猇亭之战中刘备重用荆襄派的得失

The Gains and Losses of Liu Bei Relied on the Jingxiang Faction in the War of Xiaoting

在吴蜀猇亭之战中,荆襄派是刘备倚重的中坚力量,作用和贡献显而易见:其一,坚决支持刘备、诸葛亮的战略决策;其二,善于攻坚守险,为刘备东征开辟了大好局面;其三,拼死抵抗,为刘备脱险赢得了宝贵时间。但荆襄派的失误亦很明显:一是严重轻敌,对对手缺乏深入研究;二是过于倚重荆襄派,没有妥善解决内部矛盾。刘备身边缺乏谋略之士、善战之将,实由他长期未能根本解决内部矛盾所致,败局早已注定。

In the war of Xiaoting between Wu and Shu, the Jingxiang faction was the backbone of Liu Bei, the King of Shu. Their functions and contributions to the war were apparent. First, they firmly supported the tactical decision of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Second, they were good at assaulting fortified positions and defending risks in the battle, which opened up a good situation for Liu’s eastern expedition. Third, their perseverance, loyalty and desperate resistance for Liu Bei out of danger obtained crucial time. However, Liu Bei and his Jingxiang faction also made obvious mistakes in the battle. First of all, they seriously underestimated the enemy and lacked in-depth research on the battlefield opponents. Then, he was too dependent on the Jingxiang faction and failed to solve the internal contradictions of the group properly. In the final analysis, He failed to fundamentally solve the internal contradictions for a long time, which led to the shortage of talents who were expert in strategy and war in the army of Shu. Subjectively, Liu Bei and other decision-makers of Shu Han were not fully prepared before the war, and were doomed to fail.