A thousand armies are easy to obtain, one will be difficult to find, and the influence of a good "leading big brother" on a regime is crucial. In the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, each lost a super strategist, thus exerting a profound impact on their respective countries.
NO3: Shu lost Pang Tong
Pang Tong was nicknamed "Fengdun", and the fame of him and Zhuge Liang, who was known as "Wolong", was inseparable from the vigorous publicity and recommendation of Sima Hui, who at that time made a shocking advertising slogan: Fulong, Fengyan, get a safe world.
After Pang Tong came out of the mountains, the boss he followed first was Sun Quan instead of Liu Bei, however, Sun Quan at that time only valued Zhou Yu, so Pang Tong was not allowed to reuse it. Despite this, Pang Tong soon made a name for himself in Eastern Wu— "The Wu people heard a lot about it." "Pang Tong is good at strategizing and daring to use dangerous tactics, and Pang Tong evaluates himself: On the rest of the king's hegemony, I seem to have a day to go.
After the Battle of Chibi, Pang Tong chose to abandon the dark and surrender to the Ming - to liu Bei's command. Liu Bei admired Pang Tong's talent and regarded him as an important strategist under his command, and he was the same as Zhuge Liang as a general in the army.
Pang Tongde had unique insights and grasps of local wars, and his intrigues were frequent. However, Liu Bei tended to be more conservative and stable in his war decision-making, so many of Pang Tong's plans were half listened to, half believed, and executed half to half, such as Pang Tong's three strategies of benefiting the state, and Liu Bei only used them.
Liu Bei did not use Pang Tong's strange tricks, but it cost more twists and turns, and after Pang Tong fell to Fengpo, Liu Bei finally captured Yizhou.
After Pang Tong's death, Liu Bei was very sad, and the history books said: "The first lord mourned, and his words drooled." This explains the weight of Pang Tong in Liu Bei's heart. Because the talents of the Shu Han were really scarce, Liu Bei only had Zhuge Liang to reuse before Pang Tong. However, Zhuge Liang's internal political ability was obviously stronger than his military ability. Pang Tong just made up for Liu Bei's shortage of advisers in the military field. This can be seen from Zhuge Liang's dedication to jingzhou and Pang Tong's three plans to seize yizhou.
Pang Tong did not die, and Liu Bei's end may be another situation. However, considering that he did not meet in his early years, his development was late, and he could only rank third.
NO2: Wu Lost Zhou Yu
Zhou Yu was a senior figure in the Sun Wu clique, and he held a high position at a young age, and he and Sun Quan's brother Sun Ce were brothers in worship, and at the same time they were also close to each other. "The song is wrong, Zhou Lang Gu", Zhou Yu should be the most elegant and handsome of the generals of the Three Kingdoms.
After Sun Ce's death, Zhou Yu was the first to stand up for Sun Ce with the courtesy of a monarch. Later, Cao Cao went south, and the whole of Eastern Wu was in decline, except for Zhou Yu, Lu Su and a few others, all the courtiers of Eastern Wu, including Zhang Zhao, wanted to surrender.
Zhou Yu's greatest contribution was to help Sun Quan unite with Liu Bei's army, win the Battle of Chibi, defeat the Cao army, and lay the foundation for a relatively stable political pattern of three worlds. Sun Quan's evaluation of Zhou Yu was: "Zhou Gongjin was fierce, bold and courageous, broke mengde, opened up Jingzhou, and it was difficult to continue." ”
After defeating Cao Cao, Liu Bei took advantage of the situation to occupy most of Jingzhou. And Zhou Yu saw Liu Bei's wolf ambitions, so he proposed "two divisions of the world", he advocated separating Liu Bei from Guan Zhang, and not allowing Liu Bei to own land for development, which was too poisonous, Sun Quan did not agree, Zhou Yu suggested that he first take Western Shu, and then continue to annex Hanzhong, and then sweep through the north. The plan was agreed to by Sun Quan.
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210 AD), when Zhou Yu, who was only 36 years old, was about to set out his army, he suddenly fell ill and died. As soon as Zhou Yu died, no one in Jiangdong could shoulder this heavy responsibility, and his grand plan was shelved.
After Zhou Yu's death, Eastern Wu, whose strength was stronger than that of Shu Han, basically did not take the initiative to attack and expand outwards, which was also doomed to perish. It can be seen how much Zhou Yu's death affected Eastern Wu.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhou Yu was portrayed as a narrow-minded and intolerable image, which is a pity. In fact, this is not the case at all.
After Zhou Yu's death, Sun Quan cried bitterly. If Zhou Yu hadn't died early, the history of the Three Kingdoms would have been rewritten!
NO1: Wei Lost Guo Jia.
Cao Cao sat in a lineup of "luxury strategists" such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Dong Zhao, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, and Sima Yi. But Cao Cao's most important and trusted person was Guo Jia.
Guo Jia initially served Yuan Shao, but he saw that Yuan Shao was "fierce and bold, and he was unscrupulous", so he defected to Cao Cao. Guo Jia was good at military affairs, and history called it "exhaustive strategy". During the Battle of Yuan Cao, Cao Cao feared that Sun Ce would rebel in the rear. But Guo Jia accurately predicted Sun Ce's fate. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that "the strategy is light and unprepared, although there are millions of people, it is tantamount to walking alone in the Central Plains." If the Assassin rises, one man's enemy ears. From my point of view, he will die at the hands of Pifu. Sure enough, Sun Ce later died at the hands of the Assassins. Unless the Assassins were from the Guo Jia faction. Otherwise, Guo Jia's view of people is really too accurate.
Guo Jia made great contributions to Cao Cao's unification of the north. It can be said that if there is no Guo Jia. It was difficult for Cao Cao to unify the north so smoothly. Moreover, during the Great War of Yuan Cao, Guo Jia also gave Cao Cao great encouragement and support. Guo Jia also wrote "Ten Victories and Ten Defeats", from the outsider's point of view, only that he deliberately wrote this to pat Cao Cao's ass, in fact, Guo Jia was using this to motivate Cao Cao to compete with Yuan Shao, because he understood that people's consciousness is very important, and only when Cao Cao holds the mentality of victory can he really have a great chance of victory. Guo Jia also urged Cao Cao to march in person, and Cao Cao accepted his suggestion, went out lightly, won the Battle of Pingwuhuan, completely eliminated Yuan's forces, and unified the north.
Cao Cao and Guo Jia felt sorry for each other, the kings and subjects knew each other, and Guo Jiati's suggestions cao Cao was basically acceptable, and under Guo Jia's advice, Cao Cao captured Lü Bu, defeated Liu Bei, attacked Yuan Shao, and expeditioned to Wuhuan, almost undefeated. It is said that when Cao Cao fainted and confused, only Guo Jia alone could persuade him. The other counselors and generals were only friends with Cao Cao, but only Guo Jia was treated as a friend by Cao Cao.
However, Guo Jia fell ill and died on the way to conquer Karasuma, which was a great loss for Cao Cao. It can be said that if Guo Jia had not died early, Cao Cao would not have lost the Battle of Chibi.
Therefore, after Guo Jia's death, Cao Cao, who had always only shed blood and did not shed tears, cried out in spite of the image.
Although the phrase "Guo Jia does not die, Zhuge does not come out" is passed down by later generations, it can still be seen that Guo Jia's "divine magic calculation" is indeed not lost to Zhuge Liang. Guo Jia did not die, and Cao Cao's pacification of the world was almost a foregone conclusion, if so, of course, there would be no Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, or Pang Tong.