In Chinese history, Zhuge Liang was a "man of God", who was like a god in everything and used soldiers like a god, and was molded into a perfect image.
However, in Xu Shiyou's view, Zhuge Liang was not a good commander and performed poorly in military affairs.
So, why did Xu Shiyou say that?
In June 1983, Xu Shiyou went to Chengdu once, visited the Wuhou Temple, and said to his entourage:"Zhuge Liang is a good prime minister and a good military advisor, but he can't be regarded as a good commander. ”
Everyone was surprised, Zhuge Liang is a fairy-like figure, why did Xu Shiyou say that he was not a "good commander"?
Xu Shiyou dared to say this, of course, it was not unfounded, he explained:"I don't know that the terrain is difficult to do, Zhuge Liang is good at using strategy, but he is not good at using the terrain, like six out of Qi Mountain, working in vain, just don't know how to use the terrain. He is not as good as Wei Yan in this regard, Wei Yan proposed to go out of the Meridian Valley, that is, to use the terrain to surprise the army, and he can win by surprise, but Zhuge Liang did not dare to take risks, and the result was defeated. ”
Xu Shiyou also said:"You look at Deng Ai of Wei, Yin Ping crossed the danger, went straight into the hinterland of Shu, and as a result, he destroyed Shu in one battle, that is, the effect of using the terrain and daring to surprise soldiers is much bolder and more clever than Zhuge Liang. ”
Indeed, Zhuge Liang is very cautious in his use of soldiers, and rarely makes surprise soldiers, so he rarely receives miraculous results, and "Three Kingdoms" commented on him:"After years of mobilization, it has not succeeded, and it is not its strength. ”
Although Xu Shiyou does not have much culture, nor has he read many military books, but in his long-term war career, he has also understood a lot of laws of war.
In fact, ** has also criticized Zhuge Liang's military strategic ability, such as Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair".
Longzhong Pair has always been regarded as Zhuge Liang's masterpiece of "strategizing and winning a thousand miles", and he made an accurate analysis of the general trend of the world before he left the mountain, and made a detailed plan for Liu Bei's revival of the Han Dynasty.
However, ** disagreed, commenting:"It started with a mistake in "Longzhong Pair", thousands of miles away and divided into two forces, and in the end, Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhuge had three points of troops, and they were undefeated. ”
In Zhuge Liang's view, when the world changes, let Guan Yu lead Jingzhou's troops to Wan and Luo, Liu Bei lead Yizhou's troops out of Qinchuan, and the revival of the Han dynasty is just around the corner.
However, ** clearly saw the fatality of doing this, "thousands of miles away and two divisions of troops", scattering the troops, how can they compete with the powerful Cao Cao?Liu Bei's strength was originally inferior to Cao Cao, but now it is divided into two parts, and it must not be eaten by others one bite at a time!
Perhaps, it was inspired by Zhuge Liang's lesson and put forward the military idea of "concentrating superior forces and annihilating the enemy individually", which became an important guiding ideology for our army, which will not be defeated in a hundred battles.
In addition, Zhuge Liang also thinks that there are big problems in employing people, such as Guan Yu guarding Jingzhou.
In the opinion of ***, Guan Yu's personality is too arrogant and looks down on Dongwu, which has laid a bane on the root, and it is impossible to rely on him to have a good relationship with Dongwu, and as a result, he destroyed the strategic policy of Shu Han's "Lianwu against Cao", and finally ended up with a dead country and a broken country.
For example, Ma Jian guards the street pavilion, the location of the street pavilion is so important, how can it be guarded by only one horse guard?When reading this history, it was annotated next to it:"In the first battle, Liang Yi is on the battlefield. ”
It means that in such an important place, Zhuge Liang should personally sit in the town and personally command the troops in order to guard the street pavilion.
It's a pity that Zhuge Liang has repeatedly made mistakes in employing people, and has lost important positions again and again, who is to blame?can only blame Zhuge Liang for not knowing how to use people.
As Xu Shiyou said:"Zhuge Liang is a good prime minister and a good military advisor, but he can't be regarded as a good commander. ”