Today, Xiaobian wants to talk to you about Liu Ye, a not very famous Strategist of the Three Kingdoms, but in my opinion, he should have burst out with more dazzling brilliance. Some people say that Liu Ye is a "long-lived version of Guo Jia", in fact, I think Liu Ye's talent is no less than Guo Jia, but it has not been reused.
Liu Ye was a descendant of Liu Yan, the Prince of Fuling, the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and this was definitely a pure Han dynasty relative, much more reliable than Liu Bei's after the King of Zhongshan Jing. Even Liu Biao and Liu Yan, the King of Lugong of the Western Han Dynasty, were more popular than Liu Yegen and were descendants of Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the Eight Classics. However, it is precisely this kind of birth that makes Liu Ye's life not reused.
When Liu Ye was seven years old, his mother died. On her deathbed, her mother said, "Your father's servant has a problem with slandering people, and I am afraid that after I die, there will be chaos, and I hope that you and your brother will get rid of this person when they grow up." When Liu Ye was thirteen years old, he killed his father's favored attendant according to his mother's will, and then frankly asked his father for guilt. His father was originally furious, but after knowing Liu Ye's motives, he also admired him very much and did not be harsh. Ru Nan Xu Shao was good at observing people, and at that time Yang Zhou took refuge, saying that Liu Ye had the talent of Zuo Shi.
When Liu Ye was in his twenties, the world was in chaos, and most of the powerful people in Yangzhou were unwilling to suppress the strong and support the weak, and they were cunning and cruel. In Yangzhou, there are Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo, Xu Gan and other people who support the army and respect themselves, among which Zheng Bao is the most courageous and decisive, and his talent and strength are very prominent, which is feared by the locals. Liu Ye designed to kill Zheng Bao and collect thousands of his subordinates, but Liu Ye saw that the Han Dynasty was in decline, and he was also a royal clan, and did not want to support the army, so he entrusted those parts to Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang.
In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Liu Ye followed Liu Xun to Cao Cao. The mountain thief Chen Ce gathered tens of thousands of people in Lujiang and guarded according to the danger. Cao Cao had sent partial generals to unsuccessfully. Cao Cao then asked the group if they could be conquered, and many people thought that the mountain thieves were dangerous and difficult to conquer, and insignificant, and should not be conquered; but Liu Ye believed that it was actually the lack of seniority and the uncertainty of the world that the mountain thieves still dared to confront, and at that time, the situation was generally stable, and should be rewarded and persuaded to surrender, and after the army was there, the mountain thieves would collapse on their own. Cao Cao agreed, and sent a fierce general in front and a large army in the rear, and finally pacified Chen Ce as Liu Ye predicted.
In the twentieth year of Jian'an (215), Cao Cao conquered Zhang Lu, who was guarding Hanzhong, and appointed Liu Ye as the main bookkeeper. At that time, Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei led his troops to hold firm, and Cao Cao attacked various villages on Yangping Mountain, but the mountain was steep and difficult to conquer; and the soldiers were killed and wounded, and there was a shortage of food, so Cao Cao planned to withdraw his army, and ordered Xiahou Huan and Xu Chu to call the army on the mountain to retreat. At this time, some troops mistakenly broke into Zhang Weibei's camp at night, and the soldiers in the camp were scattered, and Liu Ye, who was in the rear of the army at the time, saw this and thought that he could win, and advised Xiahou Huan and others not to retreat. Xiahou believed it when he saw this, so he went back to tell Cao Cao, and Cao Cao attacked Zhang Wei, who retreated.
Zhang Lu soon surrendered, and Cao Cao gained Hanzhong. Liu Ye and later persuaded Cao Cao to attack Liu Bei's newly occupied Shu territory, believing that after capturing Hanzhong, the Shu people would be shocked, and as long as they attacked, they would look to the wind and surrender; otherwise, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others would stabilize people's hearts, and according to the danger, it would be difficult to conquer in the future. But Cao Cao did not listen. Seven days later, some people who surrendered from Shu said that the people of Shu were panicked, and Liu Bei could not calm people's hearts by killing those who were frightened. Cao Cao then asked Liu Ye if he could attack, but Liu Ye said that the shu people's hearts were already relatively stable and could not attack.
In the first year of the Huang Dynasty (220), Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Ye was promoted to the post of Shizhong (侍中) and was given the title of Marquis of Guannei. At that time, Cao Pi asked the courtiers whether Liu Bei would avenge Guan Yu who was killed by Sun Quan to take Jingzhou, and most of them believed that Liu Bei's strength was weak, and the famous general was only Guan Yu, and after Guan Yu's death, the country was worried that there would be no more war. However, Liu Ye believed that Liu Bei would definitely borrow troops to regain his prestige; and he also believed that Liu Bei and Guan Yu had a deep affection and would definitely avenge him.
In the end, Liu Bei attacked Sun Quan the following year (221 AD) and launched the Battle of Yiling. At that time, Sun Quan used the strength of the whole country to cope with it, and called Cao Wei a domain, and many courtiers celebrated, but Liu Ye believed that Sun Quan did not have the heart to submit, and this time he was only forced to call him a domain. Liu Ye even suggested that Cao Pi take advantage of the false army to attack Eastern Wu to avoid any trouble. But Cao Pi disagreed. After Eastern Wu's victory at the Battle of Yiling, Cao Pi gradually saw the heart of disobedience, so Cao Pi planned to fight, but Liu Ye believed that wu had just won a great victory over Shu Han, and he was united in his heart, and there was a natural danger on the Yangtze River, and he could not attack in such a hurry. Cao Pi did not listen.
Wei Yi was very famous in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and officials below the Qing Dynasty were sincere friends with him. In 220 (the first year of Yankang), Liu Bei's general Meng Da led the people to surrender, and Cao Pi took Meng Da very seriously, appointing him as the Taishou of Xincheng and Adding Ton riding Chang Shi; people at that time called him "the weight of Le Yi". When Liu Ye saw the two of them, he said that they would definitely rebel. Eventually, Wei Yi rebelled at Yecheng in 219 (the 24th year of Jian'an), while Meng Da corresponded with Zhuge Liang in 227 (the first year of Taihe) with the intention of rebellion.
In the first year of Taihe (227), Cao Pi died and was succeeded by the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui. The following year, Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong forced his uncle Gongsun Gong to abdicate the throne and establish himself as the Taishou of Liaodong, and Liu Ye believed that the Gongsun clan had occupied Liaodong for a long time, and that the sea and mountains were separated, and might be as difficult to restrain as the Hu people, and even launched a rebellion. It was suggested that Gongsun Yuan should take advantage of gongsun yuan's initial ascension to the throne, unexpectedly send troops to fight, and offer a reward to lure his opponents to assist, which may not necessarily solve the problem of the division of Liaodong. However, in the end, they were not accepted, and Gongsun Yuan also rebelled against Wei in the first year of the Jing Dynasty (237).
Unlike Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and others, Liu Ye seems to have very few opportunities to express his opinions. However, when we look at the suggestions made by Liu Ye every time, it can be said that there is no exhaustive strategy, but Guo Jia and others have adopted Cao Cao and others, and Liu Ye's three generations of Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui's grandchildren cannot listen to them. Liu Ye died in the second year of Qinglong (234), and the Marquis of Jing, the patriarch of the Three Dynasties of Cao Wei, spent his life in disgrace.
Liu Ye looked at people accurately and things clearly, and he saw through Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and he also saw through Wei Yan and Meng Da. At the Battle of Hanzhong, he advised Cao Cao to advance along the trend, and at the Battle of Yiling, he advised Cao Pi to take the opportunity to unify the world, but unfortunately it was not adopted. There is a "Fu Zi" that Liu Ye died madly after being degraded because he was thinking about his intentions, which I think is pure nonsense.
As early as when he was in his 20s, when he took over Zheng Bao and others, Liu Ye gave all the pieces to Liu Xun because of his clan status, and he saw through everything, would he not be able to see through the three generations of the Cao family's grandchildren? Will you figure out your intentions for the sake of your official position? In fact, Liu Ye just saw through the situation, under the premise of Mingzhe's protection, he wanted to let the world settle down again, and it was normal for the three generations of the Cao family to be wary of him. Various reasons have created Liu Ye buried, an underrated talent!
Reference: Notes on Pei Song in romance of the Three Kingdoms