After Wu Dong's general Monroe killed Guan Yu, in July of 22 1 year, Liu Bei attacked Wu Dong and launched a large-scale campaign against Wu Dong, known as the Battle of Yiling.
In the battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was blocked by Lu Xun's strategy of "the sooner the better", which led to Liu Bei's great defeat in the battle of Yiling. After Liu Bei's defeat, he immediately set out for Sichuan, but when passing by Baidicheng, he was seriously ill and eventually died in Baidicheng.
Extended information Liu Bei worshipped Lu Zhi as a teacher when he was a teenager, and then participated in activities such as suppressing the Yellow Scarf Uprising and punishing Dong Zhuo. Because of his limited strength, Liu Bei was repeatedly defeated in the scuffle among princes, so he attached himself to Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and other princes.
However, because he always adhered to the code of conduct of serving people with virtue, he was respected by celebrities at home and abroad. Even Tao Qian and Liu Biao gave up letting their sons inherit the inheritance, but chose to hand over their territories Xuzhou and Jingzhou to Liu Bei.
After unremitting efforts, after Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei successively won Jingzhou and Yizhou, and established the Shu-Han regime. Later, because Guan Yu was persecuted, Liu Bei refused to listen to the advice of his ministers and insisted on fighting Wu. The result was defeated by Yiling, and finally Zhangwu died in Baidicheng in 223. At the age of 63, posthumous title Zhaolie was buried in Huiling.
Liu Bei Hongyi is generous, understanding and persevering. His behavior entrusted to Zhuge Liang by the whole country during his lifetime was regarded by Chen Shouzan as the prosperous track of ancient and modern times, and many literary and artistic works in later generations also featured Liu Bei. Chengdu Wuhou Temple commemorates Zhaolie Temple.
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