关羽失荆州,蜀汉集团失去了中部北伐的支点;诸葛亮六出祁山,成效甚微,可见荆州之重要。西周以来,就有秦楚相争。东汉末年,刘表据荆州时,孙坚打黄祖,曹操犯荆州,荆州已是虎狼之地。刘表,当时的荆州牧。他是汉室宗亲,史书上说,刘表身高八尺有余,相貌堂堂,不仅饱学经史,且长于政治。他只身隐名上任时,天下大乱,荆州已被当地各路豪强瓜分。他远接袁绍,近连张 Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, Shu Han Group lost the fulcrum of the Northern Expedition; Zhuge Liang Qishan six out of little success, we can see the importance of Jingzhou. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty, there Qin Qin battle. The Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu table, according to Jingzhou, Sun Jian hit Huang Zu, Cao Cao guilty of Jingzhou, Jingzhou is the tiger wolf. Liu table, then Jingzhou animal husbandry. He is a Han clan, history books, said Liu table more than eight feet tall, looks good, not only full of learning history, but also longer than politics. When he took office alone, the world chaos, Jingzhou has been divided among the local tyrant. He Yuan Yuan far, near even Zhang