Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou, and the evaluation from his opponent Cao Cao directly made Sun Quan's reputation and ability to a higher level, is this really the case?
In fact, Sun Quan did have some ability when he was young, but he was not far superior to Cao Cao and Liu Bei, especially in his later years.
Sun Quan became the ** person of Eastern Wu when he was less than twenty years old because his brother Sun Ce was assassinated, at this time he was far younger than Cao Cao and Liu Bei, young and heroic, and he was in charge of Eastern Wu alone, and it was difficult to do without a certain ability.
Soon after Sun Quan took charge of Eastern Wu, Cao Cao led his army south, facing the powerful Cao Cao's army, and whether to fight or surrender became the focus of discussion among the courtiers of Eastern Wu. After a war of words, Eastern Wu adopted the strategic decision to unite with Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao, and then defeated Cao Cao's army in the Chibi area, laying the foundation for the formation of the situation of the Three Kingdoms.
However, after that, except for Lü Meng breaking Guan Yu and Lu Xun defeating Liu Bei, Dongwu's external development did not achieve obvious results, and it was difficult to make an effective breakthrough in several attacks on Hefei, which was even more embarrassing.
Sun Quan is different from Liu Bei Cao Cao, Cao Cao's strength is developed little by little by himself, and Liu Bei is even more from scratch to sitting on the land of Jingzhou and Yizhou, and his ability is naturally needless to say. Although Sun Quan and Liu Bei and Cao Cao formed a strong trend, Sun Quan's father and elder brother had already laid a good foundation for him, and Liu Bei was much luckier than Cao Cao. It would be inappropriate to say that Sun Quan's ability far surpassed that of Cao Cao and Liu Bei.
After Sun Quan's several unsuccessful northward advances, as he grew older, his sharpness also decreased, and his overall strategy began to change from outward development to inward governance, and his enterprising spirit decreased.
In his later years, Sun Quan, the heart of imperial power was very strong, he insisted on going his own way, he didn't like to listen to the advice of the ministers, and he lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in vain in dealing with Sun Yuan, the prince of Liaodong.
On the issue of heirs, Sun Quan also did not handle it well. He appointed the third son and son as the crown prince, but he still favored Sun Ba and could not stop Sun Ba from coveting the crown prince's position, and beheaded many ministers involved in the dispute for the prince.
Sun He was eventually deposed, Sun Ba was also given death, and the youngest son Sun Liang became the new prince. Sun Quan's hesitation and inappropriateness in dealing with the heir caused the Wu palace to fall into endless civil strife soon after Sun Quan's death, and the decline of Eastern Wu was exacerbated by continuous internal strife.
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