Jingzhou is one of Kyushu in Han Dynasty and thirteen states in Eastern Han Dynasty. It belongs to an extremely important and wealthy country, and its jurisdiction is likely to be the whole territory of Hubei Province and Hunan Province. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was occupied by Liu Biao and governed nine counties, including Nanyang County, Nanjun County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, Xiangyang County and Zhang Ling County. Jingxiang Jiujun? Say it. In August 208, Liu Biao, the second son of Liu Biao, died of illness. With the help of Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others, Liu Biao succeeded Jingzhou Pastoral. However, Liu Biao is far inferior to his father Liu Biao. If it weren't for the help of scholars such as Cai Jia and Zhang Jia in Jingzhou, I'm afraid he couldn't do it in Jingzhou. It was because Liu Biao was ignorant and afraid of death that he heard that Cao Cao wanted to do it. With Jingzhou occupied by Cao Cao, the forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan were on pins and needles, because Jingzhou's position was very important. If Cao Cao completely occupied Jingzhou, Sun Quan and Liu Bei would be greatly threatened and even faced with extinction.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou was undoubtedly the most important place to compete for the world. The mountains and rivers are dangerous and solid, and they have been arrogant since ancient times. Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei in Longzhong? Jingzhou is a hometown of martial arts, with Han Mian in the north, Nanhai in the north, Wuhui in the east and Bashu in the west. ? When Lu Su admonished Sun Quanlian and Liu Kangcao, he clearly expressed the importance of Jingzhou. He said? Jingchu is adjacent, the water flows downstream, Jianghan can go, and the mountains are dangerous. There is a solid Huang Jincheng, fertile Wan Li and rich people. If it is based on it, it is the emperor's capital. ? . Therefore, Jingzhou was definitely the place that Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Liu Bei wanted at that time, and it was also the place that they could not lose. It is in this environment that shortly after Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, Sun Quan joined forces with Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao in order to prevent Cao Cao from swallowing himself and to compete for the ownership of Jingzhou, and finally the most famous Battle of Red Cliffs broke out. The Sun-Liu Alliance won all battles, while Cao Cao was forced to return to Jiangling.
Although Cao Cao's army did not completely destroy its foundation, it could not control the whole Jingzhou, and the Sun-Liu Alliance could not destroy Cao Cao. So he and Liu started the battle of Jingzhou. First of all, Sun Quan chose Nanjun, the strategic location of the Western Expedition, or Nanjun, the strategic location of the Western Expedition, while Liu Bei chose to defend Jingnan in the south, and finally successfully won four counties in Jingnan, namely Changsha County, Lingling County, Guiyang County and Wuling County. However, unlike Liu Bei's successful capture of four counties in Jingnan, Sun Quan's army was confronted with Coss in the process of recovering the south county, and suffered heavy casualties. Did Coss take part in the battle? The courage of heaven and man? It is conceivable how tenacious resistance Sun Quan's army met.
In the end, Sun Quan saw that there was no hope of recovering Nanjun, so he had to ask Liu Bei for help. Later, Liu Bei agreed to Sun Quan's help. First, he let Guan Yu successfully cut off Cao Ren's grain and grass in the north road, and then let Zhang Fei help Zhou Yu attack Jiangling City. Liu Bei himself detoured Xiashui to surround Coss. Finally, with the help of Liu Bei, Zhou Yu was able to successfully occupy Jiangling, the ruling place of Nanjun, while Sun Quan and Liu Bei captured Jiangxia County in Liu Qi. However, because Nanjun and Jiangxia counties were controlled with the help of Liu Bei, Sun Quan actually occupied only a part of Jiangxia county and Jiangling, the ruling place of Nanyang county, and the rest was controlled by Liu Bei.
Finally, after a year-long scuffle, Jingzhou was finally carved up by Cao Sunliu. Although Cao Cao lost most of Jingzhou, he also firmly occupied Nanyang County and Xiangyang County, the largest and richest counties in Jingzhou. At that time, Sun Quan was trapped in the problem of recovering Nanjun and had to ask Liu Bei for help. Although he finally defeated Coss, with the help of Liu Bei, he only got half Jiangxia County and half Nanjun County. Liu Bei is undoubtedly the biggest winner of this battle, not only occupying the four counties in Jingnan, but also occupying all Jingzhou land except Sun Quan's occupation, including most of Nanyang County and part of Jiangxia County.
From various historical records, we can know that, of course, half of Jingzhou was occupied by Liu Bei, and all of it was occupied by Liu Bei himself. On the other hand, if it weren't for Liu Bei's help, I'm afraid Sun Quan couldn't even occupy Jiangling, let alone Jiangxia County. So where did Liu Bei borrow Jingzhou from Sun Quan? Moreover, Liu Beiben is the Jingzhou animal husbandry recommended by everyone. It can be said that Jingzhou was originally his, since he borrowed it all.
Moreover, many people say that Liu Bei did borrow money from Sun Quan, but he borrowed Jiangling instead of Jingzhou. I can only say here that this is not a loan at all, but that Sun Quan has no ability to hold Jiangling. Finally, he said it was a loan just to save face, but in fact he chickened out. You should know that Liu Bei is in public security, Zhang Fei is in Yidu and Guan Yu is in Xiangyang. It can be said that the whole Jiangling was surrounded by Liu Bei, and Sun Quan's Jiangling was completely surrounded by Liu Bei. It can be said that if Liu Bei wanted to defeat Sun Quan, he could never keep it, and Sun Quan needed Liu Bei's help at that time. Finally, Sun Quan gave Jiangling to Liu Bei as a donkey. Since he can't keep it, why not bend the rules? Therefore, Jiangling was not borrowed by Liu Bei at all. It was only because Sun Quan could not keep it that he had to retreat to Liu Bei.
Besides, we need to understand one thing. What we know now about Liu Bei's borrowing Jingzhou comes from the biography of Wu Dongren. Other official history, including Shu Wei and Shu Shu, has never seen such a statement. Then you can imagine why there is this statement. I think it is clear at a glance that Sun Quan's dirty behavior of secretly occupying Jingzhou when Guan Yu attacked Cao Cao was to cover up his morality of forming an alliance with Liu Bei and find a reasonable reason for his dirty behavior. Therefore, in fact, there is no fact that Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou in history, and Jingzhou did not completely belong to anyone at that time. It can be said that it is shared by the three ethnic groups, but the county that occupies the most is Liu Bei. Theoretically, the actual controller of Jingzhou is Liu Bei.