The Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty can be said to have attracted the interest of countless people, Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" provides us with a deceitful division of the world, and there are three major battles in the Three Kingdoms, namely the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi and the final Battle of Yiling, which basically determines the form under the heavens at that time. The shu state, which inherited the orthodoxy, also gained a lot of fans compared to the other two regimes.
However, it is curious that in the Battle of Chibi in 208 AD, Cao Cao was defeated by Sun Liu's combined forces and was seriously injured, and then in 217, Liu Bei won the Battle of Hanzhong with Cao Wei's clique, so why not take this opportunity to continue to march into the Northern Expedition with Sun Liu, but there was an infighting? Regarding the contradiction between the Wu and Shu families, many people have different views, some people think that Guan Yu is the highest military commander in Jingzhou, rigid and self-conscious, and will not have a good relationship with Sun Quan, and some people think that Sun Quan is too short-sighted and will destroy the alliance with Liu Bei for the sake of the land of three counties.
But in any case, Sun Quan's sneak attack on Jingzhou, coupled with the death of his two best brothers, can be said to have completely angered Liu Bei, and the Shu state lost its strategic location, which also made their regime no longer have the advantage in the confrontation of the Three Kingdoms, and for various reasons, the Battle of Yiling broke out. In the novel, Liu Bei led an army of 700,000, which is naturally not credible, according to the study of history, Liu Bei should not lead more than 100,000 troops, but considering that the Shu kingdom only has a population of 900,000, this can also be regarded as a soldier of the country. And the later ending is known to everyone, ending in Liu Bei's defeat, so in this struggle, how serious are Liu Bei's losses? Look at the loss of a few of his men.
First of all, several mistakes in the interpretation are pointed out, Huang Zhong did not die in the Battle of Yiling, but was old and dying, and Gan Ning of the State of Wu was not shot by The Shu State Of Sha Moke, but also died early before the Battle of Yiling, shiren and Mi Fang did not flee back to Shu Han after surrendering to Eastern Wu, nor did they kill Ma Zhong. Among Liu Bei's generals who died in battle, the largest number of cards was three, first of all, Zhang Nan and Feng Xi, who were Liu Bei's vanguards in the front road, and when Liu Bei's clique entered Sichuan to fight, they had great merits, but Zhang Nan was killed by Zhou Tai, and Feng Xi did not break through and die.
Another of the most important figures around Liu Bei was the Baimei strategist Ma Liang, as the head of the Five Horses, his role in politics was greater than that of the military, Ma Liang had excellent governing skills, and he also successfully persuaded the barbarian Sha Moke to lead the army to help, but with the disastrous defeat of the Shu army, Ma Liang's people were intercepted by Wu Guobu's troops in retreating to the Jingxiang area, and thus sacrificed.
In addition, the barbarian general Sha Moke also died in the rebellion when he was defeated and broke through, and as the leader of the Wuxi barbarian tribe, he died while following Liu Bei, which was also a very heavy blow to the Shu state, which meant that Liu Bei lost another help.
In addition, Liu Bei also lost the military staff officer Cheng Qi, do not drive in Li Dynasty, general Bo Tong and many other outstanding talents, which are all famous courtiers for the Shu State, yiling a battle that made the shu Han's long-accumulated strength swept away, but also directly led to the lack of talent in the later Shu state, although "there is no general in Shu, Liao is the vanguard" Such a saying is suspected of smearing Liao, after all, people are also very talented people, but it also reflects the overstretched use of people in the Shu state.