Did Liu Bei borrow Jingzhou to borrow the whole state or a city? This matter has always been a hot topic of debate in historians.
According to historical records, "Zhou Yu was the Taishou of Nan Commandery and divided the land on the south bank to prepare." Bibei set up camp at the mouth of the Youjiang River and changed its name to Public Security. Liu Biao's officials saw the northern army and rebelled to prepare. The land given by Beiyu was small, not enough to reassure the people, and the reinstated power borrowed several counties in Jingzhou. ”
The gist was that after Cao Cao withdrew, Eastern Wu was unable to face the three major battlefields of Xiangyang, Huainan, and Shanyue, so he set aside a piece of land in Nan County for Liu Bei to live, hoping to borrow him to make up for the lack of military strength of Eastern Wu. Here, Liu Bei actively gathered Liu Biao's former subordinates, and his power developed rapidly. When there are more people, there will not be enough food and materials. Therefore, Liu Bei made a request to Sun Quan to temporarily borrow several counties in Jingzhou.
The "South Shore Land" here, as historical records have indicated, was included in the half of the South County that Zhou Yu had captured.
Specifically, it is the land south of nan county south of the Yangtze River, that is, the present-day public security, Yidu, Zigui and other places.
Because Sun Quan had not yet conquered the mountainous areas south of Zigui, to be precise, Liu Bei received only a small piece of land from Yidu to Gong'an.
The second half of the "restored right to borrow several counties in Jingzhou" needs to be highlighted: Jingzhou has a total of seven counties, namely Nan County, Nanyang County, Jiangxia County, Changsha County, Guiyang County, Lingling County, and Wuling County. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao controlled the entire Nanyang Commandery and half of nan county and half Jiangxia County, while Sun Quan occupied half of Nan County, half of Changsha County, and half of Jiangxia County, and the remaining three and a half counties were still autonomous. Therefore, the "borrowing of several counties in Jingzhou" mentioned here is actually the four places of Changsha, Guiyang, Lingling, and Wuling that are not involved in the two forces of Sun and Liu.
In summary, people have two views on the matter of "borrowing Jingzhou".
First, the "South Bank Land" borrowed by Liu Bei belonged to Nan County, which was close to Jiangling, which in turn was the seat of governance of Nan County, so the Wu people deliberately confused the concept. Therefore, borrowing Jingzhou is actually borrowing Jiangling; borrowing Jiangling is actually borrowing oil from Jiangkou.
Second, Changsha, Guiyang, Lingling, and Wuling are borderless lands, which means that Sun Quan has never owned it, and where does the borrowed word start? If we say that their true masters are still Liu Bei who was shot with a knife and a gun. However, Liu Bei had to get Sun Quan's approval to attack the four counties, because he was worried that Sun Quan would blackmail him from behind. The key came, and Liu Bei's road of negotiation was very bumpy. Because Sun Quan's clique did not want to see Liu Bei grow, many important ministers rebelled. In order to completely persuade Sun Quan, Liu Bei, who was ruthless, made concessions and privately reached an agreement with Sun Quan to divide Jingzhou.
This was a matter from 208 to 209, and in 210, there was a new development in the matter of borrowing Jingzhou.
Zhou Yu stills
In 210, Zhou Yu fell ill and died, and Lu Su daiyu led the army, perhaps feeling that his military strategy was inferior to Zhou Yu, so he persuaded Sun Quan to lend Jiangling, the seat of Jingzhou, to Liu Bei.
For this reason alone, Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan to lend Jiangling to Liu Bei. It's not that simple!
At that time, Liu Bei had already deployed heavy troops around Jiangling, which put a lot of pressure on the city.
According to historical records, Sun Quan once wanted to send an army to attack Sichuan and Shu, and Liu Bei was working hard to realize the "Longzhong Pair", how could he allow others to invade Yizhou.
As a result, Liu Bei "made Guan Yu tun Jiangling, Zhang Fei Tun Zi Gui, and Zhuge Liang based on Nan County", while he himself was stationed in Jingling.
As a result, the Eastern Wu army not only blocked the way into the river, but even Jiangling City was surrounded by regiments.
Zhou Yu is not dead, jiangling this lonely place can still be worry-free, once Zhou Yu dies, who can fight against Liu Bei?
Instead of this city being taken by Liu Bei by force, it is better to be a shunshui person, and there is still room for turning around in the future.
Weighing the pros and cons for a long time, Sun Quan finally lent Jiangling City to Liu Bei.