In 219, during the Battle of Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan was stabbed twice by Huang Zhong's surprise attack, which made Cao Cao sad.
Seeing that the front line was tight, Cao Cao could not continue to sit firmly in the rear, and could only order soldiers and horses to go to Hanzhong.
When discussing the military in the big tent, the atmosphere was extremely solemn, and Zhang Gao, who had experienced the entire war, knelt in front of Cao Cao and said everything that happened with sad words.
All this made Cao Cao silent for a long time before he said: Zhang Gao, from now on, we will face a most terrible opponent on the battlefield, this opponent is more tenacious than Liu Bei and knows more strategy than Zhuge Liang.
(Cao Cao and Zhang Guo)
After saying this, everyone in the big tent had a relationship and began to think: How to deal with such an opponent if they faced it?
Who was the person who could make Cao Cao and all the soldiers under his account feel related?
The answer is, Fa-rectification and filial piety.
Fazheng was born into a famous family and was the grandson of the famous scholar Fazhen at the end of the Han Dynasty.
In the early years of Jian'an, the world was in chaos, and at first sight, Fazheng went to Shuzhong with his fellow friend Meng Da and became Liu Zhang's subordinate.
This Liu Zhang is a master who is not good at using people.
When he met Fa zheng, he was not reused, and only arranged for him to be the commander of Xindu County, and after working for a while, he was transferred to the military council lieutenant.
(Liu Zhang)
This makes Fa Zheng unhappy.
I'm such a character, you give this?
What makes Fa Zheng even more unhappy is that many people in Shu have slandered Fa Zheng a lot, saying nonsense, making Fa Zheng very depressed!
This situation made him often tell his friend Zhang Song.
In this sense, the two people who were dissatisfied with Liu Zhang had a further relationship and became close friends.
Based on this relationship, a later story appeared.
Before the Battle of Chibi in 208 AD, Zhang Song was ordered to send Cao Cao to reconcile the two sides, but he encountered harsh rebukes and injustices.
At first glance, Cao Cao was bullying and ambitious.
After Zhang Song returned, he warned Liu Zhang that it was best to cut off contact with Cao Cao and make friends with Liu Bei.
Just at this time, the news of the Battle of Chibi came from the front, and Sun Liu's allied forces defeated Cao Cao, shaking Liu Zhang.
Liu Bei's power grew stronger and stronger, allowing Liu Zhang to see the possibility of unity, before the emperor was poor and white, and now he was also a big force sitting on the four counties that was about to take off.
So Liu Zhang asked, who would send liu bei to contact each other better?
As soon as Zhang Song heard it, he recommended the depressed Fazheng!
Fa Zhengchu was reluctant to go at first, but after Zhang Song persuaded him and Liu Zhang was ordered, he could only go.
(Zhang Song)
Who would have thought that this trip would allow Fa Zheng to see a completely different character from Liu Zhang.
Although they are all surnamed Liu, Liu Bei is undoubtedly much higher than Liu Zhang.
Where is this elevation?
Directly reflected in Liu Bei's treatment of people, Liu Bei saw that the Fa was right: to accept with grace and do his best to be diligent.
This time, Fa Zheng felt Liu Bei's great talent and wisdom.
Since then, Fa Zheng has secretly promised Liu Bei.
After returning to Yizhou to report on his work, he conspired with Zhang Song and decided to support Liu Bei as the mainstay. These two depressed people thus became the dark line of Liu Bei's entry into Shu.
(Liu Bei's plot)
In 211 AD, the disaster of Hanzhong came.
Hearing that Cao Cao was preparing to send lieutenant Zhong Xuan (钟繇) to recruit Zhang Lu's Liu Zhang, he was very worried, so he asked the Qunchen what to do?
Seeing Liu Zhang's inquiry, Zhang Song came up with an idea to lure the wolf into the room: to welcome Liu Bei into Shu, send him to fight against Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and seize the strategic hanzhong in front of Cao Cao.
Subsequently, at the recommendation of Zhang Song, Fa Zheng, who had an old acquaintance with Liu Bei, once again sent an envoy to Jingzhou, and this time he was followed by Meng Da and two thousand soldiers.
After seeing Liu Bei, Fa Zheng did not hide his purpose, but said to Liu Bei: Your Excellency's orders are brilliant, Liu Zhang's ability to have no master, with Zhang Song as the internal response, to seize Yizhou, to take the wealth of Yizhou as the foundation, and to achieve great things by relying on the dangers and obstacles of the kingdom of Tianfu.
Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair" said that spanning Jingyi is the key to dividing the world into three parts, this heavenly opportunity, as well as internal help, Liu Bei is of course moved?
After calming down the interior, he gladly led the army into Shu and began the most critical expansion of his life.
(Liu Bei)
After entering Shuzhong in 212, Liu Bei settled down as a sergeant, pretended to agree to Liu Zhang's request, and prepared to attack Zhang Lu, but stopped after the march reached Yemeng Pass.
This stagnation, as well as the poor communication of information between the two sides, made Zhang Song anxious, and an urgent matter was leaked.
Liu Bei's dark line, the clever Zhang Song was killed.
Fa Zhengze cleverly evaded liquidation and defected to Liu Bei!
Seeing that the news had leaked, Liu Bei immediately made a decision and directly broke with Liu Zhang's troops into Chengdu.
At this time, it is time to look at hard power, and decision-making power is related to victory or defeat.
Seeing that Liu Bei was anti-water, Yizhou engaged Zheng Du and liu Zhang said: Lord, do you have a strategy to clear the wilderness? As long as he did this, Liu Bei could not continue, became a lone army, and defeat was not far away.
After this news made Liu Bei know, he was very worried, so he consulted with Fa Zheng about what to do?
Looking at Liu Bei's worries, Fa Zheng, who was well versed in the hearts of the people, said: Lord, don't worry, although Liu Zhang's talent is not good, he is a state pastor who cherishes the people's strength, and he will definitely not accept such a plan to harm the people of Yizhou.
After hearing Zheng Du's suggestion, Liu Zhang directly said: I have heard that I have resisted the enemy to reassure the people, and I have not heard of moving the people to avoid the enemy.
(Liu Zhang)
Not only did he veto the opinion, Liu Zhang also deposed Zheng Du.
Liu Zhang's group has lost a rare person who understands.
Without understanding people's plans, Liu Zhang's defeat would be inevitable!
From this point of view, Liu Bei was able to enter Yizhou, and Fazheng and Zhang Song, especially Fazheng's contributions, were great.
But this contribution is still not finished.
Because after entering Yizhou, Liu Bei, in order to stabilize his power, listened to many opinions of Fazheng.
Liu Bei, who had just occupied Yizhou, was most anxious to make a good relationship with the Hao clan in Shuzhong.
To this end, the courtiers persuaded Liu Bei to marry Liu Zhang's old general Wu Yi's sister Wu Shi.
But this Wu is the wife of Liu Zhang's brother Liu Mao, in short: the sister-in-law of the former boss. This Liu Mao is also a brother of the same clan as Liu Bei, both of whom are descendants of Liu Bang, and it is not against the law of etiquette to really marry.
(Fazheng)
Upon seeing Liu Bei hesitate, Fazheng, a wise man, immediately said: On his estrangement, why should he be related to Jin Wen's son?
What does this allusion mean?
It is said that when Duke Wen of Jin fled to the State of Qin, under the arrangement of Duke Mu of Qin, he married the wife of his nephew Prince Huai of Jin( Princess Of Qin).
The meaning of saying this is to tell Liu Bei that in order to win over the Qin state, Duke Wen of Jin was willing to marry his nephew and wife, and he did not see him being attacked by the etiquette law.
Therefore, the ritual law does not harshly rebuke the victor.
What's more, why are you worried that you and Liu Mao are not related?
Upon hearing this, Liu Bei was finally relieved, married the Wu clan, and established a good relationship with the Hao clan in Shuzhong and formed an alliance.
After stabilizing Shuzhong, Liu Bei began to give a large number of rewards.
Liu Bei, who was atmospheric, gave Zhuge Liang, Fazheng, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei five hundred catties of gold each, a thousand catties of silver, fifty million dollars of money, and a thousand horses of gold.
This amount is huge!
Fa Zheng was able to receive the same reward as Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, which showed Liu Bei's approval.
(After Liu Bei entered Shu)
Fa Zheng also became the general of Shu Commandery Taishou and Yang Wu after being rewarded.
Local governments have official positions and troops have establishments.
It shows that he is a talent who is both literate and martial.
Later, when he was in charge of Shuzhong, Liu Bei also arranged for Fa Zheng to cooperate with Zhuge Liang, Yi Yuan, Liu Ba, and Li Yan in formulating the Shu Ke.
The emergence of this "Shu Ke" changed the chaotic situation in Yizhou under Liu Zhang.com.
However, when formulating the ShuKe, fa zheng revealed its own shortcomings.
This method is exactly a person who is good at military strategy, and his political ability is still much worse than Zhuge Liang's, and he is not flexible enough.
After the formulation of the "Shu Ke", the Shu Han began to curb the local powerful, which made many powerful people resist and treat them negatively.
Looking at this situation, Fa Zheng advised Zhuge Liang that gaozu had won the world by entering the three chapters of the law in the guanzhong, or he should also learn and not make such a strict law (suspended sentence relaxation).
As the first view is just like this, Zhuge Liang, who is well versed in the accumulated shortcomings of Yizhou, specially revised a fazheng and said:
You know one, you don't know the second. Qin died in the Way, the government was harsh and the people complained, the Pifu shouted, the world collapsed, and Gao Zu could be promoted because of it. Liu Zhang is weak and weak, and has had the grace of successive generations since he was a man, grammatical restraint, mutual acceptance, moral government, and punishment. The people of Shu, the dictatorship and self-indulgence, the way of the monarch, gradually replaced by the mausoleum; Favor is in place, the position is extreme, the favor is to be gracious, and the grace is slow. So the disadvantages are due to this. I am now mighty with the law, the law is to know the grace, the limit is to the lord, and the knight is to know the glory; Grace and prosperity, up and down there are knots. For the sake of governance, Yu Si is concerned...
At that time, Fa zheng was outside the administrative power of Yizhou Shu County, in short, a feudal official.
After looking at Zhuge Liang's statement, after some speculation, Fa Zheng approved!
(Fazheng)
However, although Fa Zheng obeyed Zhuge Liang, he was not so obedient to others.
Fazheng's personality is somewhat similar to that of Fan Sui, the famous minister of the Qin Dynasty, and he is also clearly divided into grievances and will be rewarded, and after taking power, he did a lot of bullshit and overturned the stove, causing many people to go to Zhuge Liang to file a complaint, hoping to go to heaven to listen and let Liu Bei know.
Who is Zhuge Liang?
Knowing that fa zheng has made great contributions, and also knowing that this character defect does not commit major crimes, of course, it is to take it lightly and not to ask too much questions.
This allows fa to be like a fish in the water, and there is room for further play, but this play is not a matter of doing bullshit and pouring stoves, but helping Liu Bei and laying down Hanzhong.
This also became the most glorious moment in Fazheng's life, and it was also his sunset afterglow.
(Cao Cao sent troops)
In 217, Cao Cao returned to Yecheng after conquering Zhang Lu in a crusade against Hanzhong.
Seeing that Long was not looking forward to Shu, Fa Zheng immediately suggested that Liu Bei seize the opportunity to attack Hanzhong.
Without Hanzhong, it was equivalent to the Shu Han portal opening, which made Liu Bei have to fight.
Fazheng's suggestion, let Liu Bei move with the trend!
Initially, Liu Bei conducted a fire reconnaissance, dispatched Generals Such as Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Wu Lan to defend themselves, premeditated an attack on Wudu, hoping to take Wudu in one fell swoop and contain the main force of Guanzhong that would contain Cao's army, leaving them powerless to support Hanzhong.
At the same time, two of the five tiger generals were dispatched, which showed that Liu Bei attached great importance to this battle.
So who was Cao Wei against Zhang Fei and Ma Chao? The answer is Cao Hong and Cao Xiu!
Cao Hong, everyone knows that it is the old man of Cao Wei, and Cao Xiu is a new sharp of the Cao family, known by Cao Cao as "my family's thousand-mile colt", who has been following Cao Cao's side for many years, and has won the true legend of Cao Cao, and is one of the famous generals of Cao Wei.
Seeing that Zhang Fei's vanguard Wu Lan was stationed in the lower debate, Cao Xiu immediately made a decision, sent light horses to raid Wu Lan, defeated Wu Lan, and killed the deputy general Ren Kui.
The brave and decisive Cao Xiu made Wu Lan suffer a big loss, and when he saw that it was not easy to fight, Wu Lan returned to Yin Ping and insisted.
Wu Lan retreated, and Cao Xiu did not spare, and joined forces with the Yin Ping Emperor to attack Wu Lan, killing Liu Bei's vanguard army.
(Liu Bei)
The defeat at the front line made Liu Bei extremely worried, and Liu Bei, who was depressed, pondered: he had never won a fight with Cao Cao in his life, and this time he had to find the field no matter what, or he would not meet underground to drink and talk, and he had no words.
Subsequently, Liu Bei began to actively prepare, pacify people's hearts, and plan a bigger attack.
However, the news of the defeat on the front line made the people of Shuzhong panic, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were defeated, who could still lead the troops to retreat from the enemy?
You must know that Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Guo, who were stationed in Hanzhong, were all even more powerful than Cao Xiu.
Did guan Yu from Jingzhou be invited to lead the troops?
Seeing this, Fa Zheng stepped forward and said a word in front of all the demoralized people: Xiahou Yuan will be defeated.
After hearing this, Liu Bei's spirit was lifted, and he waited for the Fa zheng to continue.
Only to see Fa Zheng talking and saying: Xiahou Yuan is very fierce, and he became the first person in Cao Wei's army, because he was too fierce, so he was particularly confident, as soon as this person was confident, he would be proud, and the proud soldiers would be defeated, and pride was his biggest weakness.
Therefore, the failure of Wudu was not a bad thing or a good thing, which made Cao Wei, especially Xiahou Yuan, despise us even more.
(Xiahou Yuan)
They are proud and despised, and our opportunity will not come?
At this time, the expedition must be victorious?
After listening to Fa Zheng's words, Liu Bei decided to take command and go out on the expedition, and Fa Zheng also closely followed him.
After some twists and turns on the front line, Liu Bei ventured to Dingjun Mountain to camp, penetrated deep into the rear of Xiahou Yuan's army, and placed himself in a favorable geographical position under the commanding position, taking the strategic initiative.
When inspecting the layout of Xiahou Yuan's army on a high mountain, Fa Zheng said to Liu Bei: Xiahou Yuan is worthy of a famous general, the camp is solid, and the front is not easy to fight?
That being said, such a hard stubble, Fa Zheng actually thought of a way to deal with it a long time ago.
First of all: Fa Zheng made a tired enemy strategy, divided the elite into ten groups and took turns to attack Xiahou Yuan's camp, clamoring all day, consuming the sharp spirit of Cao Wei's army, and also making Xiahou Yuan irritable and losing the city government.
Subsequently: Liu Bei's main force faced Xiahou Yuan's desire to fight, that is, if he did not fight, Xiahou Yuan would retreat to the mountain when he came, and Xiahou Yuan would go away and pursue the past.
This campaign war also made Xiahou Yuan impatient.
After holding each other like this for more than a year, Xiahou Yuan was exhausted, and every day in addition to big scolding was small scolding, and losing his mind was not far from failure.
The news from the front line was seen by Cao Cao, who hurried from Yecheng to Chang'an, ready to support Xiahou Yuan at any time.
This made Xiahou Yuan more anxious, did he not trust me?
How could the proud Xiahou Yuan endure such a thing?
(Fazheng)
Fa zheng, who always paid attention to the front line, after learning that Cao Cao had come to Chang'an, told Liu Bei: The time for a decisive battle has arrived!
As for how to fight this battle? And keep watching!
After a military conference, Liu Beijun began to kill rhythmically.
On a dark and windy night in the month, Liu Bei's army gathered all its forces to attack Zhang Gao's camp and surrounded Zhang Guo's army to fight, and the camp was crumbling.
Seeing zhang Gao's danger, Xiahou Yuan decided that this was Liu Bei's preparation to take Hanzhong before Cao Cao came, and it was a military decisive battle.
Began to send reinforcements to support Zhang Gao, more and more reinforcements went, but Zhang Gao's condition has not been good?
Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan decided to personally go out on horseback and, at the critical moment, lead the army to rescue Zhang Gao.
At this point, I have won the Fa-rectification strategy!
Because Huang Zhongzheng was preparing for a surprise attack according to Fazheng's plan, as soon as he saw Xiahou Yuan move, Huang Zhong would let it go!
(Lao Huangzhong)
The white-haired veteran is also a five-tiger, the arrow moves with people, the meteor generally kills Xiahou Yuan, and when he meets the big knife, he swings horizontally, and this Xiahou Yuan is cut off twice.
Xiahou Yuan was dead, and of course Cao Wei's army was in chaos.
Liu Bei attacked with the trend, cleaned up the mess, and won a big victory.
After defeating Xiahou Yuan, Liu Bei heroically said: Hanzhong must be mine, even if Cao Cao himself came, he would not be able to take it.
So will Cao Cao come?
The answer is that he came, he came, he came.
However, after a period of confrontation, Cao Cao left the famous words of chicken ribs and retreated.
As for why he retreated, Liu Bei's enemies were only Cao Cao and the potential Sun Quan, but Cao Cao's enemies were everywhere, there were internal strife in the court, There were Liu Bei and Sun Quan on the front line, and Cao Cao was bitter.
The Fazheng, who counted all the strategies, helped Liu Bei complete the most important life counterattack when Liu Bei's life rose.
(Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei)
Zhuge Liang pointed out the direction for Liu Bei to take Jingzhou.
Fa Zheng laid down Yizhou and Hanzhong for Liu Bei.
The dragon and phoenix among these two people contributed to Liu Bei's career.
If they had been there all along, why would Liu Bei be like this?
Unfortunately, Fa Zhengtian does not take a holiday year!
Liu Bei, who took Yizhou and Hanzhong, appointed Fa Zheng as Shang Shu Ling, a general of the protectorate army, and became Liu Bei's first strategist.
But the following year, Fa Zheng died of illness at the age of 44.
If Heaven had given him ten more years to live with Zhuge Liang, the pattern of the world might not be the same.
We deplore the filial piety of the Law and the filial piety of the Law.
When he died, I seemed to hear Zhuge Liang's heartbroken voice, if he was still there, why should I be so tired!
The Battle of Yiling would have been so completely defeated, so embarrassing?