Then there is an alliance with Wu against Cao. In fact, it was Dongwu who first sent Lu Su to find Liu Bei. Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to Wu Dong as a representative. In the Romance, Kongming's mission can be awesome, but this is only compiled by the Romance for the sake of holding Zhuge Liang. As soon as Zhuge Liang arrived in Wu Dong, he went directly to see Sun Quan without any argument. Pool in. Moreover, Sun Quan is still hesitating whether to fight or surrender. If everything is surrendered, there is no need to say anything more. Of course, Zhuge Liang's mission was useless this time. If you fight, you will naturally join forces with Liu Bei and do more things. Why not? Sun Quan's greatest hero in resisting Cao Cao was not Zhuge Liang, but Lu Su and Zhou Yu. Therefore, Zhuge Liang's mission can only be regarded as a successful diplomacy.
"Red Cliff fights Cao Gong, breaks it and burns its ship." My ancestors went hand in hand with Wu Jun by land and water, catching up with Nanjun. At that time, he was ill, and many northern troops died, so Tso Gong took him back. "My predecessor was the secretariat of Jingzhou, and traveled all over four counties." Jin Xuan, the magistrate of Wuling, Han Xuan, Zhao Fan and Liu Du, the magistrate of Guiyang, all surrendered. (Quoted from the History of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of the First Master) Battle of Red Cliffs didn't borrow the east wind from Kong Ming, nor did he have the wisdom to calculate his beauty. Therefore, Kong Ming's contribution in Battle of Red Cliffs was nothing more than a successful diplomatic alliance. After capturing Jingzhou, Lu Su came to ask for Jingzhou, and Zhuge Liang offered Liu Bei a plan to cry. The image of Liu Bei crying is deeply rooted in people's hearts here. But this is also Lao Luo's fiction.
I took Jingzhou Tuyizhou. Zhang Song Fa Zheng led Liu Bei into Shu. It is recorded in the official history that "guarding the general Zhang Yi should not be restored to the former Lord. The emperor was furious and told Zhang Baishui and Yang Huai, the commander, to be rude and cut them off. Huang Zhong and his men came to see Zhang. When the late Lord arrived in Guanzhong, he took the generals and wives of the soldiers, led the soldiers, loyalists and traitors into the city and seized his city. Zhang sent Liu, Lengbao, Zhang Ren and Deng Xian. To Fucheng, but they were all ruined and surrendered to Mianzhu. Zhang sent Li Yan to supervise Mianzhu army and led the people to surrender their ancestors. The first army was strong, and the generals were sent to subordinate counties. Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other generals will return, Jiangzhou and Jiangyang, and Guan Yu will stay in Jingzhou. The late Lord walked into the besieged city; When Zhang Zi was guarding the city, he was attacked for a year. In the 19th year, Xia Zhibing refused to defend his ancestral home, and Luocheng was broken. The Ministry of Benefit wrote an old miscellaneous note: Liu Zhang sent Zhang Ren and Liu Jingbing to defend Luocheng, and Luocheng was broken by his ancestors, so he retreated with him. Ren Lebing came out of Yanqiao and lost again. Birdman When the late Lord heard of Ren Zhongyong, he ordered his troops to drop, and Ren rebuked him, saying, "I will no longer serve the two lords. "Is to kill it. The late Lord lamented. After entering the circle for dozens of days, Zhang Chujiang laughed and said that there was no suggestion from Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang led the army into Sichuan to reinforce Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun only after Liu Bei and Liu Zhang fought directly. "Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others led troops to retreat to the river and enfeoffment counties." (Quoted from The History of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of Zhuge Liang) Liu Bei intended to sneak attack Yizhou, but it was a pity that he let the cat out of the bag. He wanted to fight Liu Zhang head-on, so he sent Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun into Shu. Nor is it as romantic as the legendary Liu Bei's defeat and asking Kong Ming for help. Zhuge Liang's exploits in this campaign, like Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, wiped out some group counties. None of them are great achievements.
The second is to pacify Hanzhong. "In the spring of 24 years, I crossed Mianshui from Yangping to the south, a little before the edge of the mountain, and camped in Dingjun Mountain. Yuan will fight for his land. The latter ordered Huang Zhong to attack it with a high drum Y, and to smash the Yuan army, cut the Yuan and Cao Gong Yizhou to secretariat Zhao J, etc. Cao Gong raised many expeditions from Chang 'an. The late Lord said from a distance, "Although Cao Gong has come, there is nothing he can do. I must have Hanchuan. " However, Cao Gongzhi, the first master gathered all the people, refused to take risks, and finally did not confront each other. After a long time, more and more people died. In the summer, Cao Gongguo led the army back, and Hanzhong was the latter. Liu Feng, Meng Da and Li Ping were sent to attack Shen Yong. "When the Hanzhong was pacified, there was no mention of Kongming, and Zhuge Liang Biography of the Three Kingdoms did not mention that Kongming was related to this war. However, it was Zhuge Liang's magical second ping Hanzhong in the Romance. Lao Luo is really partial to Zhuge Liang.
Take a closer look. What happened to Zhuge Liang's brilliant achievements in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms? The burning of Wang Bo was planned by Liu Bei. Battle of Red Cliffs sent a mission to Wu Dong on behalf of Liu Bei. The purpose of this mission is to fight Cao. The key to the alliance is whether Sun Quan will fight or surrender. Zhuge Liang's role in this is at best one third. And the credit of Lu Su and Zhou Yu. Taking Jingzhou was planned by Liu Bei, and the four southern counties surrendered without a fight. Zhuge Liang didn't play much role. When Zhuge Liang entered Shu, he only had to destroy some small counties such as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. Most of them were laid by Liu Bei. It was Liu Bei who sent troops to pacify Hanzhong, not Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, Liu Bei is not an incompetent person. In the official history, Liu Bei established the country. In the early stage, many defeats were only due to the large number of soldiers and the lack of their own territory. The last Xuzhou was ambushed by Lu Bu, who had been cheated by himself. Heroes are useless. After Battle of Red Cliffs finally had his own turf, he finally had a stage for him to play and laid a solid foundation in one breath. Influenced by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He thought that Liu Bei would accomplish nothing without Zhuge Liang. In my opinion, this is not the case. Perhaps Zhuge Liang played a great role in Liu Bei's camp, but it was not indispensable.
This article is not to belittle Zhuge Liang, but only to think that Liu Bei's generation is lean but reduced to people who can only cry and run. In Romance, Liu Bei accomplished nothing for most of his life. After he got Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang's psychic calculation created the foundation for him. The fact is that Liu Bei's luck only changed after he got Zhuge Liang. He finally has a place to use.