Baidi City Orphan
To say that the deep brotherly love in history is nothing more than the three brothers of different surnames who have joined the Taoyuan Three Jehovah. In order to avenge your brothers, you can give up your glory, wealth, high officials, and even the emperor's throne. This friendship is much deeper than many brothers!
Last time, our book said that in order to avenge his brother Guan Yu , Zhang Fei was anxious and whipped the soldiers and was assassinated by the soldiers. As the eldest brother, Liu Bei , he had not had time to avenge his second brother Guan Yu, and he lost his third brother Zhang Fei. In addition to being sad and sad, he kept the accounts on Sun Quan . Therefore, despite the difficulties of the army being organized after Zhang Fei's death, he resolutely managed to form more than 40,000 troops in a hurry, gathered in Jiangzhou, and prepared to send troops as soon as possible.
The group of the Shu Han Eastern Expedition Army is as follows:
Commander: Liu Bei
Chief of Staff: Liu Bei himself
Staff: Ma Liang , Huang Quan , Chengji
First Army: Wu Ban Army
Second Army: Feng Xi Army
Third Army: Zhang Nan Army
Preparatory Division: Zhao Yun Army
This time, Liu Bei fought alone. He left the strongest combat power of Shu Han, Ma Chao and Wei Yan and Shu Bei, to prevent the Wei army from taking the opportunity to invade the south. In the base camp, Zhao Yun's army, who had the richest combat experience and the most meritorious, was organized into a reserve division and stayed in Jiangzhou. On the one hand, it expressed Liu Bei's dissatisfaction with Zhao Yun's opposition to this war, and on the other hand, it also prevented that if the Eastern Wu army attacked Yizhou by him, Zhao Yun could at least stand on the front line to ensure the safety of Shuzhong .
In view of the great momentum of Liu Bei's army, Sun Quan sent the prefect of Nanjun and an important figure in the peace and harmony Zhuge Jin to mediate with Liu Bei to reduce each other's crisis, but how could Liu Bei, who was angry, give up? The collegial agreement was not reached, and the war was inevitable.
Zhuge Jin highly recommends Lu Xun to Sun Quan. Sun Quan had no choice but to summon Lu Xun directly and ask about his personal wishes and claims. Unexpectedly, Lu Xun agreed with pleasure and immediately proposed the army formation and combat plan, indicating that he had been preparing and thinking for a long time.
The army proposed by Lu Xun was as many as 50,000 people, exceeding the army led by Zhou Yu and 4 in the Battle of Red Cliff. The lineup includes the first and second generation famous generals of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, and his ambition is amazing. Sun Quan was very happy to approve all his plans.
Commander-in-Chief: Lu Xun (self-centered staff)
First Army: Zhu Ran (second generation famous general)
Second Army: Pan Zhang
Third Army: Song Qian
Fourth Army: Han Dang (first generation famous general)
Fifth Army: Xu Sheng (second generation famous general)
Preparatory Division: Xian Yudan (minority leader)
Preparatory Division: Sun Huan (Sun Quan's relative famous general)
From this group point of view, regardless of military strength and combat power, Lu Xun's Eastern Wu Defense Army is obviously better than Liu Bei's Eastern Expedition Army.
In order to concentrate on dealing with Liu Bei's army, Sun Quan sent envoys to surrender to Cao Pi and sent back , who was imprisoned in Jiangling by Guan Yu.
Someone advised Cao Pi to take advantage of the tension in Shu and Wu relations and join forces with Liu to destroy Wu, but was denied by Cao Pi.
Lu Xun defeated the toughness with softness and did not fight head-on with Liu Bei's army, but fought a war of attrition and a protracted war.
Over the long term, Liu Bei couldn't stand it. Long-distance expeditions made it difficult to transport grain. Although it was along the Yangtze River , reducing a lot of manpower and material resources, if it continued to consume this, the operation of Shu Han would inevitably have problems. So he couldn't wait any longer.
By the end of June, Lu Xun saw Liu Bei's army in the Eastern Expedition and gradually became tired, and his enthusiasm for revenge had lost. He secretly sent a secret letter to Sun Quan, who was guarding Wuchang . The letter expressed confidence in defeating Liu Bei's army in the near future.
Liu Bei and Lu Xun
One is a veteran on the battlefield who is experienced and experienced, but rarely really wins;
One is a scholar-type commander who is a fledgling, good at planning, but is mature and has not yet failed;
One is an avenger with resentment and unstable emotions;
One is a calm mind and rational thinking strategy.
Two forces lasted from July of the second year of Huangchu to June of the third year of Huangchu , from preparation, dispatch to confrontation, a whole year, and it took six or seven months just to compete in front of the formation.
In June, Lu Xun, who had been firm in his arms, judged that the time was ripe and decided to take the initiative to fight back.
pm leap month, southeast monsoon in central China , Lu Xun ordered the first army Zhu Ran army to go upstream from the waterway and directly attack Liu Bei's base camp stationed in the pavilion. The ship was carrying a large amount of thatched and firearms, intending to launch a fire attack. Han Dang and Pan Zhang's army detoured from the right wing and entered Zhuoxiang two hundred miles later, intending to cut off the retreat of Liu Bei's vanguard troops. Xu Sheng and Song Qian first attacked Yidao, lifted Sun Huan's siege, and worked with Sun Huan's army to attack Yiling's garrison from the south bank. If everything goes well, you can cross the river and join Han Dang's army in Zhuo Township, join forces to pursue Liu Bei's army directly to Zigui . In this battle, Lu Xun's strategic intentions were fully realized:
At about midnight, a large number of Eastern Wu warships went upstream and attacked the base camp of the Qiting. Liu Bei was shocked and immediately ordered the entire battalion to prepare for war. At that time, the wind was strong in the southeast, and Zhu Ran launched a fire on the ship, and Liu Bei's camp immediately caught fire. Especially in summer, most of Liu Bei's camp tents are tied next to the woods to make it cool. Fire defeated wood, and all the tents of the turret immediately fell into the sea of fire. The Shu army trampled on each other during the turmoil, and countless people died.
Shengji saw that the situation was hopeless, he immediately protected Liu Bei to retreat westward and notified all battalions to come and protect the enemy. When Feng Xi and Zhang Nan heard that the base camp had changed, they immediately abandoned Lu Xun's main force and retreated westward to rescue Liu Bei.
Wu Ban , who had just crossed the Yangtze River, was preparing to attack Luxun’s North Bank camp, but was out of stock. He knew that something was wrong, so he immediately ordered a retreat westward. Soon, when the Shu military camp on the shore was in flames, Wu Ban did not care about the Shu army still surrounding Yidao, so he had to rush to the Qiting to help. The First Army of Shu Han, which was surrounded by Yidao, was attacked by Xu Sheng and Song Qianyou behind the scenes. Sun Huan took the opportunity to attack him, and almost all the troops were wiped out, and countless surrendered.
Due to the strong wind in the early morning, the fire was fueled. From the Qingting to Yiling, all the camps were on fire. Liu Bei's army had to cross Yiling and prepare to retreat to Zigui City, which had strong fortifications.
But at this time, the Han Dang and Pan Zhang's army had captured Zhuo Township from the north bypass, completely cutting off the retreat route of the Shu army. Xu Sheng, Song Qian and Sun Huan's army, who were returned from Yidao, cooperated with Lu Xun's main force to attack from the east. Zhu Ran's army was attacked by water, and Han Dang's army set up a blocking formation like a iron wall in front. Although the army of Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and Wu Ban had already met, most of the military strength was lost in panic.
Wu Ban voluntarily led the suicide squad to rush straight to Han Dangjun, trying to find a way out. Feng Xijun cut off his rear, and Zhang Nan protected Liu Bei and retreated to Ma'anshan District northeast of Zhuo Township.
After Liu Bei's remnants retreated into Ma'anshan, they immediately deployed fortifications around the mountains. Soon after, they saw Fu Tongjun meet forward and felt relieved. Lu Xun led the military camps to siege Ma'anshan. The Shu army fought to the death. After more than a day of fierce fighting, the Shu army suffered heavy casualties. Fu Tong and persuaded Liu Bei to break through the siege. Liu Bei was also worried that the entire Shu army would be wiped out, so he took advantage of the darkness to break through. Since Zigui City had fallen, Liu Bei had to continue to go west, cross Wu County, and go straight to Baidi City .
In this battle, Liu Bei's army suffered heavy losses. Wu Ban, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Cheng Ji and Fu Tongdian all died on the way to escort Liu Bei to escape. After Liu Bei retreated to Baidi City, he couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that I was defeated by the young Lu Xun. Isn't it God's will!" He sighed that the Yangtze River was pushing the previous wave.
In this battle, Liu Bei's army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the boats, equipment, and water and army funds brought out were almost completely lost.Only the troops of Yamenmaster Xiang Chong were able to maintain military discipline in a panic, and no one fled. The entire army retreated to Baidi City and became Liu Bei's temporary guards, strengthening the fortifications of Baidi City, allowing Liu Bei to have a short rest. This is the story of what Zhuge Liang said in the "Memorial of the Departure" in the "Memorial of the Departure" in the future, "The general is in a good manner, has a good military character, and is very knowledgeable. He tried to use it in the past, and the late emperor called it "energy".
After Liu Bei retreated to Baidi City, the young and powerful generals, led by Xu Sheng and Pan Zhang, submitted a letter to Sun Quan, proposing to take the opportunity to invade Baidi City, and they would definitely capture Liu Bei alive and defeat Zhao Yun's army.
Sun Quan used this to ask Lu Xun for his opinion. Lu Xun then joined hands with Zhu Ran and others to say: "According to the information from the north, Cao Pi is forming a large number of troops. On the surface, he wants to help us fight against Liu Bei, but in fact he wants to find an opportunity to attack our Eastern Front. Therefore, I think the overall situation is the priority. The war on the Western Front should be ended immediately and the national defense matters should be redeployed."
Sun Quan saw that Lu Xun's attitude was firm, and the intelligence was collected intact and thoughtful, so he ordered the full withdrawal of troops.
Bitting Battle , an almost fatal blow to Liu Bei, who was famous for his "hero", the newly established Shu Han was greatly damaged, the Northern Expedition Cao Wei , and the ambition to restore the Han Dynasty could no longer be fulfilled in his own hands. In addition to grief, his health situation deteriorated rapidly. Several bad news came from Chengdu, first of which was the death of Situ Xu Jing in old age and illness. Then Ma Chao, a famous cavalry general in the Western Liang clan who was only 47 years old, also passed away. The four newly built military camps in the Hanzhong era died one after another. The Shu Han Dynasty was able to be the only general who had enough reputation, probably Zhao Yun and Wei Yan were left.
Perhaps he also felt that his life had come to an end, and it was impossible to retake Jingzhou , so he ordered the tomb of Mrs. Gan to Sichuan. In the spring of the following year (the fourth year of Huangchu), Liu Bei's illness quickly became worse, so he sent someone to Chengdu to ask Zhuge Liang to quickly arrive in Yong'an.
From February to April of the fourth year of Huangchu, Zhuge Liang stayed in Yong'an and jointly planned the future plan of Shu Han with Liu Bei. After receiving the order, the new Shangshu Ling Yan was seriously ill because Liu Bei was seriously ill and had been in Yong'an. Because he was an old minister in Shu, he became the best consultant for Liu Bei and Liang. After the Battle of the Bingting, the entire situation changed greatly. Wei and Wu were separated and there were signs of reconciliation between Liu and Sun. The world's three-part division seemed to have completely taken shape.
However, the situation in Shu Han is quite bad. In terms of national defense, the four generals in Weizhen China, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong, died one after another. In addition to the lost army of the Qingting, the combat power of the Shu Han Dynasty has almost collapsed. In the future, the confrontation with Cao Wei and Sun Wu, will become increasingly difficult.
The rule of Yizhou and Hanzhong was not completely stable, and two major tragedies of Jingzhou's fall and the defeat of the Eastern Expedition army occurred one after another, which would cause serious financial and economic burdens on Shu's country. If Liu Bei had a few shortcomings at this critical moment, the stability of his internal affairs might immediately cause a crisis.
As Zhuge Liang said in "The Memorial of the Front" later: "The late emperor started his business and died in the middle way. Today, he was exhausted. This is a critical autumn of survival and death..."
Liu Bei is of course well aware of the dangers. He urgently summoned Zhuge Liang to use the last days of his life to thoroughly exchange views with this substantial heir and jointly formulate a response plan behind him.
In mid-April, Liu Bei's condition worsened and he immediately issued a will to the prince of Chengdu, Liu Chan, and gave it to Zhuge Liang and Li Yan, who were first examined. The full text is as follows:
I had diarrhea at first but later transfected with another disease. It depends on the situation that I will not be cured. I will not be called the heavenly slaughter at the age of fifty. Now I am more than sixty years old, so I will not be more resentful. Therefore, I do not worry about myself, but only think about the future of your brothers (referring to Liu Chan).
I heard from Prime Minister Zhuge that you are very powerful and make rapid progress, exceeding his expectations. If this is true, what worries do I have? I hope you can work harder. Do not do evil because of small evil, and do not do good because of small good.
Everything aims to seek talented people and virtues, so that the subjects can be completely convinced by you.
. . . . . . . .
Zhuge Liang finished reading it and said with red eyes: "Please rest assured. Assisting the crown prince is the duty of the minister. I hope Your Majesty will calm down and recover as soon as possible to meet the expectations of the people of the world."
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang for a long time, sighed, and firmly instructed: "Your talent is ten times more talented, Cao Pi will be able to safeguard the country and finally make a big deal. If the descendant (Liu Chan) can assist him, assist him; if he is not talented, you can take it yourself."
Zhuge Liang's face changed drastically, panic and moved, tears rolled down, and immediately knelt down beside the bed, saying, "How dare I not do my best to be loyal to you until my death!"
Liu Bei ordered the eunuch to help Zhuge Liang up, and asked Li Yan to come forward, asking him to assist the Prime Minister in assisting the crown prince. He also called two princes, Liu Yong, and Liu Li, and told them and told the crown prince Liu Chan: "You brothers will treat the Chief as a father in the future, and work together to do not violate it." After saying that, tears fell like rain.
On the same day, Liu Bei ordered the ministers to serve the ministers in Yong'an Palace, announcing his or her to entrust Zhuge Liang, and appointed Li Yan as the deputy to jointly assist in the administration.
Emperor Wen of Wei In the fourth year of Huangchu, Liu Bei died of illness in Yong'an Palace at the age of 63 and was posthumously named Emperor Zhaolie.
Although it was expected, Liu Bei's death still caused a great shock to the newly established Shu Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang did not dare to return to Chengdu and stayed in Yong'an for the time being, and arranged national defense matters in the east and the north nearby. Baidi City, guarded by Zhao Yun, will not have any problems in the short term. Due to the deaths of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao in the northern defense line, the new generals lacked reputation. The Cao Wei army in the Guanzhong side was ready to move. Wei Yan alone defended in the Hanzhong Basin , and indeed under a lot of pressure.
Liu Bei has passed away, and the counties in Shu are inevitably instability. Both Cao Wei and Eastern Wu may have taken the opportunity to harass them, so stabilizing border defense has become the most important task. It was not until two months later that Zhuge Liang had a funeral, returned to Chengdu, and ordered Li Yan to be the guardian of Zhongdu and guard Yong'an.
In May, Crown Prince Liu Chan ascended the throne and honored Empress Wu as the Empress Dowager. He was amnesty and changed the reign to Jianxing . In history, Liu Bei was called the first lord of Shu Han, while Liu Chan was called the later lord. The coffin of Liu Chan's mother, Mrs. Gan, was also transferred from Nanjun to Chengdu. In August, she was buried with Liu Bei in Huiling , south of Chengdu.
