According to the history and legend of the Three Kingdoms, Zhu Ge Liang is heralded as the greatest military tactician of all times in the history of China. The story has frequently portrayed his unorthodox abilities to stage weird tactics and strategies that always succeed in defeating his enemies.
The legend has also stated that there was another person who had the equal abilities of Zhu Ge Liang, and the person's name was Pang Tong, the person who was later recruited by Liu Bei and became a military tactician under Zhu Ge Liang, but was later killed by the Wei army while riding on Liu Bei's white horse.
The Shu army, at that time, had Zhu Ge Liang and Pang Tong as major military advisers, while the Wei army had also successfully recruited Si Ma Yi, another brilliant tactician who was also well-versed in the magic and supernatural arts, according to Three Kingdoms legends. The glory of Shu only ended with Zhu Ge Liang's sudden death, and Si Ma Yi proceeded to lead the Wei kingdom to domination until his death decades later.
So frankly speaking, Zhu Ge Liang is regarded as the best military tacticians of all time, as admitted by the Chinese folks in mainland China and historians as well.
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