After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang gathered the military and political power in Shu, and carefully obeyed his promise to Liu Bei, tirelessly and carefully cultivated Liu Chan, and also made great achievements in quelling civil unrest, not only pacifying Nanzhong, but also skillfully handling the relationship with Eastern Wu. In addition, Zhuge Liang also recruited soldiers and horses everywhere, cultivated elites, trained teams, and secretly made up his mind to realize the wishes of Longzhong in that year, and to rescue all the people in the depths of the water.
In 225 BC, in order to completely rectify the interior of the Shu state, Zhuge Liang decided to lead his troops to the south to march in person. In 226 AD, Emperor Cao Pi died, and his son Cao Rui succeeded him, that is, Emperor Ming of Wei, but he was only fourteen years old, young and ignorant, weak in power, and unable to withstand the wind and waves. As the saying goes, Jiang is still old and spicy, Cao Rui ascended the throne, I don't know why I am in politics, Zhuge Liang often accompanies him around, carefully disciplines Cao Rui for Liu Bei, but the idea of a great cause in Zhuge Liang's heart has already surged into his heart. Moreover, in 227 AD, Zhuge Liang and the former rebellious Munda successfully negotiated, and Munda publicly declared that he was willing to return to the camp of the Sichuan Shu army again, serve the Sichuan Shu army, bow down, and die.
Just as the so-called "everything is ready, only owe the East Wind", then Zhuge Liang wrote the "Table of Renshi", in order to tell Liu Chan that this conquest was imperative, the victory was in hand, in addition, it also made the world more aware of Zhuge Liang's good intentions, in 228 AD, Zhuge Liang took 100,000 elite soldiers all the way north, directly approaching the camp of Cao Wei's army. History refers to Zhuge Liang as the "First Northern Expedition War".
First, on the main road in Guanzhong, Ma Mo was ordered to carry a large banner
Before the battle with the Cao army, Zhuge Liang had a plan, announcing to the outside world that the Shu army would pass through the Xiegu Road and then enter Yu County, in order to make this plan look more realistic, Zhuge Liang even asked Zhao Yun to command a small number of soldiers and horses to lead Cao Zhen to confront him.
Strategically, Zhuge Liang undoubtedly seized the opportunity, he first mobilized 200,000 troops to Longxi, and soon successfully captured wuwei and Tianshui and other key places, and attacked them together with Chang'an. However, on the battlefield of Guanzhong, Zhuge Liang did not lead a large group of soldiers and horses, but all the remaining troops were stationed on the main road in Guanzhong, the street kiosk.
The street pavilion was the only way for Cao Wei to attack the land of Sichuan and Shu. If the street kiosks are not protected, then Hanzhong will face a situation of danger! In this way, the commander of the kiosk must be a completely trustworthy, loyal, and extremely military talented person. Zhuge Liang deliberated and pondered, and finally decided to appoint Ma Mo as the commander of the street pavilion, and ordered Wang Ping to assist Ma Mo as a deputy general, so that the two must lead the army to fight to the death to guard the street pavilion.
Ma Mo was quite clever, but he had not been favored by Liu Bei, but Zhuge Liang still had a great difference in cultivation with Liu Bei in the selection of talents and abilities, and after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang wanted to cultivate Ma Mo in the front battlefield to become a talent of the Shu state. Because he was well aware of the importance of the street pavilion, Zhuge Liang was bitter before leaving, and repeatedly instructed Ma Mo that he must camp at the foot of the mountain to have the greatest certainty of stopping the enemy army, and the odds of victory were greater, and he must not lose big because of small things, think carefully, and not listen to the teachings. Ma Mo agreed very firmly on his lips, but in his heart he didn't think so, and then he and Wang Ping set off with all the troops in Guanzhong and ran to the street pavilion.
Second, Ma Mo changed Kong Ming's plan and failed miserably
When Ma Mo led his troops to the street pavilion, he should have obeyed Kong Ming's instructions to camp down the mountain, but when he saw the nearby terrain, he suddenly had a plan, and he thought to himself, If I ambushed on the mountain, when Zhang Gao led the army to come, I ordered our soldiers to rush down from the mountain and ambush the enemy. So Ma Mo let the army stationed on the mountain.
What Ma Mo did not expect was that he was full of confidence, and after he had done a good job, he sat down on the ground to be promoted, accepted the admiration of thousands of people, Zhuge Liang praised endlessly, and when he made great military merits for Sichuan shu, when Zhang Hao led Cao Wei's army to hurry to come, he saw from a distance that Ma Mo led the largest unit in Guanzhong to camp on the mountain, and his heart immediately blossomed and immediately ordered the soldiers to surround the mountain, and ordered all the soldiers to stand still, only to do one thing, that is, to cut off the food and water source of the army led by Ma Mo. Ma Mo, who was still proud of himself, was surrounded by the Cao Wei army led by Zhang Gao and cut off water and grain, not to mention the beautiful things in his heart at that time, swooping down from the mountain and annihilating Zhang Gao in one fell swoop.
After Zhuge Liang received the battle report, he was furious, so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and he almost didn't come up in one breath. This horseman usually looks clever, but at the critical moment, he is so overwhelmed. At this time, Zhuge Liang remembered that Ma Mo had joined the army before and had never personally been on the battlefield. Without experiencing actual combat, talking on paper is ultimately harming others and harming oneself.
The street kiosks are not guaranteed, and Hanzhong is in danger. So Zhuge Liang led a group of old, weak and disabled troops to withdraw to Hanzhong without stopping. Since Hanzhong lost its favorable situation and could not provide support for the large army in Longxi, the troops led by Zhao Yun were surrounded by Cao's army regiment, and Zhao Yun himself tried his best to escape from the enemy's encirclement and return to Hanzhong.
Third, Wang Ping was in a hurry and wise, repelling the enemy army
After Ma Mo lost the street pavilion, the Shu army was in danger, and in order to prevent Zhang Gao from taking advantage of the victory to pursue and call for a small group of his elites, Wang Ping ordered the remnants of the army to be gathered, let people play a drum in the valley, and made a sufficient play in momentum, so that Zhang Gao mistakenly thought that Zhao Yun led a large army to help, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat.
Liu Bei was very optimistic about Wang Ping before his death, and Wang Ping was a general carefully left to Zhuge Liang before Liu Bei's death, and his own ability was not inferior to Wei Yan's, and the strategy and foresight in his heart, the length of his vision far exceeded Liu Feng's, not a rat-eyed person, but a Yi general of Mengda.
Wang Ping was pocketed by Liu Bei after the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei this person has a habit, suspect people do not use, use people without doubt, just like Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan, for Wang Ping, Liu Bei is the same, in the period when Wang Ping was just taken in, I thought that there would be a heroic soldier lost his will, snubbed by the king, but the reality is just the opposite Liu Bei has a very high recognition attitude towards Wang Ping, giving Wang Ping treatment, compared to Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, it is even more incomparable, Liu Bei directly let Wang Ping become a general, Judging from Liu Bei's practice of directly letting Wang Ping assume this great responsibility, it can be seen that Wang Ping was actually valued by Liu Bei at that time.
In Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, thinking of Liu Bei's advice, Zhuge Liang also gave Wang Ping the right to a certain position, but Zhuge Liang himself did not recognize Wang Ping's talent, compared to Wang Ping, he valued Ma Mo more, so he let Wang Ping as a deputy general to assist Ma Mo zhen to guard the street pavilion, but the command of the power was ultimately in the hands of Ma Mo, the life and death of the Shu army, all between Ma Mo's thoughts, and Wang Ping, more of a staff officer, did not play a leading role, and Wang Ping already had a team of people and horses to follow, and Wang Ping at that time already had a team of people and horses to follow. This pair of centaurs was brought by him from the barbarians and personally trained to bring up the elite, and they obeyed Wang Ping's orders and only obeyed Wang Ping's dispatches.
After the Battle of Jieting, Zhuge Liang promoted Wang Ping to join the army, commanded the five departments, and also managed the affairs of the battalion. Although Wang Ping did not know a few characters, he was a loyal general who completely obeyed the military orders of the military and was loyal to the country, and once he received the military orders, he would scrupulously fulfill his duties. At the same time, Wang Ping knows how to combine reality, be flexible and flexible, and sometimes not only abide by the "general order", but also know how to proceed from reality. After Zhuge Liang's death, Wang Ping took the place of the general Wei Yan and assumed the great responsibility of commanding Hanzhong and embarked on the peak of his life.
epilogue:
Because Ma Mo did not guard the street pavilion, which led to the failure of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, then if Zhuge Liang did not appoint Ma Mo at that time and replaced other people with other people to lead troops to guard the street pavilion, could he successfully defend the street pavilion? It turned out that Wang Ping was more suitable as the commander of the town to guard the street pavilion, but unfortunately Zhuge Liang did not use him at that time, otherwise Zhang Gao would probably have retired three years early!
According to Zhuge Liang's plan, if Ma Mo obeyed the military order and led the army to garrison at the foot of the mountain, it was completely possible to contain the Wei army and hold the city, and Zhuge Liang's greatest wish in appointing Ma Mo was to guard the street pavilion, and the strategic location of the street pavilion was crucial. However, Ma Mo was a man who was both very tall and far-reaching, but also lacked actual combat experience; he played a little clever and directly disobeyed Zhuge Liang's military orders; he was not thoughtful, his eyes were blind, and he only wanted to think about how to crush Zhang Hao's army, and he did not consider everything, if he was stationed on the mountain, once he was surrounded, he would not attack himself and would be unable to escape.
Because the strategic purposes of the two men were completely different, there was an ambush on the mountain by Ma Mo, and finally zhang Gao's heavy troops surrounded and cut off the water and food, and finally lost, and fled into the wilderness. After the defeat, Ma Mo's performance was even more surprising, and the trapped army was scattered, not only did he not want to stabilize the army's heart and fight again to save the situation, but abandoned the large troops and fled the battlefield directly, resulting in the Shu army being leaderless and the chaos and fiasco. If Wang Ping hadn't used his tactics to scare off Zhang Guo and gather the remnants of the Shu army, then the Shu army would have faced even greater losses!
Looking at the overall situation, who was the most suitable general for shu Han to appoint to guard the street pavilion at that time? The most appropriate answer is Wei Yan. Because Wang Ping had just been recruited at that time, his seniority was too shallow, and his prestige in the Shu army was too low to serve the public. However, because Zhuge Liang was afraid of Wei Yan's great rebellion and feared that Wei Yan's division of troops would damage the strength of Shu Han, he had been suppressing Wei Yan and was unwilling to let Wei Yan garrison the street pavilion. If Zhuge Liang had let Wei Yanzhen guard the street pavilion at that time, then Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition would definitely have won a greater victory, and perhaps Zhuge Liang would really be able to unify the Long Right and make the strength of Shu Han soar. When Zhuge Liang returned to the army to support the street kiosk, Zhang Gaoke would really have to retire three years in advance.
References: "Table of Teachers", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shushu, Dong Yunchuan"
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