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Influenced by romance and film and television dramas, in many people's impressions, Liu Bei once defeated Sun Quan and regained Jingzhou, so that Sun Quan tried to make peace with Liu Bei many times, but Liu Bei refused directly because he wanted to avenge Guan Yu and was finally defeated by Lu Xun in Yiling.

For similar reasons, many people can't help feeling that, in a word, if Liu Bei takes Jingzhou back, he will accept it, or let Sun Quan give Monroe's head to himself, and then promise Sun Quan peace, so maybe there will be no fiasco and ending.

A similar statement seems reasonable at first glance, but it is actually a typical nonsense. Because, in history, Liu Bei crusaded against Sun Quan and never regained Jingzhou. In a sense, as soon as his front foot stepped into the west gate of Jingzhou, his back foot was beaten black and blue by Lu Xun.

We usually think that Liu Bei fought bloody battles for Guan Yu's revenge, but in fact Liu Bei was very cautious when he marched eastward. Cautious, like Zhuge Liang's northern expedition to Cao Wei. On the surface, it looks like swallowing mountains and rivers; In fact, it is very cautious and always thinks about how to escape.

According to historical records, Liu Bei began his eastward expedition in July 22 1 year. At the same time, Sun Quan also asked Lu Xun to lead the army to fight. However, it was not until February 222 AD that Liu Bei's army advanced to Zigui! Actually, we don't have to look at anything else. Just look at Liu Bei's marching speed, you can know that Liu Bei is cautious to the extreme.

For Zigui, as long as you look at the historical map, you will find that this place is easy to seize; If we look at the topographic map again, we will find that Lu Xun will never argue with Liu Beiquan.

Because this place is just an outpost of Sun Quanxi's army defense line. This place is too far from Jiangling and too close to Yizhou, and it is all mountainous. It is difficult for Soochow to send troops here by land or water.

In this context, Lu Xun's initiative to give up the stronghold of Zigui was the greatest victory of Liu Bei's crusade. The problem is that Liu Bei's army has just entered the west gate of Jingzhou in essence, and there is still a long way to go before he retakes Jingzhou.

Next, does Liu Bei dare to move on? The answer is obviously no!

Based on Liu Bei's meaning, I naturally hope that Lu Xun and himself will compete for a place like Zigui.

The problem is that Lu Xun at that time was the same as Sima Yi later. In short, if you just want to fight me in a place like this, you'd better save it. You have seeds, go ahead. If you have no courage, you can go back. If you go back, I can get it back without bleeding.

Liu Bei obviously did not dare to cross the Zigui line rashly, because once he crossed Zigui, it was Yiling Mountain. I believe all the friends who have been there know very well how difficult it is to walk around here. In other words, taking the waterway around here is like saying goodbye to Bai Di and going to Jiangling thousands of miles a day. The problem is, if you want to go back, it's going upstream and taking the land. It is the Xiling Canyon, which stands on the cliff with amazing difficulty.

More importantly, Lu Xun's army is waiting in Yiling. In this context, the slightest disturbance of Liu Bei's army may lead to disastrous consequences. It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei's army reached the front line of Zigui and finally dared not move forward.

In fact, at this point, the outcome of this war has been divided; If Liu Bei is smart enough, he should go back, and Sun Quan has repeatedly said that he wants to make peace with Liu Bei. If Liu Bei were Zhuge Liang, he would definitely give up, at least he could blow it when he went back. In short, I beat Lu Xun and dared not go out! I want to avenge Guan Yu, but Sun Quan didn't dare to hit me, and I couldn't help it.

The problem is that in Liu Bei's view, Sun Quan has no sincerity at all. Because your Sun Quan is sincere, hurry to spit out related fields. You have repeatedly said that you want to reconcile, but you have never mentioned the return of the relevant areas. Are you kidding Liu Bei? Therefore, Liu Bei finally couldn't help gambling. This gamble is irrelevant. I just lost it and almost put my life in it.

In this sense, Liu Bei's only chance to stop when he is too good is to occupy Zigui. The problem is that Liu Bei has just stepped into the west gate of Jingzhou. If Liu Bei stops at a good time, it means that Jingzhou will completely become Sun Quan's territory.

And if Liu Bei withdraws his troops, Lu Xun can recover Zigui again at any time, which means that Liu Bei spent a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources on the crusade, but he didn't get any benefits in the end, which made Liu Bei swallow this tone!

As for slaying Lv Meng, it is obviously even more impossible. Because when Liu Bei conquered Sun Quan, Monroe was always in Nanjing. How could he kill Monroe? Unless he can force Sun Quan to kill Lv Meng, the question is, why did Sun Quan kill Lv Meng?

Many people think that Monroe killed Guan Yu without authorization, which caused Liu Bei's revenge, so Sun Quan had reason to kill Monroe. But in fact, Guan Yu's death was not done by Lv Meng without authorization, but by Sun Quan. Because Sun Quan and Liu Bei robbed a large territory, no matter how he cleaned up, Liu Bei would fight him.

In this context, Sun Quan naturally insisted on one thing and directly ordered the killing of Guan Yu. To sum up, since war is inevitable, it is better to cut off one of Liu Bei's minions first. For similar reasons, how could Sun Quan kill his right-hand man Lv Meng?