Su Liu Wen Shuzhai (Zhang Qiao)
Do not hide the window moon, natural style high.
The cool breeze moves crickets, and the leaves are falling away.
Pick up the embers of the lamp back, and see the sea waves.
Because of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are several heroes in the air.
In the "Battle of Chibi", Sun Quan and Liu Bei were the main forces against Cao Cao's army of at least 100,000 troops, and Cao Cao's purpose in launching this war was also Sun Quan and Liu Bei, which should be no problem. However, people often ignore the role of a person, or acquiesce that he belongs to Liu Bei's group, that is, Liu Qi. In fact, although Liu Qi's performance in history was not enough, in the "Battle of Chibi" and the process of Liu Bei's conquest of the "Four Counties of Jingnan" after the war, Liu Qi played a certain role, but it was blurred. After Jingzhou was relatively stable, Liu Qi fell ill and died. Liu Bei became the pastor of Jingzhou. What's the connection? Did Liu Bei have a motive to kill Liu Qi? Let's talk about this matter.
Liu Qi's deeds from the thirteenth year of Jian'an to the fourteenth year of Jian'an
Liu Qi's historical deeds mainly focus on the thirteenth year of Jian'an to the fourteenth year of Jian'an (that is, 208 to 209 AD), which is also a process of drastic changes in the reshuffling of the warlord forces at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The first is the fall of Huang Zu and Liu Qi's departure from Zhenjiangxia. Huang Zu was a general of Liu Biao of Jingzhou, who had long been in the military town of Jiangxia County in Jingzhou, responsible for resisting the attack of the Jiangdong clique, and had a very high status. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan finally defeated and eliminated Huang Zu, and Jiangxia was empty, providing Liu Qi with an opportunity to leave the town.
Liu Qi was originally the eldest son of Liu Biao, and according to the traditional concept of inheritance, it should be Liu Qi who inherits the foundation of Jingzhou. But Liu Biao preferred his younger son, Liu Chun. More importantly, Liu Chun's wife was Lady Cai's niece. Everyone knows that the reason why Liu Biao was able to "ride into Jingzhou alone" and quickly eliminate the powerful Zong Shuai within Jingzhou was largely dependent on the support of the Jingxiang Wang clan.
These people supported Liu Biao and received a lot of political rewards in the Liu Biao clique. With cai's support and Liu Biao's own intentions, Liu Chun's ascension to the throne is basically a matter of certainty. Since the local Noble Clan in Jingzhou did not support him, Liu Qi could only seek foreign assistance. He found Liu Bei, who was living in Jingzhou and had the potential to suppress the lord with strong guests, and at the behest of Zhuge Liang, he requested to go out to guard Jiangxia and take Huang Zu's place.
The second is the performance of the "Battle of Chibi". Shortly after Liu Qi left Zhenjiangxia, Cao Cao led his army from Nanyang south to attack Jingzhou. Liu Biao fell ill and died, and Liu Chun ascended the throne. It can be said that Liu Chun himself has no prestige and was elected by the Jingxiang Wang clan. When faced with the behemoth of Cao Cao, the wind direction of the Jingxiang Wang clan fell to Cao Cao, and Liu Chun was held hostage and surrendered to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao obtained Jingzhou, which was located in the upper reaches of Yangzhou, and defeated Liu Bei, who was retreating to Jiangling, at Dangyang, forcing Liu Bei to move to Jiangxia, where Liu Qi was located, and to unite with Sun Quan, so he set his sights on Sun Liu's allied forces, which was the background of the "Battle of Chibi". In the "Battle of Chibi", it is generally believed that Sun Liu's coalition army had 50,000 troops, of which 30,000 were Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu; 10,000 were Guan Yu's water troops; and 10,000 were Liu Qi's troops in Jiangxia. Historical records often record that Zhou Yu attacked Chibi with fire, and Liu Bei "did not sleep without leaving", but ignored Liu Qi's strength.
Finally, it is a raid on the "Four Counties of Jingnan". After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Liu's allied forces gained the initiative to expand in Jingzhou. Zhou Yu and others attacked the most difficult but also the most strategically valuable Nan Commandery; Liu Bei went south to take Wuling County, Lingling County, Changsha County, and Guiyang County. In what name did Liu Bei attack the "Four Counties of Jingnan"? It is to use Liu Qi's banner.
Liu Qi was no longer the heir of Liu Biao, who had been in Jingzhou for twenty years, and Liu Bei asked Liu Qi to assassinate The History of Jingzhou, and the "Four Counties of Jingnan" was passed down (Wuling County is controversial, and it is recorded in the "Three Auxiliary Records" that Wuling Taishou Jinxuan was killed by Liu Bei, but according to the later jinxuan's son Jin Yi secretly defected to Liu Bei's clique to plan a coup, this statement should be untrue). After Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Cao Cao re-divided Jingzhou, Liu Qi fell ill and died. It can be said that Liu Qi's death is really too good for Liu Bei, which is also the reason why Liu qi is suspected.
Liu Qi's ambitions are also not willing to be controlled by others
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Qi has a weak personality and is completely a banner in Liu Bei's hands. In history, although Liu Qi also had the evaluation of "sexual kindness and filial piety", this does not mean that Liu Qi did not have ambition and was willing to be subject to others. Liu Zhang also had a weak evaluation in history, but he also had the move to attack Zhang Lu and plan to attack Liu Biao. Liu Qi's ambition is reflected in the matter of competing with Liu Qi.
It is reasonable to say that Liu Qi followed Zhuge Liang's advice and became The Taishou of Jiangxia, which had already avoided the contradiction between him and Liu Chun. Jiangxia this place is very critical for Jingzhou, and it is a frontal battlefield with the Jiangdong Clique. When problems arose in Jiangxia and Jingzhou opened the gateway to Yangzhou, Sun Quan was able to capture Jiangling along the Yangtze River, cutting off the connection between Xiangyang and the Jingnan region. Therefore, even if Liu Chun was jealous of Liu Qi, he did not dare to do anything to him. If Liu Qi did not have ambitions, he could rest assured that he would be able to guard Jiangxia.
When Liu Biao was critically ill, Liu Qi came to Xiangyang Province for illness, but was blocked by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. This is a common human sentiment. After Liu Biao's death, Liu Qi threw away the seal silk sent by Liu Qi, intending to "be difficult because of the funeral", but was forced to return to Jiangxia under the pressure of Cao Cao.
Liu Qi's "running to the funeral and making it difficult" undoubtedly wanted to bring Jiang Xia's soldiers and horses, otherwise not only would it be difficult, but he would lose his life. If we look at the environment of Jingzhou, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and others have openly supported Liu Chun; Xiangyang is the military town and administrative center of Jingzhou, and there is no doubt that there are heavy troops.
Was Liu Qi's death Liu Bei's handwriting?
First of all, Xiaobian believes that Liu Qi's death is good for Liu Bei, and it is also just right. Liu Qi was the eldest son of Liu Biao, the mu of Jingzhou, and although the official position of the imperial court of Zhou Mu was not hereditary, the momentum of the division of the masses had been formed at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the imperial court could not control the local area at all. Local governors also have complete control over the military and politics of the areas under their jurisdiction.
Therefore, the hereditary hereditary state pastor has become the norm, and Tao Qian's move to xuzhou is more eye-catching. Liu Qi, as the eldest son of Liu Biao, had more inheritance laws than Liu Qi, Liu Biao's father and son had cooperated with the Jingxiang Wang clan for so many years, Cao Cao's military pressure was lifted, and Liu Qi should have a certain influence among other clans and county magistrates in Jingzhou. Therefore, Liu Bei, who was extremely famous in Jingzhou, also had to attack the four counties of Jingnan under the banner of Liu Qi.
In addition, Liu Qi had a force close to that of the Concubines. The 10,000 soldiers in Liu Qi's hands came from Jiangxia, which was the place where they fought with the Sun brothers in Jiangdong for a long time, and these Jiangxia soldiers were also loyal to Liu Biao's father and son, and did not have too much intersection with Liu Bei. The fly in the ointment is that Liu Qi's time as Jiang Xia Taishou is too short, and there is no long time to establish prestige among Jiang Xia soldiers, but he is also closer than Liu Bei.
It can be said that Liu Qi and Liu Bei did not have a subordinate relationship, but were closer to the relationship of allies. Liu Qi is not a vase without strength, he has ten thousand troops in his hands, he has a certain influence in Jingzhou, and Liu Bei is in Jingzhou, so there is a situation of one mountain and two tigers. Therefore, Liu Qi's illness and death are very strange, and Liu Bei's suspicions are also very large. Just as Fei Yi was assassinated in the late Shu Han Dynasty, many people suspected that Jiang Wei's head was the same, although there is no evidence, and there is no wind direction in the historical data, but the motives and conditions exist, and it is inevitable that this conspiracy theory will arise.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty