If Ma Su guards the street pavilion, will Zhuge Liang succeed in his first Northern Expedition?
Although Zhuge Liang led the first Northern Expedition, it was smooth in the early stage and won a staged victory. However, it is the national strength of Shu and Wei that determines the outcome of the war. At that time, Shu could only support Zhuge Liang to seize the region. If he keeps going, he will meet more fierce resistance. It is a question whether Zhuge Liang can persist until the end. At that time, the national strength of Wei was much stronger than that of Shu. As long as Wei defends blindly, Zhuge Liang has no choice but to take them down. So in the end, Zhuge Liang will definitely not win the final victory.
Zhuge Liang asked Ma Su to guard the street pavilion. In fact, it is a very puzzling thing. Although Ma Su is a little gifted, he has never had actual combat experience in leading troops to fight. It is not like Zhuge Liang's style to let such a person with no actual combat experience guard such an important place. If he sends a general with war experience to guard the street pavilion. It was entirely possible to hold this place, but Zhuge Liang failed to do so.
Ma Su and Zhao Kuo are the same kind of people, so they can only talk about it. But when you really get to the battlefield, you are useless and don't even understand the basic art of war.