At his peak, Liu Bei's strength was not under Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and he even had the strength to seize the world.
Next, let's look at the specific situation.
Liu Bei at his peak.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes divided their territory, and the tyrants sang and sang and appeared on the stage, and finally formed a three-legged situation of Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei.
Compared with the accumulated Cao Cao and Sun Quan, who started three generations of father and son, Liu Bei belongs to the rising star in terms of strength, and Liu Bei's great development is also after Cao Cao's defeat of Chibi.
Although he was a rising star, Liu Bei, who had developed, was once strong and strong, surpassing Cao Cao and Sun Quan in combat effectiveness. This period was after Liu Bei successfully captured the land of Bashu, after which Liu Bei won victories on both fronts.
On the one hand, the main army led by Liu Bei personally and the main army led by Cao Cao personally fought hard in the Hanzhong region, resulting in Cao Cao's great defeat and the loss of troops and forced to withdraw from Hanzhong; on the other front, the Jingzhou army led by Guan Yu went north, besieged Cao Wei's Xiangfan, and then flooded the Seventh Army, once threatening the Central Plains, and Cao Cao even had the idea of moving the capital.
This was Liu Bei's peak period,
If Liu Bei's main army and Guan Yu's Jingzhou army could better cooperate
If Sun Quan of Eastern Wu did not take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, Cao Cao was likely to lose the Guanzhong region or the Central Plains region, and so on
It was entirely possible for Liu Bei to seize the world
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At his peak, Liu Bei brought Cao Cao and Sun Quan together.
Cao Cao led a large army to the south that year, and faced with the powerful enemies Sun Quan and Liu Bei united to defeat Cao Cao in the Battle of Chibi. When Liu Bei was at his peak, cao cao and Sun Quan, who were also in a weak position, came together.
Watching Liu Bei open up the territory, watching Liu Bei defeat Cao Cao's main army with only one family's strength, and watching Guan Yu's army flood the Seventh Army and threaten the Central Plains, Sun Quan could not sit still. If Liu Bei's clique is allowed to continue to develop, once Cao Cao is really destroyed, the next step can only be himself.
Therefore, in the face of the aggressive momentum of Liu Bei's clique, Cao Cao and Sun Quan began to come together, and with the cooperation of both sides, they finally eliminated Guan Yu's Jingzhou army and annexed the Jingzhou region, and Liu Bei lost Longzhong's plan to move north from Jingzhou to the Central Plains.
The strongest were violently beaten, and the Shu Han, who was not easy to recover, perished first.
Liu Bei belonged to the rising star, compared to Cao Cao and Sun Quan, the foundation was relatively weak, although the peak of the combat strength was good, but the comprehensive strength was not particularly strong.
Although Liu Bei won the Battle of Hanzhong, he also suffered many losses, and with Cao Cao's removal of many of the people in Hanzhong, it was difficult for Liu Bei to obtain new sources of troops in Hanzhong. Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, not only losing the Jingzhou Legion, but also losing Jingzhou territory.
At this point, the only place where Liu Bei's group could effectively obtain the source of troops was the land of Bashu, and Liu Bei was even more damaged after the Battle of Yiling, and the veterans who spent the rest of their lives in hundreds of battles suffered heavy losses and were seriously injured.
Liu Bei after a heavy blow
The territory is limited and the population is limited
It was difficult to recover, and eventually became the first of the three kingdoms to perish.