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Conflict211–214

Liu Bei Enters Shu

Also called: Liu Bei’s conquest of Yi province

In 211 Liu Zhang of Yi province invited Liu Bei in to help defend against Cao Cao and Zhang Lu; within three years Liu Bei had taken Yi province instead, entering Chengdu in 214 — the foundation of the three-way division.

In 211 Liu Zhang, governor of Yi, invited Liu Bei in to guard against Zhang Lu of Hanzhong. Having entered with his army, Liu Bei turned on Liu Zhang the next year and marched on Chengdu; his strategist Pang Tong was killed by an arrow while besieging Luocheng. From Jing, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun came up the Yangtze to join him.

When Liu Bei surrounded Chengdu in 214, Liu Zhang surrendered rather than make his people suffer further. With the broad, fertile land of Yi, Liu Bei at last had the strength to rival Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Jing he entrusted to Guan Yu.

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Places
Chengdu

People

  • Liu BeiAD 161 – AD 223

    key figure · Founding emperor of Shu Han (Emperor Zhaolie), who claimed descent from the Han house and became emperor at Chengdu in 221

  • Pang TongAD 179 – AD 214

    participant · Liu Bei’s strategist, the "Young Phoenix", ranked alongside Zhuge Liang the "Crouching Dragon"; killed by an arrow at Luocheng during the conquest of Yi

  • Zhuge LiangAD 181 – AD 234

    participant · Chancellor of Shu Han, who proposed the plan to divide the realm in three to Liu Bei in 207 and died of illness on the Wuzhang Plains in 234 during his northern campaigns

1 part of this event

  1. AD 214The Slope of the Fallen PhoenixFiction

    A scene from chapter 63 of the Romance: riding Liu Bei’s white horse, Pang Tong is mistaken for Liu Bei and shot down at Luofengpo, the "Slope of the Fallen Phoenix". In the history he was hit by an arrow while besieging Luocheng.

Before and after

Earlier
AD 209 Liu Bei Takes Jing Province
Later
AD 215 The Battle of Xiaoyao Ford

Themes that include this event

  • The Three KingdomsAD 184 – AD 280

    From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Jin reunification — a century of Wei, Shu and Wu, the age of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan