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During the age of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang was no doubt unmatched in strategies and intelligence. However, there were other capable generals and advisers who made Zhuge Liang's
life more challenging.

   
Zhao Yun
Cao Cao's most capable and trusted adviser during AD 192 - 204
(estimated time). He has great foresight and make extremely
accurate predictions. It's a pity he died very early. Some articles
praised Guo Jia as the next best strategist after Zhuge Liang.
After Cao Cao's defeat at Chi Bi, he sighed and said "If only
Feng Xiao (Alias Guo Jia) is still around, I would not have lost to
the likes of Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu." Other critics wrote that If Guo Jia was alive to pit his strategies against Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang may not be able to win his battles against Wei so easily.
Jiang Wei
Zhuge Liang's successor when he died at Wu Zhang Yuan in AD 234.
Liu Bei
Wu's adviser during the early Three Kingdoms period. He was extremely jealous of Zhuge Liang's intelligence and tried many attempts to claim Zhuge Liang's life while he was in Wu as an emissary. Overcame by his own jealousy, he turned his target towards Liu Bei instead of Cao Cao in order to win Zhuge Liang and prove his worth. However, sad to say, none of his many strategies proved to be useful against Zhuge Liang and ultimately led to his own death. On the whole, he proved to be more of a pest than a formidable enemy in Zhuge Liang's eyes.
Huang Shi
Wu's next best strategist after Zhou Yu, he did not engage in any major confrontations with Zhuge Liang. However, his strategies were fearsome enough to deal major defeats upon Guan Yu and Liu Bei, leading to their deaths. Unlike his predecessor Zhou Yu, Lu Xun's fear of Zhuge Liang prevented him from doing silly things to directly confront Zhuge Liang on the battlefield. But Lu Xun did fall into Zhuge Liang's trap once, when he accidentally entered Zhuge Liang's "ba zhen tu'
Zhuge Zhan
Zhuge Jin
Zhuge Jun
Ma Dai
Xu Shu
Pang Tong
Sima Hui
Ma Su
One of Wei's generals. Although Hao Zhao is not a very famous general in the history of the Three Kingdoms, he is one of the few who could defend against Zhuge Liang's strategies. In the battle for Cheng Cang, Hao Zhao used a mere 3,000 troops and defended the city against Zhuge Liang's 30,000 troops for about one month.
       
 
   
       
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