Zhuge Liang was originally a literati, and most of the state politics were summarized from the experience of predecessors. But in the end, Zhuge Liang was able to successfully transform into a military advisor and guide the war strategy. So, where did Zhuge Liang learn from his military advisor skills?
Zhuge Liang is a literati. He was clearly aware of his first appearance, but this can only show that he is a young man who likes to study current affairs, and his essence is no different from the many iron-blooded 2B young people now. However, considering that the information during the Three Kingdoms period was underdeveloped, Zhuge Liang could accurately foresee the situation in the next ten years by almost working behind closed doors or occasionally chatting with other 2B young and middle-aged and young people.
Then Zhuge Liang was taken out of the mountain by three visits. Although he was valued by Liu Bei , he only arranged some small things. Later, he gradually felt that this was a practical talent and promoted and appointed as the logistics manager, who was his own Guan Xiao. However, this prime minister who was similar to Guan Xiao finally became the commander-in-chief of the entire army, leading more than 100,000 new soldiers (the veterans were basically killed and all Yiling ran away) to fight against the barbarians in the south, and then went out to Qishan six times.
Even Sima Yi , who is good at military affairs, lamented that he is a genius in the world. Although Chen Shou evaluated that he would be slightly out of his strength, it depends on who he compared. Moreover, although Zhuge Liang's military use is not good, he has no major problems and is steady and upright. If you want to win him, Cao Cao will come to . I don’t think it’s easy. So where does his high military level come from?
If you want to know Zhuge Liang's military teaching, you must look for clues from the few biographies of Shu Han and the biographies of Jingxiang.
The first thing to doubt is the Jingxiang Strategy Group of Sima Hui and other Jingxiang Strategy Group. Although Sima Hui and others are called hermits, they are very utilitarian in their bones. To be nice, they are called the world-renowned. At that time, the best place for literati with the world's mind was to assist a wise ruler. Because the wise rulers were busy fighting and killing people at that time, they could not survive without learning some military tactics. Some strategists even learned some killer moves (such as Lusu such as Xu Shu such as Mi Zhu , etc.).
So it may be a fact that Sima Hui and his friends are proficient in military tactics, but fighting in the army is not about drinking and talking at home. The generals who actually lead the troops must have rich experience, and Sima Hui and others will not teach Zhuge Liang in this regard. Judging from the early days when Zhuge Liang served Liu Bei (from coming out of the mountain to the Red Cliff), Zhuge Liang was not Liu Bei's military staff, Liu Bei's chief of staff should be Xu Shu, and Zhuge Liang's supervisor was logistics affairs, including diplomacy. This shows that Zhuge Liang's majoring course before leaving the mountain was not a military one. So Sima Hui and others were not Zhuge Liang's military instructors.
The second suspicion may be Cai Mao Kuai Yue and other Jingxiang tribes, which may be smaller. Although Zhuge Liang is a relative of the Cai family, this relative is not favored because he stood in the wrong team and went to the famous group of famous scholars such as Huang Chengyan and . This is a kind of betrayal in the Liu Biao Group and even the Jingxiang armed landlord group that Liu Biao Group relies on. Zhuge Liang has not yet worked and relied on farming to make a living. How sad it is.
A literati who is well-educated but no one can appreciate it and can only stay at home. How depressing is this! How did he view his awesome relatives? He still wants to learn military from them at this time? It's almost the same to treat it as hatred. Later, Zhuge Liang encouraged Liu Bei to take down Xiangyang , perhaps he had a revenge mentality. So Cai Mao and others are not Zhuge Liang's military instructors.
After the Red Cliff, Liu Bei's group ushered in a period of rapid development in a new era. Zhuge Liang promoted the Sun Liu Alliance for diplomatic reasons, which was a great achievement and was awarded the Military Advisor General. Note that this is the first military position Zhuge Liang held. The position of General Zhonglang is already quite large, although he is mainly responsible for collecting taxes, food and grass. In the Lingling of Guiyang, Changsha within his jurisdiction, there was only one famous general during this period, not Wei Yan , which is the saying of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but Zhao Yun !
Is Zhuge Liang’s master Zhao Yun? Haha, you guessed it wrong.Although Zhao Yun's use of troops was also very experienced and calm, Zhuge Liang's later use of Zhao Yun, including Zhao Yun's attitude towards Zhuge Liang, all of them all show that Zhao Yun is not from the Zhuge Liang faction, especially in Liu Chan , handling the problem after Zhao Yun's death, it shows that Zhuge Liang has no special feelings for Zhao Yun, so I think Zhao Yun is not Zhuge Liang's military instructor either. There is even a kind of contradiction between them!
Soon, Liu Bei entered Sichuan and brought his military qualifications with him. As early as Dongwu , he was mixed with Zhou Yu (Pang Tong is also a military rank general, second only to Zhuge Liang). This deeply stimulated Zhuge Liang because the lessons of Xun Yu and Xun You are not far away, and Zhuge Liang deeply felt the necessity of military learning.
May Zhuge Liang begin to consciously learn about the military affairs, so who is he learning? At this time, the military generals who still remained in Jingzhou with the same status as him were only Guan Yu Zhang Fei and Zhang Fei. Although there was also Zhao Yun, it was not as good as the previous two after all. Not bad, you guessed it well. Zhuge Liang's master is one of these two people. It is logical that Guan Yu is more likely, but Guan Yu is so arrogant and despises the scholars and officials as he says today. Such a person is intimidating. What else do you want to ask him for?
And Zhang Fei is different. Zhang Fei attaches great importance to cultural people in history. It is said that he also paints good beauty, and is said to be a calligrapher. Therefore, it can be boldly speculated that Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei had a honeymoon relationship at this time, and Zhuge Liang also needed to join forces with Zhang Fei to control Guan Yu, otherwise no one would listen to his words. It is not surprising that Zhuge Liang asked Zhang Fei for advice on military affairs.
Soon, Zhuge Liang's opportunity to train came, and Liu Bei counterattacked Jiameng and sent troops to Chengdu. Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and others also led the crowd into Sichuan, which can be said to have given Zhuge Liang the opportunity to lead troops to fight for the first time (although it was just the chief of staff), and he also had an internship opportunity when he learned from Zhang Fei as early as the Jingzhou period.
At this time, Zhang Fei, who had experienced the early failure of Liu Bei Group, finally reached the peak of his military career. He is no longer a general of Xu Chu Dian Wei. His experience and courage made Zhuge Liang understand what a real commander is like. After witnessing Zhang Fei's meeting with Liu Bei in every way, Zhuge Liang completely became a fan of Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei's performance in the face of Zhang He and other five good generals also made Zhuge Liang pay more attention to Zhang Fei's experience to a certain level.
At this point, Zhuge Liang's early learning has ended! Unfortunately, although Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang as the military advisor, he was still in charge of logistics. It was not until after Liu Bei's death that Zhuge Liang took control of military power and trained troops and consolidated military forces. But he was not confident in himself. At the same time, in order to eliminate the worries of Shu, he fought in the south and won a great victory. At this time, Zhuge Liang was truly recognized by Shu and finally became a famous general. He embarked on the road of the Northern Expedition and was known to the world that he was not only an excellent politician but also a qualified military strategist!
The image Zhuge Liang gave us has always been the embodiment of wisdom. He not only foresees the development direction of the country, but also proficient in strategic strategies and defeated many enemies for Liu Bei. But these skills are not born with them, and Zhuge Liang also has a gradual learning process.
