Why didn t Zhuge Liang choose the Northern Expedition, but chose to conquer Eastern Wu?

Because although the territory was vast at that time, there were many places in the north that had not been developed and belonged to a desert, even if it was the Northern Expedition, there was no meaning, so I chose to conquer Soochow.

Zhuge Liang did not choose the Northern Expedition, but chose to conquer Eastern Wu because the strength of the country was not very strong at that time, and he could only choose the relatively weak Eastern Wu to crusade.

If this is the case, I am afraid it will not succeed, because Dongwu is very good at water warfare, and the overall military strength of Dongwu is above that of Shu, so this is so.

In fact, Zhuge Liang chose the Northern Expedition, but they all ended in failure, he made six Northern Expeditions, but none of them succeeded, and finally chose to conquer Eastern Wu.

Because Sun Quan of Eastern Wu did not claim the title of emperor at that time, and Cao Pi of Wei had usurped the throne and became emperor, so for the sake of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, it was necessary to attack Wei first.

Zhuge Liang did not choose the Northern Expedition, but chose to conquer Eastern Wu, because his purpose was to support the Han family, and Cao Cao was a Han thief.

Yes, it should not be carried out to attack Wu, because this matter has already had a certain impact on Shu, and it has also led to the defeat of every war.

Can't cut down Wu, envy Liu Bei to cut down Wu, the battle of Yiling directly wiped out the Shu Han family, if it wasn't for Cao Pi just ascending to the throne at that time, he didn't dare to go south, Cao Wei could unify the world at that time. Lianwu Zaxiang resisted Cao, this is the only way out for Shu Hanru's faction.

It should not be a loss, because their strength itself is not particularly good, and if they attack Wu, it will have a more serious impact on them, and the state gods will lead to the defeat of every trace.

He was just acting righteously, and he should have known that the Northern Expedition was hopeless in victory.

Cao Wei's strength was definitely the strongest of the Three Kingdoms, with a population of much more than four million, Sun Wu with a population of almost 2.3 million, and Shu Han with a population of only 900,000.

In that era, population represented productivity, financial resources, and military resources, no matter how high the industrial technology level of Shu Han was, it still couldn't compete with Cao Wei. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we often see that as soon as Zhuge Liang destroys Cao Wei, how many generals will immediately lead how many troops to support; But as soon as Shu Han lost how many men and horses, it immediately came to the time of danger, in fact, it was similar in the official history. The disparity in population has directly led to a huge gap in national strength.

In fact, every time Shu Han went on the Northern Expedition, Eastern Wu sent troops to help more or less (but most of the time they did not contribute to the work), and Shu Han attacked the Yongliang region in the west; Eastern Wu sent troops to attack the Xu and Henan regions. However, due to the poor cooperation most of the time, it seems that Shu Han has always been fighting alone, in fact, Dongwu has also contributed.

For example, Zhuge Liang's Fifth Northern Expedition. After the withdrawal of the Fourth Northern Expedition in June 231, the state of Wu continued to launch medium-scale military operations against the state of Wei during the period before the Northern Expedition in June 231, and in 233 the lord of Wu personally launched an attack on Hefei New City ("Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms": In the summer of May, the right to send Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin and others to Tunjiang Xia and Chukou, Sun Shao, Zhang Cheng and others to Guangling and Huaiyang, and the right to lead the public to besiege Hefei New Town.

It was when Shu Xiang Zhuge Liang showed martial arts, and the right to say that Emperor Wei Ming could not go far, and the emperor sent troops to help Sima Xuan refuse to Liang. He led the naval army to the east. Before Shouchun, the right was returned, and Sun Shao was also dismissed. , did not win. Moreover, Sun Quan also rebelled against Gongsun Yuan, who was in the rear of Cao Wei.

After Sun Quan's death, Zhuge Ke and Sun Qi also launched the Northern Expedition, no matter what their purpose was, they did at least.

The Sun-Liu alliance is over, and the Three Kingdoms have entered a three-legged period, and Sun Wu is already good if he doesn't sneak attack, and it is even more impossible to help.

From Sun Ce to Sun Quan, Eastern Wu knew that although money and food were not a problem, the army really could not defeat Wei, and if Liu Bei united with him, he was afraid that Wei would one day destroy Shu Han and come back to clean up himself, so he never dared to cross the river rashly, and lived in a corner of the Yangtze River, waiting for the Wei and Han families to pinch each other, and he would benefit from the fisherman.

Because of the incident of cutting down Wu, Zhuge Liang did not approve of it, and his political views were different.

Secondly, under the influence of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, everyone thinks that Zhuge Liang is clever, but in fact, Zhuge is an out-and-out politician, and his military talent is not outstanding. Liu Bei's most important advisor was Fa Zheng.

Also, at that time, Liu Bei's foundation in Shuzhong was not stable, and someone needed to preside over the overall situation.

Governing Sichuan is his lifeblood.

If you go with Liu Bei, what if Wei comes to attack.

He is trusted by Prime Minister Liu Bei.

First of all, in terms of strength, Shu has always been the weakest, both before and after the war.

Secondly, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms exaggerated the Wei-Shu War, but in fact, the Northern Expedition was not as large-scale as in **; The border between Wu and Wei is also constantly frictional, and it is not always peaceful.

Again, in terms of the form at that time, even if Wu Shu sent troops at the same time, there was not much chance of winning.

In the end, the state of Wu was busy with internal strife for a long time, that is, the fierce struggle between the Sun royal family and the local tycoons, and there was no time to make great achievements in external expansion. The most important point is that Wu's strategic policy is based on the strategy proposed by Lu Su. Sun Quan may give up the "Yangtze River Heavenly Danger" (this is very important) and go north to Tongshu to destroy Wei together, and then fight to the death?

This is obviously impossible, if this is the case, Shu can rely on the danger of Bashan Shushui to destroy the Wu army, and what does Wu rely on to defend it? Yangtze? Shu is upstream, not to mention the Chinese Plain.

So even if Wei is destroyed, the state of Wu is in danger!