At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, for Liu Bei, a descendant of the Han Dynasty, he devoted himself to the Kuangfu Han Room. Although he was unable to unify the world, Liu Bei still established shu han, one of the three kingdoms. And this, naturally, is stronger than other Han descendants, such as Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, originally had a better platform, but they failed to achieve higher achievements. And as far as the author wants to talk about today, Liu Xuan also failed in the process of chasing the deer.
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Specifically, Liu Xuan was a descendant of Liu Fei, the Prince of Qi, and a nephew of Liu Pet, a lieutenant of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Compared with Liu Bei, who fell in the middle of the family road, Liu Xuan's starting point was undoubtedly relatively high. Although he was from the land of Qingzhou, in order to escape the war in the Central Plains, Liu Xuan went south to Yangzhou. In 190 AD, Dong Zhuo usurped the power of the imperial court and was attacked by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and other princes. Of course, after Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others each divided one side and began to compete for territory. Among them, as far as Yuan Shu is concerned, it is mainly developed in the Yangzhou area.
In 194, after Yuan Shu killed Chen Wen, the Yangzhou Assassin, the imperial court appointed Liu Shu as the Yangzhou Assassin. At that time, the residence of Yangzhou Thorn History was originally in Shouchun in Jiangbei. However, this place was already Yuan Shu's territory. For Yuan Shu, it was obvious that he would not cede the territory to Liu Shu. Therefore, Wu Jing and Sun Ben, the two generals, welcomed Liu Sui to Qu'a in Jiangnan, which prompted Liu Sui to barely gain a foothold in Yangzhou. In the context of the decline of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shu already had the heart of disobedience, and even planned to usurp the title of emperor. On this basis, Yuan Shao sent Sun Ce to attack Lujiang County. After Sun Ce took Lujiang County, Liu Xuan was naturally very nervous, that is, he was worried that Sun Ce would continue to go south.
In response, Liu Sui sent Fan Neng and Zhang Ying to the Yangtze River to defend against the brave Sun Ce. Considering that Wu Jing and Sun Ben were appointed by Yuan Shu, Liu Xuan directly drove them back to Jiangbei. From this point of view, Liu Xuan obviously lacked his own confidants in Yangzhou, which was more similar to Liu Bei's situation in Xuzhou, when he was attacked by a strong enemy when his foothold was unstable, which can be said to be no external trouble.
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After Wu Jing and Sun Ben came to Jiangbei, they naturally began to serve Yuan Shu. Therefore, Yuan Shu let them fight with Zhang Ying and Fan Neng, and the two sides won and lost each other, and were once in a state of glue. During this period, Yuan Shu set up the Yangzhou Assassin History without authorization, which naturally did not take the Eastern Han Dynasty into account. Of course, Liu Sui, as a descendant of the Han Dynasty, was obviously at odds with Yuan Shu.
Soon after, the Eastern Han court made Liu Sui the general of Yangzhou Mu and Zhenwu. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the history of thorns and the state pastor were relatively common official positions. Compared with the History of Thorns, Zhou Mu could nominally hold military power, so it had greater power, such as Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao, and so on.
In 196, Sun Ce under Yuan Shu crossed the Yangtze River and defeated Zhang Ying and Fan Neng under Liu Shu. In this regard, Liu Xuan also asked Tai Shi Ci, a fierce general, to fight sun Ce. Tai Shi Ci and Liu Sui were fellow villagers, so he initially followed Liu Sui's side. However, after being captured by Sun Ce, Tai Shi Ci eventually surrendered to the other side, which was another big blow to Liu Sui.
Faced with the constant pressure of Sun Ce, Liu Sui accepted the advice of the famous scholar Xu Shao and fled to Yuzhang County. At that time, Yuzhang Taishou Zhoushu died of illness, and the position of Taishou was temporarily vacant. In this regard, Liu Biao, who had divided Jingzhou, prepared to make Zhuge Xuan the Taishou of Yuzhang Commandery. Zhuge Xuan was a subordinate of Liu Biao and zhuge liang's uncle. However, the Eastern Han court appointed Zhu Hao as the Taishou of Yuzhang Commandery. Therefore, Zhuge Xuan could only take Zhuge Liang back to Jingzhou, which was also an important reason why Zhuge Liang from Langya County, Xuzhou, had been living in Jingzhou for a long time.
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However, soon after, Jing Rong killed Zhu Hao. Zé Rong, a native of Danyang (in present-day Xuancheng, Anhui), was a powerful man at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty who defected to the command of Mu Taoqian in Xuzhou, and after Tao Qian's death, He rong came to yangzhou to carry out activities. After learning the news that Zhu Hao had been killed, Liu Xuan was very dissatisfied, so he led a large army to attack ZhenRong, thus eliminating this powerful man. Although Liu Xuan gained a firm foothold in Yuzhang County, Sun Ce attacked the city strategically in Yangzhou, which made Liu Xuan very helpless, that is, he did not have the strength to retake the territory.
Finally, in 197 AD, Liu Xuan died of illness at the age of 42. After Liu Xuan's death, his yuzhang commandery was also captured by Sun Ce. Moreover, because Yuan Shu became emperor in 197 AD, Sun Ce chose to break with Yuan Shu and officially became a prince. Prior to this, Sun Ce was nominally subordinate to Yuan Shu.
In general, for Liu Sui, a descendant of the Han Dynasty, Chen Shou, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, once said that although Liu Xuan had a certain reputation, it was obvious that the town guard side was not his strength, which was also an important reason why he was defeated by Sun Ce. Correspondingly, Zhuge Liang, the chancellor of the Shu Han Dynasty, directly stated: "Liu Xuan and Wang Lang each held a state and county, talked about peace and strategy, moved the saints, the crowd was full of doubts, the crowd was difficult to plug their chests, there was no war this year, and there would be no conquest next year, so that Sun Ce would sit on the throne and merge Jiangdong." In Zhuge Liang's view, Liu Sui and Wang Lang were empty talkers, and although they were full of experience, they did not know how to conquest, so they could not stop the brave Sun Ce at all.
Further, among the descendants of the Han Dynasty at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei's starting point was low, for example, after the Suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Bei only obtained an official position of the size of a county order, and later temporarily obtained the territory of Xuzhou because of the rescue of Tao Qian. However, soon after, Liu Bei was seized by Lü Bu, and later Liu Bei and Cao Cao broke up and were unable to gain a foothold in the Central Plains. However, with his tenacious will, Liu Bei first joined forces with Sun Quan to defeat Cao Cao at the Battle of Chibi, and then captured Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong, thus dividing the world with Cao Cao and Sun Quan.