Liu Bei defeated Yiling. Why did he suddenly die without being hurt?
After Sun Quan failed to make peace, he decided to face Cao Wei directly and avoid fighting on two fronts. At the same time, Lu Xun was appointed commander-in-chief to command the army. After seven or eight months of stalemate between Lu Xun and Liu Bei, the army of Shu Han was finally defeated in Yiling area. After Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, the battle of Yiling was another great loss for Shu Han. But this is not the first time that Liu Bei failed. Why didn't you beat him in the first half of your life, but you are so angry this time?
Firstly, it analyzes how Liu Bei failed in the whole battle of Yiling.
At first, Liu Bei angrily led more than 700,000 troops to attack Soochow, trying to recapture the lost Jingzhou and avenge Guan Yu. At the beginning of this campaign, the army was actually unstoppable, and Soochow had no hope. However, after Lu Xun took command of the town, he adopted the arrogant strategy of playing hard to get, and retreated again until he retreated to Yiling area.
This led to a slack in the peak of the Shu army. Because the war lasted too long, Liu Bei actually knew that his army would not last long. After all, the supply of grain, grass and ordnance in the Shu army is very difficult, and Lu Xun's army can only be stimulated by scolding the array. Lu Xun was not so naive, and Liu Bei's call to action did not play a substantive role.
After a period of stalemate, Lu Xun successfully discovered the flaw in the position of the Shu army. Because there are many trees around, the weather is hot in July and August, which is very suitable for fire attack. So Lu Xun decisively adopted the fire company camp, and the fire spread all over the sky in a short time. Liu Bei's army of more than 700,000 troops did not make any effective response, and soon it was routed, which was a far cry from the fiasco of Changbanpo.
The fiasco of Changbanpo is that Liu Bei himself has no resistance. Liu Bei was outnumbered, and Cao Cao faced tens of thousands of people with his wife and children. In the face of Cao Cao's thousands of butch riding, failure is a foregone conclusion, and Liu Bei himself has no intention of resisting him to the end.
However, the battle of Yiling was different. In the early stage of the Yiling War, the Shu army had a pleasant journey. After a brief stalemate, the Shu army suddenly became inferior in just half a year. Moreover, after the defeat, most of Shu's military strength was lost, and Liu Bei had no chance to make a comeback. This will make Liu Bei have a gap that should have won, but suddenly he lost.
These are basically the specific situations. Liu Bei was not directly distressed, nor was he directly scolded by the Prime Minister Zhuge Wanglang for vomiting blood. In fact, you can understand how normal it is for Liu Bei to die after the battle of Yiling. First he got sick, then he died.
Secondly, there are at least two reasons for Liu Bei's death in Baidicheng.
First, Liu Bei is old and in poor health. In the second year of Zhangwu, that is, in 222 AD, Liu Bei launched a war against Wu in order to avenge his second brother, but it was defeated as never before. Lu Xun set fire to the city and defeated the Shu army. This year, Liu Bei was sixty-two years old. If you think about the average age in ancient China, it is said that people in their sixties have lived a long life.
According to the sanitary and nutritional conditions in ancient times, Liu Bei's physical condition is definitely not as good as that of an old man in his sixties now. Although Liu Bei is an emperor, limited by the development of science and technology, their nutrition level is also relatively backward. Therefore, the nutrition is inevitably unbalanced, and his physical condition is definitely not as good as that of modern people. In this case, it is very likely that he suffered from Qi disease. Due to poor medical conditions, he failed to receive timely and effective treatment and died unfortunately.
The second reason is that this failure is extraordinary.
Although Liu Bei had suffered many defeats before, even the defeat of Changbanpo was not so embarrassing. Because Liu Bei was young, with a complete cast and a strong family background, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others all worked beside him. At that time, he was young and couldn't afford to lose. If he lost, he could make a comeback. Some people have money, and losing once won't hurt their bones.
However, the fiasco of Yiling is different. The background of the battle of Yiling was that Guan Yu defeated Maicheng, and Zhang Fei was assassinated by his men for whipping soldiers after drinking. Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei's right-hand men, were killed. At this time, the situation turned sharply, Jingzhou fell, and Shu lost an important development base. The founding generals who made great achievements at the beginning were either old or hated the battlefield, and the talents of Shu entered a disjointed situation.
Liu Bei can't afford to lose this time. He knows that his life will soon come to an end, so if he wins this desperate gamble, Shu's national luck will come up. If you lose, you lose everything. To sum up, Liu Bei is certainly a powerful figure, but in the face of this situation, it is extremely normal to get angry and get sick and die.