The mainstream culture in China is a Confucian culture that advocates honesty. It is one thing to win or not, and it is another to fight or not. If Liu Chan sticks to Chengdu, can it turn things around?
Although there are only 30,000 soldiers in Wargo, most of them are old, weak, sick and temporarily recruited men, plus troops deployed by Jiang Wei and Zhuge Zhan. In fact, there are few troops left in the city. When reinforcements arrive, it is estimated that Chengdu has been captured. Besides, the land of Bashu itself is not as rich as the land of Cao Wei. After years of fighting, the people's livelihood in Shu is even more depressed, and the financial and material resources can no longer support and defend Chengdu. On the whole, after decades of development, the population of Cao Wei exceeded 1.2 million, while that of Shu was only 940,000. Its national strength far exceeds that of Shu Han, and there are many talented soldiers to help plan it.
Shu had already survived after Kong Ming's death, and relied on Jiange natural barrier to fight back. The talents in the ruling and opposition parties are dying, and the Yizhou faction in power has long been suppressed by Jingzhou faction and Dongzhou faction, and has long been dissatisfied with the Shu ruling group. Therefore, the Yizhou gentry, headed by Qiao Zhou, tricked and coerced Liu Chan into surrendering, hoping to gain greater benefits by cooperating with Cao Wei. If the ruling and opposition parties are not in harmony, the people's hearts will be lost. It is the general trend that Cao Wei destroyed Shu.
Not to mention the situation in the city, Cao Jun180,000 troops are under siege, and Jiang Wei's front line is tight, so he can't send many troops to save him. Hogo was stationed in the south to resist the barbarians. Act rashly, barbarians invaded, Cao Wei went south and was attacked between Scylla and Charybdis. Things will be much worse than they are now. The rest of Wu Dong reinforcements are on the way, but the distant water can't put out the near fire, and the fall of Chengdu is inevitable. Moreover, their own strength was insufficient, and a large number of Shu troops surrendered and merged into Cao Jun. More than 30,000 Wargo have been besieged, and more than 180,000 Cao Dajun have gone south. If you fight hard, it will only be a dead light, and only the people will be injured.
In this case, if Liu Chan sticks to Chengdu, it will not only have a good end, but also bring trouble to the people in Shu. Surrender without a fight may be the best choice for Liu Chan.