Why did Yuan Shao, the warlord of the Three Kingdoms, kill honest Tian Feng?

When Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were fighting with each other, Cao Cao took the opportunity to develop himself. Yuan Shao came to his senses and found the backyard restless. So Yuan's advisers scrambled to discuss the issue of starting an army, while Tian Feng and He advocated a lasting method to defeat Cao Cao, who lacked strength. However, this idea was opposed by Guo Tu and others, and Yuan Shao finally adopted the latter's opinion, thus the battle of Guandu started.

During Cao Cao's attack on Liu Bei, Yuan Shao didn't listen to Tian Feng and attacked Cao Cao from front to back, so he lost an excellent opportunity. This is Tian Feng's regret. He admits that Yuan Shao delayed the fighter plane for a child, which made Yuan Shao very unhappy, and the gap between them began to grow. Seeing that Cao Cao quickly defeated Liu Bei, Tian Feng thought he had no worries, so he led the army not to attack. Tian Feng advised Yuan Shao to fight Cao Cao for a long time by strengthening the natural barrier of defense and honor and his own strong strength. It is believed that the number of Yuan troops in Tianfeng is far greater than this, and Cao harassed everywhere, causing his troops to flee everywhere, which will make them lose their fighting capacity. But Yuan Shao didn't listen and insisted on playing quickly. Tian Feng tried to dissuade Tian Feng and finally put him in prison.

When Cao Cao heard about the change of Yuan Shao's army, he smiled bitterly at Yuan Shao's stupid decision and strengthened his confidence against Yuan Shao. Sure enough, Yuan Shao's wasteland was burned by Cao Cao, and because the soldiers surrendered, the whole army broke up and soon collapsed. Knowing that the tide was over, Yuan had to lead a hundred riders to escape. Counselor Ji Feng took the opportunity to slander Tian Feng, saying that he laughed at Yuan Shao in prison and didn't listen to him. Yuan Shao was ashamed and angry, so he killed Tian Feng.

What is the relationship between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan?

Gongsun Zan was originally the son of a noble, but his mother was born in a humble background, so she didn't get much attention in the family. But because of his handsome and bright appearance and magnificent talent, he was appreciated by the satrap and was recruited as a son-in-law. With the help of Gongsun Zan's father-in-law, he studied with Liu Bei in Lu Zhi.

During the period of photosynthesis, Gongsun Zan commanded the imperial court to recruit 3,000 cavalry from Youzhou, and recovered Zhang Chun and others who induced Qiu Li's rebellion in Wu Heng, western Liaoning Province, and won Qiu Li's Ministry in one fell swoop. After that, Gongsun Zan was promoted to captain of the riding team because of his outstanding exploits. After 188, Gongsun Zan led the troops to the frontier. Every time he is attacked by the enemy, Gongsun Zan can fight against the invading enemy. From then on, foreign enemies feared Gongsun Zan's army and the frontier of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In Pingping for three years, Yuan Shao has occupied Jizhou, and fought with Gongsun Zan in more than twenty miles south of Qiaojie, and Gongsun Zan has also targeted Jizhou. In this war, because Yuan Shao's troops were less than Gongsun Zan's, Gongsun Zan had the consciousness of underestimating his enemy. Gongsun Zan's cavalry came out and was ambushed by Yuan Shao's soldiers. Gongsun Zan's army was defeated and the general was beheaded.

In the third year of Jian 'an, because Yuan Shao was weaker than Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao wanted to send a book to Gongsun Zan for peace, but he was rejected. In order to deal with Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan was more strict in dispatching troops. Yuan Shao went to conquer Youzhou because Gongsun Zan pursued the idea of dealing with a man as he deals with you, forcing many people who were not rescued to surrender to Yuan Shao. Finally, only Gongsun Zan was left, built a high platform and dug a deep ditch.

In the fourth year of Jian 'an, Yuan Shao intercepted Gongsun Zan's request for help, so he tricked Gongsun Zan out of his plan, which led to Gongsun Zan's defeat. In desperation, Gongsun Zan killed his wife and children and set himself on fire.

What is the reason for Yuan Shao's failure?

In the third year of Jian 'an, after Yuan Shao intercepted Gongsun Zan's distress message, he learned that other reinforcements would attack Yuan Shao with fire as a signal. So Yuan Shao played along, lit a torch at night, and signaled Gongsun Zan to send troops after hiding at the T-junction.

After the defeat of Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao occupied the whole Youzhou and annexed the old army of Gongsun Zan. So in this year, Yuan Shao owned Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou, and the land of the four States was the richest and most vast land in the Central Plains at that time. So Yuan Shao became the most powerful vassal and the peak of his power. Yuan Shao's success lies in his previous courage.

However, Yuan Shao's failure also came quickly, and the prelude began when he poured four States of military forces south to attack Cao Cao. When Yuan Shao's army arrived in Guandu, it was transported to the other side of the Yellow River to confront Cao Cao's army, which was less than one-fifth of Yuan Shao's. At this time, Yuan Shao was full of confidence in winning Cao Cao's bones, and he had already made a big taboo of underestimating his enemy.

Perhaps Yuan Shao's previous success was based on his cautious attitude, and his former opponents were estimated to be better than Cao Cao, so he was able to give full play to all his knowledge and talents. But when he met Cao Cao, whose strength was far less than his own, his frivolous attitude made him make too many mistakes.

Besides underestimating your enemy, what's worse is that Yuan Shao can't recognize people and choose people. Perhaps this is a misjudgment after his strength has expanded. Yuan Shao's talent is attracted by Yuan Jia's reputation for many years, and he himself has no ability to know people. Brilliant, Yuan Shao will not use it correctly. Maybe the previous victory was luck. But by the time of Guandu World War I, the luck was gone, and Yuan Shao almost completely denied all the opinions put forward by his talent. Finally, when opportunities are lost, brain drain begins. With such disintegration, Yuan Shao's defeat in Guandu is inevitable.