Liu Bei and Liu Bang were both heroes of their own time, and in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, the only person in the world who could compete with Liu Bang was Xiang Yu, who was known as the overlord.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was also considered by Cao Cao, the most powerful person in the world at that time, to be a hero who could match him!
Then, both of them occupied the Hanzhong region, and both hoped to use it as a base to unify the world!
However, the achievements of the two were very different, and Liu Bang used Hanzhong as a base to defeat Xiang Yu and establish the Han Dynasty, the second great unified dynasty in China's history.
After Occupying Hanzhong, Liu Bei not only did not expand the victory, but lost Jingzhou, and was seriously injured in the Battle of Yiling, and from then on, unifying the world became a goal that Liu Bei and his successors could never complete.
The fundamental reason for the different results of the two people is that although Liu Bei is very capable and he has many capable people, he still cannot be compared with Liu Bang's team, Liu Bei's team is at best a low-end version of Liu Bang's team, not only low-equipped, but also equipped with incomplete, to be precise, the lack of a person with strategic planning.
Liu Bang can unify the world, indispensable to the contribution of three people, they are the core of the core of Liu Bang's team, less than one can not succeed.
The two of them were Xiao He, Han Xin and Zhang Liang, known as the Three Masters of the Han Dynasty.
Xiao He's role was to help Liu Bang manage the rear area, stabilize the people's hearts, raise grain and grass, recruit and train troops, and then transport grain and grass and troops to the front line continuously, so that Liu Bang's army could maintain combat effectiveness all the time, and Liu Bang did not need to worry about the rear, worried about turmoil in the rear.
Han Xin's task was to send a letter to Guguan to fight north, occupy the old lands of the State of Wei, the State of Zhao, and the State of Yan, and after he returned the north of the Yellow River to Liu Bang's rule, he would join forces with Liu Bang's army and launch a general attack on Xiang Yu and defeat Xiang Yu.
Zhang Liang's role is to make a practical strategic plan in the midst of planning, winning thousands of miles away.
Compared with Liu Bang's team, Liu Bei's team core does not have such a complete staffing.
The role of Zhuge Liang under Liu Bang was Xiao He, who was responsible for stabilizing the rear, training the army, and collecting grain and grass, which was reflected in the Battle of Hanzhong. With Zhuge Liang sitting in the rear, Liu Bei was able to lead his army to the front line and Cao Cao to fight for Hanzhong.
Guan Yu's role was Han Xin, and at the beginning of the longzhong confrontation, Zhuge Liang believed that there should be a general in the Jingzhou area to defend the town, and then looked for an opportunity to attack Cao Cao north and cooperate with Liu Bei to capture the Guanzhong region. Of course, Guan Yu's ability was definitely worse than Han Xin's, but during the Northern Expedition, he used the strategy of flooding the Seventh Army, and Cao Cao wanted to move the capital. Therefore, there is no big problem in terms of ability.
The only thing missing under Liu Bei's hands was a talent like Zhang Liang, although the schemes of Zhuge Liang, Fazheng and others were also first-class at that time, but they were far from enough.
For example, as early as the Battle of Hanzhong, Eastern Wu had already sent troops to try to capture Jingzhou, and the three counties in a row made Liu Bei very passive. However, Liu Bei and his team were not aware of the threat of Eastern Wu, so that they were later attacked by Guan Yu during the Northern Expedition and lost Jingzhou.
In addition to the loss of Jingzhou, Liu Bei and Guan Yu also lacked cooperation in fighting against Cao Jun, and Guan Yu's Northern Expedition was already after the end of the Battle of Hanzhong, so Cao Cao was always able to concentrate on fighting one of them.
During the most critical period of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, Liu Bei's main army was still recuperating in the Sichuan region, and did not cooperate with Guan Yu strategically.
In fact, from the perspective of Zhuge Liang, if There was a person like Zhang Liang around Liu Bei at that time, he could suggest that Liu Bei send either Zhang Fei or Huang Zhong to lead a crack army that had just ended the Battle of Hanzhong to garrison Jingzhou. On the one hand, recuperating, and deterring Eastern Wu on the other side, guan Yu's rear can be assured of peace of mind.
Then, when Cao Cao transferred the main army to the front line of Xiangfan to fight against Guan Yu, Liu Bei then led his men and horses from Hanzhong to raid Guanzhong, and Cao Cao had no time to return to help. All parts of Guanzhong would surrender in front of Liu Bei's army. Then, Ma Chao's son Ma Cheng, and cousin Ma Dai were sent to the Xiliang region, relying on the local power of the Ma Chao family to bring it under Liu Bei's rule.
Then, Liu Bei, who owned the Xiliang region, the Sichuan region, the Guanzhong region, and the Jingzhou region, was equivalent to owning half of the world, plus his appeal in the Central Plains at that time, and already had the ability to defeat Cao Cao. When Cao Cao was defeated, Eastern Wu would also surrender without a fight.
Then, the Third Dynasty of the Han Dynasty was successfully established.
Therefore, because compared with Liu Bang, Liu Bei lacked a Zhang Liang of his own, and as a result, he was not able to replicate Liu Bang's success!