Since the ancient emperor, high power, love to suspect, even the old courtiers who accompanied themselves to lay the foundation would be jealous by the emperor. In fact, it is understandable, after all, the heights are not cold, and the emperor will generally call himself a lonely man, which is actually not unreasonable.
However, how should a courtier avoid the suspicion of the emperor and reassure himself? Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms period was a wizard who could be an opponent with Zhuge Liang, which showed that he was not an ordinary person. When he was a courtier, he hid his sharp edge and scrupulously abided by the duties of a courtier before he could save his life, otherwise Cao Cao would have killed him a hundred times earlier. Sima Yi saw through Zhuge Liang's empty city plan, why did he withdraw his troops? Historians have found after careful study that not withdrawing troops is self-destruction.
People who have seen the Three Kingdoms can see that Zhuge Liang's empty city plan used at that time was full of loopholes, and he could even hide Sima Yi, and people with such ideas probably did not know much about Sima Yi as a person. Sima Yi was such a scheming man, and he knew Zhuge Liang's character very well, how could he not know this empty city plan he sang. In the end, Sima Yi survived everyone, and his Own Sima family was proclaimed emperor, so he was a mediocre.
When a normal leader encounters such a situation, at least he must explore the reality of the city, and cannot rely on guessing alone to order a retreat. Sima Yi's son gave advice to his father at that time, and he led a small group to the city to investigate the reality. Sima Yi refused his son's request without even thinking about it, and his son had to give up, and the military order was like a mountain, even if the general was his father. Why did Sima Yi do this? Could he have seen something coming.
Zhuge Liang guessed that Sima Yi was suspicious of this life, and this plan could only be used against him alone. Zhuge Liang asked his subordinates to open the city gate and sit on the city tower holding a piano himself and pretending to play the piano easily. Sima Yi must have thought too much, thinking that Zhuge Liang would ambush and set a trap in the city. Moreover, the fact was just as Zhuge Liang predicted, Sima Yi saw this situation and immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, which allowed Zhuge Liang to retreat completely.
Sima Zhao's son never understood this approach of his father, and Sima Yi only told his son the truth when he was about to die, and the Sima family was the king's right-hand man in the State of Wei at that time, and he had so much military power and power, how could the king not be jealous of himself. If I had led the army into the city and killed Zhuge Liang, then the Cao family would have felt that the Shu kingdom had nothing to fear. There is no need for our Sima family, we must immediately destroy our Sima family after Zhuge Liang's death. Keeping Zhuge Liang is equivalent to having someone who can balance with the Cao family, and the Cao family will naturally reuse our family, even if the king is still jealous of us. Sima Zhao finally understood Sima Yi's approach
Sima Yi himself knew very clearly in his heart that Cao Cao was very jealous of himself, jealous of the Sima family. Before his death, Cao Cao told his son Cao Pi that if Sima Yi could not use him for you, he would kill him, even if you used him, you should always have a grudge against him and should not fully trust him. From here, it can be seen that everyone knows it, but they have not broken the window paper.
Therefore, we can see Zhuge Liang's plan, the empty city plan is only a clear plan, and the core reason why Sima Yi had to withdraw his troops is the thin-ice relationship between the Cao family and the Sima family. Sima Yi did not kill Zhuge Liang more because killing Zhuge Liang would not have the key factor in fighting against the Cao family. Zhuge Liang is really a clever plan, really powerful. Attack the heart first, and hit the snake seven inches.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi were like Spiegel in their hearts, knowing the intention behind the empty city plan, they were also worthy of being rivals and zhiyin, although Sima Yi was angry with Zhuge Liang, he still admitted that Zhuge Liang was the only confidant.
This empty city plan really reflects Zhuge Liang's strength, the duel between the master and the master, the silent tacit understanding, which is really admirable.
Sima Yi's last big winner is because of his longevity, but also because he is really powerful, even a generation of tyrants like Cao Cao have not been able to survive him, after Zhuge Liang's death in the later period, the Three Kingdoms basically have no opponents for Sima Yi, and it is natural for him to be called emperor in the later period, if Cao Cao Liu Bei Zhuge Liang is still alive in the later period, then maybe Sima Yi will not be the final winner.
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