Zhuge Liang's Southern Expedition was also a war to suppress the barbarian rebellion in the southern and central regions, and the widely circulated story of "Seven Captures of Meng" originated from this war. The war, which took place in 225 AD, was small in scale but wide-ranging, encompassing both Sichuan and Yunnan, and for a long time, stabilized the mentality of ethnic minorities in the southern and central regions and laid the foundation for the stable development of the Shu Han regime.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang led his army to the south to conquer southern China, and the historical impact was far-reaching, and there were different legends about where it was fought as far as Qujing and Baoshan, Yunnan, some said that it hit as far as Qujing and Baoshan, Yunnan, some said that it hit present-day Myanmar and northern Laos, and some said that it hit northern Vietnam. So where did Zhuge Liang's southern expedition go farthest to today?
In fact, it depends on what is the basis of what statement, such as "Yundong said", the farthest place of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition is now Kunming; "Yunxi said" is different, saying that he arrived in Dali; According to some of today's sites, Zhuge Liang can only reach as far as the Nu River in Yunnan, and this area has many legendary stories of Zhuge Liang.
Speaking of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, the first thing we think of is usually the story of the seven captures of Meng. But in fact, Meng Yu was only one of Zhuge Liang's opponents in the southern expedition. After Liu Beiyiling's crushing defeat, the ministers of the Shu state, Zhu Zhao, Yongmin, and Gao Ding, took the opportunity to join forces with Meng Yu, a native of Southern China, to launch a rebellion in Southern China.
At that time, Nanzhong was the southernmost jurisdiction of the Shu Han Dynasty, with a total of four counties, namely Yue County, Muke County, Yizhou County and Yongchang County, of which Yue Ling County was our current Yuexi County in Sichuan, that is, the area of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, and the highest military and political governor of Yue Ling County at that time was Gao Ding. Muke County is what we are now Guiyang City, and its highest military and political chief at that time was Zhu Zhao.
As for Yizhou County and Yongchang County, respectively, our current Yunnan Province and Kachin State in Burma, Yongmin and Wang Ling are the highest military and political governors of these two counties, respectively, while Meng Yu is the head snake of Yizhou County, the largest indigenous tyrant in Yunnan. At that time, only the three counties of Yuejiang, Muke and Yizhou were involved in the Nanzhong Rebellion, and Meng Yu followed Yongmin.
In this sense, Zhuge Liang's southern expedition was actually to quell the rebellion in Yuejian County, Muke County, and Yizhou County, and his main opponents were Zhu Zhao, Yongmin, Gao Ding, and Meng Yu. Therefore, the farthest place where Zhuge Liang fought was Dianchi County, the county center of Yizhou County, which is today's Jinning District of Kunming City.
In addition, there is another theory that Zhuge Liang hit as far as the current Myanmar region.
This statement comes from Zhuge Liang's "Departure Table" in "May crossing, deep and not hairy". Some people believe that the non-Mao refers to the area of present-day Myanmar, because the English name of Myanmar was "Burma", and the pronunciation is very similar to that of Burma.
Yongchang County during the Three Kingdoms period also included the eastern part of present-day Kachin State and Shan State in Burma. However, Zhuge Liang did not use troops to Yongchang, so the Burmese argument is not valid.