Among the Three Kingdoms, two strategists, known as talented men, said, "If you can get one of them, you will be able to stabilize the whole world." One of them is Wolong Zhuge Liang, and the other is Feng chi Pang Tong. In the rendition, Pang Tong's talent was not inferior to Zhuge Liang at all, and he was Liu Bei's right-hand man. However, in real history, he is not worthy of such a high name in terms of experience or deed. In the process of Liu Bei's struggle for the world, he did not contribute too much. If, in the Three Kingdoms, it is necessary to find someone who can be compared with Zhuge Liang, the Western Shu Strategist Fa Zheng can be said to be the most appropriate.
According to the records, Fa Zheng was four years older than Zhuge Liang, and the two were both Liu Bei's humerus, and the "Biography of the First Lord" Yun: Zhuge Liang was the head of the unit, and Fa Zheng was the mastermind, although the personalities and interests were different from each other, but the two sides could always put the public affairs and righteousness first, and Zhuge Liang's rear government affairs were enough to feed the soldiers; Fa Zheng followed the army to negotiate and give advice. It can be said that they can work closely with each other to learn from each other's strong points. Later, Liu Beidong invaded Sun Quan to avenge Guan Yu, and most of the courtiers came to the court and did not obey.
In the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Fazheng's life deeds are roughly equivalent to those of Zhengshi, Who was born in a small town in Shaanxi, and his family also had famous scholars, named Fa zhi, and he also had a good friend named Meng Da. After that, Fa Zheng and his friends defected to Liu Zhang, but this Liu Zhang was a mediocre monarch, and he did not realize that Fa was a man with a deep chest, so he only let him make a small county order. Since Huai Cai did not meet, Fa Zheng had no choice but to find another way out, and together with Zhang Song, he prepared to bring Liu Bei from Jingzhou to replace Liu Zhang's position.
After being introduced by others, Fa Zheng and Liu Bei met. Liu Bei is a figure with a discerning eye for heroes, and he sees Fazheng's talent at a glance, and Fazheng also feels that the other party should be a far-sighted lord, so both sides are very satisfied. Fa Zheng gave Liu Bei an idea, borrowed the corpse to return the soul, and monopolized Western Shu. With his help, Liu Bei achieved hegemony across Jingyi. It can be said that this is an important turning point in the development path of the Shu Han camp.
At the beginning of his business, Liu Bei got such fierce generals as Guan, Zhang, and Zhao, all of which were his rampaging world dependencies. However, although these people were one enemy and a hundred on the battlefield, they lacked strategy and could not give a pertinent opinion strategically, so Liu Bei could be said to still be very short of strategists. The so-called strategists generally have two types: one sits in the rear and constantly provides supplies for the front line, while the other follows the lord and father to the battlefield, providing strategic help and offensive strategies at all times.
Because there were fewer strategists sitting in the rear, Liu Bei could not always ensure the stability of the rear, the supply of grain and grass was not available, and there was a tragedy of eating people because of lack of grain. Not only that, but there was a lack of strategists accompanying them on the front line, so they would be chased by Cao Cao and run straight. After getting Zhuge Liang's assistance, the situation was much better. Zhuge Liang was good at governing the people, training soldiers, and was also very good at combat. Therefore, Liu Bei not only gained a foothold in Jingzhou, but also captured the place of Western Shu.
However, Zhuge Liang was not a god after all, he did not like to use strange schemes, and Liu Bei's strength was still very weak, and in the face of the powerful Cao Wei regime, it was impossible not to use strange schemes. So, at this time, it's okay, there's the Law.
The law is not very prominent in politics, and even, it can be said to be very bad. He was very conservative in his thinking and was not good at governing the country, but in the field of war, he was particularly strategic and intrigued. Zhuge Liang saw his shortcomings at a glance, and he also knew the advantages of this person very well, so he single-handedly took over politics and often wrote to Fa Zheng to tell Fa Zheng about what government affairs he had not done well.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang told Liu Bei that he must be very tolerant of Fa Zheng, because although this person was not very likable in terms of moral character, had also violated the law, and was careful with his eyes, he was still very talented and should be given heavy use. In fact, this is the idea of making the best use of things, special treatment in special periods. Liu Bei listened, so Fa Zheng was able to cooperate with Zhuge Liang, and the two cooperated inside and outside to form a powerful force of strategists, helping Liu Bei to embark on the peak of his life and achieve great victories in the Battle of Hanzhong.
In the campaign into Tuhanzhong, Fa Zheng believed that if he wanted to capture the main position, he must use Kansai as a breakthrough point. He has always followed Liu Bei's side, giving advice from time to time. Under his design, in the face of xiahou yuan and other obstructions, he actually crossed the Han River south, anti-guest- mainly, and cooperated with Liu, Huang and others to start a pinch attack on the Wei army. In order to break through, Xiahou Yuan had to personally lead troops to attack Dingjun Mountain, at this time, Liu Bei sent Huang Zhong, launched a fierce attack on Xiahou, and finally killed him in the rebel army.
As soon as Xiahou died, Hanzhong fell into Liu Bei's pocket. Cao Cao was very sad to know this news, and thought that someone must be guiding the high people behind him, otherwise, Liu Bei would never have been able to go so smoothly. He personally led the army to fight for Hanzhong, and the two armies faced each other, and logistics were very critical. On the side of the Shu Han Dynasty, there was Zhuge Liang, who mobilized the women and men to transport grain for the front line, so there was no logistical concern. But Cao Cao was no longer able to do so, and Fa Zheng suggested that Liu Bei send a surprise soldier to sneak up on Cao Cao's heavy troops and let Cao Wei's army fight in hunger.
Soon, Cao Wei's army fled on a large scale, and almost the entire army was destroyed. After this failure, Cao Cao was very emotional, saying, "Why wasn't it me who got Fa Zheng's help?" ”
Because of his outstanding performance on the battlefield, Liu Bei attached more importance to Fazheng and promoted him to an official. Unfortunately, not long after the 45-year-old Fa Zheng died of illness. Liu Bei managed to get a treasure, but he quickly lost it, and he cried for several days. Without Fazheng, Shu Han had no strong guarantee, first lost Jingzhou, then lost to Lu Xun when cutting down Wu, and lost a large number of elite soldiers...
Zhuge Liang was not good at advancing, only good at keeping, and the death of Fazheng made Shu Han lose the opportunity to compete for the world. In the second year of Zhang Wu, the Battle of Yiling broke out between Shu and Wu due to the death of Guan Yu, and the Shu army was defeated and returned to the White Emperor, zhuge Liang sighed: "If Fa Xiaozhi is still there, he will be able to stop the Lord's Crusade; even if he can't stop it, if he accompanies the Crusade, he will not return with a big defeat." ”