Among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, perhaps because Shu Han had the smallest territory and the least talent, but instead became orthodox and the protagonist in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han received more attention than Cao Wei and Eastern Wu. So that the slightly more famous characters and events will be amplified by focus.
For example, the famous Shu Han general Wei Yan and the famous Cao Wei general Zhang Guo were all wrongfully killed. But Wei Yan's fame was even greater. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", his sentence before his death, "Who dares to kill me", suddenly made him appear on the "Three Kingdoms Hot Search" for many years, and it has not faded to this day.
On the other hand, Zhang Gao has become zhuge Liang's background cloth. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, despite Sima Yi's persuasion, he had to hunt down and kill the retreating Zhuge Liang, only to be shot like a hedgehog on the wooden doorway. Zhuge Liang said, "I was hunting today, trying to shoot a horse, and I mistakenly hit a roe deer." ”
In fact, in the main history, the death of these two famous generals has little to do with Zhuge Liang. Wei Yan died in an infighting, and after Zhuge Liang's death, he was killed by Yang Yi. Zhang Gao also died in an infighting, and Sima Yi, in order to get rid of him, had to force him to pursue, which was shot by Zhuge Liang in the wooden doorway.
But in any case, it is obvious that Wei Yan's death, whether analyzed from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or discussed from the scope of the history of the Three Kingdoms, its topicality and popularity far exceed the death of Zhang Guo - then, why is this so?
Quite simply, as stated at the beginning, the Shu Han talent is too scarce, and there is one less to die, which makes people regret for half a day. The Cao Wei family has a great career and a strong talent reserve. Zhang Gao is dead? It's okay, soon Deng Ai will come out... Can this be the same?
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, people who regret and shout injustice for Wei Yan have emerged in an endless stream and occupied the mainstream. It seemed as if Wei Yan had become the biggest wrongdoer of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, but was this really the case?
In fact, there was another famous general in Shu Han, who was more wronged than Wei Yan, and was eventually killed by Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, who was played together. It was Meng Da.
In 211 AD, Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and Liu Zhang, in order to fulfill the friendship of the landlords, sent Fazheng and Meng Da to each lead 2,000 horses to meet Liu Bei. It was at this time that Fa Zheng turned to Liu Bei and proposed to seize Xichuan, and thus Fa Zheng soared into the sky and became Liu Bei's mastermind, and his status once seemed to be above Zhuge Liang.
What about Meng Da? Historical records are not written at all, but with his relationship with Fazheng - the two are good friends plus fellow villagers, both are Fufeng County's Guo people, when they joined hands and entered Sichuan together. Therefore, Meng Da must also have the same attitude as Fazheng and supported Liu Bei in taking Xichuan.
This is actually what is worth playing: because Fa Zheng later gained favor and was reused, he only wrote Fa Zheng. Because Meng Da later surrendered to Cao Wei, he was erased from the "merit of supporting the Lord". So much so that if you don't turn to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, you don't know at all, it was Fa zheng and Meng Da who came together. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Liu Zhang sent The Wind Meng Da to the Vice Fa zheng, each with 2,000 generals, to welcome the Lord.) ）
Since then, Fa Zheng has been following Liu Bei's side. Meng Da took the four thousand soldiers and horses and was arranged by Liu Bei to garrison Jiangling. In 214, Liu Bei captured Xichuan, and Fa Zheng continued to march forward and became the "Xichuan Yiba", so much so that he dared to force Liu Bei to marry his sister-in-law Wu Shi (Liu Mao's wife) as a wife, as a means to win over the Xichuan Hao clan.
Meng Da continued to keep a low profile and became Yidu Taishou. But no matter what, although Meng Da seemed to be very low-key, he was not treated badly by Liu Bei. And all this is not a bad thing for Meng Dalai. After all, "there are people in the DPRK who are good officials", the more the Fa is in Chengdu, the more Meng Da is outside.
In this way, 5 years passed, and in 219 AD, Liu Beigan overthrew Cao Cao, and after taking Hanzhong, he ordered Meng Da to seize Fangling. Meng Da was indeed a famous general, and he won it in three strokes and five divisions by two. Unfortunately, it was this battle that laid the groundwork for its future tragedies.
Fang Ling's name was Pu Qi (蒯祺), and he was also Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law. Zhuge Liang's uncle, with Zhuge Liang and his two sisters, fled to Jingzhou together. Subsequently, he arranged for his two sisters to marry the Hao family and the Pang family of Jingzhou respectively, and opened up the Jingzhou network for Zhuge Liang.
For example, how did Zhuge Liang know Sima Hui, the Water Mirror? Because Mr. Water Mirror and Pang Degong are good buddies. One of Zhuge Liang's sisters was married to Pang Shanmin, the son of Pang Degong, so Pang Tong was also related to Zhuge Liang.
And the Ku family, the power in Jingzhou is better than the Pang family cattle, when Liu Zhang rode into Jingzhou, it was because of the support of the Ku family that he was able to sit firmly. In short, if you want to mix in this territory in Jingzhou, you must climb the relationship with the "Seven Great Families of Jingzhou", which seven families are they?
It was: Pang (Pang Degong, Pang Tong), Huang (Huang Chengyan, Zhuge Liang's old father-in-law), Cai (Lady Cai, Liu Biao's wife), Ku (蒯越, 蒯祺), Ma (馬良, Ma Chen), Xi, Yang (Yang Yi, Yang Qi). Look at Zhuge Liang's connections in Jingzhou.
Why did Liu Bei say that getting Zhuge Liang was like a fish in the water? Not only to say zhuge Liang's talent, but also because of Jingzhou's deep connections.
Understanding these intricate relationships behind Qu Qi, looking at Meng Da now, it is obvious that Meng Da killed Pu Qi, which is equivalent to stabbing the honeycomb. It must be known that Liu Bei was able to achieve things because he had the support of jingzhou talents, not to mention that he was still Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law.
Therefore, when he attacked Shangyong later, why did Liu Bei send his righteous son Liu Feng to sit in the town? The reason is already obvious, but do not dare to let Meng Da as the main general, he provoked too much trouble, Liu Bei must make a statement.
It's just that Liu Feng understood liu Bei's meaning and actually bullied Meng Da and took away Meng Da's drummer. Meng Da was already angry: I obviously made a meritorious contribution, but it became a disaster! Now that he is being bullied by Liu Feng again, can he get better?
The subsequent events were almost known, Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan, calling for reinforcements from Liu Feng and Meng Da, but the two "resigned from the initial annex of Shan County, did not waver, and did not accept Yu's life." Meng Da did not go, there were grievances. If Liu Feng didn't go, there would be no reason at all. As a result, Guan Yu's army was defeated, and Shangyong was also lost. Liu Feng fled, and Meng Da surrendered to Cao Wei.
After the news reached Chengdu, Zhuge Liang did an abnormal thing at this moment, "When he went, Ming Gong cut his teeth and wanted to slander his wife, but Lord Lai did not listen."
That is to say, after hearing that Meng Da surrendered to Cao Wei, Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to kill Meng Da's wife and children, but Liu Bei vetoed it.
From the analysis of the above historical materials, it is obvious that Meng Da's wrong killing of Pu Qi is equivalent to completely offending Zhuge Liang. Judging from Liu Bei's operation, he first sent Liu Feng over, and now he refuses to kill Meng Da's family, obviously to save Meng Da—even if Meng Da surrenders to Cao Wei, Liu Bei also believes that although Meng Da's crime is unforgivable, he is excusable.
Speaking of Meng Da, after he surrendered to Cao Wei, Cao Pi liked him very much and had a very high opinion of him: he was also a good general and a Qing Xiang instrument. Cao Pi's life was short, and he died within a few years. Subsequently, Cao Rui ascended the throne. One day after another, Meng Da was snubbed.
At this time, Zhuge Liang began to prepare for the first Northern Expedition, and after learning that Meng Da was not having a good time, he immediately wrote to Meng Da and said: Come back to Shu Han, we will open our hearts to you. Meng Da said: I want to wear the guilt and make meritorious deeds. What is expected is exactly in the middle of Zhuge Liang's plan. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Zhuge Liang heard about it, seduced by yin desires, tricked by several books, and repaid with reciprocity.) ）
Because zhuge liang and Meng Da's interaction did not hide from Cao Rui, in fact, Zhuge Liang deliberately let Cao Rui know. Sima Yi then killed Shangyong with lightning speed. Meng Da called for help from Zhuge Liang, but at this time, Zhuge Liang was "with the heart of no orange, so he did not rescue him.".
That is, Zhuge Liang believed that Meng Da's heart of converting evil to righteousness was not sincere, so he did not save it, and sat back and watched Meng Da being destroyed by Sima Yi. But the problem is that when he "lusted after the yin and seduced him, and counted the books to recruit him", why didn't he think that Meng Da had a "sincere heart"?
Therefore, this is obviously Zhuge Liang borrowing Sima Yi's hand to get rid of Meng Da. Just like later, Sima Yi forced Zhang Hao to pursue, borrowing Zhuge Liang's hand to get rid of Zhang Gao, which belonged to a routine, but it was more covert.
Therefore, if we talk about wrongs, Meng Da is even more wronged than Wei Yan. From the analysis of the main history, Zhuge Liang never intended to kill Wei Yan. At the same time, Wei Yan also had highlight moments, such as Zhen Shou Hanzhong.
On the other hand, Meng Da, since he surrendered to Liu Bei, has been in obscurity outside. It was easy to have military achievements, but he mistakenly killed Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law, and suddenly offended the entire "Jingzhou forces". Therefore, Liu Bei wanted to save, but in the end he did not save it, but ended up with a bad evaluation of a "repeated villain".