In 234, zhuge liang, in order to fulfill Liu Beixing's last wish to restore the Han Dynasty, went out on the Northern Expedition for the last time, and his opponent was still Sima Yi. This time Zhuge Liang did not intend to entangle too much with Sima Yi, he set up an ambush in the upper valley, let Wei Yan deceive and bring Sima Yi into the valley, and then set a fire and waited for Sima Yi's father and son to be burned to death, but at this time suddenly heavy rain fell from the sky, and Sima Yi was able to escape. After Sima Yi could not hold out, Zhuge Liang sent someone to give him a set of women's clothes to humiliate him, Sima Yi gritted his teeth and endured, and eventually killed Zhuge Liang in Wuzhangyuan.
So the question is, if Zhuge Liang is replaced by Pang Tong, can he break Sima Yi's ninja divine skill? Before answering this question, let's first look at the difference between Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. Although Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are both top strategists in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are still obvious differences between the two. Zhuge Liang was cautious all his life and rarely took risks, his strength lies in the field, and only in the field can his various whimsical ideas have the opportunity to be exercised. If the other side is firmly entrenched in the city, there are not many methods available to Zhuge Liang, and a small Chen Cang he has not fought for more than 20 days has not been defeated, which fully shows that Zhuge Liang has serious defects in the siege of the city.
Pang Tong's style is completely different from Zhuge Liang's, he always plays cards according to common sense when fighting, and he especially likes to take risks. When Liu Beibing entered Yizhou, he first advocated emulating Xiang Yu's Hongmen banquet, and then killed Liu Zhang at the banquet, but unfortunately liu Bei, who regarded himself as benevolent, refused. Later, Liu Bei and Liu Zhang completely turned against each other, and he proposed to Liu Bei the three strategies for pacifying Yizhou, suggesting that Liu Bei should not attack one city and one place, which was too troublesome, and his proposition was to select elite soldiers to take a small road to sneak into Chengdu, engage in a decapitation operation, and directly give Liu Zhang a click, once Liu Zhang died, those under his command would fall down and scatter, so that xichuan could be pacified at the lowest cost. But Liu Bei thought that this was too risky, and he did not use Pang Tong's superior strategy.
In the end, Liu Bei chose the middle strategy, one city and one city to fight. Pang Tong also showed his talent in the siege of the city, facing Fushui Pass guarded by Yang Huai and Gao Pei, he did not order his soldiers to attack strongly, but used clever tactics to kill Yang Huai and Gao Pei, and the soldiers captured Fushui Pass without bloodshed. It can be seen that pang tong is obviously higher than Zhuge Liang in the siege of the city. If the commander of the Shu army during the last Northern Expedition was Pang Tong instead of Zhuge Liang, it would be a high probability that he would destroy Sima Yi's ninja divine skills. After the upper valley escaped from danger, Sima Yi once said to his generals: "If Kong Ming is out of martial arts, according to the mountain to the east, I am in danger; if I go out of Weinan, the west stops at Wuzhangyuan, and Fang has nothing to do." ”
In Sima Yi's view, if Zhuge Liang "used martial arts to fight martial arts", he would be very dangerous. Why? Because Wugong was very close to Chang'an and was also an important supply line for Sima Yi's army, if the Shu army captured Wugong, Chang'an would have no danger to defend, and the grain route of Sima Yi's army would also be cut off. Once the army ran out of grain, Sima Yi lost the capital to defend. However, "soldiers out of martial arts" is also very dangerous, if the martial arts can not be taken down, the Shu army's grain route will be cut off by Sima Yi. Zhuge Liang was cautious all his life, and Wei Yan's Meridian Valley Plot was considered too risky, and "soldiers out of martial arts" were naturally not within his consideration. However, if it is replaced by Pang's commanding soldiers, judging from his consistent combat style, he will definitely "fight martial arts". Once the martial arts were lost, Sima Yi's ninja divine skills had no place to play, and he could only be forced to fight with Pang Tong, and if the decisive battle was lost, it was difficult to say whether Cao Wei could still block the joint attack of Wu and Shu.