When Zhuge Liang first led thousands of troops and horses on the Northern Expedition, the Battle of Jieting was the most obvious watershed. Because before this war began, Zhuge Liang's side had already taken advantage of all its advantages. Judging from the five counties of Longyou, three of them have already surrendered. The two enemy generals were besieged one after another, and now the rescue soldiers were still running. At this time, as long as the street pavilion was guarded and these soldiers sent by Cao Wei's side to relieve the siege could not directly enter Longyou, then Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition this time was not far from success.
But who ever thought that Zhuge Liang would entrust him with a heavy responsibility in the course of this Northern Expedition really disappointed him. This is inseparable from Ma Ji's loss of the street kiosk. But what makes people wonder is that there are many generals who follow Zhuge Liang, such as Wang Ping, Jiang Wei and Zhao Yun. Why didn't these people get Zhuge Liang's attention during this Northern Expedition?
Wang Ping, surrender general
At the time of the Battle of Hanzhong, Wang Ping surrendered to Liu Bei. After his surrender, Liu Bei's trust in Wang Ping was relatively high. When Liu Bei was alive, if Wang Ping could develop upwards according to this trend, he would certainly be able to rise step by step. But what is lamentable is that in 223 AD, Liu Bei died of illness in the White Emperor City. For Zhuge Liang, a surrendered soldier could not be reused by him in an instant, not to mention that there were many generals who came out of this place in Jingzhou at that time. Even if Wang Ping's personal ability is strong, it will not be his turn to serve as the main commander this time.
Jiang Wei, the qualifications are not enough
Although Jiang Wei's personal ability is relatively strong, from the perspective of the situation at that time, Jiang Wei's qualifications are still not enough. Even if Zhuge Liang trusted Jiang Wei extremely much at that time, it was impossible to entrust such an important task to the young Jiang Wei. Not to mention that Shu Han had other talents at that time. The more important place of the town guard street pavilion was completely impossible to use Jiang Wei without other people at that time.
Zhao Yun, the finale of the dark horse
In 228 AD, the first Northern Expedition launched by Zhuge Liang was also the last war fought by Zhao Yun in his life. However, in this war, the troops led by Zhao Yun were not at all in the same direction as the thousands of troops and horses led by Zhuge Liang. Zhao Yun's task at that time was to join Deng Zhi in Hanzhong's Jigu Tun army, and to make the other party think that the oblique bone road, that is, the direction to Chang'an, was the main direction of this attack. Thus creating a kind of chaos for Cao Zhen, and then making Cao Zhen make a wrong judgment.
epilogue
Zhao Yun did attract Cao Zhen's resistance army in the end, and it is said that among these great generals, only Zhao Yun in this place can make Cao Zhen believe that it is true, after all, among the great generals at that time, Zhao Yun's seniority should be the oldest. Therefore, Zhuge Liang would arrange Zhao Yun in this place to attract the main army at that time. However, the only reason for the appointment of Ma Ji was that the two had a better relationship in private, and it was precisely because this personal relationship was better, so they forgot the precepts given by the former emperor Liu Bei before, and finally under Ma Ji's mistake, the first Northern Expedition ended in failure.