Historically, Liu Biao was considered to be the master of Shoucheng, so he was despised by many people, but few people knew how rare the word Shoucheng was in Jingzhou at that time.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes who can be called enemies on all sides are generally the north against Yuan Shao, the east enemy Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and the south to reject Liu Biao's Cao Cao, but Liu Biao's external environment in Jingzhou and Cao Cao can be said to be the same bad, at that time Liu Biao was Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers in the east, Zhang Xian, Zhang Yi and his son and Jiaozhou Mu Zhang Jin in the south, Liu Yan and Liu Zhang in the west, and Yuan Shu who originally occupied Nanyang in the north and Cao Cao who later coerced the princes to order the princes.

Jingzhou is also surrounded by enemies on all sides, so it is not easy to defend the two words.

【Enemy of Blood Feud Koto Sun】

In history, because of Sun Jian's death, the relationship between Liu Biao and the Sun Group in Jiangdong can be said to have been very bad, and Jingzhou was also regarded as a must-win goal in Jiangdong's "Jiangdu Pair" and "Couch Pair", so Sun Ce and Sun Quan brothers repeatedly crusaded against Jiangxia, the gateway of Jingzhou, in an attempt to use this as a springboard to seize Jingzhou.

At that time, Liu Biao handed over Jiangxia to his general Huang Zu, and mainly adopted the strategy of defending the territory, because Sun Jian died in the hands of Huang Zu's army that year, so the Sun brothers were particularly active in crusading against Huang Zu.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Sun Ce first went west to Huang Zu, and learned on the way that Liu Xun was crusading against Shangyu and the interior was empty, so he turned to the first crusade against Liu Xun personally led the army to attack Liu Xun's base camp Anhui City, and conquered it, and then Liu Xun asked Huang Zu for help, Huang Zu's son Huang Shot personally led the ship army of 5,000 people to help Liu Xun, Sun Ce learned that after Sun Ce learned, he led the army to crusade and defeated the coalition army of Liu Xun and Huang Shot in one fell swoop, Liu Xun fled north to Shun Cao Cao, and Huang Shot also fled back to Jiangxia.

After Sun Ce took advantage of the victory to pursue, marched to crusade against Huang Zu, Liu Biao sent his nephew Liu Hu and Nanyang Han Na to lead 5,000 people to help Huang Zu, the two sides had a big battle, Sun Ce won a big victory, killed Liu Hu and Han Na, only Huang Zu fled, Huang Zu's army was almost wiped out, more than 20,000 soldiers were killed in battle, 10,000 people were drowned, and Sun Ce captured 6,000 warships.

After this battle, Huang Zu could only barely protect himself, and could hardly threaten Sun Ce again, and Sun Ce was able to take the opportunity to mobilize his forces and seek to take the north.

After the death of Sun Ce in the eighth year of Jian'an (203), his younger brother Sun Quan once again sent troops against Huang Zu, and successfully defeated Huang Zu's army, but did not capture the city, and there was a rebellion in the rear, so he retreated.

In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), Sun Quan crusaded against Huang Zu for the second time, and only captured part of the people, but ended in vain.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Sun Quan crusaded against Huang Zu for the third time, when Gan Ning had already returned to Sun Quan, Sun Quan's general Ling Tong killed Huang Zu's vanguard Zhang Shuo, but because of the strong defense of Huang Zu's army in the area of Chukou and suffered heavy losses, at this time Zhou Yu sent Ling Tong and Dong Xi to lead a hundred death squads to cut off the connection between the two ships of Huang Zu's army blocking the mouth of the Huang Dynasty after hard fighting, and Lü Meng killed Chen in close combat, thus defeating Huang Zu's army, and Ling Tong also divided his troops to capture Jiangxia.

Huang Zu failed to escape this time, and was chased by the knight Feng Ze, and Sun Quan sacrificed his head to his deceased father Sun Jian.

After this battle, Sun Quan had already opened the door to Jingzhou, and if Cao Cao hadn't gone south in time, Sun Quan might have taken advantage of the situation to seize Nanjun, capture Jiangling and Xiangyang, and thus take the entire Jingzhou.

[Rebellious Zhang father and son]

Liu Biao chose to unite with Yuan Shao when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao confronted, so it was considered by many people to be a betrayal of the imperial court.

Originally, Jingzhou's governance was located in Hanshou, Wuling County, located in the central and southern part of Jingzhou, but after Liu Biao moved to Xiangyang in the southern county of the north, he was far away from the four southern counties, which weakened his ability to control this area, which is also one of the reasons why Zhang Xian could easily rebel against Liu Biao in the name of the imperial court.

According to the record of "Heroes", Zhang Xian is a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou. The successive officials Lingling and Guiyang Taishou won the hearts of the people. However, with a strong personality, Liu Biao looked down on him and was rude to him, so Zhang Xian held a grudge and betrayed Liu Biao.

According to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Huanjie", at that time, Cao Cao and Biao Shao were at a standout in Guandu, and Liu Biao led the men and horses of Jingzhou to meet Yuan Shao with all their might. When Huan Jie saw this situation, he persuaded Taishou Zhang Xian and said: "No matter what you do or what action you take, as long as you don't take etiquette and righteousness as the foundation, there is no one who will not fail." Because he understood this truth, in the past, Duke Huan of Qi led the princes to respect the son of Zhou Tianzi, and Duke Wen of Jin chased and killed the uncle and took in King Xiang of Zhou, and helped King Xiang of Zhou to restore the throne. Now that Yuan Shao has violated this principle, and Liu Biao is following him, they are all taking the road of self-destruction. You must be well aware of the great righteousness, distinguish between right and wrong, protect your good fortune, stay away from disasters, and never join them! ”

Zhang Xian asked, "But what should we do now?" ”

Huan Jie said: "Although Cao Cao's strength is very weak at the moment, he raised troops to save the peril of the imperial court, and was ordered by the king to crusade against the criminal ministers, who in the world dares to disobey?" Now, if you can unite the forces of the four counties, keep the three rivers, and wait for Cao Cao's army, then the inside and the outside should be united, isn't this a way out? ”

Zhang Xian said: "Okay! So he mobilized the men and horses of Changsha and the surrounding three counties against Liu Biao, and sent an envoy to meet Cao Cao, who was very happy. At this time, the battles between Yuan and Cao were going on one after another, and Cao's army had not been able to move south, while Liu Biao stepped up his attack on Zhang Xian.

At that time, Liu Biao personally led the troops to the conquest, and besieged the city for many years. Later, Zhang Xian died of illness, and his subordinates supported his son Zhang Yi as the Taishou of Changsha. Liu Biao took the opportunity to intensify his attack, and finally defeated Zhang Yi and recovered the land and army of Changsha County. Liu Biao took advantage of the victory to march into the southwest and took Lingling, Guilin and other places. In this way, Liu Biao's sphere of influence has reached Lingling and Guiyang in the south, completely controlling the four counties in the south, and Hanchuan in the north, with a territory of thousands of miles and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Huanjie turned out to be Sun Jian's subordinate, in history it was he who asked Liu Biao for Sun Jian's body, after Zhang Xian's death, Changsha City was breached, and Huanjie had to hide by himself. After a long time, Liu Biao recruited him to be engaged in sacrificial wine, and planned to marry his wife's sister Cai to him. Huan Jietui said that he already had a wife, but refused to accept it, and then resigned from the official due to illness.

The rebellion of Zhang's father and son greatly consumed Liu Biao's strength, which was one of the reasons why Liu Biao did not respond to Yuan Shao's opportunity to go north in the Battle of Guandu, and it was also one of the reasons why Cao Cao wanted to go south many times later, but after Zhang Xian's death, Liu Biao took the opportunity to defeat Zhang Yi, who had just ascended the throne, thus quelling the rebellion, which also greatly strengthened Liu Biao's ability to control the four southern counties.

Historically, when Zhang Xian rebelled, he may have been in contact with Zhang Jin, the pastor of Jiaozhou at that time.