In 220, the Wei general Xu Huang, with the help of Meng Da, led an army to attack the Eastern Three Counties, but the Shu general Liu Feng was defeated, lost his division, and was forced to flee back to Chengdu. However, Liu Feng did not get Liu Bei's forgiveness, but was instead given death by the "righteous father". In the matter of Liu Feng's death, Zhuge Liang played a great role, and it was precisely because Liu Bei listened to his advice that he gave his righteous son to death with tears in his eyes. Then why did Zhuge Liang, who was generous to people, want to kill Liu Feng?
I. What kind of person is Liu Feng?
According to historical records, Liu Feng was "the son of the Luohou Kou clan and the nephew of the Liu clan of Changsha", according to the research of contemporary scholars, Liu Feng was a descendant of the famous Eastern Han dynasty minister Dou Rong, his mother's surname was Liu, and he was a relative of the Han Dynasty, and belonged to the Liu clan of Changsha with the Eastern Han Dynasty. It can be said that Liu Feng is famous and has a prominent family lineage, and it is precisely this point that Is favored by Liu Bei. At that time, Liu Bei was in exile and had no heirs, and he needed to find a suitable child to be his heir!
Therefore, after Liu Bei came to Jingzhou, he adopted Liu Feng as his heir and one day inherited his position. When Liu Feng became Liu Bei's heir, but when he was about ten years old, under Liu Bei's training, he gradually became an outstanding martial artist, "with martial arts and outstanding strength.". In 211, Liu Bei entered Sichuan and "attacked Liu Zhang" from Ye Meng. At that time, Liu Feng was already in his twenties, and he followed Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei to lead the army into Sichuan to fight, "where the battle was".
Second, Liu Feng's loneliness and embarrassment
Liu Feng's ability was outstanding, and he had outstanding performances in the Battle of Jinchuan and the Battle of Hanzhong, and he made great achievements in battle, but he fell into an embarrassing situation! In 219, Liu Bei claimed to be the King of Hanzhong, and when choosing the candidate for shizi, he created his own son Liu Chan instead of his adopted son Liu Feng! It is precisely because of liu Chan's existence that Liu Feng lost the identity of his original heir. In order to avoid problems, Liu Bei asked Liu Feng to send troops to the Shangyong region, and actually gave him the eastern three counties.