Liu Chan's life is not smooth, in fact, he also experienced a lot of pain, a lot of tribulations, and finally became the emperor of Shu Han, of course, he is not an excellent emperor, today I will talk about the several tribulations that Liu Chan has encountered.
Liu Chan's two crises
First, suffering at an early age
Thirteen years after Jian'an, Cao Cao personally led an army south to Jingzhou, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao died, Liu Biao's son Liu Chun succeeded to Jingzhou Mu and surrendered without a fight, but did not inform Liu Bei of the surrender, Liu Bei later found that it was not right, so he sent someone to inquire to know the truth, at that time Cao Cao led the Wei army to Wancheng, Liu Bei was very surprised after hearing about it, so he led the crowd to flee. At that time, Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to take Jingzhou as a way to fight against Cao Jun, but Liu Bei felt that doing so would be sorry for Liu Biao and could not bear to take it, so Liu Bei chose to flee.
At that time, many people in Jingzhou defected to Liu Bei, and more than 100,000 people were willing to follow Liu Bei and never abandon Liu Bei. Cao Cao heard the news of Liu Bei's escape, so he sent Cao Chun to lead five thousand iron horses to pursue liu Bei, and as a result, he caught up with Liu Bei's army at Changbanpo near Dangyang, and the two sides fought, during the battle Liu Bei's army was defeated, Liu Bei immediately fled on horseback, and as a result, Liu Bei's family members were all intercepted by Cao Jun, Liu Chan was still in infancy, Zhao Yun found liu Bei's family missing, so he went back to look for it, only found Lady Gan and Ah Dou, and launched a fierce battle with Cao Jun, and finally rescued Lady Gan and Ah Dou. However, Liu Bei's two daughters were captured by Cao Jun. This was the first time Liu Chan had been killed, fortunately with Zhao Yun's rescue, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
2. Risking hostages
Liu Bei married Sun Quan and married Lady Sun. Relations between the two families gradually deteriorated, Liu Bei entered Yizhou, and Sun Quan sent a large ship to welcome Lady Sun back to Eastern Wu, and When Lady Sun left, she planned to take Liu Chan with her so that she could control Liu Bei. Fortunately, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei intercepted together on the river to recapture Liu Chan, otherwise Liu Chan would have become a hostage, and the end can be imagined.
Liu Chan was kidnapped?
These are the two dangers that Liu Chan has encountered in history. According to a historical source, Liu Chan even had the experience of being abducted and sold. This happened when Liu Bei was still in Xuzhou. Cao Cao led the army to call, in a panic Liu Bei only cared about fleeing for his life, and his family was abandoned, liu Chan was only a few years old at the time, and in the panic, he was separated from his family.
At that time, Liu Chan only remembered his father's character Xuande, and as a result, he was abducted and sold to Hanzhong. Later, Liu Kuo, a Fufeng man, came to Hanzhong to avoid chaos, inadvertently bought Liu Chan, and adopted Liu Chan, and also married Liu Chan and became a family. At that time, a neighbor surnamed Jian defected to Liu Bei, became a general after Liu Bei attacked Yizhou, he was sent to Hanzhong to do things, learned of this news, and informed Zhang Lu of the matter, Zhang Lu sent Liu Chan back to Yizhou, and Liu Chan was immediately made crown prince by Liu Bei.
However, this matter is not recorded in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but appears in the "Wei Luo", which is only isolated evidence, and there are contradictions in time, so it may also be fabricated by the author, and it is even refuted by later historians by Pei Songzhi.
brief summary
Liu Chan reigned for 40 years, which can be said to have enjoyed all the glory and wealth, but in fact, Liu Chan has also experienced many tribulations, suffering when he was young, worrying about state affairs when he was old, and destroying the country when he was old, so only he himself knew the taste.
Reference "Sangokushi"