If this person did not die, why did Zhuge Liang need six Northern Expeditions, maybe he could succeed in one time, who was he?
Huai Cai did not meet, abandon "Zhang" to "prepare"
When it comes to Fa zheng, everyone may not be familiar with it, because he died of illness in his prime, so there are not many depictions of him in Yanyi and other works. But this could not hide the achievements of Fazheng, who was the main contributor to Liu Bei's ability to obtain Yizhou and Hanzhong and establish the Shu Han.
In terms of intelligence, he did not lose to Cheng Yu and Guo Jia under Cao Cao, and in terms of status, he was once on an equal footing with Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others. However, when he was young, Fa Zheng did not have a stage on which he could display his talents.
Fa zheng's ancestors held many important positions, and his grandfather Fa Zhen was a famous scholar at that time, so Fa Zheng received a good education from an early age and was already famous far and wide when he was young. In the early years of Jian'an, the world was in turmoil, and Fa Zheng and his fellow villager Meng Da defected to Liu Zhang in Yizhou.
At that time, Yizhou's terrain was precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, which was a treasure land under the situation at that time. However, Liu Zhang failed to take advantage of this opportunity to develop well, and as a gentle and cowardly man, he gradually lost absolute control of Yizhou, and was confused in the appointment of personnel, resulting in the collapse of people's hearts.
Because Fa Zheng was not appreciated, he only served as a county commander and lieutenant in Yizhou for a few years. He was very upset that Huai Cai did not meet, and at this time, his good friend Zhang Song was also dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's behavior, and the two often got together to discuss the way out in the future.
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Zhang Song was ordered to send an envoy to Cao Cao, but was met with cold treatment, and when he returned, he suggested to Liu Zhang to "unite with Liu Yuzhou (Liu Bei) to resist Cao Cao." Liu Zhang then sent Fa Zheng to send an envoy to Liu Bei, and Fa Zheng repeatedly resigned, and finally went to visit Liu Bei.
After Liu Bei saw Fa Zheng, he said excitedly: "Accept with kindness and do your best to be diligent..." The two of them had a very pleasant conversation, Liu Bei felt that Fa Zheng was resourceful and a rare talent, and Fa Zheng felt that Liu Bei had great talent and was a bright lord who could assist.
Wisdom to take Yizhou, Hanzhong, Miao beheaded Xiahou
After Fa Zheng returned to Yizhou, he told Zhang Song about Liu Bei's situation, and both felt that Liu Bei was undoubtedly a more worthy monarch than Liu Zhang, who was content with the status quo. Therefore, the two of them thought about how to welcome Liu Bei into Yizhou and replace Liu Zhang.
In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao raised an army to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and Liu Zhang, fearing that Cao Cao would annex Yizhou, was worried all day. Fa Zheng saw that the time was ripe, so he asked Zhang Song, who was of higher status, to persuade Liu Zhang to use Liu Bei's strength to protect Yizhou.
Although many of his advisers objected, Liu Zhang was clearly more jealous of Cao Cao and chose to accept Liu Bei into Yizhou. In this way, Liu Bei pretended to help Liu Zhang, and marched into Yizhou.
Liu Zhang also learned of Liu Bei's plan because Zhang Song was reported, and the two sides were deadlocked in Chengdu. Liu Bei was worried that Liu Zhang's long time could not be kept, but Fa Zheng said to Liu Bei, "Although Liu Zhang does not know how to govern the land, he loves the people like a son, and he will not resist for too long at the risk of the people being killed." ”
Sure enough, Liu Zhang soon left the city and surrendered. After Liu Bei settled in Yizhou, he gave Zhuge Liang, Fazheng, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu five hundred catties of gold each, and silver and money amounted to "tens of millions." At the same time, Fa Zheng was also appointed as the general of Shu Commandery Taishou and Yangwu.
After Liu Bei entered Yizhou, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was surrendered by Cao Cao, but curiously, Cao Cao left two generals, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Guo, in Hanzhong. Fa Zheng deduced from this that there must be some disturbance in Hanzhong, so Cao Cao sent a general to suppress it, and this was the only opportunity to seize Hanzhong.
At fazheng's suggestion, Liu Bei led his troops out to hanzhong. Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Gao were both guarding the throat and were not easy to attack. At this time, Fa Zheng also proposed to adopt the method of playing with sound from the east to the west. Therefore, Liu Beixian sent light troops to attack Zhang Gao's city in turn.
Zhang Gao's army was insufficient after several rounds of depletion, so he had to ask Xiahou Yuan for help, and Xiahou Yuan thought that Liu Bei only intended to attack Zhang Gao, so he sent half of his soldiers to the rescue. As a result, the reinforcements sent were scattered by Liu Bei's ambush troops, while Huang Zhong's troops began to storm the weakly defended Xiahou Yuan.
In the end, the Shu army beheaded him, and Liu Bei gained the initiative in the Hanzhong War. When Cao Cao heard that Fa Zheng had given Liu Bei a plan, he said with emotion: "I know that Xuan De does not have to have this, he will be taught by others..." This shows the strength of Fa Zheng.
Died of illness and wolong strangled his wrists
After helping Liu Bei capture Yizhou and Hanzhong, Fazheng's status was once again promoted, and he was appointed as a general of the escort army, while Zhuge Liang was a general of the military division, and although the two had different personalities, they cooperated tacitly, making Shu Han's strength grow day by day.
Unfortunately, Fa Zheng died of illness shortly after, and Liu Bei wept for several days. After Guan Yu was killed, Liu Bei angrily took revenge, but after a major defeat, Zhuge Liang sighed: "If the law and filial piety are straight, then they can control the lord and order them not to go east; if they return to the east, they will not fall into danger." ”
The meaning of this sentence is that "if the Fa zheng is in place, Liu Bei will certainly listen to him to go on a crusade against the State of Wu, so that he will not cause such a crisis situation." From this sentence, we can also see the integrity and talent of this person.
After Liu Bei's death, there were very few veteran generals left to fight with Liu Bei, although there was no shortage of leaders in the young generation, but in the end they lacked experience, watching shu Han decline day by day, Cao Wei became more and more powerful, Zhuge Liang knew that the Northern Expedition could not be delayed any longer.
In the fifth year of Shu Jianxing, Zhuge Liang sent troops to the Northern Expedition, and before that, he published the "Edict of Wei for the Later Emperor", and sent Liu Chan the "Table of Former Teachers" to show his determination, vowing to "bow down and do his best for Shu Han, and die after death".
Zhuge Liang went on the Northern Expedition to wei six times, but due to the lack of advisers like Fazheng in the army to share Zhuge Liang's worries, in the end he still failed to negotiate and died with regrets, which is sad and lamentable.
If Fa Zheng did not die, then when Liu Bei insisted on avenging Guan Yu and sent troops to Eastern Wu, he would be able to retreat with his whole body and not die with hatred; if Fa Zheng did not die, then Zhuge Liang would have one more top strategist around him during the Northern Expedition, and it was also possible to win victory.
If it were Fa Zheng, the First Northern Expedition would not have suffered the defeat of Jieting, and it was not impossible to defeat Cao Wei once. After all, history is not a story, and there will always be regrets. What do you think about fa-rectification?
