In the Battle of Yiling, Lu Xun burned out Liu Bei's seven-hundred-mile company camp with a fire, burned out the capital that Liu Bei had accumulated so hard, and most importantly, let many rising generals and the generals of the Rising Star lose their lives, so that later during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the Shu state was left with only Liao Hua as the vanguard of the miserable situation.
Before Liu Bei wanted to go on a crusade, there was a confidant who boldly advised Liu Bei, but Liu Bei still insisted on going his own way, guessing who Liu Bei's confidant was? It was not Guan Yu Zhang Fei Zhuge Ge, but this person who dared to advise the Eastern Crusade, Zhao Yun. When Liu Bei wanted to go on the Eastern Crusade, even Zhuge Liang did not dare to strongly advise Liu Bei, because Zhuge Liang knew that he was not a true confidant of Liu Bei, zhuge Liang just did not approve of the Eastern Crusade, and also said the reason for the opposition, but Liu Bei finally decided that he still wanted to go on the Eastern Crusade, at this time Zhuge Liang sighed, if the Fa was alive, perhaps Fa Zheng could persuade Liu Bei not to go on the Eastern Crusade with his wisdom and Liu Bei's feelings.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are not Liu Bei's confidants, to put it another way! Zhao Yun's ability, power, and all aspects are average! If you can't threaten him to go out and fight, you can't do it! It's safer to put it at home! You ignored an important reference factor, that is, Liu Bei's situation, Liu Bei's first half of his life was turbulent and struggling, what was his core worry? Is Liu Bei's entry into the river necessarily stable? With Zhao Yun around is the ballast stone, understand? Why did Liu Bei put Zhao Yun in this place before the Eastern Expedition? Have you thought about it? Liu Bei is a person with ambitions to unify the world, and the person who calls the king must be jealous, and the one who can not be suspected is the confidant in the heart, and Zhao Yun is this existence, and not granting Zhao Yun the high title is even more the manifestation of Liu Bei's royal power. (Don't forget that when Liu Bei was there, Zhao Yun's right to dispatch troops was no different from those you knew well)
Why is it said that Zhao Yun is Liu Bei's confidant? Because, for Liu Bei's early situation, Zhao Yun wants to keep the cornerstone of Liu Bei's future rule is far more difficult than leading troops to fight, and his ability also needs to be stronger. What is Zhao Yun's record in the only few times he has led his troops to fight? Ever lost? Even if the only defeat is to retreat with a weak veteran against a strong soldier, such a record you say he can't fight? Have the ability to think? In addition, it is recommended that you take a closer look at the historical facts and taste the role of Zhao Yun in the Liu Bei Group. Yes, very clearly tell you a few points:
First, Zhao Yun was Liu Bei's true core confidant
Second, Zhao Yun's ability is not under Guan, Zhang, zhuge liang, Zhao Yun is Liu Bei's unshakable pawn in balancing Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, and balancing the Jingzhou and Chengdu factions
Third, the most important reason why Zhao Yun did not have many achievements in real history was caused by Liu Bei's situation.
Fourth, the Janissary general Chen Zhi behind Liu Bei was promoted and recommended by Zhao Yun.
Fifth, Zhao Yun had the power to dispatch troops at any time before Liu Bei's death, which you ignored. (Zhao Yun's ability is not strong, there will be no such privilege, Zhao Yun's privilege was deprived by Zhuge Liang after Liu Bei's death, and the same Wei Yan was also deprived of the right to transfer troops alone), seven, in fact, just look at one detail in the historical facts is very telling, that is, after Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei's Eastern Expedition to the entire Shu Han Dynasty, Zhao Yun, the only one who dared to directly advise Liu Bei to strike the army, even Zhuge Liang did not dare to say a different opinion to Liu Bei's Eastern Expedition, what does this mean? Think about it.
To sum up, Liu Bei's unification strategy was based on Chengdu, Wei Yan, and Guan Yu as the front-line blades, and after stabilizing Xichuan, Zhao Yun as the general policy should push the two lines together in order to achieve a unified strategy. (This was Chen Zhi's strategic layout intention to succeed Zhao Yun as a janissary while Zhao Yun sent Jiangzhou to Jiangzhou, and before that, in order to give Guan Yu another fulcrum, Liu Feng and Meng Da were sent to Jiangxia, with the purpose of which it was obvious that Liu Feng and Meng Da had two spare tasks, one to monitor the movements of the Jiangdong clique and the other to support Guan Yu's Northern Expedition.) This is Liu Bei's entire strategic layout. Get it? In a word, as soon as Zhao Yun died, Shu Han was already dead in name.