In the late Shu Han Dynasty, the talent withered, and many people believed that this was mainly the responsibility of Zhuge Liang, and even some people believed that the final situation of "no general in Shu" was caused by Zhuge Liang's design to unjustly kill Wei Yan. But is this really the case? Was Zhuge Liang's final arrangement really aimed at putting Wei Yan to death? For such a question, it is estimated that many people will hold a positive attitude, after all, even if they put aside the interpretation and only talk about the history, Zhuge Liang will eventually exclude Wei Yan.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Wei Yan records: "In autumn, Liang was ill and trapped, and after the death of The Secret And The Long Shi Yang Yi, Sima Feiyi, and the Protector Jiang Wei, the army retreated, and after the delay, Jiang Wei was second; if it was delayed or not obeyed, the army spontaneously." This means that when Zhuge Liang was dying, he consulted with several of his henchmen to make arrangements for his own death and retreat. His ideal strategy was to put Wei Yan in charge of the break, with Jiang Wei as the penultimate echelon. If Wei Yan refused to obey the arrangement, the army would dispatch itself, leaving Wei Yan alone. In this way, zhuge Liang seemed to have indeed given up on Wei Yan. But is this really the case?
It is mentioned in the historical records that Zhuge Liang relied heavily on Wei Yan's Xiao Yong, and once sent Liu Yan back to the rear from the front line because of a dispute between the che general Liu Yan and Wei Yan. Wei Yan was at odds with his confidant Yang Yi, and he couldn't help either. Even before his death, he was still more willing to entrust such a heavy responsibility as the broken queen to Wei Yan. In this way, Zhuge Liang would not easily give up Wei Yan no matter what. Besides, even if he was willing to give up Wei Yan, would he be willing to give up Wei Yan's soldiers and horses?
The answer is no, Xiaobian believes that Zhuge Liang's final arrangement may have such a intention: if Wei Yan is willing to break off the army for the army, it is best to retreat with the army. If Wei Yan was unwilling to obey the arrangement, it must be because he was not willing to retreat and planned to continue the Northern Expedition, if so, he would still lead the crowd to deal with the Wei army, and finally achieved the purpose of the break, and might even achieve some results. With Wei Yan's loyalty to Shu Han, even if he was freed at this time, he would eventually return to Shu Han, so that unless his entire army was destroyed, there would still be no loss for Shu Han.
In this way, Zhuge Liang's abacus was very loud, and in his mind, there might be no one except Wei Yan who could resist wei jun. However, his two confidants, Fei Yi and Yang Yi, failed to live up to his bitter heart. What did these two men do? First of all, Fei Yi, after Zhuge Liang's death, went to Wei Yan's camp to inquire about Wei Yan's attitude, but deliberately deceived Wei Yan, while saying that he would turn around and persuade Yang Yi to continue the Northern Expedition, while letting Yang Yi arrange for the retreat of the army, directly angering Wei Yan. Not only failed to achieve the goal of letting Wei Yan cut off, but also caused Wei Yan to take a step ahead and block their way.
Yang Yi continued to write letters, falsely accusing each other of rebellion with Wei Yan, and even sent Wang Pingren to merge with Wei Yanhuo, and finally sent Ma Dai to kill Wei Yan, who had fled one after another. What was even more chilling was that at this time, he did not have any sadness after in the same room, but instead triumphantly trampled on Wei Yan's head and asked indignantly: Yong slave, can you do evil again? ”
It was precisely because of Fei Yi and Yang Yi's actions that Shu Han lost a major general, lacked a powerful pillar of support, and their retreat path was more dangerous. If Zhuge Liang died and had a spirit, he would probably be angry and come back to life when he learned that the two successors he was more optimistic about did such a thing and failed to live up to his painstaking heart?
All the information in this article comes from books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Notes on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms", and the editor guarantees the authenticity of the content, without any innuendo or politics.