Reasons for the failure of Liu Bei's Yiling War

1, Shu water army is not fully prepared.

If you go downstream from Zigui and cooperate with the army to capture Jiangling in lightning, you can achieve great things. But in fact, Liu Bei didn't do this, because the strength of the Shu army's water army was limited, and he went downstream, even if there was no return. General Huang hit the nail on the head. He said: "The people of Wu fought fiercely, but the water army went with the flow, so it was easier to advance than to retreat." . The word "easy to advance but difficult to retreat" expresses the lack of preparation of the Shu water army. The biggest drawback is that the number of water forces is too small.

2, talent withers, no will be available.

All the invincible "five tigers and generals" in the past have withered. 2 19 Guan Yu died in Jingzhou. Huang Zhong, who killed Xia in 220, died of illness. 22 1 year, Zhang Fei was killed by the Ministry. Ma Chao died in 222. On average, one general died a year, but at this time, there was only one Zhao Yun, who was left out because he opposed Liu Bei's attack on Wu, and did not take part in the war. Without an independent general to participate in the war, Shu is easy to fail.

3. The weather is hot, even in the jungle.

From 1 month to June, Liu Bei confronted Wu Jun for eight months. Lu Xun, commander-in-chief of Wu Jun, avoided the edge of Shu and surrendered without fighting. From the cold winter to the summer, the Shu army changed from the initial arrogance to low morale, and the hot summer became the biggest problem.

All the Shu army strikers in Xiaoting went to the mountain jungle for the summer, and even the Yiling water army stationed in the rear abandoned the Yangtze River and entered the jungle. At this point, all the Shu troops camped in the dense forest, which is the origin of the company's camping. The so-called seven hundred-mile company battalion is just a mountainous area from Yiling to Xiaoting, with a total length of only a few tens of miles.

Extended data:

According to historical records, Liu Bei's action of camping for 700 miles is not mentioned in the History of the Three Kingdoms. On the contrary, it is recorded that "the late Lord led people to March, cut off the mountain at the side of the mountain, and camped in Xiao Ting, Yi Dao".

It means that Liu Bei set out from Zigui, climbed mountains and reached a pavilion to camp. Note that Liu Bei led the generals to March, which at least shows that Liu Bei brought most of the ties to Yiling, and indirectly shows that Liu Bei's combat intention is aimed at Jingzhou. Liu Bei has no reason to take the tie away and let the soldiers camp for 700 miles!

Lu Xun's Biography of the Three Kingdoms said: "We are going to set up dozens of villages from Wuxia, Jianping to Yiling." Even encirclement refers to the range of forces when Liu Bei assembled his army. Liu Bei assembled, and there were dozens of battalions from Wuxia to Yiling. Show the process of Liu Bei's army assembly, advance layer by layer, and finally reach the border of Yiling.

The real 700-mile company camp in history comes from the biography of Emperor Wen of the Three Kingdoms. When Emperor Wen heard that the troops were in the east, they fought with Quan and camped at Shumen for more than 700 miles.