Ma Mo's deployment in the street pavilion was reasonable, and he believed that Zhuge Liang's command was wrong and why he was finally defeated
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as one of the four famous works in our country, I believe many people have read, according to the novel said that Zhuge Liang has a talent comparable to the ghost god, the number is Mr. Wolong, in the Shu state of Great Merit, but Zhuge Liang's chosen successor Ma Mo is somewhat indisputable, because in the war did not listen to the command, the final defeat led to the loss of the street pavilion, and finally was also killed by Zhuge Liang in tears according to military law.
Ma Mo is Ma Liang's younger brother, has a good talent, military theoretical knowledge is very thorough, Zhuge Liang also trusts him very much, and intends to cultivate Ma Mo, the two often talk deeply about military and political affairs together, Zhuge Liang can be said to be like a father and a teacher for Ma Chen, but in the sixth year of Jianxing, during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Ma Mo disobeyed military orders without authorization, did not listen to dissuasion, and finally led to the defeat of the battle.
In fact, Ma Mo's deployment in the street pavilion was not wrong according to the usual method of using soldiers, so he would think that Zhuge Liang did not personally go to the battlefield and did not know the details, so his command was wrong, so why did Ma Mo finally lose the battle? First of all, we know that the army led by Ma Mo has always been the vanguard army, so Ma Mo is eager to forge ahead, wanting to dampen Zhang Hao's army's vigor and open up the situation for the army behind, which is a way to seize the opportunity.
Secondly, Ma Mo realized the importance of the terrain, and chose to camp on the mountain, condescending, you can use the terrain to increase the combat effectiveness of the army, in the two armies against each other, whether it is a melee charge or a long-range arrow, it is also more advantageous to be at a high place. In the last point, Ma Mo wanted to win the battle, so he put his army in a dilemma, put it to death and came to life, and strengthened the morale of his army.
Although in theory Ma Mo's approach is reasonable, but in reality he did not realize the weakness of the Shu army, this new army did not participate in too many large-scale battles, could not play the combat ability expected by Ma Mo, and would only mess up after falling into difficulties, secondly, Ma Mo's prestige was insufficient, there were not many people in the army who were willing to support him without hesitation, Zhuge Liang repeatedly wrote to ask for the deployment of defenses in the mountain city, and the general Wang Ping also dissuaded Ma Mo many times, which shows that Ma Mo's way of fighting was not recognized by his subordinates.
Ma Mo's practice of putting the Shu army to death and being born after the death was actually very unconsidered, he only used the "dead land" to stimulate the morale of the soldiers, but did not arrange follow-up cooperative actions, so that after the defeat of the battlefield, no friendly army had the opportunity to dare to come to the rescue, and this "dead place" really became the burial place of many soldiers of this unit. Although Zhuge Liang was full of wisdom, he misread Ma Mo and caused a major mistake.