Offering Wine to Heaven, Sacrificing to Heaven, Sacrificing to the Prophet (About Guo Jia)

Writing this got my blood pumping, but for Wei and Cao Cao, it was clearly a tragedy. In my opinion, Cao Cao and Guo Jia were more at ease with each other than Liu Bei and Kongming. They trusted one another completely because they saw each other as kindred spirits. Of course, although Cao Cao was determined to conquer the realm at the Battle of Red Cliffs, things ended the way we all know: "If Guo Fengxiao had been here, I would never have ended up like this!" It's precisely because of this ending that his ambition feels so tragic and stirring. Honestly, this is pretty messy. Maybe I'm just not cut out to write historical fiction. Theme: