Daming: Spoilers about the future, Zhu Yuanzhang collapsed

"Prime Minister Zhuge's third northern expedition will soon begin.

It was in the spring of the second year, which was the seventh year of Jianxing.

Prime Minister Zhuge sent Chen Shi to attack Wudu and Yinping.

Cao Wei general Guo Huai led his troops to rescue.

Prime Minister Zhuge led his troops to station in Jianwei to contain Guo Huai.

When the Wei army learned that the main force of the Han army was approaching, they retreated urgently.

The Han army successfully occupied the two counties...

Prime Minister Zhuge appeased the local Di and Qiang people.

Then he left some troops to guard the place while he led his army back to Hanzhong.

Because of his successful capture of the two counties, Liu Chan restored Zhuge Liang as prime minister again.

In winter, Prime Minister Zhuge moved his camp to the plain under the southern mountain, built the cities of Han and Le, and strengthened the defense of Hanzhong...

In July of the eighth year of Jianxing, Cao Wei wanted to switch from defense to offense.

Grand Marshal Cao Zhen submitted a proposal to attack Shu, but Minister of Works Chen Qun believed that Xiegu was too dangerous and difficult to advance or retreat.

So Cao Zhen led the main force to advance via Ziwu Road.

General Sima Yi led his troops up the Han River, intending to meet Cao Zhen's army in Hanzhong.

Zhang He advanced his troops from Baoxiade and headed straight for Hanzhong.

When Prime Minister Zhuge Liang learned that the Wei army was coming to attack, he immediately strengthened the defenses of important places such as Chenggu and Akasaka.

He asked Li Yan to lead 20,000 men to Hanzhong to stop the enemy, and recommended Li Yan's son Li Feng as the governor of Jiangzhou to defend the rear.

Xiahou Ba, the vanguard of Cao's army, advanced ahead of the main force and reached Xingshi.

They camped in the winding valley.

The people of Shu saw this and instructed the Han army to attack.

Xiahou Ba fought among the deer horns, and finally reinforcements arrived and Xiahou Ba was rescued.

Because of the difficult terrain in Shu, there was heavy rain for 30 days during the journey, and the plank road was cut off. It took Cao Zhen a month to cover only half of the distance...

In the court, Hua Xin, Yang Fu and Wang Su all submitted memorials to persuade Emperor Ming of Wei to issue an edict to withdraw the troops. By September, the three armies obeyed the edict and withdrew.

In the same year, Prime Minister Zhuge sent Wei Yan and Wu Yi to Nan'an, where they defeated Wei generals Guo Huai and Fei Yao at Yangxi..."

Kong Ming is becoming more and more experienced in commanding troops!
After listening to Han Cheng's story, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

After listening to Han Cheng's story, he gradually reacted.

If you really think about it, Kong Ming was not very good at leading troops to fight in the beginning.

However, Kong Ming's greatest strength is that he knows a little bit about everything.

You can learn anything.

Moreover, once you really study hard.

He can accomplish all kinds of things.

Moreover, the growth rate is very fast.

It can be described as rapid progress!

Before, he had only tried his hand at pacifying Nanzhong, but after the Northern Expedition, he became more experienced each time.

Moreover, from Han Cheng's narration, Liu Bei suddenly realized how correct it was for Kong Ming to reject Wei Yan's Ziwu Valley strategy during his first Northern Expedition!
The Ziwu Valley strategy seems to be quite feasible.

But the road there is really difficult to walk on.

Don’t you see that Cao Wei, led by Cao Zhen, a man who was good at using troops, still had such a difficult time.

Finally, we had to withdraw our troops from here.

If Wei Yan had led the troops and implemented the Ziwu Valley strategy during the first Northern Expedition, the results would not have been very good.

What's more, during the first Northern Expedition, everything went very smoothly at the beginning.

If Ma Su had not lost Jieting, Kong Ming would not have needed to take risks and could have just fought openly.

You can achieve great results.

At that time, it was normal to reject Wei Yan's Ziwu Valley plan...

"In the spring of the ninth year of Jianxing, Prime Minister Zhuge took advantage of the fact that there had been no rain in Yongliang area of ​​Cao Wei for half a year and launched another northern expedition.

Use wooden oxen to transport grain and surround Qishan Fort.

And built Lucheng in the northeast of Qishan Fort as the main camp of the Shu army.

Prime Minister Zhuge also recruited the Xianbei people Kebi Neng, who led an army to Shicheng to respond to the Han army.

Because Cao Wei's general Cao Zhen was seriously ill, Cao Rui appointed Sima Yi as the commander-in-chief and stationed him in Chang'an.

Lead Zhang He, Fei Yao, Dai Ling, Guo Huai and others to resist...

Sima Yi first sent Fei Yao, Dai Ling and 4,000 elite soldiers to defend Shanggui, while he led the rest of the troops to follow.

Zhang He believed that the troops should be stationed at Yong and Mei.
However, Sima Yi believed that dividing the army would not be as advantageous as joining them together, so he advanced westward.

After Prime Minister Zhuge learned about this, he left Wang Ping to continue leading the army to attack Qishan Fort.

He led the main force north to Shanggui.

After arriving at the wheat fields near Shanggui, they did not wait for the wheat to mature in a month before harvesting, but simply weeded the fields.

According to the Spring and Autumn Annals of Han and Jin, in order to protect the wheat fields, Guo Huai and Dai Ling took the initiative to attack the main force of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, but were defeated by the Prime Minister.

In order to protect the wheat fields, Sima Yi's army also marched day and night to the east of Shanggui.

Sima Yi knew very well that the Han army had come a long way and had difficulty in supplying food, and that the Wei army was already exhausted after marching all night long.

Therefore, they held their ground and refused to fight.

Prime Minister Zhuge returned to Lucheng and failed to completely destroy the Shanggui wheat fields.

This batch of grain became the capital for the food-scarce Wei army to confront the Wei army.

But it is necessary to point out that this strategic move by Prime Minister Zhuge forced the Wei army into a state of extreme food shortage.

As a result, Sima Yi, Guo Huai and others had to transport grain from Guanzhong, and even levy grain from Qiang and Hu.

It is also necessary to point out here that Sima Yi himself was known for his swift and aggressive military tactics.

If he was really confident of defeating the Shu army in a field battle, given Sima Yi's military command style, he would not have adopted a defensive strategy.

In fact, Sima Yi, who had just arrived, did take an offensive stance but the results were not good.

Therefore, Sima Yi's subsequent defensive posture meant that the Shu Han army was always in an advantageous position in this Northern Expedition.

However, the Wei army in this battle is in a very unfavorable position..."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but nod his head when he heard this.

He became more and more envious of Liu Bei for having Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

Prime Minister Zhuge is truly good at everything and can excel in every aspect.

Sima Yi, who had always been aggressive in using his troops, became as still as a mountain after meeting him.

This is the best reflection of Prime Minister Zhuge’s military capabilities!
“…Sima Yi marched into Lucheng, but he climbed up the mountain and dug a camp to confront the Han army without engaging them in battle.

Zhang He believed that the Shu army had come a long way to attack, was isolated and had little food, and would definitely want to end the battle quickly.

Therefore, the main army should be stationed here, and then divided into special forces to encircle the Shu army and cut off its retreat. However, Sima Yi did not accept this suggestion.

The Wei generals requested to fight several times, but Sima Yi refused. The generals were very dissatisfied and ridiculed him:
You are afraid of Shu like a tiger, what can you do when the world laughs at you?

After a period of confrontation, Prime Minister Zhuge withdrew the siege of Qishan.

Concentrate all troops in Lucheng.

Sima Yi sent Zhang He to open up communication with Qishan Fort, and ordered him to attack Wang Ping south of Lucheng and approach the Han army from Anzhong Road.

He led his troops to attack the main force of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang north of Lucheng, trying to defeat Prime Minister Zhuge Liang with a pincer attack.

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang sent generals Wei Yan, Gao Xiang and Wu Ban to lead troops in three directions and defeated the Wei army.

3,000 heads of Wei soldiers were captured, and 5,000 pieces of black armor and 3,100 horn crossbows were obtained as spoils of war...

In June, Prime Minister Zhuge saw that the food and grass could not be delivered, and he received an imperial edict from the later emperor Liu Chan ordering the Northern Expedition Army to withdraw. Prime Minister Zhuge had no choice but to lead the army back...

Sima Yi ordered Zhang He to pursue the Han army, but Zhang He believed that there must be a gap in the encircling army and the retreating army should not be stopped.

Seeing that Zhang He disagreed with pursuing the Han army that had retreated without being defeated, Sima Yi insisted that Zhang He lead the troops in pursuit.

Zhang He had no choice but to pursue.

Finally, at Mumen Road, he was shot in the right knee by the Han army ambushed on a high place, and died of his wounds..."

"Ugh!!"

Liu Bei sighed deeply and clenched his fists, looking extremely uncomfortable.

Every time we play, various situations always arise.

The army was running low on rations.

And...why did Adou, his own son, order Kong Ming to withdraw his troops?
Could it be... that they saw that the military rations were insufficient, so they did this to give Kong Ming a way out?

He thought about it and felt that this should be the case.

I am not stupid, so the son I give birth to will definitely not be much different.

I also heard about what Sima Yi and Zhang He did when facing Kong Ming's retreat.

Liu Bei knew without asking much that there were probably many unpleasant things between Zhang He and Sima Yi.

Sima Yi wanted to kill someone by borrowing a knife!

“Before the fourth northern expedition, Prime Minister Zhuge sent Li Yan to supervise the grain and grass supply, fearing that something might go wrong.

So he was given three choices, and told to do whatever he wanted:
The plan is to cut off their retreat.

The middle plan is to persist with it, the lower plan is to stay in the loess...

Later, Li Yan was afraid that the food supply would be insufficient, so he sent Ma Zhong and Cheng Fan to convey his order to Prime Minister Zhuge to withdraw his troops.

After Prime Minister Zhuge came back, he looked at the Prime Minister with surprise and asked:
The army has more than enough food, why should we return?
On the other hand, Li Yan submitted a memorial to Liu Chan:
The army pretended to retreat in order to lure the enemy into battle.

He deceived Liu Chan by saying that this was a strategy, and then tried to shift the blame to Cen Shu...

How could such a trick deceive the Prime Minister?

Prime Minister Zhuge directly showed Li Yan's previous handwriting.

It was obviously inconsistent, Li Yan had nothing to say and was demoted to a commoner..."

"This Li Yan is such a bastard!!"

After hearing what Han Cheng said, Liu Bei couldn't help but curse out loud.

As a minister entrusted with the care of the young emperor, Kong Ming was wholeheartedly determined to restore the Han Dynasty. He worked day and night for this purpose and risked everything for it.

But Li Yan not only did not want to contribute to the Han Dynasty, but used these evil tricks to hinder Kong Ming!
How could he not see that it was not just a shortage of military rations?
It was this bastard who saw that Kong Ming had made such great contributions.

So I was jealous.

Start using dirty tricks!

This bastard deserves to die!
Just demoting Li Yan to a commoner would be too easy for him.

At that moment, he picked up the pen and memorized Li Yan's name.

Next time you encounter this, you must treat it seriously to prevent this kind of situation from happening again, where you are misled by villains at a critical moment...

"In the spring of the twelfth year of Jianxing, after three years of preparations for encouraging agriculture and military training, Prime Minister Zhuge led tens of thousands of troops out of the Xie Valley Pass.

At the same time, he sent envoys to Soochow, hoping that Sun Quan would attack Wei at the same time.

In April, the Han army left Xiegu and arrived in Mei County, setting up camp at Wuzhangyuan on the south bank of the Wei River...

Sima Yi believed that if Liang was a brave man, he should march eastward along the mountain.

If we go west to Wuzhangyuan, the troops will be safe.

Therefore, he led the Wei army to set up camp with their backs to the water, hoping to consume the food supply of the Shu army through a protracted war again.

Order the Han army to retreat on its own.

Wei general Guo Huai believed that the Han army would definitely fight for Beiyuan, and Sima Yi agreed.

He then sent Guo Huai to take precautions.

Sure enough, the Han army arrived, but was repelled by Guo Huai.

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang took into consideration that the previous northern expeditions had all failed due to a lack of food supplies.

So they started to cultivate land and produce food among the residents of Weibin.

The people lived in peace and everything was as usual.

Sun Quan also responded to Shu Han and personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Wei.

But he was defeated by the army led by Emperor Ming of Wei, Cao Rui..."

Listening to Han Cheng's story, Zhu Biao beside him couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Sun Quan's military record is truly beyond reproach.

Fight once, lose once...

"After Cao Rui personally led the army to drive back the Wu army, someone suggested that he go to the western front where the outcome had not yet been decided to supervise the battle.

Cao Rui said, Quan retreated and Liang was frightened, the general has already controlled him, I have nothing to worry about.

Emperor Ming of Wei had great trust in Sima Yi and his adherence to strategy.

After all, Sima Yi was already the most militarily talented general in the Wei State.

Sima Yi's defensive strategy also effectively blocked Prime Minister Zhuge's attack...

Once, Prime Minister Zhuge sent Hubujian Meng Yan to station at Wugongshuidong. Coincidentally, the water level rose, cutting off the connection between Prime Minister Zhuge and Meng Yan.

Sima Yi took the opportunity to send troops to attack Meng Yan.

As a result, Prime Minister Zhuge sent engineers to build a bridge on the one hand, and sent crossbowmen to shoot arrows at Sima Yi's troops on the other.

Seeing that the bridge was almost completed, Sima Yi had no choice but to retreat.

On another occasion, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang used a strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, intending to divert the Wei army to capture Yangsui. However, his plan was discovered by Guo Huai, who had prepared in advance, and the attack failed.

The Wei and Han armies confronted each other for more than a hundred days. During this period, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang sent people to challenge Sima Yi's army many times, but Sima Yi's army always held their ground and refused to attack.

Afterwards, Prime Minister Zhuge deliberately sent a set of women's clothes and a headscarf to Sima Yi.

It means that Sima Yi is like a woman.

He wanted to use provocation to anger Sima Yi and make him send troops to attack the formation he had arranged.

Sima Yi understood that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang had come a long way to attack Wei, but instead of attacking Wei's cities or troops, he was only trying to provoke and lure the Wei army into attacking him.

Therefore, the troops heading west to Wuzhangyuan were safe and sound, so they resolutely refused to attack.

The generals of the Wei army were furious when they saw this and demanded to go into battle.

In order to evade the generals' requests, Sima Yi pretended to submit a petition to Emperor Ming of Wei requesting war.

Cao Rui then sent Weiwei Xin Pi as military advisor to the front line to control Sima Yi.

Prime Minister Zhuge understood that a general was not allowed to obey orders from the emperor when he was away from home, so he was just pretending.

However, Sima Yi learned from the envoys sent by Prime Minister Zhuge that Prime Minister Zhuge did everything personally, ate little but had many things to do.

I think Prime Minister Zhuge will not live long...

In August, Prime Minister Zhuge fell ill due to overwork and his condition worsened day by day.

When news of Prime Minister Zhuge's serious illness reached Chengdu, Liu Chan sent Li Fu to visit Prime Minister Zhuge and ask about the future national plans...

Prime Minister Zhuge did not allow Wei Yan, the second-in-command of the army, to participate in the deployment of his will, but only asked Yang Yi and Fei Yi to lead the retreat of the troops.

Wei Yan and Jiang Wei were responsible for covering the rear.

This led to a fight between Wei Yan and Yang Yi...

Soon, Prime Minister Zhuge passed away in the Wuzhangyuan military camp..."

In Han Cheng's study, as Han Cheng's voice fell.

You could hear a pin drop.

Fell into extreme silence.

For Han Cheng, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and others, these are things that have happened.

They all know it too.

But at this moment, when he heard Han Cheng mention it again, he couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts.

Full of emotion, heavy heart!
There is also endless reluctance and regret.

If they are like this, let alone Liu Bei.

Liu Bei stood there speechless.

After a while, he cried out: "Kong Ming!"

“Kong Ming!!”

"Kong Ming!!!"

After shouting three times, his eyes rolled back and he fell down softly again...

(End of this chapter)