▲ Shu Han Xiang Zhuge Liang and the later lord Liu Chan stills
As we all know, if zhuge liang had not turned the tide, I am afraid that the Shu Han would have collapsed in an instant after the "Battle of Yiling". Before Liu Bei died, he also knew that Liu Chan alone could not protect the foundation of Shu Han, so he entrusted the Shu Han regime to Zhuge Liang. During the reign of Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan, the Shu army made several northern expeditions, and although it did not achieve success, it also succeeded in renewing the life of the Shu Han regime. However, after Zhuge Liang's death from illness, no one in shu Han was able to save the country from falling. Faced with the crumbling of the country, the Shu Han courtiers began to pin their hopes on Zhuge Liang's only son, Zhuge Zhan, hoping that he could save Shu Han from danger like his father, but they did not know that Zhuge Zhan, who shouldered heavy responsibilities, was not worthy of the name, but was just a man with great ambitions and talents.
▲Sima Yi stills
Why is it said that Zhuge Zhanzhi is talented and unworthy of his name? This is actually due to the way his father, Zhuge Liang, taught. Zhuge Liang's godson was very different from Sima Yi's godson, Sima Yi liked to take his two sons Sima Zhao and Sima Shi with him to teach, from marching knowledge to political literacy, at any time, they were teaching by example, which enabled the two to continue to control Cao Wei's state government after Sima Yi's death, and even replace him. Because Zhuge Liang led the Northern Expedition for many years and had been running around for a long time, he naturally did not care about teaching Zhuge Zhan the art of war. After returning to Chengdu, his teachings to Zhuge Zhan also focused more on the aspect of morality, as can be seen in his Book of Commandments. Speaking of which, the reason why Zhuge Liang did not take his son with him to teach like Sima Yi was on the one hand because his son was young, and when Zhuge Liang died of illness, Zhuge Zhan was only eight years old; on the other hand, it was also to avoid suspicion. Zhuge Liang himself was already in a high position, in charge of the shu Han military power, and was also revered as "Shang Father", if at this time he carefully taught his son and trained Zhuge Zhan to be as proficient in strategy and war as himself, it was inevitable that he would be suspected that the father and son had a disobedient heart.
▲Zhuge Liang stills
It is also zhuge liang's choice that makes Zhuge Zhan unable to become a talent, even if his character and classics are outstanding, but in the end he is still a person with great ambitions. After Zhuge Zhan, who lacked military teaching since childhood, became an adult, he became a high-ranking official of the Shu Han Dynasty with his father Yu Yin, and as a result, his various flaws were exposed. According to historical records, when Zhuge Zhan participated in the politics of the Shu Han Dynasty, he often disagreed with Jiang Wei, the heir chosen by Zhuge Liang, and the short-sighted Zhuge Zhan repeatedly accused Jiang Wei of the Northern Expedition in front of his courtiers as useless, but only wasting the national strength of the Shu Han Dynasty in vain. As everyone knows, only the Northern Expedition could unite the contradiction-ridden Shu Han regime. Maybe the Northern Expedition was a slow suicide, but it was obvious that the Northern Expedition would die faster.
▲ The sword gate of the dangerous terrain
In the first year of Yanxing (263 AD), when The General Deng Aiqi of Cao Wei Zhengxi attacked Yinping and the Wei army attacked the key place of Jian Ge in Central Shu, Chengdu reacted and hurriedly sent Zhuge Zhan and Huang Chong (Huang Quan's son) and others to meet the enemy. Huang Chong and the others suggested to the commander Zhuge Zhan that the Shu army should rely on the dangerous mountains and rivers to hold on to the Sword Pavilion Pass, waiting for Jiang Wei's reinforcements, and must not go out of the pass to fight with Deng Ai in the plains. As a result, Zhuge Zhan rejected the proposal of Huang Chong and others, insisting on leading his army out of the customs to fight with Deng Ai, and Zhuge Zhan, who had no actual combat experience, was naturally killed and defeated by Deng Ai, who had experienced hundreds of battles, and abandoned his troops and fled to Mianzhu.
▲Zhuge Zhan statue
Deng Ai sent envoys to persuade him to surrender, and the loyal Zhuge Zhan resolutely beheaded the emissary before he could speak. After the first rank was sent back to the Wei army camp, Zhuge Zhan personally went to the city to supervise the battle despite his injuries, and when Deng Ai's general Deng Zhong came to challenge him, Zhuge Zhan's son Zhuge Shang went out to fight and defeated him. Deng Ai, enraged, ordered the Wei army to attack Mianzhu, and after the city of Mianzhu was destroyed, Zhuge Zhan's father and son martyred themselves, at this time Zhuge Zhan was only 36 years old, and his son Zhuge Shang was only 19 years old. If Zhuge Zhan had not gone out to meet Deng Ai, but had insisted that the Sword Pavilion could not come out and waited for Jiang Wei to come to his aid, I am afraid that Deng Aihuashu would not have succeeded. It can be seen from this that Zhuge Zhan's military qualities really dare not be complimented, but his bloody nature of martyrdom with death is also really touching.