As we all know, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the masses rose up together, and after several years of scuffle, three more powerful countries were finally formed, also
It is the "Three Kingdoms Wei Shu Wu" that people talk about, and among them, the Shu Han is weaker.
But it was such a weak regime that twice confronted the other two countries
When Liu Bei was alive, after learning that Guan Yu was defeated and killed by Eastern Wu Lü Meng and thus lost Jingzhou, he was furious and vowed to raise troops to fight Wu, so he raised troops to attack Eastern Wu, which was said to have 700,000 people at that time, of course, ancient people liked to bluff to shock their opponents, so the authenticity of the data could not be verified, when it was estimated that 200,000 should be there.
Unfortunately, in the end, he was defeated by Eastern Wu Luxun, and he also lost his wife and folded his troops, which was the most famous battle of the Three Kingdoms, the "Battle of Yiling". After this battle, it can be said that it basically shook the foundation of Shu Han's original stability, fortunately Zhuge Liang was a political strongman, and after some of his reforms and governance, Shu Han restored the military supply guarantee and The national strength of Shu Han at the beginning of the founding of the country.
Later, everyone knew that Zhuge Liang was Liu Bei's entrusted vassal, and in fact Zhuge Liang had completely taken over the military and political power of Shu Han after Liu Bei's death. However, zhuge liang was admired by the world precisely because of his virtue as a human subject, not only did he not become a powerful courtier who played with political games, but also in order to repay Liu Bei's kindness, he wrote the "Table of Renunciation" that has been passed down through the ages, hoping to denounce Cao Wei in order to restore the Han dynasty.
Subsequently, Zhuge Liang successively made five northern expeditions to Cao Wei, although he also made some gains, but for the overall situation of the northern expedition, it was only a slight achievement, and there was not much substantial progress, and he also died of illness in the process of the last Northern Expedition. Then, how many troops in the Shu Han Dynasty at that time could be dispatched by Zhuge Liang? Let the editor tell you that in fact, Zhuge Liang can actually bring less than 100,000 soldiers to the front line to fight; but do you know how many troops Cao Wei has? Cao Wei's whole country added up to a total of 500,000 troops, according to expert research, this is a real number, not a virtual. Under such circumstances, why did Zhuge Liang dare to take such a big risk to attack the Cao Wei regime.
Many people know that every day it is said that Wei Shu Wu divides the world. But in fact, at this time, the State of Wei was already a military power occupying a large area of land in the north, and since ancient times there has been the traditional principle that those who enter the Central Plains are the kings of the world, so when we look at history, we will say that Han Wei and Jin are a dynasty, and no one will say that Shu Han or Eastern Wu is a dynasty. From this level, the State of Wei at that time was not only the orthodox state under the heavens, but also the first existence in terms of national strength and military resources, which reflected that the State of Wei was a very stable country.
In addition, Zhuge Liang himself did not have much military strategy, and every step of his conquest war was a step by step. Therefore, the progress was slow, which also allowed Wei Guo to be fully prepared to return to the gods and counterattack. Then why did Zhuge Liang dare to touch the stone with an egg? In fact, the original is also very simple.
First of all, it is undeniable that Zhuge Liang was an extremely intelligent man, and he knew that although the Shu Han Dynasty was superficially prosperous, it would decline in not many years, and it was a major trend that the world would be divided for a long time, which was even more self-evident for Zhuge Liang, who was good at fortune telling in Qimen Gossip. Then, the establishment of the Shu Han regime was completely dependent on the afterglow of people's minds, and although people's hearts were living in different camps, the roots of the Han Dynasty were not completely broken. Speaking of Baizi, the people at this time all knew that they were all the people of the Han Dynasty, so everyone knew the name of the Han Dynasty. If in a few years, the Han Dynasty is forgotten by the majority of the people, it may be very difficult for you to restore the Han Dynasty in the name of restoring the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang knew that his ability to command troops was limited, but if he wanted to restore the Han Dynasty, he had to take advantage of the fact that the world had not completely forgotten the Han Dynasty to send troops to the Northern Expedition, which was called a famous division, which was also a very conceptual point of view put forward in the "Table of Departures". To put it bluntly, it is to use people to fight a "war of sympathy". Unfortunately, the final Northern Expedition war was destroyed by the disparity in troop strength and Zhuge Liang's death, which was actually the result of Zhuge Liang's long-foreknowledge, and he was just doing his duty as a subject. In short, anyway,
Zhuge Liang indeed
He is a hero worthy of the praise of future generations.