After Zhuge Liang died of illness, why did Sima Yi withdraw his troops immediately?

Zhuge Liang should be Sima Yi's lifelong enemy, but in fact they are also real confidants, and they are all excellent. They are also very similar in many ways. Sima Yi has been in a weak position in the years of confrontation, because Sima Yi cannot compete with Zhuge Liang in terms of military ability.

But after Zhuge Liang's death, Sima Yi no longer attacked Shu. Why is that?

<> second, after Zhuge Liang died of illness, Sima Yi received a holy decree that read: "Congratulations to Sima Yi on his victory, and at the same time remove Sima Yi from his position as the governor and let him return to Luoyang to report on his work." In other words, Sima Yi was deprived of the power to command the army after making a slight advance in military affairs.

When he returned to Luoyang, he was closely protected. At this time, Sima Yi's every move was within the emperor's sight. In other words, the emperor at this time was not worried about Shu or Wu, but about Sima Yi, because Sima Yi's contribution was so great that Cao Rui was restless and lived in fear all the time.

In addition, Sima Yi commanded the army for many years and won the hearts of the army. As a result, Cao Rui often couldn't sleep. He was worried that Sima Yi would rebel, so he no longer gave Sima Yi any military power.

From the emperor's point of view, he would not let Sima Yi attack Shu again.

Third, as the saying goes, a rabbit dies and a dog cooks. Sima Yi understands the meaning of these allusions better. After Zhuge Liang's death, Shu would not attack Cao Wei in the short term.

Sima Yi knew that he was in danger at this time, because he would inevitably be envied by others, especially Cao Wei's relatives. If he sent troops to attack Shu at this time, it would inevitably make people see his ambitions. Therefore, Sima Yi can only tolerate and hide at this time.

Let everyone underestimate themselves, in order to really protect themselves, so Sima Yi will not be the first bird anymore, he will only lurk in a low-key manner and wait for the opportunity, Sima Yi knows at this time that if he blindly advocates attacking Shu now, he will suffer evil consequences. Leaving Shu is to save himself, because as long as the opponent exists, he has the meaning of his own existence, so he will not advocate cutting down Shu.

Fourth, Cao Rui died of illness soon after, and entrusted the orphan to Sima Yi, and Cao Wei was also caught in an internal struggle for power and profit. Sima Yi and Cao Shuang began a long period of infighting, so they had no chance to attack Shu. At this time, Sima Yi was stared at by Cao Shuang.

Every day, a group of people surrounded Sima Yi and looked at Sima Yi. Sima Yi also knew, so he was in danger at this time. How could he talk about the matter of Shu Shu?

In the end, Sima Yi couldn't stand it anymore, and he staged a coup d'état in Pingling, killing Cao Shuang, thus saving himself.

Soon after, Eastern Wu attacked Wei again. Sima Shi led the army to resist, and Sima Yi died of illness, so he had no chance to attack Shu. This may be the reason why Sima Yi did not cut down Shu.

The conquest of Shu would bring disaster to himself or make it difficult for him to protect himself. Therefore, after Zhuge Liang's death, Sima Yi had no intention of cutting down Shu.

After Zhuge Liang's death, Sima Yi received a holy decree to let him no longer attack Shu, and remove him from the post of governor, and let him return to Luoyang to report on his work, because Cao Rui was worried that Sima Yi would support his troops to gain self-respect for such a big victory, so he recalled him to monitor.

Because Zhuge Liang is dead, his role is not so great, and he will be deposed, so it is a rational thing to withdraw from the army.

Because Sima Yi thought that Zhuge Liang was not dead, and when he saw him on the battlefield, he was afraid of the scheme, so he withdrew his army.

Because he had more important things to do, Zhuge Liang's death meant that he had no effect on Cao Wei, so he had to start thinking of ways to protect himself.

It was because Sima Yi wanted to destroy Cao's regime at that time, and wanted to achieve the effect of replacing it, and the Shu State at that time became very strong because of the existence of Zhuge Liang, and after Zhuge Liang's death, the strength of Shu was weakened, causing Cao Wei's strength to become better, and Sima Yi could not realize his ambitions at all.

Sima Yi felt that Zhuge Liang had passed away, and Shu Han would be their Sima family sooner or later, it didn't matter if they fought or not, they still let themselves enjoy the rest of their lives.

Because at that time, Sima Yi no longer had any military power, although he was a Taifu, but he did not have the emperor's order and support, and he did not have the right to send troops.