Cao Pi followed Wang Lang's advice (waiting for an opportunity) at the court meeting and rejected Liu Ye's advice (taking advantage of the opportunity to cut down Wu), which was definitely a strategic mistake. This should be easily seen from Cao Pi's behavior in the history books: If Liu Ye's suggestion is not feasible, why did Cao Pi announce the three-way attack on Wu in September?
—— Cao Pi did not send troops at the best time, but waited for Sun Quan's crisis to pass, and then attacked Sun Quan, which was obviously a remedial act after missing a good opportunity.
Wang Lang's suggestion is to "first sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then wait for the opportunity to move", from Wang Lang's original words, we can see several points:
At the time of the discussion, Sun Quan had not yet sent Lu Xun on the expedition (at least Cao Weifang did not know).
Wei Jun still claimed to "help Wu" to the outside world, and it was obvious that Cao Wei was still close to Sun Quan.
Wang Lang said that the rain was in full swing, which was actually an excuse to delay time, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan would not look at the weather when they sent troops.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Wang Lang :(Wang Lang:) If the quan relatives and the Shu thieves are in a protracted battle, the wisdom is equal, and the soldiers are not quick to decide, when the army is revived to become its own power, then it is advisable to choose a general who holds a heavy position, to inherit the needs of the thief, to move from time to time, to choose a place and then to act, and there is nothing left to do in one fell swoop. If the division of jinquan did not move, it helped Wu's army to march first. And the rain is strong, not the time when the march moves the crowd.
Leap June, Battle of Yiling. In the case that the victory and defeat had been divided, Cao Pi did not think of taking advantage of the opportunity to cut down Wu, but chose to continue negotiations with Sun Quan. Two months have passed since this conversation.
During this time, Sun Quan was in order to delay time, and even promised to hand over the proton in December, and let Sun Shao and Zhang Zhao come with him; and Cao Pi still fell into blind self-confidence, and it was not until September that he finally woke up: Sun Quan is a big liar!
Therefore, Cao Pi was furious and issued an edict denouncing Sun Quan as a scum and announcing that he would cut down Wu in three ways.
Wei Luo :( Cao Pi Edict) :(Sun Quan) and (Hao) Zhou Shu, please send your son in December, and send Sun Changxu and Zhang Zibu with your son, and both of them have the right to share the humerus.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > a glimpse of Sun Quan's emperor style</h1>
When many people talk about the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", they always like to say that Liu Bei is a "shadow emperor", saying that he relies on pretending to cry to deceive the trust of others; in fact, it is the artistic image created by Luo Guanzhong for Liu Bei; and in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", There are only a few records of Liu Bei crying, and even the number of records of Cao Cao crying is more than Liu Bei.
What I want to say here is that when recording the story of Hao Zhou in "Wei Luo", it is said that Sun Quan really has acting skills in order to deceive Hao Zhou's trust.
At that time, Cao Pi sent Hao Zhou as one of the emissaries, and accompanied the emissaries to crown Sun Quan as the King of Wu. When Sun Quan privately invited Hao Zhou to dinner, Hao Zhou said to Sun Quan in order to get close, "Before I left, Your Majesty (Cao Pi) did not believe that the Great King (Sun Quan) would send his son to serve you, and I would guarantee you with the lives of hundreds of people in my family!" Sun Quan listened and said movingly: "Hao Kongyi, Qing actually guaranteed me with the lives of a hundred members of his family, what else can I say?!" Then, Sun Quan began to hiss...
Wei Luo :(Hao) Zhou both issued an edict, and when he and Quan had a private banquet, he said: "Your Majesty did not believe that the king sent his son into the service, and Zhou opened the door to a hundred mouths." Quan Yin's character is Zhou Yue: "Hao Kong is different, Qing is protecting me with a hundred mouths with his family, what should I say evil?" "So the drooling was wet.
If Sun Quan would only hiss and hiss, when Sun Quan and Hao Zhou were separated, he would also swear to heaven (the content of the spell should be: I will not die if I break my word).
I really don't know what Sun Quan thought in his heart at that time, anyway, it was very strong to see it this way, in the era when Wei Wei was prevalent, he didn't care at all whether the heavens would send retribution.
Nezha version of Sun Zhongmou (fog)
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Wang Lang's suggestion and Cao Pi's ear</h1>
Speaking of the matter of returning to the imperial discussion, I would like to say that Wang Lang's suggestion is actually a very moderate suggestion, but there are three elements in the words that make Cao Pi's ears feel very comfortable, one is to help Wu, the second is Tianzi Tianwei, and the third is that it is not urgent to rain.
Although Cao Pi initially did not trust Sun Quan as a sincere claim, after Hao Zhou's guarantee (guaranteeing the life of the whole family before leaving), it was obvious that Cao Pi was shaken. "Wei Liu" says that "Emperor Yue Zhou Yan thought that he knew it", and this matter is interpreted as follows: After Hao Zhou took the family guarantee, Cao Pi chose to believe Hao Zhou's words, and then Hao Zhou saw Sun Quan return, and must have reported to Cao Pi that "Sun Quan cried a lot and swore to heaven", so Cao Pi was more determined in his original choice, believing that Sun Quan was sincerely praised.
Therefore, in his suggestions, Wang Lang insisted that sending troops was also "helping Wu", which was actually touching Cao Pi's smooth hair and making Cao Pi feel comfortable.
Wang Lang Cao Zi Huan Cat (Fog)
As for the previous sentence, "The army of the Son of Heaven is heavier than Huadai, and it is advisable to sit on the heavens and not move like a mountain."
And "And the rain is flourishing, not when the marching army moves the masses", I also said it before, it is unreasonable, in short, it is a very unspecific word, which puts the military concept of "soldiers and noble gods" under the feet. You must know that in the whole battle situation, wei jun is not the active challenge party, the two opponents have moved their troops against each other, why do they have to look at the weather? Simply inexplicable!
If you take that because "Wang Lang and other Wei Tingqunchen are not stupid people", it is reasonable and correct to conclude that "it is certainly reasonable and correct to choose 'sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight'", this logic cannot be explained to Cao Cao's spirit in heaven.
Think about it many years ago, Xu You suggested to Cao Cao that he raid Wuchao, and Cao Cao's expedition to Wuhuan, which were all choices made by Cao Cao who chose to listen to the opinions of a few people, and although he risked his life, he finally won, laying the foundation for the Wei state from then on. Moreover, Liu Ye's suggestion was beneficial and harmless, and the reason why Cao Pi rejected Liu Ye's suggestion was basically to protect his own face.
In the "Biography of Liu Ye", three stories are recorded, from Liu Bei's army to the Battle of Yiling, Liu Ye's predictions are all accurate; what is even more intriguing is that in the first two stories, the opinions of other ministers are contrary to Liu Ye! A "salty cloud of public opinion" and a "courtiers are congratulated", which shows that the courtiers are happy to "pick up the cat".
By the time Cao Pi had conquered Wu in the fifth year of the Huang Dynasty (224), Liu Ye was once again on the opposite side of the Qunchen: the Qunchen said: "Your Majesty is personally marching, Sun Quan is terrified, he will definitely come in person, after all, he will give His Majesty a face", hey ~ the result? Sun Quan did not take Cao Pi's personal conquest seriously at all, and let Cao Pi look at the scenery of the riverside for a few days in vain and return home in sorrow. In the final analysis, this is not a question of Wang Lang's gang's knowledge, but Cao Zihuan likes to be picked up!
"What is good on the top will be very bad on the bottom."
In the sixth year of the Huang Dynasty (225), Cao Pi's last southern expedition, once again on the river, also said the sad words "Gutian is so separated from the north and south".
"Wu Lu": The emperor saw the waves and sighed: "Oh! Solid sky so separated from north to south also! "Returned.
Woohoo! Cao Pi remembered that he had rejected Liu Ye's suggestion a few years ago, and knew that he could not blame others, after all, above the court, everything was his own decision, so he pushed the responsibility to the heavens again.