Introduction: The Battle of Yiling is the last battle of the Three Kingdoms, which is also quite interesting to say. In these three major battles, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling played a key role in a fire. Three months after Liu Bei became emperor, he could not wait to lead a large army to conquer Eastern Wu, and the siege of the city was slightly more powerful. Eastern Wu was very passive, and on the one hand, he planned to surrender to Liu Bei while claiming to be a vassal of Cao Wei. It was so easy to see that the opponent Sun Liu and the two families were fighting back, what was Cao Wei doing, why didn't he take the opportunity to attack Wu with Shu Han? Is it a good opportunity for Cao Wei to see such an obvious opportunity? Non-also, is Cao Pi's pattern is not enough. As a result, the opportunity was missed, and the great cause of reunification was delayed for decades.
The historical background of the outbreak of the Battle of Yiling
In October of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (the first year of Yankang), the year before Liu Bei sent an army to attack Wu, Cao Pi was established by the Zen Dynasty Han Dynasty to establish the State of Wei. Changed to Yuan Huangchu, the national name Wei. Cao Pi ascended the throne first among the Three Kingdoms, and was the first to claim the title of emperor. In April 221, Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, falsely proclaimed himself emperor under the persuasion of his subjects, and changed the name of Yuan Zhangwu to Han. In July of the same year, Liu Bei led a large army to march despite the objections of his subjects. Although Liu Bei of the Eastern Expedition to wu was under the banner of revenge for his second brother Guan Yu, everyone with a discerning eye knew that Liu Bei intended to be in Jingzhou.
After Guan Yu's army was defeated and killed and Jingzhou was lost, Cao Pi's adviser Liu Ye the Marquis of Guannei had successfully predicted that Liu Bei would definitely send an army to attack Wu in the near future. Therefore, Liu Ye suggested that Cao Pi make preparations early and maximize the benefits in this moment when the Sun and Liu families turned their faces. It can be said that if Cao Pi had carefully prepared according to Liu Ye's speculations, perhaps the situation of the three kingdoms standing side by side would have been broken by Cao Wei at the beginning.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Ye Duyi said: "Although Shu is narrow and weak, and if it is prepared to strengthen itself with might, it is bound to use the crowd to show that it is more than enough." Yu Death could not repay the enemy for the Xing army, and it was not enough to divide the end. ”
Sure enough, Liu Bei claimed that the empress dowager had sent troops to attack Wu and planned to retake Jingzhou. The so-called mourning troops will be victorious, and the Shu army has made rapid progress out of the Three Gorges to capture a large area of Wu territory. Wu Guo was horrified, and on the one hand proposed to Liu Bei to make peace by cutting off the land; on the other hand, he declared himself a vassal to Cao Wei and proposed to send his son Sun Deng as a proton to Luoyang. Sun Quan's claims to his subjects caused an uproar in the State of Wei, and Liu Ye, the Marquis of Guannei, insisted that Sun Quan's claim to the domain was nothing more than a stopgap measure that could not be trusted.
Liu Ye had an astonishing predictor and control of the battle situation, and he believed that he should unite with Shu to destroy Wu. When Cao Wei's ministers expressed that cutting down Wu might arouse doubts that Sun Liu would join forces again, Liu Ye said: "Now that I am angry, I will attack Wu, and when I hear that Wu will be killed, I will march forward with joy to fight with me to cut off Wu's land, and I will not change my plans to suppress my anger and save Wu, and it will inevitably be the same." That is to say, according to Liu Ye's speculation, Liu Bei would not change his original intention of attacking the State of Wu because of Cao Wei's intervention.
It has always been Sun Liu's two families to unite against Cao, and this rare opportunity for Sun Liu to oppose Cao Wei is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Judging from the actual effect of Cao Pi's later cutting down of Wu, Cao Wei definitely had the strength to destroy Wu (if it were not for the plague in the army, it would have attacked Jiangling long ago). Therefore, Liu Ye suggested sending troops from the east to cut into the heart of Eastern Wu, so that the State of Wu could not take care of each other at the beginning and end of the eastern and western fronts.
Shu attacked its outside, I attacked it inside, and Wu's death did not reach the tenth month. Wu died and Shu was lonely. If Wu is cut in half, Shugu cannot survive for a long time
Facing the sun wu symbol, Cao Pi's choice
It can be said that this time Liu Bei's attack on Wu was a unique opportunity in the history of the Three Kingdoms, because in addition, it was Cao Wei who jointly opposed Shu and Wu on the eastern and western fronts. If Cao Wei sent troops to destroy Wu in a war (even if it was to share the State of Wu with Liu Bei), then it was destined that Cao Wei would unify the world. Because once Cao Wei destroyed the Wu Yangtze River Natural Danger in his hands, he would slowly consume shu Han with his huge national strength alone.
History is always strikingly similar, just like the Battle of Guandu 22 years ago. At that time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted each other, and Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao send an army from behind to attack Cao Cao when Cao Cao attacked Liu Bei in Xuzhou. Cao Cao was bound to be unable to take care of each other, and with the cooperation of Liu Biao and Eastern Wu in the south, Cao Cao would definitely be seriously injured. If Yuan Shao, together with Liu Biao and Sun Wu of Jiangdong, destroyed Cao Cao, Then Yuan Shao could unify the north. It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but it was a pity that Yuan Shao did not listen. Not only did he not listen, but when Cao Cao destroyed Liu Bei and had no worries about the future, Yuan Shao instead wanted to raise an army to cut down Cao.
This time, Liu Ye suggested that Cao Pi attack from behind Wu Guo when Sun and Liu were fighting fiercely. It can be said that it is the same as Tian Feng's suggestion more than 20 years ago, but unfortunately, Cao Pi, like Yuan Shao, a pig teammate of the year, rejected the suggestion of Lian Shu and Wu. Sure enough, after the Battle of Yiling, Sun Quan turned his face and never mentioned protons again. At this time, Cao Pi raised an army to cut down Wu, and the best opportunity was already taken.
Cao Pi did not have the opportunity to send troops to Eastern Wu during the Battle of Yiling to unify the measures, so that the confrontation between the three kingdoms lasted for more than 40 years
Many views believe that Cao Pi did not send troops this time because he had just usurped the Han and was anxious to pacify the interior, but in fact, this was not necessary. Since Cao Cao blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes, the world has gradually become accustomed to the government out of Cao Men. The forces loyal to the Han Dynasty were not absent, but because there was no military power, it was impossible to make any big waves. Jiangshan was laid down by Cao Cao, and the military generals were all vested interests loyal to the Cao family. After decades of ups and downs, there is no strong opposition in the DPRK and China. Although Cao Pi was young and did not have Cao Cao's prestige, Cao Pi benefited both the Kwantung clan and the Pei Yu Xun clique by calling the emperor the state. The ruling base was stable, so cao Pi did not have any problems sending troops at this time.
The reason is that Cao Pi is still young after all, and Sun Quan's surrender is too detailed. Unfortunately, he did not recognize Sun Quan's face when he turned his face and did not recognize people later. The Battle of Yiling completely laid the foundation for the three kingdoms: Liu Bei defeated the White Emperor's city of Tuoguo, Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Chan to completely recuperate in Yizhou and prepare for the Northern Expedition; Eastern Wu took back the strategic jingzhou and relied on the Yangtze River to resist Cao Cao in the north; Cao Wei lost the opportunity to destroy Wu.
It had been more than fifty years since the northern army had crossed the Yangtze River again to destroy Wu, and it was already the Western Jin Dynasty established by Sima Shi's usurpation of the throne. In the last years of Cao Wei, Sima Zhao's ambitions were already clear, but he still did not dare to usurp the throne. Why? It was because the prestige was insufficient, so Sima Zhao launched the war against Shu in order to improve his military merit and prestige. After the destruction of Shu, Sima Shi usurped the Cao Wei regime and established the Western Jin Dynasty by virtue of his great achievements in destroying the country. Therefore, the cause of Cao Wei's demise is here in Cao Pi.
If Cao Pi followed Liu Ye's advice and joined the Battle of Yiling, the state of Wu would be destroyed. With the merit of destroying the country, Cao Wei's power will inevitably soar. The loyalty of the people's hearts and the hearts of the army will certainly rise sharply, and once Wu Shuhan is destroyed, how long will it exist? Even if Cao Wei and Shu Han divided Eastern Wu, at least Cao Wei occupied most of the territory. In this way, Cao Wei would form a situation in which the whole situation would be set against the Shu Han Dynasty, and the unification of the whole country could be achieved just as the Song Dynasty destroyed Shu and the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty in Sichuan in history. Attacking Shu Han with the strength of the whole country is not easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we speculate in this way, we dare not say that Sima Shi did not have the opportunity to usurp the throne, at least it was not so easy to usurp the throne. As shown in the following figure: The Ming Dynasty used the strength of the whole country to pacify the Ming Xia regime in Sichuan.
brief summary:
To sum up, Cao Pi did not follow Liu Ye's advice to take advantage of the Battle of Yiling between Sun and Liu's two families to cut down Wu. Not only did it miss the great opportunity to destroy Wu, but it also laid the groundwork for Cao Wei's downfall.
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