Among the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han took the lead in the fall of the country, about the cause of Shu Han's demise, many people think that Liu Chan was too faint, but in fact, when Liu Chan surrendered, Deng Ai found something in the Shu Han Palace, and the present life of such a thing directly proved that the death of Shu Han did not lie in Liu Chan, even if Zhuge Liang was alive, it was impossible to save Shu Han!
Deng Ai destroyed Shu
In the fourth year of Jingyuan (263), Sima Zhao divided his troops into three ways to cut down Shu, but in fact, the initial opposition to this battle was very loud, because although the Shu Han would lose peace at that time, it was far from reaching the point of annihilation, so everyone opposed Sima Zhao's troops, believing that it would be a fiasco. However, for Sima Zhao, he did not expect to destroy Shu in a war, as long as he defeated Hanzhong, he would already be able to become the most accomplished person in the State of Wei, because Hanzhong was lost by Cao Cao, and in the next few decades, no one could take Hanzhong again!
Sima Zhao asked Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu to besiege Jiang Wei in The Middle, Zhong Hui went to attack Hanzhong, and finally Jiang Wei escaped from the encirclement and came to the Sword Pavilion, and Zhong Hui basically occupied Hanzhong, which made Sima Zhao happy and broken, he almost completed the feats that his predecessors could not complete, so he immediately entered the Jin Gong and added Jiu Xi, and his intentions were clearly revealed! In fact, judging from Sima Zhao's actions, he was no longer interested in whether he could take Shu Han next, because the purpose of adding Jiu Xi was actually to usurp Cao Wei's world as soon as possible, and then Deng Ai broke into Shu Han from the YinPing Trail and quickly destroyed Shu Han, which was just the icing on the cake.
Originally, Jiang Wei firmly blocked Zhong Hui in the Sword Pavilion, who knew that Deng Ai had actually ventured into the Hinterland of Shu Han and killed everyone! At the beginning of the Shu Han people, there is still the courage to resist, Liu Chan let Zhuge Zhan lead the army to block Deng Ai's army, the result is that although Zhuge Zhan is Zhuge Liang's son, he himself lacks actual combat experience, and was eventually defeated quickly, and no one in the Chengdu Plain can stop Deng Ai anymore, so Liu Chan, under the advice of the courtiers, chose to surrender, and from then on, Shu Han perished!
The demise of Shu Han shocked everyone, including the people of wei, and everyone did not expect that Shu Han was so unbeaten, how strong the Shu Han army that repelled Cao Cao and the Shu Han army that suppressed Sima Yi was, how strong it was, how did it become like this after only a few decades? This is a question that many people are puzzled! In the eyes of many people, the culprit of the fall of Shu Han was actually Liu Chan, because he was so faint that he actually chose to surrender, and after that, there was even an allusion to Le Bu Shu, this person was simply too confused! It was because of him that Shu Han perished quickly! So is this really the case?
In fact, Liu Chan was responsible for the demise of Shu Han, but Liu Chan could not be completely blamed! When the Shu Han fell, Deng Ai found something in the Shu Han Palace, which intuitively explained why the Shu Han would become the first country in the Three Kingdoms to perish! Such a thing that Deng Ai found was "Shi Min Bo"!
According to the records of the "Shimin Bo", the Shu Han Dynasty at that time had 280,000 households, a total population of 940,000 men and women, 12,000 soldiers with armor, and 40,000 officials. This numerical record is actually very frightening, because by the time of the fall of the Shu Han, the official population of the Shu Han was less than one million, while the Wei state at that time was nearly thirteen million, and the population of Eastern Wu was five or six million! From the perspective of population comparison alone, Shu Han was much worse than Wei and Eastern Wu! No matter in any era, population is resources, population is productive forces, the population of Shu Han is not as good as a fraction of the Wei state, naturally it is inferior to the Wei state, it is the first to perish, it is also reasonable!
In addition, the population of the Shu Han Dynasty was less than one million, but the total number of soldiers and officials was 140,000, which was equivalent to 7 people having to support a soldier or official, which was very stressful for the people. The long-term military confrontation has long crushed the people of Shu Han, making the national strength of Shu Han no longer the same!
In addition, in fact, the official statistics of the Population of the Shu Han Dynasty have a big doubt! According to the "Continuation of the Han Zhi and The Chronicle of the County", as early as the fifth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the household registration population of Yizhou was 1.34 million, and at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and many people entered Yizhou to take refuge, no matter how the population of Yizhou could not be less than one million! Moreover, the impact of the war in Yizhou was much smaller than that of the State of Wei, and it was reasonable to say that there could not be only such a few people here! The reason why the population was so small at the time of the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty is probably that the native Hao clan of Yizhou hid the population! These giants are fighting against the Shu Han officials!
In other words, many people are actually not registered, which greatly reduces the population resources that shu and Han officials can use! During Liu Bei's Zhuge Liang period, the means were relatively clever, and these native Hao clans did not dare to be too arrogant, but after Liu Chan came to power, their abilities were not enough, so these native Hao clans were likely to contradict Liu Chan and wantonly grab private interests! It is precisely for this reason that when Deng Ai called, they did not resist at all, and directly chose to surrender!
epilogue
On the whole, this article believes that the main reason for the demise of the Shu Han is not Liu Chan, but because the national strength of the Shu Han itself is relatively poor! The official population at the time of the fall of Shu Han was less than one million, while the population of the State of Wei was tens of millions, and the gap in strength was huge, in this case, it was reasonable for Shu Han to be destroyed, even if Zhuge Liang was alive, it was impossible to save Shu Han!
(This article mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)