Chapter 72 Marquis Wu Zhuge's thatched cottage ruled the world

When counting the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang is one who must not be abandoned.In the era of separatist regimes, if Zhuge Kongming did not appear, I am afraid it would still be difficult to form a three-legged situation.While Zhuge Liang is known as a military strategist, statesman and strategist, he is also listed in the ranks of inventors because of his invention of wooden cows and horses and Kongming lanterns.In addition, Zhuge Liang is also full of talents. His "Before the Teacher", "The Later Teacher" and "The Book of Commandments" have been widely circulated by later generations.It is based on this that even the great poet Du Fu also praised Zhuge Liang's "Shu Xiang" famous article handed down to the world.

Zhuge Liang, courtesy name Kongming and nickname Wolong, was born in an official family in Yangdu, Langya in the fourth year of Emperor Guanghe of the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang's grandfather Zhuge Feng was a captain of Sili during the Yuan Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and his father Zhuge Gui was at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Served as Taishan Juncheng.But fate was not fair to Zhuge Liang. When he was only 3 years old, his mother Zhang died of illness. When he was 8 years old, his father also left him and left the world.Zhuge Liang and his younger brother Zhuge Jun were brought up by his uncle Zhuge Xuan who was appointed by Yuan Shu as the prefect of Yuzhang.

Zhuge Xuan died of illness in the second year of Jian'an. At that time, Zhuge Liang was just 16 years old, which was considered an adult age in ancient times.At this time, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had escaped from Li Jue in Chang'an and moved to Xu County under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao.Zhuge Liang, who is at school age, is best to recite "Liang Fu Yin" on weekdays, and often compares himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi.However, people thought he was young and noble, and no one paid him too much attention. Only his good friends Xu Shu and Cui Zhouping believed in his true talents and learning.

At this time, Zhuge Liang already had the title of "Crouching Dragon".But what was ridiculed more by people was his approach to choosing a wife.Zhuge Liang's good friend Huang Chengyan wanted to tease him, so he said to him: "I heard that you want to choose a wife. There is an ugly girl in my family. She has yellow hair and dark skin, but her talent matches you." He agreed with one bite.This made the neighbors treat this matter as a laughingstock, and even a proverb spread in the village because of this: "Don't choose a wife for Kong Ming, you will get the ugly girl of A Cheng."

However, Zhuge Liang's unparalleled approach has its own reasons.Rather than looking for a wife who has no common language as a companion, it is better to find a bosom friend who can confide in his heart, who has the demeanor of "the world laughs at me as crazy, and I laugh at the world's inability to see through". Zhuge Liang became famous in one fell swoop, thanks to the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang who visited the thatched cottage and left a section of "Longzhong Dui" in the thatched cottage.In "Longzhong Dui", Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation in the world for Liu Bei, and proposed to take Jingzhou as his home first, then take Yizhou to become a tripartite force, and then try to take the strategic concept of the Central Plains.After visiting the thatched cottage three times, Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain and became Liu Bei's military adviser. The various strategies of the Liu Bei Group are based on this.However, as an outsider, Zhuge Liang won the trust of Liu Bei, which made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei feel a little unbalanced. Liu Bei personally commented: "There is Kongming in the lonely, just like water in the fish. I hope you don't say anything At this point, all the dissatisfied remarks subsided, which is enough to show Liu Bei's appreciation of Zhuge Liang's talent.

After that, Zhuge Liang showed his talents in the Battle of Chibi, and finally let the world know Zhuge Kongming's name.It was precisely because of this miracle in the history of war that Liu Bei strengthened his trust in Zhuge Liang and entered Shu to divide the world.Even when he was about to die, he completely maintained his trust in Zhuge Liang, so he entrusted his children and the country to him.After that, Zhuge Liang led the army of Shu to fight in the south and north, which can be said to have made great contributions.In the end, he died of illness in Wuzhangyuan due to physical and mental exhaustion.

Zhuge Liang's ingenious calculation is that not only can he count any troubles of the enemy while he is alive, but he can even use "dead Zhuge to scare away Sheng Zhongda" after he is dead. When Zhuge Liang was critically ill, he told Yang Yi not to be mourned after his death, but to make a fake Zhuge Liang's wooden figure and put it on the cart, so that all the affairs in the army would go on as usual to conceal the enemy's eyes and ears.Nine days after Zhuge Liang's soul returned, his body was placed on a hearse and secretly escorted back to Chengdu by more than 300 carefully selected soldiers.

On the front line, Sima Yi was still urging the army to catch up with the Shu army.Before the march, he had no doubt that Zhuge Liang was dead, but in the middle of the march, Sima Yi, who was suspicious by nature, couldn't help but mutter.He was afraid that he would fall into Zhuge Liang's trick, so he didn't dare to act rashly.At this time, Xia Houba brought spies to report that there was no one in the Wuzhangyuan Shu camp.Sima Yi went up to wait and see in person, and found that the Shu camp was completely empty.Although he was still dubious, Sima Yi was afraid that the Shu army would flee in a short time, so he quickly ordered to chase at full speed.

But I never thought that when Sima Yi's army chased halfway, the Shu army in front suddenly turned around and came back to kill.Sima Yi saw Zhuge Liang sitting firmly under the banner of the army from a distance, and the banner with the words "Han Prime Minister Wuxianghou Zhuge Liang" fluttering in the wind was particularly conspicuous. Only then did Sima Yi panic, and he was even more sure that he had fallen into Zhuge Liang's trick to lure the enemy deep. Fearing that his army would be ambushed, he reined in his horse and fled back.Seeing that the main generals had all fled, the soldiers of Wei fled for their lives without armor or armor.In this fright, the Shu army did not kill many enemies, but many Wei soldiers died because of trampling each other.After the Wei army ran for more than 50 miles in one go, only two Wei generals came up and told Sima Yi not to panic, but the Shu army did not catch up.Sima Yi, who had just recovered from his shock, hurriedly asked his subordinates if his head was still growing on his head. It can be seen that he was already scared out of his wits at that time.

After all the Shu troops had left, Sima Yi finally let go of his heart.After that, he sent people to inquire about the traces of the Shu army, and it turned out that he had already fled to Shu. After this incident, when Sima Yi learned that Zhuge Liang was indeed dead, he couldn't help being filled with grief and indignation.It was precisely because of his own suspicion that he won the opportunity for the Shu army to retreat completely. The Zhuge Liang that Sima Yi met that day was just a wooden statue, and he regretted it so much.As a result, a proverb became popular in Shu: "Dead Zhuge Liang scares away living Zhongda." This is used to make fun of Sima Yi and demonstrate Zhuge Liang's ingenuity.

In addition, another unknown identity of Zhuge Liang is an inventor, and what is even less known is that Zhuge Liang invented steamed buns, the staple food of people today.At that time, Zhuge Liang ordered Meng Huo to return to the court, but he could not cross the Lu River. According to the custom, 49 human heads were sacrificed. The next day, Zhuge Liang used flour and flour wrapped in meat to make human heads to replace the human heads for sacrifice; In addition to pigs, cattle, and sheep, there are many steamed buns in many sacrifices; another table: steamed buns originally refer to the head of the barbarian captives used for sacrifices, so they are called barbarians. With the addition of Shipang, it becomes the current steamed bun. Sima Yi, who has never defeated Zhuge Liang in his life, said when evaluating him: "Zhuge Liang is really a god-man, I am not as good as I!" The various real events that happened to Zhuge Liang are far more interesting than his predictions. After all, Zhuge Kongming himself is a legend!