In the third year of Zhangwu, Liu Bei died of illness in Baidi City. Cao Pi sent five armies to surround Shu. Zhuge Liang suddenly woke up in his palace in Chengdu - he was reborn at this time of life and death with the memory of the seven failed Northern Expeditions. The regret of making six expeditions to Qishan in his previous life and falling short was still in front of him. He knew that he would repeat the same mistakes in his next attack, so he changed his mind and tried his best to stabilize the situation with the "Anju Ping Wu Road", and then personally conquered Nanzhong. He captured Meng Huo seven times but did not return.
He led his troops through the Bayan Har Pass, subdued the Faqiang and Tangyan tribes, and trained the "Western Wild Yak Riders" who were resistant to high resistance; he opened up the Western Regions along the Qiangzhong Road, destroyed the Loulan Changshi Mansion of Cao Wei, and allied the Kucha and Khotan kingdoms. From bamboo spears versus iron halberds in the jungles of Nanzhong, to slings and light crossbows in the Xingxiu Sea on the Plateau, to camel battalions and cavalry raids in the deserts of the Western Regions, every battle is in line with the weapons of the Three Kingdoms - cutting with the ring-shou knife, firing with Yuanrong crossbows, and chainmail to defend the enemy. It also restores the logistical logic of "the soldiers and horses move on before food and grass are moved", using yaks to transport highland barley and camels to store water to support cross-regional expeditions.
In the end, Zhuge Liang sent the West Route Army (Western Regions + Plateau Soldiers) out of the Hexi Corridor, and the East Route Army (Shu Han + Nanzhong Soldiers) out of the Hanzhong Inclined Valley. They attacked Guanzhong with double-line pincers, broke through Chencang, Ketong Pass, surrounded Luoyang, captured Sima Yan alive, and welcomed the descendants of the Han Dynasty to resettle. This time, the Han flag no longer fell in the autumn wind of Wuzhangyuan, but rose from the top of Luoyang City, announcing to the world: Han Zuo, coming from the west
