Let's talk about how many soldiers died in the battle of Yiling. Of course, we have made it very clear that it is definitely not the 700,000 mentioned in the novel. What does the official history say? The reflection quoted Shu Wei: Turtle Sea, and Sun Quan wrote:? Liu Bei has 40,000 people in party member and 23,000 horses. When he leaves Zigui, please sweep and pounce, in order to succeed. ? This is the official record of Cao Wei, which should be more accurate.
Besides, Liu Bei invited Wu's people to help him. Biography of the Three Kingdoms: Xian Xiang responded to those who were sent to comfort Wu.
This unit may be around 10 thousand (if there are 40 thousand or 50 thousand, can he still listen to Liu Bei? ), so Liu Bei's total strength is 50,000 to 60,000. How did 80,000 people die? On Sun Quan's side, 50,000 people met the enemy. Biography of the Three Kingdoms and Lu Xun: In the first year, Liu Bei led the western circles and appointed Sun Xun as the viceroy and governor, but Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang, Han Dang, Xu Sheng, Xian, and others refused. Therefore, the strength of both sides is equal.
How many people died in Liu Bei? There is no 50-60 split, because Liu Bei's army has more than 50 joint ventures, which are more than 700 miles long, and can't take care of each other from beginning to end. The result was broken by Lu Xun. Since it is so long, there is no reason to kill them all at once.
In fact, Lu Xun only defeated Liu Bei's main elite, and the main force was defeated, and the situation was chaotic. He can only retreat, at least a small part can escape back. So most of the barbarian reinforcements were killed and surrendered, and Liu Bei really lost no more than 30 thousand troops.
Of course, the loss of 20,000 to 30,000 troops is definitely not small for Liu Bei, but it goes without saying that he can't turn over at once. Don't forget that Liu Bei still has a large number of defenders in Yizhou. Later, long-term development did not fill in many troops. Therefore, Shu Han lost the opportunity to seize the world, not because many soldiers died.
The real reasons: First, both Liu Bei and Guan Yu are dead. In the romance, it seems that Zhuge Liang can't handle things without a move. In fact, Liu Bei's camp relied on two people in the early stage: Liu Bei himself and Guan Yu. Every time Liu Bei carries out military operations, he unites his own troops without dividing his troops; If you need to divide your troops, you and Guan Yu each have an army. They are the military backbone of Liu Bei's camp. Guan Yu died before, and Liu Bei died shortly after the battle of Yiling.
Therefore, it is very important that Liu Bei's camp suddenly lacks military talents. Although the remaining military commanders have the ability to command local battles, they have no command ability to experience large-scale wars.