Chibi fights wits

Zhuge Liang's tongue fights the Confucians

After Liu Bei led his army to Xiakou (now Hankou, Hubei), Zhuge Liang said: "Now that the situation is urgent, I ask to go to Jiangdong to ask for help from Sun Quan." At that time, Sun Quan led his army to be stationed in Chaisang (present-day Jiujiang, Jiangxi) to watch the development of events. After arriving in Chaisang, Zhuge Liang met Sun Quan.

Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation for Sun Quan: "There was great chaos at home, the general raised troops to occupy Jiangdong, and Liu Yuzhou also gathered his troops in the south of the Han River, intending to compete with Cao Cao for the world. Now Cao Cao pacified other forces, basically occupied the north, and now went south to break through Jingzhou, shocking the world. The hero had no use of force, so Liu Yuzhou fled here.

Then, Zhuge Liang first used the dichotomy to give Sun Quan two choices, "If you can use the military strength of Wu and Yue to compete with the country of the Central Plains, it is better to break off diplomatic relations with Cao Cao as soon as possible"; Another option is to provoke the generals, "If you think you can't resist, why don't you stop the military operation and submit to the north!" ”

Sun Quan asked Zhuge Liang why Liu Bei didn't surrender. Zhuge Liang raised Liu Bei's value, saying that Liu Bei had integrity and would never surrender, in order to show Sun Quan Liu Bei's determination. Sun Quan was furious and vowed not to surrender to Cao Cao, but he was worried about how many troops Liu Bei still had to fight.

Zhuge Liang finally analyzed the situation of the two armies, first said that there were 10,000 people in the return of the stragglers of the army and Guan Yu's army, plus Liu Qifan's Jiangxia soldiers were not less than 10,000, and then said that the Cao army was tired from afar, and when he chased Liu Bei, he used light cavalry to travel more than 300 miles in one day and one night, which was "the end of the strong crossbow, and it was impossible to wear Lu Mian"; Moreover, the northerners are not accustomed to water warfare, and the people of Jingzhou are forced to obey Cao Cao, not convinced; In the end, it was affirmed that Cao Cao could be defeated. Sun Quan was very happy, and later was persuaded by Lu Su and Zhou Yu to join forces with Liu to resist Cao, and sent Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Su and others to lead 30,000 naval troops to start a war with Cao Cao.

Zhuge Liang returned to Liu Bei with the army; In November, Cao Cao's army was attacked by Sun and Liu's army in Chibi, and Cao Cao's army suffered very large losses, and at this time there was a plague outbreak in Cao Cao's army, and Cao Cao had to lead his army back to the north.

Dingding Jingyi

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei took the opportunity of Cao Cao's return to the north, obeyed Zhuge Liang's plan, pacified the four counties of Jingnan in December of the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), appointed Zhuge Liang as the general of the military division, lived in Lin, and ordered the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang and Changsha to be responsible for adjusting taxes and enriching military resources.

In the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), Liu Zhang, the pastor of Yizhou, at the instigation of Zhang Song, sent Fazheng to Jingzhou to invite Liu Bei to lead his troops to protect the safety of Yizhou. Zhuge Liang thought that the opportunity could not be lost, and persuaded Liu Bei to agree. Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others guarded Jingzhou, and Liu Bei personally led the army into Yizhou accompanied by the strategist Pang Tong.

In December of the following year, Liu Zhang discovered that Zhang Song had fornicated with Liu Bei, executed Zhang Song, and ordered the generals guarding the pass not to allow Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to pass. Liu Bei broke with Liu Zhang and attacked Chengdu. Liu Beiqi took the lead and occupied Fucheng (now Mianyang, Sichuan) and advanced to Chengdu.

Zhuge Liang

In the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Zhuge Liang heard that Liu Bei attacked Chengdu, and the military advisor Pang Tong was killed. Stay in Jingzhou, and lead troops up the Yangtze River with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, conquer Badong, and join Liu Bei in Chengdu. went to Jiangzhou, defeated and captured Bajun Taishou Yan alive.

Liu Zhang was forced to leave the city and surrender. After the capture of Chengdu, Zhuge Liang received 500 catties of gold, 1,000 catties of silver, 50 million catties of money, and 1,000 horses, and was appointed as the general of the military division, and the affairs of the left general's office. Whenever Liu Bei sent troops to conquer, Zhuge Liang was responsible for guarding Chengdu and feeding Liu Bei. At that time, the law was orthodox in the control of foreign armies, and he was a strategist in the interior, and he ruled Shu and killed many people who slandered him without authorization.

Someone said to Zhuge Liang: "Fa Zheng is too domineering, the general should tell the lord to suppress his momentum." Zhuge Liang said: "The lord is in the public security, there is Cao Cao's army in the north, and he is afraid of Sun Quan's coercion to the east, and he is afraid of Mrs. Sun's trouble." Since the Fa assisted the lord, it was like having wings to soar in the sky, and he was no longer trapped by people.

Why do you want to restrain him now? So the matter was no longer pursued. Zhuge Liang governed Shudi, advocating strict punishment and strict laws, and there were many people who were disgruntled. Fa Zheng invoked Zhuge Liang's story of abolishing the harsh laws of the Qin Dynasty after Han Gaozu entered Guanzhong, and the story of the three chapters of the law, hoping to be tolerant and governed. However, Zhuge Liang thinks that Fa Zheng only knows one and does not know the other.

He believes that the current situation is different from that of the late Qin Dynasty, Liu Zhang is deaf and incompetent, since he ruled Shudi, he has not formulated effective laws, and he has not cultivated virtue and politics, and there is no threat and punishment. The big clans of Shu are autocratic, and the way of the monarch and the minister is gradually replaced by the specialization of the big clan. Therefore, I am now imposing severe punishment and harsh laws in order to correct this political situation.

In October of the 22nd year of Jian'an (217), Cao Cao invaded Hanzhong south after pacifying the warlords in Guanzhong. In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Liu Bei and Cao Cao confronted each other in Hanzhong, Liu Bei sent people to Chengdu to let Zhuge Liang transfer troops to support, Yang Hong thought that Hanzhong was the throat of Yizhou, the disaster of the family, and the opportunity for survival, and advised Zhuge Liang to "men should fight, women should be lucky" at this time.

The Battle of Hanzhong ended in Liu Bei's victory. In July, Liu Bei proclaimed himself king of Hanzhong. So far, the strategic goal of "crossing the Jing and benefiting" formulated by Zhuge Liang in the "Longzhong Countermeasures" has been fully realized.

The first lord is to support the orphan

In the first year of Han Yankang (220), Cao Pi usurped Han and became independent. In the second year of Wei Huang Chu (221), the ministers heard the news of the murder of Emperor Xian of Han and persuaded Liu Bei, who had become the king of Hanzhong, to ascend the throne as emperor, but Liu Bei did not agree, and Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei with the story of Geng Chun's lobbying of Liu Xiu to ascend the throne. So Liu Bei agreed to be the emperor, for Emperor Zhaolie of Shu. Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang as the prime minister, recorded the book, and faked the festival. In the same year, Zhang Fei was killed, and Zhuge Liang took the post of lieutenant.

White Emperor City

In July of the first year of Shu Zhangwu (221), Liu Bei personally led a large army to attack Wu in order to recapture Jingzhou. In the second year of Zhang Wu (222), Liu Bei's army defeated Yiling (now Yichang, Hubei); In August, Liu Bei retreated to Yong'an. Zhuge Liang sighed: "It's a pity that Fa Zheng passed away, otherwise he would have been able to stop His Majesty's Eastern Crusade." ”

In February of the third year of Zhangwu (223), Liu Bei was seriously ill and summoned Zhuge Liang to Yong'an to entrust the future affairs with Li Yan, Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang: "Your talent is ten times that of Cao Pi, and you will definitely be able to settle the country and eventually achieve great things." If the heir (Liu Chan) can assist, he will assist him; If he doesn't have the talent, you can do it yourself. Zhuge Liang wept and said: "The minister will definitely do his best to repay the solar terms of loyalty until death!" Liu Bei asked Liu Chan to regard Zhuge Liang as his father.

In April, Liu Bei died, Liu Chan succeeded him, named Zhuge Liang as the Marquis of Wuxiang, and opened an official office. Soon, he received Yizhou Mu again, and Liu Chan relied on Zhuge Liang for all major and small affairs in political affairs, and Zhuge Liang decided. Originally, the Nanzhong region took the opportunity to rebel due to Liu Bei's death, and Zhuge Liang did not send troops because the country had just lost its monarch, but sent Deng Zhi and Chen Zhen to Eastern Wu to repair.