Liu Bei had the resourceful Zhuge Liang, so why failed to unify the Three Kingdoms? Only because two big mistakes were made
Introduction: People who like to watch the Three Kingdoms should know a sentence: ''Wolong Phoenix Chicks can be safe in the world'". But what makes people wonder is that these two unborn people were all obtained by Liu Bei in the end, so why did he only divide the southwest in the end? It is said that Pang Tong died early, and it is understandable that he did not exert any strength, but Kong Ming was also resourceful, he had won countless battles with advice, and he was also proficient in the principle of Qimen Dunjia, able to call the wind and rain, but in the end he still failed to unify the three kingdoms, what is the reason for this? In fact, this can not blame Kong Ming, only because Liu Bei himself made two major mistakes.
Liu Bei's family situation in his early years because of the death of his father was not very good, but the Liu family had a very high social status in Zhuo County, his grandfather once held up filial piety, and at that time only the people of the family had the opportunity to be elected as officials, so although Liu Bei was poor in childhood, he could also deal with high-class people, so at the age of 14 he studied under the famous scholar Lu Zhi, which was a mixed education. However, he does not like to read, likes flying eagles and lackeys, and has made friends with a group of young rangers, and it is far more useful to form a team of his own in the chaotic world than to read.
In 184 AD, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, at that time Liu Bei relied on this group of teenagers under his hands to start a business, although after the war, he only got a small county lieutenant, but it was also considered to have entered the career, but his career was not smooth, after several turns, with the help of his friend Gongsun Zhan, he had a small piece of land in Pingyuan County, and since coming to Pingyuan, his career began to take off for the first time.
He first became famous for rescuing Kong Rong, letting many people know about this number of people, and then he saved Tao Qian, thus earning a rich return. Before Tao Qian's death, Liu Bei was invited to come and entrust the whole of Xuzhou to him, and after several false resignations, Liu Bei gladly took over Xuzhou. You know, Xuzhou at that time was a very large territory, far from being comparable to today's Xuzhou, and this place was very rich and had a large population, if Liu Bei could hold here, the hegemony could succeed 30 years in advance, but unfortunately he made a mistake at this time.
In 195 AD, Lü Bu's soldiers defeated Yanzhou and came to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei knew that this man was full of anti-bones, but in order to show his righteousness, he still took him in, not only to garrison Xiao Pei, but also to provide him with money and food. As a result, when Liu Bei left Xuzhou for the south to defend against Yuan Shu, Lü Bu took advantage of the situation and not only captured Xuzhou, but also captured his wife and children. Liu Bei became displaced again, and the army was once short of food to the point of cannibalism, after which he began a decade-long wandering career, successively attached to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and others, and never settled down.
The second mistake Liu Bei made was to mistakenly use Guan Yu to defend Jingzhou. As a comrade-in-arms and brother for decades, it is reasonable to say that he is well aware of Guan Yu's disposition, although he is brave and invincible, he can be arrogant, he is very rude to his subordinates, and he does not know how to unite allies, and finally he and Sun Quan fell out, and then sent troops to attack Xiangfan without authorization, and finally lost and died. Once Jingzhou was lost, Longzhong's strategy for the concept was no longer established, which doomed Liu Bei to be in a corner of his life. If he had sent Zhao Yun to guard Jingzhou at that time, with Zhao Yun's composure, he was fully capable, even if he could not defeat Cao Wei, but he would not lose the entire territory of Jingzhou, then Shu Han would still have the opportunity to send troops in two ways, but Liu Bei was a bit nepotistic, he regarded Guan Yu as a confidant, and he was not at ease with other generals.
Conclusion: Liu Bei's personal charm is indeed very strong, and thus attracted a group of talents to assist, but his lack of reading when he was young made him far inferior to his old rival Cao Cao in terms of strategic vision and understanding of people, although he had people like Kong Ming, but these two major mistakes he made were fatal blows to Shu Han, and later Zhuge Liang did his best to protect the precarious Shu Han regime It was not easy, let alone talk about unifying the Central Plains and supporting the world.