Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, because of the use of the wrong horse mot, led to the loss of the street pavilion, the Northern Expedition was defeated, and finally forced to withdraw. After the retreat of the army, Ma Mo's end was to be killed, so if Zhuge Liang did not kill Ma Mo, would Ma Mo do much after that?
Zhuge Liang regarded Ma Mo as his successor
Although Ma Mo was evaluated by Liu Bei as "exaggerated and not useful", Zhuge Liang obviously did not agree with Liu Bei's view. Even though Liu Bei was still nagging before his death, asking Zhuge Liang not to reuse Ma Mo, Zhuge Liang still attached great importance to Ma Mo and often talked with Ma Mo about military affairs, creating a great reputation for Ma Mo. When Zhuge Liangnan conquered Meng, he also deliberately asked Ma Mo for advice, and the strategy he adopted was indeed proposed by Ma Mo, which shows how much Zhuge Liang values Ma Mo, which also shows that Ma Mo is a person with real talent and practical learning, not as exaggerated as Liu Bei said!
"Zizhi Tongjian": "Nanzhong is dangerous and far-reaching, and does not obey for a long time." Although it is broken today, it will be reversed tomorrow. Now that the Gongfang dynasty has fallen into the Northern Expedition to be a strong thief, he knows that the official position is weak, and his rebellion is also fast. If you destroy the relics to eliminate the troubles, it is not the love of the benevolent, and it is not a hasty. The way of the soldier is to attack the heart, the siege is the bottom, the heart is the top, the soldier is the bottom, and the public is willing to obey his heart. Liang Naqi said.
Zhuge Liang adopted the strategy of putting Ma Mo's attack on the heart, easily won the battle of Nanzhong and subdued all the departments of Nanzhong, so during the first Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang also brought Ma Mo, hoping to cultivate Ma Mo well and let Ma Mo make up for the lack of actual combat. Prior to this, Ma Mo had always existed as a soldier, to put it bluntly, he was a staff officer, only responsible for making suggestions, not responsible for specific implementation of operations, but Zhuge Liang felt that Ma Mo was a man with great talent and worth cultivating, so he wanted to take Ma Mo to actual combat, and by the way let Ma Mo obtain battle merits and be promoted by virtue of his military achievements. It is precisely for this reason that Zhuge Liang will vigorously defy the public opinion in the Battle of the Street Pavilion and let Ma Mo guard the Street Pavilion!
To be honest, this place of street kiosks, it is not difficult to keep it! First of all, the street kiosk in the main history has a city, and the horse can completely defend the city; secondly, the street kiosk has a precedent for the success of defending the city. Two hundred years ago in Luoyang City, the Eastern Han Dynasty fierce generals blocked the attack of tens of thousands of enemies with one or two thousand people, and Luoyang City was not far from the street pavilion, so the street pavilion was very well guarded, as long as you don't take the initiative to fight, according to the city pool can be! In Zhuge Liang's view, this was the merit of sending it to the door, so he let Ma Mo, who had no experience in leading the army, go up, hoping to brush Ma Mo with battle merits. Who expected that Ma Mo would not listen to Zhuge Liang's orders, take the initiative to attack, run to the mountain to camp, and finally be defeated by Zhang Gao!
It can be seen that as far as Zhuge Liang's arrangement and appointment of Ma Mo is concerned, he has the intention to train Ma Mo to become a successor, and Jiang Wei is simply inferior to Ma Mo's status! Therefore, if Zhuge Liang does not kill Ma Mo, then Ma Mo will definitely have great achievements in the later stage, and with Zhuge Liang's support, he will become more and more powerful, whether it is status or strength will far exceed Jiang Wei!
Jiang Huan's evaluation of Ma Mo
After the defeat of the Street Pavilion, Zhuge Liang was very angry, because he thought that according to his strategy to defend the city, he would not lose the Street Pavilion at all, it was Ma Mo's disobedience to the order, which led to the defeat of the Northern Expedition, so Zhuge Liang said that he must kill Ma Mo to set an example! Hearing that Zhuge Liang was going to kill Ma Chen, Jiang Huan stood up and pleaded.
"Zizhi Tongjian": Jiang Huan said: "Xi Chu killed the subject, and Wen Gongxi knew it." The world is undecided and the wise and scheming people are not hesitant to do so! ”
Jiang Huan was Zhuge Liang's successor, very talented, and the talent of those who could get his praise must not be weak. And Jiang Huan's evaluation of Ma Mo is a wise man, it is a pity to kill, it can be seen that he still agrees with Ma Mo's talent! More importantly, this remark was said by Jiang Huan after the defeat of Ma Mo Street Pavilion, that is to say, in Jiang Huan's view, although Ma Mo had the defeat of the street pavilion, it could not be said that Ma Mo had no talent, and it could not be completely denied that Ma Mo was a person who had real talent and practical learning, and it was a pity to kill him!
Judging from the appointment and evaluation of Ma Mo by Zhuge Liang and Jiang Huan, the two great talents, Ma Mo is not as simple as Liu Bei said, he has real talent and practical learning! If after the Battle of the Street Pavilion, Zhuge Liang did not kill Ma Mo, with the talent of Ma Mo, after learning the lesson of this time, he will be even stronger in the future! Ma Mo himself belonged to the Jingzhou sect, and Zhuge Liang and Jiang Huan valued him so much, with his talents, it was likely that he would become a Shu Han heavy minister who surpassed Jiang Wei in the future!
epilogue
On the whole, Ma Mo is actually a person with real talent and practical learning, although he has the defeat of the street pavilion, but he cannot completely deny Ma Mo because of a war! If Zhuge Liang had not killed him, Ma Mo would have done a great job in the future, even surpassing Jiang Wei.
(This article mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)