The level of Meng Da in the Three Kingdoms period was not high, but he had a great opportunity to help Shu Han win the opportunity to dominate the world. Unfortunately, due to his stupidity, he wasted the opportunity, and also lost Jingzhou, leaving Guan Yu to lose his life.
In the Three Kingdoms, where the masters are like forests, goods like Meng Da originally appeared once and then disappeared. But Meng Da did not disappear, fate took great care of him, and also made him the dark son of the times, stirring up the storm between Cao Wei and Shu Han.
However, Meng Da really did not kill Xu Huang, according to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu Xu Huang Biography": "Sick Du, the will of the order to serve the time." Sexual frugality and caution....... Taihe Yuannian Xue, 谥曰壮侯. In other words, Xu Huang died of illness in 227 AD. Therefore, Xu Huang's death had nothing to do with Meng Da.
Meng Da did not kill famous generals, and he did not have outstanding battle achievements. Ben was an extremely ordinary Three Kingdoms passerby. But Meng Da's life is quite specimen significance. Through Meng Da's life, we see how to use the platform to realize their greatest value when a person's talent is not so outstanding. Because even if you are an ordinary person, fate will give you a chance to develop!
1) Meng Da's friends are very powerful.
Meng Da himself is not high-level, but he will make friends. His friend's name was Fa zheng. Unlike Meng Da, Fa Zheng became a celebrity very early because of his high talent. And Meng Da basically has no popularity. In 196 AD, due to the famine in the world, Fa Zheng and Meng Da went to the Shu Kingdom to beg for food. By the way, you can also realize your ideals.
But unfortunately, Liu Zhang, a person, has no talent or ambition. Therefore, there is not much attention paid to talents like Fazheng. Fa Zheng also quickly became dissatisfied. Therefore, zhang song, who is also nostalgic, has moved his mind carefully. They were ready to welcome Liu Bei into Xichuan. Although Meng Da was not very talented and did not know how to operate, he still had great trust in Fa zheng. If you don't have an idea, you trust your smart friends, which is a significant feature of Meng Da.
According to common sense, Meng Da and Fa were friends, and later together with Liu Feng, they were able to take down Shangyong. That is to say, Meng Da still has a certain talent. But this just exposes Meng Da's shortcomings, that is, Meng Da is talented, but he does not have a big picture view and cannot accurately analyze the current situation.
In this way, Meng Da can easily fall into a misunderstanding, if there is a friend like Fazheng who can analyze the situation for him and inspire and guide him how to make the right choice, Meng Da is no problem, he can definitely make the right choice. But if there is no Dhamma, he will make his own decisions self-righteously. Of course, because he did not have the ability to analyze the situation, Meng Da was always wrong.
Therefore, Meng Da's level is dissatisfied with one bottle, and half of the bottle is shaking. When he encounters luck, he can also achieve a lot of success in the smooth water, and if the situation changes, he can also lose all the money he earned by luck with his ability.
Therefore, people like Fazheng can bring wealth to themselves, but Meng Da relies on others to bring wealth to themselves. Due to the high level of Fazheng, it was particularly helpful to Liu Bei. And Meng Da's performance is still relatively decent. Therefore, Liu Bei still favored Meng Da and let Meng Da guard Jiangling, which is now Jingzhou. After Liu Bei took Xichuan, Meng Da was also known as Yidu Taishou.
2) Meng Da ushered in his highlight moment!
Therefore, in this year, in the case that Liu Bei's every road is good news, Liu Bei also gave meng Da high hopes. Let Meng Da lead his army from Zigui and attack Fangling in the north, which is today's Fang County, Hubei. Meng Da indeed continued the luck of Liu Bei's army, and Fangling was quickly taken by Meng Da.
Liu Bei was overjoyed, so he encouraged Meng Da to continue his efforts and take Shangyong and Xicheng by the way. But Liu Bei considered Meng Da's ability and was a little uneasy. Therefore, at this time, Liu Bei made a major decision and sent his righteous son Liu Feng to help Meng Da. Of course, as soon as Liu Feng left, Meng Da naturally fell to Liu Feng's subordinates.
Liu Feng's ability Liu Bei still believed very much. In 211 AD, Liu Bei entered Xichuan. After falling out with Liu Zhang, Liu Bei quickly summoned Zhuge Liang into Sichuan. At this time, Liu Feng, who was only twenty years old, was fighting under Zhuge Liang. Liu Feng was already very brave at that time, and where he passed, he won all the way and never lost a battle. When Nishikawa was pacified, Liu Feng was made a lieutenant general.
Liu Feng's most brilliant thing is in Hanzhong. At the time of the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Feng's bravery and good fighting were very conspicuous. Cao Cao was very angry, and Cao Cao scolded Liu Bei: "The boy who sells shoes will only call your fake son to block your family's wife!" Wait until I call my parent's yellow-bearded real son to beat you. ”
Cao Cao really sent someone to summon Cao Zhanglai to fight Against Liu Feng, but unfortunately Cao Zhang had not yet arrived in Hanzhong, and Cao Cao had already withdrawn his army because he could not hold on. Liu Feng and Cao Zhang's Mars collision with the earth did not happen. Therefore, Liu Feng is still very level and capable.
Therefore, liu bei was worried about Meng Da's level, and it was not wrong to send Liu Fenglai, who was more capable, to lead. And as soon as Liu Feng arrived, he did take Down Shangyong with Meng Da.
Let's look at Liu Feng's route of advance: Liu Feng was in Hanzhong at the time, so he marched south from Hanzhong Shunshui (present-day Hanshui) to join forces with Meng Da. Due to Liu Feng's arrival, Shangyong Taishou Shen was very happy and surrendered. Liu Bei's strategic goals were achieved.
Meng Da has also reached the peak of his life!
3) Meng Da misled Liu Feng!
At this time, Guan Yu, who was besieging Xiangyang, sent someone to let Liu Feng lead people to attack Xiangyang from the west. It should be said that at this time, Guan Yu's strategy was very correct, Xiangyang had been precariously beaten by Guan Yu, and if Liu Feng Mengda's army was added, Guan Yu would soon be able to take Xiangyang and Fancheng, directly threatening The City of Wancheng in Nanyang. If Wancheng is taken, this is the route map for Liu Bang to enter Qin. Just thinking about it is exciting.
But unfortunately, at this time, Meng Da began to faint, and Liu Feng also had water in his brain. What was Liu Bei's purpose in laying down Shangyong, not to be able to connect with Jingzhou. If Xiangyang Fancheng did not take down, it would not be able to pass the Han River at all, so it did not achieve the strategic goal at all.
At this time, Meng Da thought that just after taking down shangyong, it was necessary to stabilize it, so as not to be shangyong and anti-water. And Liu Feng actually agreed. To put it bluntly, the two people did not want to help Guan Yu at all.
Liu Feng originally did not want to help Guan Yu. Because when Liu Bei was preparing to accept Liu Feng as a righteous son, Guan Yu was opposed. Guan Yu raised a crucial question, that is, Liu Bei did not have a son at that time, Liu Feng was likely to become an heir, but if Liu Bei later had his own son, what would Liu Feng think. Therefore, Guan Yu thought that Liu Bei was looking for trouble for himself. Therefore, Liu Feng hated Guan Yu.
But Meng Da was a bit short-circuited at this time. Guan Yu had nothing to do with him at all. He is completely "hanging high without concern". He has no big picture at all. That is to say, if Xiangyang Fancheng is taken, you will give Shangyong a hundred guts, and he will not dare to rebel. Why, just because Shangyong happens to be sandwiched between Hanzhong and Xiangyang. With Xiangyang in hand, Cao Wei simply could not save Shangyong. But without Xiangyang, Cao Wei could increase his troops at any time. Therefore, at this time, Meng Da's IQ shortcomings were exposed. He tried to persuade Liu Feng not to help Guan Yu, which led to Guan Yu having no way to transfer the last forces of Jingzhou to the front line, giving Eastern Wu a chance.
Meng Da's move was selfish. It is completely harmful to others and not to oneself, and white is happy.
And such an end is that Guan Yu was defeated and killed, and Jingzhou lost his hand. The way out of the mediocrity was artificially sealed. Perhaps at this time, Meng Da and Liu Feng could understand it. Unfortunately it was too late.
Heaven and hell are usually separated by a single line. At this time, Liu Feng hated Meng Da very much and bullied Meng Da. He placed all his sins on Munda. When Meng Da saw this situation, he chose to surrender to Cao Wei.
Meng Da played a little clever at this time, and he wrote a letter to Liu Bei explaining the reason for his surrender, blaming Liu Feng for all this. Therefore, Meng Da is a complete villain.
The Shu traitor Meng Da took Xu Huang and Xiahou Shang to take the three counties of Shangyong. At this time, Meng Da wrote a letter to persuade Liu Feng to surrender, but Liu Feng refused. Liu Feng ran back to Xichuan and was killed by Liu Bei. It's a pity. And Meng Da, the initiator of this matter, enjoyed full honor.
After Meng Da surrendered, Cao Pi, in order to make Meng Da play an exemplary role, made Meng Da a general of Scattered Horse Changshi and Jianwu, and the Marquis of Pingyang Ting, and Cao Pi also combined the three counties of Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng into a new city, making Meng Da the Taishou of the new city.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and Cao Pi died. Meng Da was uneasy in his heart, so he wrote to Zhuge Liang again, wanting to return to Western Shu. It can be seen that the days of being a Shu traitor are not as good as imagined, and once you kneel, you can no longer stand up straight.
In 228, the news of Meng Da's rebellion was known to Sima Yi. Sima Yi wrote a letter to appease him. Then he led a large army day and night, eight days to Shangyong City. Meng Da's nephew secretly surrendered, and Meng Da was killed.
To sum up: The biggest flaw in Meng Da's life is that he has limited ability and cannot see the overall situation clearly. Therefore, people like him, if they follow Fa Zheng and Liu Bei, can also make some achievements. This can also show that Meng Da is the talent of an ordinary person. There must be a suitable platform to have a larger development.
But Meng Da couldn't see his limitations clearly. At the critical moment, Liu Feng absurdly persuaded Liu Feng not to help Guan Yu, which led Guan Yu to dispatch the reserve troops of Jingzhou, giving Lü Meng the opportunity to sneak into Jingzhou. If Meng Da persuaded Liu Feng to travel day and night, like a flood, lightning to xiangyang, there is no doubt that the Three Kingdoms would be a different scene.
It is a pity that heaven gave Liu Bei Group a great opportunity. But unfortunately, it was missed by Meng Da. Later, after he surrendered, he also wanted to return to Shu Han because he was not satisfied, and was killed by Sima Yi with blitzkrieg.
What he missed, what did he die in the end!
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