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Chapter 161 It's not only the time of day, but also the conspiracy of man

[After meeting Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei asked him: "The Han Dynasty is in decline, treacherous ministers steal their lives, and the Lord is dusty. I am alone and do not measure my strength. I want to believe in righteousness in the world, but my wisdom is shallow, so I use rampant As for today, but the ambition is still unfinished, do you think the plan will be settled?"

It means: Now that the Han Dynasty is in decline, treacherous ministers act under the guise of the emperor's order, and the emperor loses his power.

I didn't correctly measure my virtue and ability, so I wanted to uphold righteousness and revive the world, but my wisdom and strategy were not enough, so I have been failing until today.

However, my ambition has not been calmed down, and my blood is still boiling. Dare I ask if you have a plan to help me?

Zhuge Liang then stated to him a plan to divide the world into three parts, which is the famous "Longzhong Dui". 】

[Zhuge Liang made a strategy for Liu Bei, "Taking Jingxiang first, as the foundation. Allied with Wu to resist Cao, marched into Yizhou, and divided the world into three parts" war strategy.

In the future, the Liu Bei Group's military strategy and war deployment will basically follow this strategy.

It can be said that it was Zhuge Liang's plan that laid the theoretical foundation for the Liu Bei Group's struggle for hegemony. 】

[Zhuge Liang's Longzhong pairing can be summarized as a eight-character strategy: avoid the strong, rely on the strong, attack the weak, and strengthen yourself.

These eight characters have provided strategic guidance for Liu Bei's rise and are of great significance.

It is not only the time of day, but also the plan of man.

Success comes not only from the weather, but also from people's planning.

Zhuge Liang cited the Battle of Guandu and the duel between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to illustrate the irreplaceable role of human strategy. 】

[Second Great Achievement: Entering Wu alone, uniting Wu against Cao. 】

[In August of the 13th year of Jian'an (208), Liu Biao died of illness, and his second son Liu Cong succeeded.

After Cao Cao unified the north, he led an army of 20 to attack Jingchu.

Cai Shi and Liu Cong sent envoys to surrender when they heard the news that Cao Cao was going south.

At that time, Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to attack Liu Cong in time, but he took the opportunity to occupy Jingzhou. Unfortunately, Liu Bei couldn't bear to seize the foundation of Liu Biao's descendants and missed the best opportunity to capture Jingzhou. 】

Liu Che couldn't help but nodded when he saw this, and said: "Liu Bei is a virtuous corporal, and has a heart of benevolence and righteousness. The demeanor of my great Han royal family still continues."

Li Shimin shook his head slightly and said: "Sometimes Liu Bei is too benevolent, so that he is a bit benevolent as a woman."

"It's hypocrisy to pretend too much, but it's a skill to be able to be hypocritical for a lifetime."

【After Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao's army was going south, he led his troops and people to flee south. Cao Jun caught up with and defeated Liu Jun at Changban, Dangyang.

In the same year, Liu Bei was defeated and fled to Xiakou. Liu Bei's army was in danger and could be destroyed in an instant.

It was at this critical moment of life and death that Zhuge Liang recommended himself to be a lobbyist in Chaisang, and went to Jiangdong alone to lobby Sun Quan and unite Wu against Cao.

At that time, Sun Quan led the army and stationed in Chaisang to watch the development of the situation.

After Zhuge Liang arrived in Chaisang, he immediately met with Sun Quan and analyzed the situation for Sun Quan.

In the face of the powerful Cao army, the monarchs and ministers of Soochow had different opinions on whether to fight or surrender.

Sun Quan himself was undecided, and asked Zhuge Liang why Liu Bei didn't surrender.

Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to increase Liu Bei's status, saying that Liu Bei had integrity and would never surrender, in order to show Liu Bei's determination to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was furious after hearing this, and vowed not to surrender to Cao Cao, but he was worried, and asked Liu Bei how many troops he had left to fight.

Zhuge Liang finally began to analyze the situation of the two armies. First, he said that Liu Bei's soldiers and Guan Yu's navy had tens of thousands of soldiers, and Liu Qifan's Jiangxia soldiers also had no fewer than ten thousand soldiers.

He also pointed out that Cao Jun was tired from a long distance, and when he was chasing Liu Bei, he used Qingqi to travel more than 300 miles a day and a night.
Moreover, the northerners are not used to water warfare, and the people of Jingzhou were forced to obey Cao Cao, and the people's hearts were not attached.

If Cao Cao attacked Jiangdong by force, he would be defeated. 】

[Sun Quan was very happy after hearing this, and was lobbied by Lu Su and Zhou Yu, and finally decided to join forces with Liu against Cao.

He sent Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Su and others with [-] sailors to fight Cao Cao.

In November, Cao Cao's army was attacked by Sun and Liu coalition forces in Chibi, and Cao Jun suffered huge losses. At this time, a plague broke out in Cao Cao's army, so Cao Cao had no choice but to lead his army back north.

Cao Cao's defeat made the initial formation of a three-point world. 】

"Huh? The straw boat borrowed arrows, borrowed the east wind? Why didn't Su Shangshen say anything?"

"Fool, it's all fake, it was made up by Luo Guanzhong!"

"I have to avenge Zhou Yu's grievances. The credit for the Chibi War was just given away by Zhuge Liang!"

"Although Zhuge Liang is not as magical as in Romance, his role is still very important."

[Third Great Achievement: Occupy Jingnan and settle Yizhou.

After the Battle of Chibi, Jiangdong was stable.

Taking advantage of Cao Cao's return to the north, Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang's plan and settled the four counties in southern Jing in December of the 13th year of Jian'an.

Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang as the general of Zhonglang, the military adviser, and lived in Linzheng. He supervised the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha, and was responsible for adjusting taxes and enriching military resources.

With the four counties of Jingnan as a foothold, according to Zhuge Liang's military deployment in the previous "Longzhong Duel", they should attack Yizhou at this time. 】

【Yizhou is known as the Land of Abundance, because it has experienced few wars, rich products, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.But Liu Zhang, the lord of Yizhou, knew the weak, and the army and the people thought about the lord, so at this time Liu Zhang's men began to feel restless.

At the instigation of Zhang Song, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang sent Fazheng to Jingzhou to invite Liu Bei to lead his troops to protect Yizhou's safety.

Zhuge Liang believed that the opportunity must not be missed, and persuaded Liu Bei to agree.

After Liu Bei agreed to lead troops to help in the war, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others guarded Jingzhou, while Liu Bei personally led the army into Yizhou accompanied by counselor Pang Tong.

In December of the following year, it was revealed that Zhang Song had cheated on Liu Bei, so Liu Zhang executed Zhang Song and ordered the generals guarding the pass not to allow Liu Bei's troops to pass through. 】

[After the two sides broke their faces, Liu Bei began to attack Xichuan officially.

However, Liu Bei's war to conquer Xichuan was not smooth. First, Jiamengguan was blocked, and then he was defeated in the battle of Luocheng, and even defeated the military adviser Pang Tong.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who was staying in Jingxiang, had no choice but to lead his army into Shu to help in the war. He defeated Liu Zhang's generals Liu Gui, Ling Bao, Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, and Wu Yi successively. Only then did Liu Zhang be forced to surrender and Yizhou was completely brought under Liu Bei's control. middle.

It can be said that without Zhuge Liang leading the army into Shu, not only would Liu Bei not be able to pacify Yizhou, but he would probably be trapped to death by Liu Zhang in the sparsely populated Xichuan. 】

[Speaking of this, I have to mention the frequent belittling of Zhuge Liang by later generations.

People belittle Zhuge Liang, often based on two sentences and one thing.

These two sentences: one is that Chen Shou's Zhuge Liang "is not his forte in using soldiers", and the other is "its wisdom is often like a demon".That one incident was that Zhuge Liang did not adopt Wei Yan's "Ziwu Valley Conspiracy".

Regarding Wei Yan's "Ziwu Valley Strange Conspiracy", it was actually unfeasible after analysis.

And the sentence "Zhou Qizhi often looks like a demon" is, in fact, aimed at the writing of the novel, not to comment on Zhuge Liang himself.

As for "using troops is not what he is good at", the great man once expressed his own opinion on this.

He said that the reason why some people think that Zhuge Liang has no military achievements is actually a mistake.

Because they believe that military achievements represent the record of fighting, and only when they win a battle can they be considered military achievements. 】

"Is not it?"

"If you don't win a battle, is it an achievement to lose a battle??"

Many people are puzzled,
But Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Kuangyin and others who came back from the battlefield felt that these words were not as simple as they seemed on the surface.

(End of this chapter)