Cheng Yu is one of the five great strategists in the early stage of Cao Wei, he is the oldest of the five, although he has a rigid personality and has offended a lot, but in history he is an old birthday star like Jia Xu, who died at the age of eighty. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

If Xun Yu suffered a catastrophe because of political disagreement with Cao Cao, then Cheng Yu was later overtaken by Xun You and others mainly because of his personality.

【Civility and Martial Arts】

In history, Cheng Yu was not a simple strategist, he not only had a strategy far beyond ordinary people, but also made great achievements in military affairs. Before taking refuge in Cao Cao, Cheng Yu had already used tricks to defeat Wang Du, and also helped Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, choose an ally Yuan Shao and turn his back on Gongsun Zhan, but Gongsun Chan was defeated by Yuan Shao.

After Liu Dai's death, after Cao Cao entered Yanzhou, he summoned Cheng Yu, but Cheng Yu agreed.

After the Yanzhou Rebellion, Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others betrayed Cao Cao, Lu Bu attacked, Cheng Yu helped Xun Yu defend Juancheng and other three counties, and survived until Cao Cao's return. Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought in Yanzhou, the beacon fire was repeated, the fight was exhausted, both defeated, Yuan Shao left a back road for Cao Cao, Cao Cao was once ready to go north to take refuge in Yuan Shao, it was Cheng Yu's timely advice, only to dispel Cao Cao's mind to take refuge in others.

In the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Cao moved the capital to Xuchang and took Cheng Yu as the book. At that time, Yanzhou had not yet been appeased, so Cheng Yu was the general of Dongzhonglang, leading Jiyin Taishou and supervising Yanzhou affairs. After Liu Bei came to surrender, Cheng Yu advised Cao Cao to remove it in time, Cao Cao did not listen, but reused Liu Bei, after learning that Cao Cao sent Liu Bei out, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia hurriedly came to stop it, but unfortunately it was a step late.

Before the battle of Guandu, Cheng Yu was appointed as the general of Zhenwei, when Yuan Shao moved his troops to the south in Liyang, but Cheng Yu guarded Juancheng with 700 soldiers, and also refused Cao Cao's reinforcements for the sake of the overall situation, and Cao Cao praised him afterwards. Two or three years later, Cao Cao went north to defeat the Yuan brothers, and Cheng Yu and Li Dian broke through Gaofan, dredged the waters, and transported grain and grass for Cao Cao.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou in the south, Liu Cong surrendered, and Liu Bei went to Jiangwu for help. Some people thought that Sun Quan would kill Liu Bei, but Cheng Yu expected: "Sun Quan's new reign has not yet been feared by the sea." And Cao Gong is invincible in the world, the first time to raise Jingzhou, the shock of the river, although Sun Quan is strategic, he can't resist alone. Liu Bei is famous, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all enemies of 10,000 people, and Sun Quan will definitely assist them to defend against our army. After parting ways, Liu Bei had received actual funding, and Sun Quan couldn't get it and killed him. Sun Quan really supplied the army and Liu Bei to defend against Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao pacified Jingzhou, and the Central Plains was roughly pacified, Cao Cao stroked Cheng Yuzhi's back and said: "If Yanzhou was defeated, if I hadn't listened to your plan, how could I have come here?" Cheng Yu replied: "The so-called 'contentment is not disgraced', and now is the time for me to retreat from the rapids." So he officially said that he would return the military power from now on and would not go out.

According to the "Book of Wei", Cao Cao conquered Han Sui and Ma Chaoshi, Cao Pi stayed behind, and made Cheng Yu participate in the military. When Tian Yin and Su Bo rebelled against Hejian, Cao Pi sent the general Jia Xin to investigate. There were more than 1,000 rebels in the army who asked for surrender, and the ministers of the DPRK and China all believed that they should surrender their troops in accordance with the old law, but Cheng Yu said: "The reason why we wanted to kill those who surrendered in the past was because the situation was turbulent at that time, the world was in chaos, and when attacking the thieves, the policy of 'those who besiege and then surrender will not be pardoned' was adopted, the purpose was to show the other rebel parties the consequences of not surrendering as soon as possible, so that all the enemies would be afraid, and surrender before the siege, and then there would be no need to besiege the city with troops in the future." For example, the situation has generally settled down today, and the battle is taking place in the territory this time, these are all thieves who have not formed a climate, and there is no place to demonstrate and show fear if they are killed, and they have lost the strategic significance of the previous surrender. Therefore I do not think that these troops shall be killed; Even if you want to kill them, you must first ask Cao Gong's opinion. But the ministers at that time said: "We can make our own decisions on the military side, and we don't need to tell Cao Gong about everything!" After Cheng Yu heard this, he no longer responded.

After the court meeting was over, Cao Pi left the hall and specially introduced Cheng Yu and asked him: "You seem to be still unfinished?" Cheng Yu said: "The so-called 'self-decision' system refers to the need to make a decision as soon as possible in the face of temporary urgency. Now that the thief has been subdued by Jia Xin, this matter will not suddenly change too sharply. Therefore, the old minister did not want the general to rush to make his own decisions and do **** things. Cao Pi understood Cheng Yu's hard work and sighed: "Cheng Jun is really thoughtful!" He immediately explained the rebellion in Hejian to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao later ordered not to surrender, after he knew the ins and outs, he was very happy, and said to Cheng Yu: "Cheng Qing is not only clear about military strategy, but also good at dealing with other people's fathers and sons. ”

【Afterlife】

Cheng Yu is rigid by nature and has many discords with others. Someone falsely accused Cheng Yu of rebellion, but Cao Cao treated him well. In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), when the Wei State was established, Cheng Yu was a guard lieutenant and was deposed because he competed with the lieutenant Xing Zhen for prestige.

In the first year of the early Huang Dynasty (220 years), Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Cheng Yufu was the commander of the guard, and he entered the Marquis of Anxiang, increasing the number of 300 households, and a total of 800 households in front of him. The young sons Cheng Yan and Sun Chengxiao were divided into liehous. The imperial court was about to take Cheng Yu as the third duke, but Cheng Yu died at this time, and Cao Pi was also weeping for it, posthumously gifting the general of the chariot cavalry, and said that Su Hou had a life expectancy of eighty. His son Cheng Wu is the heir. After Cheng Wu's death, his son Cheng Ke took over. After Cheng Ke's death, his son Cheng Liang became the heir.

In the first year of Qinglong (233), Cheng Yu was enshrined in Cao Cao's temple.

[Name change and doxing]

According to the "Book of Wei": When Cheng Yu was a teenager, he often dreamed that he climbed Mount Tai to hold the sun in both hands. Cheng Yu felt strange and told Xun Yu about it. At the time of Yanzhou ****, thanks to Cheng Yu's planning, Juancheng and other three county towns were preserved. At this time, Xun Yu told Cao Cao about Cheng Yu's dream. After Cao Cao heard this, he said to Cheng Yu: "Qing should be my heart after all." At that time, Cheng Yu was still called "Cheng Li", Cao Cao complied with the dream and added a "day" to the word "Li", and "Cheng Li" was officially renamed "Cheng Yu".

There is a record in the "World Language": "At the beginning, Cao Cao lacked food, and Yu omitted his own county to provide three days of food, which was quite mixed with human breasts. "This incident should have happened during the Battle of Cao Lu Yanzhou, which Cao Cao fought extremely hard, and finally borrowed troops from Yuan Shao to repel Lu Bu.

[The covered Cheng Yu]

Historically, Cheng Yu was quite talented in both civil and military aspects, but in fact Cao Cao did not use it too heavily for him, which mainly had a lot to do with his own character, earlier Cao Cao had taken Cheng Yu as a guard captain, but Cheng Yu was Xing Zhen fighting, offended too many people, Cao Cao could not protect it, and finally deposed it and sent it to Cao Pi. After Dingjingzhou, Cheng Yu took the initiative to delegate power, and it is very likely that he knew that he had offended too many people by his character, so he wanted to go home to retire.

If it weren't for the personality, it wouldn't be a problem for Cheng Yu to go further.

【Cheng Zhongde in History】

Name: Yu Cheng

Attribute: Strategy (a-) Cheng Yu was extremely prescient in many things, and Cao Cao benefited a lot from it

Commander (b) Cheng Yu also had the rank of military general under Cao Cao, and fought with the army

General Comment (B+) Cheng Yu does not have a high status in the Cao Wei Group for various reasons

Aliases (titles): Cheng Li, Cheng Zhongde

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Official position: Captain of the Guard

Profession: Strategist, General

Nickname: Su Hou

Title: Marquis of Anguoting, Marquis of Anxiang

Family origin: Yanzhou scholars

Birth and death: 141--220

Place of birth: Dong'a, Donggun

Main social relations: Son (Cheng Wu, Cheng Yan)

Major Experiences:

From 141 to 192, he was born in Yanzhou, defeated Wang Du, and helped Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, make an ally choice

From 192 to 213, he followed Cao Cao and helped him fight against Yuan Shao, pacify the north, and retreated bravely in the rapids for a time

After the establishment of the Wei state from 213 to 220, he was appointed as a guard lieutenant, and was soon deposed, and Cao Pi was reinstated after taking the throne

Summary: Cheng Yu's own personality is his biggest shortcoming.