Is “He commanded rattan-armored troops and wild beasts against the Shu army” true?
novel invention
The 'Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of Zhuge Liang' and other official histories contain no records of using wild beasts or rattan-armored troops. The characters Muludawang and the Wuge Kingdom are fictional fantasy elements invented in the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'.
Meng Huo
A key minister of Shu Han in the southern regions, respected by the local tribes, who was captured and released seven times by Zhuge Liang.