Once, an assassin came to assassinate Cao, but it didn't work. Cao Cao asked all his sons what to do at this time. The other sons said that the assassin should be arrested and then killed. However, Cao Chong said that at this time, we should open the city gate and let the assassin go. This will not only shock the mastermind, but also shock other civil military commanders who are disobedient. Cao Chong even admired Cao Cao's words, so Cao Chong, a prodigy of the Three Kingdoms, was definitely on the list.
But it's a great pity that Cao Chong died in his teens, at the age of thirteen, which is undoubtedly regrettable. As far as the two prodigies I am going to talk about today are concerned, they did not die young. These two prodigies in the Three Kingdoms period were Zhong Hui of Cao Wei and Zhuge Ke of Soochow. It is worth noting that in adulthood, Zhong Hui and Zhuge Ke both led 200,000 troops. However, it was because of the conquest that neither child prodigy came to a good end.
I. Zhuge Ke
On the one hand, as far as Zhuge Ke is concerned. Like Cao Chong's famous allusions, Zhuge Ke, as a prodigy in the Three Kingdoms period, also has the story of "Zhuge Ke got a donkey".
Zhuge Ke is the eldest son of Zhu Gejin and the nephew of Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han. Zhuge Ke's father, Zhu Gejin, has a long and narrow face like a donkey. One day, Sun Quan called his ministers and brought a donkey. He put a long label on the donkey's face, which read: Zhuge Yu. Zhuge Ke knelt down and said, "I ask your majesty to let me add two words with a pen." Sun Quan listened and gave him a pen. Zhuge Ke went on to write: Donkey. Everyone laughed. So (Sun Quan) gave this donkey to Zhuge Ke, which is undoubtedly an important embodiment of Zhuge Ke's wisdom since childhood.
After Sun Quan's death, Zhuge Ke became the prime minister and Wu Dong's teacher, which can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people. Although Zhuge Ke was in a high position, his family was not a local gentry in Soochow. In other words, Zhuge Ke's pressure in Soochow is still relatively great. Therefore, Zhuge Ke hoped that he could continue to make contributions and consolidate his position in the Soochow court. So in 253 AD, Zhuge Ke, Wu's teacher, ignored the dissuasion of the ministers. In March, he led 200,000 people to send troops to the Northern Expedition again, aiming at Hefei occupied by Cao Wei.
In this battle, Zhang Te, commander-in-chief of Cao Wei, had only 3000 troops. 200,000 troops besieged the city guarded by 3,000 people, which is naturally a battle with great disparity in strength. Therefore, according to this trend, it should be only a matter of time before Wu Dong takes over. However, for Wei Bing, it is obvious that nothing will happen. In order to buy time for the arrival of the follow-up reinforcements, Zhang Te adopted the tactics of pretending to surrender to delay the encirclement of Wu Dong. However, Zhuge Ke, who is clever and wise, fell into the trap of Zhang Te.
When the city was repaired and Zhang Te held it again, Wu Jun was furious. However, to do things in one go, you must have confidence and perseverance. If you pick one after another off and on, it will have a negative impact on you. At this time, the Wu army has lost its high morale when it attacked the city. In addition, it was a hot summer, and Wu Bing was exhausted and epidemic was rampant. Most people who are sick are seriously injured. Zhuge Ke siege, angry at the ministries, foot soldiers complain constantly.
In August 253, Zhuge Ke was helpless and returned with his army. Sima Shi ordered Wen Qin to send elite troops to meet the enemy and asked him to break Zhuge Ke's retreat so that Qiu Jian and others could break up. Zhuge Ke fled in fear, Wen Qin stepped forward, defeated the enemy and beheaded more than 10,000 people. So the result of this campaign can be said to be unexpected, that is, Soochow not only failed to capture Hefei, which was guarded by only 3000 people, but lost at least tens of thousands of troops. In the author's view, the failure of this campaign not only made Zhuge Ke's prestige in Wu Dong plummet, but also became the direct cause of his murder.
In October of the same year, Sun Jun and Wu Zhu Sun Liang (the youngest son of Sun Quan) decided to buy wine and invite Zhuge Ke to dinner. Finally, Sun Jun and Sun Liang succeeded in getting rid of Zhuge Ke. Soon, Zhuge Ke was destroyed by the three clans, and his nephew, his hometown owner and his regular servant Zhu En were all killed. Therefore, this means that the Zhu Gejin family basically bid farewell to the big stage of the Soochow court. From this point of view, although Zhuge Ke was extremely clever, it also led to his arrogance and even conceit, which eventually brought trouble to his family.
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On the other hand, as far as Zhong Hui is concerned, he is also a child prodigy. Zhong Hui (March 3, 225-264) was born in Yingchuan Changshe (now changge city). In the Three Kingdoms, Wei was a general and calligrapher. He was the youngest son of teacher Zhong You and the younger brother of Qingzhou secretariat.
Chen Shou's "Shu Wei of the Three Kingdoms" Volume 28 "Zhong Hui" records: Jiang Ji, a bodyguard of China, wrote, "You can know a person by looking at his eyes." "When I was five years old, I was sent to see the aid Korea, which was very different. I said, "Very human. 」
For Zhong Hui, he was extremely smart and agile when he was a teenager. When Zhong Hui was five years old, Zhong You took him to see Jiang Ji, who thought Zhong Hui was "very human". Zhong Hui grew up to be brilliant and knowledgeable, especially proficient in metaphysics. When he was weak, he was famous for Wang Bi. In the first five years (245 years), I became a doctor's secretary. In eight years (247), he moved to Shang. In the first year of Jiaping (249), he served as assistant minister of Ren Zhongshu.
In this regard, in my opinion, Zhong Hui's life, like Zhuge Ke's, was almost smooth in the early stage. In 249 AD, Sima Yi launched the change of Gao Pingling and usurped the power of Cao Wei. As far as Zhong Hui is concerned, it is on the side of Sima Yi and his son. Especially after Si Mazhao came to power, Zhong Hui became the confidant of the former. In the first year of Jing Dynasty, Zhong Hui supported Si Mazhao's plan to cut Shu, worshipped General Zhenxi, Fake Festival and all the military forces in Guanzhong, and presided over the matter of cutting Shu.
In the fourth year of Jingyuan (263), Si Mazhao mobilized 654.38+08,000 troops, and Zhong Hui, Wargo and others divided their forces to attack Shu Han. In the battle of Shu destroyed by Wei, Zhong Hui led more than 65,438+10,000 people, but was blocked by Jiang Wei in Jiange area. Of course, Wargo managed to destroy Shu Han by sneaking into level tone. After the death of Shu Han, Zhong Hui was worshipped as Stuart by Si Mazhao, and he was named county magistrate. After Zhong Hui succeeded, he became disloyal, so he colluded with Jiang Wei, the general of Shu, and framed the general Wargo.
After the arrest of Wargo, Cao Wei's 1.8 million army in Shu was basically controlled by Zhong Hui. Together with the defected Shu Han soldiers, Zhong Hui is nominally in charge of more than 200,000 people. And this gave Zhong Hui the confidence to resist. In the first month of the fifth year of Jingyuan (264), Zhong Hui led more than 200,000 troops to crusade against Si Mazhao in the name of Guo Tai's behest. As a result, Zhong Hui was killed by Hu Lie, the Ministry, and died in the army at the age of forty.
For Zhong Hui, although nominally in charge of more than 200,000 troops. However, Si Mazhao had already prepared for him. When Wei destroyed Shu, he sent Wei Guan and other generals to guard against Zhong Hui and Wargo. In addition, Cao Wei's soldiers are unwilling to take risks with Zhong Hui. So the mutiny planned by Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei ended in failure. To sum up, Zhong Hui and Zhuge Ke, two prodigies in the Three Kingdoms period, did not come to a good end. What do you think of this? Welcome to leave your opinion and discuss it together.