Does Sima Yi really fail to see the empty plan? Why did Sima Yi laugh?

Sima Yi is an important adviser under Cao Cao's account in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He is equal to Zhuge Liang in several head-on confrontations, but I believe everyone should be familiar with the empty city plan. There is a saying in the book "Empty City Strategy" that "it is easy to laugh but not believe". Is it true that Sima Yi can't see the empty plan? Why did Sima Yi laugh?

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Does Sima Yi really not see the empty plan?

There are many brilliant advisers in the Three Kingdoms, who can often help one hundred. Speaking of the most famous counselors in the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang are these two. Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang also had several head-on confrontations, the most classic of which was an empty plan. At that time, the street pavilion fell, and Sima Yi led the army to attack. Although Zhuge Liang had no soldiers to defend against the enemy, he opened the city gate wide and talked elegantly on the rostrum. Sima Yi suspected fraud, so he withdrew, and this round ended in Zhuge Liang's victory.

The empty city plan is Zhuge Liang's masterpiece, and later generations also commented that "Zhuge Rui is close to the demon", which means that he is not as smart as people. So is it really that Sima Yi was too cautious and fell into the trap of Zhuge Liang? What is the real reason?

At that time, the background was the possibility that the Northern Expedition Line, which Zhuge Liang had worked so hard to build, would collapse or even be wiped out by the whole army after Ma Su lost the street pavilion. Zhuge Liang has reached the point of last resort. If the large troops do not retreat safely, they will probably be wiped out in the future. So Zhuge did not hesitate to take his own risks. At that time, Zhuge Liang's west was in danger. As long as Wei Jun charge, it is possible to completely break. Under such circumstances, Zhuge Liang dared to use an empty plan, not because Zhuge Liang guessed that Sima Yi was cautious or stupid enough, but because Zhuge Liang knew that Sima Yi was smart enough. After all, after playing for so many years, the strength of each other is obvious to all.

At that time, Sima Yi personally led hundreds of thousands of troops to pursue the remnants of Zhuge Liang and prepared to annihilate them in one fell swoop. However, when Sima Yi arrived in Xicheng, he found Zhuge Liang playing the piano gracefully upstairs. The sound of the piano fluctuated without sudden panic. The city gate is wide open, only a few veterans are sweeping the floor, and the city is dusty. If Sima Yi chooses to attack the city, the result will naturally be a great victory, and Zhuge Liang will certainly be captured alive. Many people in later generations said that Sima Yi was too cautious and chose to leave. But when you think about it, this statement is completely untenable, because Xicheng is just a big place. Even if there is an ambush, it is difficult to change the situation under the condition of great disparity in strength. Sima yi can send a small number of people to spy, and then send most of his troops to attack. In fact, Sima Yi is not thinking about military issues, but about being a man.

Sima Yi did not move a single soldier, but turned and left, not because he was too stupid, but because he was too smart. Because Sima Yi knows that he and Zhuge Liang complement each other and can contain each other. If Zhuge Liang is caught or dies, he is not far from death. Cao Cao is very entangled with Sima Yi, which can be described as love and fear. Love is because of talent, and fear is also because Sima Yi's talent is too high, which threatens his position, so Cao Cao has never given Sima Yi the military power. As soon as Cao Rui came to power, he put Sima Yi in prison. If Cao Shijia can't beat Zhuge Liang, I'm afraid Sima Yi will die in prison. Therefore, Sima Yi knows that Zhuge Liang is the value of his existence, and Zhuge Liang's piano has repeatedly reminded Sima Yi that killing me is killing himself.

This incident shows how strong Sima Yi's overall situation is. Sima yi thinks about things in the long run and doesn't care about any immediate interests at all. Moreover, people sometimes have to learn to play the fool, and don't be too smart in everything. Therefore, the Cao family could not compete with Sima Yi, and Sima Yi became the biggest winner of the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang also understood this truth and assumed the posture of mutually assured destruction with Sima Yi, that is, to tell Sima Yi that if you kill me, you will not be far from death. This is the truth that everything has its vanquisher. Sometimes you kill your competitors, and you are not far from extinction.

Why did Sima Yi laugh?

Sima Yi thought he had seen through Zhuge Liang's scheme and smiled proudly.

1, Sima has just won and his morale is extremely high. The Shu army was completely defeated, and Wei Jun was in danger. Sima Neng didn't notice that even if the Shu army attacked, Sima could get away with it at the worst!

2. Since the army besieged the city, Sun Tzu said, "It's amazing to attack it two times and surround it five times." . Since Sima is ready to attack the city, he must have investigated the intelligence of the Shu army in advance, so he should not be at a disadvantage in quantity. In the era of cold weapons, there were no weapons of mass destruction.

With Sima Zhi's shrewdness, why not send small troops to test the actual situation, and the army will retreat first.

Wei Jun has arrived at the gate. Anyway, if the Shu army had an ambush, it would have reached the ambush circle, and Wei Jun would have suffered. Why not "encircle Wei to save Zhao" and let a small group of troops attack Zhuge, which will lead to discord between the Shu army and make it much easier for the army to retreat unscathed.

Sima yi led an army to chase and intercept, and he had answers. His smile is a smile of doubt and contempt. He didn't believe Zhuge Liang would take such a big risk at this time.

Sima Yi captured the street pavilion and led 150,000 troops, expecting the arrival of Xicheng Peak. At that time, there were no generals around Kong Ming, only a group of civil servants. Half of the original 5000 soldiers have already delivered food and grass first, leaving only 2500 soldiers in the city. When the officials heard the news, they all panicked. When Kong Ming climbed the city wall, he saw the dust flying and the soldiers coming in two ways. So he ordered all the flags to be put away, and let the generals guard the city and shops, and they were not allowed to go in and out and make noise, or they would be beheaded. The city gate was wide open, and twenty soldiers dressed as adults cleaned the streets at all the gates. If Wei Bing comes, don't move. He put on a crane and a black scarf himself, led two children to set up a piano and sat on the railing in front of the watchtower in the city. Burning incense and playing the piano, like there's nothing.

Seeing this, Wei Jun was afraid to rush forward because of Kong Ming's reputation and unfathomable rumors. Sima Yi was puzzled, thinking that Kongming was cautious all his life and would not make mistakes, and ordered the rear army to be the former army. Go back to Beishan Road quickly, lest you be cheated by Kong Ming.

When Sima Yi left, Kong Ming clapped his hands and laughed. All the officials were surprised and asked Kong Ming what was going on. Kong Ming said that we had a bad feeling. Sima Yi didn't know the truth and thought we had lied to him. So he looked back at Hanzhong. Sima Yi later learned the real situation and sighed: "I am not as good as Kong Ming!"

Sima Yi's two sons, Sima Ziyuan and Sima Zhaozi Shang. They are all familiar with Sun Tzu's Art of War and are famous for their ambitions. Sima Yi is the strongest opponent in Kong Ming's mind. How can he be frightened by an empty plan? He probably played along and held Kong Ming high to increase his importance.