Pay attention to it, this literary and artistic old man who is concave on the city tower and plays musical instruments is Zhuge Liang, the intellectual ceiling of the Three Kingdoms period, and under the city tower, it is his sworn enemy Sima Yi who comments on him.
Sima Yi looked at the city tower where Zhuge Liang was, and after carefully reading his **, he ordered the withdrawal of the army, which is the famous empty city plan in the history of the Three Kingdoms.
Unexpectedly, this incident became a stain on Sima Yi's life, and he was ridiculed by later generations, saying to him: "Sima Yi, the word urinal, because he was afraid of Zhuge Kongming's wisdom, he abandoned the 100,000 army and ran away." ”
But long before the empty city plan, Zhuge Liang's Shu Han was already at the end of the crossbow, and even Sima Yi's son Sima Zhao saw that Zhuge Liang was playing tricks, so he was not afraid, why did Sima Yi withdraw his troops? Is it really because of stupidity?
In fact, this is not the case, don't forget, Sima Yi is also an outstanding military strategist, and the reason why he withdrew his troops under Zhuge Liang's empty city plan was to plan and protect himself.
Because Sima Yi's boss Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, he has always distrusted him.
Cao Cao was defeated by a fire in the Battle of Red Cliffs. After the defeat, Cao Cao realized that he needed to find a military genius who could compete with Zhuge Liang. At this time, Sima Yi, who became famous at a young age, entered Cao Cao's sight.
Sima Yi was unwilling to be a social animal under Cao Cao, but he couldn't afford to provoke him, so he could only fulfill his duties, but he never got Cao Cao's trust, but fortunately, Cao Cao's ** person Cao Pi protected him, which allowed Sima Yi to be safe and sound.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, two fateful opponents, have struggled for many years and have not been able to win each other. It was at this time that a breakthrough appeared. Sima Yi was ordered by Cao Cao to go south to attack Shu, and his first step was to capture the dangerous place of Jieting.
And Ma Tan, the Shu general who guarded the street pavilion, was seen by Sima Yi because he did not follow Zhuge Liang's instructions, and he successfully captured the military important place of the street pavilion with just a little move. Subsequently, he drove straight in, and it only took a few days to come to Zhuge Liang.
If you want to say that the strongest military advisor in the Three Kingdoms period, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang may be indistinguishable, but when it comes to the people who are the most weak in the Three Kingdoms and the best at pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, it is none other than Sima Yi.
Although Sima Yi occupies an important position in Cao's camp, but his life is not easy, in order to protect himself, he would rather be ridiculed, but also take a small road to withdraw his troops, and will definitely not attack the city when Zhuge Liang sings an empty city plan, because he knows that the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked.
If Zhuge Liang dies at this time, the task of destroying Shu will be completed ahead of schedule, and the suspicious Cao Cao will inevitably kill Sima Yi's family.
Of course, Zhuge Liang also understood Sima Yi's situation under Cao Cao's account, although the two of them looked at each other from a distance and didn't say a word, Zhuge Liang had already told Sima Yi his thoughts with the sound of the piano:
Want me to retreat? No way! I'll hold on to the city behind, and if you want to attack, kill me first. I want to see how you will survive when I die.
Sima Yi also understood that this was not an ordinary military war, but a competition involving political interests. His lord Cao Cao was already dissatisfied with him, and he himself had great ambitions, and he would never die with a reckless fellow loyal to Shu Han at this time.
This contest can be seen as a classic showdown between selflessness and selfishness. Under the command of Sima Yi, the 150,000-strong army quietly retreated along the path. Such an arrangement, Sima Yi obviously has his purpose:
If he chooses the main road, he may encounter Zhuge Liang's army who rushed back to support, and after the battle between the two sides, his self-preservation intentions will naturally be exposed.
Who would have thought that after Zhuge Liang's death, he still used wood carvings to play Sima Yi, which scared him to lead the army to retreat again. It seems that Zhuge Liang won Sima Yi again after his death.
However, after the empty city plan, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi launched a long-term war of attrition, of which the burning of the upper valley was one of the most famous wars.
In the Battle of Shanggu, the fire could have burned Sima Yi to death, but God suddenly rained and saved Sima Yi's life. You must know that it doesn't rain in Qishan all year round, which makes Zhuge Liang feel that God is deliberately saving Sima Yi's life.
In addition, Zhuge Liang's physical condition at that time could no longer support him to fight again. Soon after the Battle of Shanggu, Zhuge Liang fell ill and died in Wuzhangyuan.
In this way, Sima Yi successfully survived Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao. It can really be said that he is strong and he is strong, and my life is longer than him.
And his son Sima Zhao, with the assistance of his father, usurped the throne of Cao Wei and destroyed Shu Han, successfully ending the unwillingness he had planted under the empty city.
In the ultimate contest between these two geniuses in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, one fought against fate for most of his life for loyalty and righteousness; And the other, for the sake of power and ambition, silently endured for the same long time.
Regardless of his talent, later generations praised Zhuge Liang's loyalty and righteousness, so he became a symbol of wisdom; Sima Yi, on the other hand, was derogatorily called a cunning old thief.
It can be seen that what about the great cause of achievement, Sun Wukong understands it very thoroughly: "The emperor takes turns to do it, and he will come to my house next year!" "Rather than finally letting the great cause turn into smoke, it is better to leave it in people's hearts and become a swan song in history.