In the past, when discussing the Three Kingdoms with you, we always talked about some fierce generals who could fight a good war, but today we will change our perspective and talk about the strategists in the Three Kingdoms.
Sima Yi was a very special person, at least in the Cao Wei camp. Friends who love to read the Three Kingdoms can find that in the Three Kingdoms era, the styles of Wei Shu and Wu were very different: Cao Wei was a general, and often emerged those who could charge into the battlefield and lead the troops to attack and defend, such as Zhang Liao, Cao Ren, Zhang Guo, and Xiahou Yuan; Eastern Wu was a handsome man, and there were not many people who fought before the battle, but there were many people who strategized, such as Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lü Meng, and Lu Xun; Shu Han was a fierce man, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were all enemies, and Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong were also quite capable of fighting and had a strong hands-on ability.
There seems to be a clear distinction between Cao Cao's advisers and military generals. It is the strategists who make suggestions and suggestions, and they tend to give strategic guidance and never lead the troops to fight; it is the business of the military generals who lead the troops to fight; and the use of tactics and tactics is also tactical.
This Sima Yi was indeed more unusual, with a commander-in-chief, both strategic and tactical, and he also knew politics and economics very well. Zhuge Liang's many northern expeditions were fruitless, and Sima Yi had never won a single tactical victory, relying on political and economic advantages.
Shu Han did not have any advantage in overall strength, but Zhuge Liang was a master of tactics, and he could keenly discover the loopholes exposed during the dispatch and movement of the enemy army and give a fatal blow. If the two sides fight tactics, Sima Yi is certainly not an opponent, but his cleverness is not to give Zhuge Liang this opportunity. If you don't take it, you don't lose it, and you can't give it up.
What about Sima Yi's tactical level?
Of course it's powerful. Xincheng Pingmengda and Liaodong Zheng Gongsun Yuan were all long-distance raids, unexpected enemies, and solved problems with thunderous momentum. Some people say that Sima Yi is good at defending and not good at attacking, that is nonsense, Sima Yi is very good at attacking. He only kept it after he met Zhuge Liang, and there was no way to do it, he couldn't get people.
Therefore, to analyze Sima Yi's military ability, we have to interpret it from two aspects: tactical level and strategic acumen, mainly based on his campaign performance.
1. Resist Guan Yu
Guan Yu marched north, captured Xiangyang, and besieged Fancheng. Flood the Seventh Army, capture the forbidden, behead Pound,"
Wei Zhen Huaxia
”。 Sima Yi offered cao Cao a plan, and sent envoys across Jiangdong to persuade Sun Quan to raise an army to sneak into Jingzhou, Guan Yu was defeated, and Fancheng was besieged.
Second, attack Mengda
The general Meng Da plotted a rebellion in Xincheng, and Sima Yi led his troops thousands of miles away, day and night, suddenly killing the new city and quickly attacking the unsuspecting new city."
Cut it down, pass it on
”。
3. Retreat
Zhuge Liang took advantage of the illness of Sima Caozhen of Cao Wei and led his troops to raid Tianshui, and Sima Yi was ordered to lead his troops."
Rejected
"Through a four-month stalemate,"
Retreat with light
4. Ping Xiongnu
Hu Bojuzi of the Xiongnu launched a rebellion, and Sima Yi sent his troops to lead Hu Zun."
Recovery
"And soon"
Break it
Fifth, the defeat of the Southern Siege
Zhuge Liang again went north, and Sima Yi sent Zhang Hao to attack the southern siege, and led his soldiers and horses to attack Zhuge Liang's main force, and Zhuge Liang sent Wei Yan, Gao Xiang, and Wu Ban."
The Great Breaker obtained the first 3,000 levels of armor, 5,000 collars of Xuan Armor, and 3,100 pieces of horned crossbows
", Sima Yi"
Also keep the camp
6. Loss of Zhang Guo
Zhuge Liangliang retired, Sima Yi"
Make a chase
", set up an ambush by Zhuge Liang,"
Riding on the high cloth, the crossbow is fired randomly, and the arrow is combined
", a generation of famous generals Zhang Gao died on the battlefield.
7. Retreat from the Shu Army
Zhuge Liang marched north again."
Out of the Valley, Tunwei South
Sima Yi led his troops to refuse to defend,"
Continuous siege of the day, bright number of challenges, XuanWang should not be strong
”。 Zhuge Liang Wuzhang died of illness, and his army returned.
VIII. Ding liaodong
Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong plotted rebellion,"
Shuai crowd begs Liaodong
", Qishi attacked from afar, suddenly killed, and surrounded Gongsun Yuan in Xiangping,"
The Great Destruction was first passed down in Kyoto
We found that Sima Yi was still very good at the long-range attack of the Qishi, as fast as thunder, and solved the battle with three strokes and five divisions, which was very sharp. However, as soon as he encountered Zhuge Liang, he tied his hands and feet, could not play out at all, and even when the troops and logistics were completely superior, he was still completely suppressed.
Therefore, when it comes to the tactical level, Sima Yi cannot be regarded as outstanding. Compared with Zhuge Liang, who has no exhaustive strategy, Zhou Yu, who is shrewd and transparent, Pang Tong, who is full of tricks, and Lu Xun, who is agile and deep, he is much inferior.
In terms of strategic acumen, in the Cao Wei camp, Guo Jia was the chief strategist, and repeatedly advised Cao Cao, defeating the strong with the weak, and blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, Ping Lübu, Yuan Shao, and Ding Sizhou."
Liaodong legacy
"It is even more wonderful; followed by Xun Yu, the Dinghai God Needle of the Cao Wei camp, with a rough and small plan, and everything; once again there is Jia Xu, which is one of the Three Kingdoms"
West poison
"A type of character who plays the world's haojie in the palm of his hand; once again, Cheng Yu is also a man of deep wisdom, a meticulous heart, and a strong discernment.
But Sima Yi has his own uniqueness:
Strong comprehensive ability
。 There are no shortcomings in strategic thinking, tactical awareness, political cognition, economic management, coordination ability, etc. The most important point is that -
Sima Yi had no political baggage
。
Without political baggage, this man would be terrible. In that era, political baggage overwhelmed many talents. Xun Yu and Xun You were shrewd enough, but because of their political baggage, they fell into the whirlpool. Zhuge Liang was also because of the existence of political baggage, so that many times under the excellent situation of tactical superiority, the strategy failed and the achievements were lost.
Three Kingdoms"
Poisoner
"Jia Xu is a person without political baggage, scary enough, isn't it?" The chaos of the entire Three Kingdoms was caused by him, and the joint efforts of several generations of heroes Haojie could not solve his problems. Why is he so powerful, once he loses his political baggage, all his starting points are to obtain real profits, and any trick can be used, at any cost, recklessly, and unscrupulously.
There are many people who are stronger than him in terms of strategic thinking, there are many people who are higher than him in terms of tactical level, there are many people with far-reaching political vision who are stronger than him, and there are many people who are stronger than him in economic, diplomatic, personnel, and management fields. But when it comes to comprehensive ability, in addition to Cao Cao and Liu Bei, there are really few who are stronger than him.
We often talk about certain tyrants who like to use one word—"
Talent is rough
”。 One is talent, the other is rough, and it is too rare to have these two points at the same time. Many people of the princely rank have a general but no talent, or have a great talent but no big plan. Sima Yi had both. What was even more terrifying was that Sima Yi still had a good body, a will of steel, and could survive until all those who were stronger than him in all aspects were dead, and no one on any one side could threaten him anymore, and he swept away all obstacles with one shot.
Therefore, in the end, Sima Shi was able to seize the world, indeed because of Sima Yi's strong ability. Although I don't like this Sima Lao'er very much, I can't help but admit that his comprehensive ability is indeed very, very strong.
The unification of three points is indeed a good thing for the Sima family, and it is good to be an emperor. But for the whole world, it is getting weaker and weaker. You can find that at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains were all in chaos, and did the Xiongnu, Xianbei, And Qiang, and Nanman dare to provoke the Han Dynasty? Still don't dare. Cao Cao said that King Zuo Xian would have to honestly hand over his wife; Sun Quan would try his best to expand southward, and he could get elephants on his turf; Zhuge Liang would also suppress the barbarian king's obedience.
The Sima family became emperor, and the whole country was divided into one, but it was even weaker. As we all know, in history, the Jin Dynasty was almost the most non-existent dynasty, and the level of governance was not to be mentioned, that is really weak and weak enough.