Liu Bei and Sun Quan knew them very well, important figures in the history of the Three Kingdoms period.
Liu Bei,also spelled Xuande,a native of Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, after Liu Sheng, king of Zhongshan Jing, was the founding emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. The famous "Taoyuan Three Knots of Righteousness" in history tells the story of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei's blood alliance.
Sun Quan, Zi Zhongmou, a native of Fuchun County, Wu County. His father, Sun Jian, was the overlord of Jiangdong at that time. Later, Sun Ce was killed, and Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, becoming the master of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, and later known as Emperor Wu. In history, everyone knows the situation of the Three Kingdoms, that is, liu bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan. These three forces have fought for each other and deceived each other, composing a magnificent historical chapter of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
As a rival sun quan and Liu Bei, why did Sun Quan later marry his own sister to Liu Bei? Sun Quan's sister married Liu Bei, and there is a wonderful story in it.
It is said that at that time, Sun Quan had a total of 5 brothers and sisters, the father was Sun Jian, as we all know, the mother was Wu Guotai, the older brother Sun Ce, and two younger brothers, a little sister, the younger sister was called Sun Shangxiang, that is, the Sun Lady who later married Liu Bei. Sun Shangxiang not only looks beautiful, but also from an early age under the influence of his father and brother, he likes to dance knives and guns, and has practiced a good martial art. In the chaotic years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in addition to Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang's father and several other brothers unfortunately died in the chaotic world. As the only man in the family, Sun Quan has the unshirkable responsibility to take on the heavy responsibility of fighting the world.
At that time, after Cao Cao's great defeat of Yuan Shao, the stronger forces among the crowd should be Sun Quan of Eastern Wu and Cao Cao of Hanzhong. Liu Bei's power at that time was very different from Sun Quan's. The only thing that made Liu Bei proud was that he had several senior generals such as Yu Zhangfei under his account, which made people feel frightened, especially Liu Bei's military master, Zhuge Liang, who was clever and calculating, and things were like gods, and Cao Cao's millions of elite soldiers were used by Zhuge Liang several times, and the loss of armor and the flowers fell. Sun Quan was a wise man, so he sought to unite with Liu Bei against Cao Cao. In order to curry favor with Liu Bei, Sun Quan borrowed the land of Jingzhou to give Liu Bei a foothold, and Liu Bei was of course respectful rather than obedient.
Occupying a corner of Jingzhou, Liu Bei was like a fish in the water. The power is like the sun in the sky, and it has developed rapidly. After Sun Liu formed an alliance, he defeated Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi, and at this point, the situation of Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Liu Bei standing on three feet had gradually taken shape. Liu Bei's power could not be underestimated, and at this time Liu Bei not only occupied the land of Jingzhou, but also all the surrounding areas were within his control. Therefore, Sun Quan wanted to return to Jingzhou from Liu Bei's hands, which was a treasure land at that time, rich in products, and easy to attack and difficult to defend, and was a place where soldiers and families had to fight. How could Liu Bei, who had grown so hard to grow in power, return Jingzhou to Sun Quan?
Of course, Sun Quan would not give up Jingzhou so easily, but Liu Bei did not give it, what to do? If not, I'll grab it! Hindered by Liu Bei's power, Sun Quan did not dare to rush out of the army. Just when Sun Quan was at a loss, Zhou Yu, the great strategist around him, gave Sun Quan an idea. Zhou Yu said, "Lord, we can use the beauty plan to lure Liu Bei to our territory in Jiangdong, and then take him captive in exchange for hostages to return to the treasure land of Jingzhou." ”
Zhou Yu's beauty plan was to use Sun Quan's younger sister Sun Shangxiang to make Sun Shangxiang pretend to marry Liu Bei, and then trick Liu Bei into eastern Wu, taking this opportunity to let Zhuge Liang take Jingzhou in exchange for Liu Bei. At that time, Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang was already 20 years old, and he knew his brother's intentions, so he decided to make plans for his brother's great cause. In this way, on the basis of sun-liu alliance, this political marriage was thus facilitated.
Liu Bei didn't think too much at that time, after all, Sun Liu's alliance could restrain Cao Cao, and if he added relatives to him, he would not be able to really become a family with Sun Quan, and defeating Cao Cao and seizing the world was not within reach. Therefore, Liu Bei also agreed. In this way, Liu Bei went to Eastern Wu at the invitation of Sun Quan, because it was a conspiracy, so after the marriage between Liu Bei and Sun Quan's sister was drawn up, sun Quan stayed in Eastern Wu. Originally, Sun Quan thought that after the play was sung, he would fall down, but he did not think that his mother actually liked Liu Bei, the son-in-law. In this way, after Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang got married, they actually spent their honeymoon under their own eyes. Sun Quan was angry and anxious at that time, thinking, achieve marriage, anyway, I will not let you Liu Bei go back, unless you take Jingzhou to exchange.
Liu Bei was all right, enjoying life freely over there, which was a great annoyance to Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei had not returned for many days, and thought that this matter must be deceitful, lest the lord Liu Bei be fierce and ji less. Therefore, Zhuge Liang, who was clever and calculating, took advantage of Cao Cao's dispatch of troops to attack Jingzhou, and complained to Sun Quan of Eastern Wu and asked Liu Bei to return quickly to solve the urgent need. Liu Bei was naturally anxious when the old nest was raided, so he asked Sun Quan to ask for a quick return to Jingzhou. At that time, Sun Quan was also worried that if Jingzhou fell into the hands of Cao Cao, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, he reluctantly released Liu Bei back to Jingzhou, and by the way, his sister Sun Shangxiang was also brought back to Jingzhou by Liu Bei. At that time, the great strategist Zhou Yu was deploying defenses in other places, and it was too late to rush back after hearing the news, and Liu Bei had already returned to Jingzhou by boat with his wife Sun Shangxiang.
Zhou Yu sighed and said to Sun Quan, "Lord, you have lost your wife and folded your soldiers!" Sun Quan knew that he regretted it, but the raw rice was already cooked to maturity. It's just that his sister who is so good was given to the "big-eared thief" Liu Bei in vain, and he is not willing to do it.
After successfully escaping and returning to Jingzhou, Although Liu Bei picked up a lady, he was later tricked back to Eastern Wu by Sun Quan in the name of his mother's critical illness. Fortunately, the young lord At that time, Liu Chan, was snatched back by the people sent by Zhuge Liang at the hands of Lady Sun, and Liu Chan did not fall into the hands of Eastern Wu, which was also a blessing in misfortune.
Poor Lady Sun never came back after she went, and this political marriage ended in failure, and Liu Bei also returned Lady Sun's character to her original owner.