Zhuge Liang
 
Full Name:
Zhuge Kongming
Life Span:
53 years (AD 181-234)
Brothers:
Zhuge Jin(elder), Zhuge Jun(younger)
Son:
Zhuge Zhan
Nephew:
Zhuge Ke
Warlords Served:
Liu Bei, Liu Chan
Officers Killed:
Wang Lang, Chen Shi, Ma Su
Cause of Death:
Overworked and fell sick
A master tactician. Also known as Kongming and alias "The Sleeping Dragon". Zhuge Liang lived a peaceful and tranquil life in Longzhong village in the countryside until Liu Bei managed to meet him in person on his third visit. Touched by Liu Bei's sincerity as well as Liu Bei's adoption of his plan for setting up a kingdom in the west and allying with East Wu at the same time, Zhuge Liang left his humble abode to serve Liu Bei in what would be a major turning point for Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang was then a 27 year old chap and Liu Bei 47 years old.

 Initially Guan Yu and Zhang Fei cannot accept the fact of taking orders from a young chap thinking how can their elder brother Liu Bei trust a young and inexperienced chap like Zhuge Liang so much as to giving him full command of the army in the battle against Xiahou Dun. However Zhuge Liang's uncanny anticipations of the enemy movement which resulted in a complete victory over the Cao troops on his first command proved Guan Yu and Zhang Fei wrong.

 However the second attack wave proved too much to handle and Liu Bei led the populace of Xinye to retreat to Xiangyang but was chased away by Liu Cong. Having no alternative Zhuge Liang led a small band of soldiers to JiangXia to request reinforcements from Liu Qi. To ensure Liu Bei's survival against Cao Cao's impending invasion, Zhuge Liang volunteer to head for East Wu to personally sway Sun Quan into an alliance with Liu Bei and resist Cao Cao together. Liu Bei and Sun Quan's armies dealt a heavy blow to Cao Cao and Liu Bei captured the territories of Jingzhou as war spoilts.

 Sharing the same idea as Pang Tong that Jingzhou cannot be defended long term, Zhuge Liang remained behind in Jingzhou while Liu Bei together with Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Pang Tong and Guan Ping headed for Xichuan. Unfortunately the subsequent death of Pang Tong in the westward expedition as well as Liu Bei's entrapment in Xichuan left Zhuge Liang no choice but to lead troops to Xichuan to rescue Liu Bei as well as to capture Xichuan.

 Later when Liu Bei passed away, Zhuge Liang managed to hold off seven armies initiated by Cao Pi. Under Zhuge Liang, the Shu kingdom became more properous and militarily stronger. He subdued the southern barbarian king Meng Huo and later on led six expeditions against Wei in an attempt to fulfil Liu Bei's wish of restoring the Han Dynasty.

 Zhuge Liang's greatest worry is his arch nemesis Sima Yi. If it wasn't for Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang would have captured Luoyang and accomplished Liu Bei's goal of restoring the Han Dynasty. The overworked and stressed Zhuge Liang fell seriously ill on the six expedition. He passed away on the plains of Wuzhangyuan but before dying recommended Jiang Wei to succeed him. The death of Zhuge Liang is a great loss for the Shu kingdom.

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