In 221 AD, Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor of Yizhou and zhangwu. In the same year, Liu Bei conquered Eastern Wu under the banner of avenging Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. For Liu Bei's conquest of Wu, there was actually controversy within the Shu Han Dynasty.
In this matter, Zhuge Liang resolutely opposed, believing that it was extremely unwise to conquer Eastern Wu, and that Shu Han should join forces with it to explore Cao Wei in the northern expedition and talk about other things after conquering the north.
However, Liu Bei did not listen to Zhuge Liang's advice this time, but in the third month after becoming emperor, he led an elite of 50,000 troops to conquer Eastern Wu.
At the beginning of the conquest, the Shu Han side was so imposing that it went down several cities. At this moment, Huang Quan, who was engaged in Zhizhong, sensed that something was wrong, so he advised: "The Wu people are fighting fiercely, while the water army is following the current, and it is easy to advance and retreat. The subject please be the pioneer to be the pawn, and your majesty should be the back town. ”
The meaning of this sentence is very simple, Huang Quan advised Liu Bei, saying that he would let himself lead the troops to the front, and Liu Bei would lead the army to the rear town. For this all-round strategy, Liu Bei did not adopt it, he reprimanded Huang Quan fiercely, and then, from the southern edge of the river, he cut off the mountains and the army was in Yidao Pavilion.
So the famous Battle of Yiling began, Lu Xun burned Liu Bei's 50,000 elite soldiers with a big fire, and if it were not for Bai Yi's soldiers standing up and fighting to the death, I am afraid that Liu Bei would be captured by Lu Xunsheng.
In this battle, Shu Han suffered heavy losses, not only 50,000 elite soldiers were lost, but Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Fu Tong, Cheng Qi, and Sha Moke were also killed, and Huang Quan defected to Cao Wei. After this battle, Liu Bei was devastated, and entrusted Zhuge Liang to the White Emperor's city and passed the throne to Liu Chan.
Before dying, Liu Bei realized his ambition, Zhuge Liang was a person with a big pattern, and his dream was to restore the world. Therefore, for anything, Zhuge Liang's opinion is the overall situation, and Liu Bei is different, although he is a male lord, but sometimes he will be emotional.
Before his death, Liu Bei understood this, but unfortunately it was too late. If he had listened to Zhuge Liang's advice and taken advantage of Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han dynasty's unstable foundation to cut down Wei, it was still unknown who belonged to the world.