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In other words, those stories about the Three Kingdoms have been talked about since ancient times, just as it was said at the beginning of the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "The great events of the world will be united for a long time, and the long time will be divided." Throughout the ancient and modern times, is this not the case?
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the forces and situations of the Three Kingdoms of Wei Shu and Wu can be described as complex, and all kinds of heroes and heroes are even more open and secret, and the hidden wisdom and schemes have made many posterity deeply feel the infinite wisdom of their predecessors.
Of course, if you want to say that the most "wise" representative figure in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", then with Zhuge Liang's prestige and strength, absolutely sit in the first chair, if there is no him, perhaps the "Three Kingdoms" will become a "double male" hegemony. Even if the novel is left aside, in real history, Zhuge Liang's role and importance during the Three Kingdoms period are self-evident.
Mr. Lu Xun once used a sentence to evaluate Zhuge Liang in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "To show Liu Bei's length and thickness, similar to pseudo, like Zhuge Duozhi, similar to a demon", let's not talk about Liu Bei first, today we will only talk about the protagonist Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang is wise and well known, but in real history, he is not so "god".
In the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are many strategies that are talked about, but the most wonderful is the "empty city plan" that has amazed countless people.
Zhuge Liang only relied on two book boys and some old, weak, sick and disabled to scare off Sima Yi's millions of male soldiers, and he also had an extremely accurate grasp of Sima Yi's psychology with superior wisdom, counting those first-class strategists in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and only "Wolong" Zhuge Kongming could do it.
The good drama of "Empty City Plan" shows Zhuge Liang's wisdom and strategy to the fullest, and at the same time sets off Sima Yi's "suspicion" and "stupidity". Many friends who do not know the meaning of this have said: "Sima Yi is really 'stupid', you don't seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if I, directly let the million army behind me break through the city and capture Zhuge alive!" This is true and very domineering, but this does not consider serious "consequences" at all!
Sima Yi is not "stupid" at all, on the contrary, he is the smartest! Objectively speaking, he was the biggest winner in the entire Three Kingdoms, in other words, Sima Yi was the ultimate victor in the Three Kingdoms struggle for hegemony.
How could such a capable person who knew how to be patient and ambitious not smell such a rare opportunity, and how could he not be moved? Sima Yi knew that today, as long as Zhuge died, then no one could compete with him, and the entire Three Kingdoms would all belong to Sima Shi, but now that the time had not yet come, there were still people who could restrain his life and death.
In the middle and late period of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi could be said to be an important strategist of the entire Cao Wei clique. Before Cao Cao's death, he was also very jealous of this person, and did not dare to entrust him with heavy military power, but only let him serve as his son's teacher, fortunately, Cao Cao could suppress him, and he did not dare to make any big moves.
As a "foreign minister", being so valued by Cao Cao and arranged by his side is enough to prove his outstanding ability. Who is Cao Cao? Among the people, He can recognize people, can use people, and with the principle of "doubting people are not used, employing people is not doubtful", so that Sima Yi can "make the best use of his talents".
However, for Sima Yi, the old and treacherous Cao Cao still left a backhand (restricting Sima For posterity), which others did not know, but Zhuge Liang had already seen through this, so he dared to risk using the "empty city plan" as a dangerous strategy. Because he knew that this plan only had special effects on Sima Yi and did not work for others.
Zhuge Liang's use of the "Empty City Plan" was caused by Ma Mo's loss of street pavilions, which were of great strategic importance to both the Shu army and the Wei army, and even more so to the Shu army. As soon as the street pavilion was lost, the Shu army was greatly passive, and the garrison was empty of troops, facing a desperate situation of no troops to defend.
Sima Yi led hundreds of thousands of heavy troops to the city. At this time, there were less than a thousand people in the city, including Zhuge Liang(old, weak, sick and disabled). Faced with such a desperate situation, Zhuge Liang did not panic, he ordered the pawns to open the city gate, and he himself "leisurely" played the piano in the city tower, with a natural expression, and there were two "book boys" standing behind him. Sima Yi looked at the situation, pondered for a long time, and "frightened" directly withdrew.
Many people believe that the success of the "empty city plan" is all due to Zhuge Liang, because he is not afraid of danger, although they are right, but not entirely right. In fact, the main reason why the "empty city plan" can be successful is due to the two "book boys" standing behind Zhuge Liang. Why?
The reason why Zhuge Liang was able to play the piano leisurely in front of Sima Yi was because he had already "penetrated" Sima Yi and expected him to absolutely retire (isn't the same for Sima Yi, Zhuge Sima and each other's camps and pity each other). Of course, there are no absolutes in everything, and Zhuge Liang can be so indifferent, including that he has been fighting for half his life and is indifferent to life and death. However, the two "book boys" standing behind Zhuge Liang played a most important role in the "empty city plan" (just "crowned").
Just imagine, two and a half children, in the face of the pressure of the army and the pressure of the soldiers in the city, actually stood behind Zhuge Liang so indifferently, just by virtue of such "concentration", these two sons are definitely not ordinary people in the world. In such a situation, Sima Yi would not feel a little strange when he saw Zhuge Liang's indifferent expression, but when he saw the expressions of the two "book boys", he felt an unusual panic, and the ordinary "book boy" was so indifferent, how could the old and treacherous Sima Yi not know what he meant? What do you mean, Double Bookboy? "Lose both".
Because of this, Sima Yi took advantage of this step to say that the three people were so indifferent that there would be a large number of ambushes in the city, so he ordered his men to retreat. It is precisely because of Sima Yi's "adult beauty" that he has achieved the good story of Zhuge Liang's "empty city plan" and saved his own life! Everything is in plain sight, and it can be said that Zhuge Sima is really a strange man of our Chinese nation!
References for this article: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Vernacular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Pin Three Kingdoms", "Baidu Encyclopedia Related Terms - Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Empty City"