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Liu Bei changed from a lonely royal family, even a royal family that could not be beaten by eight rods, and became an emperor of one side, the most inseparable was Zhuge Liang, zhuge Liang's appearance, Liu Bei upgraded from the life under the fence to the strategic deployment, dividing Sichuan and Shu.
The existence of Zhuge Liang has to a certain extent flattered the command strength within Liu Bei's army, so when future generations read the historical stories of the Three Kingdoms period, more readers will be willing to put the expectation of final victory on Liu Bei's army. But dare I ask, except for Zhuge Liang, there really is no one else in Liu Bei's army who can command a flesh-and-blood battle? In fact, there is, and Liu Bei is the best example.
Liu Bei also had a time when he was alone
In terms of Liu Bei's combat command, most readers will think that Liu Bei is inferior to Zhuge Liang, so it is not worth mentioning, in fact, Liu Bei can also reflect his military peak strength to everyone when there is no Zhuge Liang. The most important battle of representatives was the Battle of Yiling.
In 215 AD, Liu Bei and Sun Quan signed a peace agreement over territorial disputes, in which it was stipulated that the two sides could peacefully divide the management of 6 places, and after dividing the rights and interests of local ownership, decided to join hands to jointly resist the Cao army. The history of this meeting is called the "Xiangshui Alliance", and the two sides signed a peace agreement, which is a formal concord with a contract.
At the Battle of Xiangfan, Liu Bei suffered heavy losses
Unexpectedly, 4 years later, when Sun Quan led his troops to attack Hefei,
However, Guan Yu led his troops to sneak up on Sun Quan
。 Sun Quan was at the time when his troops were weak, so Guan Yu defeated Sun Quan, sun Quan was embarrassed and angry and recalled the peace agreement signed with Liu Bei's army 4 years ago, feeling that he had been deceived, so he tore the agreement of the Xiangshui Alliance, and the two sides officially opened the prelude to the Battle of Xiangfan.
At that time, when Sun Quan attacked Hefei, the troops were relatively weak, and under the harsh conditions of grain and grass and untimely support, Guan Yu once crushed Sun Quan.
Even Cao Cao in the north had a cold sweat on his back when he received the news, according to relevant historical records, in 219 AD, Cao Cao saw Guan Yu's outstanding military achievements during the Battle of Xiangfan, and even wanted to move the capital at one time, so as not to be affected by the pond fish.
Sun Quan finally drew up a rational battle plan, and after tearing up the agreement, he made contact with the Cao army, and the two sides finally reached an agreement that they would join forces against the unstoppable Guan Yu army. In the end, Liu Bei was killed under the attack of the two armies, not only losing Guan Yu, but even the three counties of Jingzhou that he had previously taken could only give way to others.
Liu Bei heard the news at this time and decided to launch a campaign against Sun Quan, so the Battle of Yiling between Liu Bei and Sun Quan began.
Some historians in later generations have stood up and said that Liu Bei launched a campaign against Eastern Wu after Guan Yu was killed in the mutiny, mainly because he wanted to avenge his brother, which was a dizzy act and laid the groundwork for Liu Bei's defeat.
Is this statement true? In fact, it is not entirely correct, and with such a view of history, scholars may have ignored Liu Bei's military capabilities.
This time, Liu Bei did not take Zhuge Liang with him
After Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang for assistance, Liu Bei's combat command ability was greatly improved compared to before. Liu Bei was also able to take the five counties of Jingzhou with his own combat awareness, so Liu Bei also had military strength, but in the contrast of other excellent people, everyone ignored liu Bei's military flashpoints.
Liu Bei made all the preparations for battle before the crusade against Eastern Wu, for example, taking advantage of the people's expectations of the Han royal family at that time and the cohesion formed by Liu Bei's personal prestige, so that Liu Bei had already claimed the title of emperor in Chengdu before the crusade against Eastern Wu, so Liu Bei still made great efforts in the people's hearts.
At that time, Liu Bei was also accurate. For example, in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Cao Cao had died due to a serious illness. Cao Cao's son Cao Pi ascended the throne of the State of Wei, but in the hearts of the people during the Three Kingdoms period, the Han royal family has always been the orthodox royal family in the eyes of everyone, and the Cao family has become the unification at the moment, which is a reality that the people at that time are unwilling to accept, so from the moral point of view, the Northern Wei still does not dare to easily launch a war in a short period of time, otherwise it is likely to endanger the stability of the regime.
Looking at the aspect of Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, Liu Bei also inserted the timing point. At that time, Sun Quan had already lost a major general, Wu Meng had died due to serious illness, and after the people in Eastern Wu heard this news, it was inevitable that they would be more likely to be broken in the psychological defense line, so Liu Bei's crusade against Sun Quan at this time, on the whole, the probability of success was relatively greater.
From the point of view of time, Liu Bei was not angry and wanted to immediately ask for an explanation for his brother Guan Yu. Because according to time data, the time point when Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan was in 219 BC, and the time point when Liu Bei launched the Battle of Yiling was in 221 AD, with a gap of two years, so how can it be said that Liu Bei was overwhelmed by emotions?
In the end, sun Quan, who was defeated and retreated, wanted to negotiate peace, causing Liu Bei to miss the opportunity to capture the last line of defense of Eastern Wu, and Liu Bei finally lost the Battle of Yiling. However, most historians later said that Liu Bei in the Battle of Yiling, from the perspective of combat preparation, military strength seems to have been the peak of Liu Bei's personal state, even if he did not take Zhuge Liang to fight in this battle, he did not achieve the final victory, but it is already worth the admiration of posterity for Liu Bei's combat command ability.