First, why Sima Yi was able to reverse the Three Kingdoms
During the Three Kingdoms period, the most unexpected reversal was neither Liu Bei, a small trader who weaved and wore peddlers, who could counterattack and become emperor, nor Cao Cao, who blackmailed the princes of Tianzi, to kill and not claim the title of emperor. Instead, Sima Yi, who had never shown the dew of the mountains, struck a blow to the death when he was in his seventies, and actually pried the entire Pattern of the Three Kingdoms.
Since then, the Three Kingdoms model has been imported by Sima Yi into the "Sima Family Model". Sima Yan finally swallowed Wei, Shu, and Wu with ease, and came to Jin for three points. It was equal to Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan, who tossed all their lives and gave Sima Yi a wedding dress, especially Cao Wei, led by Cao Cao, which can be described as the most tragic.
But then again, Sima Yi's ability to finally turn the tables was also caused by many factors. The first is that he can live and survive. Sima Yi was 8 years older than Cao Pidu, and as a result, after Cao Pi was emperor for 7 years, he fell ill and died. At that time, Sima Yi was 48 years old, and then the emperor's eldest brother of the State of Wei was replaced by Cao Rui.
It is reasonable to say that this time Sima Yi could not live cao rui. After all, Cao Rui was very young, but 13 years later, that is, in 239 AD, Cao Rui also fell ill and died, only 36 years old, what about Sima Yi at this moment? He is about 62 years old. This is definitely a high lifespan in ancient times, even if you don't die, it is equivalent to entering the waiting for death mode.
However, Sima Yi not only continued to survive tenaciously, but also 11 years later, when he was 73 years old, he performed a scene of "carp jumping dragon gate" - how many people can imagine this? I'm afraid that even a novelist wouldn't dare to write like this.
Secondly, Sima Yi himself has the ability, which has to be obeyed. Even those who don't like Sima Yi anymore must admit it. Otherwise, even if Sima Yi could live again, what would be the use? Therefore, if it is said that Sima Yi can live because god cares, then his own true ability is the result of the struggle and efforts of the day after tomorrow, and the two are complementary to each other.
After all, the higher the level, the fiercer the competition. The same is true of Sima Yi. For example, external factors, if there is no Zhuge Liang Northern Expedition, how can Sima Yi stand out? From this point of view, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was equivalent to becoming a "divine assist" on Sima Yi's way to seize power.
There are also internal factors, which are the most complex and changeable, difficult to control. Because as early as the cao cao period, he was wary of Sima Yi, and once carried Cao Pi's ear and roared: Don't pay attention to Sima Yi, this man eagle looks at the wolf, it is not a good thing to see, sooner or later it will make trouble with moths.
Although Cao Pi did not take his father Cao Cao's words seriously and continued to reuse Sima Yi, he was also out of helplessness, who let him and Cao Zhi's "Shizi dispute" cause him too much harm? As a result, Cao Pi regarded the prevention of Cao's clan relatives as more important than anything. Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, both on the sidelines, especially Cao Zhi, were almost killed by him.
At the same time, in order to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger against cao hong's relatives, he raised his knife against Cao Hong, causing his old mother, Bian Shi, to intervene, which saved Cao Hong. However, after the "Cao Hong Incident", the Cao clan and other forces were in fact completely destroyed.
In the face of this result, although Cao Pi was very satisfied, he did not expect to be careless, and he swept away many obstacles for Sima Yi. Therefore, later, sima Yi seized power on the road, and only three could be called obstacles. So how did Sima Yi defeat these three?
2. Sima Yi killed two
The first one is very famous, but he is a "paper tiger", he is Cao Shuang, who is ambitious and talented. In fact, Cao Shuang was able to work with Sima Yi to become a lonely minister was an accident.
Originally, before Cao Rui died, he wanted to appoint Cao Yu, the king of Yan, the last emperor of Cao Wei, to cede the throne to Sima Yan's Cao Yan and his father, leading Xiahou Xian and several others to assist in the government. There was nothing wrong with Sima Yi at all. Unfortunately, because Sun Zi and Liu Fang had contradictions with Xiahou Xian and others, they obstructed from it, which brought out Cao Shuang, who had mediocre ability, and Sima Yi, who had super ability, and made a mix-and-match platform!
What kind of character is Sima Yi? In the words of the common people, it has become a fine! What is Cao Shuang? At most, it belongs to the second generation of the rich, and it has not experienced any big winds and waves, and it is even more unconvincing to the qualifications and merits of the public. Therefore, this mix-and-match is equivalent to a serious imbalance in nature, and it is strange not to make a moth.
Sure enough, although Cao Shuang once monopolized power and forced Sima Yi to pretend to be ill again, it became the "last madness", because he forced most of Cao Wei's ministers and other ministers into opposition, and they all stood under Sima Yi's banner, resulting in Cao Shuang's fiasco in the Gaopingling Rebellion. Therefore, Cao Shuang' roadblock tiger is purely a paper tiger, and can even be regarded as Sima Yi's mascot!
The second most famous one was a real roadblock, and he was Cao Wei's general Zhang Guo! When Zhang Gao was in the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi did not come out. When Zhang Gao returned to Cao Cao to conquer the four sides, Sima Yi was only one of Cao Cao's advisers. The two men were clearly not equal in seniority in the military.
When the Three Kingdoms entered the "Zhuge Liang Period", Zhang Guo became the only remaining famous general in the early Three Kingdoms period. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others who had been on the same stage with him all died. The reason why Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition failed was that he was defeated at the hands of Zhang Gao, who broke the horse in the street pavilion and turned the tide of the war in one fell swoop.
During Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition, Cao Rui hurriedly dispatched Zhang Guo to go out on a campaign, but Zhang Gao said lightly: "The boss does not have to worry, I am afraid that before I arrive at Chen Cang, Zhuge Liang will retire, and he will not be able to take Chen Cang." ”
Sure enough, it was said by Zhang Gao again. Therefore, Zhang Gao became a thorn in Zhuge Liang's eye. Unfortunately, during Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition, Cao Rui used Sima Yi as commander and Zhang Guo as his deputy. When Zhuge Liang retreated, Zhang Guo made it clear that he could not chase after zhuge villagesmen, and Zhuge Cunfu was the best at making trouble in the retreat.
Sima Yi's official Da Yi crushed the people to death, and he was stunned to force Zhang Hao to pursue. Poor Zhang Gao was ambushed in the wooden doorway and shot by Zhuge Liang! It was equivalent to Sima Yi borrowing Zhuge Liang's hand to get rid of Zhang Gao's terrible roadblock. As a result, he became a "scoop handle" in Cao Wei's army that no one could shake, and he lost his restraint!
Third, Cao Pi died for Sima Yikeng
Some people say that Cao Zhen should also be the roadblock on the road to Sima Yi's seizure of power, and he is still the most cattle roadblock. However, the author believes that this cannot be said.
Because Cao Zhen died of natural illness. That is to say, it belongs to god to be taken away, not controlled by human beings, no wonder others. If this is really the case, then does Sima Cao Xiu count? This can only be said that Sima Yi was stained with light, and people were blessed, just like Cao Pi and Cao Rui died early!
So who was this Cao Pi who died for Sima Yi? It was Xiahou Shang! His position in Cao Pi's heart was even higher than Cao Zhen's. Cao Pi had granted Xiahou Shang the right to "be a blessing in disguise and kill the living", which was equivalent to the treatment of Emperor No. 2. Frightened by the old minister Jiang Ji, he hurriedly dissuaded cao pi, and only then did Cao Pi take it back.
Xiahou Shang was one of Cao Pi's most trusted generals. As soon as Cao Pi ascended the throne, he made him a general of Zhengnan and oversaw the military forces in the south under false pretenses, and was the "scoop handle" facing Sun Quan. And why did Liu Feng and Meng Da lose their way? It was he who did it, "sneaking with strange soldiers, surprised", and sure enough, Shangyong was broken, and Meng Da surrendered to Liu Feng and fled in defeat.
Obviously, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Xiahou Shang were the three pillars of Cao Wei's army. Sima Yi, Chen Qun, and others were all civilian officials, and they had no access to military power at all! But then, Cao Pi played a set of operations that made people stunned.
Xiahou Shang was very fond of a concubine, so he snubbed his wife. His wife, on the other hand, was the daughter of Cao Pi, equivalent to Cao Pi's sister. This can make Cao Pi angry: Are our old Cao's women not worthy of you? So Cao Pi actually sent someone to kill the concubine.
It is said that the emperor's grace is mighty, but if it is ruthless, it can scare people to death! Xiahou Shang was obviously frightened by Cao Pi, and since then he has become mentally confused, as if he has a mad disease, and his last life is whimpering, which is equivalent to being scared to death by Cao Pi!
It was also because of the death of Xiahou Shang that sima Yi felt the real military power for the first time, "sealing the township marquis, turning the army, false festivals, leading five thousand troops."
Obviously, Xiahou Shang was a roadblock on the road to Sima Yi's seizure of power, but he was killed by Cao Pi, which not only removed this obstacle for Sima Yi, but also exposed Sima Yi to military power, thus opening the prelude to Sima Yi's transformation from literature to martial arts.
In the face of all this, we can only sigh: a Cao Pi is too willful and cuts off his arm.
Second, it was really a bit of the meaning of heaven destroying Cao Wei, and God helped to take away Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, so that Sima Yi had room to show, even if the famous general Zhang Gao's big coffee position was subject to him, and finally ushered in a duel with Cao Shuang, a paper tiger, which reversed the pattern of the Three Kingdoms in one fell swoop!