Historically, Guo Jia died in 207 AD, and Zhuge Liang, who lived in seclusion in Long, did indeed come out of the mountains in this year to assist Liu Bei. From the perspective of time, it is really "Guo Jia does not die, wolong does not come out". In fact, Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong and did not know Guo Jia, Cao Cao's great strategist, and the two did not intersect, so there was no theory that Wolong was afraid of Guo Jia and did not dare to go out of the mountain. As for Zhuge Liang only coming out of the mountain after Guo Jia's death, this is just a coincidence of time.
In fact, the folk legend "Guo Jia does not die, Wolong does not come out" is only the first sentence, the next sentence is the focus, which really affects the historical trend of the Three Kingdoms. Its next sentence reads "Kong Ming Northern Expedition, Tsukasa Tiger Rises." Among them, Kong Ming, like Wolong, is still talking about Zhuge Liang, while Tsukasa Tiger refers to Sima Yi. What is the matter, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, how to be related to the rise of the Sima Yi family, which is where it is. Let's follow me and carefully analyze what is the causal relationship between this sentence.
In 207 AD, Xu Shu recommended his friend Zhuge Liang to the lord Liu Bei, and said that he must be visited by the lord himself before he could be invited out of the mountain. Liu Bei was suspicious of the letter, and with the attitude of trying it out, he went to visit Zhuge Liang, but as a result, he threw himself into the air twice in a row, and finally saw Zhuge Liang for the third time. The two talked happily, and Zhuge Liang introduced his macro plan in detail to the boss who was about to defect, that is, the famous "Longzhong Pair". Zhuge Liang successfully passed this interview and became the newly hired "general manager" of Liu Bei Group.
From then on, no matter whether Liu Bei was poor or rich, Zhuge Liang would not abandon him. Until Liu Bei failed to fight Wu, the White Emperor was isolated. After Zhuge Liang accepted Liu Beituo's isolation, he assisted the young emperor Liu Chan and sent emissaries to Eastern Wu to re-establish the covenant. He also fought a series of wars, such as the Pacification of the Rebellion in The South and the Five Northern Expeditions.
Some people say that it is because Zhuge Liang has cut Down Wei many times that he has cultivated his opponent Sima Yi. This is not without certain truth. Most of the first generation of generals, such as Emperor Cao Wei's pro-Eight Tiger Riders and Five Sons Liang General, died one after another, especially the death of the great general Cao Zhen, marking the decline of Cao Wei's pro-generals in power.
During the Cao Cao period
Cao Cao reused Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and other generals of the Cao and Xiahou clans, who controlled the army and were the commanders of the first army. As for Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Xu Huang and other five sons and generals, they only served as pioneers and deputy generals to the clan generals, and had no ownership of the army.
During the Cao Pi period
He only suppressed his own brothers (Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi), and some of the clan generals (such as Cao Hong), and still used Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang and other branches heavily. In the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty (226), Cao Pi became seriously ill and entrusted Cao Rui to the zhenjun general Chen Qun, the Chinese general Cao Zhen, the general Cao Xiu of the Eastern Expedition, and the fujun general Sima Yi. From this personnel arrangement, it can be seen that there are two generals of the Cao clan and two ministers with foreign surnames, which is balanced.
During the Cao Rui period
At first, Chen Qun, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, and Sima Yi served as auxiliary ministers, of whom Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen held military power, Chen Qun was a civilian official, and Sima Yi did not have military power. Unfortunately, in 228, Cao Xiu was defeated in the Battle of Shiting, and soon died of a poisonous sore on his back, while in 231 Cao Zhen fell ill and died of depression shortly after the defeat of the Shu Han.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": The real illness is still in Luoyang, and the emperor is fortunate to be sick in his first province. Zhen Xue ,谥曰元侯, Zi Shuanghei.
At this time, Cao Rui had to retreat and reuse the remaining auxiliary ministers Sima Yi and Chen Qun. Coincidentally, after Cao Zhen's death, Zhuge Liang attacked Wei for the fourth time, this year was 231 AD, and Cao Rui could only send Sima Yi, who had given Cao Zhen a hand, to resist Zhuge Liang.
In this battle, there are many opinions on who won and who lost, some people say that Cao Wei repelled the attack of Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han And won the victory, and some people say that Zhuge Liang achieved the strategic goal and consumed the living forces of the Wei state (such as the death of The Death of Cao Wei's general Zhang Guo). In any case, after the death of the general Zhang Guo, who was loyal to Cao Wei, the military power completely fell into the hands of Sima Yi, so some people believe that Sima Yi deliberately sent Zhang Gao to die. Zhuge Liang's fourth attack on Wei removed the stumbling block Zhang Gao for Sima Yi to grasp military power, and laid the foundation for Sima Yi's position in the army.
In 234, Zhuge Liang's Fifth Northern Expedition, this battle, Cao Rui sent the general Sima Yi. Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang confronted each other on both sides of the Weishui River, he did not seek merit, but he did not seek fault, and after losing to Zhuge Liang several times, no matter how zhuge Liang provoked, he did not fight. This strategy of Sima Yi effectively protected himself and his cronies, laying a solid foundation for the future seizure of power. Even if Zhuge Liang sent an emissary to sima Yi to send a skirt for a woman to wear, he put up with it, that is, a turtle with a shrunken head. After the war, Sima Yi repelled the attack of shu Han at the lowest cost and gained the first merit.
epilogue
Zhuge Liang and Cao Wei fought several battles, and for Sima Yi "eliminated" the powerful Cao Clan general Cao Zhen (曹真), who fell ill and died of depression, and "trained" his rival Sima Yi (Sima Yi gained a firm foothold in military circles after many battles with Zhuge Liang). Later, Sima Yi, after the gaopingling change, eliminated Cao Shuang and emptied Cao Weijiangshan, laying a deep foundation for his grandson Sima Yan to establish the Jin Dynasty. Therefore, there is such a divine summary that really affects the historical trend of the late Three Kingdoms: Kong Ming Northern Expedition, the rise of Tsukasa Tiger.