Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Book of Shu. Biography of Liu Bei (Part 2)

In 207, Cao Cao marched north to Karasuma, and the first lord persuaded Liu Biao to take the opportunity to attack Xu County, but Liu Biao did not listen. Cao Cao marched south on Liu Biao, and just as Liu Biao was ill and died, Liu Biao's son Liu Chun took the reins and sent envoys to cao cao to surrender.

First the main garrison of Fancheng, did not expect Cao Cao's army to suddenly attack, until Cao Cao's army attacked Wancheng only learned of this news, so he led the army and horses to withdraw from Fancheng. Passing through Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang persuaded him to attack Liu Chun to capture Jingzhou. The Lord said, "I can't bear it!"

So he stopped his horse to greet Liu Chun, who was afraid and did not dare to get up. Many of Liu Chun's subordinates and Jingzhou people were subordinate to the Ancestors. When he arrived in Dangyang County, there were more than 100,000 people following him, and thousands of trucks of grain and grass supplies could only travel more than a dozen miles a day, so he sent Guan Yu to lead hundreds of other ships to travel from the waterway and agreed to meet at Jiangling.

Some people advised the first lord: We should go forward at full speed to Baojiangling, although there are many people now, but there are very few people who can fight, if Cao Cao's army catches up, how can we resist? The Lord said: The great cause is based on winning the hearts and minds of the people of the world, and now that people take the initiative to follow us, how can I bear to abandon them and go away!

Cao Cao considered that Jiangling was hoarding a large number of military supplies, but feared that the first lord would occupy it first, so he gave up the grain and grass and rushed to Xiangyang with light equipment. Hearing that the ancestor had passed, Cao Cao personally led 5,000 elite cavalry to pursue him in a hurry, marching more than 300 miles a day and night, and catching up with the ancestor when he reached The County's Changsaka. The first lord left his wife and children behind, and ran forward on horseback with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and dozens of other people, and Cao Cao seized a large number of his men and horses.

　　The first lord cut a short road to Hanjin, just happened to meet Guan Yu's fleet, so he was able to cross the water, and halfway through the road, he met more than 10,000 people led by Liu Qi's eldest son Jiang Xia Taishou Liu Qi, so everyone rushed to Xiakou together.

The ancestor sent Zhuge Liang to contact and form an alliance with Sun Quan, and Sun Quan sent Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and other tens of thousands of sailors to join the ancestor and fight a major battle with Cao Cao at Chibi, defeating the Cao army and burning the Cao army's warships. The ancestors and the Eastern Wu army marched by land and water, and pursued them all the way to Nan County, when the plague was circulating, and Cao Cao's army was dead, so Cao Cao had to withdraw and return.

The first lord recommended Liu Qi to be the assassin of Jingzhou, and then led an army to conquer the four southern counties. Wuling Taishou Jinxuan, Changsha Taishou HanXuan, Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan, and Lingling Taishou Liu Du all surrendered. Lei Xu of Lujiang County led tens of thousands of private armed people to come to pay their respects. Liu Qi fell ill and died, and his subordinates elected the first lord to be Jingzhou Mu, and the administrative office was located in Gong'an County.

　　Sun Quan gradually became afraid of the ancestor and married his sister to the ancestor to consolidate the relationship between the two sides, and the first lord went to Jingkou to meet Sun Quan, and the two got along with respect and goodwill. Sun Quan sent someone to inform Xian that he wanted to join forces to capture Shu Land, and some of his subordinates suggested that they might as well agree to Sun Quan first, because Eastern Wu would not be able to cross Jingzhou to occupy Shu County, so that Shu County would naturally be owned by the Ancestor Lord.

The master of Jingzhou, Yin Guan, offered a plan: If you take the lead for Eastern Wu, you may not be able to conquer Shu County, and the defeat and retreat will inevitably be swallowed up by Eastern Wu by chance, and the big thing will be over. At present, we can only verbally approve of the shu and inform us that we have just occupied the four southern counties, and it is not convenient to mobilize the masses to revitalize the division, and Eastern Wu will certainly not dare to rush through our land to attack the Shu land alone. This kind of strategy of advancing and retreating can enable us to sit on the benefits of both Wu and Shu. The first lord adopted Yin Guan's opinion, and Sun Quan did indeed abandon his plan to advance into Shu land. The first lord promoted Yin Guan to be engaged in other driving.

　　In 211, Liu Zhang, the mu of Yizhou, heard that Cao Cao would send Zhong Xuan and other troops to Hanzhong to attack Zhang Lu, and his heart was very frightened. Don't drive Zhang Song to persuade Liu Zhang: Cao Cao's forces are strong and invincible, if he captures Zhang Lu's territory and then uses his materials, grain and grass to attack Shu land, no one will be able to resist him! Liu Zhang said: "I am worried about this matter, but there is nothing I can do.

Zhang Song said: Liu Yuzhou is the same as you, and he is an enemy of Cao Cao, he is good at using troops, if you ask him to attack Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu will be defeated, Zhang Lu will be defeated, then Yizhou's strength will increase, and even if Cao Cao personally comes, he will not be able to help me. Liu Zhang said yes,

So he sent Fa Zheng to lead four thousand soldiers to welcome the ancestors, and bribed the front and back to give hundreds of millions of gifts. Fa Zhengyu took the opportunity to present to the Ancestors the strategy of seizing Yizhou. The first lord left Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and other towns to guard Jingzhou, and personally led tens of thousands of infantry to Yizhou. When they arrived in Fu County, Liu Zhang personally went out of the city to greet him, and the two were very happy to see each other. Zhang Song sent Fa Zheng to the ancestors, and the strategist Pang Tong made a statement, claiming that he could attack and kill Liu Zhang at the meeting place. The Lord said: This is a big thing, and it should not be rushed.

Liu Zhang elected the first lord to act as the Grand Sima and concurrently serve as a lieutenant colonel; the first lord also elected Liu Zhang to act as the general of Zhenxi and concurrently serve as the pastor of Yizhou. Liu Zhang, who was the first to replenish his troops, asked him to attack Zhang Lu and made him supervise the soldiers and horses of Baishui Pass. The first lord gathered more than 30,000 soldiers and horses from all walks of life, and the armor, weapons, grain, and grass materials were very abundant. In the same year, Liu Zhang returned to Chengdu.

The first lord went north to Ye Meng, but did not immediately attack Zhang Lu, but spread grace and win people's hearts. The following year, Cao Cao requisitioned Sun Quan, and Sun Quan asked the lord to go to the rescue. The first lord sent someone to inform Liu Zhang: Cao Cao marched on Wu, and Eastern Wu was very critical. Sun And I were originally in a lip-and-tooth relationship, and Le Jin was fighting with Guan Yu in Qingni, and now if he didn't go to rescue Guan Yu, Le Jin would definitely win a complete victory, and then turn around and invade Yizhou, and his worries would be more than Zhang Lu.'s. Zhang Lu was just a thief who divided one side, and he didn't have to worry too much.

So he asked Liu Zhang to allocate 10,000 soldiers and horses and a large amount of grain and grass supplies, and Liu Zhang only promised to send an additional 4,000 people, and only half of the other things were provided. Zhang Song said in a letter to the Ancestors and the Fa zheng: Now that great events are about to be successful, how can we abandon them?

Zhang Song's brother Zhang Su, fearing that he would harm himself, revealed Zhang Song's plot to Liu Zhang. So Liu Zhang arrested and killed Zhang Song, and the lord formed a grudge with Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang ordered the documents of the generals guarding the pass not to be delivered to the ancestors again.

Enraged, the Lord summoned Yang Huai, Liu Zhang's Baishuiguan overseer, to come and accuse him of being rude and behead him. He also ordered Huang Zhong and Zhuo Bing to lead troops to attack Liu Zhang. The first lord led the army straight to Guanzhong, took the wives and children of the Yizhou generals and soldiers as hostages, and then led the army with Huang Zhong, Zhuo Bing, and others to Fu County, occupying the city of Fu County.

Liu Zhang sent Liu Wanggui, Leng Bao, Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, and others to Fu County to defend against the ancestors, but they were all defeated and had to retreat to Mianzhu. Liu Zhangjia sent Li Yan to supervise the various armies in Mianzhu, and Li Yan led the people to surrender to the ancestors. The first main force was more powerful, so he sent each general to pacify the subordinate counties, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other leading troops to the river, pacifying the White Emperor, Jiangzhou, and Jiangyang, leaving only Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou. The first lord marched to besiege Luo County, and the defender of the city at that time was Liu Xun, the son of Liu Zhang, and was besieged for nearly a year.

In 214, he first attacked Luocheng and besieged Chengdu for dozens of days, and Liu Zhang went out of the city and surrendered. The land of Shu was rich in property, and the people lived happily and peacefully, so the lord first set up a feast to reward the soldiers, took the gold and silver of Shucheng and distributed them to the soldiers, and distributed grain and cloth to the original owners.

The first lord concurrently served as the pastor of Yizhou, with Zhuge Liang as the assistant, Fa Zheng as the counselor, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao as the military generals, Xu Jing, Mi Zhu, and Jian Yong as his staff, other officials such as Dong He, Huang Quan, and Li Yan were originally officials authorized by Liu Zhang, Wu Yi and Fei Guan were Liu Zhang's in-laws, Peng was also ostracized by Liu Zhang, Liu Ba was a person who had been hated in the past, and the first lords were all arranged in prominent positions so that they could give full play to their talents, so people with lofty ideals competed to exhort and do their best.

　　In 215, sun quan sent emissaries to pay tribute because his ancestors had already taken Yizhou, hoping to reclaim Jingzhou. The First Lord said: After I get Liangzhou, I will return Jingzhou to you. Sun Quan was very upset, so he sent Lü Meng to attack the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang. The first lord led 50,000 soldiers to the public security and ordered Guan Yu to garrison Yiyang.

In that year, Cao Cao pacified Hanzhong and Zhang Lu fled to Brazil. Upon hearing the news, he reconciled with Sun Quan and formed an alliance, dividing Jingzhou equally, Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang to Eastern Wu, and Nan County, Lingling, and Wuling to Western Shu, and then leading the army back to Jiangzhou. The first lord sent Huang Quan to lead an army to meet Zhang Lu, but Zhang Lu had already surrendered to Cao Cao. Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Gao to garrison Hanzhong, and Cao's army repeatedly harassed the Brazilian border. The first lord ordered Zhang Fei to lead his troops into The Valley, engaged Zhang Gao and others in the Wakou area, defeated Zhang Gao and others, and Zhang Gao collected his troops and returned to Southern Zheng. The first lord also returned to Chengdu.

In 218, the Lord led the generals to march into Hanzhong. The other generals Wu Lan and Lei Tong were sent into Wudu, and they were all annihilated by the Cao army. The first lord entered Yangping Pass and confronted Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Gao, and others.

In 219, the first lord crossed the water from Yangping Pass south, gradually advanced along the mountain, and camped at Dingjun Mountain and Xingshi Mountain. Xiahou Yuan led an army to compete for important territory. The prophet ordered Huang Zhong to attack with a high drum and shout on the mountain, defeating Xiahou Yuan's army and beheading Shi Zhao, the Yizhou assassin appointed by Xiahou Yuan Cao Cao.

Cao Cao personally led a large group of men from Chang'an on a southern expedition. The first lord predicted: "Although Cao Cao personally came, he was unable to save the war, and we would certainly be able to occupy Hanzhong." When Cao Cao arrived, the ancestors gathered their armies to hold on to dangerous places, and never confronted the Cao army head-on, and the Cao army failed to win the attack for months, but the number of deserters was increasing. By the summer, Cao Cao did withdraw his army to the north, so he took possession of Hanzhong.

The first lord sent Liu Feng, Meng Da, and Li Ping to Shangyong to attack Shen Tan. In the autumn of that year, the group of courtiers established the first lord as the king of Hanzhong. Therefore, an altar field was set up in Qiuyang, the soldiers and civilians lined up in line, hundreds of officials accompanied by ranks, and after the reading of the chapter, they offered the crown to the ancestors.

So the first lord retreated to Chengdu and used it as his seat of government. Promoted Wei Yan to the position of Governor of The Capital, and the town guarded Hanzhong. At this time, Guan Yu attacked Cao Ren and captured Him at Fancheng. Soon Sun Quan attacked and killed Guan Yu and retake Jingzhou.

In 220, Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor with the honorific title of Emperor Wen of Wei. There are rumors that Emperor Xian of Han was killed, so the former lord wore mourning clothes and obituary Quan Shu to mourn Emperor Xian, and posthumously honored him as emperor of filial piety.

In 221, the former lord ascended the throne in the south of Wudan Mountain in Chengdu. Zhuge Liang was appointed as chancellor and Xu Jing was made Situ. Hundreds of officials were set up, temples were created, and ancestors were worshipped under han gaozu. In May, Lady Liwu was made empress and her son Liu Chan was made crown prince. In June, he made his son Liu Yong the King of Lu and Liu Li the King of Liang.

The che general Zhang Fei was killed by his subordinates. At first, the ancestors were very angry at Sun Quan's attack and killing of Guan Yu, and prepared for the Eastern Expedition, and in July, he personally led various armies and horses to conquer Eastern Wu. Sun Quan sent emissaries to send a letter to ask for peace, but the ancestor Sheng Fu refused to agree, Wu sent lu Yi, Li Yi, Liu A and other garrisons around Wu County and Zigui, Shu sent Wu Ban and Feng Xizi wuxian to defeat Li Yi and others, and marched into Zigui, and the Wuxi barbarian tribe of Wuling County sent emissaries to request troops.

In 222, the former lord led the army back to Zigui, and the generals Wu Ban and Chen Shi led the water army to garrison Yiling and set up camp along the east and west banks of the Yangtze River. In February, the ancestor lord zigui led the generals to march into Wuxi, crossed the mountains and mountains, and set up camp at Yidao Pavilion, opening a mountain road from Mount Gong to Wuling, and the first lord sent his attendant Ma Liang to pacify the five tribes, and each department responded to the ancestor one after another.

The Zhenbei general Huang Quan led the armies of Jiangbei to engage the Wu army at Yiling Province. In June, yellow gas appeared more than ten miles away from Zigui, and the width was tens of zhang. In the next ten days, Lu Yi defeated the xianjue army at Xiaoting, and the generals Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, and others were killed. The first lord returned Zigui from The Pavilion, gathered up the soldiers scattered during the battle, discarded the ships, and withdrew to Yufu County by land, changing Yufu County to Yong'an County. The State of Wu sent the generals Li Yi and Liu A to chase after the main troops, and the Wu army entered Nanshan.

In August, the first lord withdrew his troops and returned to Wu County. Situ Xujing died. In October, he ordered Zhuge Liang, the chancellor, to build altars for the winter and summer festivals in Chengdu. When Sun Quan heard that the former lord was stationed in the White Emperor City, he was quite frightened and sent emissaries to ask for peace. First Lord Xu He, he sent Taizhong Grand Master Zong Wei to discuss and complete the mission. In December, Huang Yuan, the Taishou of Hanjia County, heard that the first lord was seriously ill and disobeyed the order to send troops to refuse to defend.

In 223, Zhuge Liang rushed from Chengdu to Yong'an. In March, Huang Yuan marched into Linqiong County. The first lord sent the general Chen Zhen to attack Huang Yuan, and Huang Yuan's soldiers fled down the Yangtze River in defeat, but were captured by his own soldiers, tied up and escorted to Chengdu and then beheaded.

The first lord was critically ill, and entrusted the chancellor Zhuge Liang to assist Prince Fuli, and asked Shang Shu to order Li Yan to assist him. In April, the ancestor died at the Age of 63 at the Age of 63. Buried in Huiling.

Comments: The ancestor lord is magnificent and resolute, generous in temperament, knows people and is good at duty, a corporal of courtesy, quite the demeanor of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, and the amount of hero Haojie. As for entrusting the entire country and the major affairs of assisting the crown prince to Zhuge Liang without the slightest doubt, the monarchs and subjects are really people who are upright and selfless to the extreme, which can be described as the best model in ancient times. In terms of machine power strategy, it was inferior to the WeiWu Emperor Cao Cao, so the territory obtained was also relatively narrow. But he was indomitable, and he was always unwilling to live under Cao Cao, but also because he realized that Cao Cao's strength was difficult to tolerate him, not only to compete for fame and fortune, but also to avoid persecution.