Looking at the interpretation, it is not difficult to find that Zhuge Liang is an all-rounder who understands the time of day, place, people, and the five elements of gossip, as well as the Qimen Dunjia. But unfortunately, even the all-rounders can't go against the sky.
When he understood the heavens, it happened during the Battle of Chibi, and faced with the arduous task of Zhou Yu to build 100,000 arrows within ten days, Zhuge Liang calculated that there would be heavy fog after three days, so he used the natural environment of fog to borrow arrows from Cao Wei. Later, in order to further highlight Zhuge Liang's intrigue, Zhuge Liang borrowed the most important link in the burning of Chibi- the southeast wind. It was the borrowing of the southeast wind that made Zhuge Liang suddenly ascend to the altar.
Understanding the geographical advantages, whether it is against Huarong Dao, or the upper valley, or the xie valley and other places, Zhuge Liang has an extraordinary performance in the use of troops.
Understanding people is mainly reflected in the "pro-people" design created by Zhuge Liang for Liu Bei, and the reason why Shu Han was able to establish political power was largely because Liu Bei won the hearts of the people and made everyone maintain and support it.
The five elements of gossip are most directly reflected in the bagua chart. At that time, Liu Bei attacked Wu, because he was caught by Lu Xun's strategy of retreating and advancing step by step, and was finally defeated by a fire in the Battle of Yiling. When Lu Xun led the victorious soldiers to pursue to the west, he was trapped in Yubelpu by the Bagua diagram that Zhuge Liang had casually arranged at that time. In the end, if it were not for the rescue of Zhuge Liang's father-in-law Huang Chengyan, Lu Xun would have been trapped for a long time and could not come out.
The most important manifestation of qimen dunjia is that during Zhuge Liang's fifth northern expedition, when Sima Yi sent Qin Lang and others to attack Shuzhai at night, it was at this time that suddenly the clouds were four, the black qi was empty, and the day after tomorrow was clear. This is Zhuge Liang's method of using the Hidden Armor and the method of driving away the Six Dings and Six Jia.
But what is strange is that such an all-rounder was like a divine help during the Battle of Chibi, but when it came to the Battle of the Upper Valley, it was like heavenly condemnation?
In fact, it is very simple, everything has a degree, and there is a source. Zhuge Liang lived in Nanyang for a long time before, and when he was in Nanyang, in addition to reading, writing, making friends and sightseeing in the mountains, Zhuge Liang was farming, forming a living habit of working at sunrise and resting at sunset. Since you want to cultivate, you must know the time of day and when to sow seeds; you must also understand the geographical advantages, and you need to draw the source according to the movement of the river.
The Jiangdong area is not very far from the Nanyang area of Jingzhou. Although there are ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs. However, as far as the climate is concerned, the difference between the two places should not be very large, except for the factor of residence. In this way, when Zhuge Liang was at the Battle of Chibi, it was possible to sort out the climate according to the previous observations and get the results of heavy fog and southeast wind.
The area around the upper valley is different, this is a brand new map, Zhuge Liang's previous four Northern Expeditions did not take this road, only the fifth time suddenly changed the strategy. Although when the army is pulling out, there will be a vanguard army exploring the way ahead, but the vanguard army is only exploring the terrain and whether there is an ambush, and it is impossible to expect them to observe the sky. Therefore, this is also the reason why Zhuge Liang could not rain for a while.
In addition, there is a more theological factor, that is, man is not as good as heaven. At the time of the Battle of Shanggu, Zhuge Liang had already cautiously sent Wei Yan to lure the enemy. However, Sima Yi was equally cautious, and although his army pursued Wei Yan deeply, there were still Zhang Hu, Le Qi, and More than 10,000 soldiers from Guo Huai and others behind him. Therefore, even if it was an emergency, Wei Yan and Ma Dai's more than five hundred soldiers could not defeat them at all.
Also, the arrival of this heavy rain was very sudden, and suddenly after the fierce wind, it was a torrential downpour. Zhuge Liang was not fully familiar with the situation at all, and there was no time to deal with it.
Finally, there is the scientific factor. Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi fought in the upper valley, which was autumn and the upper valley was gourd-shaped. When one of Zhuge Liang's fires burned in the valley, the two streams of air of cold and hot would be hedged. Within a certain period of time, a certain degree will be reached, and finally local heavy rain will begin.
All in all, the battle in the upper valley is just like Zhuge Liang's final lament, "Plotting is in people, success is in heaven, and it is not strong." And the tragic end of Zhuge Liang's final illness and death in Wuzhangyuan, that is, Sima Hui expected the same: "Although Kong Ming has his master, he can't do it at the right time, sorry!" ”