After losing the battle of Yiling, Liu Bei has been in Baidicheng. Why did he not return to Chengdu until his death?

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei was heartbroken when he learned that Guan Yu had died at the hands of Wu Dong. After the whole person was a little sober, he decided to launch military action to conquer Wu Dong. Liu, Guan and Zhang became sworn friends in Taoyuan, and now the second brother has died in this way. There is no saying that Liu Beilian can't even pass this.

Liu Bei, who was both sad and angry, achieved good results at the beginning of the campaign, although he was carefully prepared. However, in the long-term battle, Wu Dongjun finally seized the loophole in the camp and burned the camp once, so that Liu Bei returned to the liberation front overnight. After Liu Bei fled to Baidi City in grief and depression, his body completely collapsed. But until his death, he did not continue to return to Chengdu westward.

Because he needs to take the rest of the elite of the Shu-Han army to stop Dongwu from expanding further to the west, at this time, his health is really out of order, and he tries to rush back and is likely to die on the road. This kind of death is obviously unseemly. And Liu Bei may have some other ideas.

Liu Bei, who is sixty years old, is already a spent force. Liu Bei was old when he learned that Guan Yu had been killed. In addition, stimulated by the news of Guan Yu's murder, anger and eagerness have already done harm to him, which is unhealthy. In the following time, he also worked hard to improve his armament, and planned and studied the specific strategy of attacking Wu Dong.

Later, in the military action against Wu Dong, besides riding and fatigue, it was another destruction to the body. Plus, he was later set on fire by Lu Xun, stripped of his helmet and fled all the way. This series of fiasco and losses made Liu Bei finally exhausted to the extreme, and finally became seriously ill. At this time, her body is no longer suitable for further travel. Moreover, in ancient times, the Shu Road was always difficult to get through, and it was difficult to get to the sky. So Liu Bei's physical condition at this time is best to stay in Baidicheng for conservative treatment.

Lu Xun, commander-in-chief of Wu Dongjun, may go west at any time, but Liu Bei is afraid to leave! Although Wu Dong's army suffered some losses in the early stage of the war planned by Liu Bei, Wu Dong's main force did not suffer too much losses. Especially after the battle of Yiling, the attack and defense of Wu Dong and Han Shu regime changed, and the Han Shu army suffered extremely heavy losses. In this attack on Wu Dong, Liu Bei almost wiped out most of the elite troops of the Shu-Han regime.

Such a heavy loss this time will cause a serious shortage of troops within the Shu-Han regime. Moreover, Lu Xun is scheming, so it is difficult to guarantee that he will not continue the Western Expedition when the Shu-Han regime is weakened. Therefore, Liu Bei needs to rearm in Baidicheng to prevent Wu Dong's army headed by Lu Xun from launching a very possible military action. At this time, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, the elders of Shu, were all dead, and Liu Bei didn't want any more variables in his inheritance.

Liu Bei still hopes to stay in Baidicheng and make a difference. Liu Bei, as a lean man, can claim the title of emperor in Yizhou, not by crying. At this time, although the Dongwu and Han Shu regimes were easy to attack and difficult to defend, Liu Bei obviously had more ideas in his heart. Within Wu Dong, Lu Xun's army has been fighting against Shu Han's army, so it's hard to guarantee that senior officials in Wu Dong won't have any other ideas about it.

If there is suspicion between Wu Dongjun and his ministers, Wu Dong's hard-won military superiority will be completely lost. There are more than one or two examples in history that the battle failed because of the suspicion between the monarch and the minister. If there is civil strife in Soochow at this time, Liu Bei can still rely on the remaining forces to continue eastward and recapture Jingzhou. It's just that Liu Bei didn't expect his life to end so soon. He didn't wait until this day came.

Conclusion The Shu-Han regime and Dongwu fought to the death for the land of Jingzhou. Directly caused the death of Guan Yu, indirectly caused the death of Zhang Fei, and finally caused a full-scale war between them. Cao Cao, who took advantage of the fisherman, could laugh even in his dreams. Although Guan Yu, whom he admired very much, was lost because of this war, it was not a big deal for their Cao Wei regime. Liu Bei and the Shu-Han regime he established were the biggest losers.