Friends who like the Three Kingdoms are very familiar with the empty city plan, which is jointly called "lost space chopping" with the lost street pavilion and the horse chopping rumor, and is one of the most famous plays in Peking Opera. This empty city plan is not found in the history of the plan, but is actually a fictional plot of Luo Guanzhong, in order to show Zhuge Liang's wisdom and Sima Yi's paranoia. However, many people believe that in reality, this empty city plan is unlikely to be successfully implemented.
Empty city meter
Absurd empty city plan
The void slash occurred during the first Qishan expedition and during Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition. Ma Mo was careless and light on the enemy, did not listen to Wang Ping's advice, and lost the street pavilion, resulting in the failure of all the strategic deployment of Shu Han, so he had to retreat. In the main history, it was Zhang Gao who laid down the street pavilion, and Zhuge Liang moved all the people of Xicheng away, so he emptied the city. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it was Sima Yi who played the street pavilion, Zhuge Liang was in Xicheng, there were no generals around him, there were no soldiers, it was too late to escape, when he was surrounded by Sima Yi, he opened the city gate, Sima Yi thought that there was an ambush inside, and was frightened.
However, if according to the yanyi, Xicheng was really surrounded by Sima Yi, and Sima Yi wanted to capture Zhuge Kongming, Zhuge Liang would not be able to escape. First of all, xicheng itself is very small, there can not be too many soldiers stationed, Sima Yi's army has the advantage of troop strength, if it is strong to attack, it is not a problem to take it; secondly, even if there is really an ambush inside, as long as it surrounds xicheng and cuts off the supply line, Zhuge Liang can't hold out for too long, and soon it will be exposed; again, this is an excellent opportunity to capture Kong Ming alive, and the general generals will not give up easily, how can they retreat? In addition, even if Sima Yi was really afraid that there were ambush troops inside, he sent one or two thousand soldiers to try to attack the city, and immediately tried it out, losing a little strength.
Sima Yi
Therefore, based on the above four reasons, if Sima Yi wanted to capture Kong Ming, this empty city plan could not deceive Sima Yi, and Zhuge Liang would definitely be captured alive. Therefore, the plot of the empty city plan is indeed very absurd.
However, if the empty city plan really happens in reality, Zhuge Liang will certainly not be captured alive, and he can retreat completely!
The reason why the empty city meter can be achieved
Do you know the story of the three horses in the same groove, it is said that Cao Cao dreamed of this, afraid of the Sima family usurpation, so he began to be jealous of Sima Yi. Of course, Cao Cao was not so ridiculous in the history, but he did see through Sima Yi, so he gave his heir Cao Pi that he could reuse Sima Yi, but could not give him too much military power. Cao Cao's discerning people were very clever, and he had long seen Sima Yi's ambitions. However, it may be because of his talent, and Sima Yi was very restrained during Cao Cao's lifetime, so he was able to remain safe and sound.
Cao Cao
Cao Pi reigned for a short time, and died after only seven years. When the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui arrived, because Cao Cao's old generals gradually aged or died, Cao Wei also faced a situation where there were no generals available to the Shu Han Dynasty. It was at this time that Sima Yi began to grasp the military power, which was credited to Zhong Xuan, because Zhong Xuan was one of the recommenders. However, at the beginning, Cao Rui was still more inclined to the general Cao Shuang, and sima Yi was still slightly suppressed. However, Cao Shuang later lost the battle, and when he returned, he wanted to take action against Sima Yi, but was arrested by Sima Yi who launched a coup d'état first.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is even said that Cao Rui had a dream similar to Cao Cao's, to the effect that the Sima family would usurp the Cao family's world and kill Sima Yi. At this time, Hua Xin interceded with Sima Yi and helped him escape the disaster. Later, because the Shu Han Xingbing army came to attack, it was necessary for the general to deal with it, and Zhong Xuan recommended Sima Yi to go.
So you see, all kinds of indications show that the Cao family is still jealous of Sima Yi and does not dare to give him too much military power. Although it was not so serious before Cao Shuang came to power, after Cao Shuang took power, the conflict began to become more severe. At one point, Sima Yi was relieved of all military powers and almost lost all his family. Therefore, Sima Yi's ambitions were exposed, and he was in danger, and he needed a savior at this time.
This great savior is not Zhong Xuan, but Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang
Although the Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes Zhuge Liang as a god, Zhuge Liang in the main history is actually one of the most outstanding military experts in the Three Kingdoms era. Don't look at him Zhuge Liang's five Northern Expeditions have failed, but in terms of using troops, Zhuge Liang is still very strong, and every time it makes Cao Wei a headache. This situation is different from the war between Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, cao Wei and Eastern Wu have won and lost each other, and there are goings and goings; but although Cao Wei and Zhuge Liang, although most of them have retreated because Zhuge Liang ran out of food, but when they really fought, it was basically Cao Wei's side that suffered losses.
Zhuge Liang was powerful, but only Sima Yi could restrain him. Because Sima Yi was well aware of Shu Han's weaknesses, he was always able to delay time with defense and force Zhuge Liang to retreat. Therefore, as long as Zhuge Liang was there, Cao Wei would have a place to use Sima Yi and ensure Sima Yi's safety. Therefore, it is said that Zhuge Liang is Sima Yi's savior, even if Zhuge Liang has set up an empty city plan, Sima Yi will see through Zhuge Liang's deception, he will not send troops to capture Kong Ming. Sima Yi wished that Zhuge Liang would live well, so how could he think of harming him?
Besides, the reason why Sima Yi played against Zhuge Liang every time, whether it was zhengshi or yanyi, was mainly defensive, which was also a mystery in it. The purpose of Sima Yi's doing this was to reduce the frontal conflict with Zhuge Liang, so as to better preserve his own military strength, accumulate more military capital for himself, and prepare for the next usurpation of power. Although Zhuge Liang was Sima Yi's mortal enemy, he was also an "ally" in another sense, and even Sima Yi's great savior.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
epilogue
Luo Guanzhong's fictitious empty city plan seems absurd, but in reality it can be successfully implemented by Zhuge Liang, because Sima Yi knew that Zhuge Liang returned to Yizhou alive, and Sima Yi himself was still a general whose value outweighed the threat, so that he could continue to control the military power. Therefore, I have to say that Sima Yi is an old fox, whether it is the history of zhengshi or the interpretation, he is very scheming and calculating.