After the Battle of Jiangling, Liu Bei went south to seize the four counties of Jingnan, and in order to connect the territories under his control, Liu Bei personally went to Jiangdong to meet Sun Quan and ask for the governor of Jingzhou. At that time, including Zhou Yu, Lü Fan and others, they all persuaded Sun Quan to keep Liu Bei, but in the end, Sun Quan put the overall situation first, and still listened to Lu Su's suggestion and lent Jiangling to Liu Bei.

At that time, in order to consolidate the alliance between Sun and Liu, Sun Quan also married his sister to Liu Bei, but this was not a sad marriage.

[Borrow "Jingzhou"]

Because Jiangling was occupied by Zhou Yu, Liu Bei's territory in Jingzhou was fragmented, and in order to consolidate his rule in Jingzhou, Liu Bei ignored Zhuge Liang's opposition and personally went to Jiangdong's ally Sun Quan to borrow Jiangling as the seat of Jingzhou's governance.

At that time, Jiangdong was divided into two factions, Zhou Yu and others advocated taking the opportunity to control Liu Bei and thus seize Jingzhou, while Lu Su advocated releasing Liu Bei and lending Jiangling to him to consolidate his position as allies.

After Liu Bei went to pay homage to Sun Quan, Zhou Yu played: "Liu Bei has the posture of a hero, and he is a fierce general like a bear and a tiger like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he will definitely not stoop to the use of others for a long time." In my humble opinion, the best strategy now is to relocate Liu Bei to Wu County, build the most luxurious palace for him, give him more beauties and things he likes to play, so as to satisfy his ears and eyes, and then separate Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, place them in different places, and send people like me to hold them hostage and let them fight with us, and the big thing can be successful. Now that he has ceded the land to fund it, let these three people get together, and they are all placed in the border field, I am afraid that Jiaolong will get the clouds and rain, and it will not be able to accommodate it in the pool! ”

At that time, General Pi Lü Fan also privately asked Sun Quan to detain Liu Bei.

However, Lu Su was firmly opposed to this matter, and he only persuaded Sun Quan to lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei in order to fight against Cao Cao together. Sun Quan considered that Cao Cao was in the north and should recruit heroes from all over the world, and was worried that Liu Bei would not be able to subdue him for a while, so he did not adopt the suggestions of Zhou Yu and others, and finally lent Jiangling and other places to Liu Bei.

According to the record of "Spring and Autumn of the Han and Jin Dynasties", at that time, Lü Fan persuaded Sun Quan to leave Liu Bei, but Lu Su said: "You can't do this." Although the general is wise and martial, but Cao Gong is powerful, we have just come to Jingzhou, and we have not laid enough kindness, we should lend this place to Liu Bei, so that he can appease it. Creating Cao Cao's enemies and strengthening the strength of his allies is the best policy. Sun Quan agreed with Lu Su's words and obeyed them.

It is said that when Cao Cao heard that Sun Quan had donated land to rescue Liu Bei, he was writing a letter and was so shocked that he dropped his pen on the ground.

[Confinement or Release]

Liu Bei personally went to Jiangdong to ask for the governor of Jingzhou, but it gave Sun Quan a big problem, in which Zhou Yu and Lu Su's ideas were reasonable, and it was impossible to say who was right and who was wrong.

Zhou Yu and others advocated that they had controlled Liu Bei and accepted Liu Bei's forces, which was absolutely not wrong. At that time, Jingzhou was divided between Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was the sole leader of the remnants of Jingzhou after Liu Qi's death. Moreover, the benefits of success are also very high, and it is worth the risk to take the opportunity to obtain the talents and territory under Liu Bei's command

But Lu Su's statement is not wrong, at that time, Cao Cao's strength was still very strong, it was difficult to fight with Sun Quan alone, once Sun Quan made a move on Liu Bei, it was likely to give Cao Cao a chance, after all, Cao Cao admired Guan Yu very much, no one knew what the outcome would be after Sun Quan's move, Lu Su's strategy of seeking stability was much more controllable in Sun Quan's view, which is why Sun Quan was not only willing to let Liu Bei go, but also lent him "Jingzhou".

There are many benefits of imprisoning Liu Bei, but there are also corresponding risks, the enemy is current, and avoiding infighting is regarded as the best policy by Sun Quan, which allowed Liu Bei to escape.

According to the record of "Shanyang Gongji": Bei Return, said left and right: "Sun Che rides long up and down, it is difficult to go down, I can't see it again." "Day and night.

It can be seen that Liu Bei also knew it in his heart afterwards.

Speaking of which, in fact, Liu Bei's behavior of going to Jiangdong in person is still too risky, Liu Bei may have been preparing to show his sincerity, but everything has a degree, Liu Bei personally went to read it, sincerity is irrelevant to Sun Quan and others, because for them, Liu Bei himself is a very tempting lamb, if it weren't for Sun Quan is a wolf with discipline, then Liu Bei's fate is unimaginable.

[Not a happy political marriage]

In history, after the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan married his sister to him in order to win over Liu Bei, and it is recorded in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Liu Bei went to Jiangdong, but it is clearly recorded in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that after Liu Bei seized the four southern counties of Jingzhou, it seems that Liu Bei went to Jiangdong after marrying Mrs. Sun.

The name of Mrs. Sun is not recorded in the materials of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" mentions that Sun Jian's daughter is called Sun Ren, and the Peking Opera excerpt "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang" is called Sun Shangxiang, and there are also titles such as Sun Renxian and Xiao Ji.

Due to the influence of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many people now have a good impression of Mrs. Sun, but in the official history, Mrs. Sun's attitude towards Liu Bei is actually very bad, and the marriage between the two is not happy at all.

Zhuge Liang once said: "When the lord was in the public security, he was afraid that Cao Cao would be strong in the north, worried that Sun would be forced in the east, and he was afraid that Mrs. Sun would change, and the scene at that time was really a dilemma. ”

And in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The True Biography of the Law", it is also recorded that Sun Quan's younger sister is quick-witted and fierce, and has the character and bearing of several of her brothers, and there are always more than 100 sword-wielding maids standing beside her, and Liu Bei is terrified every time he enters her room.

There are also relevant records in the "Yun Farewell Biography", later Liu Bei went west to Yizhou, Mrs. Sun was arrogant and indulgent, and sent more Wu officials and soldiers under her command to do illegal things, Liu Bei because of Zhao Yun's solemnity, specially ordered him to stay in Jingzhou to manage internal affairs.

There are also records of the separation of Liu Bei and his wife in the wild history (Note 1). It is said that Liu Bei and Mrs. Sun separated soon after they got married, and Liu Bei built a city in the tomb west of the public security city, and directly let Mrs. Sun live with her maids and guards.

It can be seen from this that Mrs. Sun did not love Liu Bei at that time, and also looked down on Liu Bei, the princess of the Sun family can be said to think very highly of herself, and the standard gap between her and the virtuous internal help is 108,000 miles, Liu Bei of course could not have a cold about it, and it can be said that she was taken away by Sun Quan later.

Note 1: I didn't find the relevant source of this material, so I just said that it was in the wild history.