Jia Xu and Li Youu both did not take the message passed on by Liu Bei about Liu Ye seriously. Besides being well aware of Liu Ye's capabilities, they had great confidence in the defensive combination of Hua Xiong and Yu Jin.
In the estimation of Jia Xu and Li Youu, even though Xun Shen had always been a mastermind for Yuan Shao's side, he had not achieved any notable successes. Instead, he had successfully united figures such as Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xuu You, and Sheni Pei within the government.
As far as military achievements were concerned, Xun Shen did not have any remarkable successes to his name. He generally stayed at the central government and had no record of leading military campaigns on his own. In the eyes of people like Jia Xu, Xun Shen was likely more focused on political strategy.
