Slogans of the Southern Expedition Period

Zhuge Liang's Southern Expedition and Northern Expedition were 225 and 228 years respectively.

Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, also known as the southern expedition to pacify the war; In 225, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, launched a war against barbarians in South China to quell the rebellion. Ministers such as Shu, Zhou, and Han rebelled, and Meng Huo, a strongman in the south of the Yangtze River, was also involved. Zhuge Liang led the army south to pacify South China. From then on, the barbarians in South China returned to their original heart and stopped rebelling.

Zhuge Liang's northern expedition, also known as Zhuge Liang's northern expedition to the Central Plains, was the five wars launched by Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, against Cao Wei from the spring of 228 to the winter of 234 to help the Han Dynasty unify the Central Plains. In the spring of the sixth year of Jianxing (228), Zhuge Liang made his first northern expedition. Zhuge Liang established a suspicious army in Gu Jie and led the army to attack Qishan.