Influenced by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many people believe that Liu Bei's most trusted person is Zhuge Liang. Although Liu Bei is indeed very good to Zhuge Liang, when it comes to absolute trust, further consideration is needed.
If Fa Zheng is still there, he will be able to prevent Liu Bei from going east, and even if he insists on going east, there will be no such crisis. Fa is the person who is more trusted by Liu Bei than Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei's trust in Fa Zheng was not for nothing, because Fa Zheng did bring substantial benefits to Liu Bei. After the Battle of Chibi, although Liu Bei occupied the Jingzhou region, this land was actually borrowed from Sun Quan.
Whether it was Cao Cao in the north or Sun Quan in the east, they had coveted Jingzhou for a long time, and Liu Bei was also under pressure because of this.
Zhang Song brought a map of Yizhou, and Fa Zheng actually contacted Liu Bei. When Liu Bei entered Shu, there were only more than 10,000 people, and someone suggested to Liu Zhang that the walls should be cleared. Fazheng's accurate grasp of people's hearts allowed Liu Bei to successfully enter the army.
Fortified Clear"It's not a good strategy, stick to the city, loot the people's fat and ointment, and you will only lose in the end. Fa Zheng saw that Liu Zhang was reluctant to harm the people, and sure enough, Liu Zhang dismissed the person who proposed this policy, and also hastened his own defeat.
Liu Bei captured Yizhou and finally had a real base area. However, Cao Cao was equally shrewd, defeating Zhang Lu and capturing Hanzhong at the same time as Liu Bei's capture of Yizhou.
Hanzhong has always been the gateway to Yizhou, and if Cao Cao had not temporarily returned to Xudu to deal with affairs, he would have been fully capable of capturing Yizhou while Liu Bei's foothold was not stable.
In everyone's general perception, Liu Bei always finds Zhuge Liang as soon as he encounters problems, however, in the official historical records, Zhuge Liang excelled in politics and logistics, and in military affairs, Liu Bei was more inclined to refer to Fa Zheng's advice.
Fa Zheng believed that Xiahou Yuan's strength was not enough to pose a threat, so he suggested that Liu Bei take the initiative and strike before Cao Cao reacted, so that by the time Cao Cao reacted, the situation had already formed, and even if Cao Cao came in person, Hanzhong would only have the surname Liu.
As expected, under the careful planning of Fa Zheng and the heroic battle of the soldiers, Liu Bei successfully captured Hanzhong, not only beheading Cao Cao's confidant Xiahou Yuan, but Cao Cao himself was wounded and fled.
It can be said that it is with Fazheng that Liu Bei can establish Shu Han. In the second year after Liu Bei was canonized as the king of Hanzhong, Fa Zheng unfortunately died.
At this time, Zhuge Liang, the Five Tiger Generals and others were still there, but the territory of Shu Han never expanded, starting from Guan Yu's loss of Jingzhou, it shrank step by step. February** Dynamic Incentive Program