Has Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor? How big was the territory of Liu Bei in his heyday?

Liu Bei became emperor at the age of 60. He had the largest territory in two periods. One is that after Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, Liu Zhang and Jingzhou Nanjun borrowed it from Sun Quan. At this time, Liu Bei owned seventeen counties. Another period? Battle of Hanzhong? Later, Liu Bei's strength reached its peak and his territory was restored to seventeen counties.

I. Site of Phase I (Seventeen Counties) As we all know, Hanzhong is the lifeblood of Yizhou. If you want to stabilize Yizhou, you must win Hanzhong, which has become a piece of fat. 2 1 1 year, Liu Zhang heard that Cao Cao would lead an army to attack Hanzhong. If Hanzhong is captured, it will undoubtedly pose a great threat to Yizhou and Liu Zhang. At this time, Liu Zhang's counselor said. With Zhang Lu in the north, Cao can talk to him at any time. Our own general, Pang Xi, is unfaithful. Liu Bei is your brother at home and abroad in Yizhou. It is most appropriate to ask him for help. ? So Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to Sichuan to deal with Zhang Lu in the north. Liu Bei led 30,000 troops to meet Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang prepared a lot of materials for Liu Bei, preparing to crusade against Zhang Lu in the north. In fact, the goal in Liu Bei's mind is Yizhou in Liu Zhang.

In the eighteenth year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao led 400,000 troops to crusade against Sun Quan. Sun Quan was frightened and asked Liu Bei for help. Liu Bei borrowed soldiers from Liu Zhang on the pretext of supporting Sun Quan, and Liu Zhang only lent Liu Bei half of the troops he needed. Liu Bei was furious and led the troops to attack Yizhou and Liu Zhang.

Originally, Liu Bei was alone in Shu, and there was not enough food and grass, so there was no chance of winning. However, the generals of Yizhou surrendered one after another, which disheartened Liu Zhang and eventually surrendered for fear of bringing trouble to the innocent, so the twelve counties of Yizhou became Liu Bei's territory.

Twelve counties in Yizhou: Shu County, Qianwei County, Zhudi County, Yue County, Zhang Ke County, Jianning County, Yongchang County, Guanghan County, Zitong County, Ba County, Brazil County and Badong County.

Besides? Battle of Red Cliffs? After occupying four counties in Jingzhou, he borrowed a * * * seventeen county from Sun Quannan County.

Five counties in Jingzhou: Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, Wuling and Nanjun.

Soon after Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, Sun Quan asked Liu Bei to return the Jingzhou Nanjun borrowed in the past. Liu Bei refused for an excuse, and Sun Quan was furious and sent his troops to attack Jingzhou. At this time, Zhang Lu in the north surrendered to Cao Cao, and Liu Bei was so frightened that he made peace with Sun Quan and cut Changsha County and Guiyang County of Jingzhou to Sun Quan, leaving only fifteen counties for Liu Bei.

In 2 15, Cao Cao saw that Liu Bei had occupied Yizhou, and Hanzhong was like Yizhou's throat. So when Sun Quan attacked Liu Bei and Jingzhou, he took the lead and led hundreds of troops to crusade against Zhang Lu and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

In 2 18 AD, a year after Cao Cao's main force withdrew from Hanzhong, Liu Bei led an army to attack Yangpingguan, and in the summer, Zhang He was sent to wage a fierce battle with Liu Bei's army. In the second year, Liu Bei did not capture Yangpingguan, so he gave up Yangpingguan and turned to Dingjun Mountain. Xia led his troops to stick to Dingjun Mountain, and was killed by Huang Zhong, and suffered a heavy defeat.

Cao Cao personally led a large army to support Hanzhong, and Liu Bei took the tactics of shrinking and resolutely refused to go to war. Cao Cao insisted on giving up Hanzhong after several months. After the fall of Hanzhong, Wudu County was cut off, so when Cao Cao retreated, people in Hanzhong and Wudu County were evacuated. Liu Bei spent nearly two years, spent a lot of manpower in Yizhou, and captured Hanzhong. All he got was two vacant lots, which was a fiasco.

Shortly after Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong, Guan Yu, who was guarding Jingzhou, led an army to attack Cao Cao's Xiangyang. Sun Quan took advantage of Guan Yu's attack on Cao Cao and led an army to attack Jingzhou Nanjun. The Confederate generals surrendered without fighting, and Sun Quan sent troops to attack Lingling and Wuling in Jingzhou, and successfully conquered Lingling and Wuling. At this time, Liu Bei lost all the territory in the south of Jingzhou. After Liu Bei became emperor, he took revenge for Guan Yu as the slogan and sent troops to attack Zigui, Nanjun and Sunwu. Wu Jun was defeated, and Zigui in Nanjun became Liu Bei's territory.

To sum up, Liu Bei had the largest territory in two periods, one after Yizhou War and the other after Hanzhong War. These two periods occurred before Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor. Liu Bei acceded to the throne in AD 22 1 year, leaving only thirteen and a half counties and Zigui counties when he acceded to the throne. Two years after the establishment of Shu Han, Liu Bei died, and his son Liu Chan acceded to the throne as Emperor Huai of Han Dynasty.