What kind of person was Yuan Shao in the late Han Dynasty? And what was the reason for his failure?

Yuan Shao was the most powerful prince in the early period of the Three Kingdoms. He dominated the north and occupied four states, including Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou. He had more than 600,000 soldiers in command and thousands of generals under his command. There were more than a dozen top strategists, and there was definitely a tendency to dominate the world at that time.

However, he was defeated. He was defeated by Cao Cao. At that time, Cao Cao's military strength was only one-third of Yuan Shao's, and his territory was only half of Yuan Shao's. In terms of family background, Cao Cao was even less than Yuan Shao. Cao Cao was the grandson of an eunuch, the fourth generation of Yuan Shao's family.

Why did Yuan Shao lose? What kind of person is he? Is his failure directly related to his character?

01 The fourth and third princes of Yuan Shao, the family’s power helped him in his career.

The biggest characteristic of the Yuan Shao family is that they have four generations and three nobles. For Yuan Shao, his family's power helped him a lot. He became an official at a young age. When he grew up, he dared to challenge Dong Zhuo openly. He eventually fled Luoyang and went out to recruit soldiers.

Fu Su is timid because of his plan. Fu Changshi Geng Wu, Biejia Min Chun, and Zhizhong Li Li admonished Fu Fu saying: Although Jizhou is humble, it has millions of soldiers and ten years of grain support. Yuan Shao, a solitary guest in a poor carriage, looked up to me and breathed, just like a baby on the palm of his butt. If he was not suckled, he would starve to death. But why do you want to give it to the state? Fu said, "I am an old official of the Yuan family, and my talent is not as good as the original one. I give up my virtue and give it up, which is valued by the ancients. Why are you so sick? Zhao Fu and Cheng Huan, who are engaged in this, please use troops to reject it." Then Fu didn't listen. He then gave the order to Shao, who then led Jizhou as a herdsman. ---"Three Kingdoms"

When recruiting soldiers, his family's advantages were reflected. At that time, the Yuan family had four generations of ministers and disciples and former officials all over the world. Yuan Shao raised his arms, and naturally there were many Few talents come to join us.

So Yuan Shao rose to power the fastest among all the princes. When he attacked Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao already had 100,000 troops, which was an astonishing number at the time, so he was Everyone recommended him as the leader of the eighteen princes. But Yuan Shaoguang had men and horses, but no territory. This was a disgusting thing, because without territory, there would be no tax revenue and no food. After the crusade against Dong Zhuo came to an end, Yuan Shao had to fight for a piece of territory for himself. At this time, Jizhou Mu Han Fu felt that Yuan Shao was a talented person and he was a disciple and former official of the Yuan family, so he planned to give Yuan Shao a certain amount of funding. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao became furious after receiving the food and grass, thinking how could a man accept charity from others. So Yuan Shao not only failed to thank Han Fu, but also had the idea of ​​​​Jizhou. When Gongsun Zan and Han Fu were having a lively fight, Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation and conquered Han Fu.

Han Fu felt that he had already been favored by the Yuan family, and since Yuan Shao had strong soldiers and horses at the moment, there was nothing wrong with giving Jizhou to Yuan Shao. In this way, Yuan Shao captured Jizhou and owned a rich land.

After that, Yuan Shao used Jizhou as his territory and continued to expand to the surrounding areas. The most successful battle was the battle against Gongsun Zan of Youzhou. He forced Gongsun Zan into a dead end and took advantage of the situation to capture Youzhou. In order to avoid his influence, Cao Cao had to hand over Qingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou and Bingzhou to Yuan Shao in the name of the emperor. Since then, Yuan Shao has reached the peak of his life.