The end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty
emperor
Faint and incompetent, eunuchs have exclusive powers
The people are not happy, class contradictions are fierce, and social contradictions are about to erupt. Successive uprisings of the peasants were launched on a large scale
Yellow Turban Uprising
As a starting point, in the midst of the chaos of the world, a generation of heroes and legends competed to emerge.
In a word, the fate of the strategist is different, and in that turbulent era, if you want to achieve great achievements, you must not only have outstanding and extraordinary
ability
still
The time is right
。 The three overlords who stood up in the Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao Liu Bei and Sun Quan were all kings who had both good fortune and excellent ability and skill in that chaotic world.
Hero Haojie of the Three Kingdoms period
And these kings all had a key situation and inflection point, such as the Battle of Guandu that laid cao Cao's hegemony; the Battle of Chibi promoted the pattern of three points in the world. Among these countless beacon battles, some battles have achieved a generation of legends, and some battles have made heroes fall. For Liu Bei, one of the "Big Three", the key to determining his success or failure was at the same point
Jingzhou
。
However, as we all know, Liu Bei's Jingzhou was "borrowed", so whether Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou as an entire state or a city? Why did Sun Quan lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei?
How big is Liu Bei's Jingzhou?
Battle of Chibi
after
Cao Cao was defeated and retreated. Sun Quan and Liu Bei joined forces
At this time, Zhou Yu divided a piece of land into The Conquered Nan County, which is now the four cities south of the Yangtze River and other places, where Liu Bei actively gathered the hearts and minds of Liu Biao's former deployments, and his power became increasingly large, developing rapidly, and the supply of materials and grain exceeded demand.
Liu Bei "borrowed" Jingzhou from Sun Quan
On this basis, Liu Bei borrowed land from Sun Quan on the grounds that the territory was too small to accommodate enough people, and the land borrowed was several counties in Jingzhou.
Several counties
It refers to the seven counties of Jingzhou, so Liu Bei is not borrowing an entire state.
But on the matter of how Liu Bei borrowed land, everyone
The statements are inconsistent
Some theories are that Liu Bei originally intended to borrow Nan County, and later borrowed Jingzhou; others say that the four cities and pools of Nan County originally had no ownership and did not belong to any forces, and Sun Quan did not have the qualifications to own it, so it was not a loan. But what is certain is that Liu Bei borrowed it
Not one city or the whole state, but the seven counties of Jingzhou.
The county of Jingzhou
Why did Liu Bei borrow Jingzhou?
Zhuge Liang has already pointed out the important strategic significance of Jingzhou in "Longzhong Pair":
Jingzhou was the earliest in fact
Liu Table
In the turf of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the original assassin of Jingzhou was assassinated, and Dong Zhuo went to the imperial court to nominate Liu Biao to succeed him as the assassin of Jingzhou. After Liu Biao took office, because he could not lead his troops to Jingzhou, he single-handedly entered Jingzhou to unite with local forces and became the lord of Jingzhou, and also occupied a position in the struggle for hegemony.
Liu Biao has made many achievements in literature and education,
Countless talents have been bred
。 This made Jingzhou a rare and peaceful pure land in the chaotic war at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, due to Liu Biao's capture of Jingzhou and the killing of Sun Jian, he formed a vendetta with the Eastern Wu forces, and Eastern Wu was secretly seeking revenge on the one hand, on the one hand, and Liu Biao
It is influenced by the internal power of the big family
, resulting in Liu Biao is difficult to win, can only hide the development,
Missed the opportunity to compete for the world
After Liu Bei came here, he quickly turned to Liu Biao, at this time Liu Biao was old, but his family forces wanted to use his younger son to elevate Liu Biao, and Liu Biao accepted that Liu Bei also wanted to borrow his hand
Suppress internal aristocratic forces
Meaning. Taking this opportunity, Liu Bei was also quick
He drew together many haojie under Liu Biao.com
For his own use, he also met his destiny
The most important strategist - Zhuge Liang
In fact, Zhuge Liang, as one of Liu Biao's jealous forces, zeng
Liu Bei was persuaded to remove Liu Biao and replace him as lord of Jingzhou
However, due to the complexity of Jingzhou's forces, Liu Bei did not want to become the next Liu Biao himself, and it was easy to fight Jiangshan and defend Jiangshan, so he did not agree to this move; even later, Liu Biao personally promised to give up the position of Jingzhou Assassin to Liu Bei.
Liu Beidu did not accept it
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang discussed countermeasures
In fact, this is not how benevolent and moral Liu Bei is, but just him
See through the essence of the situation in Jingzhou
, did not dare to easily take down Jingzhou. Therefore, in order to successfully take Jingzhou, Liu Bei could only choose to wait silently and endure; the key to taking Jingzhou at this moment was to need a capable person
It was enough to suppress the existence of major and complex family forces in Jingzhou
After Liu Biao's death,
Cao Cao waited for an opportunity to attack Jingzhou
。 This was a huge crisis for the complex aristocratic forces within Jingzhou, and for Liu Bei, it was
A good time to take Jingzhou
Taking this opportunity, Liu Bei was quick
An alliance with the main forces within Jingzhou
Together, they fought against Cao Cao, although the result of the resistance was not successful, but this move allowed Liu Bei to brush a wave in Jingzhou
Fame favorability
He even became a red man in the eyes of the local people, and liu bei occupied Jingzhou after that
popularity
foundation.
Liu Bei
At the time of the great victory of Jingzhou, Cao Cao intended to unify the world, and his power spread all the way to Jiangdong, threatening Sun Quan's forces. At this time
Sun Quan then joined forces with Liu Bei and defeated Cao Cao at the Battle of Chibi
, laying the foundation for the situation of three points in the world. After the war divided Jingzhou, Sun Quan divided the four counties of Jingnan to Liu Bei, but,
The development space of the four counties of Jingnan is very small
After being divided up by local forces, there were not many territories that could be controlled by Liu Bei, and the development of the region was also very backward, and there was no use value.
Among Jingzhou, Jiangling in Nan County and Xiangyang, which belonged to Cao Cao, were two extremely important cities
Gangneung
As
The only way to go west to Yizhou
and control of Jingzhou
Military stronghold
The geographical location is very prominent, and it also symbolizes the complete joint efforts of Sun Liu. However, if Sun Quan completely controlled Jiangling, it would be equivalent to taking Yizhou in the west as a bag.
The situation in Jingzhou
At this time, Liu Bei, who was trapped in the four cities of Jingnan, was bound to be satisfied with this, and if Liu Bei could occupy Jiangling, he would be able to greatly enhance his own power with his back to the four counties of Jingnan. But at the moment
Gangneung is still a borderland
If you want to occupy the fortress of Jiangling, you only need to attack it, but Liu Bei's strength is far inferior to Sun Quan's
Jealous of Sun Quan's strength
Under the circumstances, how easy is it to monopolize the treasure land of Gangneung?
Once Sun Liu had a contradiction, Sun Liu's alliance would be completely subverted, giving Cao Cao an opportunity to take advantage of it. Therefore, Liu Bei left
"Curve saves the country"
Route, to Sun Quan
"Borrow" Jingzhou
Why did Sun Quan lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei?
The process of Liu Bei "borrowing" Jingzhou was naturally not smooth sailing. Sun Quan certainly understood Liu Bei's intention to borrow Jingzhou, but Sun Quan was natural
It is impossible to watch Liu Bei develop and grow, or even threaten his own position
。 At this time, it was definitely against Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou. However, Liu Bei did not give up, and made appropriate concessions, saying that he could cooperate with Sun Quan
Two points of Jingzhou
。 But Sun Quan did not immediately agree, weighing the pros and cons for a year and a half, and things ushered in a new turnaround.
Sun quan
You know, Sun Quan and Liu Biao both have the same crisis and anxiety, and the source of this anxiety is the major family forces within the group.
Zhou Yu
Yes
The power that balances and tries to neutralize Sun Quan.
Zhou Yu, as the governor of Eastern Wu who controlled the army, also had Sun Ce's son in his hands.
It posed a great threat to Sun Quan
。 If Zhou Yu could get the land of Jingzhou Jiangling, then he could absolutely assist Sun Ce's son to ascend to the throne and replace Sun Quan. However, although Zhou Yu's power made Sun Quan quite jealous, it was excellent
Military talent
Or let Sun Quan get huge benefits.
Zhou Yu was killed by Zhuge Liang
Liu Bei took advantage of the turning point of the Jingzhou incident, exactly
Zhou Yu died of illness
。 After Zhou Yu's death, Lu Su replaced Zhou Yu in leading the army, but he felt that his ability was insufficient, and he was afraid that he would not be able to defend Jingzhou and lose face, so he persuaded Sun Quan to lend Jiangling to Liu Bei, first, to balance Cao Cao, and second, to let Liu Bei develop and divert Sun Quan's firepower. However, Sun Quan was not so easily persuaded, but Zhou Yu was dead.
Lu Su was overwhelmed with heavy responsibilities, and Jiangling would be finished sooner or later
Liu Bei's defense under Jiangling
Not only that, Liu Bei was also early
Heavily guarded areas were laid out near Gangneung
Sun Quan naturally did not want to be controlled by others, so he wanted to send troops to invade the Shu state. Liu Bei saw this
envoy
"Guan Yu Tun Jiangling, Zhang Fei Tun Zi Gui, Zhuge Liang according to Nan County" himself was stationed in The Tomb
Such a layout,
The Eastern Wu army could not enter the river
, plus
Shudi is easy to defend and difficult to attack
The odds were small, so Sun Quan dismissed the idea of invading Shu land. You must know that if Liu Sun's alliance really breaks down, Cao Cao's forces are bound to take advantage of the void and eventually make both sides of Liu Sun fall
"Sandpipers and clams compete, fishermen gain"
The end is not worth the loss.
The world is three points
Instead of fighting and losing both, it is better to be a smooth water person, and if there is a battle between soldiers and soldiers in the future, there is room for maneuver. At the same time, it can also contain Cao Cao's forces and allies, so why not give up Jingzhou? And Liu Bei did develop and grow in Jingzhou, but Jingzhou is also true."
Borrowed and unrewarded
"That's it.
Therefore, since ancient times, the struggle between soldiers and families has been indispensable to weigh the advantages and disadvantages and the mutual balance of forces, Liu Bei successfully won Jingzhou, indispensable to wait for the opportunity and win the hearts and minds of the people to continue to grow and develop, and finally had enough strength to deter Sun Quan from "lending" out of Jingzhou.