[The seventh great merit: five expeditions to the Central Plains, after death.

In the sixth year of Jianxing, in 228 AD, Zhuge Liang led a large army to start the northern expedition to the Central Plains in order to stabilize the Xishu regime. 】

[The First Northern Expedition: In 228 AD, Zhuge Liang ordered Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi to go out of the Kei Valley to lure Cao Zhen, the main force of the Wei army, and Zhuge Liang himself led the army out of Qishan.

This time, Zhao Yun was defeated, but because of the narrow mountain road, there was no big loss.

Zhuge Liang made very smooth progress in the early days, seizing the three counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding. Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming came to Chang'an in person and sent Zhang He with 50,000 troops to reinforce Longxi.

However, Zhuge Liang moved the people of the three counties to Hanzhong when he retreated, and the first Northern Expedition ended, and Zhuge Liang was dismissed as prime minister. 】

[Second Northern Expedition: At the end of 228 AD, Zhuge Liang wrote the "Later Divisional Table" and began the Second Northern Expedition.

This time, he went out of the gate and attacked Chen Cang.

Chen Cang's guard general Hao Zhao, although there were few soldiers and horses, he was well prepared.

Zhuge Liang did not capture Chencang for more than 20 days, the morale of the troops was frustrated, and the food was exhausted.

On the way back to the division, he killed the Wei general Wang Shuang, who came to pursue. 】

[The Third Northern Expedition: In the spring of 229 AD, Zhuge Liang sent Chen Shi to attack Wudu and Yinping County.

Yongzhou assassin Guo Huai led troops to rescue him, Liang went out to Jianwei, Guo Huai retreated, and then won the second county.

In the autumn of 230, the Wei army attacked Hanzhong in three directions, Sima Yi went to Xicheng, Zhang He went to the Meridian Valley, and Cao Zhen went to the Xiegu Valley. Zhuge Liang garrisoned in Chenggu and Akasaka.

After more than 30 days of heavy rain, the Wei army retreated.

Because of this meritorious service, Zhuge Liang was called the prime minister again. 】

[Fourth Northern Expedition: In the spring of 231 AD, this time, Zhuge Liang will officially face Sima Yi.

In this Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang led an army of 100,000 out of Qishan, determined to win.

He made thorough preparations in advance, and for the first time used wooden oxen and flowing horses to transport grain and grass.

When Cao Zhen was seriously ill, Sima Yi supervised the generals in the Guanzhong to refuse.

Zhuge Liang continued to go north to defeat Guo Huai, Fei Yao and others to cut the wheat in Shangqi first, but Sima Yi also arrived in time, and the battle line was pushed back to Lucheng north of Qishan.

It is recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Han Jin Dynasty that a frontal battle broke out between the two sides, and Zhuge Liang defeated Sima Yi and achieved the record of "three thousand firsts".

To a certain extent, the content in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Han Jin Dynasty corroborates each other with the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, and the Biography of Wang Ping, and should be credible.

Because Chen Shou, as a Jin minister, wrote the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", he must ignore Sima Yi's failure, so the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" cannot be used as the only reading material to verify the history of the Three Kingdoms. 】

"Chen Shou became a Jin minister?"

"For example, there are only Shu, Wei, and Wu today, where did this Jin Dynasty come from?"

"Avoid Sima Yi? Why avoid him? ”

"I feel like there's a big mystery hidden here!!"

[Zhuge Liang's frontal defeat of Sima Yi was a good opportunity to besiege Qishan and continue to advance north.

But at that time, there was a rainy weather, and the food could not be sent to the front line, Li Yan, who stayed in Hanzhong, asked Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops, and Zhuge Liang had no choice but to withdraw his troops, and he also shot Zhang He, who came to pursue.

The campaign itself had little effect on the pattern between Shu Han and Cao Wei, but it did lead to the deposition of Li Yan and Zhuge Liang's tightened control over the Shu Han regime.

Sima Yi also got rid of Zhang He's thorn, and everyone seemed to be happy. 】

[Fifth Northern Expedition: Zhuge Liang's Fifth Northern Expedition was three years after the Fourth Expedition.

There was also a three-year gap between the first and fourth expeditions, which shows the law of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and the demand for grain and grass.

Different from the first and fourth fell, Zhuge Liang's fifth expedition is to take the praise ramp to the Guanzhong area.

However, according to the record of "The Biography of Guo Huai", Zhuge Liang's purpose this time was still Longyou, hoping to cut off the connection between Cao Wei Guanzhong and Longyou from Guanzhong.

If successful, Zhuge Liang could send a partial division to digest Longyou, which was exactly the opposite of the deployment of the first attack, but this plan was eventually destroyed by Guo Huai.

Zhuge Liang cut off Longyou with five attacks and began to seek an opportunity to fight Sima Yi.

It's a pity that Sima Yi saw through Zhuge Liang's intentions and didn't fight, as long as he resisted Zhuge Liang's attack, his goal would be achieved.

Zhuge Liang did not have the opportunity to engage in large-scale battles with Sima Yi, and small-scale battles did occur, but the impact was not great, and he could only confront Sima Yi in the Guanzhong area for a long time, and finally died of overwork.

God was jealous of the talent, Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, and after all, he failed to complete the great cause of the Northern Expedition.

Sima Yi won the final victory, after which Shu Han's Northern Expedition entered a very sluggish situation. 】

"It's a pity, it's a pain!"

"Prime Minister, the disciple will inherit your will and continue the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to revive the Han Dynasty!"

The Shu army led by Jiang Wei was about to move away, he looked back at the light curtain in the sky that was almost invisible, suddenly knelt on one knee, pointed to the sky and swore to the sky: "Jiang Wei is willing to use his life to exchange Shu Han for ten years of prosperity!" Prime Minister, may you bless your disciples in the spirit of heaven! ”

He knew that his chances of success were extremely slim; He also knew that he would do his best to get the last drop of blood for his teacher and his ideals!

This is the descendant of Zhuge Liang, Tianshui Qilin, Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyo!

Sima Yi looked at the light curtain in the sky, couldn't help but sigh, and said, "Zhuge Liang is a good opponent, but only after his death, can we become friends."

"Hahaha!" In Russia, Sima Yi suddenly laughed and shouted: "Without Zhuge Liang, who else is my Sima Yi's opponent in this world?!"

Still!!!

Yes!!!

Who!!! ”

[Zhuge Liang is loyal and fair, diligent and thrifty.

He once wrote a book of admonitions, saying: "The husband and gentleman's trip should be quiet to cultivate oneself and thrift to cultivate virtue." There is no clear ambition if it is not a turbulence, and there is no far-reaching ambition if it is not quiet.

The husband must learn quietly, only then must learn, non-learning can not be broad, non-ambition can not learn.

If you are slow and slow, you can't be excited, and if you are impatient, you can't temper sex. The year and the time are gone, the intention and the day are gone, and then they become withered, and they will not receive the world, and they will be sad and poor, what will be the return! ”

When Zhuge Liang was dying, he wrote to the queen and said: "The minister's family has 800 mulberry trees in Chengdu, 15 acres of thin fields, and the children have food and clothing, and they have their own spare sparies."

As for the ministers in the field, there is no other scheduling, and they carry food and clothing with them, and they all rely on the officials, and they do not treat their lives to the long size. On the day of the death of the minister, there will be no surplus silk inside, and there will be wealth outside, so as to lose His Majesty. ”

Every time I read it, people don't feel emotional, a generation of bright faces, worried about the society, and hard-working for the country.

It is no wonder that the great poet Du Mu of later generations has a poem: "Die before leaving the school, and the hero will be full of tears!" ”】

"Zhuge Liang can be called a model of human ministers and a model of literati! If it weren't for the failure to complete the ambition of reviving the Han Dynasty, he would probably have to rank first in history, right? ”

"In fact, Zhuge Liang also has mistakes, perhaps these are also factors restricting his higher ranking."

Sure enough, the video then talked about Zhuge Liang's mistakes,

[Zhuge Liang's life is not perfect, and he also has many things that he does not do well, and it can even be said that he is negligent. 】

[Zhuge Liang's biggest mistake is in cultivating and selecting talents.

Different from Cao Cao or Wang Meng's "meritocracy", Zhuge Liang's cultivation and selection of talents requires both ability and political integrity.

And between virtue and talent, he attaches great importance to morality.

You must know that there are very few capable people, and if you ask for high moral character, it is really rare.

It is undeniable that Jiang Wei, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and others are all talents, but the problem is that there are too few of them! There was a dangerous situation of talent fault in the late Shu Kingdom.

It can be said that Zhuge Liang's biggest mistake and mistake in his life is in cultivating and selecting talents.

After all, not everyone is like him Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang uses himself as the standard to select talents, which is really embarrassing for the world's talents]

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