Zhuge Liang only had a lifespan of 53 years in his lifetime, which was too little for Shu Han. This man is almost perfect, whether in history or in various legends, Zhuge Liang is the embodiment of wisdom and is collectively worshipped by East Asian cultural circles. Speaking of Zhuge Liang's death, in fact, there was no sign in the spring of 234, and in August Zhuge Liang died in Wuzhangyuan.
In this year, before the last Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang had killed several ministers in the Shu Han court, which was a rather rare move of Zhuge Liang and seemed to foreshadow something. In the first month of 234, the Shu Han general Liu Yan and his wife Hu Shi entered the palace to pay homage to Empress Dowager Zhaolie, but Empress Zhaolie left Hu shi and stayed in the palace for a month before being released.
Liu Yan was also an old minister who had followed Liu Bei very early, plus he was the same as Liu Bei, so he was considered a shu Han heavy minister, and when he saw that his wife had not returned for such a long time, he suspected that Liu Chan had done something to his wife. Hu Shi was thrown out of the house because of Liu Yan's suspicions, and the matter became more and more noisy, and as a result, Liu Yan was arrested. The streets and alleys of Chengdu were talking about this matter, as if it had become the headline, everyone was thinking about how to end this matter, but zhuge Liang did not expect that Zhuge Liang had executed Liu Yan with a big stroke of his pen, and since then he has also stopped the custom of the ministers' families going to the palace to pay homage to the New Year.
Zhuge Chengxiang, who had always been approachable, actually put Liu Yan to death, not knowing whether this was for Liu Chan's reputation or Zhuge Liang's zero-tolerance attitude towards such things. In 234, Zhuge Liang was indeed worried. The Northern Expeditionary Army was organized for several months, but it was only 100,000 people, which was almost the last elite of the Shu Han. And Cao Wei had no less than 500,000 troops in his hands, and this contest was already quite disparity. If it were not for Zhuge Liang's strict rule of the army and the clever calculations, the so-called Northern Expedition would have been nothing more than sending heads.
The huge gap in military strength also determined that Zhuge Liang could not fight with Cao Wei, because the hope of victory for Shu Han was too slim. It was not until Sun Quan raised an army to fight Wei in the east that Zhuge Liang had the intention of fighting a battle, but Sun Quan still did not overcome the demon of Hefei, and the 100,000-strong army was quickly killed and retreated. This was July, and Zhuge Liang died in August, and we have reason to believe that Zhuge Liang may really have died by Sun Quan. What do you think?