There is a saying in the Art of War: ""The method of using troops is to surround an enemy with ten, to attack with five, to fight if it is doubled, to fight the enemy if it is small, to escape if it is small, and to avoid it if it is weak. . Therefore, if the small enemy is strong, the big enemy can be captured. "However, this battle in the official history of the Three Kingdoms violated the conventions of military art, proving that even if the enemy is dozens of times more powerful, a siege may not be successful, and a weak army may not become a prisoner of a powerful enemy if it fights stubbornly. It is even more surprising. Unbelievably, the big loser in this battle was actually Zhuge Liang, who everyone thought was invincible. The novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" described Zhuge Liang as the embodiment of wisdom, and the tips he gave became the leader of Shu Han. The magic weapon to defeat the enemy - the battlefield situation is changing rapidly. Turning the frontline commander into a puppet is suspected of Kaishen commanding the frontline machine gunners. Zhuge Liang himself "is only cautious in his life" and never takes risks easily. Therefore, he would rather attack Qishan steadily. They went against the iron and copper walls that Cao Wei had prepared long ago, and refused to adopt Wei Yan's Ziwu Valley plan to raid Chang'an? Zhuge Liang was a weapons expert. He improved the repeated crossbows that existed during the Warring States Period, and promoted the trip horse in the army. Nails made Cao Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry moan incessantly, and wooden cows and horses flowed. Although Chen Shou had explained the basic structure and size of parts in writing in "Three Kingdoms", no one has been able to imitate it so far. But in the official history of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang. He is not invincible. He, a weapons expert, met another weapons inventor, just like Gongshu Ban met Mozi. Even an army of tens of thousands could not defeat one thousand, and his defeat was even more embarrassing than losing Jieting. The battle can be called the most technologically advanced battle in the Three Kingdoms period, because it was the first time rockets recorded in historical records were used in actual combat; the disparity in the number of people in this battle can also be ranked second among the Three Kingdoms campaigns, because the loser was Zhuge Liang. So the romance novel reversed the story - it was written that Zhuge Liang won in the end, and the winner was scared to death by Zhuge Liang. Readers may have guessed at once: you are talking about Chencang guard Hao. Zhao! That's right, this famous Cao Wei general who defeated Zhuge Liang in the official history and was frightened to death by Zhuge Liang in the novel, his surname is Hao and his courtesy name is Bodao. He is from Taiyuan, Shanxi, and he is half fellow countryman with Guan Yu from Yuncheng, Shanxi? This Hao Zhao. He was the first person recorded in historical records to use rockets in combat, so if we follow the principle of whoever uses them first has the patent rights, Hao Zhao can be regarded as the inventor of rockets - Zhuge Liang is not the inventor of the Liannu, he is an expert in weapon improvement: " " "Profit and Loss Liannu" refers to the fact that he made modifications based on thousands of people, and it seems that he can enjoy the design patent. Zhuge Liang met Hao Zhao, just like Gongshu Ban met Mozi. This sentence is not invented by the author, but a comment Mao Zonggang in "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" said: " "Kong Ming did not reduce Gongshu, and Hao Zhao did not reduce Mo Zhai. "It is said that "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is 30% false and 70% true. Compared with official histories such as "Three Kingdoms" and "Wei Lue", the record of Hao Zhao resisting Zhuge Liang's tens of thousands of troops with less than a thousand defenders is surprisingly similar. Only One slight discrepancy is that the novel says that Hao Zhao had 3,000 defenders. In fact, Hao Zhao only had a thousand defenders. He managed to withstand Zhuge Liang's strong attack for more than 20 days and persisted until reinforcements arrived. They are basically the same, so our restoration of the Battle of Chencang will not be so boring. Moreover, we have all learned the story of Mozi defending the city and defeating Gongshu Ban in middle school, so there is no need to say more: "" Gongshu Pan (also known as Ban, Ban, etc.) ) Jiu set up the opportunity to attack the city, and Zi Mozi was nine away from it. "When Gongshu Pan's attack weapons are exhausted, Zi Mozi has more than enough to defend the encirclement." The contest between Mozi and Gongshu Ban was similar to a war chess game, while the contest between Hao Zhao and Zhuge Liang was an actual battle with real swords and spears. Zhuge Liang's battle The loss was worse than losing Jieting - the first attack on Wei failed. Zhuge Liang could blame Ma Su, Zhang Xiu and Li Sheng (Zhang and Li were killed, Ma Su was killed or killed) and Zhao Yun (demoted), However, Zhuge Liang personally commanded the Battle of Chencang, and he must bear the responsibility for this failure. Therefore, no one was punished for this defeat. The Battle of Chencang took place in 229 AD, which was the second year of Emperor Wei Ming Cao Ruitaihe's reign. (In the past, October was the end of the year, so AD 229 spanned the second and third years of Taihe).
Just like how Li Yunlong later strangled the Yamazaki Brigade, Zhuge Liang wanted to dig a tunnel to create flowers inside the wall. But Zhuge Liang knew how to do earthwork, and Hao Zhao also knew how to do it. "The stalemate lasted for more than twenty days. Zhuge Liang was exhausted and Hao Zhao was not taking it easy. After all, one thousand versus tens of thousands could kill a person from exhaustion. So Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao and Cao Rui to Zhang He, and the two armies rushed to aid Chencang at night. Cao Zhen, Fei Yao, was anxious, and so was Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui. Only Zhang He was not anxious. He had defeated Zhuge Liang, so he didn't seem to be afraid of Zhuge Liang. At the farewell banquet held by Cao Rui, Zhang He kept drinking, and Cao Rui became anxious: "" If General Zhang is so unhurried, by the time you arrive, Zhuge Liang will have already used Hao Zhao's bones to beat the drum, right? "Zhang He held the wine glass and smiled: ""By the time I arrive, Zhuge Liang will have already run away (by the time Bichen arrives, Liang has already left)!" "? In that battle, it was obvious that Hao Zhao won, and he must have gained enough lives, so he was granted the title of marquis in one battle - Cao Wei followed the military merit system of the Han Dynasty, and in the event of victory, he beheaded generals or beheaded thousands of people. You can be granted the title of Marquis. For example, Guan Yu was granted the title of Marquis of Shouting of the Han Dynasty after he killed Yan Liang. During the battle at Chencang, Hao Zhao became a lingering nightmare for Zhuge Liang. If Hao Zhao had not died of illness, Zhuge Liang would have had more worries about attacking Wei. According to official historical records, Hao Zhao was not frightened to death by Zhuge Liang. He died of illness on his own, and when he learned that Hao Zhao was seriously ill, Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui reduced his diet to pray for Hao Zhao. Sima Yi, a loyal minister of Cao Wei at the time, even went to the table to persuade Cao Rui to eat. . In fact, Hao Zhao's serious illness was also related to the difficult battle in Chencang. His suicide note revealed how tragic that battle was, and warned future generations never to join the army as a general again: I have been a general all my life, so I know. The work of a general is really not done by humans. I guarded Chencang and dug up people's graves many times just to get some wood to make defensive equipment...