Everyone says that Zhuge Liang is smart, but in fact, Zhuge Liang is only on the level of the Three Stooges. To put it bluntly, he is quite stupid.
When Xu Shu met Zhuge Liang and told him that Liu Bei wanted him to leave the mountain, why didn't Zhuge Liang want to live a happy life in a few days? But Liu Bei couldn't help but visit the thatched cottage three times, and after being teased and teased, he finally got on Liu Bei's pirate ship. Isn't it a big fool to "resign myself to a defeated army and be ordered to be in danger" when the idle clouds and wild cranes have no worries about food and clothing? Isn't it a big fool to ask for trouble?
The Battle of Chibi is one of Zhuge Liang's masterpieces, but if you think about it carefully, he still made two foolish mistakes in this battle. First, when he was lobbying Soochow, Zhuge Liang engaged in verbal battles with other Confucian scholars. Zhang Yue, Yu Fan, Bu Zhi, Xue Zong, Lu Ji and others all became his verbal defeats. It seems that Zhuge Liang is eloquent, but if he wants to discuss heroes over wine and conduct democratic reviews afterwards, wouldn't these literati who were humiliated by him feel resentful? It is inevitable to mark him with a cross on the evaluation form. Even though Zhuge Liang's achievements are as high as the sky. I'm afraid I won't even get 1 penny. Second, by borrowing arrows from a straw boat, Zhuge Liangliang easily got more than 100,000 arrows, but he gave them to Zhou Yu for nothing, thus arousing Zhou Yu's jealousy. Do you think he is stupid?
There is a poem that says: "The steep sword pass drives the horses to run away, and the sloping valley is rugged to drive the wooden ox to run." It talks about the miraculous function of the wooden ox made by Zhuge Liang to run the horse. The ability to develop products like wooden cows and flowing horses during the Three Kingdoms era shows that Zhuge Liang is really smart. But he did not apply for a patent, and he lost the opportunity to win a big prize. What is even more regrettable is that future generations have never used it again. He really fulfilled the words of Mr. Luo Guanzhong: "If future generations can implement this method, they will be safe." "Does it make people sad?"
There are many places where Zhuge Liang is foolish! Knowing that Guan Yu and Cao Cao had an old relationship, he let Guan Yu guard Huarong Road. As a result, Cao Cao escaped from Guan Yu's sword, which caused a lot of trouble later. He didn't know how to use soldiers in equestrian skills, but he was forced to guard the street pavilion, which made him demote himself to the third level. Some people spend a lot of money to buy an official position, but he wants to be demoted automatically. He is really stupid. Sima Yi's troops are approaching the city, and Zhuge Liang is plotting an empty city. If that old man Sima sees through it, wouldn't his life be in vain?
In fact, even if Sima Laoer let him go, he would not survive for a few days. Zhuge Liang died in Wuzhangyuan and returned to the west, only living 53 years old. A person is so stupid that he even risks his life. Is there anything more stupid than this?