In the previous classical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we were often impressed by Zhuge Kongming's clever calculations, thinking that he could do anything "by borrowing the East Wind", "borrowing arrows from grass boats", etc., but unfortunately, he spread such a "Peach Garden Three Pits", and finally ended up with a "death before leaving the teacher, making the hero cry for a long time".
However, in fact, although Zhuge Liang is indeed capable, he is not so exaggerated in the interpretation, on the contrary, he is an all-round comprehensive talent, the military is only a part of it, in the Liu Bei clique, Liu Bei has always let him manage logistical affairs, because without Zhuge Liang, it really could not be operated at that time.
Among the conspirators of Liu Bei's clique, Zhuge Liang has not occupied the C position, in the early stage it was Pang Tong, but he died during the attack on Xichuan, and after Pang Tong's death, this person was liu Bei's first strategist, and this person is also familiar to many people.
The "refined egoist" Fa-rectification
Fazheng himself was a member of the Yizhou Liu Zhang clique, and when the group was competing for hegemony at the end of the Han Dynasty, because of Liu Zhang's weak personality, he did not want to go east, and he wanted to guard his own acre and three points of land. For the people, a monarch like Liu Zhang can keep one side safe, but for a person like Fazheng, it is a pity that he cannot show his talents in the chaotic world.
Therefore, he and Zhang Song and others summed up, wanted to sell the map of Western Shu in exchange for glory and wealth, at first it was Cao Cao, but unfortunately Cao Cao was a "face value control", he saw that Zhang Song looked ugly and brushed him off, and finally Fazheng and others chose Liu Bei.
And Fa zheng this person is actually very much like Cao Cao's account under another strategist, Jia Xu, because the two are essentially the same kind of people, "egoists", they can be for their own fame and fortune and regardless of life and death, this is the most frightening place for the two, Jia Xu a plan to cause trouble in Chang'an, and Fa Zheng a plan for Xichuan to destroy.
At that time, after Liu Bei and Liu Zhang completely tore their faces, the strategic initiative was actually firmly occupied by Liu Bei, after all, Xichuan was Liu Zhang's territory, and Liu Bei was only an outsider, and the grain and grass were all planned with Liu Zhang's help at the beginning.
Therefore, at that time, Liu Zhang's advisers suggested that Liu Zhang carry out a solid wall clearance, and when Liu Bei heard about this plan, he himself was frightened in a cold sweat, once this plan was implemented, then Liu Bei would no longer have a foothold in Xichuan.
When Fa Zhengyi heard this, he said, "It doesn't matter, send troops to continue to attack, Liu Zhang will not do this." The reason why he was so sure was because of his comprehensive understanding of Liu Zhang, because Liu Zhang was a weak person and cherished the people and would not do so.
And it turns out that Fazheng's idea is correct, Liu Zhang's personality is doomed to have no foothold in Xichuan, and it is precisely by virtue of Fazheng to take the credit of Xichuan, the status of Fazheng in the later period rose in the Liu Bei Group, and even Zhuge Liang could not take him.
After Liu Bei entered Xichuan, at that time, Xichuan Haoqiang was not very obedient to Liu Bei, and it was Fa Zheng who brokered from it to let Liu Bei marry Empress Wu, so that the eager Xichuan Haoqiang quieted down and suppressed a rebellion.
So from this we can see that the Fa is terrifying.
The Battle of Hanzhong was meticulously planned, and even Cao Cao had a chill on his back
If entering Xichuan was just a small test, then the later Battle of Hanzhong was Fazheng's home field, in this war, Zhuge Liang had full authority to dispatch military supplies in the rear, and all the big and small affairs on the front line were carried out by Fazheng assisting Liu Bei.
At that time, after Cao Cao defeated Zhang Lu, it was reasonable to say that he should immediately march south to attack Xichuan, but at this time Cao Cao stagnated, leaving only Xiahou Yuan, who was "tiger step to pass the right", to garrison Hanzhong, and the rest returned to the Central Plains.
At this time, his keen sense of smell made him realize that Cao Cao's rear was definitely unstable, and persuaded Liu Bei to immediately attack Hanzhong with lightning speed. Fazheng's premonition was not wrong, at that time there was a "coup" within Cao Cao, and at this time, the "Wei Irony Rebellion" made Cao Cao unable to pull away, and he had to go back to solve it himself.
Taking advantage of this gap between Cao Cao's internal strife, Liu Bei sent his western Shu troops to attack Hanzhong, but at that time Xiahou Yuan could be said to be the first general under Cao Wei's account, and the geographical location of Hanzhong could not be said to be unimportant, although Cao Cao withdrew, there were many soldiers and horses left.
In the early stages of the strategy, Xiahou Yuan firmly controlled Yang'an Pass, and as long as Yang'an Pass was not lost, Liu Bei had no choice. At this time, Fa Zheng had a strange plot, abandoning Yang'an Pass and turning to Dingjun Mountain, seizing its peripheral positions to force Xiahou Yuan to divide his troops, and then implementing various strategies of breaking through.
Liu Bei also followed Fazheng's advice and directly detoured to Dingjun Mountain, which could scare Xiahou Yuan, and once Dingjun Mountain was lost, the back road was gone, then Hanzhong would be unprotected, so he immediately sent Zhang Gao to the rescue.
Zhang Gao's side divided his troops, Liu Bei's side was saved, and Zhang Gao's side was ineffective in battle, forcing Xiahou Yuan to continue to mobilize troops to rescue Zhang Gao, which led to the lack of military strength on Xiahou Yuan's side, so Fa Zheng immediately sent Huang Zhong to attack Xiahou Yuan and directly killed Xiahou Yuan.
As soon as Xiahou Yuan died, the entire Cao army in Hanzhong was shaken, because the commander was killed, causing the Cao army to be leaderless, who would listen to it? After this, Zhang Gao collected the remnants and shrunk the battle line, while Liu Bei took the opportunity to attack.
At this time, Cao Cao heard the news of Hanzhong and wanted to take advantage of this time to rescue Hanzhong, but it was too late, Hanzhong's morale was lost, and the peripheral positions fell into Liu Bei's hands, Cao Cao had lost the strategic initiative, and finally had to withdraw from Hanzhong.
The defeat in the Battle of Hanzhong allowed Liu Bei to take the initiative to defeat Cao Cao in the frontal battlefield for the first time, and after this, Fa Zheng's status rose sharply, almost on an equal footing with Zhuge Liang, and Cao Cao, after learning that the defeat in the Battle of Hanzhong was all because of Fa Zheng, could not help but sigh: "My hands are full of adultery, and I can't do the law and right and evil alone." ”
Unfortunately, shortly after the Battle of Hanzhong, Fa Zheng died, and there was no one to help Liu Bei plot in the subsequent Battle of Yiling, and Zhuge Liang issued a sigh: "If The law filial piety is straight, it can control the lord and order it not to go east; if you go east, you will not fall into danger." ’
It can be seen that in the Shu Han camp at that time, Fa Zheng was the real mastermind, occupying Liu Bei's C position, it can be said that his terror is not a lie, if he does not die, he will definitely be able to help Liu Bei defeat Eastern Wu, and then it will be a split world.