[The seventh great achievement: Five expeditions to the Central Plains, and then he died.
In the sixth year of Jianxing, in 228 AD, Zhuge Liang led his army to start the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains in order to stabilize the Western Shu regime.】
[The First Northern Expedition: In 228 AD, Zhuge Liang ordered Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi to leave Jigu to lure Cao Zhen, the main force of the Wei army. Zhuge Liang himself led the army out of Qishan.
Zhao Yun was defeated this time, but because the mountain road was narrow, there was no major loss.
Zhuge Liang's early progress was very smooth, and he captured the three counties of Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding. Emperor Wei Ming, Cao Rui, visited Chang'an in person and sent Zhang He with 50,000 troops to reinforce Longxi. Ma Di led his troops to Jieting to block it, which ended with Ma Di losing Jieting.
However, Zhuge Liang moved the people of the three counties to Hanzhong when he retreated. At the end of the First Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang was removed from his position as prime minister.】
[The Second Northern Expedition: At the end of 228 AD, Zhuge Liang wrote "The Later Discipline" and began the second Northern Expedition.
This time they left Sanguan and attacked Chencang.
Although Chencang's guard, Hao Zhao, had few troops, he was well prepared.
Zhuge Liang failed to capture Chencang for more than 20 days. The morale of his troops was low and they ran out of food. When he heard that Zhang He was coming to reinforce him, he dispatched troops.
On the way back to the army, he killed the Wei general Wang Shuang who came to pursue him.】
[The Third Northern Expedition: In the spring of 229 AD, Zhuge Liang sent Chen Shi to attack Wudu and Yinping County.
Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, led troops to rescue him. Liang went out to Jianwei, Guo Huai retreated, and gained two counties.
In the autumn of 230, the Wei army attacked Hanzhong in three ways. Sima Yi went to Xicheng, Zhang He went to Ziwu Valley, and Cao Zhen went to Xiegu. Zhuge Liang stationed his troops in Chenggu and Chiban.
It rained heavily for more than thirty days, and the Wei army retreated.
Because of this meritorious service, Zhuge Liang was again called Prime Minister.]
[The 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 people out of Qishan, determined to win.
He made full preparations in advance and used wooden oxen and flowing horses for the first time to transport grain and grass.
At that time, Cao Zhen was seriously ill, and Sima Yi, the commander-in-chief of Guanzhong, refused to go out.
Zhuge Liang continued to go north to defeat Guo Huai. Fei Yao and others rushed to harvest the wheat in Shanggui. However, Sima Yi also arrived in time and the battle line was pushed back to Lucheng north of Qishan Mountain.
"Han, Jin, Spring and Autumn" records that there was a head-on battle between the two sides. Zhuge Liang defeated Sima Yi and achieved a record of "three thousand first".
The content in "Han, Jin, Spring and Autumn" is mutually supporting to a certain extent with "Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of Wang Ping", and should be credible.
Because Chen Shou wrote "Three Kingdoms" as a Jin minister, he was bound to ignore Sima Yi's failure, so "Three Kingdoms" cannot be used as the only reading material to examine the history of the Three Kingdoms.]
"Chen Shou became a minister of the Jin Dynasty?"
"Now there are only Shu, Wei, and Wu in the world. Where did the Jin Dynasty come from?"
"Avoid Sima Yi? Why should you avoid him?"
"I feel like there's a huge mystery hidden in this!!!"
[Zhuge Liang defeated Sima Yi head-on, which was a good opportunity to besiege Qishan and continue to advance north.
However, it was raining continuously and food could not be sent to the front line. Li Yan, who stayed in Hanzhong, asked Zhuge Liang to withdraw his troops. In the process of withdrawing his troops, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to shoot Zhang He who came to pursue him.
The battle itself had no impact on the situation between the Shu Han and Cao Wei, but it did lead to Li Yan's dismissal and Zhuge Liang strengthening his control over the Shu Han regime.
Sima Yi also got rid of Zhang He, a thorn in his side, and everyone seemed happy.】
[The Fifth Northern Expedition: Zhuge Liang’s Fifth Northern Expedition was three years after the Fourth Expedition.
There was also a gap of three years between the First Expedition and the Fourth Expedition, which shows the pattern of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and his need for food and grass.
Different from the First Expedition and the Fourth Expedition, Zhuge Liang's Fifth Expedition took the Baoxie Road to the Guanzhong area.
However, according to the records in "The Biography of Guo Huai", Zhuge Liang's purpose this time is still Longyou, hoping to cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Longyou of Cao Wei from Guanzhong.
If successful, Zhuge Liang could send a partial force to digest Longyou, which was exactly the opposite of Yifa's deployment, but this plan was ultimately destroyed by Guo Huai.
Zhuge Liang isolated Longyou with five expeditions and began to seek opportunities for a decisive battle with Sima Yi.
Unfortunately, Sima Yi saw through Zhuge Liang's intentions and did not respond. As long as he could prevent 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. Small-scale battles did occur, but the impact was not significant. He could only confront Sima Yi in the Guanzhong area for a long time, and eventually died of illness due to overwork.
Jealous of the talent, Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, and ultimately failed to complete the great cause of the Northern Expedition.
Sima Yi won the final victory, and thereafter the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han Dynasty entered a very sluggish situation.】
"What a pity, what a pain!"
"Prime Minister, this 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 leave. He turned back and looked at the light curtain in the sky that was almost invisible. He suddenly knelt down on one knee and swore to the sky: "Jiang Wei is willing to spend his life in exchange for ten years of prosperity for the Shu Han! Prime Minister, may your spirit be in heaven."
, bless the disciples!”
He knows that the possibility of his success is extremely slim; he also knows that he will fight for the teacher and his own ideals with every last drop of blood!
These are Zhuge Liang's descendants, Tianshui Qilin, Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyue!
Sima Yi looked at the light curtain in the sky and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Zhuge Liang is a good opponent, but only after his death can we become friends."
"Hahahahaha!" After a while, Sima Yi suddenly laughed and shouted: "Without Zhuge Liang, who else in the world can be my opponent, Sima Yi?!"
return!!!
have!!!
who!!!"
[Zhuge Liang is loyal, just, diligent, thrifty and self-disciplined.
He once wrote a book of admonitions to his disciples, saying: "The conduct of a gentleman is to cultivate one's character through tranquility, and to cultivate one's virtue through thrift. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its ambitions, and if it is not tranquil, it will not lead to far."
Learning requires tranquility, and talent requires learning. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning.
If you are arrogant and arrogant, you will not be able to stimulate your energy, and if you are impetuous and impetuous, you will not be able to cultivate your nature. Years will go by with the times, thoughts will go with the sun, and you will become withered, and you will not be able to take on the world. If you stay in a poor house with sorrow, what will happen to you!"
On his deathbed, Zhuge Liang wrote to his successor: "My family has 800 mulberry trees in Chengdu and 15 hectares of thin fields. My children will have enough food and clothing."
As for the ministers who are abroad, they have no other arrangements. They carry all their food and clothing with them, and rely on the officials. They do not care about their lives, but only for their appearance. On the day of their death, they should not have any silk left inside or gain money outside to bear down on His Majesty."
Every time I read it, I can't help but feel emotional. One generation has a bright future, cares about the country, and works hard for the country.
No wonder Du Mu, a great poet of later generations, wrote in a poem: "Dying before leaving the army will make the hero burst into tears!"]
"Zhuge Liang can be called a model of a minister and a model of a scholar! If he hadn't failed to fulfill his ambition of reviving the Han Dynasty, he would have been ranked first in history, right?"
"In fact, Zhuge Liang also made mistakes. Perhaps these are also factors that restrict his higher ranking."
Sure enough, the video then talked about Zhuge Liang's faults,
[Zhuge Liang’s life was not perfect. He also had many things that he did not do well and could even be said to be faulty. 】
[Zhuge Liang’s biggest mistake was in cultivating and selecting talents.
Unlike Cao Cao or Wang Meng's "meritocracy" approach, Zhuge Liang's training and selection of talents requires both ability and political integrity.
And between virtue and talent, he gave top priority to moral character.
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 great talents, but the problem is that the number is too small! So few that in the later period of the Shu Kingdom, there was a dangerous situation of talent shortage.
It can be said that Zhuge Liang's biggest mistake and mistake in his life was in cultivating and selecting talents.
After all, not everyone is like Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang uses himself as a standard to select talents, which is really embarrassing for the world's talents]