Gong cover three points of the country, named into the eight arrays. The river does not turn, and the hatred is lost and swallowed. He was the most dazzling political master of the Three Kingdoms period, the number Wolong, a single name with a bright character, traversing the entire Three Kingdoms, saddle the Shu kingdom before and after the horse, bowing to the end, and then dying.
A table of real celebrities, who can be a bo zhongjian in a thousand years? Looking back on Zhuge Liang's life, he has countless merits, resourcefulness, and decisive victory thousands of miles away. But he was not perfect, and a generation of sages had also done stupid things.
When the situation in the Three Kingdoms was deadlocked, the Shu state was the weakest, and in order to stabilize the situation and achieve some hegemony in the northern region to regain the Central Plains, Zhuge Liang once ordered the killing of a prodigious wizard and promoted an illiterate general instead. However, such an illiterate general, sixteen years later, did not live up to the instructions of the chancellor, stubbornly defended the Jiangshan, and successfully defended the Shu state at that time.
What's going on here? Why did the Prime Minister kill the Prodigy of the World, and who was this illiterate general? Let's take a look at them one by one.
Ma Ji, a prodigy of the world
In the twelfth year of Jian'an, that is, in 207 AD, Liu Beisan Gu Maolu was in Nanyang Longzhong and asked Zhuge Liang to make a grand plan for the situation in the world, and the story of the ancient sages began, and Liu Bei used it so much that it was enough to see that Zhuge Liang's status was different.
When he was appointed to the defeated army, he was ordered to be in danger, Zhuge Liang spent his life working for the Shu state, plotting the Northern Expedition, reviving the Central Plains, supporting the Han Dynasty, and the white emperor of the former emperor was the belief in his heart.
Resourceful, agile and sharp, Wolong's vision of people is particularly accurate, and he recruited many good generals such as Fei Yi and Dong Yun to assist the imperial court for the Shu kingdom. At that time, there was a prodigy of the world, Ma Ji, who was as close as an uncle and nephew to Zhuge Liang, and had a very strong relationship.
At first, Ma Ji followed Liu Bei as an envoy and entered Shu as a strategist, this person was very knowledgeable, especially liked to read military books, rich in military theory, good at strategy, knew how to win with wisdom, and was a rare talent.
Ma Ji followed Zhuge Liang from an early age, and he was deeply impressed by Zhuge Liang's true biography, zhuge Liang often taught Ma Ji military policies, talked freely with him about current affairs and politics, and talked about it all night.
In his youth, Ma Ji fought with Zhuge Liang to fight in the world, repeatedly made military achievements, and many offers were adopted by Zhuge Liang, the most typical of which was the capture of Meng, and in 225 AD, Zhuge Liang personally led a large army to march south.
In the third year of Jianxing, when fighting against Meng Yue, Ma Ji's plan to treat Meng Yue should be to attack the heart first and the siege of the city as the bottom, which was adopted by Zhuge Liang.
Subsequently, there was the story of seven capturing Meng and releasing it seven times, successfully defeating Meng's psychological defense line, making it no longer dare to be an enemy, and after the army entered Nanzhong, it also passed the pass along the way and successfully attacked, of which Ma Ji's performance was indispensable.
The street kiosk was defeated and the tears were cut off
Ma Ji has always had mixed praise and criticism in history, but it is undeniable that his extraordinary military ability is indeed outstanding, and he can be regarded as a usable talent. However, at that time, when Liu Bei died, he once instructed Zhuge Liang: "Ma Ji's words are exaggerated, exceeding his actual talents, and he must not be entrusted with a big responsibility in the future, you must examine him more." ”
At that time, Zhuge Liang only verbally agreed to Liu Bei, but privately he and Ma Ji still met frequently to discuss important military and political matters. The relationship between the two is getting closer and closer, and they are as close as uncles and nephews. Zhuge Liang was also a man of love for talents, and in the face of such military wizards, he immediately saw each other and hated each other.
When Zhuge Liang was preparing to go out to Qishan to attack the Wei state in the northern expedition, he had to have a general as the vanguard to explore the way, and when everyone discussed who was the vanguard, Zhuge Liang vigorously defied the consensus of the people and insisted that Ma Ji be the charging general of this general, and he commanded all the armies to advance in a unified manner.
Zhuge Liang had been plotting for a long time, there was a natural water source in this place, as long as Ma Chao insisted on this water source and did not rush to send troops, the materials of the army would not be broken, as long as the troops did not move, the battle of Qishan had a great possibility of victory.
But Ma Chao this person will only talk about rhetoric, talk about soldiers on paper, even if he is talented, he is too conceited, he does not listen to Zhuge Liang's advice, he ambushed the soldiers and horses at the foot of the mountain to try to give the enemy a surprise attack, he thought that Zhang Gao's army had experienced several days and nights of rushing, must be extremely tired, at this time if he can ambush in advance, in order to wait for work, he will be able to hit the other side by surprise, win a total victory.
But in the end it was still too shallow, Zhang Hao this person had courage and strategy, he had already insight into Ma Ji's tricks, he countered the first army, surrounded Ma Ji, and blocked the water source of the army, and finally Ma Ji's army collapsed and fled everywhere, so far, the Battle of Jieting was defeated.
In order to strictly enforce military discipline and correct the hearts of the army, Zhuge Liang after the defeat ordered Ma Ji to be beheaded and shown to the public, although he was close to Ma Ji like an uncle and nephew, although Ma Ji had great talent, but the military orders were like mountains, Ma Ji dared to disobey the military orders, that is, to defy the imperial power, in order to give a warning to the generals, Zhuge Liang finally killed Ma Ji with tears.
Promote illiterate generals
After the beheading of Ma Ji, a general position was vacated, and Zhuge Liang ordered Wang Ping to replace Ma Ji. Wang Ping is a controversial person, this person is illiterate, and he is illiterate. Zhuge Liang would try to exclude the public opinion and choose him for a reason.
At the beginning of the Battle of Jieting, Ma Ji was determined to send troops to ambush, and Wang Ping, as a subordinate, had been on the sidelines to persuade Ma Ji to think twice, that he should carry out military orders, stick to the water source, and not act rashly and recklessly.
Although Wang Ping could not read big characters, his thinking was quick, his military judgment was extremely accurate, his vision was broad, and he could see a long-term perspective. Compared with many empty but useless straw bales, Wang Ping was much stronger than them, so Zhuge Liang was willing to give Wang Ping the opportunity to command from the upper position.
And Wang Ping did not live up to Zhuge Liang's trust and entrustment, he was loyal, strict military discipline, he commanded the five generals to become an excellent general.
In 234 AD, Zhuge Liang sent troops to the Northern Expedition, but accidentally fell ill and died in Wuzhangyuan, and died before the great cause was completed, leaving behind the regrets of the next thousand years, and Zhuge Liang had just died, and there was a civil unrest between Wei Yan and Yang Yi, and it was Wang Ping who sent troops to suppress it, which preserved the foundation of the Shu state.
16 years later, in 250 AD, the State of Wei suddenly sent an army to the State of Shu, wanting to destroy the State of Shu, facing the crisis of the times, everyone was in danger, and the enemy accumulated military strength in Hanzhong. Intending to send troops, a fatal move, it was Wang Ping who did not abandon him at this critical juncture, stubbornly staying in Hanzhong, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.
It is precisely because of Wang Ping's persistence this time that he has preserved the basic strength of the Shu state and finally saved the Shu state's Jiangshan, otherwise, the Shu state will be doomed this time, and the hegemony of the former emperor will have already been burned.
brief summary:
Heroes do not ask the source, do not use talent to discuss heroes, although Wang Ping is illiterate and illiterate, but his loyalty is indistinguishable, pure conscience and righteousness, and has extremely high military insight and sensitivity, which can be described as a generation of generals.