Why did Zhuge Liang let Ma Yan, who had no actual combat experience, guard the street pavilion?

The person who can enter Zhuge Liang's eyes and be entrusted with important tasks by him will definitely not be a mediocre person, Ma Jian has his own advantages.

Although the street pavilion is small, it is a strategic place that can affect the success or failure of a battle, and it is of great military value.

Liu Bei once specifically told Zhuge Liang on his deathbed: "Ma Tan's words are exaggerated, not to be used, Jun Qi will observe it", in the case of this advice is still in his ears, Zhuge Liang still chose Ma Tan to guard the title pavilion, which shows Zhuge Liang's absolute trust in Ma Tan.

Ma Tan started as a magistrate, and successively served as a county magistrate and a taishou. Ma Yan, who is "talented and good at discussing military strategies", has been good at reading military books since he was a child, is familiar with military books and war strategies, has a deep understanding and unique views on military theory, and is deeply valued by Zhuge Liang.

When Zhuge Liang sent troops to quell the rebellion in the south, he also specially asked Ma Jian for advice, and Ma Jian soberly suggested: "The way of the husband to use the army, attack the heart for the top, attack the city for the bottom, the heart for the top, the war for the bottom, the public is willing to obey his heart." ”

Ma Tan's suggestion became the guide for Zhuge Liang's military operation, and achieved the good effect of "the southerners did not return".

Zhuge Liang was greatly admired by Zhuge Liang's excellent military theoretical talents, and during the military campaign against Wei, he specially transferred Ma Jian to the tent to join the army, and "every time he was introduced to talk, he worked day and night." ”

Ma Tan was also very grateful to Zhuge Liang for his kindness, and often thought about repaying it, so he asked for his life and was willing to take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the street pavilion.

In fact, all the generals in the army at that time were unanimously optimistic about Wei Yan and Wu Yi and other battle-hardened generals, and they were not interested in Ma Yan, who lacked experience in actual combat command on the battlefield.

And Liang violated the public's command and unified the public, "the result was "broken by He, the soldiers were scattered, Liang Jin had no basis, and the army was returned to Hanzhong", Zhuge Liang also regretted and blamed himself.

The reason why Zhuge Liang "disobeyed the public" was mainly because Ma Tan's gorgeous military theory blinded Zhuge Liang's eyes, thus ignoring the fatal flaw of lack of actual combat experience and never serving as the main general of the sole defense side. As a result, the Shu army paid a heavy price.

Ma Tan is a giant in theory and a dwarf in actual combat. Liu Bei, whose eyes were like torches, clearly saw this, although Zhuge Liang was wise, he was still inferior to Liu Bei in terms of knowing and employing people.

Because Ma Tan is familiar with military books, he often talks about military affairs with Zhuge Liang on weekdays, and he is very insightful, but he lacks actual combat experience, so Zhuge Liang has high hopes for him and asks him to guard the street pavilion in order to let him behave well.

Because Zhuge Liang couldn't understand people clearly after he got old, Ma Jian was still very good at that time, who knew that it would be like this after he went to the battlefield.

Because Zhuge Liang has always taught Ma Jian as his own student, he thinks that Ma Jian has followed him for many years and learned a lot of strategies, and he will stick to the street pavilion according to his own arrangement, but he didn't expect Ma Jian to be smart and lose the street pavilion and lose the whole game.

Because Zhuge Liang wanted to cultivate Ma Tan, after all, Ma Jian was his apprentice, so he had to give him a chance to make meritorious contributions.

The reason why Zhuge Liang chose to let Ma Jian lead the troops was mainly because Ma Jian took the initiative to invite him like this, and the speed was relatively fast. When Zhuge Liang described that the Wei army would attack the Shu Han army through the Jieting, many of the generals were still pondering and did not hesitate to react. But at this time, since Ma Tan took the initiative to ask for battle, Zhuge Liang was naturally very happy to see this phenomenon of taking the initiative to ask for war, after all, this was the first Northern Expedition, and Zhuge Liang did not want to see his generals afraid of the enemy like tigers.

Since Ma Jian was so confident, Zhuge Liang thought that he already had a strategy to defend against the enemy in his heart, so he fulfilled his wish, but in fact, he didn't want to discourage his enthusiasm. <>

Ma Jian is actually not as incompetent as everyone thinks, Ma Jian is a more thoughtful person, and in the military ** fight with Zhuge Liang, he is often able to give some different opinions, so he can get Zhuge Liang's appreciation. Zhuge Liang thinks that Ma Jian is not a mediocre talent, so he is willing to give him such an opportunity. It's just that what Zhuge Liang didn't expect was that although Ma Jian was talented, he lacked practical combat experience, and because it was the first time he went to the battlefield, he especially wanted to make meritorious contributions, so he would be defeated.

In fact, in the late Shu Han period, the talents of the Shu Han group were extremely scarce, especially after the defeat of Yiling, many Shu Han talents died or were captured in this battle. Moreover, the population of the Shuhan Group itself is relatively small, so there is a shortage of talents, and in this case, Zhuge Liang has to plan more for the future. In order not to let the Shuhan Group lack successors, Zhuge Liang must cultivate more talents, and at this time, there happens to be a Ma Jian around him who is worth cultivating, so Zhuge Liang thought about letting him participate in the actual battle.

Zhuge Liang has no one else around him, and the generals around him have other tasks, so I have no choice but to choose Ma Yan.

As we all know, the Battle of Jieting took place in the course of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition. In 228 AD, Zhuge Liang led the army of Shu Han to attack Cao Wei. Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi were sent as suspicious troops to guard the Kei Valley.

And Zhuge Liang himself led a large army to attack Qishan. However, at the time of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, at the beginning of the war, the battle was going relatively smoothly. When Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition came to Tianshui, Nan'an and Anding, these three counties all rebelled against Cao Wei.

Because there were no stupid or better talents available at that time, Zhuge Liang was already exhausted by Jiang Lang when he was facing Tuanxiang talents, so he could only choose those who had no experience in leading troops.

The street pavilion is the gateway to Chang'an, so the strategic location is very important. With such a heavy military position, why didn't Zhuge Liang send the generals in the army, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan, Wu Yi, Ma Dai and others to garrison at that time? But let Ma Yan, who has never had experience in commanding the army alone, go to guard the street pavilion?

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