As a generation of military strategist, Zhuge Liang is not as good as Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang is inferior to Liu Bei in his ability to recognize people and employ people. To put it bluntly, Zhuge Liang can only be a strategist, not a helmsman.

Among the ancient prime ministers, Zhuge Liang can completely enter the first echelon, alongside Guan Zhong, Wu Qi and Wang Anshi. However, although Zhuge Liang is a good prime minister, he is not a good leader, that is to say, he has no talent for knowing people and employing people. In fact, Zhuge Liang is too single-minded in employing people. He prefers like-minded people, but Liu Bei is different. He can use talents in an eclectic way.

Let's take a look at the talent echelon of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. The first is Liu Bei's talent echelon. It is said that Liu Bei visited the cottage and got Zhuge Liang. With the help of Zhuge Liang, he stabilized the situation. Among the generals are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun under Liu Bei, all of whom are independent. For example, in 2 19 AD, Liu Bei established himself as king in Hanzhong. He wants to choose a general to guard Hanchuan, which is a military town and the bridgehead of Chengdu, and its strategic position is very important, so he wants to choose a strong military talent to guard Hanchuan. At that time, everyone thought it would be Zhang Fei But Liu Bei directly promoted Wei Yan to guard Hanchuan, which shocked everyone. Liu Bei's attitude of using talents in an eclectic way is exactly the same as that of Han Xin promoted by Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang.

Let's take a look at Zhuge Liang's employment situation. It is said that Liu Bei ended his life early, and Zhuge Liang, as a strategist, was pushed to the role of helm. Zhuge Liang is an excellent strategist, but he is not a qualified leader, and the reason why he leads Shu badly is precisely because of his defects in knowing people and employing people. Wei Yan is a warrior who likes adventure very much, but Zhuge Liang dare not give up his power. Every time during the Northern Expedition, Wei Yan asked to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight alone, but Zhuge Liang refused. Later, Zhuge Liang replaced the experienced Wei Yan with Ma Su, which led to the defeat of Jieting.

In a word, Zhuge Liang can only be a good strategist, not a leader of a military group like Liu Bei.