Anyone who has read the history of the Three Kingdoms knows that Sima Yi's commanding soldiers belong to the halfway monks. Zhang Gao, however, was the first to lead the army at Yuan Shao as soon as he made his debut, and he can be said to be one of the famous generals under Yuan Shao. However, because the two famous generals under Yuan Shao at that time, Yan Liang and Wen Ugly, constituted a ceiling, Zhang Gao and Gao Lan could not look up.
But the question is, how powerful Yan Liang and Wen Ugly really are, now there is no way to know. Among them, Yan Liang in particular was even more miserable, directly becoming Guan Yu's mascot. As for Zhang Gao, he was due to "recognizing variables... With the title of Qiao changing into a title", he became one of the five sons of Cao Cao's subordinates, so he ridiculed that Zhang Gao could be called the "Heavenly Qiao Star" in the Three Kingdoms.
One: surrender by chance. When Cao Cao was oppressed by Yuan Shao and could not breathe, Xu You came. Offering Wuchao's plan to rob grain, Cao Cao made a desperate bet and personally led his troops forward. The news was soon known to Yuan Shao, who advocated at that time: Leave nothing to chance, immediately reinforce Wuchao, and never go to rob Cao Cao's camp, he must be prepared. This means that Wuchao is the focus, but Caoying is the pit.
But Yuan Shao was fooled by Guo Tu and played a compromise. Zhang Gao and Gao Lan were sent to rob Cao Cao's camp, and another light cavalry was sent to reinforce Wuchao. In the end, Cao Ying did not rob it, and the Wuchao was also lost, and it was a chicken flying egg beating. Angry, Zhang Gao directly surrendered to Cao Cao and immediately counterattacked Yuan Shao.
Zhang Gao surrendered at the most critical moment, which can be described as a coincidence, and he is truly aware of the times and is Junjie! To Cao Cao, it is not only a charcoal in the snow, but also a icing on the cake. All parties can also explain the past - at least Yuan Shao can't say anything, people are so bitter that you don't listen to who blames? Kindness has been exhausted!
Second: it is a coincidence to fight a war. The most classic example of Zhang Gao's battle is the Battle of the Street Pavilion. This battle directly led to the collapse of Zhuge Liang's First Northern Expedition. Although Ma Mo took the lead, he was besieged by Zhang Gao on the mountain to cut off the water source. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the Ma Mo army was exhausted.
In this way, Zhang Hao turned passive into active, and at the smallest cost, achieved the greatest victory! Here it must be emphasized that the famous Battle of the Street Pavilion is Zhang Gao's masterpiece, and it has nothing to do with Sima Yi.
That is to say, Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition was defeated at the hands of Zhang Gao, and from then on, "Zhuge Liang was afraid of it." Therefore, the cao Wei name that Zhuge Liang was really jealous of would be Zhang Guo!
Later, when Sima Yi was in charge of the Great War of Zhuge Liang, Zhang Gao also said many times: It is a good way to confront Zhuge Liang for a long time and avoid fighting. But you can't avoid war for the sake of avoiding war. Therefore, we should also send people and horses around to the back of Zhuge Liang's army, instead of playing like this. Otherwise, it will definitely make the military's heart float or even disappointed. ”
In the tradition of "who suggests who is responsible", it is obvious that Zhang Gao asked Sima Yi for orders to carry out a surprise attack. Not like Sima Yi, fighting this kind of clumsy battle, but surprising and clever.
Unfortunately, Sima Yi did not listen, and first followed Zhuge Liang's pace and suffered the "defeat of Halo City". After being frightened, the turtle could not shrink out, and dropped an idiom of "fearing Shu like a tiger".
Third: death is also coincidental. When Zhang Gao was forced by Sima Yi to pursue Zhuge Liang in retreat, he was ambushed in the wooden doorway, and coincidentally, an arrow hit his knee and then died. Compared with others, such as Guan Yu, he was once shot in the forehead by an arrow from Pound, and not only did he play the flooded Seventh Army.
Look at Zhang Gao again! Is it fatal on the forehead or fatal in the knee? Of course, the forehead was, but Zhang Gao was so clever, he died of an arrow in his knee. Who do you talk to?
But in any case, it left a hypothesis that "Sima Yi killed Zhang Guo". The reason was that Sima Yi also understood that if Zhang Hao did not die, he would not be able to monopolize military power.
After all, Zhang Gao is an old driver and has also been certified by Cao Cao. In front of Zhang Gao, Sima Yi was like a "recruit egg", although he was Zhang Gao's boss, he was short of breath after all.
Let's not discuss the hypothesis that "Sima Yi killed Zhang Guo", because there is a more crucial question: Zhuge Liang is jealous of Zhang Gao, why did Cao Rui ignore Zhang Gao, but instead had to choose Sima Yi as commander? In my opinion, there are roughly two reasons for this problem, one is more realistic than the other!
One: the inheritance of Cao Wei led to it. It is said that Cao Cao is "meritocracy", but the truth is very heartfelt. Let's talk about martial generals, the ones who are really trusted and valued are the four heavenly kings of Cao Jiaban: Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong! And Zhang Liao or Zhang Gao, no matter what kind of merit he has made, he must be in a state of "being led".
Zhang Hao has always been like this. After surrendering to Cao Cao, he first mixed with Cao Boss, such as counterattacking Yuan Shao and Bohai beating Yuan Tan. Later, Zhang Gao was assigned to Xiahou Yuan and became the first general under Xiahou Yuan. For example, Cao Cao once praised Xiahou Yuan as a "tiger step long right", but the question is, how did Xiahou Yuan do it?
It was because he defeated Ma Chao, but in fact, it was Zhang Gao who really defeated (scared) Ma Chao, according to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Gao to Weishui, Chao will be thousands of rebels against The Qiang. No battle, super walk. When Xiahou Yuan arrived, "When The yuan arrived, all the counties had already descended."
After Xiahou Yuan was killed by Old Huang Zhong, even though Zhang Gao was in danger and was ordered to resist Liu Bei, he did not get the opportunity to command the army. After Cao Cao's death, Zhang Gao was again commanded by Cao Zhen. When Cao Zhen died, Cao Rui did not hesitate to activate Sima Yi and let him command Zhang Hao again. Even if Zhuge Liang was jealous of Zhang Guo, he could not change this tradition.
why? One is that Sima Yi is a loyal vassal, the other is that he is related to Marquis Of Cao, and Sima Shi's wife Xiahou Hui is the daughter of Xiahou Shang, Cao Pi's favorite minister. And Xiahou Shang was Xiahou Yuan's cousin! No matter how Zhang Gao jumped, he couldn't jump out of the palm of Cao Jiaban's hand—no way, Cao Wei's inheritance led to it.
Second: the difference between the big guy and the little brother. Zhuge Liang was based on the position of commander-in-chief, with the sole and heavy subjects, the chancellor, the emperor's father, and the triple identity, and was the first big man of the Shu Han Dynasty. This is therefore the only way to ensure the coordination and deterrence of all forces.
But even so, there are still people who dare to make trouble with moths, that is, another trusted and important minister, Li Yan, who falsely claimed that the military food was not good and deceived Zhuge Liang to return to the army. Looking at Zhang Gao again, he only has strong combat ability to command troops, but what other energy? It's gone. We all know that people are iron rice is steel, and the key to fighting a war depends on logistics.
When Cao Rui was emperor, Cao Wei's door valve power had become the climate. Especially after the death of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, only Sima Yi and Chen Qun were left, the two door valve masters.
In this case, when Cao Zhen died, Zhang Gao was already in charge (before Cao Zhen was ill, it was Zhang Gao who was exercising the power of commander), and Cao Rui had also issued a decree to let Zhang Gao command his troops to resist Zhuge Liang. However, as soon as Cao Zhen died, Cao Rui immediately sent Sima Yi to come, so that Zhang Gao, Guo Huai, Fei Yao and other generals were all under Sima Yi's command.
why? As mentioned earlier, if Zhang Gao is allowed to command the army, logistical supplies, and those Imperial Historians who specialize in taking magnifying glasses to find things, who will serve Zhang Guo? If Sima Yi is put here, the natural effect is different. For example, after Sima Yi received Zhuge Liang's women's clothes, he dared to play the trick of "asking for a thousand miles to ask for a battle".
If you turn to the historical records, there were no ministers in the imperial court at that time who dared to tweet about this matter, all the generals in the front army were cursing the street, but unfortunately Cao Rui couldn't hear it, right? What if Zhang Gao did the same? The author bets that in the court, he will definitely be drowned by all kinds of ministers with spit!
This is the second reason, although the reality is more heartfelt, but no one can do anything. It can only be said that the big guy is the big guy, the little brother is the little brother, even if the little brother Cow Zhuge Liang is jealous, but someone dares to jam his neck. Although the big guy accepted the women's clothes sent by Zhuge Liang, people said one after another: Can endure ordinary people can not tolerate, the cattle have exploded!
If you still don't believe it, look at Jiang Wei on the Shu Han side, he can be described as the Shu Han version of Zhang Guo, also a demotion of the identity, but also a younger brother, although later not only commanded the army, but also became a great general, but was frightened by Huang Hao and others did not dare to return to the imperial court, is this not a reason!
Therefore, to paraphrase a very popular saying on the Internet: Zhang Gao is the little brother who cuts people in front of him until he dies! There is no foundation in the imperial court! This is actually the reason why Sima Yi dared to kill Zhang Guo so brazenly. Sure enough, Sima Yi's move was not questioned or prosecuted at all.
Speaking of which, Zhang Gao's inability to take command was not his ability, which was actually caused by the historical environment at that time. Therefore, a person, even if he is a cow, cannot jump out of the constraints of the historical environment.
At the same time, this is also the fundamental reason why Sima Yi finally overturned the market - not Sima Yi, the person, the cattle can not flourish, but the strength of the Door Valve Clan he represents, has occupied a dominant position.