Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms was a legendary figure who was called an omnipotent "demon" by the world. Since he proposed the Longzhong confrontation and followed Liu Bei down the mountain, he had distinguished his military achievements: burning Xinye, burning Bowangpo, tongue fighting Qunru, borrowing the East Wind, Sanqi Zhou Yu, and capturing Shuchuan, successfully helping Liu Bei complete his hegemony. After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang adhered to the legacy of the ancestors, tried his best to assist Liu Chan, took kuang fu Han room as his post, captured Meng seven times to stabilize the rear defense, and six out of Qishan to cut down the Wei state, until he died of illness, Wuzhangyuan, he proved with his own practical actions such 8 words: bow down to exhaustion, and die after death.
In 234 AD, Zhuge Liang of the Tun army in Wuzhangyuan had entered the Hao Dynasty. At this time, his old rival Sima Yi took the opportunity to attack the rear of the Shu army, killing more than 500 Shu troops and capturing more than 1,000 heads of livestock.
After Zhuge Liang knew, he sighed, according to the history books: That night Zhuge Liang looked at the sky at night, among the three stars, the guest star was brighter, the main star was hidden, and its light was dim, Zhuge Liang calculated that his life was not long, but he still could not let go of the heavy trust of the previous lord, so he wanted to continue to complete the great cause, so he set up the seven-star altar practice, and said to Jiang Wei: If the lights are not extinguished within seven days, I can increase my life expectancy by 12 years, and if the lights are extinguished, I will undoubtedly die.
This is the story of the so-called seven-star lamp to continue life, so Zhuge Liang set up seven-star lanterns in the big tent, the cloak was distributed, and the steps were stepped on, in order to prevent outsiders from disturbing, Zhuge Liang ordered his cronies Jiang Wei to lead a hundred elite armored soldiers to guard outside the tent, and no one was allowed to enter.
And it was at this critical moment that an accident occurred. Knowing that Zhuge Liang was seriously ill, Sima Yi, who had always taken sticking to it as a strategy, adopted harassment tactics and sent his generals to invade the Shu army camp from time to time.
After Wei Yan received the report from the soldiers, he rushed into the big tent to report the situation, even though he was walking too fast, he actually put out the main lamp in the tent. As soon as the main lamp was extinguished, the Seven Stars Continuation Life Method was declared a failure, and Jiang Wei was so angry that he drew his sword and was about to cut Wei Yan.
Zhuge Liang stopped Jiang Wei, and he issued a long sigh of 8 words: "Life and death have a destiny, and they cannot be saved." "At that time, he vomited blood and lay down on the bed.
Zhuge Liang knew that sima Yi would definitely bring his troops to chase him when he saw his generals fall, and at that time he lost a lot of soldiers and horses. So I decided to set myself one last strategy, which can be called a strategy against the sky. It is recorded in the history books: "After I die, I shall not mourn." You can make a big niche, sit my corpse in the niche, take seven grains of rice, put it in my mouth, and use a bright lamp under my feet, and the army is quiet as usual, do not raise sorrow, then the stars will not fall. My ghost is even more self-contained. Sima Yi was bound to be suspicious when he saw that the stars would not fall. ”
This means that after Zhuge Liang died, he put seven grains of rice in his mouth and a Kong Ming lantern at his feet, so that Zhuge Liang's general star would not fall, and pushed the wooden statue imitating himself to the front of the battle, creating the illusion that he was still alive, so as to scare Sima Yi and ensure the safe withdrawal of the Shu army.
After the instructions, Zhuge Liang passed away unexpectedly.
Later, after Zhuge Liang's death, Yang Yi complied with his will. Sure enough, although the star was dim, it never fell. Sima Yi was uncertain in his heart, was it because he had misjudged it? He was worried that there was deception, so he kept on the ground. And the Shu Army? According to the military division's will, he slowly retreated, and when Sima Yi found out, the Shu army had retreated completely.
In addition, Before his death, Zhuge Liang also left a will and made arrangements for his posthumous affairs.
Zhuge Liang asked the later lord Liu Chan to send four soldiers to carry his coffin to the south, until he reached the place where the "rope was broken", so that he could bury it on the spot, and he could not afford a tomb mound, no stone monument, and no tree.
Although Liu Chan did not know it, he still acted according to Zhuge Liang's will. These four sergeants carried Zhuge Liang's coffin to the south, walked for several days, the more tired they became, but the rope and the bar were fine, and they didn't know what year it would take to go on like this. As soon as the four men discussed, they cleverly cut off the rope, buried Zhuge Liang's coffin on the spot, and then went back to his life. Liu Chan was not stupid, thinking that such a thick rope could not be broken so quickly, so he forced the four people to ask the truth.
The four of them saw that they could not deceive the emperor, so they had to tell the truth, and Liu Chan was furious and killed all four of them. But just after killing him, he regretted it: he forgot to ask Zhuge Liang where he was buried. Since then, Zhuge Liang's burial place has become a mystery for eternity, and it has not been found until now.
Of course, whether Zhuge Liang used the "Seven Star Lamp to continue his life" or the "Seven Grains of Rice Stable Star", or the "rope is broken", these are all "speech" words, and the authenticity is questionable. Of course, the reason why these legends are widely circulated in the folk also proves Zhuge Liang's lofty status in the hearts of the people.