For the ancient princes, kings, and overlords, if they want to achieve great deeds and complete the things of kingship, then they must have the support of "people, wealth, and power"! All three are indispensable.
Cao Cao, the ancestor of Cao Wei's kaijiang, although he was born in a family of eunuchs, he was never discouraged, and he was not ashamed of it, but privately studied all kinds, military books, and martial arts, and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is Cao Cao's favorite, Cao Cao not only read the entire art of war, but also understood it thoroughly, and each chapter was annotated by himself, which can be described as a deep insight of the teacher of the soldier Saint Sun Tzu!
Cao Cao, being able to finish reading Bing Sheng's masterpiece, what is even more valuable is that he has completely digested the strategic ideas in it, which is at least hundreds of times stronger than the current class teacher who can only talk about great truths!
Because of Cao Cao's thorough understanding of the military, he learned the art of random weighing early, and he would deal with problems randomly, and he would not be like ordinary civilian officials, and he would be intimidated when he encountered difficult things!
Qiao Xuan, He Hao, and Xu Shao were all well-known celebrities at that time, and they all looked favorably on Cao Cao, believing that he must be a hero who could stabilize the situation in the world and repair the broken country! Later, sure enough! Cao Cao took the lead in opposing Dong and successfully won the support of countless people and gained countless fans. Later Xun Yu, Deng Zhicai, Guo Jia and others were all fans of Cao Cao.
In fact, in the Cao Wei group, there are far more than Guo Jia, Xun Yu, the five sons of liang generals, these people. In addition to these celebrities, there are also some small people, if there is no them, I believe that Cao Wei Group will not be so developed and grown! What are the small talents in the Cao Wei Group? Today, let's talk about it, this person is a general that Cao Cao missed, his name is Wang Ping. In that year, Wang Ping followed Cao Cao to participate in the Battle of Hanzhong, but due to the defeat of Wang Ping surrendered to Cao Cao, and later the environment developed in Shu Han and held an important position! Previously, although Wang Ping was in Cao Ying, he was only a small role and was not valued by Cao Ying!
However, it was very fortunate that Cao Wei had always appointed this person, although this person did not have a small official position, but his role was not small, he had only fought a big hard battle in his life, but it made Wei Yan admire him so much that even Zhuge Liang admired this person's talent and integrity!
In 220, after Cao Cao's death, this person began to play an important role, and his main credit was to help ping the counties in Hexi, which was jointly recognized by the imperial court and the barbarians! However, the greatest credit of his life was that he successfully stopped the progress of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and extended Wei's insight! It can be said that it can be a model for Jiang Wei, Liao Hua and others!
Who is this person? In fact, he was Cao Wei's famous fierce general, his name was Hao Zhao. This man was deeply impressed by Cao Cao's military culture. When fighting, it was informal, and the coffin boards of the dead were often excavated as tools for siege, which was surprisingly similar to Cao Cao's approach.
In 228 AD, Zhuge Liang led tens of thousands of troops, and suddenly the soldiers descended from heaven to the small city of Chen Cang, originally thinking of taking Cao Wei by surprise, so he took Chen Cang as a follow-up preparation for taking Cao Wei's Central Plains Chang'an.
In fact, Zhuge Liang's move was also a decision made after deep consideration, and the First Shu Army had just been blocked in the Northern Expedition, and Cao Wei did not expect that the Shu Army would launch a second attack so quickly! Second, Cao Wei's forces were empty. If Chen Cang can be quickly removed, then the future Attack of the Shu Army on Chang'an will greatly improve efficiency, at least based on Chen Cang. Storing grain and grass and making weapons is also a good choice.
However, when Zhuge Liang's soldiers approached Chen Cangcheng, they found that the fortifications of the city had long been strengthened, and there were also soldiers guarding the city, and the person who took the lead was still a person he was very jealous of, he was Hao Zhao. This person was there, and zhuge liang, the prestige of Hexi, was known. He also knew that this person was not a master who was easy to deal with, so he sent Jin Xiang twice to say that he had surrendered to Hao Zhao, what was the result? "Historical records have long recorded that man and soldiers are invincible, and they will be destroyed by nothing." (Zizhi Tongjian), which means that although I have come to fight well, if I can't win the fight, I will admit my fate and coexist with the city!
Disparity in strength:
Zhuge Liang's troops were about 30,000, while there were only more than 1,000 soldiers in Chen Cangcheng. Zhuge Liang thought that he could take down Chen Cang at once with the numerical superiority, but the situation was not what he thought.
Shu Wei, analysis of the war situation.
Round 1:
During the Northern Expedition, there were only a few good generals that Zhuge Liang could use, and Zhao Yun had also reached the time when the oil ran out, and during the Second Northern Expedition, he was already resting at home. Who did he bring with him in this attack on Chen Cang? It was the fierce general Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan to attack the city! The "Zizhi Tongjian" records: "Lifting the cloud ladder to rush the car to the city. Zhao then fired his ladder with a rocket, and the ladder burned, and everyone on the ladder burned to death! Wei Yan's way of playing, in fact, is relatively ordinary, that is, let people set up ladders to attack the city, but Hao Zhao let people shoot rockets, ignite the ladder, and finally the enemy retreated! In this way, the first round was considered to be Wei Yan's loss.
Round 2:
Zhuge Liang saw that the traditional way of playing with cloud ladders did not work at all in front of Hao Zhao! So he changed the combat policy again, this time let the Shu army use the city car to directly attack the city gate, as long as the city gate is broken, then the city pool will also be broken! How to deal with the rush? Hao Zhao thought of a way to connect a large stone millstone with a thick rope, which was the big grinding plate used to grind corn flour (which may still be seen in the countryside today!). With this artifact, the attack of the Shu army was once again repelled.
Round 3:
The ladder and the rushing car have all been knocked down, so why win? Under the command of Zhuge Liang, the Shu army used a new instrument this time, the "Jing Lang Cha" (ancient siege equipment), this guy can stay away from the enemy's archery range, and the lethality is not small! How will Hao Zhao deal with it this time? As analyzed earlier, this siege vehicle has a great lethality, and Hao Zhao's side originally had few troops, and there could not be too many casualties on the personnel side. Therefore, this time Hao Zhao fought a steady battle. Historical records record: "Zhao also built a heavy wall inside" Hao Zhao, this time let people build a heavy wall in the city, so that it can effectively prevent the siege vehicles from projecting stones and artillery, so as to minimize the failure rate and casualty rate. This time Hao Zhao had the upper hand again!
Round 4:
In the first three rounds, the Shu army did not take advantage. This time, what did the Shu army plan to do with Hao Zhao? In fact, the method is somewhat avant-garde, Kong Ming personally ordered Wei Yan, "digging the ground" What is this thing? To put it simply, it is to dig tunnels, which is called "tunnel warfare" in modern China. However, Kong Ming used this war until the Three Kingdoms period, and it should be able to win it. However, what is the reality? Hao Zhao, on the other hand, also found a clue in the city, so he came to a more windy way! "Crossing the ground" means directly digging a road to intercept the tunnel of Wei Yan's soldiers. In this way, the law is declared to be over!
After these four rounds of fighting, Cao Wei reinforcements were coming, and the Shu army had no choice but to retreat. In fact, it is not difficult to find that Hao Zhao, like Wang Ping, is very loyal. And the ability is also very large, the ability is good. Moreover, Hao Zhao was also an undefeated general who fought against Wei Yan when Wei Yan was at the peak level! A person like him, unfortunately, died after fighting this hard battle, perhaps it was too brain-consuming to fight Zhuge Liang! If Hao Zhao hadn't died early, maybe Sima Yi wouldn't have dared to mess around! After all, Zhuge Liang did not win the battle, he Sima Yi wanted to rebel, he must weigh and weigh...