What kind of person is Xun You? How good is his military talent?

Xun Yu was born in the Xun family, a famous family in Yingchuan, and is Xun Yu's nephew. Xun Yu is good at managing internal affairs, while Xun Yu has always been with the army, good at using soldiers, and often scheming. Therefore, Xun You is also known as Cao Cao's mastermind.

Whenever Cao Cao goes on an expedition, Xun Yu is mostly around. Such as the Battle of White Horse, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Yecheng, etc., all have Xun You's figure. Xun Yu is flexible and changeable, often surprisingly victorious, and sets up twelve strange strategies in his life.

When Xun Yu was critically ill, he passed it on to his friend Zhong Xuan, and entrusted Zhong Xuan to organize the art of war. However, Zhong Xuan died in a hurry before he could complete the compilation of the Twelve Wonders, and Xun You's Twelve Wonders were lost. This article looks at Xun You's military talent from the battles he experienced.

Xun Yu. Preface Xun You served in the Han Dynasty in his early years, and the official worshiped the Huangmen Shilang, when his relative He Jin was in charge of the government. He Jin originally intended to introduce Dong Zhuo into Kyoto to suppress the eunuch forces, but Dong Zhuo killed He Jin to monopolize the government and cause chaos in the deep palace.

Xun You and others plotted to assassinate Dong Zhuo out of loyalty to the Han family, but they were imprisoned because the matter was revealed. After being released from prison, Xun You resigned and returned to his hometown, until Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven to Xudu, and then accepted Cao Cao's conquest and became his staff. In this year, Guo Jia also entered the curtain at the request of Cao Cao, and both of them became Cao Cao's important military staff.

The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Xun Yu Xun Yu Jia Xu Biography" recorded: "Taizu welcomed the Son of Heaven, and the posthumous book said: 'Fang is in chaos today, and the wise man is also tired, and Gu Guan has changed Shu Han, and it has been a long time! So he was recruited as the Taishou of Runan and entered the book. ”

In addition to the two of them, Cao Cao also had another important military advisor, that is, Cheng Yu. However, Cao Cao often ordered Cheng Yu to hold on to important cities or strongholds, and more often than not, Guo Jia and Xun You accompanied the army. Since the third year of Jian'an, Xun You has assisted Cao Cao Rong for 16 years as a military advisor with the army, and has made countless meritorious achievements, which has won Cao Cao's respect and often praises Xun You.

Cheng Yu. The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Xun Yu Xun Yu Jia Xu Biography recorded: "Taizu said: Gongda is foolish and wise outside, cowardly and brave, weak outside and strong inside, no goodness, no hard work, wisdom is reachable, foolishness is unreachable, although Yanzi and Ning Wu can't pass." ”

In the Battle of Xiapi, Cao Cao captured Lü Bu and surrendered the famous general Zhang Liao; In the Battle of the White Horse, Guan Yu killed Yan Liangwen and removed Yuan Shao's left and right arms; In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shao's grain and grass camp at night, causing Yuan Shao to flee in defeat; In the Battle of Yecheng, Cao Cao eliminated Yuan Shao's two sons to unify the north. In these classic battles in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Xun Yu was by Cao Cao's side and made great contributions to the victory of Cao's army. Next, let's look at Xun You's military talent from the four battles of the Battle of Xiapi, the Battle of White Horse, the Battle of Guandu, and the Battle of Yecheng.

Xun You, the word Gongda, Yingchuan Yingyin, now Xuchang, Henan, people, mention Xun You may not know much, Cao Cao's chief strategist Xun Yu's nephew, the late Eastern Han Dynasty strategist, is also one of the main strategists under Cao Cao's account, he is good at flexible and changeable enemy tactics and military strategies, put forward many important decisions related to success or failure, often called Cao Cao's, the mastermind, followed Cao Cao to the east and west for more than 20 years, Cao Cao is even more obedient to him, often discuss military affairs with him, good at strategy, become, mastermind, During the Three Kingdoms period, there were not many people who were made the mastermind, and he was also one of Cao Cao's five great strategists, especially good at decision-making on battlefield tactics.

The historical evaluation has been written upstairs, to put it bluntly, he is a powerful person who strategizes and decides thousands of miles away, and this person is very low-key, except for Boss Cao and Zhong Xuan, many of his strategies are not known. The so-called great wisdom is this kind of person, who can't find any shortcomings at all, and judging from the evaluation of his cousin Xun Cang, he is even a little raunchy or something. You can see how powerful he is from a young age, and there is another opinion that he was very ambitious when he was young.