He was the greatest hero of the Battle of Hanzhong, and even Zhuge Liang did not dare to provoke him, but unfortunately he died young
Introduction: Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period can be described as talented, Liu Bei did not meet him before, although he led the army to conquest for many years but achieved nothing. After meeting Zhuge Liang, everything changed, and with the assistance of Zhuge Liang, he turned over through a Battle of Chibi and quickly sat in Jingzhou. Soon after, he took Yizhou, followed by defeating Cao Cao in Hanzhong and consolidating the results of the three worlds. But there was still such a person, Zhuge Liang did not dare to provoke him, if it were not for his early death, Liu Bei would have been able to dominate earlier. Who is this man and what has he done? Let's move on.
He was Fazheng, originally a native of Longxi, and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he felt that there would soon be chaos in the world, so he took his good friend and moved to Yizhou for refuge, because he felt that there would be no war in Yizhou. The subsequent development was indeed as he expected, the world was conquest of each other, the central plains were full of bloody storms, and the territory of Yizhou was singing and dancing, and the two places did not seem to be the same world. Fa Zheng also used his ability to seek a seat in Yizhou, and he thought that he would soon be able to rise step by step, but he did not expect to stop moving forward.
The reason for Fazheng's stagnation is not his lack of ability, but the corruption of the political situation in Yizhou, where more attention is paid to the political background, and the people who can be promoted are a group of family members, although their political achievements and abilities are very mediocre. This result greatly displeased Fa Zheng, and he did not want to waste his life learning. At this time, Liu Bei appeared in his field of vision, Liu Bei, who had just won the Battle of Chibi, soon took the whole territory of Jingzhou, and Fa Zheng knew that a tyrant like Liu Bei would definitely seek Yizhou, so he wrote to Liu Bei and gave himself a complete plan, and he could also do Liu Bei's internal response.
Liu Bei was horrified when he received the letter, because the description in the Fazheng letter was exactly the same as the strategy formulated by Zhuge Liang, so he invited Zhuge Liang to discuss countermeasures. Zhuge Liang was also very curious about Fa zheng, and from the contents of the letter, he could know that he was a very strategic person, and he also wanted to know Fa Zheng for a while, so he asked Liu Bei to agree to him. After Liu Bei reorganized his troops and horses, he led his troops into Shu, and under the intelligence and strategy of Fa Zheng, he quickly took the whole territory of Yizhou, and Fa Zheng became the first meritorious soldier in this battle and also became Liu Bei's adviser. Because he had received various unfair treatment in Yizhou before, Fa Zheng took this opportunity to take revenge, and at the same time cleaned up many potential safety hazards for Liu Bei, and this cruel method even Zhuge Liang did not dare to provoke him.
Liu Bei, who had gained Yizhou, soon followed the plan to take Hanzhong, but met his old rival Cao Cao in Hanzhong, where the general Xiahou Yuan was stationed at Tun 100,000 troops. Liu Bei had always been a defeated general under Cao Cao, and there was still a bit of cowardice at the beginning of the war, but Fa Zheng saw Xiahou Yuan's flaws at a glance, so he designed a sound to attack the west and behead Xiahou Yuan on the spot, so that Liu Bei could easily win the Battle of Hanzhong, and Fa Zheng could be said to be the biggest contributor to the Battle of Hanzhong. Liu Bei, who had fought all his life, never felt that the war was so easy, so he trusted Fazheng more, and Fazheng vaguely became the first army division of the Shu Han Dynasty. But what was surprising was that soon after the Battle of Hanzhong, Fa Zheng suddenly died of illness at the age of 44, for which Liu Bei wept bitterly, and personally mourned, and was the first to add a nickname to Fa Zheng after being promoted to the throne.
Conclusion: In fact, according to Fazheng's plan, Liu Bei's next step in winning the Battle of Hanzhong was to seek the Yongliang region, because Fazheng knew the forces there very well, and with Ma Chao's joining, it was even more powerful. If he hadn't died, Liu Bei would have been able to send troops to Xiliang soon. With the blessing of Xi Liang's warhorse and Ma Chao's former Western Liang soldiers, Can Chang'an withstand such a powerful army? After the reconquest of Chang'an, the pattern of the world became Liu Bei's side occupying the strategic initiative, and Liu Bei could also dominate earlier. It's just a pity that history has no ifs.