After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang first quelled the internal unrest in the interior and then let the army recuperate for a while. After making sufficient preparations, the course of its Northern Expedition began. During the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the Shu state had few experienced generals at that time. It turned out that Liu Beifeng's Five Tiger Generals were only Zhao Yun, and he was also old at that time, and Kong Ming's Northern Expedition originally did not intend to send him to the front, because he strongly demanded it, and Zhuge Liang agreed to his request. Even so, Zhao Yun only participated in the First Northern Expedition, and before that, he died before the Second Northern Expedition.
Hearing the news of Zhao Yun's death, Zhuge Liang only felt sad, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Zhang Fei's son Zhang Bao died of accidentally falling into a deep stream during the Northern Expedition, and when he heard the news of the general's death, he burst into tears and passed out with blood in his mouth. Why was it that When Zhao Yun, a general who had made great contributions to the Establishment of the Shu Han Dynasty, heard the news of his death, Kong Ming was only sad, but Zhang Bao's death made him feel devastated?
One of the important reasons for this was that Zhuge Liang knew that Zhao Yun was old, and even if he did not participate in the Northern Expedition, it would be difficult for him to contribute to the Shu Han. Zhuge Liang still looked very open to such things as life, old age, illness and death, Zhao Yun was more than 60 years old at that time, and such an age was already an advanced age at that time. Therefore, hearing the news that Zhao Yun died of illness, Zhuge Liang was not very surprised. Zhang Bao's death was obviously a great loss to Shu Han, during this period, most of the original veteran generals of the Shu Kingdom died, and there were not many new generals with combat experience, and Zhang Bao was one of the top in all aspects. Without such an important general, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition plan would be even more difficult to realize.
After Liu Bei's death, the burden of the Shu state was on Zhuge Liang, who not only needed to assist Liu Chan in managing the internal affairs of the imperial court, but also took into account the Northern Expedition. Long-term fatigue caused him to accumulate fatigue and illness, and Zhuge Liang, who was still very healthy before the Northern Expedition, was in a worse physical condition than a day during the last few Northern Expeditions. Originally, the possibility of the success of the Northern Expedition was very low, and Zhang Bao's death made the chances of success of the Northern Expedition more slim, so for the news of Zhang Bao's death, Zhuge Liang was not mentally prepared at all, and the sudden blow made him grief-stricken.
If Zhang Bao had not died of an accident, perhaps Zhuge Liang would have taught him what he had gained throughout his life. Although Zhuge Liang later had Jiang Wei to inherit the mantle, the lack of Zhang Bao undoubtedly made Shu Han more passive. Another person in the Three Kingdoms who likes to cry is Liu Bei, but Liu Bei cries not because of defeat, he prefers to show his crying in front of others, so as to show his benevolence. Zhuge Liang's crying was more practical, and it was even more difficult for him to fulfill Liu Bei's long-cherished wish without losing a general who had influenced the success of the Northern Expedition. From another point of view, Zhuge Liang was far-sighted, but he could not know in advance about these unexpected circumstances.
As a result, it was precisely because of these unexpected conditions that his Northern Expedition was not successful after all. Perhaps the demise of the Shu kingdom was inevitable, and Zhuge Liang's desire to change the fate of the Shu kingdom was against the sky, as can be seen from his later attempt to use the Seven Star Lantern to prolong his life, but failed. He bowed down to the Shu kingdom, but it was still difficult to reverse the ending, but Zhuge Liang promised Liu Bei to assist Liu Chan wholeheartedly, and he still did his best to fulfill his responsibilities. In the end, the Shu state was destroyed, and the greater responsibility was that Liu Chan did not have enough governance ability.