Liu Zhang was a prince who divided Yizhou at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he inherited his father's inheritance to occupy this Yizhou with more than 100,000 soldiers, at that time Yizhou and Jingzhou were the two largest of the thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because Yizhou was located in the remote and dangerous terrain of Shu, so it suffered less war and chaos in the chaotic world at that time, which was very suitable as the rear of the deer world, Zhuge Liang repeatedly stressed to Liu Bei the importance of Yizhou in the solemn confrontation, which was also an important reason why Liu Bei and Liu Zhang later turned their faces and seized Yizhou.
If we objectively evaluate Liu Zhang's overall situation, this person is not too bad, if he is in the Taiping Dynasty, he should also be a parent official who can ensure the peace of one side, but unfortunately he was born in the chaotic years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Liu Zhang did not have the heart to make progress in seizing the world externally, and he could prevent Zhang Lu Liu Bei's invasion internally, which led to the tragedy of his life. Soon after the death of Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan, Zhang Lu, who had previously submitted to Liu Yan, began to covet Shudi. Zhang Lu had been in Hanzhong for many years, Hanzhong was the gateway to Shu land, so he wanted to develop and take Yizhou was the best choice, after Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang exchanged troops, Liu Zhang gradually felt that he might not be able to subdue Zhang Lu with his own strength, so he thought of a bad idea, that is, to ask Liu Bei, who was also a relative of the Han Dynasty, to help him fight Liu Zhang. In order to show his sincerity, Liu Zhang also specially sent soldiers and horses to Liu Bei, Liu Bei had Sun Quan in the southeast of Jingzhou at this time, and Cao Cao in the north was worried that there was no room for maneuver, so he gladly agreed to go and help Liu Zhang fight Zhang Lu.
Liu Zhang's abacus was good, but he did not know that Liu Bei also had his own abacus, Liu Bei was originally going to take Shu land, if he sent troops from Jingzhou into Shu land to attack, Shu land terrain was dangerous and strong, and for a while and a half he would never be able to take Yizhou. At this time, Liu Bei, who had the name of rescuing Liu Zhang, led the 30,000 Jingzhou army into shu in a mighty way. We say that Liu Zhang's personality is cowardly, but he has a group of capable people under him, such as Zhang Song, Fazheng, Meng Da, and others, who all see that there is no prospect of following Liu Zhang, so they secretly surrender to Liu Bei. Liu Bei, after obtaining Liu Zhang's soldiers and horses, soon attacked Yizhou against Liu Zhang, at this time Zhang Song Fazheng Meng Da and others responded internally, and soon Liu Bei occupied most of Yizhou and trapped Liu Zhang in Chengdu. At this time, Ma Chao of Xiliang led the crowd to defect to Liu Bei, in order to show his sincerity to Liu Bei, Ma Chao personally led his army and horses to show off his military and horses under the city of Chengdu, and Ma Chao's reputation in Xiliangwei at that time was far and wide, and the defenders of Chengdu at that time, Ma Chao, personally came to attack the city and the army was suddenly distracted. At this time, Liu Zhang wept and said to the people around him, my father and I have been running Yizhou for more than twenty years, and we have not brought any kindness to the people, but we have attracted war, and this is all because of it. After saying this, Liu Zhang ordered Kaesong to surrender.
At that time, when Liu Zhang was trapped in Chengdu, there were still tens of thousands of horses in Chengdu, and the grain and grass were enough to support a year, if he really fought with Liu Bei, Liu Bei might not be able to take Yizhou, but Liu Zhang decided to tie his hands because he had compassion for the people, from which it can be seen that Liu Zhang did not have the courage to do great things, but his quality of caring for the people is still worthy of affirmation.
Liu Zhang was still treated courteously by Liu Bei after surrendering to Liu Bei, Liu Bei returned Liu Zhang's property to himself, and also gave proper care to his family members, old and young, but Yishan could not tolerate Erhu, Liu Bei finally arranged Liu Zhang to live in Gong'an County, Jingzhou, and later Guan Yu's army was defeated and lost in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang was captured by Sun Quan, Sun Quan reappointed Liu Zhang as the pastor of Yizhou to arrange Liu Zhang in Zigui, but soon after Liu Zhang died, Liu Zhang had two sons. The eldest son, Liu Xun, was the son-in-law of Pang Xi, a major chancellor of the Shu Han Dynasty, and Liu Xun had been serving as an official in Shu Han since he defected to Liu Bei, and the second son, Liu Xun, was exiled to Jingzhou by Liu Bei with Liu Zhang, and later after Liu Zhang's death, he became an official in Eastern Wu and became an official in the imperial history.