However, these two people have very different personalities. It is generally believed that Cao Cao is insidious and cunning, while Liu Bei is virtuous and loves the people, and his personality is generous. Is that really the case? In fact, Liu Bei still has some little-known secrets. There is such a thing. During the confrontation between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, Cao Cao once captured Liu Bei's two daughters alive. As for this matter, Liu Bei is unwilling to mention it all his life, so why is Liu Bei indifferent? What happened to his two daughters?
Whether you know the history of the Three Kingdoms period or not, I believe Liu Bei's name is well known. To say that Liu Bei's lack of life, in addition to realizing the desire to return to the Han Dynasty, is that there are few children. In people's impression, perhaps only the late ruler Liu Chan and his eldest son Liu Feng stayed. Among them, the late ruler Liu Chan was incompetent. He not only failed to defend the Jiangshan inheritance of Shu, but also led many ministers to surrender.
Although Liu Feng, the eldest son, has both ability and political integrity, he is not Liu Bei's own, but his adopted son. Later, Guan Yu lost Jingzhou because of his lack of timely support and was executed. I believe that for Liu Bei's children, everyone may only know these two words. In fact, according to historical records, Liu Bei has many children. He has four sons and two daughters.
The remaining two sons, one is Liu Yong and the other is Liu Li. Liu Yong's mother is unknown. Because she is an unmarried woman and has no talent, her popularity is not high. And his youngest son, Liu Li, died of illness in his early years, and naturally there are not many records.
At the same time, in that chaotic era, historians recorded more about the development of different countries and those big and small battles. Naturally, these two unknown women will not be recorded, what's more, they have always preferred sons to daughters, and it is expected that his two daughters will be ignored.
To say that Liu Bei's two daughters were miserable, they were forgotten by their father and abandoned during the confrontation between Liu Bei and Cao Cao. This matter was related to the Battle of Xinye at that time. Liu Bei was not very good. Later, he was defeated by Cao Cao and went to Liu Biao after the defeat. At this time, Cao Cao went to war with Yuan Shao again. Taking this opportunity, Liu Bei began to rest, recruit and expand his own army, hoping to avenge himself in the future.
However, what Liu Bei never expected was that after the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao not only won a great victory with Yuan Shao, but also further strengthened his own strength. Looking back, Cao Cao also noticed the rise of Liu Bei, so there was bound to be a war between the two sides. Liu Bei had long anticipated this situation, so he made preparations in advance and set an ambush in Xinye.
But what Liu Bei never expected was that as soon as the two armies started fighting, he was at a disadvantage, and at the same time, because of the disparity in strength, Liu Bei also fled. The great defeat in the Battle of Xinye forced Liu Bei to flee hastily again. In the process of fleeing, he was certainly unable to care for his family, and his younger son could take away people close to him, so his two daughters were not well protected. So that Cao Cao captured his two daughters alive when he led the army to pursue them.
At that time, after Liu Bei's two daughters were captured alive, the generals in Cao Jun suggested that Cao Cao use them to threaten Liu Bei. But Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei and he were both qualified to be emperors, and would not compromise because of these two women. Moreover, with his strength at that time, he didn't need to help her win. If he does this, it will inevitably make people lose their tongues. Therefore, Cao Cao paid no attention to Liu Bei's two daughters, but gave them to Cao Chun, who had made outstanding achievements in Cao Jun at that time.
You know, at that time, Cao Chun was nearly 50 years old, and Liu Bei's two daughters were in their prime. Even if they don't want to, their lives are in the hands of others. How can they choose? Liu Bei's two daughters can only be wronged. Later, due to Cao Chun's advanced age, she passed away before long, and these two women were taken into her own bronze sparrow terrace by Cao Cao because of their beauty.
Perhaps Liu Bei's two daughters just compromised and bowed to Cao Cao in order that Liu Bei could save them one day, but it was followed by her father's ruthless abandonment. Cao Cao once mentioned this matter to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei denied that the two women captured by Cao Cao were his own daughters, thinking that they were just replaced by slaves who were randomly found.
But whether his daughter Liu Bei knows it clearly, and judging from Liu Bei's reluctance to mention it later, there is no doubt that the two women captured by Cao Cao should be his daughters. But Liu Bei neither recognizes him nor wants to save him, which shows how heartless he is.
However, his two daughters were gradually forgotten after entering Tongquetai, and there was no exact record of where they went afterwards. Some people say that they died in Tongquetai, while others say that they escaped by luck and lived in seclusion. The truth is unknown, but judging from the scuffle at that time, even if they escaped, there would be no good life. Therefore, Liu Bei's two daughters, whether their life experiences or the final outcome, are very tragic.
From this incident, we can see Liu Bei's cold-blooded side. In order to compete for the world, he abandoned his own children. Perhaps he has a virtuous quality in treating people and subordinates, but he does lack in treating relatives around him, especially children. In addition to his two daughters, Liu Bei once vented his anger on his own son in Changbanpo, in order to keep Zhao Yun. However, this practice is too cruel. Even if you get the whole world, you will lose everything in the end.