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Zhuge Liang is a famous politician and strategist in history. After he was invited out of the mountain by Liu Bei, he tried his best to assist Liu Bei and made great contributions to the mountains and rivers of Shu Han. First, he presided over the political construction and became the first civil servant of the Shu-Han regime. Under his rule, Shu Han had enough soldiers and food to spare Liu Bei's worries.
When Liu Bei died, Zhuge Liang was entrusted with the restoration of the Han Dynasty in Baidicheng. He joined forces with his ministers, trained a new army, rebelled against the south and attacked Wei in the north. In his life, he tried his best to die.
In the fifth Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang's opponent Sima Yi was not an idle generation. He is the third elder of Cao Wei's family and has been entrusted to orphans twice. He won the trust of the emperor. At this time, Emperor Cao Rui of Cao Wei fully supported Sima Yi and obeyed his orders.
Sima yi's use of troops is also full of tricks. He can act according to the actual situation and usually wins. When attacking the mediocre Meng Da, he caught Meng Da's misjudgment, thinking that it would take him a month to beat the emperor after he learned the news of Meng Da's rebellion. So he did not report to Cao Rui, and sent an army to take advantage of Mengda's surprise, and surrounded Shang Yong. Because he had more soldiers and less food, he attacked the city day and night, and within ten days he shot down Shang Yong and beheaded Mengda.
Crushing Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong, according to his own serenade and abundant grain, he was at odds with Gongsun Yuan, and when Gongsun Yuan ran out of grain, he wiped out Gongsun Yuan in one fell swoop.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi are just a pair of equal opponents. In Zhuge Liang's fifth Northern Expedition, their collision aroused bright sparks.
Second, Zhuge Liang went out of the inclined valley.
During the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang was terminally ill and knew that his time was running out. Therefore, for this northern expedition, Zhuge Liang did his best and made a final effort.
First of all, he contacted Wu Dong and agreed to send troops to attack Wei with Wu Dong. Soochow agreed to Zhuge Liang's request and sent a hundred thousand troops to Hefei.
Secondly, this time Zhuge Liang mobilized the greatest strength. Shu Han initially had about120,000 troops. Zhuge Liang only took two-thirds of his troops to the north every time, leaving one-third of his troops to rotate. This time Zhuge Liang led a hundred thousand troops to the northern expedition in an attempt to complete his mission.
Third, Zhuge Liang made a fool of himself for the situation of withdrawing troops repeatedly due to food problems in the last Northern Expedition, and used oblique valley waterway transportation to ensure logistics supply.
On the other hand, Sima Yi judged that Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition would be three years after the last retreat. So Sima Yi reclaimed land in Guanzhong, accumulated a lot of grain and grass, and solved the logistics problem.
Zhuge Liang sent troops this time, and Sima Yi was ready. And Cao Rui also gave instructions to Sima Yi, saying:
If the firm wall refuses to defend and defeats its front, it will retreat if it does not advance, retreat without fighting, stop for a long time and eat up, and if Lu has no income, he will go; To chase, the way to win is also. ?
In this way, Sima Yi adopted the strategy of giving priority to defense in an attempt to stand in a stalemate with Zhuge Liang in order to achieve the goal of quitting without a fight.
Third, Weihe River confronts.
After Zhuge Liang's troops left Xiegu, there was a dispute about Zhuge Liang's operational direction in Cao Wei's army. Zhuge Liang first stationed troops in the south of Weishui, and General Cao Jun wanted to station troops in Weibei, but Zhuge Liang was at loggerheads. Sima Yi believes that the wealth of Weinan cannot be occupied by Zhuge Liang. Therefore, Shuishang stationed troops in Weinan.
Then, Sima Yi judged Zhuge Liang's next move, saying: If the light is brave, when the arms are on the east side of the mountain, and if the west is on the Wuzhangyuan, then all the armies will be fine. ? Later, Zhuge Liang really went to Wuzhangyuan.
Here, Sima Yi judged that Zhuge Liang was courageous and deliberately boasted to stabilize the morale of the army. Zhuge Liang's army cavalry is lacking and its fighting capacity is not strong. He mainly relies on excellent mountain infantry. This made him unwilling to break into the plain and fight against Sima Yi's superior cavalry, but lured Sima Yi to a decisive battle in the mountains and hills.
Seeing this, of course, Sima Yi will not easily put his troops into the mountainous and hilly areas and be fooled by Zhuge Liang. So I say this to stabilize the military.
Next, Zhuge Liang attempted to sneak into the Weihe River, attack and capture Beiyuan. This move was seen through by Guo Huai of Sima Yi. He advised Sima Yi to say:
It is not in the interest of the country to cross the Weihe River and climb the original land, even the soldiers stationed in Beishan, isolate the road of Longdao, and show off the people and foreigners. ?
Sima Yi accepted Guo Huai's suggestion and sent Guo Huai to station troops in the northern plain to repel Zhuge Liang's army.
A few days later, Zhuge Liang sent a large number of troops to the west. However, his plan to introduce the East to the West was seen through by Sima Yi. Sima Yi judged that Zhuge Liang wanted to attack Yang Sui, so he sent troops to defend Yang Sui and beat back Zhuge Liang's attack.
After several contests, both sides failed to find an opportunity to break the other side, and the war situation entered a stalemate.
Fourth, Wu's stalemate.
Zhuge Liang tried his best to trick Sima Yi into sending troops to fight, but Sima Yi always fell for it. So Zhuge Liang used a stick again. He sent messengers to give Sima Yi a set of women's jewelry and insulted him in public to stimulate him and his men to go out to war.
Sima yi first received the messenger of the Shu army. He didn't ask anything else, just chatted about trifles. This is recorded in the history books:
First, the light came, and the emperor asked: How does Zhuge Gong live? How many meters can he eat? ? Right? Three or four liters. ? When I asked politics for the second time, I said: I have already reflected on the 20 penalties. ? The emperor immediately told people: How long has Zhu Can Ge Kongming lasted? ? As he said.
As a result, Sima Yi strengthened his belief in conquering the enemy without fighting. However, his generals could not bear the insult and all asked to take part in the battle. If he forcibly suppresses it, it will shake the morale of the army. So Sima Yi asked Cao Rui to go to war. Cao Rui looked at his watch and said, "What? Is Wei Wei Xin Pi's cudgel a strategist? . Later, when Zhuge Liang challenged again, Sima Yi pretended to be angry and wanted to accept the challenge, but Xin Pi stopped him.
Zhuge Liang saw that Sima Yi could not be allowed to play, so he judged the Shu army according to Cao Wei's plan. Is all the food to go? It seems that Guanzhong is going to open up wasteland. He tried to solve the problem of grain supply of Shu army through land reclamation, and at the same time broke Cao Wei's general plan and forced Sima Yi to go out to war.
But Sima Yi knew that Zhuge Liang was in poor health and would not last long. He didn't confront Zhuge Liang at all, nor did he give Zhuge A Liang a chance. Finally, the stars fell to Wuzhangyuan, and Zhuge Liang died in the army.
Five, Zhuge's death gave birth to Zhong Da.
Zhuge Liang made arrangements for the retreat of the Shu army before he died. When the Shu army burned the camp and retreated, the people reported to Sima Yi. So according to Cao Wei's reservation? Go after it? Scheme, sima yi pursued the shu army.
However, just as Sima Yi was catching up with the Shu army, Yang Yi of the Shu army ordered the Shu army to set up an array and pose to attack Sima Yi. Sima Yi thought that he had been tricked by Zhuge Liang and immediately withdrew.
In this way, according to Zhuge Liang's deployment before his death and under the command of Yang Yi, the Shu army occupied a favorable position and withdrew to Shu without loss. When Sima Yi arrived at Zhuge Liang's camp, he judged that Zhuge Liang must be dead, and it was too late to chase him. The legend of ordinary people later? Zhong Da was born when Zhuge died? . Sima Yi, relieved by the retreat of the Shu army, didn't mind, and said with a smile, I count on life, not death. .
Conclusion:
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi were both great names at that time, and their strategies were equal. In their many encounters, almost all of them are in a stalemate.
However, this stalemate is only a superficial phenomenon. In the calm situation of stalemate between the two sides, undercurrents are surging, and both sides are looking for opportunities to give each other a sword to seal their throats. It is precisely because of this that the two sides fought bravely and gave us a wonderful human drama.