Is “Leading the people across the river and defeating Cao Cao in the Battle of Hanzhong” true?
attested in history
The Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of the Former Lord records that during the retreat from Xinye, over a hundred thousand civilians followed; in the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei personally went to the front line and defeated Cao Cao to seize Hanzhong. The original text in the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu, Biography of the Former Lord reads: 「比到当阳，众十馀万，辎重数千两」
Liu Bei
In official history, he is a bold and strategic hero with refined manners, while in the novel he is portrayed as a tearful, soft-hearted ruler who relies entirely on Zhuge Liang.
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