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Although Sima Yi has a prominent family background, she started as a civil servant minister. Sima Yi can step by step enter the core counselor circle of Cao Cao Group, and then successfully stand between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. His vision and ability are impeccable. But compared with Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi was a natural schemer, especially abandoning benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and faith. In the power struggle of Cao Wei Group, Sima Yi pretended to be ill to deceive his opponent and destroyed Yanhe and others. Such a thing is the most despised by Zhuge Liang. In other words, if Sima Yi's plot is based on the same platform, it must be Zhuge Liang's victory.

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Moreover, cunning is very effective in the short term, especially in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, when Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan all reached the point of unscrupulous in the life-and-death struggle. But in the long run, Sima Yi's influence on later generations really didn't play an enlightening role. The fatuity of rulers in the Western Jin Dynasty is closely related to family style. Accordingly, Zhuge Liang went out to save the chaos, and when he went in, he let the people bathe in enlightenment and gain the respect of everyone. That is, in governing the country, Zhuge Liang's right path was not learned by Sima Yi.

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Let's start with everyone's criticism of Zhuge Liang's military talents, such as the debate on the futility of the Northern Expedition and Sima Yi's superb command art. However, the war with Wei was not a close war. After Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, the population and national strength of Shu Han, where Zhuge Liang lived, accounted for only one-tenth of the world, while Wei State, where Sima Yi lived, accounted for at least seven-tenths. Relying on an Yizhou soldier and logistics supplies, it takes tens of thousands of troops to keep Sima Yi's 200,000 troops on the run, so that the other side can only protect itself. Doesn't this just show their military talent? To say the least, the fundamental purpose of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was to prolong the life span of Shu Han. As a result, after the defeat of Yiling, Zhuge Liang and his successor Jiang Wei did let Shu Han live for decades.

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Finally, for Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, they achieved each other. Although the empty plan is not an official history, this story shows the tacit understanding between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi to some extent. Sima Yi needed Zhuge Liang to lead troops to the Northern Expedition frequently, prompting Cao Wei Group to give himself the opportunity to master military power. Zhuge Liang also knew that Sima Yi would not attack Shu Han easily before he built the Cao Shi family completely, so he could attack with all his strength every time. In a word, birds are good at hiding their bows, but cunning rabbits die, so they are good enough to cook. The tacit understanding between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi is comparable to that between Boya and Zhong Ziqi.