Su Liu Wen Shuzhai (Zhang Qiao) Do not hide the window moon, natural style high. The cool breeze moves crickets, and the leaves are falling away. Pick up the embers of the lamp back, and see the sea waves. Because of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are several heroes in the air.
Liu Chan, a historical figure, believes that everyone knows something, and he often gives people the impression of being cowardly, stupid, and pro-villain. Now, in order to pursue a refreshing feeling, he often overturned the case for Liu Chan, saying that Liu Chan could rule the Shu Han for forty years, and there must be something superior. First of all, Xiaobian did not agree that Liu Chan was a Ming Jun, at best a benevolent jun, from the fact that the excessive trust in Huang Hao in the late Shu Han Dynasty led to the demise of Shu Han, it can be seen that he was at least not a wise lord. However, Liu Chan did maintain the Shu Han for forty years, which lasted for nearly thirty years after Zhuge Liang's death, which was very popular, and there was no rebellion enough to subvert the Shu Han regime, so it can be said that Liu Chan still has a certain ability to govern and judge. After the "Battle of Yiling", there was a rebellion in shu Han that was easily quelled by Liu Chan, and this matter can be used as an argument.
The defeat of the "Battle of Yiling" dealt a very great blow to the Shu Han Dynasty; on the one hand, Jingzhou completely lost the possibility of recovery and a large number of soldiers were damaged, which was a direct result of the "Battle of Yiling"; on the other hand, this huge defeat swept away the prestige that Liu Bei had accumulated in the "Battle of Hanzhong"; at the same time, Liu Bei himself was depressed and ill, and his physical condition was not optimistic.
Liu Bei, the founder of Shu Han and the absolute backbone of Shu Han, may die, and it is also a huge blow to the hearts of Shu Han's people, becoming panicked. When Cao Cao died, the "Qingzhou Soldiers" composed of the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou and the Xuzhou Soldiers under Zang Ba, who was born from Taishan Haoshuai, thought that the world would be in chaos and "beat the drums and go without permission". The strength of Shu Han was obviously not as good as that of Cao Wei (although Cao Cao did not claim the title of emperor at the time of his death, but it was also the scale of Cao Wei's regime), and Shu Han's control over some remote areas was far less than Cao Wei's control over the "Qingzhou soldiers" and Zang Ba, so it is conceivable that Liu Bei's critical illness brought a signal to some careerists and people who did not obey Shu Han's rule. Although the turmoil in some local counties and counties of the Shu Han Dynasty caused by the floating people's hearts was a long time after the end of the "Battle of Yiling", it should also be counted as the follow-up effect of the "Battle of Yiling".
After the "Battle of Yiling", some eastern Wu generals had plans to continue to penetrate deep into Shu land, although the commander Lu Xun did not have this plan, but the Eastern Wu army did not withdraw, and its existence was a threat to Shu Han. Liu Bei had to settle at Yufu (renamed Yong'an, presumably to cope with the political needs of the crisis) on the waterway between Jingzhou and Yizhou, and remained there to prevent Eastern Wu's attack; in February of the third year of the Shu Han Dynasty (i.e., 223 CE), Liu Bei felt that his body was no longer working and summoned Zhuge Liang to entrust him with the aftermath. Zhuge Liang also rushed from Chengdu to Yong'an. In this way, Liu Bei, the Emperor of shu Han, and Zhuge Liang, the chancellor of Shangshu and The Lieutenant (including Shangshu Ling Li Yan, who was already in Yong'an), were all at Yong'an, the front line against Eastern Wu, far away from Chengdu, and the inexperienced Liu Chan would also face a test when he sat in Chengdu.
As the editor said above, the defeat of the "Battle of Yiling" and Liu Bei's physical problems caused a certain blow to the hearts of the Shu Han people, which caused some turmoil. Zhuge Liang later left Chengdu, which further relaxed the environment for these turmoils. The following small editor will be specifically mentioned, including the leader of this rebellion, Huang Yuan.
Shu Han has always had limited control over the Nanzhong region, which is a very large mountainous terrain area in the southwest of Shu Han, which was then five counties of Yizhou County, Muke County, Zhuti County, Yueyue County, and Yongchang County, and later after Zhuge Liang's Southern Expedition, in order to strengthen the control of the South Central Region, it was divided into seven counties: Muke County, Yueyue County, Zhuti County, Jianning County, Yongchang County, Yunnan County, and Xinggu County. Due to its remoteness, inconvenient transportation, and different customs and cultures, the Southern Central Region has always been less recognized by the rule of the Shu Han Dynasty. In fact, after Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, there were also rebellions one after another. Some historical sources record that the large-scale rebellion in the southern central region followed Liu Bei's death, but this momentum was already quite evident in the first year of Zhang Wu (that is, in 221 AD, the "Battle of Yiling" broke out in this year) to the third year of Zhang Wu (Liu Bei's death from illness).
First of all, the rebellion of The Yizhou Commandery Yong Min predates Liu Bei's death, the Yizhou Commandery Taishou Zheng'ang is killed, and the new Taishou Zhang is also arrested and sent to Eastern Wu. By the time Zhuge Liang sent Deng Zhi to Eastern Wu as an envoy in the first year of Jianxing (i.e., in 223 AD), when Zhuge Liang sent Deng Zhi to Eastern Wu, Zhang had been in exile in Eastern Wu for several years. In addition, Yong Min and Meng Yu rebelled in Yizhou County, threatening Yongchang County, but were resisted by The Yongchang County officials Lü Kai and Wang Ling. At the time of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition in the third year of Jianxing (i.e., 225 AD), Lü Kai and Wang Ling had already "defended the territory for six years", so it can be seen that the rebellion of The Great Marshal Yong min of Yizhou should have been in the first year of Zhang Wu, perhaps when Liu Bei mobilized the main force to cut down Wu; according to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Shushu Li Yan Biography, before the second year of Zhang Wu (222 AD), Gao Ding, the commander of Yuewei Commandery, had besieged Xindao County (a Yandao County) and was defeated by Li Yan, who was then serving as a Taishou; However, before that, it also showed different aspirations, and received the attention of Zhuge Liang and Li Yan, two orphan ministers. That is to say, in the period before Liu Bei's death, the three leaders of the rebel army in South Central all had the fact or clues of rebellion.
Let's talk about the "protagonist" Huang Yuan this time. Huang Yuan is the Han Jia Taishou of shu Han, although Han Jia County does not belong to the five counties of Nanzhong, but it is also in the southwest of Shu Han, with mountainous terrain and multi-ethnic mixed residence, just north of Yue Yue County. Huang Element came to be at odds with Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang represented and influenced Liu Bei's will to a certain extent. Therefore, Huang Yuan was not satisfied with Shu Han. In the winter and December of Zhang Wu's second year, Liu Bei's illness worsened, so Huang Yuan raised an army to rebel with Hanjia Commandery and closed his territory to defend himself; and in March of Zhang Wu's third year, when Zhuge Liang arrived in Yong'an, Huang Yuan was even more arrogant, took the initiative to invade the Chengdu Plain, and burned the city of Linqiong, which was relatively close to Chengdu.
If Huang Yuan, like the leader of the rebels in the southern central region, honestly stayed in Hanjia County, I believe that Shu Han would not move him. After all, more lice are not itchy, and more debts are not worried. External threats and possible instability in the transition of power are the top priorities, with insurgency in some remote areas being secondary. The rebellion in south central China dragged on for several years before it was resolved. However, Huang Yuan's behavior had already threatened Chengdu, and Liu Chan followed The advice of Yang Hong, who was engaged in Yizhou Zhizhong, and took the initiative to send troops to defeat Huang Yuan, without letting Huang Yuanbing come to Chengdu.
At that time, some people believed that Huang Yuan was not a great threat to Shu Han, and after a one-time defeat, Huang Yuan would most likely form a coalition with the rebels of Yue County in Southern Central and enter South Central from Yue County to respond to Yong Min's rebellion, or replace it. There is some truth to this idea, after all, Chengdu is a political center and a military town, and Hanjia County is in the rear, and there will not be much military force; Hanjia County is similar to Yueyue County in terms of geographical environment, and there are also places where customs and culture are well understood. These people included Huang Yuan in the rebellion in the South Central region.
Yang Hong had a different opinion. Rebellion requires personal prestige, especially in areas like Nanzhong, which are relatively closed in terms of geography and cultural customs. And Huang Yuan, who is cruel in life, does not have enough prestige. When Yong Min rebelled, he still let his subordinate Meng Yu spread rumors to win the support of some ethnic minorities in southern China, not to mention Huang Yuan, who had no foundation and no popularity. Therefore, Yang Hong concluded that Huang Yuan would not enter Nanzhong, but would go east along the waterway to Qianwei, Jiangyang, Bajun and other places, and possibly go down the river to enter Jingzhou. Yang Hong proposed that Liu Chan send troops to guard the mouth of the Nan'an Gorge (南安峡) (present-day Leshan, Sichuan Province) and intercept Huang Yuan, who was advancing east along the waterway.
Huang Yuan's power is limited, but he may have a relatively large impact. First of all, it was a special period at that time, the southern central region was in turmoil, Huang Yuan moved all the way from west to east, it is likely to instigate the southeast of Shu Han, such as the rebellion in Fuling, these are areas that Shu Han control is not too strong; secondly, Liu Bei is in Yong'an at this time, and if Huang Yuan develops some forces in the process of transfer, he will take the form of a pinch attack with the Eastern Wu army in Wu County against Liu Bei. Although according to Yang Hong, Huang Yuan can only face Liu Bei as "face to face to death", but there are often various unexpected situations in history. Therefore, at this time, Liu Chan once again followed Yang Hong's advice and sent an army to intercept Huang Yuan, forcing Huang Yuan's own soldiers to capture Huang Yuan and surrender. In the events of the Huangyuan rebellion, Yang Hong and the generals Chen Xuan and Zheng Qi, who quelled the rebellion, were not small, and Liu Chan was able to choose and implement the correct suggestions and lightly defuse the rebellion, which was still very good.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chronicle of the State of Huayang, Notes on the Classics of Water, Atlas of Chinese History