The war between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi: Sima Yi bet on the other side to die first, and Zhuge Liang was betting on this matter
We know that with the heart of Kuang Fu Han Room, assisting Liu Bei and Liu Chan, Zhuge Liang's life can be described as "bowing down to exhaustion, and after death". In 234 AD, Zhuge Liang launched his fifth Northern Expedition, and eventually fell ill and died in Wuzhangyuan, leaving endless regrets.
With Zhuge Liang's strategy, if it were not for the accumulation of labor and illness, the death of Wuzhangyuan, the success of the Northern Expedition would be just around the corner. In the previous Northern Expeditions, Zhuge Liang mostly had no choice but to retire because of poor grain and grass. This has nothing to do with strategy or the issue of rear support for the DPRK and China. Therefore, after the failure of the Fourth Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang, a civilian minister, invented the wooden cow and flow horse, suspended his troops in Huangsha to farm, and constantly trained and recruited troops to plan the Fifth Northern Expedition.
Before the Fifth Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang took pains in grain and grass. At the end of 233, he transported the military grain and grass to the front line of Hanzhong early and began to gather a large army. It was not until February of 234, three years after the last Northern Expedition, that he considered "everything ready" and began his final battle. Zhuge Liang led the Shu army, walked through the Xiegu Road, out of wugong mountain, to Wuzhangyuan, and set up camp here. At that time, the Shu army was ready to move.
There is no doubt that in Zhuge Liang's view, grain and grass are the major problems of the Shu army. Because, in order to solve this problem, in addition to hoarding grain very early, he also began to farm on the south bank of the Weishui River. From this point of view, Zhuge Liang's Fifth Northern Expedition was not short of grain.
Some historians believe that Sima Yi's method of dealing with Zhuge Liang was actually to see through the problem of the Shu army's lack of grain and grass. Therefore, in many battles with Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi adopted a strategy of not fighting behind closed doors, and in this way depleted the combat effectiveness of the Shu army, causing it to return without a fight, and finally came out to "pick up the leak". However, in xiaobian's view, rather than saying that Sima Yi was gambling on the grain and grass of the Shu army, it was better to say that he was gambling on Zhuge Liang's death first.
After Zhuge Liang's several Northern Expeditions, his body was already overwhelmed. The hero cherishes the hero, and Sima Yi deeply understands that Zhuge Liang's age is old, and such a hard work will only make his condition worse. Therefore, Sima Yi was sure that Zhuge Liang's life expectancy was almost over long ago, and in the end, he did not retreat, but ended the war, and he won a complete victory.
Even if Zhuge Liang, in order to satirize Sima Yi for not fighting, sent a set of women's clothes to Sima Yi, Sima Yi could not change his face and smile. Sima Yi suppressed the anger in his heart, smiled and thanked the envoy, and always asked Zhuge Liang about his diet and sleep, pretending to be very concerned, but in fact wanting to know, how long can Zhuge Liang live?
The envoy, believing that the physical condition of the chancellor was not a military situation, told Sima Yi in 1510 and said, "Zhuge Gong xingxing night, punished more than twenty people, all of them personally observed it; the food they ate did not reach nine liters." The implication is that Zhuge Liang must personally bow down, and even the soldiers who are scolded by the staff, as long as they are more than 20 sticks, must come in person. After Sima Yi listened, he shouted: "Zhuge Kong Ming eats less and worries, and his ability is long." For his own bet on Zhuge Liang's life soon, Sima Yi was even more confident.
As for Zhuge Liang, he obviously knew that his body was deteriorating, didn't he know that in the long run, it would definitely damage his life expectancy? In fact, the reason why Zhuge Liang was so determined not to withdraw his troops was also to gamble on one thing, that is, the news from Eastern Wu. Before Zhuge Liang's Fifth Northern Expedition, he sent emissaries to consult with Eastern Wu, hoping that Eastern Wu would be able to fight with the Shu state. For the Shu and Eastern Wu states, eliminating the Wei state and occupying the fertile Central Plains should be the same goal.
In the marching war, the most taboo thing is to fight at both ends, and Zhuge Liang advocated that the two countries attack back and forth, which has to be said to be a very wonderful plan. Therefore, waiting for the news from Eastern Wu, if there is a breakthrough, it will be very important help for him to defeat Sima Yi.
However, Sun Quan did not think that Zhuge Liang was sincerely resisting Cao, so even if Zhuge Liang sent envoys, he did not send troops. It was not until he heard that Zhuge Liang had sent troops to fight and attracted cao Wei's main forces that he began to cooperate. That is to say, Sun Quan's dispatch of troops was only a symbolic dispatch of troops in response to the requirements of the alliance. Naturally, Zhuge Liang could not wait for any good news in Wuzhangyuan.
In the end, Sima Yi bet zhuge liang to die first, zhuge liang bet on eastern Wu to cooperate with the army to attack, and history has told us who won the final victory.