Why did Liu Bei bring Wei Yan, Huang Zhong and Pang Tong instead of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei?
Pang Tong's experience is very complicated, and he jumped several times. Of course, jumping around is only in the southwest. Pang Tong first worked for Liu Biao, but Liu Biao refused to promote him. When Pang Tong was depressed, he went to Zhou Yu's hand. Zhou Yu appreciates Pang Tong and trusts Pang Tong. However, Zhou Yu's life was short, and he died before Pang Tong could give full play to his talents. After Pang Tong sent Zhou Yu's coffin back to Chai Sang, he became a man without a master. Pang Tong has contacts with many famous people in Wu Dong. Lu Su recommended Pang Tong to Sun Quan. Sun Quan doesn't like Zhou Yu's people very much. Therefore, the proposal failed. After Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhuge Liang also recommended Pang Tong to Liu Bei. Liu Bei made him a county magistrate of a remote small county. Zhuge Liang recommended it again. Liu Beicai promoted Pang Tong. Liu Bei became a couple in this way. However, on the issue of world progress, Zhuge Liang advocated that the soldiers should attack the Central Plains in two ways. Pang Tong thinks that Liu Bei's influence is limited, and Jingzhou, which is under siege, has the conditions to give up, and Yizhou is the best policy.
This goes against the original intention of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. In this way, in order to avoid possible disputes between Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. Liu Bei must alienate them appropriately. Pang Tong therefore followed Liu Bei to a new place to make contributions. Zhuge Liang stayed in Jingzhou.
At the end of the Han dynasty, the situation was that the group competed with each other, and whoever had soldiers would be defeated. Cao Cao has soldiers, and cattle have heaven. He sends troops to fight every day to realize his ambition. Cao Cao thought that local power groups would not want to be merged. So try to save it. Liu Ye felt the threat of Cao Cao in surprisingly. Zhang Lu in Hanzhong was a vassal of Liu Zhang's father. Zhang Lu's mother was beautiful, and Ada liked it, so he put Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. Zhang Lu despises Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang killed Zhang Lu's mother and brother. They became enemies. Hanzhong refuses to accept Liu Zhang. But also threatened Liu Zhang. There is great pressure inside and outside Chengdu. Ministers are trying to protect themselves, and they don't want people like Liu Zhang in charge of the overall situation in Chengdu.
Liu Zhang wanted Liu Bei to go to Shu to help him guard against Zhang Lu's invasion of Hanzhong.
When Liu Bei went to help Liu Zhang, he naturally wouldn't bring a good soldier. Who doesn't know the truth of destroying the country by false means? Besides, there are many people in Shu who oppose Liu Bei's entry into Shu, thinking that letting Liu Bei come to Shu is inviting wolves into the room. Dare Liu Bei lead a good soldier? Obviously, only people without brains would do this. When Liu Bei went to Shu, he brought a small group of old, weak and sick people to help Liu Zhang, thus eliminating Chengdu's doubts about himself.
Liu Bei can't put eggs in one basket. Take away the elite soldiers and strong generals, and Jingzhou will be left unguarded. Wu Dong will take it away. Dongwu came to Jingzhou every day and saw that there were no soldiers guarding several counties in Jingzhou, so he would not miss these opportunities. In addition, Liu Bei also brought Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. These generals have long been famous. Do you need these generals to deal with Zhang Lu? I'm afraid it's ulterior motives! I'm afraid Liu Bei will be suspected by Liu Zhang, which will lead to disputes. There will be chaos in surprisingly. In this way, Jingzhou was defenseless and surprisingly chaotic. Liu Bei was caught between Scylla and Charybdis and was beaten to death. Therefore, if Jingzhou wants to be protected, it is certainly impossible to ask more people and horses to give up.
Besides, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong have just surrendered, so it's hard to say whether they are sincere or not. Besides, Wei Yanxian recited Liu Biao first, then rebelled against Han Xuan, and voted for Liu Bei only when he was desperate.
And Jingzhou base area, I'm afraid it is his own clique of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang to manage, and Liu Beicai is more at ease. Liu Bei's wife and Dou are also in Jingzhou, so there can be no more mistakes.
Third, Liu Bei used Jingzhou to surrender. These people are familiar with the terrain and the danger of giving up.
Jingzhou is next to Yizhou, a neighboring country. Feng shui, mountains and rivers are all similar in topography. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are familiar with these paths. It is better and cheaper for someone to lead the way than no one to lead the way. This can reduce the resistance on the road.
In addition, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong also played a weathering role in Shu. It will play a calming role. This effect is particularly obvious after Liu Bei and Liu Zhang turned against each other. It is attractive to attract people who don't want to work under Liu Zhang. The so-called role model has unlimited power, that is, it can play a leading role. Wei Yan is undoubtedly such a tactical chip.
The purpose that Liu Bei intends to give up is to help Liu Zhang. Liu Bei went as a guest. Nature is a head on two shoulders. Of course, Liu Bei is a big shot, and there are several people under his command and several guards to protect him. He needs another team to accompany him.
Liu Bei took the old, the weak and the sick to help Liu Zhang. Liu Bei brought Pang Tong, and Pang Tong's fame was not as great as Zhuge Liang's, so it had little influence on Chengdu people. Of course, making suggestions is not as dangerous as Zhuge Liang. Wei Yan and Huang Zhong are both from Jingzhou, and they are not famous in the eyes of Chengdu Group, let alone their age. Just like you make a living here. The appearance of Liu Bei relieved many psychological pressures in Liu Zhang and Chengdu.
Liu Zhang did not doubt Liu Bei's actions. Liu Zhang gave Liu Bei a lot of materials and increased his own army. Liu Bei's strength has greatly increased, and these troops are all local to Chengdu. Will they follow Liu Bei? Liu Zhang doesn't think so. This is how Liu Zhang refuted those who refused to let Liu Bei enter Sichuan.
Liu Bei got a lot of materials from Liu Zhang to supplement the elite teachers. They were stationed in Jiamengguan, but Liu Bei hardly went to war with Zhang Lu, but transferred troops from Jingzhou to make them stronger than Mazhuang.
It seems that Liu Bei came prepared and put Liu Zhang in a huge pocket.
Reason 1: Whether Nakagawa can be laid is still full of unknowns. Jingzhou is Liu Bei's base area, so we must leave enough elite soldiers to stick to it and never lose them.
Reason 2: Although Liu Bei had long wanted to swallow Shu, he went to Sichuan not to fight Liu Zhang, but to help Liu Zhang pacify Zhang Lu in Hanzhong at the request of Liu Zhang. Therefore, the army that Liu Bei brought into Sichuan should not be too weak or too strong. It must have two characteristics:
(1) Let Liu Zhang see that the soldiers I brought out by Liu Bei can fight and have fighting capacity, and can help you do great things.
(2) But I am poor, with few troops and insufficient ammunition and food. Therefore, in order to help you fight well, you have to greatly subsidize my personnel, horses, armor, food and so on.
These two things were done, and Liu Bei further strengthened himself and weakened potential enemies.
In those days, Liu Bei took in Lu Bu, and then Lu Bu took advantage of Liu Bei's main force to levy Yuan Shu to expel Zhang Fei and seize Xuzhou. When Xuzhou fell, the Xuzhou officials of Liu Bei's army turned to Lu Bu because their families were trapped in Xuzhou.
Therefore, the disintegration of Liu Bei's Xuzhou army is different from Lu Bu's subject and object. From "Xuzhou Animal Husbandry" to a watchdog who led the remnants to station in Xiaopei and guarded the door for Lu Bu.
Liu Bei, who fought for half his life and was displaced from place to place, suffered from lack of base areas, and more urgently needed a solid rear area to support him to display his ambitions than anyone else.
Therefore, not only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other core generals of Liu Bei's army stayed in Jingzhou, but even Zhuge Liang, who Liu Bei valued most, stayed in Jingzhou and unified the deployment of generals.
In order to ensure that Jingzhou is foolproof!
Therefore, before attacking Sichuan, Jingzhou was of unparalleled importance to Liu Bei Group, which had no home front for a long time.
As can be seen from the above, when Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he first fought a political war.
What kind of political war? It is nothing more than expanding the army and collecting the hearts and minds of the people.
(1) As mentioned above, the first thing is to show the face of the army and the combat effectiveness of the troops under its jurisdiction.
Let the officials and people in Sichuan see that Liu Bei's army is well-trained, disciplined and full of fighting capacity, which is enough to help you defend against the invasion of Zhang Lu and even Cao Cao.
Secondly, Liu Bei will also take this opportunity to unite internally and give the newly defected generals a chance to make contributions.
Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others, as old generals in Jingzhou, were entrusted with the important task of assisting Liu Bei to enter Sichuan when they joined Liu Bei, which gave them the opportunity to make contributions and showed Liu Bei's full trust in them. People are naturally excited and do their best.
Needless to say, Pang Tong's talent and military strategy. The general strategy of Huang Zhong and Wei Yan must be enough to prop up the scene.
On military career, both Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were southerners in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and they were very skilled in marching and fighting.
Huang Zhong is famous for his bravery. Wei Yan had his own trilogy before he voted for Liu Bei. Trilogy is not something that ordinary people can have.
Therefore, although these two men are not as famous as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, their ability to command the army is actually not lost to Zhang Guan.
(2) In essence, Liu Bei led the troops into Sichuan as mercenaries. When the internal integration is completed and the combat effectiveness is shown to Nakagawa.
So he began to cry and complain, and spoke to Liu Zhang about conditions, officials, soldiers and food.
Finally, all the conditions of Liu Bei were met.
First, Fu He was appointed as a captain.
And got the power to supervise the Sichuan White Water Army. In addition, the 4,000 troops led by Fa Zheng helped Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's troops increased by 30,000 at once. He also got a lot of carts, sticks, instruments, armor, food and other materials.
Liu Bei was a partial teacher when he entered Shu. After some battles, he was expanded into a complete field army.
Therefore, Liu Huangshu naturally played a special role, taking kindness as his friend and benevolence as his trust in the government and the people. At this point, like a nail, it was firmly nailed in the middle of Sichuan, laying a solid foundation for the whole Yizhou.
Instead, think about it.
If Liu Bei stays in Jingzhou as a partial teacher, he will lead Guan, Zhang and other generals and all the main forces into Sichuan.
Then, not only the safety of Jingzhou is unpredictable. When Liu Zhang witnessed Liu Bei's military appearance, perhaps he was more afraid of Liu Bei than Zhang Lu.
In this way, Liu Bei will face the danger of being alone in an unexpected place, but the base camp is empty and may fall at any time.
Liu Bei took Pang Tong, Wei Yan and Huang Zhong to Sichuan without Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang. Why? I think there are several reasons:
First, the purpose of Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan cannot arouse Liu Zhang's suspicion. At that time, Liu Zhang was beaten by Zhang Lu, and he was a little panicked. He is going to ask Cao Cao for help. As a result, Zhang Song was insulted by Cao Cao. When he came back angrily, Liu Bei cut him off.
Liu Bei's fierce operation fascinated Zhang Song and finally decided to help Liu Bei seize Yizhou. Therefore, Liu Bei entered Sichuan not to help Liu Zhang attack Zhang Lu at all, but to seize Yizhou.
This goal was put forward by many wise men in Yizhou politics at that time. For example, the grave has repeatedly advised Liu Zhang not to invite wolves into the house.
But Liu Zhang just followed Zhang Song's advice. He thought Liu Bei was surnamed Liu, and the two brothers were good. Besides, Liu Bei is famous for his benevolence and righteousness all his life. Can't he smash his signboard at this time?
But you said that Liu Zhang didn't hesitate at all, which is unrealistic. At this time, Liu Bei must learn to hide. If he takes the core team to give up, it will definitely arouse Liu Zhang's suspicion!
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are all ten thousand enemies, and they are also the main force for Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou. Zhuge Liang is Liu Bei's most important counselor and a key figure in Liu Bei's capture of Jingzhou.
So, if Liu Bei came to Yizhou with the core members of this group of entrepreneurs, Liu Zhang would be uncomfortable in his heart, and even suspected that Liu Bei had come to rob the class and seize power.
Therefore, in order to reduce Liu Zhang's suspicion, Liu Bei must hide his strength. Both Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are newcomers who have just joined the Liu Bei Group. They have made little contribution and are not well-known internationally.
Although Pang Tong claims to be Feng Chu, there is no example of success, and it is not impossible to be superficial. Entering Sichuan with such a group of people can not only reflect Liu Bei's sincerity, but also alleviate Liu Zhang's suspicion.
Guess, if Liu Bei went directly into Sichuan with Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, Liu Zhang wouldn't let Liu Bei's army in.
Second, Liu Bei's core team must hold Jingzhou. Liu Bei started his business in his early twenties, and after more than 20 years, he still achieved nothing. After arriving in Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang planned his future and finally settled in Jingzhou at the age of 50.
In fact, the life span of the ancients was not high. Liu Bei is old and finally has a base area. What do you think of Jingzhou?
Jingzhou was Liu Bei's most important base area and his only base area at that time. And Yizhou, whether it can be won, is still unknown. Therefore, Jingzhou must not lose before winning Yizhou.
Cao Cao and Sun Quan must have coveted Jingzhou for a long time. Who will defend Jingzhou if Liu Bei takes all the core teams away? Not to mention whether Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Pang can hold Jingzhou, even if they have enough ability, can they be loyal? I just started my job, and I haven't cultivated feelings with you yet. Why should I work for you?
At this time, it was Liu Bei's hometown that Liu Bei Group had the ability and loyalty to guard Jingzhou. Therefore, for the stability of Jingzhou, Liu Bei must leave all these old buddies in Jingzhou.
Zhuge Liang is in charge of internal affairs and foreign affairs, while Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are in charge of military dispatch. They are both civil and military, and their loyalty and righteousness can be learned. Jingzhou is naturally foolproof.
Only when the rear is stable can Liu Can prepare for Yizhou ahead. At worst, I couldn't beat Yizhou, so I had to return to Jingzhou. If Yizhou can't fight and Jingzhou loses again, then Liu Beike will be poor again.
Third, balance internal strength and let new members make contributions. Who shot Jingzhou?
Therefore, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun made great contributions in the whole process of seizing Jingzhou. It can be said that they are members of Liu Bei's core team.
But after Liu Bei captured Jingzhou, he absorbed Pang Tong, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. How should we treat them? Of course, the best way to treat newcomers is to give them opportunities to contribute.
Obviously, winning Yizhou is the best chance. To tell the truth, they are all job-hoppers, and they can work directly on the battlefield. As for loyalty, it is certainly not as good as that of the first echelon, but it can be cultivated slowly.
You must understand what human nature is. As long as the price is right, anyone can sell it or not. This shows that the price has not yet reached home.
Liu Bei is a master of seeing through human nature. He understands that in order to maintain long-term stability, he must ensure that his team reaches a balance. Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun can be regarded as a team. They plotted to seize Jingzhou. But if no one can balance this team, who can hold them back after Liu Bei's hundred years?
The group pays attention to balance, even if there is a sales department, there are at least two groups competing with each other below. Therefore, Liu Bei is eager to build another team to balance this team. Pang Tong, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are obviously the most suitable candidates. As long as they can make meritorious military service in the process of seizing Yizhou, they can reach a balanced relationship with the first team.
Conclusion: Liu Bei's hopes were dashed. Liu Beiben intended to balance the strength of the group, but Pang Tong died. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan alone can't beat Yizhou at all. In desperation, Liu Bei had to re-enable the first echelon. Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun led the troops into Sichuan respectively, and Guan Yu was responsible for staying in Jingzhou.
In this way, the first echelon became the first to win Yizhou and Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou, which was a great responsibility and a great contribution. Therefore, Liu Bei failed to establish a force that can balance the first echelon.
It was not until the battle of Hanzhong broke out that Liu Bei saw hope again. He began to promote Fa Zheng, who gave advice, killed Huang Zhong in Xia, and even set up a rising star Wei Yan as the satrap of Hanzhong, leaving Zhang Fei in the cold.
It seems that the two teams have reached a balance, and as a result, Fa Zheng died young again. The power within the group is out of balance again, and there is no corresponding war to give them the opportunity to promote anyone else.
Time came to the battle of Yiling, and Liu Bei had been pinned down by the first echelon. Zhuge Liang became prime minister, and Zhao Yun dared to rebel against Liu Bei directly. Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei died, Liu Bei still felt that the strength of the first echelon should be weakened.
So this time Liu Bei did not bring the first echelon, but chose to bring Yizhou School. If Wu was defeated successfully, Yizhou School would be equal to Jingzhou School, but as a result, we all know that Liu Bei miscalculated. Yiling was defeated, and Shu Han almost perished. Zhuge Liang said: boss, you can collect snacks! At the critical moment, you have to rely on the old man!
References:
History of Three Kingdoms
Liu Bei entered Sichuan with Pang Tong as his counselor and Huang Zhong and Wei Yan as his main military commanders. In addition to giving new people a chance, there is another important reason, that is, who will lead the troops.
Pang Tong, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan have all taken refuge in Liu Bei in recent years and need opportunities to make contributions. I won't go into details about giving new people the chance to make contributions. Focus on the second point, who will lead the troops?
After Liu Bei won Jingzhou, the important members of his staff were arranged like this. Guan Yu, a general from a bandit background, led the prefect of Xiangyang to come from afar and was responsible for defending Cao Cao in Jiangbei (namely Nanjun). Zhang Fei was promoted to the new Tinghou (the legendary "New Tinghou Knife" of Zhang Fei's magic weapon was made at this time) and recruited generals, so Yidu was too defensive. Later, Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei to Jiangbei to assist Guan Yu. Zhao Yun is a partial general and a magistrate in Guiyang. Zhuge Liang, as the military commander in chief, is responsible for the taxation of Lingling, Guiyang and Changsha counties, that is, developing the internal affairs of the rear area.
Liu Bei had to stabilize the rear before hitting Yizhou. If Yizhou didn't hit it, Jingzhou was lost, and the loss outweighed the gain. With a solid rear, Liu Bei can boldly expand his territory with confidence. So some people can't move.
1. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who defended Cao Cao could not move, at least Guan Yu, the main person in charge, could not move.
2. Zhuge Liang cannot move. Economic development is also very important, which is the key to a good fight.
Compared with Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang is steady and Pang Tong is radical. Staying behind to develop the economy requires Zhuge Liang's steadiness, while the situation in Sichuan is complicated, which requires Pang Tong's quick wits.
Zhao Yun can move, but Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are more suitable for Sichuan than Zhao Yun.
According to historical records, Wei Yan went to see Liu Bei with his own songs, and Liu Bei gave Wei Yan the position of general of yamen.
The position of yamen general was initiated by Liu Bei, and was previously held by Zhao Yun promoted by Wei Yan. The main job of this official position is to protect the safety of the master Liu Bei and command Liu Bei's pro-army. Liu Bei must have brought his own army into Sichuan, so Wei Yan couldn't stay.
Huang Zhong didn't say anything at that time, but he was from Changsha. Although he is not a prefect, he is definitely in charge of military affairs in Changsha. Before Liu Bei took over Jingzhou, Huang Zhong helped Liu Pan defend Taishi Ci of Soochow. Among the four counties in Jingnan, Changsha Army has the strongest fighting capacity.
Liu Bei went into Sichuan to fight hard. It is also a priority to bring the Changsha army, which can fight the most. As the commander-in-chief of Changsha Army, Huang Zhong is definitely going to Sichuan.
After Liu Bei was defeated in Sichuan, he moved the second echelon to Sichuan. At this time, whoever enters Shu has priority, and Guan Yu still can't move to defend Cao Cao. Pang Tong died, and Zhuge Liang was the only counselor who was competent militarily, so Zhuge Liang had to go to Shu. Zhao Yun in the rear of the army and Zhang Fei, who plays an auxiliary role, can also be transferred to Sichuan.
However, after the second deployment, there was a vacuum in Jingzhou defense. Guan Yu's forces are acceptable in the south county of Jiangbei, but the four counties of Jiangnan Jingnan are a little stretched, especially in Changsha and Guiyang, which border Wu Dong, and their forces can't even organize a defensive war. This is why Sun Quan later sent Monroe's handsome 20,000 troops to attack the three counties in Jingnan, and Changsha and Guiyang surrendered without a fight, because there were no soldiers who could not resist. Afterwards, Liu Bei did not punish the city satrap (such as Changsha satrap Liao Li).
Liu Bei entered Sichuan at the request of Liu Zhang to help Liu Zhang fight Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu is just a third-rate player. If you take Guan Yu and Zhang Fei directly, Liu Zhang will inevitably feel that Liu Beiyou has swallowed his heart. Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, on the other hand, have no such risk and can hide their true intentions well.
Before getting Sichuan, Jingzhou was Liu Bei's basic dish, so we should try our best to keep Jingzhou stable. Zhuge Liang, who has a wide network of contacts and strong internal affairs ability, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who have strong military ability, are located in Jingzhou, which can guarantee the stability of their basic disk.
From the above two aspects, Liu Bei made excellent personnel distribution at the beginning of his arrival in Sichuan.
Liu Bei took Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Pang Tong to Sichuan and began to help Liu Zhang fight Zhang Lu. Later, the relationship with Liu Zhang turned upside down, and Liu Zhang went to war.
First, Liu Bei did not intend to attack Liu Zhang directly at first. At that time, although Liu Bei wanted to win Yizhou; But I didn't intend to go to Yizhou from the beginning, and I directly clashed with Liu Zhang.
Liu Bei led an army to Jiameng Pass and bought people's hearts with kindness and kindness. It can be seen that he is going to establish prestige and benevolent governance in Yizhou first. Then gradually take Yizhou.
So Liu Bei didn't take Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun with him from the beginning. On the one hand, it is unnecessary, and this trip is not to seize Yizhou; On the other hand, I am also worried that Liu Zhang will be wary and suspicious of him early.
If Liu Bei had planned to attack Yizhou from the beginning, he would have directly won the generals such as Guan, Zhang and Zhao.
Second, Jingzhou was the foundation of Liu Bei at that time and needed to be well defended. Before capturing Yizhou, Liu Bei's foundation and base camp were only five counties in Jingzhou. When Liu Bei entered Sichuan with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Cao Cao and Sun Quan both targeted Jingzhou as a "big fat meat".
Therefore, Jingzhou has great defensive pressure and needs suitable people to guard it. Otherwise, in a blink of an eye, Jingzhou may change hands, and Liu Bei and others will once again become rootless.
It is Liu Bei's best choice to leave Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others to guard Jingzhou together, so he can go to Yizhou with confidence.
Third, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others urgently need to make meritorious military service and prove their value. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others have followed Liu Bei for many years and achieved fruitful results. Later, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others joined, but they never had the chance to make contributions.
Liu Bei chose to bring Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others into Yizhou in order to give them the opportunity to accumulate meritorious military service. On the one hand, they can prove their value; On the other hand, you can also exercise them in this process.
In fact, both Huang Zhong and Wei Yan did make great contributions in the battle of Yizhou, and their official positions were promoted.
Because of Liu Bei himself, the war was not decided by the general's one-on-one fight with force, as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Liu Bei went out personally, with Pang Tong and Fa Zheng as the lieutenants, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan as the lieutenants. The lineup is strong enough. Jingzhou is an important place, which needs Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to sit in the town. With Zhuge Liang's assistance, Liu Bei's arrangement is very reasonable. Nevertheless, the actual process of fighting Liu Zhang is more difficult than expected, and the biggest problem is the shortage of troops. Plus Liu Bei attacked from one direction in northern Sichuan, which was easily blocked by Liu Zhang, so Zhuge Liang led Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun retreated to the Yangtze River, and Liu Zhang was attacked at both ends. Maybe this is Liu Bei's plan.
At that time, Liu Bei had Pang Tong and forensic evidence as his advisor. At this time, I didn't really listen to Zhuge Liang's strategic position at the same time, so I was relieved to leave Zhang Zhao at home. At the same time, these people are foolhardy, so Zhuge Liang has to stay and lead them, which is a bit limited.