarded as the most independent strategist under Yuan Shao; as for saying that Tian Feng is a thorn in the side of other strategists, it is also easy to understand.

Tian Feng was originally an official in Luoyang, and later because the eunuch was in power, Tian Feng abandoned the official and returned home, and then served under Han Fu; and after Yuan Shao rebelled against the guest and won Jizhou, Yuan Shao heard about Tian Feng's fame, and brought gifts to recruit Tian Feng, and was extremely respectful in his words, and then appointed Tian Feng as a special driver. Don't drive this position, as mentioned earlier, he is the number two person in a state land below the state pastor and above 10,000 people, which shows Yuan Shao's importance to Tian Feng. For example, Xu You, Feng Ji and several other strategists who have followed Yuan Shao for a long time have only obtained the position of engagement, and Tian Feng, who has become above their heads as soon as he joined Yuan Shao's command, will not become a thorn in the side of others.

"Lord, for the matter of Youzhou Shepherd, the lord should think twice. ”

Tian Feng did not live up to his evaluation of the crime, and said very simply and directly: "Youzhou Mu has been strong and strong since the time of Bohai County, and there are many talented and fierce generals under his command; If the lord wants to raise troops to conquer Youzhou, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. ”

Tian Feng's words are very straightforward and clear, that is, the current Yuan Changbing is strong and strong, and with the strength of Jizhou, he can't beat others at all. Therefore. Don't say that Yuan Shao, who has a good face, is already frowning at the moment, his face is not safe, and Wen Chou and Yan Liang are both flushed.

"My lord, the last general doesn't believe that Youzhou has such strength. The last general asked the lord to give the last general 50,000 soldiers and horses, and he would take Youzhou and help Yuan Chang in front of the lord. Wen Chou shouted wow. Show yourself tough.

"The lord humiliated the ministers to death, Yuan Chang humiliated the lord so much, the last general couldn't stand it, and he was willing to ask for his life to attack Youzhou and take Yuan Chang's child for the lord. Yan Liang also followed closely to express his loyalty.

If it were Cao Cao, Liu Bei or Sun Quan, they would either go to war directly, or they would forbear. can make a decision very simply. However, Yuan Shao has always been hesitant and indecisive. For Yuan Chang to help him take Bingzhou and Qingzhou so opportunistically, but Yuan Chang profited the most from the Youzhou war, Yuan Shao was naturally dissatisfied and wanted to teach Yuan Chang a lesson. However, although Tian Feng's words are not popular, there is some truth in them. Could it be that today's Yuan Chang is still the soft persimmon that he used to knead Yuan Shao? This is naturally impossible. Therefore, Yuan Shao was extremely hesitant, whether to send troops to Youzhou, or to let go of this matter, if he let this matter go, he was extremely unwilling in his heart. Yuan Shao glanced at the other strategists who had not yet spoken. When he saw Xu You, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked.

"Ziyuan, during the previous war in Youzhou, you followed Yuan Chang's side. What do you think of it?"

Xu You had already thought that Yuan Shao would ask him just now, after all, as Yuan Shao said, during the war in Youzhou, he had always been by Yuan Chang's side, and he naturally knew the details of Yuan Chang best. After straightening his robe, Xu You looked at the other strategists, and said loudly: "My lord, the original soldiers and horses of Youzhou Mu were recruited from Bohai County, and they originally belonged to Jizhou soldiers and horses. Although Youzhou Mu has recently entered Youzhou, but the foundation is unstable, and it will take a lot of time to completely stabilize Youzhou; If in terms of the combat strength of the soldiers, the Jizhou soldiers of the lord are naturally fearless, and the lord has more stable Jizhou as the rear, if there is really a war, Youzhou Mu will not be able to support, and the people in Youzhou will be dissatisfied. ”

The meaning of Xu You's words seems to be telling Yuan Shao that Yuan Chang's troops are not to be feared, the lord has a stable Jizhou that has been governed by you, and it is just an easy matter to kill Yuan Chang, who has not long been in the main Youzhou. Xu You, as a figure who had been following Yuan Chang during the war in Youzhou, knew Yuan Chang's details quite well, and when Xu You said this, how could Yuan Shao not be moved? However, Xu You had not finished speaking.

"The lord knows that at the time of the war in Youzhou, Youzhou Mu and Liu He soldiers and horses united to repel Karasuma, Eastern Xianbei and other alien races, and won the battle with very small losses, what is the reason for the lord?"

"Oh!"

A look of curiosity suddenly appeared on Yuan Shao's face, Xu You was not only his advisor, but also a good friend when he was in Luoyang, of course Yuan Shao did not express his dissatisfaction with Xu You's appetite for questioning, but asked very cooperatively: "Ziyuan, could it be that there is any inside story in it?"

"Yes!"

Xu You nodded, an unfathomable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "As early as before, Yuan Tu and I went to Bohai County to visit the military parade in Bohai County. However, it wasn't until the time of the war in Youzhou that his subordinates discovered that the soldiers and horses under the command of Youzhou Mu were already equipped with such sophisticated armor and weapons, and it was with the help of such divine weapons that the soldiers and horses of Youzhou Mu could be invincible and invincible. The main soldiers and horses are not afraid of the Youzhou herding soldiers and horses, however, if there is such a divine weapon to help, the main soldiers and horses will inevitably suffer heavy losses, which is extremely unfavorable to the great cause of the lord. Therefore, his subordinates thought that at this time, it was not the right time to start a war with Youzhou. ”

At the beginning, Xu You sang praises of virtue, it seems that Youzhou Mu is nothing more than this, as long as there is a war in Youzhou, he will definitely be able to take it;

In fact, Xu Yu is really not wrong when he says that he is contradictory, history has recorded it like this.

However, he said that in history, Yuan Shao wanted to conquer Cao Cao, and Tian Feng risked his life to admonish Yuan Shao not to go to war. Yuan Shao was furious. took Tian Feng and prepared to sacrifice the flag with Tian Feng's head, but as a result, no one spoke to the other strategists, but Xu Yu advised Yuan Shao to wait for the victory of the war to punish Tian Feng. From this sentence, it can be seen that Xu You is defending Tian Feng. Yuan Shao was about to kill Tian Feng, but Xu You suggested that Yuan Shao should be punished after winning the battle. Killing the head and punishing are completely different feelings. There is no doubt about this. It's just that after Yuan Shao's defeat in Guandu, Yuan Shao regretted wanting to reuse Tian Feng, and as a result, Xu You stood up again and said how Tian Feng was, how to drop, and in the end, Tian Feng was killed. For Yuan Shao, it can be described as a huge loss.

For Xu You, you can deeply analyze his life, and maybe you can understand him.

Regarding Xu You, the earliest record is that Xu You is mentioned in many places in "Wei Shu", all of which are about an earth-shattering thing that Xu You wants to do, yes, that is, to abolish the new emperor. "It's all there. Jizhou Thorn Shi Wang Fen, Nanyang Xu You, Peiguo Zhou Jing and others connected Haojie and plotted to abolish Emperor Ling. The Marquis of Hefei was established to sue Taizu, but Taizu refused. Fen and the others were defeated. This record says that Xu You is a native of Nanyang, and he was a little bold at an early age, daring to conspire with others to depose the emperor. In this incident, Xu You thought of Cao Cao. felt that Cao Cao had a good chance of winning, but Cao Cao did not participate, and the result was as Cao Cao expected, and this time the abolition failed.

After this incident, Xu Yu has been silent. Until the Battle of Guandu broke out, he began to appear as a strategist of Yuan Shao. Xu Yu has three appearances in Guandu. The first time was when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao couldn't hold each other. This appearance is recorded in Pei Songzhi's notes and quotations from previous historical sources. The note said that Yuan Shao could not attack the official for a long time, so Xu You offered a plan to Yuan Shao and brought the Son of Heaven from another road to Xu Du. But Yuan Shao did not follow Xu You's advice, and as a result, "Xu You was angry". From this record, it seems that Xu You not only has courage, but also has brains, and the strategy is exactly what Cao Cao was afraid of, but Yuan Shao did not listen. As a result, Xu Yu was very angry. It can be seen from the first record that Xu You and Cao Cao still have a very good relationship, and he did not help his old friend in the bones, but instead offered this poisonous plan, which was indeed very dedicated to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao didn't use such a good strategy, which made him very angry. If he didn't really do it for Yuan Shao's good, he wouldn't be angry. At this time, Xu You had no plans to rebel.

But by the time Xu Yu made his second appearance in Guandu, he had defected. Yuan Shao's strategy of not listening to him certainly had some effect, but without this incident, his rebellion would still have happened. For this ending, Cao Cao's strategist Xun Yu had long expected it. Xun Yu's biography records that Kong Rong went to see Xun Yu and said that Yuan Shao's strategists were fierce and it was difficult to defeat him. Xun Yu said when referring to Xu You that Xu You was greedy for money and connived at his family members to break the law, and the trial and Feng Ji were both upright and unchangeable and unscrupulous people, once Xu You's family broke the law, they would definitely be arrested, and if their family members were arrested, Xu You would definitely have to make other plans. Things are just as Xun Yu expected, "Emperor Wu Ji" recorded: "Shao's ministers are greedy for money, Shao can't be enough, and he comes to run, because he said that he attacked Qiong and so on." Xu Yu was greedy for money, and to the point that Yuan Shao was no longer satisfied, so he left Yuan Shao to join Cao Cao, and offered a plan to burn Yuan Shao's grain and grass. In fact, the record here is a bit problematic, Xu You is greedy for money, if Yuan Shao can't be satisfied, he should have run away a long time ago, why do he have to wait until the Battle of Guandu? And Xu You also offered such a good plan before, obviously not a person who wants to leave can do it. The reason that led Xu You to leave Yuan Shao is probably the murder of Xu You's family mentioned in the romance. This matter was also mentioned in Xun Yu's biography. "Judge Xu You's family lawlessly, accept his wife, and be angry and rebellious. It can be seen that what triggered Xu You's surrender to Cao Cao was neither that his greed could not be satisfied, nor that his strategy could not be used, but that his family was taken into custody. Then, on the surface, Xu You is not a problem young man just for this rebellion.

Not really.

Why was Xu Yu's family detained? What kind of law did he violate? Since Xun Yu made such a judgment, there must be a causal relationship. In other words, because Xu Yu is greedy, his family will break the law. Although Yuan Shao gave him a lot of benefits, he still thought that the benefits given by Yuan Shao were not enough. As a corrupt official, he can't support him, and he has to find another way to make money. And to do so is bound to violate the law laid down by the righteous judgment. Before the expedition, it may be that Yuan Shao took a fancy to Xu You and had been sheltering him, and Xu You's family escaped punishment. Now that Xu Yu is following Yuan Shao on the expedition, the trial and Feng Ji will no longer be silent. As soon as Xu You's family has a new wrong, they will naturally be imprisoned. By the time the news reached the front, it became a fait accompli. Yuan Shao had already imprisoned Tian Feng and Fu Zhi before he set out on the expedition, and he was also blind to Xu Youxian's strategy, and since Tian Feng knew that Yuan Shao would be angry with him after he failed, Xu You, a smart person, could naturally think of it. There is no home anymore, and if you stay by Yuan Shao's side any longer, I am afraid that even your life will be gone.

It can be seen that Xu You is a corrupt official who is very good at planning for himself. But he also has a moral bottom line, and he will not go out of the road that violates morality unless he has to. In the early days, he responded to Wang Fen, and it is estimated that he had the idea of taking the opportunity to get a vote. defected to Yuan Shao, and there was also a speculative thought. But he did not leave Yuan Shao when his strategy was useless. It shows that although he is speculative, he still pays attention to human feelings. It wasn't until he couldn't stay any longer that he finally fought back and dealt a fatal blow to Yuan Shao.

Romance said that Xu You knew that Cao Cao had no food because he found Cao Cao's letter. However, in the relevant notes of the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", there is no mention of Xu You's interception of Cao Cao's letters. Xu Yu came to his conclusions entirely on his own judgment. At the same time, in view of the strategy mentioned by Xu Yu above, it shows that Xu You's talent should be ranked in the middle and upper among the strategists of the Three Kingdoms.

After the black nest broke, Chun Yuqiong was caught by Cao Cao, and Chun Yuqiong said that the victory or defeat was because of the number of days, and Cao Cao decided not to kill Chun Yuqiong. In fact, at this time, Chun Yuqiong had already lost his nose in the battle, and Xu Yu said to Cao Cao at this time, "Ming Dan is seen in the mirror, and this benefit is not forgotten." The meaning of this sentence is that when he looks in the mirror tomorrow, he will not forget the shame of tonight. Cao Cao felt that Xu You's words made sense, so he killed Chun Yuqiong.

The above facts show that Xu You is a very talented person, and he is very able to weigh the pros and cons, and he also has a certain moral bottom line. But Xu You is a corrupt official. As long as he is an official, he will be greedy. Corrupt officials are troubled youth in any era. But compared to other young people from the Three Kingdoms who were more problematic, Xu You could only point to Li Yan's nose and say, You are still almost.

From the above incidents, it can be seen that what Xu You said and did made some sense, and it was not a contradiction.

Just like the treatment of Yuan Chang, Xu You was also despised by Yuan Chang, and Xu You was not a generous person, so he naturally held a grudge in his heart. However, he also knew that if he thought about Yuan Shao's overall situation, it would naturally not be a wise thing to start a war with Yuan Chang now. Therefore, Xu You first patted Yuan Shao's ass, saying that Yuan Shao was very bullish, and then changed his head again, mentioning that Yuan often has foreign objects to help, which is not a good thing for Yuan Shao, and he should deal with it leisurely. Now, not only did Yuan Shao stop the idea of sending troops, but also took the opportunity to praise Yuan Shao, which was even more valued by Yuan Shao. (To be continued.) )