当时是曹操和袁绍这两大集团在逐鹿中原，因此曹操集团和袁绍集团都要争取中间力量，争取第三种力量，因此他们也都在争取张绣。这一回袁绍的人倒是来得早，袁绍派了一个使节来见张绣，说你赶快投到我们这边来吧，这个政治斗争你可别站错了队啊，站错队是没有好下场的，我们袁大人如何如何。张绣还没有回话，贾诩马上站起来说，哼哼，麻烦使节大人回去告诉你们袁将军，就说我们主公说了，袁本初连自己的兄弟都不能容忍，还能容忍我们吗？就把袁绍的这个使节打发回去了。张绣一听，脸都吓白了，说先生啊，你这么一点面子不讲就把袁绍的人打发走了，我们怎么办呢？贾诩说这个事情很好办啊，张绣说怎么办啊？贾诩说，投靠曹操啊！哎呀，张绣说，亏你想得出，你又不是不知道不是上回按你的计策我们都反叛过一次曹操了，我们去投降曹操？合着曹操现在又这么弱，我们去投他干什么？
At that time, it was the two major groups, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who were competing for the central plains. Therefore, both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had to strive for the intermediate force and the third force, so they were also striving for Zhang Xiu. This time, Yuan Shao’s people came early. Yuan Shao sent an envoy to meet Zhang Xiu and said, “Hurry up and join us. Don’t stand in the wrong team in this political struggle. Standing in the wrong team will not bring about a good outcome. How about our Lord Yuan?”. Before Zhang Xiu could answer, Jia Xu immediately stood up and said, “Humph, would you please go back and tell General Yuan that our lord has said that Yuan Benchu cannot tolerate even his own brother? Can he tolerate us?”? He sent Yuan Shao’s envoy back. Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiu’s face turned white and said, “Sir, you sent Yuan Shao’s people away without showing any respect. What should we do?”? Jia Xu said this matter was easy to handle, but Zhang Xiu said what to do? Jia Xu said, “Take refuge in Cao Cao!”! “Oh, Zhang Xiu said, thank you for thinking about it. Aren’t you unaware that we all rebelled against Cao Cao once according to your plan last time? Let’s go surrender to Cao Cao?”? With Cao Cao now so weak, why should we vote for him?
贾诩说告诉你，这正是我们要投降曹操的原因。第一，曹操现在奉天子以令不臣，在政治上有优势，投靠曹操对我们来说有理。第二，曹操现在势力比袁绍要弱，我们这么一点人马送到袁绍那里，那叫做年三十儿的凉菜——有我们过年，没我们他也过年；而曹操现在跟袁绍作对，他实力又不够，我们送上门去，那叫雪中送炭啊！这叫做有利。第三，据我看来曹操这个人胸怀大志，他要成就的是王霸之业，像这样的人不会计较个人恩怨，他一定是把大局放在个人恩怨之上，他一定需要我们这样一个反叛过他的人去投靠他，这叫做有安全。将军你放心地去投降吧！
Jia Xu said to tell you, this is the reason why we want to surrender to Cao Cao. First, Cao Cao is now serving the Son of Heaven as an official and has political advantages. It makes sense for us to rely on him. Secondly, Cao Cao’s current influence is weaker than Yuan Shao’s. We sent such a small number of people to Yuan Shao’s place, which is called the Cold Dish of the Year’s Eve. We celebrate the New Year, but without us, he will also celebrate the New Year; “But Cao Cao is now against Yuan Shao, and his strength is not enough. Let’s send him to our door. That’s a timely help!”! This is called advantageous. Third, in my opinion, Cao Cao has a lofty ambition. He wants to achieve the cause of hegemony. People like him don’t care about personal gratitude and resentment. He must put the overall situation above personal gratitude and resentment. He must need a person like us who rebelled against him to rely on him, which is called You’an. General, you can safely surrender!
张绣想来想去，反正也没有什么别的出路了，那就投降曹操吧！果然，一听说张绣来投降，曹操是极其热情地去迎接他，拉住张绣的手问长问短，问寒问暖，亲热得不能再亲热，只字不提宛城反叛之事，当下摆下酒宴，盛情款待，而且立即约为婚姻，我们做个儿女亲家吧！给予极高地信任和款待。从此张绣成为曹操帐下一员战将，贾诩成为曹操幕中一位谋臣，而且曹操终其一生给予张绣的奖赏从来就是超过其他人的。张绣最后是封到了两千户，而曹操其他的那些人再封侯不超过一千户，完全在贾诩的预料之中。
＊小说《三国演义》中，张绣和贾诩都不是主要人物，他们在三国故事里只是次要角色。但在真实的历史中，贾诩劝张绣投降曹操，却是在关键的时刻给了曹操关键性的帮助。那么，张绣和贾诩投降曹操后，他们最终的命运究竟是怎样的呢？
Zhang Xiu thought and thought, but there was no other way out anyway. So surrender to Cao Cao! Sure enough, upon hearing that Zhang Xiu had come to surrender, Cao Cao greeted him with great enthusiasm. He held Zhang Xiu’s hand and asked questions, asking questions about the long and short. He was too intimate to be any more. He did not mention the rebellion of Wancheng. He immediately arranged a banquet and treated him with great hospitality, and immediately made an appointment for marriage. Let’s be a father-in-law! Give great trust and hospitality. From then on, Zhang Xiu became a general under Cao Cao’s tent, and Jia Xu became a counselor in Cao Cao’s tent. Cao Cao always gave Zhang Xiu more rewards than others throughout his life. In the end, Zhang Xiu was granted two thousand households, while Cao Cao’s other people were granted no more than a thousand households, which was exactly what Jia Xu expected.
In the novel “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu are not the main characters, they are only secondary characters in the story of the Three Kingdoms. However, in real history, Jia Xu advised Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao, but he provided crucial assistance to Cao Cao at a crucial moment. So, after Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu surrendered to Cao Cao, what was their ultimate fate?
