The rains of the Three Kingdoms fell one after another, and the people wanted to die. In the chaotic times of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, warlords from all walks of life appeared one after another and performed their legends on this dilapidated land. The princes of the world each occupy a continent and attack each other, often with tens of thousands of people. Thousands of people are fighting each other.
Since the Han Dynasty, a large amount of manpower accumulated in the world has been wiped out in one war after another. Anyone who has studied history knows that there are three major turning points in history, namely the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling.
The casualties in each battle were tens of thousands, and the winners of these three wars eventually became the three leaders who occupied the leadership positions, and the three major families divided the world. Among the three, Cao Wei is the strongest, and Shu Han is the last, but this is only the division of strength in the later period of the Three Kingdoms.

In the late Three Kingdoms period, in terms of military strength, Shu Han was once stronger than the other two. There were also good generals in the country such as Zhao Yun Ma Chao, plus military advisor Zhuge Liang, all of them were in the limelight.
Unfortunately, after Liu Shan succeeded to the throne, Shuzhong's talents withered, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to carry the flag to attack Wei, and eventually died on the way to the Northern Expedition. So how did Zhuge Liang die? Why Wei Yan knew it in his heart, but Jiang Wei saw it but didn't say anything. Today, let’s talk about this story.
True and False Empty City Planning
Influenced by the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", among the three, Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty has become the most admired object by many readers. In fact, throughout history, Zhuge Liang has always been called a god.
He understood astronomy from the top down, geography, the Five Elements and Bagua, and what happened from the bottom up. He's like a ghost in the way he uses his military. It is precisely because of this that the Shu Han can withstand the heroic forces of the world with the power of one country.
I believe everyone in history has heard such a story. After Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition , because Ma Su lost his street pavilion, he had to lead his army to retreat. At this time, Sima Yi 's army had swarmed in, and hundreds of thousands of Shu troops were about to be annihilated.
Under this premise, someone must block the attack of Wei State to buy time for the militia to transfer. Zhuge Liang knew that unless the 150,000 Cao army left the main force, it would be difficult to resist.
So, he led less than a hundred people to stay in the west city, and ordered his soldiers to open the city gate and sweep under the city gate. After Sima Yi's army arrived, he thought it was a trick and eventually led his army to retreat, which became an earth-shattering event in Zhuge Liang's military history.
In fact, this matter is fabricated. Empty City Strategy has actually appeared in history, but the actual operating point was not Zhuge Liang, but Cao Cao . In the past, when the enemy attacked, Cao Cao's troops did not arrive, so he could only pretend to lure the enemy away to scare them away.

But Cao Cao knew that he could only retreat for a while, so he quickly mobilized his main force and laid an ambush in the nearby woods. The next day, the enemy attacked again. At this time, the soldiers who had been buried in the nearby woods quickly rushed out and finally defeated the enemy.
Although the empty city map is fake, historically speaking, Zhuge Liang’s expedition to Qishan in the Northern Expedition is true. After the death of Cao Pi, Cao Wei fell into a political crisis. Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to expedition to the north, revive the Han Dynasty, and return to the old capital.
Death of Wuzhang Hara
However, in the late Shu Han Dynasty, the domestic talents were exhausted, and after the Battle of Yiling, the national strength was greatly damaged. Facing the powerful enemy Wei in the north, Zhuge Liang knew that he would hurt Wei with one blow and would not be able to attack Shu in a short time.
Otherwise, the demise of the Shu Han will be a matter of time. It was under this premise that Zhuge Liang used offense as defense and led his troops to attack Wei many times, just to harass without seeking victory. The state of Wei was miserable in this situation.

Zhuge Liang in the novel is like a god, but the many frontline generals around him are like marionettes. I have my own military advisor to help me when I don't know how to handle things. It can be said that they are as comprehensive as parents taking care of their sons.
According to what is written in the book, if there are more than 20 officers and soldiers, Zhuge Liang even needs to go and see it in person. Being so exhausted, Zhuge Liang's short lifespan makes sense, and it can be said that he was exhausted.
In the novel, Zhuge Liang knew that he was the backbone of Shu Han, but when the stars fell, his lifespan was almost certain. In the book, Zhuge Liang is very familiar with the Five Elements and Bagua of Qimen Dunjia, so he wants to deceive the sky and take another life from the hands of the gods.
The first century was 12 years. According to Zhuge Kongming 's own arrangements, he arranged for seven, seven, or forty-nine soldiers to guard the door, with Jiang Wei in charge. He himself set up seven main lamps and forty-nine lamps in the tent. A small lamp used to pray to God.
During the process of casting the spell, he must ensure that the main lamp does not go out for seven days and seven nights. If successful, Zhuge Liang can successfully extend his life by 12 years. Zhuge Liang arranged it very carefully, and said that in order to prevent outsiders from entering, only Jiang Wei and two little boys were carrying the supplies.
Under such a seamless arrangement, problems occurred on the seventh day. On this day, Sima Yi ordered thousands of troops to invade, and Wei Yan directly broke into the main tent to ask for Zhuge Liang's opinion.
But he never expected that it was precisely because of his actions that he extinguished the main light, and it was due to destiny. Zhuge Liang finally chose to accept his fate and died in Wuzhang Garden.
It seems that Zhuge Liang's death was just an accident. Is this really the case? Did Wei Yan really do it unintentionally?

The Death of Zhuge Liang
Here, everything seems normal, but in fact it is Wei Yan's original intention. First of all, Wei Yan can completely withstand the attack of a thousand people outside the city gate. There are 100,000 troops in Shu, how can they be afraid of these 1,000 people?
However, it was these one thousand people that made the Shu generals lose their minds. This seems to be a conspiracy theory. At this time, perhaps Wei Yan, the famous general of Shu, knew that Zhuge Liang was at a critical moment in his life.
But because these 1,000 people broke through many obstacles and wanted to enter the tent, it seemed very deliberate. You know, there were 49 small lights protecting the main light at that time, which were difficult to extinguish. However, Wei Yan could extinguish the main light by just opening the curtains, which shows that he used a lot of strength.
The reason why Wei Yan did this was to take revenge on him. Back then, when Wei Yan just joined Liu Bei , he was almost killed by Zhuge Liang because of the back of his head. During the subsequent Northern Expedition, Wei Yan's Miracle Plan in Purple Mist Valley was denied by Zhuge Liang, and his request to fight Jieting was also rejected because he did not trust Zhuge Liang.

After saying that, Wei Yan was naturally unconvinced, which can be seen from the subsequent resistance to Zhuge Liang's orders several times. Therefore, Zhuge Liang's failure this time is more man-made than destiny.
It is worth mentioning that Jiang Wei naturally saw it very clearly. He was about to draw his sword to kill Wei Yan, but unfortunately Zhuge Liang stopped this action for the sake of the overall situation. How Zhuge Liang died? Apart from the exhaustion of his own efforts, the biggest reason was because of Wei Yan.
However, for the sake of the overall situation at that time, Jiang Wei could only see through the situation and endure it temporarily until the Shu army retreated safely and returned to Shu. Wei Yan’s prices are also very high. He who caused this tragedy died at the hands of Ma Dai in the subsequent liquidation.

