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Guo Jia
Cao Cao's most capable and trusted adviser during AD 192 - 204
(estimated time). He has great foresight and make extremely
accurate predictions. It's a pity he died very early. Some articles
praised Guo Jia as the next best strategist after Zhuge Liang.
After Cao Cao's defeat at Chi Bi, he sighed and said "If
only
Feng Xiao (Alias Guo Jia) is still around, I would
not have lost to
the likes of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu." Other critics wrote that
If Guo Jia was alive to pit his strategies against Zhuge Liang, Zhuge
Liang may not be able to win his battles against Wei so easily. |
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Sima Yi
Wei's most capable adviser after the Three Kingdoms have been established
and also Zhuge Liang's most fearsome adversary. Sima Yi thwarted Zhuge
Liang's advances into Wei territory many times during Shu's northern
campaigns. Sima Yi likes to play defensive and able to employ tactics
that gave Zhuge Liang a lot of headaches. On the other hand, Sima
Yi fear Zhuge Liang more than anything else - just the sight of him
is enough to make Sima Yi tremble. This is evident in "kong
cheng ji" and the immediate battle after Zhuge Liang's death
- Sima Yi simply ran away upon seeing Zhuge Liang. |
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Zhou Yu
Wu's adviser during the early Three Kingdoms period. He was extremely
jealous of Zhuge Liang's intelligence and tried many attempts to claim
Zhuge Liang's life while he was in Wu as an emissary. Overcame by
his own jealousy, he turned his target towards Liu Bei instead of
Cao Cao in order to win Zhuge Liang and prove his worth. However,
sad to say, none of his many strategies proved to be useful against
Zhuge Liang and ultimately led to his own death. On the whole, he
proved to be more of a pest than a formidable enemy in Zhuge Liang's
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Lu Xun
Wu's next best strategist after Zhou Yu, he did not engage in any
major confrontations with Zhuge Liang. However, his strategies were
fearsome enough to deal major defeats upon Guan Yu and Liu Bei, leading
to their deaths. Unlike his predecessor Zhou Yu, Lu Xun's fear of
Zhuge Liang prevented him from doing silly things to directly confront
Zhuge Liang on the battlefield. But Lu Xun did fall into Zhuge Liang's
trap once, when he accidentally entered Zhuge Liang's "ba
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Hao Zhao
One of Wei's generals. Although Hao Zhao is not a very famous general
in the history of the Three Kingdoms, he is one of the few who could
defend against Zhuge Liang's strategies. In the battle for Cheng
Cang, Hao Zhao used a mere 3,000 troops and defended the city
against Zhuge Liang's 30,000 troops for about one month. |
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