In later generations, some people called the "Battle of Yiling" and "The Battle of Chibi" and "The Battle of Guandu" as the three major ~ battles of the Three Kingdoms period, but in fact, the Battle of Yiling cannot be compared with the other two battles regardless of scale and significance. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

【The scale of the Battle of Yiling】

Historically, there are contradictions in the records of Liu Bei's military strength about the scale of the Battle of Yiling and the number of troops on both sides, which is mainly recorded in "Fu Zi", which is not consistent with the records in other materials.

The record in the Jiangdong army is relatively clear, and the total strength of the troops led by Lu Xun should be more than 50,000 people, which is clearly recorded in the "Biography of Lu Xun".

In the first year of Huangwu, Liu Bei led the public to the western realm, and ordered Xun to be the governor of the capital, and the governor Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang, Song Qian, Han Dang, Xu Sheng, Xian Yudan, Sun Huan and other 50,000 people refused. - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Lu Xun"

As for Liu Bei's troop records, it is not very clear.

The Han generals Wu Ban and Feng Xi attacked the generals Li Yi and Liu Zhi, and marched into Zigui, with more than 40,000 soldiers. -- "Zizhi Tongjian: Wei Jiyi"

The Shu army is divided into dangerous places, more than 50 battalions before and after, and the soldiers should be rejected with the severity of the troops, from the first month to the leap month, the big break, Lin Chen beheaded and surrendered tens of thousands of troops. - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Lord Wu"

Guihai, Sun Quan wrote, saying: "Liu Bei has 40,000 people and 2,000 horses. - Book of Wei

The general Lu Yi defeated Liu Bei and killed more than 80,000 of his soldiers, and Bei was only spared. - "Fu Zi"

Because Liu Bei was basically wiped out in the Battle of Yiling, it is no problem for Liu Bei to lose tens of thousands of people in the "Biography of Lord Wu", tens of thousands of people can be 30,000 or 80,000, as if they are all in the past, but in fact, when recording historical materials, generally only the numbers in the battle record will be exaggerated, and will not be reduced, so the tens of thousands of people in "The Biography of Lord Wu" cannot be 80,000, if it is more than 80,000, the record will be directly 80,000 or nearly 100,000.

In the battle of Yiling, if Liu Bei lost nearly 100,000 troops, then his total strength was at least about 100,000, then the disparity between the forces of Shu and Wu was quite large, but this was not mentioned in all the sources, and this was mentioned in the battles of Chibi and Guandu. And later, Liu Bei also gave up the naval army and concentrated on land, probably because of his insufficient troops, so he had to do it.

On the whole, the records of "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Lord Wu", "Book of Wei" and "Zizhi Tongjian: Wei Ji I" are consistent, while the records in "Fu Zi" contradict the rest of the materials, and it was also said above that "Fu Zi" is not as good as "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of Wei" in the literature, so the record of Liu Bei's loss of 80,000 troops in "Fu Zi" is not adopted.

Liu Bei's headquarters has more than 40,000 troops, of which Huang Quan led part of the troops to prevent Cao Wei, plus the troops left behind in the rear, even if Liu Bei has the support of Shamoke and others when attacking Lu Xun, it is estimated that there are about 50,000 horses.

The total strength of the two sides in the battle of Yiling should be around 100,000, which is basically evenly matched.

[Unsurprising result]

Liu Bei's defeat in the Battle of Yiling is obvious, basically as long as you understand some common sense of the Three Kingdoms, it is impossible to think that Liu Bei can win, why, not to say how strong Lu Xun is, but because Liu Bei's military ability, especially the ability to lead troops alone, is not convincing, in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei's army defeated more and won less, and when he was a county commander, he was even abused by thieves.

At that time, when Liu Bei sent troops, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng were all dead, Zhuge Liang, Wei Yan, and Zhao Yun stayed in the rear, Ma Chao was seriously ill, and Liu Bei had a Huang Quan by his side, and he was sent to guard against Cao Wei, and there were no more people around him to follow, and relying on Liu Bei alone, it was too unrealistic to expect him to be able to defeat Jingzhou.

Without Cao Pi's intervention, Liu Bei's crusade against Sun Quan had no reason to win. In the name of Cao Pi usurping the country, Liu Bei should crusade against Cao Pi, in the military Liu Bei does not have many troops, military ability is average, and he is still impatient, and Lu Xun on the opposite side is a number of famous generals in the Three Kingdoms period, and he is still stationed in the local area, waiting for work, and it is too normal for Liu Bei to lose.

As for the reason why Liu Bei lost so badly, it was because there was such a big gap between him and Lu Xun in terms of military affairs, but if Fa Zheng was alive or Zhuge Liang accompanied him at that time, the situation might have been much better.

【The Overrated Battle of Yiling】

In history, the Battle of Yiling is not to be compared with the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Guandu, even the Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Xiangfan, it may not be compared, and it is purely a joke to say that it is one of the three major ~ battles in the Three Kingdoms era.

In terms of scale, the Battle of Yiling was only a local war between the two princes in the south, and the strongest prince at that time, Cao Wei, watched from the wall and did not participate in it at all, and the total number of troops mobilized by both sides was about 100,000, and the scale was not big at all, and there were not thirty or twenty major wars of this scale in the entire Three Kingdoms era.

There is no suspense in this battle from the beginning to the end, everyone knows very well that Liu Bei will lose, and in the final analysis, the battle of Yiling is that Lu Xun's local defense will completely defeat Liu Bei, who led the army alone, and not defeat Zhuge Liang or Sima Yi.

Of course, the battle of Yiling still has a great impact on later generations, this battle can be said to be the last battle between Shu and Wu, after this fiasco, the Shu Han group completely gave up the demand for Jingzhou, but in the final analysis, the battle of Yiling did not change the territory between Shu and Wu, and the alliance between Shu Han and Eastern Wu is the general trend, under the pressure of Cao Wei, this is sooner or later. The impact of the Battle of Yiling on later generations cannot be compared with the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Guandu.

Comparing the Battle of Yiling with the Battle of Xiangfan, it can also be found that the Battle of Yiling is inferior to the Battle of Xiangfan in terms of scale and impact. In the battle of Xiangfan, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Sun Quan three major groups were involved, Cao Wei directly involved in this battle of generals Xu Huang, Cao Ren, Yu Ban and other generals, Cao Cao, Sima Yi and other Cao Wei powerful figures also indirectly participated, as for Sun Quan group is even more exhausted, by Lu Meng, Lu Xun directly led the troops, the scale of the war is huge, there are land battles, there are floods, there are sieges, there are sneak attacks.

And the battle of Yiling was just a duel between Liu Bei and Lu Xun, or Lu Xun unilaterally tortured and killed Liu Bei. In a sense, the Battle of Xiangfan led to the rupture of the Sun-Liu alliance, and Jingzhou was captured by Sun Quan, changing the territory between Sun and Liu, and further causing Liu Bei to lose Shangyong and other three counties, and launched the Battle of Yiling.

If it is said that the Battle of Xiangfan and the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Guandu may still make some sense, it is a bit funny to add a Battle of Yiling to it.