If Pang Tong had not died, would Liu Bei have been able to easily pacify Yizhou? Will the ending of Shu Han also change?
Introduction: During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a saying that the Wolong and Phoenix chicks won the world, and before Liu Bei met them, although he had fought for half a lifetime, he still found nothing, and fled everywhere like a dog that lost his family. After meeting them, the situation changed, a battle of Chibi made him the ruler of Jingzhou, and soon after he captured Yizhou and Hanzhong, and together with Cao Cao Sun Quan, he divided the world, unfortunately, Feng chi Pang Tong died on the way to attack Yizhou, and Shu Han could not escape the fate of the country in the end. A friend raised such a question, if Pang Tong had not died at that time, Liu Bei could have easily pacified Yizhou, and would the end of Shu Han have changed? Today we're going to talk about that.
According to Zhuge Liang's strategic conception, although Jingzhou and Yizhou were rich, the rulers of these two places were not enterprising and their ability to defend the city was insufficient. Liu Bei could first take Jingzhou as a base, and then take Yizhou after digesting the strength of Jingzhou, then he could follow Liu Bang's example and send troops from Yizhou to capture the Guanzhong Plain and Chang'an, and then send troops from Jingzhou to the north to capture Wancheng and Luoyang, and then he could pacify the world. Liu Bei gradually implemented according to Zhuge Liang's plan, but he did not expect to hit the nail in Yizhou.
Originally, when Liu Bei attacked Yizhou, he appointed Pang Tong as a military division, and let Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang stay in Jingzhou with enough soldiers and horses, and at first relied on Pang Tong's superior strategy to continuously attack the city and pull out the village, easily taking half of Yizhou. But unexpectedly, there was an ambush in Luofengpo, the generals lost a lot, and Pang Tong was also killed on the battlefield. Helplessly, Liu Bei could only dispatch some soldiers from Jingzhou and let Zhuge Liang take them into Shu to fight. Although Yizhou was later taken, Guan Yu's checks and balances without Zhuge Liang also began to see no one, Cao Cao and Sun Quan saw the flaws in Jingzhou and fought jointly, Guan Yu was killed in battle, Jingzhou was also divided between Cao Cao and Sun Quan's two families, and Shu Han, who lacked Jingzhou, could only be a peaceful and peaceful regime for a lifetime.
In fact, if Pang Tong had not died in battle, the outcome of Shu Han could have been changed. Because Yizhou was very rich, but Liu Zhang was faint and unpopular, and none of his ministers would be Pang Tong's opponents, Liu Bei could take the whole territory of Yizhou intact, and Jingzhou would not be divided between Cao Cao and Sun Quan because of the lack of Zhuge Liang and this part of the soldiers. It should be known that at this time, Liu Bei's strength was already stronger than that of Eastern Wu, the military generals and troops were more elite than Eastern Wu, and the population was also more than that of Eastern Wu, and then Liu Bei could digest this battle result according to the follow-up plan and recuperate, waiting for the opportunity to send troops.
Zhang Lu on the Hanzhong side would naturally not be Liu Bei's opponent, and under the powerful military front of Yizhou, Zhang Lu would either die in battle or surrender as in history, only this time to Liu Bei. When Liu Bei took Hanzhong, Cao Cao and Ma Chao were starting the Battle of Xiliang, when Cao Cao was killed by Ma Chao, and shu Han had two choices, either to seize the whole territory of Xiliang when Xiliang was empty, or to join forces with Ma Chao to divide Guanzhong and occupy Chang'an, both of which were beneficial to Shu Han and harmless. How could Cao Cao resist the more powerful Shu Han after he lost the rich Guanzhong? Not to mention that the Shu Han dynasty will soon be able to unify the world, its end will definitely change, at least it will not end as dismal as in history.
Conclusion: There is such a sentence called "pull a hair and move the whole body", Pang Tong is the most critical existence in this link, Liu Bei has him like a tiger, without him, he broke an arm. Unfortunately, history cannot be assumed, and the outcome of the Shu Han cannot be changed.