After losing Jingzhou and yiling, Shu Han lost almost all of its regenerative power, and had to once again seek perfection and unite with Eastern Wu to resist Cao. However, without Jingzhou wanting to pose a threat to Cao Wei, then there was only one way to go north from Hanzhong, which was obstructed and difficult, quite difficult.
Battle of Yiling
The second half of Zhuge Liang's life was almost all on the Northern Expedition, and all six qi mountains returned home. In the first Northern Expedition, which was closest to success, three of the five counties of Longyou (安定郡, Tianshui County, and Nan'an County) had been captured, and as long as the remaining Guangwei County and Longxi County could be taken, they could be completed, but the street pavilion was lost, so that Zhuge Liang's plan was bankrupt, and there was also a story of Zhuge Liang later tearfully cutting off horses.
Long right terrain
But now you may wish to think about it, is the street kiosk really all blamed on Ma Mo? When the horse was about to be beheaded, the old minister Jiang Huan exhorted: "In the past, Chu beheaded the subject, and Wen Gong was very happy. The implication is that now is the time to employ people, if you behead the capable subjects, it will only be Cao Wei who will be happy.
Zhuge Liang slashed at the horse with tears
Jiang Huan will say such a thing, on the one hand, there is indeed a shortage of talents, but what is more crucial is that the street pavilion really should not be fully responsible, even if Zhuge Liang personally goes out on the horse, this street kiosk is afraid that it will be difficult to defend. Let's analyze the specific reasons in detail.
Jiang Huan
In fact, at that time, the street kiosks may not have been blocked, and there was no danger to defend. Moreover, the street pavilions are more than ten kilometers long and more than a few kilometers wide, and in the absence of a city blockade, even if Ma Mo lined up his 20,000 infantry and camped, I am afraid that he would not be able to leave a gap for Zhang Gao to pass, and this long snake array was shattered at a touch, wasting his combat effectiveness in vain. Moreover, even if you have a city, the mountains on both sides of the street kiosk are not steep, and it will not take much effort to detour. Maybe it's a little faster than hitting a horsemon head-on. In such a situation, unless Zhuge Liang can really call the wind and rain, he will definitely not be able to hold on.
Street kiosk topography
Why didn't Namamon listen to advice and insist on going up the mountain? In fact, it is also very simple, the 20,000 horses on the hands are infantry, and Zhang Hao brought all the cavalry in order to hurry, and the natural infantry in mountain combat has more advantages. Even if Zhang Hao ignored Ma Mo's direct passage, he would only end up being attacked by Ma Mo and Zhuge at both ends, and he could only go up the mountain to defeat Ma Mo first.
Ma Mo Wang Ping Street Pavilion is armed
Ma Mo also had a scale in his heart, even if he went up the mountain, it was still impossible to defeat Zhang Guo, who was almost invincible in the world at that time. In fact, he also contained a great element of gambling, he was betting that his most trusted chancellor could take Long Right before his own army was defeated, so that even if he lost the street kiosk, it didn't matter. The only miscalculation of Ma Mo was that there was no water source on the mountain, which led to an excessively rapid rout.
Zhang Gao
Therefore, the street kiosk is lost, and ma Chen's fault cannot be shirked, but it is by no means fully responsible, and the crime should not be beheaded. I wonder what you think of the matter of chopping off horses?