Why did Yuan Shu, the strongest warlord of the Three Kingdoms, fail in the end?

The reason why Yuan Shu, the strongest warlord in the Three Kingdoms, would fail in the end was because Yuan Shu was stubborn and could not listen to the opinions of others, which led to discord between his subordinates and the generals, and it was difficult to work together in the war.

Because Yuan Shu is unpopular, Yuan Shu claims to be the emperor without authorization, and he will be besieged by the princes of the world, and he will be defeated in the end.

After Yuan Shu possessed the jade seal of the country, he eagerly became the emperor, attracting all the hatred of all the princes, which risked the disapproval of the world and became the new target of the world's crusade, so he could only fail.

Yuan Shu was one of the warlords of the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, and was the most powerful warlord in the early days of warlord secession. Many people have always been puzzled: Yuan Shu's territory is not big, and he doesn't have any decent talents, why dare to be called the first warlord?

Let's take a brief look at how powerful Yuan Shu is.

From the point of origin, Yuan Shu was born noble and was the son-in-law of the Yuan family of the Runan Dashi clan. The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are the top wealthy families in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with protégés and former officials all over the world, political resources, personal connections and social prestige. The concubine Yuan Shao was able to rise in Hebei with a signboard of the Yuan family, and became the overlord of the north, and the influence of the Yuan family can be imagined.

The sister-in-law Yuan Shu inherited most of the power and influence of the Yuan family, and was named a queen general by the imperial court as soon as he debuted, a veritable heavy general. Liu Bei spent half his life getting a general Zuo and climbed to the same level as Yuan Shu, who had just debuted. When Yuan Shuchao was booming, Liu Bei didn't even have to play soy sauce.

In terms of territory, Yuan Shu occupied the rich Nanyang, Runan and Jianghuai areas, although the territory is not large, but the population is large, and the money and food are sufficient. Nanyang is the largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Runan is the second largest county, either of which can top other prefectures. In its heyday, Yuan Shu occupied Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Sili and Jingzhou, and was a veritable overlord in the south.

It is the population and national strength that fights for the war, and Yuan Shu dares to be called the emperor, so he naturally has his confidence.

In terms of military strength, Yuan Shu had an army of 170,000 at its peak, the largest number of troops among all warlords at that time. At that time, Cao Cao controlled most of the Central Plains and had no more than 10,000 troops, and at the time of the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei and Sun Quan's soldiers and horses combined were less than 70,000 or 80,000.

In terms of power, Yuan Shu is the boss of the southern camp, and his alliance with Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian can be said to affect half of China. The Sun family in Jiangdong is so powerful, and has been working under its account for a long time, Sun Jian is the number one thug under Yuan Shu, and the Sun family is the home that started by climbing the big tree of Yuan Shu. At that time, the only one who dared to argue with Yuan Shu was his brother Yuan Shao, who he had always looked down on, if the two Yuan were harmonious, as long as the two brothers yelled:

Who else is not convinced. It is estimated that none of the warlords dared to squeak. It's a pity that the two Yuan competed with each other, allowing others to reap the benefits, and the Yuan family missed the world.

After Yuan Shu's death, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Liu Bei desperately went to grab land and fight for inheritance. Some people say that Yuan Shu is everyone's father, although it is a bit exaggerated, but it is not unreasonable.

When Yuan Shu was at its strongest, he occupied Huainan and made Sun Ce surrender, and his strength was very strong, and finally Yuan Shu was destroyed by Cao Cao.

It was all thanks to his wife, who caused a fire in the backyard of his house when they were fighting Cao Cao, and made some small moves in order to allow his son to succeed to the throne so that Cao Cao had a chance.

Why did Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu lose at the hands of Cao Cao, because of Yuan Shao's wife. His wife was a femme fatale. In order to help his son win the emperor, Cao Cao had an opportunity. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were defeated by Cao Cao. Behind successful men are a great woman.

In fact, the main reason is that the two of them were too light on the enemy, and then they didn't expect Cao Cao to be so resourceful and have such wisdom, and finally fell into Cao Cao's trap, and the final end can be said to be very tragic.

In fact, it can be seen from the daughters-in-law married by the two of them that they do not know how to use people, although their strength is above Cao Cao, but because they do not know how to use people, they will be defeated in the hands of Cao Cao.

Because he was killed by his wife, because this wife caused a fire in the backyard. Then you can let him return, and then fall into Cao Cao's trap like this, which is very terrible.

Because of the character of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Yuan Shao's indecisiveness and Yuan Shu's self-serving stubbornness were doomed to lead to their failure.

Because Yuan Shu and Chunxiao Yuan Shao are brothers, but the two of them are not in harmony and have not joined forces, and he has no strength to do it, and he is not very qualified as a leader.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are not in harmony, they are very discordant, the kind that wants to fight to the death, they have had contradictions since they were children, and then they have been intensifying and have not changed.