If we want to talk about the "scumbag" of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei must be the number one, at least for women; perhaps Liu Bei is the hero in the hearts of most men, and for the sake of career and revenge in his heart, women can count What? Now that you have status, what kind of woman are you afraid of not getting?
But for women, Liu Bei never gave happiness to the women who loved him. Once in danger, the first person Liu Bei abandoned was his woman, which was exactly the same as his ancestor Liu Bang, even In order to gain the favor of the fierce general Zhao Yun, he also faked his son Liu Chan, which is simply hypocritical.
Who are the women who were abandoned by Liu Bei on his own initiative? The first woman recorded was Mrs. Gan; when Liu Bei was a shepherd in Yuzhou and lived in Xiaopei, Mrs. Gan was his concubine. Because Liu Bei was widowed many times in his early years, the position of the principal wife was vacant, so Mrs. Gan often took charge of the housekeeping. In 207, Mrs. Gan followed Liu Bei to Jingzhou and gave birth to her son Liu Chan.
In 208, Cao Cao sent his army south to conquer Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou. Liu Biao died of illness. Liu Cong, Liu Biao's second son, took over as the herdsman of Jingzhou and sent envoys to ask Cao Cao to surrender. At that time, Liu Bei was stationed in Fancheng, but Cao Cao's army suddenly attacked. When Cao's army reached Wancheng, Liu Bei learned the news and led his troops to withdraw from Fancheng.
During the process of Liu Bei's withdrawal, hundreds of thousands of people from Jingzhou accompanied him, causing the march to be very slow. When they reached Changban slope in Dangyang, they were overtaken by Cao Cao's army. In a hurry, Liu Bei abandoned Mrs. Gan and his son Liu Chan, and fled south on horseback with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and dozens of others.
The situation at that time was very urgent. Fortunately, Zhao Yun returned in time to protect Mrs. Gan and Liu Chan, and risked his life to fight with Cao's army so that the mother and son survived. This is the origin of the story of Zhao Yun going in and out seven times to rescue Adou; but not long after, Mrs. Gan died after rescuing the sick...
The second is Mrs. Mi; in 196, when Yuan Shu attacked Liu Bei, Lu Bu took the opportunity to attack Tapi, Obtained Liu Bei's wife and children. After Liu Bei stationed his army in Guangling, Mi Zhu offered his sister to Liu Bei as his wife, and gave him two thousand slaves, gold and silver as military supplies, and Liu Bei's army was able to revive.
In the spring of 200, the Clothes and Belt Edict happened. Cao Cao personally went east to conquer Liu Bei, but Liu Bei was defeated. Cao Cao captured Liu Bei's wife and their children, and captured Guan Yu alive. He then withdrew his troops and returned to Xudu. However, Guan Yu was later afraid of Cao Cao, so he sealed the gold and left with a seal. However, the official history did not say that he took Mrs. Mi with him. Given Cao Cao's character, it was very likely that he took her for his own use.
The third recorded woman is the most important one, Mrs. Sun; Mrs. Sun is Sun Quan’s sister, which is the origin of the allusion in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that "losing his wife and losing his troops"; After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan's sister was married to Liu Bei. Mrs. Sun was quick-witted, strong and brave, in the style of her brothers from the same clan. She was surrounded by more than a hundred maids, all of whom were guarding her with swords.
Even a figure like Liu Bei felt scared every time he entered the inner room. For this reason, Fazheng persuaded Liu Bei to keep a distance from Mrs. Sun. When Liu Bei lived in Gong'an County, Jingzhou City, the hardship and embarrassment reached the extreme. He was afraid of Cao Cao's power in the north and Sun Quan's threat in the east. Mrs. Sun beside him was like an enemy country in his boudoir, and was regarded as Liu Bei's scourge.
At that time, Mrs. Sun relied on her being Sun Quan's sister to be unruly and domineering. Therefore, most of the officers and soldiers she brought from Wu State did not abide by the law. Because Zhao Yun was solemn, Liu Bei ordered him to manage internal affairs. Later, Liu Bei built a city in Jiling, west of Gong'an City in Jingzhou City, called "Jiling City" or "Mrs. Sun's City", allowing Mrs. Sun to live with her maids and guards. There is also a saying that this city was built because Mrs. Sun was jealous of Liu Bei, so she built the city herself instead of living with Liu Bei.
In 211 AD, Liu Bei entered Shu, and Sun Quan sent a large ship to welcome his sister back to Wu. Mrs. Sun planned to take Liu Chan away with her, but was intercepted by General Yamen Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei on the river, and took Liu Chan back. . It can be said that in Liu Bei's heroic life, the only woman who really frustrated Liu Bei was Mrs. Sun. I guess Liu Bei never dreamed that he, who had abandoned countless women in his life, would one day be abandoned by women.
But Liu Bei did not dare to retaliate. Why? Because Mrs. Sun's brother was Sun Quan, Soochow was much stronger than Liu Bei who had just acquired Shu. Moreover, the two at least maintained an ally relationship on the surface and fought together against Cao Wei in the north, so Liu Bei could only bite him. Broken teeth were swallowed in his stomach; but in fact, Liu Bei must have wanted Mrs. Sun to leave...
Maybe it was retribution. Liu Bei thought that with territory and status, he could get any woman he wanted. There were many women who could be found, but in the end they were forced to marry a widow as the queen. This woman was Empress Mu Wu. The Wu family lost her father in her early years. Her father had a deep friendship with Liu Yan during his lifetime, so the whole family followed Liu Yan to Shu. Later, Liu Yan heard from a fortune teller that the Wu family had a noble appearance, so he married the Wu family for his son Liu Hao. After Liu Mao's death, Wu became a widow.
In 214, Liu Bei pacified Yizhou. At that time, Mrs. Sun had returned to Soochow, and the officials persuaded Liu Bei to marry the Wu family. Liu Bei hesitated considering that he was of the same clan as Liu Mao. Fazheng persuaded her: "In terms of distance and closeness, how can this relationship be as close as that between Duke Wen of Jin and Ziyu?" So Liu Bei accepted Wu as his wife.
This is completely forced...