Most people believe that Zhuge Liang's role in the war in the whole process of life was not very large, and his characteristics were not to attack the city strategically, but to deal with political affairs, so the battles he led did not have much importance. At least Compared with Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang was even better! But why, when posterity selected the Ten Philosophies of the Martial Temple, Zhuge Liang was selected in it? What is the reason why Zhuge Liang was able to enter the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Temple?
In the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang's prestige was known to everyone, but there were still many people who did not agree with him, thinking that he was not very outstanding, after all, there were many people who were better than him at that time, such as Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, etc., and Zhuge Liang did not lead soldiers to fight, just to give advice, so to speak, in fact, Zhuge Liang was not powerful, but Zhuge Liang also had things that he could get his hands on, such as "borrowing arrows from grass boats" and "empty city plans", etc., so in this view, everyone agreed that Zhuge Liang's strategy was particularly high , can be called a strategist, politician, is also deserved!
When Zhuge Liang was in the Shu Kingdom, he really showed the ability to take care of the family, and he was really meticulous to the Shu Kingdom, but to some extent, he was inferior to Xun Yu, and the connection between Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu could be felt in the sentence "There is no big detail in political affairs, and the saltiness is determined by the light". During Zhuge Liang's reign, he basically understood political affairs, so he rarely promoted his elite soldiers; During his time in Cao Wei, Xun Yu recommended a large number of talents such as Xun You, Chen Qun, Du Xian, and Guo Jia for Cao Cao, and he also took great pains!
I think that Zhuge Liang's real strength is still in the military aspect, and his military thinking is as big as the survival of the country and as small as local disputes, and Zhuge Liang can control it to the extreme. When Liu Bei fell to Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang already knew about Liu Bei's approximate origins and felt that Liu Bei was a wizard who had never met in a thousand years, so he began to let his friends around him praise himself, and at the same time combined with the situation in the world to formulate a future strategic layout for Liu Bei, that is, the theory of "three points of the world" that was known as God's prophecy, which was very shocking in the future generations!
Later, there was Liu Bei's "Three Gu Maolu" to obtain military ministers, Zhuge Liang told Liu Bei about the strategy of dividing the world into three parts, Liu Bei was amazed, very happy, and invited Zhuge Liang to help, so Zhuge Liang went out of the mountain to join Liu Bei's camp; Liu Bei also said this sentence in the face of the dissatisfaction of the veteran generals: "If you have Kong Ming, it seems to be like a tiger adding wings, like a fish getting water, I hope you will understand."
At present, there are countless famous generals in the Three Kingdoms period, and there are very few who can really become strategists, at best, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others! Zhuge Liang is not only a strategist, but also a hand-to-hand in tactical execution, when a war broke out in the southern and central regions, Zhuge Liang personally went out on a crusade, and the transformation of various formations of attack and defense was vividly reflected at this moment, not only achieving victory, but also obtaining a large amount of grain and grass, which was really a double victory!
In 228 AD, Zhuge Liang led his troops to the Northern Expedition, attacking the west with the momentum of attacking the west from the east, allowing Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi to set up an ambush to attract Cao Cao's elite troops, and he himself led a large army to attack Qishan. The three counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding on the right side of Long'an rebelled against Wei and Shu, and Guanzhong was shaken. Why does Guanzhong ring? Because Anding County is close to Chang'an, if Chang'an is captured, then half of Cao Wei's rivers and mountains can be said to belong to Shu Han, and Chang'an and Luoyang are next to each other...
However, Zhuge Liang had a loophole in this employment year, let Ma Mo serve as the main general to guard the street pavilion, what is the place, the street pavilion is the most important pass between Tianshui County and Anding County, to guard the street pavilion, then Anding County is to be captured, if the street pavilion is lost, Zhuge Liang had to withdraw the whole army to the Hanzhong area; it is a pity that Ma Mo failed to guard the border pass, lost the fortress, resulting in the street pavilion being thoroughly contested by the veteran general Zhang Guo, Zhuge Liang's painstaking plan, thus declared a failure, in the war after that, No more previous feats!
Perhaps, most people's military ability for Zhuge Liang may stay in the historical history books, and the Zhuge Liang recorded in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is "moving the masses for many years, failing to succeed, and the cover will be slight, not his strength!" Who wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? It's Chen Shou! What kind of person is Chen Shou, according to the "Jin Shu Chen Shou Biography" written by Fang Xuanling and others in the Tang Dynasty, it is recorded that Chen Shou slandered others in the book because of his personal vendetta, and Zhuge Liang may also be broken!
So the question is, how deep is Zhuge Liang's military ability? The Eastern Jin Dynasty posthumously honored him as the King of Wuxing because of his military prowess; Moreover, Zhuge Liang, as a military expert, has also achieved high achievements in successive generations of soldiers. After Zhuge Liang's death, Sima Yi deeply understood Zhuge Liang and praised him as "not encountered in a hundred years". Tang Taizong and Li Jing repeatedly mentioned Zhuge Liang's military management plan and the structural principle of the Eight Array Diagram in "Tang Taizong Li Weigong's Question", and made a very high evaluation, and showed that Chen Shou's evaluation of Zhuge Liang in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was that "the historian Xian Ke knew the soldiers, and could not be disciplined and deeds", it is conceivable that Zhuge Liang's prestige in the Three Kingdoms period was very high, whether it was or not, he had a place for him!
Moreover, among the Ten Philosophies of the Martial Temple, Zhuge Liang is also among the best, and second only to Han Xin and Bai Qi and others; Among the many evaluations of Zhuge Liang's military strategy, the evaluation of the Song Dynasty literary scholar Su Shi was the most exaggerated: "Dense as a god and ghost, as fast as wind and thunder." It is impossible to enter and retreat. Untouchable by day and untouchable by night. More is invincible, less is not deceived. Front and rear should be met, left and right command. Also? God also? Senya? I don't know, the real Crouching Dragon also!" Although the language is too exaggerated, but this also fully demonstrates Su Shi's admiration for Zhuge Liang, until today, Zhuge Liang's masterpieces "Table of Teachers" and "Book of Commandments" have been circulated by posterity, so it is not unreasonable to say that Zhuge Liang can enter the Ten Philosophies of the Martial Temple!