Han Xin was a famous general in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, while Zhuge Liang was the Shu Han Chancellor. As we all know, Zhuge Liang led troops to the Northern Expedition many times in the early Shu Han Dynasty, and due to the strength of the Wei state and Zhuge Liang's own limited strength, the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han dynasty eventually failed. So, if Zhuge Liang was replaced by Han Xin, could Shu Han win?
If Han Xin came to the Three Kingdoms and personally commanded the Shu army to conquer the Wei state in the north, Shu Han had a full chance of victory, and there were three main reasons.
First, Han Xin's military ability was higher than Zhuge Liang's. Although Zhuge Liang can also be called a military expert, he is still slightly inferior to Han Xin. Zhuge Liang's own strengths lie in politics, not in the military, that is, Zhuge Liang does not belong to the generals who specialize in leading troops to fight. Han Xin, on the other hand, was born in the military and had rich combat experience. Han Xin had secretly attacked Zhang Handan with Chen Cang, and the defeat of Chen Yu in the Battle of the Backwater was a good proof. Zhuge Liang himself was a civilian minister, and although he had certain military talents, he still had deficiencies, which was also an important reason why he did not succeed in the long-term Northern Expedition.
Han Xin, as a former han dynasty three masters, can be said to be unmatched in terms of military merit, and he can often win by surprise. Han Xin once defeated Chen Yu's hundreds of thousands of troops and horses with 30,000 old and weak, which can be called a classic example of war. Since Han Xin had the courage to command fewer victories and more battles, he would certainly use this method again in the process of the Northern Expedition to the Wei State, and even if he could not annihilate the Wei army, I was afraid that it would cause a devastating blow to the Wei army. Shu Han had Han Xin under the command of Han Xin, and it was bound to achieve unexpected results, and as a natural military expert, I am afraid that Cao Zhen, Sima Yi and others would not be able to do anything.
Second, Zhuge Liang and Han Xin had different war tactics. We know that Zhuge Liang was a very cautious person, and for this reason, Shu Han would choose to take every northern expedition step by step, rather than winning by surprise. Shu Han's own strength was weak, and if he wanted to unify the whole country, he needed to adopt the method of surprise attack, because only in this way could he turn passive into active and achieve complete victory. As for Zhuge Liang himself, because he followed the steps, every Northern Expedition was defeated by the Wei army. It was precisely because Sima Yi seized on zhuge Liang's weakness that he chose to only defend and not attack. It was precisely because of Sima Yi's strategy of dragging the war that Zhuge Liang, who had worked hard and had no success, was finally consumed.
Zhuge Liang followed the steps, naturally there is a certain reason, but the ancient wars often did not stop there. The long-term tug-of-war is bound to be the weak side, and the strength of shu Han itself is already weak, coupled with its long-term northern expedition, its natural discount is greatly reduced.
If Han Xin had come to the Three Kingdoms to command the Northern Expedition of shu and Han, he would have been able to achieve victory, because Han Xin himself was not a step-by-step military general, and he would certainly not have adopted Zhuge Liang's strategy of fighting steadily and steadily in the confrontation with the State of Wei. Han Xin's Northern Expedition was bound to be a surprise victory. Personally, I believe that if Han Xin can exert his military talents to the extreme, he will inevitably completely destroy the State of Wei. Even if the State of Wei could not be destroyed in the end, Han Xin would still cause great harm to the State of Wei.
Third, Han Xin had no scruples about fighting. Han Xin's own personality determines that he does not play cards according to the routine at all, and such a military expert often makes people guess, which is also an important reason why he can defeat Chen Yu. Zhuge Liang was too concerned about his own merits and fame in fighting, and this kind of personality often led to the three armies of the Shu Han Dynasty being affected.
Zhuge Liang followed the steps, without grain and grass, Shu Han could hardly take a step forward, which was fully reflected in Zhuge Liang's previous battles. Attacking Chen Cang, Zhuge Liang gave up the siege due to lack of grain and grass. In terms of war, although Han Xin also paid great attention to grain and grass, he was not as persistent as Zhuge Liang, and Han Xin could often achieve victory without grain and grass, and it was unexpected. Attacking the Zhao state, the Han army only brought half a day's worth of military food. In terms of tactics, Han Xin was indeed much smarter than Zhuge Liang.