Chapter 783 Four Spirits and Four Evils, Sima Bada
"Ding, the sixth person in the balance is the Divine Lord Meng Zhang, Dongfang Qinglong (Ying Qing, also known as Meng Zhang), with a command of 92, a force of 109, an intelligence of 86, a politics of 82, and a charm of 100.
Implanted identity: Confucian disciple, Dharma Protector lineage, clan member of a certain dynasty. Currently, due to age factors, he has not yet reached his peak.
Carrying: The White Tiger Supervisor of the West (Bai Hu, also known as Supervisor), the Southern Suzaku Lingguang Divine Lord (Zhu Quan, also known as Lingguang), the Northern Xuanwu Zhiming Divine Lord (Xuanwu, also known as Zhi Ming), Taotie (Tao Tian), Chaos
(Chaos), Qiongqi (Qiongqi), Tao Wu (Tao Wu)."
If nothing else, this wave is probably the group with the highest average quality in this balance.
This breath can be said to balance the eight divine generals.
Moreover, there are eight high-quality generals.
Among the many times of balance, this is the first time.
There is no superiority or inferiority among the four gods. They are always equal. If Qinglong has reached this level of strength, one can imagine the level of the other three.
As for the four evil ones at the back, they are not as good as the Sifang God in any aspect. However, they are just inferior to the Sifang God. Among the god generals, they are probably qualified to grab a place!
Moreover, as expected, whether it is the Four Gods or the Four Evils, there is an absolute high probability that there are combination skills.
"Huainanzi" Military Training: "The so-called Heavenly Numbers are the green dragon on the left, the white tiger on the right, the red bird in the front, and the Xuanwu in the back. The so-called geographical advantage is that the latter is born and the front dies, the left is male and the right is female."
Lingguang is the Taoist name for the Suzaku after personifying the four images. In the pre-Qin Dynasty, it was believed to be able to guide the souls of the deceased to ascend to the sky. Later generations believed that it could give people immortality.
The theory of prophecy flourished in the Han Dynasty, and its symbolic meanings were expanded to include Bingding, etiquette, and ethics. After the Han Dynasty, Taoism absorbed it as a protector and called it Lingguang Shenjun.
Chapter 7 of "Must-use Collection of Taoist Tongjiao" says: "The Southern Vermilion Bird, the leader of all birds, transformed from the elixir hole, with the sound of blue thunder, the five colors of strange colors, and the six sacred images, come to guide me."
Meng Zhang is the Divine Lord Meng Zhang, a divine monarch in Chinese mythology and legend, and one of the four spirits of the sky. He was later gradually personified and given his title.
"Huainanzi·Tianwenxun": "No one is more noble than the Qinglong among the gods, which may be called Tianyi or Taiyin." According to the "Secrets of Seven-Yuan Ziyan in the Arctic", the name of Qinglong is "Shenjun Mengzhang".
Zhi Ming is the god Zhi Ming, the god in Chinese mythology and legend, and Xuanwu, one of the four spirits in the sky.
"Chu Ci·Yuanyou" notes: "Xuanwu, the name of the northern god". "Historical Records of Tianguan Shu" says: "Xuanwu in the North Palace is empty and dangerous."
The white tiger is also the god of war and the god of killing. The white tiger has many magical powers such as avoiding evil, warding off disasters, praying for good fortune and punishing evil, promoting good deeds, making money, and getting married.
And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is formed from the stars. Among the twenty-eight stars, it is located in the seven stars in the west: Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, Xi, and Shen.
So it is a representative of the West, and its white color is because it is the West. The West belongs to gold in the Five Elements and is white in color. So it is not called the White Tiger because it is white, but because it comes from the Five Elements. Later, it was personified
, everyone calls the White Tiger the Supervisor God.
"Ding, the seventh person in balance, Sima Yi, has 98 commander, 54 force, 98 intelligence, 98 politics, and 74 charm.
Implanted identity: A descendant of the Dawu Sima clan.
When many people discuss the military capabilities of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, they always talk about how Zhuge Liang led the Chinese team to defeat Sima Yi's Brazilian team and could only defend.
This statement basically selectively ignores the issue of the authority levels of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.
It's not that Sima Yi's military ability is inferior to Zhuge Liang, but that Sima Yi's authority and influence in the Wei army are inferior to Zhuge Liang.
What is Zhuge Liang's status in the Shu Kingdom? In a word, dictator. Liu Bei gave Zhuge Liang absolute authority, coupled with Zhuge Liang's own unique prestige in the Shu Kingdom, which made Zhuge Liang able to do everything he could in the Shu Kingdom, and in politics
The supreme decision-making power in both military and military aspects.
Considering that Liu Bei's defeat at Yiling almost severely damaged the military and political system of Shu, it is no exaggeration to say that the political and military system of Shu after 223 was entirely built by Zhuge Liang alone; and Zhuge Liang was the successor of Qilu's military and political thought.
Emphasizing the political significance of military power, he built the new generation of Shu's army with a very nationalistic mindset.
This point is very obvious in comparison with Soochow. Soochow's army has a military structure, and soldiers are loyal to various military mountains, and these troops can be inherited like inheritance. Therefore, Soochow's army is a bit stupid when it comes to foreign expeditions, and
It is more powerful when facing invasion from foreign enemies.
Although the Shu army created by Zhuge Liang is not yet strong in combat effectiveness, their allegiance is to the country. Of course, in the early stage, it is almost equivalent to being loyal to Zhuge Liang. Once they have been polished by combat experience, they can become an army with orders and prohibitions.
of powerful troops.
At this point, the comparison between Shu and Wu is a bit like the comparison between the Communist Army and the National Army during the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The gap in combat effectiveness has also been proven by history.
Zhuge Liang is the de facto dictator of the Shu Kingdom, so he can implement the creation of such a national army without much resistance. In addition, the Shu Kingdom is relatively small, which facilitates unified management.
At the same time, in actual military command, there was no resistance to Zhuge Liang's command of the Shu army. This was due to Zhuge Liang's outstanding talents on the one hand, and on the other hand, due to Zhuge Liang's status.
And what about Sima Yi? Even though Sima Yi was extremely arrogant in the Wei Kingdom in his later period, when Zhuge Liang was still alive, his status was probably about the same as that of Li Yan in the Shu Kingdom, and he was not as good as Cao Zhen before 231.
Therefore, first of all, he had no say in the training and mobilization of the Wei army. He had to go wherever Cao Rui asked him to go, and he basically had to do whatever Cao Rui asked him to do.
Not to mention the first head-to-head confrontation between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, the Fourth Northern Expedition in 231. Sima Yi was temporarily transferred to the Western Front to oversee the Guanzhong Army because Cao Zhen fell ill.
Referring to Zhao Kuo for the result of changing coaches before the battle, it would be strange not to be beaten by Zhuge Liang.
The clues can also be seen in the history books. Zhang He had no confidence in Sima Yi's tactical arrangements and always spoke against him; two of his subordinates even pointed directly at Sima Yi's nose and scolded him.
On the Shu side, even if the arrogant Wei Yan had a problem with Zhuge Liang, he was just teasing Zhuge Liang for being timid behind his back. How dare he look good to Zhuge Liang in person?
This is not the difference in ability between Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang, but the lack of prestige in the stall that Sima Yi just took over in the northwest.
At the Fifth Expedition, the situation was much better, at least no one dared to scold Sima Yi to his face; but Sima Yi still had no authority to train the Guanzhong army to be comparable to Zhuge Liang's army in such a short period of time, so Sima Yi chose to stay behind closed doors.
Exit is the appropriate strategy.
Do you think Sima Yi is willing to be a tortoise? With his martial arts skills rising, Sima Yi made a prompt decision and led 10,000 cavalry to surround and annihilate Meng Yan who was separated by water. Such a good situation was defeated by Zhuge Liang by easily building a pontoon bridge and shooting arrows.
After all, Zhuge Liang served the entire country for the Northern Expedition. From the system to armaments to military political work, they were established over more than ten years. Sima Yi only sat in Guanzhong for two or three years. It was good to be able to handle the logistics work well. Training
The results are not comparable to those of Zhuge Liang.
Overall, Zhuge Liang has enough power to build a powerful and continuously operating war machine, but is limited in the maximum amount of resources he can mobilize.
Sima Yi did not have enough authority to establish his own military system, but he had the backing of Wei's powerful national power.
Therefore, the final result of the war was that Zhuge Liang had the upper hand but was not able to gain military merit, while Sima Yi was at a disadvantage but was strong enough to defend the territory against the enemy. This is also the most reasonable result.
For a national dictator-level figure like Zhuge Liang, the proportion of pure military attributes is already quite low.
