However, how did Wargo defeat Zhuge Zhan earlier and earlier along the way?
The power invested by both sides
In 264 AD, Wei launched a war of national subjugation against Shu.
First, the forces invested by Wei.
Commander-in-Chief: Si Mazhao West Line: Wargo led more than 30,000 people to attack Jiangwei Stack by drip; Central Line: Zhuge Xu led more than 30,000 people to attack Wudu from Qishan Road, occupied the bridgehead, and was responsible for cutting off Jiang Wei's retreat; East Line: Zhong Hui led more than 654.38+ 10,000 main forces to attack Hanzhong from plank roads such as Woods Road, Luogu Road and Baoxie Road, and then marched south into Chengdu. Wargo decided to March in the dark, and Zhong would send Zhang Tian to follow. So before Wargo entered Jiangyou, his strength was about forty thousand. Later, Zhang Tian recaptured the horse suburb of Jiangyou Prefecture, with 3,000 troops. In this way, Wargo was able to invest more than 40 thousand troops in the battle of Mianzhu.
Second, the forces invested by Shu.
According to Si Mazhao's estimation, the Shu army has 90,000 people, including more than 40,000 people guarding Chengdu and other borders, and no more than 50,000 people guarding the northern line.
When Liu Chan surrendered to Wargo, 65,438+002,000 soldiers were registered in the household register. Luo Xian guarded about 2,000 people in Yong 'an, thousands in Jianning in Huoyi in the south, 3,000 in Jiangyou in Ma 'ao, Jiangzhou and other counties and counties.
When the front line was in an emergency, Liu Chan had sent Liao Hua to lead the troops to support Jiang Wei, and Yi Cheung, Dong Jue and others supported Yang 'an Pass in Hanzhong, so they reduced their troops by twenty thousand.
Based on the above data, there are at most 50,000 soldiers who have retired from Jiange (not including those who have already died in battle), and there are still 1 10,000 soldiers struggling in Hanzhong, Han and Le. So Zhuge Zhan's troops here are about thirty thousand people.
Therefore, from the perspective of the forces of both sides in Mianzhu War, Deng Aili has an advantage.
On paper, Zhuge Zhan vs the strength warrior Deng Ai.
After Wargo occupied Jiangyou, Zhuge Zhan led an army to resist Wargo. At this time, Huang Quan's son Huang Chong persuaded Zhuge Zhan to take advantage of Wei Jun's fatigue to quickly occupy the pass and intercept Wei Jun in the mountains.
However, Zhuge Zhan hesitated, so that he missed the opportunity, which enabled Wargo to smoothly enter the central plain of Sichuan.
In fact, the situation at that time was not so bad.
Wargo alone, the food supply is obviously problematic. Jiang Wei is behind, Zhuge Zhan is in front, and Chengdu and other counties are in the distance. In addition, Liu Chan has asked Dongwu for help, and General Ding Feng and others are on their way to Shu. If Zhuge Zhan can hold his ground and ask Jiang Wei for help at the same time, I'm afraid it's Wargo who is hidden in the arms of Shu County when reinforcements arrive.
So for Wargo, a quick victory is the best strategy. And Zhuge Zhan should choose to hold the city at this time and surrender without a fight. However, Wargo only wrote him a letter and asked him to rush out of the city to meet the enemy. It can be seen that Zhuge Zhan is just an armchair strategist.
On the one hand, there are Kyoto guards who have no actual combat experience, and on the other hand, they fight against Jiang Wei's elite troops every day, losing the protection of favorable terrain, and there is almost no suspense between the two sides.
Scattered Shu kingdom
Perhaps, we can get a glimpse of Zhuge Zhan's prewar declaration. Before the war, Zhuge Zhan said bitterly, "You can't exclude Huang Hao at home, you can't check and balance Jiang Wei outside, and you can't defend your country by marching. I have three sins, how can I go back? "
In fact, according to the above analysis, Zhuge Zhan has a way to tide over the difficulties, but he chose the worst way-to go out of the city to meet them.
The fundamental reason was that Shu was already in a state of chaos: Jiang Wei was stationed abroad, Zhuge Zhan was stationed inside, eunuch Huang Hao was in charge of state affairs, and the three parties had bad feelings with each other.
Jiang Wei learned the news of Wei's big March and asked the court to send troops to reinforce him. But such an important news was suppressed by Huang Hao, which delayed the fighter plane. Zhuge Zhan, who is hiding in Fucheng County, is only100km away from Jiange where Jiang Wei is located, but he would rather die than ask Jiang Wei for help.
Deng Aiben was worried that he would be caught between Scylla and Charybdis. Who knows that the intrigue in Shu helped him a lot and made it easy for him to conquer them one by one.
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Why can Wargo completely defeat Zhuge Zhan? Half strength, half infighting.
With the aura of his father Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Zhan, who had no combat experience, was just an armchair strategist in PK Tian Lei, Zhao Kuo. If Zhuge Zhan can hold his ground, join hands with Jiang Wei, or wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Wu Dong, he will have a chance to defeat Wargo alone. However, Zhuge Zhan chose to do or die with Wargo.
Looking back, Zhuge Liang can get away with it every time he goes out. What a big gap it is.