After the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao still had many troops in Hebei. Why did he lose in the end?

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han royal family was not strong enough to control various princes. After the Yellow turban insurrectionary uprising, the governors of all walks of life in the Central Plains couldn't bear it, and began to recruit soldiers in succession, thus opening up a situation of long-term scuffle, killing and merger among several major forces. At that time, there were two major forces in the north, one was Yuan Shao in Hebei and the other was Cao Cao in Shanxi. As the saying goes, one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, the unification of the north is the general trend, and there is no lack of world war I between the two groups.

Let's look at the contrast between the two forces at that time. Yuan Shao has hundreds of military forces, but it should be noted that these hundreds of military forces were carefully selected by Yuan Shao. This shows that Yuan Shao's actual strength is far from this. And Cao Cao? There are only 20 thousand horses, which belong to Cao Cao's family. It was Yuan Shao who actively attacked Cao Cao. Cao Cao's soldiers were very scared when they heard that Yuan Shao came with 100 thousand soldiers, but Cao Cao confirmed that he was not afraid.

Because Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao was foolhardy and headstrong. Although there are many people, he can't use tactics. Besides, he is arrogant and complacent now, but he can actually outsmart him. So Cao Cao led all the military forces to confront Yuan Shao in Guandu for a whole year. In the end, Cao Cao surprised Yuan Shao's grain and grass, and finally won Yuan Shao in one fell swoop, winning the dominance of the north with fewer victories. Yuan Shao may never have thought that he and Cao Cao's military forces were killed by Cao Cao five times.

In fact, this is due to his own incompetence, and his opponent Cao Cao is a brave man in troubled times. After Yuan Shao went back, although there were many soldiers and horses, Guandu World War I made him lose face, which indirectly reflected Yuan Shao's incompetence. Even though there are many soldiers and horses, the morale of the army is unstable, and the soldiers are watching Yuan Shao's jokes. He Yuan Shao can only be slowly carved up by various governors in the depression!