Chapter 056: Clever Zhuge Liang 2
Liu Bei looked at the thatched house to get Zhuge Liang, and the sentence "There is Kong Ming in solitude, and there is water in the fish", which was passed down by later generations as a good story about the relationship between monarchs and ministers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Zhuge Liang's family in the whole process of prominence in Dongwu from a time of prominence to the annihilation of the clan, Liu Bei took Dongchuan, the spring breeze was proud, full of ambition, and his achievements rose to the peak of his life. The first Northern Expedition won a complete victory, and compared with Sun Quan's two Northern Expeditions, we knew the strength of Liu Bei's group.
Sun Quan fought Cao Cao, lost the soldiers and lost the generals, and it was always Sun Quan who suffered, Liu Bei beat Cao Cao, and it didn't take too much effort, but it was Cao Cao who lost the troops and the generals, and the Xiahou Yuan who broke off was Cao Cao's humerus. It is true that Liu Bei at this time, there are Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Ma Liang, Wu Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Liu Feng, Meng Da, Yan Yan, Huo Jun, and the support of the common people, the entire southwest such as Yun, Gui, Sichuan, and Chongqing all belong to him, as well as Hanzhong and Jingzhou, the two granaries that can be attacked and defended, and also occupy some places in the north and west of Gansu, and the strength is indeed great.
Zhuge Liang said: "You can now follow the heavens, that is, the emperor's throne." ”
Of course Liu Bei didn't do it, but Zhuge Liang said: "There are talented and virtuous people from all over the world, and those who give up their lives and forget their lives, they all want to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, and if you don't take the throne, it will cold the hearts of the soldiers and be bad for you." ”
and vigorously touted, and others also followed suit, which made Liu Bei, who was already complacent, moved, and finally Liu Bei called the king of Hanzhong.
In China, the tree is big and the wind is blowing, the stick hits the first bird, and the rafters that come out are the first to rot, and Yuan Shu was the first to call the emperor, so he was the first to die. At this time, Liu Bei's strength is not as good as Cao Cao's, Cao Cao's focus is not in the west, Liu Bei's victory is only a partial victory, it is nothing, he should have done things in a high-profile manner, low-key life, and forbearance, just like Zhu Yuanzhang hundreds of years later, following the advice of the strategists, accumulating grain, slowly becoming king, and building a high wall, he will definitely succeed, but Zhuge Liang let him embark on the opposite path, and failure is reasonable, coincidentally, Zhu Yuanzhang was also one of the top three at that time, and finally he succeeded, but Shu was the first to perish.
To be called a queen, it is necessary to build a palace, to accept concubines, to allocate eunuchs, and to divide bureaucrats, all of which cost money, which is not conducive to training troops and accumulating corn. Sure enough, Liu Bei called the queen, built a palace, set up a building, from Chengdu to Baishui, and built a total of 400 pavilions and post booths, Liu Bei was ready to enjoy life, and it was expected that the ministers would not be idle.
Liu Bei was called the queen, Feng Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong were the five tiger generals, Zhuge Liang was named the military advisor, Fa Zheng was Shang Shuling, and Wei Yan was the Taishou of Hanzhong. At this time, Zhuge Liang, although not as good as the five tiger generals, got on the horse to manage the army and dismounted to manage the people, and had a certain amount of military power, he was in the center, close to the king, well-informed, and had the advantage of being close to the water and getting the moon first.
At this time, Zhuge Liang's mind may have been engaged in construction, but he did not expect that Jingzhou and Yizhou were thousands of miles away, and besides, it was difficult for Shu to go to the blue sky, and once the war broke out, how could they rescue each other? When Xi Zuo reported the news of Wei and Wu's imminent joint attack on Jingzhou to Chengdu, Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang about his plan, and in a hurry, Zhuge Liang came up with a bad idea.
Hearing the news of Sun Cao's union, Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei an idea and said: "You let Guan Yu raise troops to attack Xiangyang first, as soon as you fight, the enemy will be afraid, and naturally you can't unite." ”
This is obviously a bad idea, they don't treat Sun Quan and Cao Cao as cadres, then Sun Quan and Cao Cao are all experienced in a hundred battles, and their generals are like clouds, as soon as they unite, Liu Bei will come out of the nest, and they are not afraid, and Guan Yu only has three counties, even if all the people are soldiers, what can they do?
Liu Bei called the queen, surrounded by women, eunuchs, and a group of sycophants, and a bit of nonsense, and actually adopted Zhuge Liang's suggestion, that Guan Yu was originally a martial artist, and was touted by Zhuge Liang, more arrogant, arrogant, really alone, he left Jingzhou, which had been in business for many years, and went north, getting farther and farther away from Xichuan, and getting closer and closer to Cao Cao.
But he was also afraid that Jingzhou would be attacked, learn from the ancients, build a peak fire platform along the road, and prepare that as soon as there is a wind and grass, the direction of Jingzhou will raise smoke during the day and a fire at night, so that he will hurry back to the old nest, but this method is obviously unreliable, Wu Wei can suddenly attack, so that the message cannot be conveyed, the result is that Jingzhou is careless, Guan Yu left Maicheng, and was killed by Sun Quan.
In fact, at this time, it should be guarding the city and waiting for reinforcements, and it can also be intercepted and killed outside for a while. Zhang Liao guarded Hefei, killing everyone in the south of the Yangtze River, and even children didn't dare to cry at night. Jingzhou City is very strong, and it is very difficult to break it, this is the next policy.
The middle strategy is that Guan Yu will attack upwards and Liu Bei will attack downward, take Baling County and Yiling City, connect Jingzhou and Yizhou together, and concentrate on fighting Sun Quan's two lonely cities. These places are far away from the Jiangdong base camp, and they didn't fight back then, because Sun Liu united, and now they have torn their faces, and they just took down this thorn in the flesh, just like Jingzhou is a thorn in Zhou Yu's side, not to mention that it is easier to beat Sun Quan than Cao Cao.
Of course, the best strategy is to disintegrate the Sun-Cao alliance and continue the Sun-Liu alliance through diplomatic means, which is Zhuge Liang's strength, I don't know why he didn't think of this, maybe Liu Bei is called the queen, and the work is complicated, he is anxious, and he can't take care of the periphery.
It can be said that as soon as this idea came out, Guan Yu embarked on the road of no return, he only saw the success of Liu Bei's Northern Expedition, but did not see the failure of Sun Quan's two Northern Expeditions, not to mention that now people are Sun Cao united, and he only has tens of thousands of horses.
At the beginning of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, he also fought some victories, such as taking Xiangyang City, but he did not take Fancheng across the Han River, and completely defeated Yu Ban's troops by breaking the embankment and releasing water, which is the so-called flooded Seventh Army. General Wei didn't expect Guan Yu to dare to go deep alone, and he relaxed his vigilance at first, Guan Yu took advantage of the big water, the northern soldiers did not practice water warfare, the coach Yu Ban had a conflict with the pioneer Pang De, and the coach Yu Ban had been in Tuntian for many years and had no experience in fighting.
But Guan Yu was carried away by the victory, and he was seriously injured and did not go to the battlefield, he was too rigid and self-serving, Xu Huang obviously broke through many of his small villages, he still shouldn't take it seriously, thinking that his big village was safe, thinking that Xu Huang couldn't help him, until he fought, he knew that it was not like that, and he also knew that he was a few pounds and a few taels, but it was too late to regret until the arrival of the road of no return.
When Guan Yu was besieged, there were only five or six hundred people, and most of them were injured, and the wheat city was pitifully small, it would not take too much effort to break it, Dongwu was to break through the Anhui city, when Gan Ning climbed the city wall, an iron chain killed Zhu Guang, the reason why he did not attack the wheat city, was to let Guan Yu escape, and then solve it on the road, so that it was more effortless. Lu Meng said to Sun Quan: "Now even if Guan Yu has wings that soar to the sky, he can't fly out of our heaven and earth net." ”
Zhuge Liang, who adopted the harsh punishment method, found a justifiable scapegoat, and he gave Liu Bei an idea: "First transfer Liu Feng and Meng Da, and then kill them one by one." ”
The very clever Meng Da sensed the danger, and later transferred Liu Feng to guard Mianzhu's order, Meng Da knew that the big thing was not good, he simply did not do it, and with more than 50 horsemen, he surrendered to Cao Pi, the new lord of Wei.
When the news of Meng Da's surrender to Cao Pi reached Liu Bei, Liu Bei was furious, and Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei an idea and said: "You let Liu Feng attack Meng Da, the two tigers fight, there will be an injury, kill Meng Da, except for one harm, if you can't kill it, you will come to Chengdu, and it will not be too late to kill Liu Feng." ”
This was not only a bad idea, but also a bad idea, because in the end, in addition to losing 50,000 Shu soldiers in vain, Shangyong was also taken away by Wei.
Liu Feng had to carry out Liu Bei's order, with Mianzhu, Shangyong's 50,000 cavalry, deep into the enemy's territory, to Xiangyang to attack Mengda, at this time Zhuge Liang, will fight as a child's play, did not respond to Guan Yu at the beginning, and now will not respond to Liu Feng.
Before the battle between the two armies, Meng Da said to Liu Feng: "Your father-in-law is the queen, not the previous Liu Bei, he is a little mediocre, Zhuge Liang is ruthless, you will never have good fruit to eat after you go back, it is better to surrender to Cao Wei." ”
Liu Feng scolded Meng Da more than once, cut the envoy, with anger, attacked Meng Da, Meng Da couldn't beat, with the support of Xu Huang and Xiahou Shang, Liu Feng was beaten to the ground, and had to go back to Shangyong, who knew that Shangyong had already surrendered to Wei, and came to attack Liu Feng, Liu Feng only had more than 100 horsemen left, and he arrived in Chengdu and cried to see the king of Hanzhong.
The king of Hanzhong, who had long listened to Zhuge Liang, did not listen to Liu Feng's explanation and killed Liu Feng, and later he regretted it when he heard that Liu Feng destroyed the book and beheaded the envoy.
Liu Bei, who was called the queen, fought two defeats in succession, first lost Jingzhou, and then lost Shangyong, there were only two rivers left, in order to boost morale, Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei a bad idea.
Liu Bei was born in the poor class, one of his sons is called Feng, and the other is called Zen, which together is Feng Chan, so why don't he want to be called emperor in his heart? So he pretended to be unable to resist the ministers, became the emperor, and named Zhuge Liang as prime minister. Because the emperor often lived in the inner palace, Zhuge Liang at this time, the emperor of Chang Dynasty dealt with military affairs, and his status was higher, and he was already above Zhao Yun and others.
When he became the emperor, everyone shouted long live, the party was more full, the pomp was bigger, the place of singing and dancing was level, the land of gentleness and wealth, there were more people singing praises of virtue, bragging, and flattery, so it was more difficult to hear the truth and make correct judgments.
Sure enough, when Shu State's military training had a little effect, Liu Bei recalled that at the beginning, he was able to independently defeat Cao Cao and annex Hanzhong, which was a great achievement, and he was hot-headed, thinking that he was the true son of heaven, so he thought that Guan Yu took revenge as an excuse and prepared to annex Eastern Wu. Due to the support of Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others did not listen to the bitter advice, and Liu Bei also showed the prestige of the emperor, and the ministers had to keep their mouths shut.
Zhuge Liang is not a person who dares to admonish, he sighed and said: "It would be good if Fa Zheng lived, and if Fa Zheng spoke, the emperor would definitely be able to listen." ”