In 263, Sima Zhao ordered Zhong Hui to be the commander-in-chief, leading Zhuge Xu, Deng Ai, and an army of 180,000 men to march south to the Shu Han Dynasty in five routes. When Zhong Was unable to enter Shu by the Shu general Jiang Wei at the Sword Pavilion and almost withdrew, at this moment, Deng Ai, who had captured Yuzhong, offered a plan to smuggle yinping, and then Deng Ai led thousands of soldiers from Puzhong to go straight to Fucheng through the Yinping Trail, and due to the surrender of the Fucheng defender Ma Miao, Zhuge Zhan's father and son were defeated by Deng Ai at Mianzhu, causing Deng Ai to finally lead the Wei army to the city of Chengdu, and Liu Chan, who was in the city at the time, accepted the advice of the local forces in Yizhou, Zhou Zhou, and others, and went out of the city to surrender to Deng Ai, and Shu Han perished.
When Deng Ai's army approached the city of Chengdu, there were many enthusiastic people who planned to defend the city to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and some people were willing to go out of the city to fight to the death and not surrender, and Liu Chan's fifth son Liu Chen was one of them, when he took the initiative to invite troops to fight, but Liu Chan refused. After Liu Chan took the jade seal out of the city and surrendered, Liu Chen came to the Zhaolie Temple, first killed his own wife and children, and then he drew his sword and committed suicide, martyring the country with his death. In contrast, his father Liu Chan appeared to be weak, and even after being captured, Liu Chan was happy and spurned, so if Liu Bei was alive at this time, would he like this grandson more than his son Liu Chan?
The reason why Liu Chan was criticized by people was mainly because he did not rather be jade crushed when he was besieged in Chengdu than Waquan, and did not stand up strongly to duel with the enemy, on the contrary, his fifth son, Liu Chen, the king of the Northern Lands, was fierce and fierce, which made people admire, but if Liu Bei was allowed to choose, he still preferred Liu Chan, because Liu Chan's choice at that time was in line with Liu Bei's life style. It should be known that Liu Bei's first half of his life was turbulent and displaced, most of the time there was no place to stand, not only that, he was often chased by the enemy to abandon his wife and son, and he was embarrassed, but even if he failed repeatedly, Liu Bei did not lose his fighting spirit, which led to the establishment of the later Shu Han regime. If Liu Bei suffers a setback, he will commit suicide, but I am afraid that no one in the world will remember who Liu Bei is.
At that time, Jiang Wei also contacted Liu Chan when Liu Chan was under house arrest, that is, Liu Chan knew about Jiang Wei's plan. However, Liu Chan did not expose Jiang Wei because of this, but entrusted the lives of their fathers and sons to Jiang Wei. It should be known that once this matter was revealed, Liu Chan's family would have to be killed together with Jiang Wei, and later Jiang Wei's plot was exposed, the army mutiny, the crown prince Liu Xuan was tragically implicated, and the end was miserable, and Liu Chan was willing to accompany Jiang Wei to gamble on a plan for the restoration of the country with little hope, which is enough to show that Liu Chan is more like Liu Bei in his heart who has repeatedly lost battles.
The author believes that Liu Chan is not as stupid as he appears on the surface, otherwise he would not have been able to sit in the court for forty years. It is a pity that he died a few years later, became the king of the country, and was finally reprimanded, which is really regrettable.