Tell me about Zhuge Liang's "seven captures and seven verticals". What was the result? (history)

seven capture and seven longitudinal

In 225 AD, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, led an army to the south to consolidate the rear. Just as we were ready to withdraw our troops, Meng Huo, the leader of the Yi people in the south, gathered defeated scattered troops to attack the Shu army.

Zhuge Liang learned that Meng Huo was not only brave and strong-willed, but also loyal to others. He was very popular among Yi people, even among Han people, and many people admired him, so he decided to win him over.

Meng Huo is brave, but he is not good at fighting. The first time I went into battle, when I saw the Shu soldiers retreating, I thought that the Shu soldiers were defeated by themselves, and they were desperate to catch up. As a result, they broke into the ambush and were captured. Meng Huo decided that he was going to be put to death by Zhuge Liang, so he told himself that he should die like a hero and not be ashamed. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang untied him himself and persuaded him to submit. Meng Huo refused to accept the failure and arrogantly refused. Yan Geliang did not force him, but accompanied him to watch the military camp that had been arranged, and then asked him specially: "What do you think of the layout of this military camp?"

Meng Huo watched carefully. He found that the barracks were full of old, weak and disabled soldiers, so he said bluntly, "I didn't know whether you were real or not before, and I won for you once. Now I have seen your barracks. If that's the case, it's not difficult to beat you!"

Zhuge Liang gave no explanation, smiled and let Meng Huo go back. He knew that the jar would come to steal the camp tonight and immediately arranged an ambush.

When Meng Huo returned home, he proudly told his servants that the Shu army was all old, weak and disabled soldiers, and the layout of the barracks had been clearly seen. It was nothing. If we rob the camp in the middle of the night, Zhuge Liang would be caught.

that night, Meng Huo selected 5 swordsmen and sneaked into the camp of the Shu army, without any obstacles. Meng Huo was secretly happy and thought that success was imminent. Unexpectedly, the Shu army was ambushed everywhere, and Meng Huo was captured again.

Meng Huo was arrested one after another, and he never dared to act rashly again. He led all the troops back to the south bank of Shanghai water, only defending and not attacking. When Shu soldiers arrived in Shanghai, they couldn't cross without a boat. The weather was hot and there were many difficulties. Zhuge Liang ordered some rafts and bamboo rafts to be built, and sent a small number of soldiers to pretend to cross the river, but when they reached the middle of the river, they immediately returned to the other side and then went to cross the river. On the one hand, he divided the army into two roads, went around the narrow places of the upstream and downstream, and crossed the river to surround the uptown where Meng Huo was holed up. Later, Meng Huo was captured again.

Although Meng Huo was captured for the third time, he was still unconvinced. Zhuge Liang still didn't kill him; Entertain him and then let him go back. Some soldiers didn't understand Zhuge Liang's practice and thought that he was kind and generous to Meng Huo. Zhuge Liang explained to everyone: "Our army must reuse people like Meng Huo to completely pacify the south. If he can sincerely contact the southerners to serve the court, he can be worth a hundred thousand troops. You work harder now, so you don't have to come here to fight again. "

After Meng Huo was captured and released this time, he made up his mind not to fight against Shu soldiers. But over time. The camp was running out of food, so he sent someone to borrow food from Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang agreed, but Meng Huo was asked to come out in person and compete with the generals of the Shu army one-on-one. Meng Huo defeated several Shu generals in succession, but just arrived at a large pile of grain, he tripped over the horse rope and was captured. Shu will immediately convey the order to ask Ge Liang to get the jar back and move the food away.

In this case, Meng Huo finally admired Zhuge Liang from his heart. In order to make all the tribes submit to Shu, he invited the tribal leaders and took them with him. As a result, it was introduced into an ambush by Shu soldiers, and the gang was wiped out. Word came from the Shu camp that Meng Huo should go back, and many department leaders asked Meng Huo to be the master. What should we do? Meng Huo said with tears, "It has never been heard of that in battle, that is, seven vertical and seven captures (that is, six releases and seven catches). The Prime Minister has done his utmost to us, and I have no face to go back. "

In this ocean, Meng Huo and others finally submitted to Shu Han and obeyed their jurisdiction.