The last year of the Eastern Han Dynasty was an era of both chaos and the emergence of many heroes, such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, etc. all left a strong mark on the history books. The three countries of Wei, Shu and Wu competed for the Central Plains, and various conspiracies and tricks emerged in an endless stream, which made people see that their blood was boiling.
Among them, the more famous strategist in the Three Kingdoms era was the Shu military master Zhuge Liang, whose resourcefulness was evaluated by posterity as "multi-wise and close to the demon". In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms written by the novelist Luo Guanzhong in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, Zhuge Liang's wisdom is extremely vivid and vivid in the wonderful plots of the book, attracting a large number of readers and historians to study him. Among them, the most amazing thing is the "empty city plan" he used in order to make Sima Yi retire.
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Zhuge Liang was born at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the world was in chaos. At the age of fourteen, he followed his uncle Zhuge Xuan to Jingzhou to defect to Liu Biao, and later after his uncle's death, because he was unwilling to send people to the fence and was manipulated by others, he resolutely chose to live in seclusion in Longzhong. During his period of seclusion, he did not care about the outside world, but while cultivating longmu, he had insight into the world's major events, and at the same time immersed himself in the study of various techniques of governing the country and using soldiers.
When he was twenty-seven years old, When he was a soldier in Xinye, Liu Bei, who was isolated and helpless, heard about Zhuge Liang's wisdom and wisdom, and after looking at Zhuge Liang' wisdom, he consulted Zhuge Liang for advice. After seeing Liu Bei's sincerity, Zhuge Liang decided to help Liu Bei build a great cause. Subsequently, Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation in the world today in detail with Liu Bei, befriended Sun Quan, rectified internal governance, taoguang and obscurity, and then saw the opportunity to attack the Central Plains.
Zhuge Liang's wisdom is undoubtedly very superior, as can be seen from his two works that have been handed down to the present day: "Longzhong Pair" and "Table of Teachers". After Zhuge Liang came out of the mountains, he occupied a very important position in the clique headed by Liu Bei. His importance is mainly due to the fact that his schemes are often surprisingly successful. For example, the strategy of "borrowing arrows from grass boats" made his danger easily lifted, and Liu Bei obtained a large number of military materials to resist Cao Cao, which was simply killing two birds with one stone. In addition, there are "burning Chibi", "Seven Captures of Meng", etc., which make Zhuge Liang's wisdom shine. Among them, Sima Yi's "empty city plan" has made many history lovers marvel.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > second, not inferior to Zhuge Liang's wise man: Sima Yi</h1>
Sima Yi did not appear many times in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but he was an important figure that even Zhuge Liang had to be cautious about when he appeared. He had a very early understanding of the "division of the masses" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and what he had to do was to develop his military talents in this chaotic world. Therefore, he studied the art of war for a long time and was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, which laid a solid foundation for him to be able to protect himself in the complicated political struggles later.
The reason why Sima Yi is a wise man is mainly manifested in the fact that he can tolerate many things that are not conducive to him. When Cao Cao wanted to invite him to go out of the mountains to conspire with the world, he refused at the beginning of the two invitations, and even when Cao Cao summoned him the second time, he resigned on the grounds that he was suffering from "wind paralysis", and when Cao Cao sent people to "secretly stab him" later, he did not move. It wasn't until Cao Cao summoned him for the third time that he bowed to Cao Cao. He used his own strategy to maneuver with Cao Cao at his side, so as not to be too mediocre and be snubbed, while carefully observing and thinking about his own way out.
Sima Yi calculated the world through his own strategy, and with a kind of wisdom that "hidden in the dynasty", he created the Western Jin Dynasty that lasted for nearly three hundred years. And what he was most discussed by posterity was a contest with Zhuge Liang, which was a contest between two wise men.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="17" > third, the key to the success of the empty city plan turned out to be the two piano children behind Zhuge Liang</h1>
When the Thirty-Six Schemes are mentioned, people think of various schemes, among which the schemes mentioned many times are the Empty City Scheme. During the Three Kingdoms period, the princes competed for hegemony, and Sima Yi, as the commander-in-chief of the Cao Wei clique, led a large number of people and horses to Yangping City, which was guarded by Zhuge Liang. At this time, Zhuge Liang had no reinforcements, and his soldiers were only about five thousand. In the face of Sima Yi's army suppressing the city, Zhuge Liang understood that there was only one way to defend the city, otherwise, what awaited him would be the destruction of the city and the death of people, then the great cause that Liu Bei had worked so hard to lay would also disappear like a passing cloud.
At this time, everyone was six gods and no master, did not know how to be good, Zhuge Liang was calm and self-assured, commanding the generals to hide the flags on the city wall, and everyone was in their places, and they were not allowed to move around and make loud noises. Then, some soldiers disguised as ordinary people pretended to sweep the floor outside the city walls and in some conspicuous places. Finally, Zhuge Liang bathed and changed his clothes, and after getting dressed, he led the two piano boys to climb the city tower together, burn incense, sit still, and leisurely began to play the piano.
This strange scene was discovered by Sima Yi's send-to-investigate the news, and then reported to Sima Yi. Sima Yi was greatly suspicious in his heart, so he personally went to check it out. Only a few people at the city gate were seen sweeping the floor, but a closer look would reveal that these sweeping civilians were played by soldiers. And Zhuge Liang calmly played the piano above the city tower.
Although Sima Yi was also resourceful, he had an overly suspicious shortcoming in his personality. Although he knew that Zhuge Liang was a relatively cunning strategist, if the city was empty at this time and there was no backup, then the two little piano boys behind Zhuge Liang would inevitably have their eyes flickering and panic when they faced their own army. However, a closer look at the two piano boys found that they were very calm and their faces were calm. Sima Yi analyzed it and felt that there must be an ambush in the city, just waiting for him to enter, he would catch turtles in an urn.
Subsequently, he immediately ordered the whole army to change direction and withdraw. In the end, in the face of the imminent threat of Sima Yi's army, just under Zhuge Liang's beautiful empty city plan, it was quietly dissolved without spending a single soldier.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > summary</h1>
Zhuge Liang's empty city plan was implemented very successfully, and from this point of view, Zhuge Liang did have many places worth learning. First of all, the reason why Zhuge Liang was able to successfully use this scheme to deceive Sima Yi was that he had extraordinary psychological qualities. Instead of panicking as his opponent when faced with several times his opponent's strength, he quickly calmed down and chose the most successful option. In the middle of the city tower, in the face of the enemy's observation, his face was calm and did not miss a single flaw.
Secondly, Zhuge Liang not only has a good psychological quality, but is also good at observing and summarizing. Sima Yi's personality was more suspicious, and Zhuge Liang cleverly used this suspicious personality trait to make Sima Yi dare not act rashly, although he suspected that the strength of the army in the city was weaker than that of the Wei army. Zhuge Liang used his advantage of being good at observing people's hearts to easily resolve a big crisis, which was enough to see his wisdom and wisdom.