Have the three fires, Wu Chao, Chibi and Yiling, laid a solid foundation for the world?
The battle of Guandu established Cao Cao's dominant position in the north.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the "baptism" of the Yellow Scarf Uprising, the northern Central Plains region formed a separatist situation. After a period of struggle, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are the two most powerful forces, of which Yuan Shao is the strongest.
At that time, Cao Cao mainly occupied Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and other places, facing enemies in the southeast, northwest and four places. If he wants to live, he must defeat the forces around him, otherwise he will only be swallowed up. At this time, Yuan Shao has defeated Gongsun Zan and occupied Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou and Bing. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao stand side by side, and the trend of World War I is inevitable.
The time of the battle of Guandu is easy to remember, in 200 AD. The year before last, Yuan Shao selected 100,000 troops to attack Xudu, and Cao Cao personally led 20,000 soldiers to enter Guandu, confronting Yuan Shao, and the battle of Guandu began.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted each other for more than a year, during which many things happened, such as the imperial edict of Emperor Han Xian, Liu Bei rebelled against Cao Cao, and the murdered man fled alone. After Guan Yu surrendered to Cao, he beheaded Yan Liang to relieve the siege of the white horse, and so on. But the key that really decided this battle was the fire that Cao Cao set in Wu Chao.
Wu's lair is Yuan Shao's granary. After Xu You surrendered to Cao Cao from Yuan Shao, he suggested attacking Wu's lair. Cao Cao took Xu You's advice and personally led 5000 cavalry. Under the banner of Yuan Shao's army, Cao Cao raided the Wu Dynasty and set it on fire. Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard the news. He came up with a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and ordered Zhang He and Gaolan to attack Cao Junying on a large scale. But Cao Cao is too strong to attack. Zhang He and Gao Lan saw that the war was unfavorable and surrendered directly to Cao Cao. The hay was burned, and Yuan Shao's army wavered and fell apart. Cao Cao took the opportunity to annihilate more than 70,000 Yuan Jun. In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's10,000 army with 20,000 chosen men, which was the most famous battle in the history of China.
Yuan Shao was originally the only person in the north who could compete with Cao Cao. After the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao was so weakened that he could no longer compete with Cao Cao. Later, after Yuan Shao's death, several sons fought for power and profit, and their power was divided and weakened again, and they were defeated and annexed by Cao Cao respectively. In 207, Cao Cao conquered Wu Huan again. At this point, Cao Cao realized the unification of the north and became the most powerful separatist force at that time.
Battle of Red Cliffs decided the situation of three points in the world.
After the victory of the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao slowly unified the northern region with unprecedented strength. At this time, he is ready to send troops south to realize his ideal and ambition of unifying the world.
In July 2008, Cao Cao sent troops south, and Jingzhou was the first. However, in August, Liu Biao died of illness, and his son Liu Cong succeeded to Jingzhou as a shepherd. He listened to the advice of his subordinates and surrendered to Cao Cao. As a result, Cao Cao's military forces reached 6.7 million (in fact, it may be less than 300,000), claiming to be millions, and marched into Jiangling, approaching Wu Dong.
Sun Quan of Soochow listened to Lu Su's suggestion and joined hands with Liu Bei to fight against Cao Cao. Therefore, Zhou Yu was sent to lead 30,000 chosen men to join Liu Bei's 20,000 troops and confront Cao Cao's army at Chibi. At that time, Cao Cao was not used to taking a boat because there were soldiers in the north, so he connected the boat end to end, and both men and women were on the ground. Huang Gai suggested fire attack, which Zhou Yu adopted, and let Huang Gai load gunpowder on the ship in the name of pretending to surrender and ignite Cao Cao's serial ship. At this time, it coincided with the southeast wind, and Cao Cao's army lost more than half in a fire. Zhou Yu led the army to kill him, and Cao Cao only led the remnants to escape back to Jiangling.
Later, Zhou Yu pursued Cao Jun and was wounded by an arrow in the war with Coss. He had to quit the army and soon died of illness. Liu Bei took the opportunity to go south to Jingzhou, captured Wuling, Changsha, Guiyang and Lingling counties, and sent Zhuge Liang to pay taxes, which strengthened his own strength.
Battle of Red Cliffs's failure frustrated Cao Cao's desire to unify the whole country, while Sun and Liu took the opportunity to grow and develop. After Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, he made a profit, and one third of the world was formed.
The battle of Yiling decided the pattern of Wu-Shu alliance against Cao Wei.
After Battle of Red Cliffs, the world was divided into three parts. Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, then won the battle between Hanzhong and Cao Cao, and then Guan Yu launched the battle of Xiangfan, which was powerful and actually surpassed Wu Dong in military strength. At this time, the alliance between Sun and Liu became very fragile. In 2 19 AD, Sun Quan captured Jingzhou, captured and killed Guan Yu, and Wu and Shu became enemies.
In 22 1 year, Liu Bei, who had proclaimed himself emperor, decided to conquer Wu in the whole country in order to avenge Guan Yu. The main purpose was to annex Dongwu and save his strength against Cao Wei. In the early stage, the Shu army won one after another and was on a roll. It entered 300 miles of territory in Wu Dong, forcing Wu Dong to send a special envoy to make peace. Liu Bei refused, and Sun Quan turned to Cao Wei for initiative. In the middle of the war, Sun Quan activated Lu Xun, and Lu Xun adopted the strategy of sticking to his post. Liu Bei was unable to attack for a long time, and the two armies turned to confrontation. It was June and it was very hot. Liu Bei had to set up his barracks in the deep mountain forest, next to a stream, and stop troops to rest, ready to wait until autumn to attack.
Lu Xun seized the opportunity to set fire to the camp and defeated the Shu army in Yiling area. Liu Bei's 50,000 troops were almost wiped out, and only a few led them back to Baidi City. The 50,000-strong army was equivalent to half of Shu's military strength at that time, so the failure of the Yiling War led to Shu's full retreat to Yizhou, and its national strength was greatly damaged.
Liu Bei fell ill in the state of Qi and soon died. Zhuge Liang is a clever man. After Liu Bei's death, he resolutely carried out the strategy of forming an alliance with Wu Dong to jointly fight against Cao Wei. Although Wu Dong won the battle of Yiling, its own losses were also very great, and it was unable to fight against Cao Wei alone, so it had to agree to the alliance strategy of Shu.
The battle of Yiling is different from Guandu and Battle of Red Cliffs, and it belongs to a war with almost the same strength. After the war, the strength of Wu and Shu suffered a great blow. In order to protect themselves, it promoted the formation of a stronger alliance between the two countries and laid the pattern of the Wu-Shu alliance against Cao Wei for more than 40 years.
To sum up, the "three fires" of burning Wu Chao, burning Chibi and burning Yiling all achieved miraculous results. Burning the black nest helped Cao Cao win the battle of Guandu and laid the foundation for his unification of the north. Burning Red Cliff to help Sun and Liu to defeat Cao Cao laid a three-point trend in the world. Burning Yiling helped Sun Quan defeat Liu Bei, and promoted Wu Shu to form an alliance with Cao Wei. It can be said that these "three fires" determined the whole history of the Three Kingdoms, and were the three most important battles in this period, collectively known as the "Three Wars of the Three Kingdoms", which are still talked about by people today.