The three points of the Three Kingdoms, from a military point of view, are actually only two points.
That was the Civil War that carried out Chinese history.
Three Kingdoms, in generalIt is the first overall duel between the north and the south of China.
Wu and Shu are the south, Wu developed Jiangnan and tamed the Shanyue barbarians;
Shu cultivated Bashu and conquered the Yi and Qiang peoples as a living force.
Both small states developed agriculture and enriched their populations before uniting to fight against Wei, a large northern state that was actively hoarding land and repairing and restoring.
Although Wu Shu had awkward quarrels from time to time, it could not affect the main theme of the Three Kingdoms.
From the perspective of social class, the Three Kingdoms are just the heroes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, taking advantage of the chaos in the world to share the cake.
However, the three big cakes this time are all close to the territory of the Qin Dynasty.
The rulers of the three kingdoms were of the same class. All have a background of high-profile families. The difference is that Cao Cao is the son of a local hero, focusing on being rich and employing people in an eclectic manner. Liu Bei is a descendant of the royal family, focusing on fame, and using virtue and reputation to take advantage of the position. After Sun Quan was a small warlord, he took root after forming an alliance with Jiangdong Haoqiang.
The other two main classes, the Yellow Turban Army represented the peasants and Yuan Shao represented the scholars and bureaucrats. Before the Three Kingdoms really began, these two classes were swept away. In other words, the Three Kingdoms are so noisy and so many people have died, or the struggle of the traditional nobles, it is still the outbreak of the poison of the Warring States. This outbreak has been breaking out for nearly 100 years, and most of the world's population has been wiped out.
The time of the beginning of the Three Kingdoms is theoretically from Cao Cao's coercion of the Son of Heaven, that is, the first year of Jian'an, 196 AD.
Since then, there has been a new dynasty in the north.
Cao Cao made this clever move, and he integrated the Kwantung coalition army, and surrendered 300,000 Yellow Turban troops (part of which was used for farming).
His more important turning point was the Battle of Guandu. Cao Cao completely annihilated Yuan Shao's army, collected the land of Sizhou, unified the Central Plains, and defeated Wuhuan in the north. The population slowly grew, the fields gradually recovered, and the military-civilian joint cultivation was then known as China's territory.
When Cao Cao was holding the Son of Heaven hostage, Liu Bei was forced by Yuan Shu all the way to Xiaopei. He was oppressed by Lu Bu many times. It is not allowed to defect to Cao Cao, and the emperor's uncle has been under Cao Cao's rule for a few years and made a political news with an edict.
In the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou and defected to Liu Biao. He worked in Jingzhou for several years, and in the twelfth year of Jian'an, he finally met his political partner Zhuge Liang. Half of the Shu Kingdom actually belongs to Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng.
In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei entered Yizhou, and for nineteen years, he was mainly anti-guest and occupied Yizhou.
Twenty-four years stationed in Hanzhong. This side of the country is truly established.
Also in the first year of Jian'an, Sun Ce made a correct choice, rejected Yuan Shu, and accepted Cao Cao's marquis.
In the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan took power, and then developed rapidly in Jiangdong. invaded Jingzhou, appeased Lingnan, and incorporated Shanyue. While engaging in military and political affairs, we should create a good form of agriculture and commerce in the south of the Yangtze River. It also brought Confucian culture to the south.
In fact, the strength of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu has not changed much, and the Wei State is basically stable.
The population of Wei was about 4.4 million, Shu was 980,000, and Wu was 2.6 million.
The famous families basically settled in the Wei State, and the inheritance of the Eastern Han Dynasty was basically in the hands of Cao Wei.
Therefore, the thrilling Three Kingdoms hegemony has actually been fighting a war of accumulation and attrition of resources, in other words, it is mainly the people who consume and improve.
Let's recap:
The first major node of the Three Kingdoms was the Battle of Chibi in the thirteenth year of Jian'an.After that, Cao Wei fully implemented the scholar family system and completely militarized the country.Wu Shu joined forces, Cao Cao was defeated, and Liu Bei was able to grow.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu of Jingzhou was attacked and killed by Sun Quan, and the Wu-Shu alliance was shattered.
In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, in 220 AD, Cao Cao died, and Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor. The following year, Wu proclaimed himself a vassal in the name of Cao Wei.
It was also in this year that Liu Bei ascended the throne in Chengdu and was known as Han. In 222 AD, Liu Bei launched the Battle of Yiling and was defeated.
In 223, Liu Bei died of illness and entrusted Gu Zhuge Liang.
In terms of talents, the nine-grade official method is used to unite the big clan and absorb the poor. The power of the north is getting stronger.
Zhuge Prime Minister of Shu governed Shu with strict punishment and law, coerced the power of the whole country, and made five northern expeditions to the Central Plains without results, and died of illness in Wuzhangyuan.
In 229 AD, Sun Quan finally ascended the throne as emperor。Wu has been opening up blind spots, entering the mountains and seas, and broadening the strategic space for retreat. However, due to the gradual transformation of the regime into a bureaucracy, it fell into civil strife
In 263 AD, Cao Wei's three-sided army marched into Chengdu, and the later lord Liu Chan surrendered. Shu Han died.
In 265 AD, Sima Yan forced Cao Huan Chan to give way, and Cao Wei disappeared. The Jin Dynasty was founded.
In 280 AD, Sun Hao, the monarch of Wu, surrendered under the siege of Sima Yan's army. The three kingdoms eventually returned to Jin.
In summary, today's Three Kingdoms fever is not normal!