The Battle of Chibi, which laid the foundation for the Three Kingdoms Era, determined the historical trend of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and after this battle, the situation of the three powers on the land of China was basically established. This great war that determined the ownership of the land of China has also contributed many small stories and idioms that are popular to us, so that we after a thousand years, we will relish it.
On the whole, the campaign was fought by Cao Cao, who temporarily unified the north, to the south, with the intention of capturing Jingzhou in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and then going south down the river to take the Jiangnan region and realize his ambition to unify the world. However, Cao Cao's idea was jointly rebelled by Liu Bei and Sun Quan in the south, after all, the world was unified, and these two could only be prisoners.
However, if you carefully count the deployment of the forces of the three parties involved in the battle, you will find that although Liu Bei and Sun Quan are allied, Liu Bei's strength is obviously too weak to be compared with the large army sent by Sun Quan. In the campaign, Sun Quan's army has always undertaken most of the combat tasks, and Liu Bei and his subordinates have not had a high-profile performance in the battlefield.
However, after the whole war, except for Zhuge Liang, the performance of Liu Bei's side was indeed lackluster. However, in history, the Battle of Chibi is called Sun Liu's alliance against Cao Cao, why is this so? I think it has something to do with Liu Beihe's identity and the situation in Jingzhou at that time.
For Liu Bei, from the time he began to appear on the stage of history, he has always been accompanied by an identity: Uncle Liu Huang. Even in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many strong people, but for Liu Bei, who had royal blood, everyone showed due respect. And the reason is also simple, although the Eastern Han Dynasty has long been decayed, but the people of the world are still to the Han.
Therefore, you will find that from the rise of local forces at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the usurpation of the Han Dynasty by Cao Pi to establish the State of Wei, you will experience an entire generation! Even cao Cao, who was strong in martial arts and had the heart to unify the world and rebuild Qiankun, still did not dare to claim the title of emperor without authorization. When the Battle of Chibi broke out, Cao Cao was only "holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes", and still respected the Liu family on the surface.
As the only liu bei in the royal family who has the strength to participate in the struggle for hegemony among the princes, it can be said that he has a great aura. This aura comes from the glorious history accumulated by the Liu Dynasty over the centuries, and even in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, It still gave Liu Liu a great appeal, which allowed him to become a major participant in the Battle of Chibi.
In addition, the situation in Jingzhou at that time also forced Sun Quan to attach importance to Liu Bei's role, without Liu Bei's endorsement, Sun Quan's army would inevitably not be able to fight with peace of mind, and may have lost before the war began.
From the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this dynasty was inherently flawed: the local power was too great. After nearly two hundred years of development, the local door valve clan has long been entangled and become the main force controlling local power. Without the support of these people, unless your strength is very strong, it is really difficult to move forward.
Although Liu Bei was a foreigner, he received help from Zhuge Liang after a sincere invitation from the "Three Gu Maolu". And Zhuge Liang was another important factor in Sun Quan's ability to equalize Liu Bei.
In our traditional impression, Zhuge Liang is like a "god man", and the general situation of the world is clear in his chest. Starting from the mountain to assist Liu Bei, jingzhou, eastern Wu and Yizhou seemed to have nothing he could not do. However, if we examine Zhuge Liang's network carefully, you will find a different Zhuge Liang.
You know, Zhuge Liang was able to participate in the battle for the heir of Jingzhou as soon as he came out of the mountain, and he didn't have a strong background relationship, did he dare to participate in this matter? The key to this is that Zhuge Liang's father-in-law, Huang Chengyan, was a famous soldier in Xiangyang, and his other identity was Cai Xie's son-in-law, but Cai Yi had a son named Cai Mao.
Cai Mao did not need to introduce too much, who had a pivotal position in the power core layer of Jingzhou at that time. It is also under this background relationship that not only did Zhuge Liang dare to directly participate in the dispute over the heir of Jingzhou, but also allowed Liu Bei, who owned Zhuge Liang, to have the same right to speak as Sun Quan in the absence of strength.
After Sun Liu's alliance, Sun Quan's army successfully entered Jingzhou and eventually confronted Cao's army at Chibi. After that, a fire burned away Cao Cao's ambition to unify the world, and he ran back to the north in ashes, and at this point, the world already had a three-point trend.
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