In 208 A.D., the land of China, which was actually in a state of separation, ushered in the moment of determining its future and fate.
Liu Biao died, Cao Cao went south, and the unification war reached a critical moment. Liu Biao's son, Liu Cong, surrendered, and the Han court, controlled by Cao Cao, appointed him as the Assassin of Qingzhou. Moved him out of Jingzhou and then killed.
Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, led an army to garrison Jiangxia and joined forces with Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao. Zhuge Liang sent an envoy to Eastern Wu, merged with the main battle faction of Eastern Wu, took advantage of Sun Quanxiao, bitterly Chen Youluo, and persuaded Sun Quan to decide to resist Cao. The combined forces of Sun and Liu fought a decisive battle with Cao Cao at Chibi and won the victory.
Liu Bei was the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Qi was the assassin of Jingzhou. In 209 AD, Liu Qi died of illness, and Liu Bei went up by himself to lead the Jingzhou pastor. The Han court, controlled by Cao Cao, did not agree and appointed himself as the assassin of Jingzhou. At the same time, Eastern Wu also occupied a part of Jingzhou, and also began to appoint Jingzhou magistrates, and Jingzhou was divided into three.
The seven counties of Jingzhou are Nanyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia, Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang, and their key points are in Xiangyang and Jiangling, of which Xiangyang is located in Nanyang and Jiangling is located in Nanjun. Since ancient times, Nanyang and Xiangyang have been one, so it is reasonable for Nanyang to make money Xiangyang flowers.
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao occupied Nanyang and appointed Cao Ren to garrison Jiangling. Zhou Yu led the army to fight fiercely for a year, but failed to conquer it.
Liu Bei gave Jiangxia to Sun Quan, and went south to attack Wuling, Lingling, Changsha and Guiyang, Liu Bei's group used troops like gods, plus in Jingzhou for many years, the name of benevolence and virtue was like thunder, and the hearts of all places were to Liu Bei, and soon, Liu Bei collected all four counties. Later, he joined forces with Zhou Yu, and Sun and Liu joined forces in the Northern Expedition and defeated Cao Ren, who evacuated Jiangling and retreated to Xiangyang.
As a result, Eastern Wu occupied Jiangxia and Nanjun, and Cao Cao only had Nanyang in his hands.
By 210, three points of Jingzhou, Sun Quan occupied two counties of Jiangxia and Nanjun, Cao Cao held Nanyang, and Liu Bei four counties. Nanjun is located in the northwesternmost part of the territory of Eastern Wu, with Cao Cao at the top and Liu Bei at the bottom, and the soldiers of Jiangdong had ideas about this land. Lu Su proposed that it was better to give Nanjun to Liu Bei, and Changsha and Guiyang to Sun Quan. Two parties for two.
Liu Bei wanted to fight, but Dongwu didn't want to fight. And Nanjun has a very large population and a prosperous economy, so it is natural for one Nanjun to exchange two poor counties. In this exchange, both sides feel advantageous. So, under the mediation of Lu Su, the two sides happily exchanged territories.
During the war years, everything was subject to actual control, and you could find reasons for the fact that the legal theory was yours, and the legal things could be found on the other side. Which of the princes who were destroyed by Cao Cao did not have a legitimate reason to oppose Cao? This is the logic of war, and what is taken is yours.
Soon after, Lu Su died, and Lu Meng succeeded Lu Su. In 219 A.D., Guan Yu instigated the army and horses, fought in Xiangyang, captured the forbidden Pang Dewei shocked Huaxia, and Cao Cao, who was fighting, only wanted to move the capital, Lü Meng found Sun Quan and made a statement.
Lü Meng said that in the past, Lu Su and others believed that Cao Cao was still in the north and was suitable for joint defense with Liu Bei. Now the situation is different, as long as we let the general of the conquest garrison Nanjun, let Pan Zhang garrison the White Emperor, and at the same time order Jiang Qin to lead the mobile force to patrol the defense in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, he will go to support wherever the enemy goes, and Lü Meng himself will garrison the defense in front, in this case, we will not need Guan Yu to defend against Cao Cao.
If we take advantage of Guan Yu to fight Cao Cao now, we will also fight Cao Cao, even if we get Xuzhou, it will be difficult to preserve. In the future, Cao Cao will come to fight for Xuzhou, even if there are seventy or eighty thousand people, it will be difficult to resist.
It's better for us to steal Guan Yu and rely on the Yangtze River defense line to garrison. Best value for money. Sun Quan adopted Guan Yu's opinion and decided to make peace with Cao Cao and stole Guan Yu. So, Lü Meng crossed the river in white clothes and attacked Guan Yu, causing Guan Yu to lose Maicheng.
So, after the Battle of Chibi, which could have changed the rhythm of the three points, Lü Meng fought another battle that changed Chinese history. Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao in Hanzhong, Guan Yu suppressed Cao Ren in Xiangyang, as long as Eastern Wu was on the eastern front, besieged Hefei, and took Xuzhou directly, Cao Cao would die in another year, and then at least half the world.
However, Lü Meng's consideration had its own reasons.
Now Dongwu and Shu Han can stand side by side, mainly because there is Cao Cao outside. Once Cao Cao is not there,There are not many people in Eastern Wu who can fight, only the first batch of old ministers who founded the country have experienced wars, and the Jiangdong scholars behind them tend to be peaceful, that is, not to fight, once this generation dies, the people behind have never experienced the test of blood and fire, can they beat Liu Bei?
can't be defeated, Dongwu is like this, it is originally a question of who will be destroyed, it is better to find a way to defend itself.
It's not that sneak attacks are shameful, sneak attacks in war are not only shameless, but also commonly used methods, and it is shameful to turn their backs on allies for their own calculations, for their own one-third of an acre.
The instructor taught us: open with one punch, lest a hundred punches come.
I eat my own food, I love peace, I am afraid of breaking the jars, I have no courage at all, and finally make a betrayal of the alliance and be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, which is the only ending.