On the whole, Jia Xu is not only one of the five great strategists in the early Cao Wei period, even in the entire Three Kingdoms era, even if Jia Xu is not ranked in the top three in the military of many strategists, at least he is in the top five, and even the chief, Jia Xu is also fully capable of fighting. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Relatively speaking, Jia Xu's status in the Cao Wei group is not so high, at least not as high as most people think, whether it is in official positions or in food, Jia Xu is not prominent.

【Dedicated to the Emperor and Ministers】

In the official history, Jia Xu is not only one of Cao Cao's important advisers, but also one of the close ministers of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty.

Earlier, Li Dao and Guo Yan fought in Chang'an City, Li Dao was powerful, and introduced the Qiang and Hu two marshals as foreign aid, Liu Xie was deeply threatened by Li Dao, so he asked Jia Xu to use a trick to lure away the Qiang and Hu two marshals, which greatly reduced Li Dao's strength, Liu Xie left Chang'an, and Jia Xu also had credit. After that, Li Dao and others pursued the relocated Emperor Xian and captured many ministers, and it was Jia Xu who advised them to save their lives.

However, after Jia Xu did these things, he did not continue to follow Emperor Xian, but went to take refuge in his fellow countryman Duan Xuan, without taking credit for himself at all.

[A life of being feared]

In the early stage, whether it was when Li Dao and Guo Yan were in power, or under Duan Xuan, although everyone treated Jia Xu well on the surface, they were secretly wary of him.

After breaking through Chang'an, Li Wei, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others, who were also the former Xiliang military captains, all controlled the military power, and divided one side, Jia Xu tried to persuade everyone to raise troops, but Li Wei and others did not leave troops for Jia Xu, but were only ready to give him a marquis, so that he could be a high-ranking official in name only, after Jia Xu refused, they worshiped Jia Xu as a scholar, in charge of selecting talents, it can be said that Li Wei and others were close to Jia Xu and were also very jealous of him.

Later, Jia Xu took refuge in his fellow countryman Duan Xuan, at that time Duan Xuan was stationed in Huayin, because Jia Xu has always been well-known and respected by Duan Xuanjun, Duan Xuan was afraid that Jia Xu would seize his military power, although he was very polite to Jia Xu on the surface, Jia Xu was not at ease after seeing it. Later, he was co-opted by Zhang Xiu, and left Duan Xuan by the way.

In the later period, after Jia Xu took refuge in Cao Cao, the situation did not change much, Cao Cao did not use Jia Xu too much, and his attitude was still somewhat reserved, which can be seen from the change of Jia Xu's official position, when Jia Xu persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao, Jia Xu had already been worshiped as the ruling Jinwu, the marquis of the capital pavilion, and moved to Jizhou Mu, because Jizhou was occupied by Yuan Shao at that time, Jia Xu stayed in the Sikong military, but in fact, this official position may be very high for others, but it is not high for Jia Xu, because Jia Xu has already served as Shangshu earlier, and even once refused the appointment of Shang Shufu.

After Cao Cao occupied Jizhou, he served as the pastor of Jizhou, and reappointed Jia Xu as the doctor of Taizhong, which is the last change in Jia Xu's official position during the Cao Cao period in known historical materials, which means that Jia Xu has not been promoted to an official in the past 20 years after defecting to Cao Cao, and Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, who are also strategists under Cao Cao, were appointed as Shang Shuling and one was worshiped as a guard lieutenant after the establishment of the Wei State.

And after Jia Xu's death, he did not enjoy the Temple of Emperor Wu of Wei with Xun Yu, Xun You and others, but deserved to enjoy the Temple of Emperor Wen of Wei, which is also an obvious attitude, Jia Xu has been loyal to Cao Cao for twenty-one years, and the result is not as good as serving Cao Pi for three years!

Jia Xu served as a lieutenant after Cao Pi took the throne, but Jia Xu was already old at that time and died within a few years. From the records in "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Jia Xu", it can also be seen one or two: "Xu thinks that he is not the old minister of Taizu, but has a deep plan, is afraid of suspicion, closes the door and keeps himself, retreats without personal friendship, marries men and women, does not marry a high family, and the world's wise people return to it." ”

On the whole, there are actually many reasons why Jia Xu was jealous of Cao Cao, in addition to the fact that Jia Xu recorded in "The Biography of Jia Xu" was not Cao Cao's former minister, but he had a deep strategy, so he was afraid of Cao Cao's suspicion, there were other reasons.

First of all, Zhang Xiu's actions in the first battle of Wancheng Jia Xu participated, so in the death of Cao Ang, Xu Chu and others, Jia Xu also had "credit", which had more or less a thorn in Cao Cao's heart, after all, Cao Ang was Cao Cao's eldest son, not a casual son.

Secondly, Jia Xu has helped Emperor Xian many times and has a deep relationship with Liu Xie, so Cao Cao cannot rest assured about Jia Xu on this alone. In addition, Jia Xu's tricks are quite poisonous and impressive, so it is normal for a suspicious monarch like Cao Cao to have a reserved attitude towards Jia Xu.

Therefore, although Jia Xu has shown the demeanor of a top strategist in history, in fact, because he himself is afraid and reserved, Jia Xu can't go all out.

【Afterlife】

On the sixth day of the fourth year of the Huang dynasty (August 11, 223), Jia Xu died at the age of seventy-seven, and was nicknamed Suhou. His son Jamu inherited the title and served as a taishou. After Jamu's death, his son Jamo inherited the title. Jia Xu is proficient in the art of war, and is the author of a volume of "The Art of War", and has also proofread "The Art of War of Wu Qi".

Many years later, Jia Xu and Wang Lang, Cao Zhen, and Xin Bi enjoyed the temple of Emperor Wen of Wei.

Jia Xu's planning and calculation, Jia Kui's loyalty and bravery, Zhang Ji's civil affairs talent, Cheng Yu's wisdom and bravery, Gu Yong's meticulous and serious, Wang Hun's demeanor and strength, Liu Yi's ability to see people, and Yu Yi's ambition and strategy, are respectfully known as the "Eight Gentlemen of Wei and Jin", from "Tang Hui Yao", which is headed by Jia Xu.

【Jia Xu in History】

Name: Jia Xu

Attributes: Strategy (A+) Jia Xu is one of the few strategists in Chinese history who is a combination of right and strange

Command (?) Jia Xu was originally a lieutenant in the Xiliang Army and was born in the army

General comment (a) This evaluation is lower than Jia Xu's actual ability, which is related to his long-term low status in the Cao Wei group

Alias (title): Jia Wenhe

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Official position: Lieutenant

Profession: Strategist, General

Nickname: Su Hou

Title: Marquis of Duting, Marquis of Shouxiang

Family Origin: Unknown, probably from a noble family

Birth and death: 147--223

Place of birth: Guzang, Liangzhou

Main social relations: Sons (Jia Mu, Jia Wan, Jia Ji)

Major Experiences:

From 147 to 199, he devoted himself to the Xiliang Army, and successively served Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Duan Xuan, Zhang Xiu and others, and once helped Emperor Xian move eastward, and helped Zhang Xiu unite with Liu Biao to fight against Cao Cao

From 199 to 220, he returned to Cao Cao with Zhang Xiu, gave him advice, and helped him defeat Yuan Shao, Ma Chao, Han Sui and others

After Cao Pi ascended to the throne from 220 to 223, Jia Xu was reused for helping to gain the throne, and was worshiped as a lieutenant, and died soon after

Summary: During the Three Kingdoms period, in terms of strategy, Jia Xu had basically reached the apex of a strategist, except that he did not have a strategic ambition similar to "Longzhong Pair".