It rained heavily in the Three Kingdoms, and the people wanted to die. In the chaos of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, warlords from all walks of life came on stage one after another, and performed their own legends on this ruined land. The princes of the world each occupied a continent and attacked each other. There were tens of thousands of people at every turn. Hundreds of thousands of people were fighting each other.
Since the Han Dynasty, a large amount of manpower accumulated in the world has been wasted in war after war. Anyone who has studied history knows that there are three major turning battles in history, namely the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling.
The number of casualties in each battle was tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands, and the winners of these three wars eventually became three figures sitting at the leadership position, and the three families shared the world. Among the three families, Cao Wei is the strongest and Shu Han is the last, but this is just the division of strength in the later period of the Three Kingdoms.
In the late Three Kingdoms period, in terms of military strength, the Shu Han's strength once surpassed the other two. In the country, there were even more good generals such as Zhao Yun Ma Chao, plus the strategist Zhuge Liang, and they were all in the limelight for a time.
It is a pity that after Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, the talents of in Shu withered, and Zhuge Liang had to take up the banner to conquer Wei, and finally died on the way to the Northern Expedition. So, how did Zhuge Liang die? Why is it said that Wei Yan knows it well, Jiang Wei sees through it but does not tell it. Today, let’s talk about the story.
True and False Empty City Strategy Influenced by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novels, among the three, Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty has become the most admired object by many readers. In fact, throughout history, Zhuge Liang has always been regarded as a god.
He knows astronomy from above, geography from below, the Five Elements and Bagua, and can know the past and the past. In the way of using troops, he is like a ghost. It is precisely because of this that the Shu Han can resist the mighty armies of the world with the power of one state.
I believe everyone has heard of such a story in history. After Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition , Ma Di had to lead his army to retreat because he lost Jieting. At this time, Sima Yi 's army had already swarmed in, and hundreds of thousands of Shu troops were about to be wiped out if they were not careful.
Under this premise, there must be one person blocking the only way for Wei's attack to buy time for the people and troops to transfer. Zhuge Liang knew that unless the main force of Cao's army of 150,000 was left, it would be absolutely difficult to resist.
So he led less than a hundred people to stay in the west city, and ordered his soldiers to open the city gate and sweep under the gate. After Sima Yi's army arrived, he thought it was a conspiracy and eventually led his troops to retreat. This became a shocking event in Zhuge Liang's military history.
In fact, this incident is a fabrication. The empty city strategy actually happened in history, but the actual operation point was not Zhuge Liang, but Cao Cao. In the past, when an enemy invaded, Cao Cao's troops had not arrived yet, so he could only scare off the enemy by pretending to lure them deeper.
In the novel, Zhuge Liang is like a god, but the many front-line generals around him are like puppets. When you don't know how to deal with something, you have your own military advisor with tips and tricks to help you. It can be said to be as comprehensive as a parent taking care of his son.
According to what is written in the book, if more than 20 soldiers are beaten with a stick, Zhuge Liang even needs to see it in person. After so much effort, it is reasonable that Zhuge Liang's lifespan was short. It can be said that he died of exhaustion.
In the novel, Zhuge Liang knew that he was the backbone of the Shu Han Dynasty, but with the fall of Jiang Xing, it was certain that his lifespan was approaching. Zhuge Liang in the book is familiar with the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams of Qimen Dunjia, so he wants to deceive heaven and take another century of life from the hands of heaven.
The first period is 12 years. According to Zhuge Kongming's own arrangement, he arranged for seven or forty-nine soldiers to be on guard outside the door. Jiang Wei was in charge, and he himself set up seven main lamps in the tent. Nineteen small lamps to pray to heaven.
During the process of casting the spell, he must ensure that the main lamp does not go out for seven days and seven nights. If successful, Zhuge Liang can successfully extend his life by 12 years. Zhuge Liang made very detailed arrangements, and even said that in order to prevent outsiders from entering, only Jiang Wei and two little boys carried supplies.
arranged it so seamlessly, but something went wrong on the seventh day. On this day, Sima Yi ordered a thousand soldiers to invade. Wei Yan saw this and broke into the main tent directly to seek Zhuge Liang's opinion.
never thought that it was precisely because of his action that he extinguished the main lamp. It was due to destiny, so he could do nothing! Zhuge Liang finally chose to accept his fate and died of illness.Wuzhangyuan.
It seems that Zhuge Liang's death was just an accident, but is that really the case? Did Wei Yan really do it unintentionally?
The cause of Zhuge Liang's death here seems to be normal, but in fact it was Wei Yan's deliberate act. First of all, Wei Yan could completely resist the 1,000 soldiers attacking outside the gate. There were 100,000 troops in Shu, so how could he be afraid of these 1,000 people?
However, it was these 1,000 people who made the generals in Shu lose their sense of proportion, and there seemed to be some conspiracy theories in this. At this time, perhaps Wei Yan, a famous general in Shu, naturally knew that Zhuge Liang was at a critical moment to extend his life.
But because of these 1,000 people, he broke through all the obstacles to enter the account, which seemed very deliberate. You should know that at that time, the main lamp was protected by 49 small lamps and was very difficult to extinguish. However, Wei Yan was able to extinguish the main lamp just by lifting the door curtain, which shows the great strength he used.
The reason why Wei Yan is like this is to avenge his private revenge. In the past, Wei Yan had just taken refuge with Liu Bei , but he was almost killed by Zhuge Liang because of a rebellion in the back of his head. In the later Northern Expedition, Wei Yan's Ziwu Valley Qi Muse was even denied by Zhuge Liang, and his request to fight Street Pavilion was also denied. The reason was his distrust of Zhuge Liang.
After this, Wei Yan was naturally dissatisfied, which can be seen from his subsequent resistance to Zhuge Liang's orders. Therefore, Zhuge Liang's failure was more man-made than destiny.
It is worth mentioning that Jiang Wei naturally saw this clearly and was about to draw his sword to kill Wei Yan. It was a pity that Zhuge Liang stopped this action for the sake of the overall situation. How did Zhuge Liang die? Apart from exhausting his efforts in everything, the biggest factor was because of Wei Yan.
However, for the sake of the overall situation at that time, Jiang Wei could only bear it for the time being and wait until the Shu army retreated safely and returned to the center of Shu. Wei Yan also paid a high price. He who caused this tragedy died at the hands of Ma Dai in the subsequent liquidation.
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