As for Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi and Zhou Yu, which is stronger or weaker, the Internet is now roughly divided into the following categories:
The first is that professional historians admire Zhuge Liang and say that he governs the country rigorously. It is a recognized fact that Zhuge Liang is the representative of the Fa, and the way of governing the country is exactly what the Fa family expounds, and the rewards and punishments are clear, but this is not enough to prove Zhuge Liang's superiority, but it can only prove that he is an admirer of the Fa.
The second is "heroes based on success or failure", the Sima family finally seized power, under the confrontation between Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang eventually died, so it is simply believed that Zhuge Liang is inferior to Sima Yi.
The third is influenced by the novel, yanyi exaggerated Zhuge Liang, the merits of the "fire attack" of the Battle of Chibi were attributed to Zhuge Liang's hands, and in fact, the "fire attack" was first proposed by Zhou Yu of Eastern Wu, and everyone was unfair to Zhou Yu, and at the same time had a "contemptuous" mood towards Zhuge Liang.
The fourth is the idea of not knowing anything and blindly following the trend. Yesterday he said that Zhou Yu was powerful, but today he praised Sima Yi, and tomorrow, he changed his mouth to Zhuge Liang's invincible hand under the heavens.
What I learned, these are the above four situations. I have recommended them to read Chen Shou's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to understand history more objectively, but they excused them as "too difficult to understand" and "no time", so that their reading is like a child playing games, silly and happy.
Get rid of the limitations, "immortal perspective" to see the Three Kingdoms
The so-called freedom from limitations is to let ourselves stand in the objective and look at the three countries fairly and fairly; the "immortal perspective" is to let us stand outside the three countries and "overlook" the entire three countries.
The rise of Cao Wei in the early period of Cao Wei, with the strength of only one person, this person is the "old traitor" Cao Cao in people's mouths. Regardless of which of the above statements you believe, Sima Yi's figure has appeared in the "Yellow Turban Uprising", "Chen Liuqibing", "Capture Lü Bu", "Annihilation of Yuan Shu", and "Defeat of Yuan Shao"? Cao Cao's political and military talents were absolutely few in the Three Kingdoms period. I am not off-topic when I say this, but what I want to say is that Sima Yi's appearance in the early development of Cao Wei is dispensable.
In the early development of the Shu Han Dynasty, before Liu Bei did not get Zhuge Liang, the three brothers could be said to have no place to stand and had to send people to the fence. In order not to create a situation of "noisy domination", it is not possible to live in one place for a long time, so that it is "running around the Central Plains". What about after getting Zhuge Liang? Take Jingzhou, attack Yizhou, occupy Hanzhong, and build Shu Han. The political and military affairs of the Shu Han Dynasty fell into the hands of Zhuge Liang alone, and when he was young, he was able to maneuver with ease and do everything himself. For the development of the early Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang was indispensable.
The development of the early Eastern Wu Period The development of the Early Eastern Wu Period mainly relied on the Jiangshan laid down by Sun Jian and Sun Ce. If we look closely at Eastern Wu, Zhou Yu's contribution before the Chibi War is probably only available to Sun Ce in the "Battle of Pingjiangdong", right? In fact, Zhou Yu was sent to guard Danyang in the middle of this battle, and his credit was not great, in other words, Zhou Yu was also indispensable for the development of the early Eastern Wu Period.
Looking at the Three Kingdoms from this perspective alone, it seems that only zhuge liang's role cannot be ignored, and Zhuge Liang's ability is not insignificant; but how is the development of the three kingdoms in the middle of the period? What about the later stages of development?
The premise of the operation is to stabilize the rear as the key
In the middle of the stability of Cao Wei's rear, in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in this chaotic situation, Cao Cao "blackmailed the Son of Heaven to order the princes", conquered the four sides, captured Lü Bu, destroyed Yuan Shu, defeated Yuan Shao, suppressed Han Sui, Ma Chao, and surrendered to the Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples, unifying the north. Under Cao Cao's rule, he was unconvinced until your family was destroyed, and those who were called subjects were only promises, and the entire group was surnamed Cao, which laid the foundation for him to "sword to Liaodong".
Later, Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, and Sima Yi shone strongly on the political stage of Cao Wei. With the assistance of Sima Yi, he economically prospered tuntian, smelted iron, and developed water conservancy, and politically advised Emperor Ming of Wei to overhaul the palace so as not to hurt the people's wealth and lose the people's hearts.
The stable development of the rear of the Shu Han Dynasty reached the middle stage, Liu Bei group had territory, Liu Bei was very happy, and what he did was to "know people and employ people", such as Wei Yan, who was rescued from Zhuge Liang's knife by him, and made great contributions to Shu Han. And Zhuge Liang, the minister, is the most tired, he grasps politics with one hand and military affairs with the other. After occupying the land of Sichuan and Shu, there were famous scholars Li Yan and Fazheng, in order to stabilize people's hearts, the governance of the land of Sichuan and Shu was mostly dominated by people of this faction, and Sichuan and Shu were peaceful.
Zhuge Liang is also most famous for his administration, honesty for his administration. Under the leadership of Zhuge Liang, Shu Han officials all followed his honest behavior and vigorously guarded against luxury, creating an era of clean government.
In the later period, Zhuge Liang wanted to go north and unify the Central Plains. However, in the rear, Meng was rebellious, and Zhuge Liang staged the famous "Seven Captures of Meng" in history, which made Meng Yu run rampant and was moved by Zhuge Liang's great benevolence and righteousness. Zhuge Liang also appointed Meng Yu as a Shu Han official, withdrew all Han officials, and meng Yu, who was deeply moved, relied on his reputation to publicize it, and from then on, the southern region was completely stable.
Stability of the Eastern Wu rear The stability of the Eastern Wu rear, there is Lu Su. Diplomacy depends on Lu Su, political strategy depends on Lu Su, and even after Zhou Yu's death, the leading troops also rely on Lu Su. Zhou Yu did not live to the later stage at all, even if he lived to the later stage, with Lu Su present, political decision-making would only be based on Lu Su and supplemented by Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu did not live to the middle and late stages at all; Sima Yi also shined on the political stage of the State of Wei in the middle and late stages; and Zhuge Liang, from the early stage of development to the stability and strength of the middle and late stages, every link was inseparable from this personal minister!
Raising troops to the Northern Expedition, the military ability is high and low
We need to change the pattern in this link. It cannot be introduced in the model of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. Let's start with Zhou Yu, who died young.
The superiority of the brilliant Zhou Yu Zhou Yu's military ability is obvious to all, he can "strategize in the middle" and can also lead the troops to fight. In particular, the Battle of Chibi, which won more with less, not only laid the foundation for the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, but also made Zhou Yu famous in history. The advantage of Zhou Yu over Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi is that Zhou Yu has the talent of a general. On the other hand, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi may not even be able to move the Meteor Hammer, let alone lead the troops to fight.
In that chaotic world, the era of talents multiplied, often the most important thing is the general talent. Therefore, this advantage of Zhou Yu is insignificant in the chaotic world. However, his control, control and means of the situation were far inferior to Zhuge Liang's, which was the reason why he lost everywhere in the confrontation with Zhuge Liang.
The difference between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi first tells a fact, in the confrontation between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang lost. Although Zhuge Liang was defeated, this did not mean that Zhuge Liang's military ability was weaker than Sima Yi's. Let's first look at the comparison of the strengths of the two sides.
Gap in strength: After the defeat at the Battle of Chibi, Cao Wei began to pay attention to its own development, training new troops, implementing the Tuntian system, daxing water conservancy, and developing manual production, and its military and political strength was far superior to that before the Chibi War; in contrast, the Shu Han, the general Guan Yu was killed, Zhang Fei was murdered by his subordinates, and Liu Beiju's army attacked Wu and returned from defeat, entrusting the lonely White Emperor City. In order to fulfill the will of his ancestors, Zhuge Liang raised an army in the Northern Expedition after only three years, participating in the army of more than 80,000 people, while Cao Wei had more than 200,000 troops.
Gap between generals: Cao Wei has famous generals: Zhang Guo, Guo Huai, Cao Zhen, Wang Shuang and dozens of others; on the other hand, in Shu Han, the famous general Wei Yan cannot be reused, Jiang Wei is lacking in skill, the "Five Tiger Generals" have died, and even Ma Mo, who can only "talk on paper", has to be entrusted with the heavy responsibility of guarding the street pavilion.
What does this equate to? There was a firefight between the two groups, only a few dozen people on this side and hundreds of people on the other side, and the strength was very different. But the side with only a few dozen people has repeatedly taken the initiative to attack, playing a two-defeat and three-win result, can you say that the side with hundreds of people can fight?
Objectively speaking, zhuge liang is far above Sima Yi in terms of success or failure. Sima Yi won the Jiangshan, while Zhuge Liang won the admiration of posterity.
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"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shuzhi, Zhuge Liang", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shushu, Li Yan", "Wei Luo", "Jinshu, Emperor Xuanji", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Zhou Yu"