As for Zhuge Liang, he is naturally very capable of fighting.

However, Chen Shou wrote in "Three Kingdoms? "The Biography of Zhuge Liang" also has this comment on Zhuge Liang, "The good talent of knowledge and governance, the management and Xiao Zhiya", "The response will be strategic, not his strength".

It means that Zhuge Liang is a person, and his ability to govern the world is worse than Guan Zhong and Xiao He, but he can't fight a war.

Various arguments followed, and neither side could convince anyone.

Although this controversy has been promoted in later generations, before he has tasted Zhuge Liang's methods, Ma Zhong is not easy to say which one is right.

However, if you look at the trajectory of history, Ma Zhong feels that these two statements are actually true.

Let's just talk about Zhuge Liang's most criticized six out of Qishan.

Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition.

It's almost fifty people, and I finally trudged out of Shu Road with difficulty, and I haven't even breathed my breath.

He was ready to fight the three counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding, and surrendered, and enthusiastically threw himself into his arms.

In the whole three counties, the first five-year plan of Shu has just been completed, and it has been realized.

In fact, this is purely the death of the Wei State, which is recorded in "Wei Luo", "At the beginning, there was only Liu Bei in the country to Shu." Prepare to die, and be silent for several years, which is a little unprepared. And when the pawn heard it, the government and the opposition were afraid, especially in Longyou and Qishan, so the three counties should be lit up at the same time. ”

It means that the monarchs and ministers of Wei State think that the entire small group of Shu State is a hero, and Liu Bei is a hero, and the rest of the people are a hanging.

In addition, Shu was very well-behaved at the beginning, so he didn't take any precautions at all.

But in fact, after fierce infighting, Shu State worked non-stop to solve the border troubles in the south. The soldiers in their hands have undergone a series of tempering, and the morale of the army has recovered from the Yiling fiasco.

Faced with such a scene, Zhuge Liang was dumbfounded at that time.

Does that mean I'll just go back?

Glanced back.

- "Even the peaks go to the sky and do not fill the feet, the dead pines hang upside down and lean against the cliffs, the flying turbulent waterfalls compete for the hustle and bustle, and the cliffs turn to stones and thunder." ”

Zhuge Liang is a little broken, why don't you continue to fight?

As a result, Zhuge Liang, who had taken a big step, and Ma Tan, the former military governor, were crushed by Zhang Jaw and exploded directly.

The first Northern Expedition ended without a problem.

This made Zhuge Liang a little unable to accept this reality.

What a good start I have, how did I play like this?

When it was time for winter, I heard that Cao Wei and Sun Wu were stumbling, so I hurriedly came to touch it again.

But because there was very little grain and grass with him, Emperor Wei Ming had not yet gone to the place in person, and Zhuge Liang was already hungry and went home to eat.

The next third time, after Zhuge Liang thought carefully, he decided to push the outer tower first, and then go up.

So in the spring of the seventh year of Jianxing, Chen Shi was sent to capture Wudu and Yinping. These two places are located in Longnan, which is very close to Hanzhong, and it is more troublesome for Wei to defend. Zhuge Liang didn't take much effort to fight down.

The fourth time was that Wei launched a retaliation for the loss of the outer tower, and Sima Yi, Cao Zhen, and Zhang Jaw came to fight together. The Wei army rushed over with great momentum, but Zhuge Liang fought without pressure.

Because in that battle, it rained heavily for thirty days in a row.

——"It will rain for more than 30 days, and the plank road will be cut off"

In the two Northern Expeditions after that, Zhuge Liang took out a wooden ox once, took out a flowing horse once, and fought two attacks and defenses with the opposite side.

But there are no sure results.

There are not many details of the battle that can be verified, but there is one thing that is worth playing, that is, in these battles, although Zhuge Liang was a little weak in attack, he counterattacked twice and killed Wang Shuang and Zhang Jaw respectively.

So why does Zhuge Liang, who has not shown any talent and talent in offense, have the attribute of counter-killing.

The reason is that Zhuge Liang is a very similar type to Ma Yan. You may lack sufficient adaptability when you are in battle, but you can show super-first-class talent when you have a good military plan.

This is also the prescription that Ma Zhong prescribed to Ma Yan.

Or to put it another way, since you are slow to derive when you are about to fight, you can prepare some formulas in advance.

When the time comes, if you encounter any situation, just go directly to it.

In the battles of this era, it is important to arrange the formation before fighting.

Later generations may not understand how it is possible to fight so mechanically. Isn't that a tie in your hands?

In fact, this is not looking at the problem with the concept of the times.

Because in this era, it is very difficult to achieve precise command on the battlefield, and in order to carry out certain strategic intentions, it is necessary to have adequate military plans.

For example, who to use as the vanguard when our army charges, who do I use to meet the enemy when the opponent charges, where are my cavalry, where are the archers, how to hit the highest DPS when attacking, and which worthless troops are used to create containment when retreating.

These are military plans, and these military plans are manifested in the ancient battle arrays, and they are reflected in the arrays.

Therefore, in ancient wars, people often came out to wear Taoist robes to climb high and take a look, this is a certain formation, how to break it.

In all kinds of legends, there are also similar bridges that break this and that.

In fact, these are not exaggerated, they come from the background of the times at that time.

The competition of formations and the understanding of the formation between the two sides reflect the fighting ideas of the two sides.

The direction in which Ma Zhong wants to cultivate Ma Jian is to be a formation master with a large number of formation diagrams in his hands.

In particular, as a master tactician with a high level of "talking on paper", Ma Jian can make appropriate military plans for his own situation, so that when encountering different situations, Ma Jian can partially plan and deal with the problems that occur.

This method coincides with the staff system of later generations.

Ma Tan got Ma Zhong's reminder and quickly realized that this idea was completely tailor-made for him.

So throughout the march, Ma Tan has been constantly thinking about what kind of cards he has in his hand and how to deal with various situations.

In particular, the four questions that Ma Zhong threw at him when he was leaving.

"How would you react if a large number of cavalry from the other side suddenly arrived?"

"If you haven't been able to set up camp yet, you'll have to choose a position to deal with a large number of cavalry."

"If the other party surrounds you, how long can you defend?"

"If you are defeated, how do you retreat."

These four questions are actually the four mistakes that Ma Tan made in a row in the Battle of Jieting.

Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition was like a rainbow, but it was destroyed in the hands of Ma Yan.

Ma Zhong's crusade against Zhang Liao this time was also a desperate gamble, and he took out his blood, he didn't want to repeat Zhuge Liang's mistakes.

The horse rode on his horse and marched, staggering and calculating.

Cen Wolf was a little amused when he saw it, "Joining the army, you have learned the posture of the lord very well." ”

"What?" Ma Tan just cleared his thoughts and asked curiously, "What posture is full?" ”

Cen Wolf said with a grin, "The Lord is okay on fair day, and he likes to calculate like this. ”

(End of chapter)