Regarding Zhang Gao's death, the Wei Luo has a detailed record: the Liang army retreated, and Sima Xuanwang made Guo Chase, And Gao Yue: "Military law, the siege of the city will open a way out, return to the army do not chase." King Xuan did not listen. As a last resort, he entered. The Shu army rode on a high cloth ambush, the bow and crossbow were fired randomly, and the arrow was in the middle of the jaw.
Zhang Gao
It is said that zhuge Liang's fourth northern expedition, the soldiers pointed directly at Qishan, with wooden cattle and horses to transport grain and grass, Cao Rui sent Sima Yi, leading Zhang Guo, Guo Huai, Fei Yao and others to resist, wei and Shu broke out the Battle of Halo City. Previously, Sima Yi and Zhang Gao also had a dispute over how to resist the Shu army, and after Zhuge Liang returned to Qishan, Sima Yi ordered Zhang Gao to send troops to pursue, and Zhang Gao said: "The art of war, besieging the city must open an exit, and the retreating army must not pursue it again."
To be honest, what Zhang Gao said was very reasonable, but Sima Yi did not comply, and forcibly ordered Zhang Gao to pursue and kill the Shu army, and sure enough, Zhuge Liang set up an ambush at the mumen valley, and as soon as Zhang Gao arrived, the Shu army fired ten thousand arrows in unison, and the stray arrow hit Zhang Gao's right leg, and Zhang Gao was killed.
Zhuge Liang
The above "Wei Luo" record, but Chen Shou's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there is no saying that Sima Yi let Zhang Gao go after him, and did not explain the reason why Zhang Gao sent troops to pursue and kill, but the Fourth Northern Expedition was indeed under the full command of Sima Yi, and there were still different opinions between Sima Yi and Zhang Gao on the way of fighting the battle, so relatively speaking, Wei Luo's record should be more credible.
The fact is that Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition did kill Zhang Guo. Someone has to ask, is Zhang Gao so powerful, does Sima Yi really want to deliberately trick and kill Zhang Gao, look at the three kingdoms characters' evaluation of Zhang Gao, you will understand.
Chen Shou commented: "Knowing the variables, being good at handling Chen, anticipating the terrain of the battle, everything is as good as counting, and Zhuge Liang is worried about it."
Cao Cao commented: If Xi Zixu did not fall ill early and put himself in danger, would he not be able to go to Yin and Han to return to Han evil?
Yu Feng commented: Although Yuan is the governor of the capital, Liu Bei is worried and Yi Yuan.
Even Cao Cao compared him to Han Xin, Chen Shou also said that even Zhuge Liang was afraid of Zhang Gao, and Yu Feng even said that Liu Bei was also afraid of Zhang Gao. These three people evaluated together, Zhang Gao was definitely a member of Cao Weiliang.
Sima Yi
Since the Battle of Guandu in 200 AD and the surrender to Cao Cao, Zhang Guo had been loyal to Cao Wei for 30 years, and he was a man with great say in terms of seniority and experience. It is worth noting that Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Xu Huang, Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Huan, and a large number of other loyal military generals of Cao Wei have all died, and only Zhang Gao is still there.
Obviously, the existence of Zhang Gao will definitely pose a threat to Sima Shi's usurpation of power in the future, not to mention that Zhang Gao is a general in the battlefield, and he has military power in his hands, in case he takes the Son of Heaven to divide one side or guard the capital, it is very unfavorable to usurpation. This is an important reason why Sima Yi wanted to "borrow a knife to kill people" to get rid of Zhang Gao.
Cao Rui
This scene of the film and television drama "Military Alliance" also focuses on portraying, which is actually very reasonable. Sima Yi wanted to get rid of Zhang Gao, and the best time was on the battlefield, after all, Zhang Gao was a military general, and if he didn't fight, how could he get rid of it on the charge of "false accusations".
Will be outside, the king's destiny will be spared. Sima Yi and Zhang Gao were also fighting outside, and Sima Yi was Zhang Gao's direct superior, Sima Yi could completely use Zhuge Liang's hand, or the hand of the Shu army, to deliberately let Zhang Gao fight a risky battle, Zhang Gao did not obey the order, and if Zhang Gao did not obey, Sima Yi could also go to the emperor to play a book, Zhang Gao died, Sima Yi could also say that he sacrificed his life for the country, and then the cat cried. I have to say that Sima Yi is really a master, and he has a plan in mind and borrows a knife to kill people. On political means, Zhang Gao is really like Han Xin, too geng to play straight.