This ingenious plan won the appreciation of Kong Ming.
Ma Su, a native of Yicheng, Xiangyang, was the younger brother of Ma Liang, a general of Shu and Han Dynasties. At the beginning, Liu Bei entered Shu as Jingzhou, and successively served as Mianzhu County Magistrate, Chengdu County Magistrate and Yu Yue Taishou. Masu has five brothers, each of whom is humble and brilliant, so he is very famous in the local area and is called "the P5 of Mars". Ma Su and Ma Liang both worked in Jingzhou. Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and Ma Su joined the army, which won Zhuge Liang's appreciation for his good strategy. Emperor gaozu said: "I strategize and win thousands of miles, not as good as the ovary." I am not as good as Xiao He, because I am a town, a people, a salary, and an endless route for providing foodstuff. Even a million-strong army will win the battle and attack it. I am not as good as Han Xin. "Everyone has his own strengths, and Ma Su is a strategist with strategic vision in" strategizing and winning thousands of miles ". Few people in the world can strike a balance between strategizing and fighting well, because it is difficult for us to lead troops to fight well, strategize and win battles thousands of miles away. This is very difficult. When the horse can't strike a balance between the two, and both are not particularly prominent, it is easy to lose the battle.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei, Shu and Wu stood firm, and we naturally knew the strength and strength of the three countries. At that time, the population of Shu and Han was more than 900,000, that of Cao and Wei was more than 4 million, and that of Soochow was more than 2 million. The population of Shu Han is less than a quarter of that of Cao Wei and less than half of that of Soochow. At that time, it was still an era of strength in numbers, and population was almost the primary productive force and the first combat effectiveness. The weakness of Shu's strength can be seen. Ulfsaar will have a nest. As long as there is a good commander-in-chief, the lamb can also be trained as a lion, but the problem is that there is no such commander-in-chief in Shu: the absolute talent is not low, and the relative talent is not high. Wu and Shu are weak, and the only way is for them to unite. Zhuge Liang has a clear understanding of this point and regards it as a basic national policy. He even made a plan to carve up Wei with Wu long ago. Although the two countries have maintained an alliance since then, they can't really coordinate their positions as the basis for deploying military struggles. The two countries cooperated to attack Wei, but the action was never successful. You can't rely on cooperation, you can only compete with others by talent.
As a result, Ma Su became an artist appointed by Zhuge Liang, and was deeply appreciated by Zhuge Liang. But his boss Liu Bei disliked him very much, and even told Zhuge Liang before he died that Ma Su was unreliable. Later, it was proved that Zhuge Liang did not take this matter to heart, and still valued Ma Su. Before Ma Su lost its street pavilion, Zhuge Liang and Ma Su cooperated like a duck to water. For example, Ma Su played an important role in the crusade against Lv Yong and the capture of Meng Huo. In the third year of lite, Zhuge Liang led an army to attack Lv Yong. Although Zhuge Liang himself is a wise man, he consulted Ma Su before sending troops. According to the characteristics that southerners are difficult to tame, Ma Su put forward "the first siege; Psychological warfare is the top, and military warfare is the bottom. It is difficult to subdue southerners in a short time. Only by taking away their hearts can southerners truly surrender to you. Zhuge Liang adopted Ma Su's suggestion. Soon, Zhuge Liang killed Lv Yong and pardoned Meng Huo. This strategy was implemented by Zhuge Liang as "capturing Meng Huo seven times", thus ensuring the peace of southern Xinjiang. In view of the fact that "the soldiers and horses have not moved, and people's grievances are boiling" in Sichuan, Ma Su timely put forward the strategy of "only caring about poverty and not going out to war". On the eve of the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang succeeded in alienating Cao Rui and Sima Yi by relying on Ma Su's strategy, which laid the foundation for the victory of the Northern Expedition. Zhuge Liang defeated Xiahou, captured Jiang Wei, defeated Qiang and destroyed Wang Lang, and then even connected Kenan, Anding and Tianshui counties to deter Cao Wei.
The wayward Masu Street Pavilion falls.
In this way, Ma Su is a military talent, and there is a spark of Ma Su Thought in many of Zhuge Liang's wisdom. However, Ma Su's only shortcoming is that his theory is full but his practical experience is few, which makes him have many shortcomings in grasping the overall situation, and his theory lacks the test of practice. In the sixth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang sent troops to Qishan to explore Wei. Zhuge Liang led the army to attack, and he chose Ma Su as the pioneer. At that time, many people suggested Zhuge Liang to choose experienced veterans, but Zhuge Liang insisted on his choice and appointed Ma Su as the pioneer to lead all the troops forward.
Cao Cao of Wei Mingdi learned that Shu Han was coming to behead Ma Su, so he sent general Zhang He to stop Ma Su in the street pavilion. After Ma Su went to war, he deployed troops according to his own ideas, relying only on the knowledge he learned from books and a small amount of actual combat experience. Because Ma Su violated Zhuge Liang's battle plan and abandoned the water source to set up an army on the mountain, the army's dispatch was also very chaotic. At this time, Wang Ping, one of Ma Su's men, had already noticed that there was a big problem in this disposal, and repeatedly advised Ma Su, but Ma Su did not listen and went his own way. Cao Cao's army naturally seized this good opportunity. Here, Zhang Jaw cut off the water source of the Ma Su army stationed on the mountain, launched an attack and defeated Ma Su. Ma Su's army was in flight on the mountain. Zhuge Liang learned the news of Ma Su's rout and wanted to come back to support Ma Su, but he couldn't find the stronghold where Ma Su was stationed, so he had to make a detour. This detour not only wasted the rescue time, but also lost a lot of military power, which was not worth the loss. Because of the fall of Jieting, Ma Su was convicted and sentenced to death, and was beheaded by Zhuge Liang himself. When Ma Su was executed, Zhuge Liang was reluctant to give up. You know, people who used to rely so heavily on him have now made a big mistake and had to kill Ma Su to make amends with their lives. Masu was only 39 when he died. After Ma Su's death, Zhuge Liang personally mourned for him, wept for him, comforted his children and treated his descendants well.
It is painful for Ma Su to lose Zhuge Liang, because Ma Su was his friend, confidant and comrade-in-arms. They planned together, worked together like gentlemen and had a good talk. After Ma Su's death, Zhuge Liang was in a bad mood for a long time, because he lost someone to consult with, because Ma Su, the confidant, was absent. Zhuge Liang should eat less complicated things in his later years and do everything himself. No one can bear such a heavy workload. Without Zhuge Liang of Ma Su, it seems that going out to fight is far worse than before. After all, Kong Ming is old and has no right-hand man, but there is still a big difference. It is also popular that Zhuge Liang killed Ma Su. "Winning or losing is a common occurrence for military strategists." We all understand this truth. Besides, Masu is young and lacks opportunities for practice. It is not terrible to fail occasionally. Any successful strategist needs a process from infancy to maturity. No one will win on the battlefield. Besides, Ma Su is also a striker promoted by Zhuge Liang. He went his own way and backed down.
Moreover, Masu is not an exaggerated and willful mediocrity, and no one can deny that Masu is a talented person. When we look at his strategy of pacifying the south, we can find his amazing insight into the war; Look at his plan to counter Sima Yi and Cao Rui, which shows that he is clever in calculation. Moreover, after the defeat, Ma Su knew that he was guilty, did not emphasize objective reasons to wash away his guilt, and did not use his personal relationship with Kongming to smuggle people. He accepted the punishment openly without any complaint.
It can be said that Masu is a talented person who can be cultivated and valued. Even before he died, Zhuge Liang lamented that "there is no one to teach after visiting all the generals." How can I deny Masu's talent? Unfortunately, "but before he conquered, he was dead, and the heroes cried on their coats." It is Zhuge Liang's helplessness and Ma Su's tragedy that a failure ruined his life.