At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms were established, of which the Shu Han Dynasty had established a state, but it was still in danger, and after the loss of Jingzhou, there was only one way left, that is, the Cause of the Northern Expedition. However, marching thousands of miles to fight against the stronger Cao Wei caused great loss to the national strength of Han Shu, and it was also a helpless move for Zhuge Liang.
During the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang encountered the most difficult opponent in his life, this person is Sima Yi, it is reasonable to say that there is a great possibility, the two are each for their main heroes, but history is not a story, and will not follow the script. In fact, Zhuge Liang despised Sima Yi, and although Sima Yi admired Zhuge Liang, he superficially belittled him.
What the hell is going on, let's see. Although Sima Yi was a well-known ruler in history, and later succeeded in usurping the throne, there was no doubt about his ability, but what he said must be the truth, or he would also tell a lie.
Sima Yi once said: "Bright ambition is great and does not see the opportunity, more resourceful and less decisive, good soldiers but no power, although the number of pawns is 100,000, it has fallen into my paintings, and it will be broken." ”
This is a very imposing statement, and the author believes that it is more possible to use it to reassure the military, or to strategically defy the enemy. Roughly speaking, Zhuge Liang has the ambition of a great bird, which is very pertinent, but the back has changed its flavor. It is said that Zhuge Liang does not know the micro, cannot detect the changes in things, and cannot find the root cause of the problem.
Sima Yi also believed that although Zhuge Liangduo had a lot of calculations, he lacked the courage to make decisions and was good at using troops, but he was stubborn and pedantic, did not know how to act cheaply, and did not have flexible changes. And these shortcomings led to Zhuge Liang, although there were 100,000 elites, but he was not his opponent, all of which were in his layout, and when the time was ripe, he could be destroyed.
Don't look at this statement is reasonable, but referring to the situation at the time, this is not the case. At this time, it was the Fourth Northern Expedition, and the obstacle was Sima Yi, the two had never fought, and they did not know each other's depth, but Sima Yi thought that he was not worse than Zhuge Liang, plus he had advantages in all aspects, and he was very ambitious and directly took the initiative to meet the battle.
It is reasonable to say that using Cao Wei's national strength to fight Zhuge Liang is like "a father beating a son", but in essence, it is just the opposite, Zhuge Liang beat Sima Yi instead. The first time he took the initiative, not only did he kill the general, but also the soldiers suffered many casualties.
After that, zhuge Liang deliberately retreated and fought a sports war with Sima Yi, who pursued sima yi and won the plan, and at this time Sima Yi realized that he was not an opponent.
How can this be done? He could only play a rogue, and jianbi Qingye retreated to advance, and fought a war of attrition with Zhuge Liang. Because this is Zhuge Liang's biggest weakness, he can't afford it.
Sima Yi was not a strategist, and he could not imagine that Zhuge Liang would suddenly die suddenly, but he could only say that he had his own small plan, plus the situation did not allow it. Therefore, Zhuge Liang asked him for war and also performed a play, which is the so-called Thousand Miles Please Battle.
Because Sima Yi needed to take into account the hearts of the army, if others asked him to weaken his momentum, it would lead to self-destruction. Originally, he could only rely on the fortified city to defend, and if people's hearts were scattered, they might not even be able to hold the city, and he could not bear the consequences.
At that time, the Xiangfang forces had been facing each other for more than three months, and Zhuge Liang also took out women's costumes to give to Sima Yi, just to force the other side to fight. In this dilemma, Sima Yi used roundabout tactics and wrote to the imperial court to request a battle.
And Emperor Wei Ming sent Sima Yi to the town to be punctual, and the orders given were only sticking to it, and did not completely delegate power, plus he took the initiative to attack twice was a small defeat, and Emperor Wei Ming would certainly not let Sima Yi fight.
In fact, these Sima Yi are very clear, but they are more long-term than ordinary people, not just to stimulate morale, he took the initiative to go to the imperial court, not only can use this as an excuse to block Zhuge Liang's mouth, but also to reassure Emperor Wei Ming's heart, so that he has a certain degree of autonomy, but also to motivate the soldiers, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
Let's look at the "Three Kingdoms Zhi Xin Bi Biography" record: "In the second year of the Qinglong, Zhuge Liang led the crowd out of Weinan. First, the general Sima Xuanwang asked liang to fight, but Emperor Ming finally did not listen. It is fearful that the years cannot be forbidden, but with Bi as the great general and military division, so that the festival is maintained; the six armies are all solemn, and the quasi-Vi is disciplined, and they dare not violate it. ”
Sima Yi had asked for battle many times, and he did not want to have a decisive battle with Zhuge Liang, but only half-truths and half-lies let Emperor Wei Ming understand that he Sima Yi was obedient. At the same time, if you encounter a fighter, you can use this as an excuse to send troops to fight on a small scale.
In the end, Emperor Wei Ming only sent the wei wei Wei Xin Bi to hold the Tianzi Rune festival and supervise Sima Yi, and did not replace him or deprive him of his powers, at this time he still had room for operation.
If Sima Yi had not been able to hold out after that, this statement would naturally be a joke, but since then, Sima Yi has indeed sent troops on a small scale many times, taking advantage of Zhuge Liang's hands and beheading Wei Yan.
In fact, to put it bluntly, two old foxes fight each other, and Sima Yi is not able to defeat Zhuge Liang in the field, but Zhuge Liang can't afford it.
The Shu Han army was small and the country was weak, and the follow-up grain and grass could not keep up, and they could not fight a protracted war. A strategy with few troops cannot be carried out, there is no change, and at the same time it is not enough to attack the city. In fact, it is not that Zhuge Liang is not good at attacking the city, but in that era, the conditions were so, there was not enough advantage, and it was not good for anyone to attack the city.
Therefore, zhuge liang was anxious first, and thus exposed flaws, resulting in the second half of the fourth northern expedition, but let Sima Yi fight back. During the Fifth Northern Expedition, Sima Yi was also the same old-fashioned, leaving Zhuge Liang helpless, and was defeated at The Northern Plains Yang Flint, and the Battle of Wugongshui was small.
From this, it can be seen that Sima Yi said that Liang Zhi was big and did not see the opportunity, just a scene. He also did know Zhuge Liang's weakness, but he did not say it, but secretly used it as a breakthrough and fought back against Zhuge Liang by any means.