Wolong Zhuge Liang and Fengyan Pang Tong were among the most famous strategists in the Three Kingdoms era. Both gathered under Liu Bei's command and served him. I have to say that Uncle Liu Huang, who has been displaced for half a lifetime, is really a model of happiness after the great disaster. However, with such two outstanding talents, Liu Bei was still thirsty for talents, and the first favorite of his subordinates was not Wolong Fengchi, but someone else.
In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, at this time, Liu Bei had already digested all the fruits of the victory after the Battle of Chibi, and according to the five counties of Jingzhou (jiangling borrowed from Sun Quan), the soldiers were strong and strong, the five tiger generals already had four of them, wolong and fengchi each performed their duties, and completely bid farewell to the days of displacement.
However, this is not the time for him to enjoy the fruits of entrepreneurship. For Liu Bei, who wanted to restore the Han Dynasty, what he had was far from enough. Due to Zhou Yu's illness and death, Wu's plan to annex Yizhou was in vain, so Liu Bei was given the opportunity to expand again. In this year, Liu Bei ushered in a very important figure in his entrepreneurial process.
This person was the Fazheng who had been sent by Liu Zhang to invite Liu Bei into Shu. After becoming a celebrity, Fa Zheng did not meet under Liu Zhang, and at the age of 35, he was still only a lieutenant of the military council, which was simply a shame for him who was proud and arrogant. Just as the so-called good birds choose trees to inhabit, Fa Zheng has almost no ideological baggage, so he decided to find another Master.
Fazheng's purpose this time was originally to invite Liu Bei into Shu to fight Against Cao Cao in the name of Liu Zhang. As a result, as soon as he came, he persuaded Liu Bei to occupy Yizhou himself, and with some clever arguments, Fa Zheng quickly dispelled Liu Bei's ideological baggage that liu Bei felt was not generous, and said that he should enter Shu as soon as possible.
With Fazheng's strategizing, Liu Bei captured Yizhou with little effort, further realizing the strategic concept designed by Zhuge Liang during the "Three Gu Maolu". Fa Zheng also successfully found the Ming Lord, was highly valued by Liu Bei, and became an important strategist under Liu Bei. Of course, if you want to gain Liu Bei's trust, it is not enough to rely only on the performance of the Fa at the right time.
Among Liu Bei's advisers, when it comes to strategy, Zhuge Liang is the most outstanding. Although Fa Zheng also had it, he was not very good at it, but when it came to tactics, he was one of them, and his best record was that Cao Wei lost a major general, Xiahou Yuan.
In 217, Fa Zheng advocated Liu Bei to occupy Hanzhong, believing that Hanzhong must be taken so that Yizhou could be defended. Moreover, the generals Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Guo, who were stationed in Guanzhong, although they were well-known, were not yet opponents if they wanted to confront Liu Bei. Under the strong persuasion of his mastermind, Liu Bei was finally persuaded, accompanied by Fa Zheng, to personally conquer Guanzhong, and sure enough, he won a great victory, and let Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan die in Dingjun Mountain.
After Xiahou Yuan's death reached Cao Cao's ears, this tyrant, who had always loved talent, in addition to his grief, also revealed his appreciation for Fa Zheng, sighing and saying, "I have done everything in my power to accept adultery, but I can't do the fa and the right and evil? ”
After Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong, he declared himself the King of Hanzhong, and his relationship with Fa Zheng was further developed, and Fa Zheng was appointed as Shang Shu Ling and a general of the protectorate at this time. The culmination of his life almost came with the lord Liu Bei, which can be said to be a shared honor and disgrace. At that time, the relationship between the two even Zhuge Liang had to stand aside. Fa Zheng is not a perfect person, he likes to be blind and must be rewarded, and some of his practices do not match his name at all. Many people have sued him, but Zhuge Liang considered his merits and suppressed these things.
Unfortunately, shortly after the capture of Hanzhong, Fa Zheng was unable to escape the law of heavenly jealousy and talents, and died before Liu Bei became emperor, at the age of 45. Like Guo Jia, he was the best of their respective lords' hearts, but the ending was the same, and in the darkness, it seemed that it was really Providence.