Meng Da: A "wall-grass" character in the Three Kingdoms period During the Three Kingdoms period, Meng Da, as Cao Wei's superior Taishou, once claimed to be a prince. After Cao Pi's death, he supported his troops and became an important force in the Shangyong region.
However, during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Meng Da's position wavered and wandered between Shu and Wei, making his power during the Three Kingdoms period extremely complex and special.
The evaluation of Meng Da on the Internet is mixed, some people believe that he has a strong power in the Shangyong region, and any choice he makes will have an important impact on the pattern of the Three Kingdoms period.
What's more, some people believe that Mengda is actually a country of its own outside the Three Kingdoms. In short, regardless of what history says about Menda, he is indeed a controversial figure, and his stance and behavior have always been the focus of attention.
Title: Through History, Revealing the True Image of Meng Da Copywriting: Meng Da, a famous rebel general in history, once occupied the upper position in the Three Kingdoms era and became the lord of the Fourth Kingdom.
However, was this really the case with the historical Menda? What about his relationship with Liu Bei? Below, let's analyze his real influence. Meng Da was originally Liu Zhang's subordinate, and later he joined Liu Bei's advisor Fa Zheng to join Liu Bei.
In the process of capturing Shangyong, Liu Bei, in order to appease his righteous son Liu Feng, sent Liu Feng to assist Meng Da. In the end, Liu Feng became the Shangyong Taishou, and Meng Da became his subordinate.
However, Liu Feng bullied Meng Da many times, and after Guan Yu's defeat, Meng Da's friend Fa Zheng in Liu Bei's group died, and no one spoke for him. Meng Da was worried that Liu Bei would hold him accountable for not rescuing Guan Yu, so he rebelled against Liu Bei again and surrendered to Cao Cao.
After Meng Da surrendered, Cao Cao sent the generals Xu Huang and Xiahou Shang to join Meng Da to besiege Shangyong, and finally broke through Shangyong, Liu Feng was defeated and fled to Chengdu, where he was killed by Liu Bei. In the process of besieging Shangyong, Meng Da wrote a letter of persuasion to Liu Feng that was analyzed very thoroughly, and he believed that Liu Bei's biological son Liu Chan was gradually growing up, and Liu Feng's status as an adopted son would be very embarrassing, and Liu Bei would kill Liu Feng for Liu Chan sooner or later.
Munda eventually came true as a prophecy. From these events, we can see that Munda is not a mediocre person. He has a very good ability to observe the situation, and he can do anything to maximize his own interests.
Therefore, Meng Da's image in history is not as simple and real as in film and television dramas. His influence is far greater than we think.
During the Three Kingdoms period, after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and became emperor, he attached great importance to Meng Da. In his conversation with Meng Da, Cao Pi found that Meng Da was incisive and a capable person with a talent for generals.
Therefore, Cao Pi valued Meng Da very much, granted him the positions of Shangyong Taishou and Jianwu General, and merged the two cities near Shangyong to form Xincheng County, with Meng Da serving as the Taishou of the three cities.
This made Meng Da's position in the Shangyong area like that of the Tu Emperor, in charge of a powerful army, between Wei and Shu. However, although Meng Da had the position of the chief taishou of the three cities at that time and was powerful, in fact he did not reach the strength to become the fourth kingdom in the Three Kingdoms era.
In general, although Meng Da occupied the upper class, his strength did not reach the point where Zhuge Liang of Shu and Sima Yi of Wei were deeply feared, let alone affect the balance of power between Wei and Shu.
Shangyong area is now located in Zhushan County, Hubei Province, its geographical location is mostly mountainous, although Shangyong people were very good at fighting at that time, strong combat effectiveness, but due to the inconvenient transportation during the Three Kingdoms period, so this place is relatively barren.
It is estimated that Meng Da can mobilize less than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Shangyong, which is far less than the 100,000 army mentioned in **. According to the description in **, Meng Da seems to have become the fourth neutral country after Wei, Shu and Wu.
At that time, there were only three cities in Xincheng County, and the total population was probably only about 100,000. Therefore, how could Meng Da have an army of 100,000 in his hands? This is completely impossible, otherwise wouldn't all the people be soldiers?
Therefore, the army that Meng Da can deploy in Shangyong is only about 20,000 at best, and maybe even between 10,000 troops. At that time, the entire army of Shu was only about 100,000, or even less than 100,000 troops, so how could Meng Da have more than 100,000 troops in Shangyong?
Meng Da's behavior and power in Shangyong troubled both Wei and Shu. While he is not a formidable threat, his political status and connections make his position at the top of the hierarchy solid.
However, with the death of Cao Pi and the successive deaths of Huanjie and Xiahou Shang, Meng Da lost his asylum in **, which made him feel uneasy. And the new monarch Cao Rong's distrust of him, as well as the conflict with the local wealthy families of Shangyong, threatened Meng Da's vested interests.
In order to protect his own interests, Meng Da began to consider returning to Shu Han. At the same time, Sima Yi faced a similar problem, and like Meng Da, he had a close relationship with Cao Pi, but Cao Pi's wariness of him prevented him from holding military power.
After Cao Rong succeeded to the throne, no one on the Cao Wei border could resist Zhuge Liang, and he was forced to use Sima Yi to command the army. However, Cao Yi was suspicious of Sima Yi, and Sima Yi urgently needed to show loyalty to him.
Meng Da has the heart to rebel against Wei and surrender to Shu, and is providing an opportunity for Sima Yi. Sima Yi attacked and killed Meng Da to prove his loyalty to Cao Rong. This move made Cao Rong less suspicious of Sima Yi, and even became a minister of Tuogu.
Zhuge Liang accepted Meng Da's surrender in order to clear the way for the Northern Expedition. Meng Da's location was convenient for harassing Zhuge Liang's rear base in Hanzhong, so even if he had killed Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law, Zhuge Liang was willing to accept his surrender.
Therefore, accepting Meng Da's surrender will benefit Zhuge Liang and do no harm.
Title: Revealing the Secret of the "Fourth Kingdom" of the Three Kingdoms: The Truth of Meng Da's Strength Text: Historically, Meng Da did have high talent and strength, and formed an independent status as an emperor in the Shangyong region.
However, its influence did not affect the balance of power between Wei and Shu like today's Internet rumors, let alone become the "fourth country" in the Three Kingdoms era.
In fact, the Shangyong region was relatively backward and barren during the Three Kingdoms era, with a small population, and Meng Da's military power in Shangyong was not strong, and military supplies would become a problem.
He was able to gain a foothold in Shangyong, mainly relying on a good relationship with Cao Wei *** and Emperor Cao Pi, which is the so-called "** backer". However, once these backers fell, Meng Da was soon finished.
It turns out that Meng Da's strength is far from being as big as rumors on the Internet, he is just a speculative and somewhat clever person. Fei Shi, a representative of the scholar clan in the Bashu region, did not have a high evaluation of him, saying that he was "a repeated person, what a foot and a book evil!" ”
Therefore, Meng Da did not have much influence on the pattern of the Three Kingdoms era and the balance of power between Wei and Shu. He is just a small episode before the game between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, and he is far less important than being rendered on the Internet.
His personal ability is still okay, but he did not set off any big storms in the situation of the Three Kingdoms. In general, although Meng Da was shrewd and perceptive, he did not exert enough influence in the situation of the Three Kingdoms to influence the situation.
He is an overplayed figure in history, and his influence is not as great as what is rumored on the Internet today.