Is “The Longzhong Plan and leading the Northern Expeditions” true?

attested in history

The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of Zhuge Liang, records that he presented the Longzhong Plan to Liu Bei and later led five Northern Expeditions. Official history affirms his extremely high governing abilities.

Zhuge Liang

In official history, he was an outstanding statesman, military strategist, and master of governance, but in fiction, he is deified as a sorcerer who can summon wind and rain.

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