During the Three Kingdoms period, there were many powerful strategists, such as Sima Yi of the State of Wei, Zhou Yu Luxun of the State of Wu, and Zhuge Liang of the State of Shu. But if you want to ask who was the first counselor during the Three Kingdoms period, then it undoubtedly belongs to Zhuge Liang. A large part of the strength and prosperity of the Shu state was the credit of Zhuge Liang, and he was also the one who supported the Shu state in the later period of the Shu state. Zhuge Liang's talent was not cao cao, and under Han Xin, Sima Yi was not his opponent.
First of all, Zhuge Liang, as an important figure in the shu state commanding the whole army, he was very good at defeating the strong with the weak, and every time the army marched and fought, he arranged his retreat route properly. During Zhuge Liang's Second Northern Expedition, wei Yan only brought 10,000 people to skillfully crack Chen Cang's Meridian Valley plot. He also ambushed the second echelon on the way of the Shu army's retreat, causing the Guanzhong army of the State of Wei to be defeated and the general Wang Shuang to behead him.
During the Third Northern Expedition, Wei Yan advocated attacking the fertile Guanzhong Plain, but Zhuge Liang's forces opposed the consensus to send troops to Longyou. This strategy made Wei Junwan never think of it. After all, the Shu state allowed the fertile plains not to attack, but to attack the barren Long right. Zhuge Liang led his troops at that time and suddenly caught Wei Guo by surprise at the Wu capital Yin Ping Tian's divine soldiers. So in a hurry, the troops rushed out to rescue Long Right in four ways to retake the Wu capital Yinping, why did the barren Long Right let the Wei state make such a big move? It turned out that the warhorses of the State of Wei were all from Long Right, and Zhuge Liang also looked at this and attacked Long Right.
At that time, Zhuge Liang had already sent Wei Yan to ambush Zhang Guoguan's regiment to block the Guanzhong regiment, which had the largest force. Finally, when the Guanzhong Legion road to the Meridian Valley coincided with the rain in January, the Guanzhong Legion was trapped in January and did not rescue Wudu. In addition to several Northern Expeditions, Zhuge Liang's Seven Captures of Meng were even more impressive. At that time, the Southern Barbarians, led by Meng Yue, frequently rebelled, which made the Shu army very distressed. At that time, Zhuge Liang's heart was also in the north, and his plan was difficult to implement in the south. So he plotted seven times to capture Meng Yu, so that Meng Yu was convinced and finally surrendered to the Shu kingdom. Zhuge Liang also easily quelled the barbarian rebellion in the south.
Zhuge Liang, who was in the Shu kingdom, had few advisers who could help him share the heavy responsibilities, although there was Pang Tong, who was surprising in his use of troops, and Fa Zheng, who was strategic, but both died very early. In the later period, it was difficult to produce a bold Wei Yan with soldiers, but he was incompatible with Zhuge Liang's caution, resulting in the two often making decisions that were not unified. Zhuge Liang's ability to plan and prepare things like gods is very admirable. If it were not for Zhuge Liang, the Shu kingdom would have been destroyed by the State of Wei and the State of Wu long ago.