First of all, it is no exaggeration to say that these two men, diamond cut diamond, admire each other and are really neck and neck in military strategy. Both of them are neck and neck. Maybe someone remembered at this time. After Ma Su lost the street pavilion, Sima Yi led the troops to attack Xicheng. Zhuge Liang had no soldiers to meet the enemy, which made Sima Yi retreat without fighting. Sima Yi was in Luoyang during the actual combat in Jieting. After defeating Mengda, he returned to Wancheng, thousands of miles away from the scene of the empty city story.
Although Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi didn't have many opportunities for direct confrontation, they saw each other many times in the distance on behalf of the Shu Han regime and the Cao Wei regime. Zhuge Liang once tried to surrender to Meng Da, so Sima Yi took the lead and killed Meng Da overnight, occupying the whole new town by the way, killing Zhuge Liang's chess in the cradle. Of course, Zhuge Liang is not a vegetarian. The fourth Northern Expedition saved face, shot Zhang He to death by luring the enemy, and beat Guo Huai to death by the way. This is also the first time that the two of them really met. Unfortunately, Zhuge Liang finally had to retreat because of lack of food.
By the time of the fifth Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang was already very weak, and he had to spend a lot of effort to fight Sima Yi every day. The key is that everything is ready this time, there is no shortage of food, and there are no other accidents. Sima Yi took a fancy to Zhuge Liang's body and could not bear to part with it. In any case, he just couldn't resist the battle and stayed there for more than 100 days. Zhuge Liang was killed, which not only kept his troops but also made great contributions on the battlefield, which also laid the foundation for him to be in charge of half of Cao Wei. It can be seen that Sima Yi not only has excellent military strategy, but also has a political mind, while Zhuge Liang just got lost politically, didn't follow the monarch, didn't have a good master, and couldn't play the greatest role. Zhuge Liang's original strength was definitely not limited to this, and his super brain was held back by his late master.