If Zhuge Liang led an army to attack Wu, what would be the outcome of the Battle of Yiling?

This article is originally created by: Upstairs Old Fan

In the opening chapter, if Zhuge Liang had been the commander of the unified army, the Battle of Yiling would certainly not have led to a fiasco, because Zhuge Liang's military strategy and vigilance in the front were far higher than Liu Bei's. In the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was a bit floating in the use of troops, just after the Battle of Hanzhong, the momentum was like a rainbow, and there were many mistakes in the platoon deployment, which was called "unknown soldiers" at that time!

The Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei's "Unknown Soldiers"

The reason for the defeat of Yiling was that Liu Bei was eager to fight and camped in hundreds of miles of mountain roads, resulting in the dispersion of troops, low morale in the long-term confrontation, and the Wu army seized the opportunity to counterattack, resulting in the burning of the company camp!

In the Battle of Yiling, Lu Xun took the initiative to retreat, exchanging space for defensive advantages, while Liu Bei bravely ventured forward, spreading his army on hundreds of miles of mountain roads, and unable to break through the Wu army's camp, which was a situation of inevitable defeat.

If you don't know the soldiers, how can there be a seven-hundred-mile battalion that can resist the enemy!"' The Obahara [xí] is dangerous and obstructed by the enemy', this soldier is also taboo.

This cao pi's evaluation, personally think is actually very appropriate, from Liu Bei's entire combat experience, in the early stage was suppressed by Cao Cao, and in the later period, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fazheng and other ranked strategists as an assistant, gradually expanded the territory. The Battle of Yizhou first had Pang Tong, then Zhuge Liang, and the Battle of Hanzhong was assisted by Fazheng, and the top famous generals were more Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Wei Yan and so on.

But when it came to the Battle of Yiling, these people did not bring it, can not underestimate the impact of a famous general on the war, sometimes it is so coincidental, the Battle of Yiling may have Zhang Fei, Sun Huan burped, Lu Xun also had to stare at the bull, the problem is that Liu Bei did not, but did not face this reality, miscalculated the form, could not open the situation, and could not extricate himself from danger!

Zhuge Liang used his troops cautiously, had a good basis for advancing and retreating, and would not fail miserably

Zhuge Liang, as a strategist throughout the ages, has his advantages, but there are also shortcomings, and we look at it from the first Northern Expedition.

At the beginning of the battle in Hanzhong, Wei Yan offered the "Meridian Valley Conspiracy", sent elite troops to raid Chang'an from the Meridian Valley, and fought Wei Guo by surprise, Zhuge Liang thought that the use of troops was too thrilling, without Wei Yan's planning, this story, basically can be determined that Mr. Kong Ming, like to fight steadily and steadily, is not good at taking advantage of the unexpected victory, to be within the calculation.

In the Battle of the Street Pavilion, Zhuge Liang arranged for Ma Mo to guard the Street Pavilion, but he never completely pressed the bottom card, and made many other arrangements, with Wei Yan as Ma Mo's backup, and ordered Zhao Yuntun to join Liucheng and protect the flanks. These arrangements all played a role after the defeat of the Ma Mo army, ensuring that the whole army would not collapse.

Therefore, if Zhuge Liang led his troops to participate in the Battle of Yiling, he did not dare to say that he would definitely win, but with Zhuge Wuhou's military level and habits, he would never lose miserably, and at most he would not be defeated!

Finally, why not use Zhuge Liang to lead the troops

One is not to use Zhuge Liang, from the combat records of the end of the Han Dynasty, the first generation of founders must personally lead the army to fight, Cao Cao basically commanded his own troops to fight, Liu Bei is the same, whether it is the Battle of Yizhou, the Battle of Hanzhong, it is Liu Bei personally led the army. This practice is an ancient tradition, as it was in the time of Liu Bang, in order to strengthen the authority of the emperor and avoid the emergence of powerful subjects who controlled the army.

The other is that Zhuge Liang cannot be used, although it is necessary to fight with Eastern Wu, but the basic national policy of Shu Han is to unite Wu against Cao, and Zhuge Liang is the lubricant in the middle, Liu Bei shot, perhaps one purpose is to retake Jingzhou, the other is to teach Sun Quan, the dog thing in the nest, let you know that my old Liu is strong, and after the war, he still wants to negotiate peace. If you send Zhuge Liang, you will be fierce, you will fall into hatred, your hands will be light, and it will have no effect, so this leading commander cannot be Zhuge Liang!

Before launching the Battle of Yiling, Shu Han suffered a considerable loss of talent, resulting in not many famous generals who could be requisitioned, and the strategists who could stand alone were also stretched, which was the reason for Liu Bei's bad moves. If it is replaced by Zhuge Liang, it can basically be ruled out that there is no platoon layout without rules, then the so-called fighter plane for Lu Xun will not appear, and it may eventually be "all the grain is returned"!