Since ancient times, fighting for the world is not about whose luck is good, but about the time, place, and people. Only two of these three factors can be successful. After the chaos in the world at the end of the Qin Dynasty, there were also hiccups among the entire uprising forces, fighting for the powerful regime in the world, and separating the Guanzhong region, such as the Xiang Yu , located in the Huaihe , the Xichu Group, and the Tian brothers located thousands of miles away in Qi. These are the most powerful and fertile places. But no one expected that in the end, Liu Bang, who lived in Shuchuan, won the whole world and became the Emperor Gaozu of Han.
, and both of them occupy the Shuchuan area in history, Zhuge Liang , failed to repeat the successful case of Liu Bang, but instead suffered repeated defeats. The reasons for the separation of military and political affairs in ancient times made many ancient people unable to develop politics and military at all. People who understand military affairs generally have experienced countless veterans on the frontier battlefield. The civil officials in the court experienced the darkness of society and their qi cultivation skills reached their peak. It was not a big event when the sky fell, and they would not alarm them at all. They loved the battle in the court deeply. The darkness of political struggle in the court could make the situation of the entire country change greatly with their own mouths. This professional division of labor makes people use their own resources, but it also makes it very short of talents in some places, becoming a phenomenon of biased science.
Just like the Shu Han during Zhuge Liang's governance period, this situation made the development of Shu Han unbalanced. The Shuchuan area should have been a granary level in the traditional sense, but it is basically impossible to redefine the Shuchuan area as an economic, political, cultural and military center. Ancient Chinese art in ancient China could not concentrate these in all senses, in which they could only be concentrated in one city. Therefore, the area of Yizhou should be in the unified dynasty . As the area of Yangtze River with a fertile wilderness, it would definitely be gorgeous, but after the increase in politics, military and even economy, the entire region was dragged down.
so the economic development in Chengdu is not because of Zhuge Liang's personal incompetence, but because Chengdu during the Zhuge Liang period was too much pressure. If Chengdu is allowed to develop agriculture alone, it will definitely become one of the best agricultural centers in the country and the world. Chengdu was really difficult during the Zhuge Liang period. On the one hand, it had to bear the rations of 200,000 people from the Northern Expedition Army. On the other hand, it had to continuously pay silver and taxes to the bureaucracy of the entire country. On the other hand, it had to select grassroots officials from Shu Han from the scholars of Chengdu here. Therefore, it is really too difficult for the people of Yizhou to be overwhelmed by the various tasks. Zhuge Liang can still support the Northern Expedition in the short term, just like half a year, but if it is too long, the economy of Yizhou will be self-defeating.
So we can see that during the Shu Han Dynasty, a typical feature of Zhuge Liang during the Northern Expedition was that he would advance if he wanted to stand and retreated when he encountered setbacks, but because the Yizhou area could not bear such a long confrontation. The second feature is that Zhuge Liang attacked the city of Wei State, and basically took a city with relatively abundant grain storage, because only by conquering the Wei State's important grain town can Zhuge Liang transport grain from Yizhou for thousands of miles and allow the Shu Han Northern Expedition to continue. If Zhuge Liang did not capture these important food cities during the Northern Expedition, then Zhuge Liang's cavalry would have to choose to retreat. The general of Wei State Sima Yi It was precisely because of Zhuge Liang's that, so he knew that although his wisdom and strategy were not as good as Zhuge Liang, he could rely on the powerful Wei Guoliang behind him to support and defeat Zhuge Liang. Therefore, every time Sima Yi fought with Zhuge Liang, he tried his best to avoid fighting directly with Zhuge Liang, but instead called on him to run out of food, so Zhuge Liang retreated without attacking.
Since ancient times, there are only two people who have successfully conquered the north from the south. One is founding emperor Liu Bang, and the other is ming founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang . But among these two people, Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one who strictly unified China from south to north, because Zhu Yuanzhang really revolted from the Huaihe River area and finally fought against the world in the northern expedition. Although the war to unify the world at the beginning of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, started from Sichuan in the southwest, Liu Bang's later unified the world still relied on the technology of the Qin people in Guanzhong. Therefore, in a strict sense, Zhu Yuanzhang was the only one in the south and north, and the unification of the world in the Liu Bang era did not go from south to north. There is just a small episode in the middle. We can see that whether it is the Han Xin 's Sanqin, or the defeat of Zhao Wei, whether it is the marching behind, or the ambushing in the battle of Gaixia on all sides, the battle is the most exciting. In the process of Liu Bang unifying the world from the north and the south, we can find that Liu Bang's luck was actually very good, so later people would also comment on Liu Bang, saying that the easiest founding emperor in the world since ancient times was Liu Bang.
Liu Bang really did not make any effort in the war of unification in the Han Dynasty. His so-called strategy was not that magical. Many people value Liu Bang, but it is not Liu Bang, but the talent atmosphere around Liu Bang. This atmosphere is specifically about our environmental factors today. Just like when you were in school, you played with people who were good at studying and your grades improved, but if you were the second last year, you might not look that good. This principle can also be used on the dispute between Chu and Han in the era of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. Liu Bang himself did not have much talent. He would not be able to lead troops to fight, he would not be able to develop the rear economy stably, he would not be able to formulate strategic plans and national directions. The only thing he knew was his humble attitude and was willing to ask others on questions he didn't know how to do it.
His advantage is his gangster personality in the local area, which allows him to speak people and ghosts, and can unite many people around him. The first reason why these people came to Liu Bang was the primitive talents around Liu Bang, and the second factor was Liu Bang's ability to retain people, because there was Xiao He as soon as the uprising was around Liu Bang, and then attracted Zhang Liang , because Xiao He attracted Han Xin and Han Xin attracted Chen Ping. So there is one person who can attract others for you, and these talents can attract more talents for you in a snowball way. As for how to retain it, it depends on your own ability.
In the Liu Bang era, the order of the world was actually formulated by Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu was Liu Bang's biggest enemy, but he also created the best development environment for Liu Bang. Because after the destruction of the Qin Dynasty, the whole world re-entered the Zhou Dynasty 's feudal system 's 's 's 's 's strife system 's straits under the division of Xiang Yu. Therefore, when Liu Bang made northern expeditions from Shu, he faced a loose north. At that time, the north 's 's straits were divided into many parts. The Guanzhong area was composed of three surrendered generals of the Qin Dynasty. Hedong, Hexi area 's Central Plains were divided into Zhao State , Wei State, Dai State, and Qi State were ruled by the Tian brothers, and Xiang Yu returned to his Pengcheng and enjoyed his return home in glory. Hunan is divided into Hengshan mesh.
This is the world pattern of that era. When Liu Bang went out of Shuchuan to fight north, the whole world was harming his neighbors. Looking at the situation of watching the show, Liu Bang first fought with the Sanqin region. This kind of thing could not fall on himself. Sometimes they always stood by and watched. Therefore, Liu Bang went out of Shuchuan to pacify the world, with Han Xin leading the troops, Xiao He stabilizing the rear, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping offered his plans to disperse the princes, and victory was naturally obtained.
What was the pattern of the Northern Expedition of Shu Han in Zhuge Liang’s era? The late Three Kingdoms was the era of Zhuge Liang. This era has no early vitality, nor is it invincible to the heroes of the Chinese and Koreans. There is only a group of old ministers left over from the early and mid-term periods to overcome the Central Plains. Although Shu Han in Zhuge Liang's era was said to have divided the world into three parts, their overall national strength was even 1/4 of that of Cao Wei . The entire north from Liaodong to the west Western Regions belongs to the Wei Kingdom. The only one who truly belongs to Shu Han is Yizhou, Hanzhong , the southern and central region, and the entire northern China with a state of one state. Only Zhuge Liang, the warrior, can do it, and only he can stick to a certain rule after each Northern Expedition