In China's history, there have been many chaotic times, and the people in the chaotic world have a difficult life, and they desperately hope that the country can stop fighting wars and let them live a peaceful life. Under this demand for people's livelihood, many people who are worried about the country and the people have stood up, and they are worried about the country and the people, leaving a strong enough ink on the historical picture. Probably because of this, there was a saying that "heroes from the chaotic world" were said in the past.
Mentioning this, we have to talk about the Three Kingdoms, the Three Kingdoms as a famous chaotic period in Chinese history, the fierce competition between the three major regimes of Wei Shu and Wu has left people with a lot of room for reverie. Among them, one of the most famous figures in the Shu Han regime was Zhuge Liang, known as "Wolong". After Liu Bei's death, he remained loyal to assist the empress dowager Liu Chan.
And in order to realize Liu Bei's last wishes before his death, Zhuge Liang carried out several Northern Expeditions. Later, when people studied this period of history, they said that Zhuge Liang lost badly during the First Northern Expedition, so do you know why people say this? In fact, we only need to see who the 11 dead generals are, and everyone can understand.
Why the Northern Expedition
Zhuge Liang chose the Northern Expedition to fulfill Liu Bei's last wishes, but at the same time he had other plans. At that time, in Zhuge Liang's view, if the Northern Expedition was not carried out, then shu Han would inevitably be unable to escape the result of its demise. Because the area where Shu Han was located was easy to defend and difficult to attack, others really couldn't fight in, but Shu Han also couldn't go out, and if he was surrounded, he could only face the end of being dragged to death alive, so Zhuge Liang wanted to fight out.
In addition, it is also because Zhuge Liang wants to transfer the contradictions of political parties. In 223, Liu Bei became seriously ill, and both Li Yan and Zhuge Liang were appointed ministers of Gu Ming, and they needed to assist Liu Chan, the young lord. However, because Li Yan had a deep influence in the east of Yizhou, if this force was to be uprooted, it was very likely that it would cause a civil war in Yizhou, and in order to avoid internal problems in the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang advocated the Northern Expedition.
The First Northern Expedition failed
Compared with the following Northern Expeditions, Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition was actually the closest to success, because Cao Wei's troops at that time were pinned down, and if Zhuge Liang could ensure that the Shu Han army was constantly logistics and always maintained a positive combat attitude, then the first Northern Expedition might be a great success, but unfortunately, Zhuge Liang entrusted the important task of guarding the street pavilion to Ma Mo.
After Ma Mo carelessly lost the street pavilion, the Shu Han army no longer occupied the absolute dominance of the war, so he finally had to face the final outcome of the failure of the Northern Expedition. It is also worth mentioning that Zhuge Liang lost a total of 11 generals before and after the First Northern Expedition: Zhao Yun, Yang Qun, Ma Yu, Yan Zhi, Ding Li, Bai Shou, Liu Guo, Deng Tong, Ma Chen, Zhang Xiu, and Li Sheng. It can be seen that almost all the generals who can be used in the Shu Han camp have been damaged almost completely, which directly reflects how badly Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition lost.
brief summary
In any case, Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition failed for various reasons, and this failure also led to the problem of Shu Han's military generals not being able to connect with each other, which was actually a big blow to the development of Shu Han's military strength. At the same time, it also indirectly led to the problem of Zhuge Liang's lack of strength in the following Northern Expeditions