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After pacifying Nanzhong, Shu Han had no worries. With his outstanding political foresight, Zhuge Liang predicted that the only way for the Shu Han to gain living space was to take advantage of the fact that Cao Wei had no time to look westward and the national power had not yet recovered, so he decided to mobilize the entire country to launch the Northern Expedition. At this time, wars continued ahead, undercurrents surged in the court, there were estrangements and suspicions between monarchs and ministers, and treacherous men had ulterior motives. Adou, who could not be supported, and power struggles that he could not avoid made Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition extremely difficult in his later years. After a lot of painstaking efforts, he finally fell into the Wuzhangyuan, leaving behind eternal regrets. Are there really six Qishan Mountains in history? Is the Empty City Plan real? Does Wuzhangyuan Nuanxing exist? Zhuge Liang's true intention of the Northern Expedition, as well as the true face of the Northern Expedition, will be answered in the finale.

From his initial understanding of strategy, farming and studying in Xiangyang, to his dedication to the Northern Expedition, this book details Zhuge Liang's fifty-four-year career. Restore the real history behind the exaggeration and deification, see a flesh-and-blood Zhuge Liang with emotions, angers, likes and dislikes, and see Zhuge Liang's complex image as a military strategist, politician, writer, diplomat, and calligrapher.

A little white fox with nine tails, following in the footsteps of Yu Qi, traveled across Kyushu and mapped the world. Following their footsteps, the strange animals, ghosts, spirits, and people from far away countries described in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" appeared one by one. There was Yinglong, who had made great contributions to the world but was voluntarily sealed, and the benevolent beast Zouwu, who traveled thousands of miles every day... The book also includes a lot of mountain geography knowledge and myths and legends from ancient times. In the historical disputes when the abdication system was transformed into the family and the world, the growth of sweet love cannot be eliminated.

When he was 6 years old, Zhuge Liang lost his parents. When he was 14 years old, he led his family to move south, planning and escaping war and vendetta along the way. At the age of 20, he was recognized as "Wolong", but he was content with farming and studying instead of pursuing an official career. When he was 26 years old, Zhuge Liang smiled and spoke 356 words to Liu Bei who came to visit him three times, and the general trend of the world was like clearing the clouds. The Liu Bei Group's development strategy for the next thirty years was thus laid. After coming out of the mountain, Cao's army pressed on the border. In the crisis, Zhuge Liang crossed the river alone and cleverly provoked Sun Quan to fight against Cao. This led to the great victory at Chibi. While Soochow was still celebrating its victory, Zhuge Liang had already decided to win the biggest victory - the four counties of Jingzhou. Less than a year after acquiring Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei emerged from despair. After the age of 43, Zhuge Liang took sole control of the military and political power, and thus began the ten-year period of prosperity of the Shu Han Dynasty: he used Legalism internally to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and externally led the army to conquer the north and south, leading Cao Pi to consider moving the capital for a time.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" contains too many exaggerations and fabrications about Zhuge Liang, and dramatic conspiracies such as borrowing arrows from a straw boat and the empty city strategy are even more fictitious. Folklore has given Zhuge Liang a layer of mystery and mystery; for thousands of years, the real Zhuge Liang has been buried in those magical legends and stories. This book will restore to you a flesh-and-blood Zhuge Liang with true feelings.