Liu Bei (161 – June 10, 223), courtesy name Xuande, was a native of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, Youzhou (present-day Zhuozhou, Hebei Province) at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a descendant of Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing in the Western Han Dynasty, and a founding emperor and statesman of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Bei's origin is still good, at least his grandfather was a county magistrate. Because his father died early, Liu Bei did not rely on it, so he followed his mother to weave mats and sell shoes, and his life was very difficult. There is a mulberry tree on the southeast corner of Liu Bei's house with a height of five zhang, which looks like a car cover from a distance, and people who come and go think that this tree does not look like a mortal thing, thinking that this family will produce nobles. When Liu Bei was a child, he played under the tree with the children of the same sect, pointed to the mulberry tree and said, "I will definitely take such a feather car in the future." Liu Bei's uncle Liu Zijing said: "Don't talk nonsense, let our family suffer the crime of exterminating the door." ”
In the fourth year of Xiping (175), when Liu Bei was fifteen years old, his mother asked him to travel abroad to study. Liu Bei studied with Liu Deran of the same sect and Gongsun Zhan of the Liaoxi People, and Lu Zhi, a native of The Former Jiujiang, as teachers. Liu Deran's father, Liu Yuanqi, often funded Liu Bei and treated him the same as Liu Deran. This move caused dissatisfaction from Liu Yuanqi's wife, who said: "There is such a child in our clan, not an ordinary person. Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei became friends, Gongsun Zhan was older than Liu Bei, and Liu Bei regarded Gongsun Zhan as his brother. Liu Bei did not like to read much, like dogs and horses, music, and beautiful clothes. Seven feet five inches long, with his hands down to his knees, he could see his ears. He doesn't like to talk, can treat people kindly, is moody and angry, likes to make friends with Haojie, and the local heroes are all vying to cling to Liu Bei. Zhongshan merchants Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang came to Zhuo County with thousands of gold and horses, saw Liu Bei, and gave him financial support, so Liu Bei was able to use it to gather many people. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also the eldest brothers of Bai during this period, and Liu Bei, portrayed in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was a prince of benevolence and righteousness, and when he encountered problems, he only cried and cried, and did not seem to be a male lord, but like a sensitive and fragile scholar. Then, since Liu Bei was so cowardly and incompetent, how could he conquer Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and make Zhuge Liang submit to himself with satisfaction?
In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is written that Zhang Fei whipped the postmaster, but it was actually Zhang Guanli dai. Historically, it was Liu Bei who really sent a blow to supervise the post. In the first year of Zhongping (184), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, the twenty-three-year-old Liu Bei was named a lieutenant of Anxi County for his meritorious efforts in suppressing the rebel army, and later, the imperial court had an order: if anyone who became an official because of military merit, he should be selected and eliminated, and the county governor post should dismiss Liu Bei, Liu Bei learned of the news, and went to the post station where the governor post was staying to ask to see him, and the governor said that he would not see Liu Bei, Liu Bei had a grudge, and after tying up the governor and whipping him for two hundred times, he fled with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Later, the general He Jin sent YiQiu Yi to Danyang to recruit troops, and Liu Bei also joined on the way, and when he arrived in Xia pi, he fought against the thieves and made meritorious contributions, and was appointed as the county magistrate of Xiami County, and soon resigned his official position. Later, he served as Gao Tang Wei and Gao Tang Ling. Soon Gaotang County was attacked by thieves, so Liu Bei went to Gongsun Zhan and was made Sima of the Other Department.
In the second year of Chuping (191), Liu Bei and Qingzhou Assassin Shi Tiankai fought against Yuan Shao, the pastor of Jizhou, and Liu Bei was promoted to the rank of county commander of Pingyuan County because of his repeated meritorious establishments, and later took the title of Minister of State of Pingyuan. Liu Beiwai was a thief, but inside he was a good and charitable person, and even ordinary people who were not scholars could sit with him and eat with him, and would not choose. Liu Bei was deeply popular when he was a plain minister, and liu ping, a county citizen, disobeyed Liu Bei's governance and instigated the assassins to assassinate him. Liu Bei did not know it, and was very courteous to the assassin, and the assassin was deeply moved, and could not bear to kill Liu Bei, so he confessed the truth and left.
Later, liu bei entered Xuzhou, his political wisdom at that time was not yet fully mature, and the generals he liked were still fierce people such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and he could not control chen Qun and Chen Deng, who were local celebrities. Therefore, Liu Beikong had martial courage, but he was only a talented Cao Cao.
In the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Cao's cousin Liu Bei was made the general of Zhendong and the Marquis of Yicheng Ting. After Liu Bei returned to Cao Cao, Tao Guang raised obscurity, saw the opportunity, and wanted to escape. Yuan Shu led a large army to attack Xuzhou, and he borrowed troops from Cao Cao under the pretext of attacking Yuan Shu. Cao Cao believed it to be true and wanted to let Liu Bei go. At that time, Cao Cao's advisers Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Dong Zhao all advised Cao Cao not to let Liu Bei go. Let's look at Dong Zhao's original words of persuasion to Cao Cao: "(Liu) is brave and ambitious, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are wings for it." It can be seen that in the eyes of people at that time, Liu Bei's biggest feature was by no means benevolence, but a "courageous" word. Liu Bei's "courage" was confirmed by historical events.
Liu Bei attacked, and the two armies held each other at Xuyi and Huaiyin. At this time, Lü Bu sneaked up on Xia Pi and captured Liu Bei's wife. Liu Bei returned to the army, and the army collapsed in the middle of the way, but the Yu army took Guangling in the east, was defeated by Yuan Shu, and turned to Haixi, where he was extremely trapped, and had to engage in the East China Sea Elk Zhu to help the army with family wealth. So he asked Lü Bu for peace, and Lü Bu returned Liu Bei's wife to him, and Liu Bei returned to Xiao Pei. Soon, Liu Bei once again recruited an army of more than 10,000 people, and Lü Bu led an army to attack Xiao Pei. Liu Bei was defeated and went to Xudu to defect to Cao Cao. Cao Cao gave Liu Bei soldiers and horses grain and grass, and made Liu Bei the pastor of Yuzhou. Later, liu bei was called "Liu Yuzhou".
In the third year of Jian'an (198), Lü Bu sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to attack Liu Bei, and although Cao Cao sent Xiahou Huan to rescue him, he was defeated. Peicheng was eventually breached, Liu Bei's wife was taken captive again, and Liu Bei fled alone. Liu Bei met Cao Cao on the borders of the Liang state, so he joined forces with Cao Cao to attack Lü Bu, and after Lü Bu surrendered, Liu Bei urged Cao Cao to kill Lü Bu. Liu Bei and Cao Cao then returned to Xu capital and were given the title of General of the Left.
In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), the che general Dong was under the edict of the Han XianDi, and Liu Bei did not dare to join at first. After Cao Cao and Liu Bei "boiled wine on heroes", Cao Cao said to Liu Bei: "Today's hero is you and me." Liu Bei was shocked, the chopsticks fell, knowing that Cao Cao could not tolerate himself, so he conspired with Dong Cheng and others. After Liu Bei escaped from Cao Cao's control, he stormed Xuzhou and killed Cao Cao's appointee Xuzhou Assassin Shi Che. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this battle achievement was attributed to Guan Yu, but in fact, the initiator was Liu Bei. Later, Liu Bei participated in Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's central plains campaign for deer. Cao Cao sent the general Cai Yang to attack Liu Bei, only to be killed by Liu Bei, and the famous "Guan Yu beat the drum to behead Cai Yang", based on Liu Bei, not the "Martial Sage" Guan Gong.