The Battle of Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period was a sign of the shu kingdom's transformation from prosperity to decline, the three counties of Jingzhou in the Shu kingdom were lost, the Jingzhou army was completely destroyed, Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang and other Shu generals were killed, Zhuge Lianglong was destroyed, and it became difficult to cut Wei farther away, which basically can be said to have snuffed out the hope of hegemony between the south and the north, and Eastern Wu won Jingzhou, but under the leadership of Sun Shiwan, there was no inch for decades. If Sun Ce did not die, the situation at the Battle of Jingzhou would never be like this.
In the Battle of Jingzhou, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng for a long time, and Eastern Wu deliberately showed weakness, inducing Guan Yu to empty the rear army, resulting in Jingzhou being attacked, homeless, and being attacked by strong troops from both sides, and defeating Maicheng and being captured. If Sun Ce did not die, he must have known that the consequences of doing so would be to make Cao Wei dominant, and the Combined Forces of Shu and Wu would not be able to shake it, so if Sun Ce was there, he would certainly not agree to Lü Meng's sneak attack on Jingzhou, but would go north to attack Yangzhou or Xuzhou.
The economic level of Yangzhou and Xuzhou was far greater than that of Jingzhou, and the benefits brought after the capture were far greater than those of Jingzhou, and could greatly weaken Cao Wei's strength and achieve the true Three Kingdoms, the strength of the Three Kingdoms was basically the same, and even in terms of money and grain, Eastern Wu would be stronger, after all, the Jianghuai region was the place with the largest population and the most money and grain at that time, and the Cao army had just experienced the great defeat in Hanzhong, the loss of Xiangyang, The precarious situation of Fancheng, Guan Yu was captured by the forbidden Pound, the Flooding of the Seventh Army, Xu Huang, Cao Ren and other Cao Wei elites were dragged by Guan Yu in the Xiangfan area.
At this time, if Sun Ce could lead 100,000 troops directly to Xuzhou, at most there would be only Zhang Liao in Hefei as a barrier, Sun Ce was not Sun Quan, Zhang Liao could not fight a battle like Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao came to raid Sun Ce, he might not be able to defeat Sun Ce, Sun Ce dragged Zhang Liao, basically the Eastern Wu attack troops would be completely destroyed, Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Le Jin If they could not go back to Hefei, Hefei basically did not attack itself, and then they could drive straight in and directly attack Xuzhou, Xuzhou was very empty at that time. It doesn't take much effort to occupy most of Xuzhou. Moreover, there was no need to engage Zhang Liao's army at all, as long as Lu Xun, Gan Ning, and Ling commanded 20,000 troops to besiege Hefei, only to block the connection without attacking, and not to let them rescue Xuzhou.
Speaking of the Xiangfan area, if Jingzhou had not been attacked, Guan Yu would not have been able to completely defeat Xu Huang and Fancheng Cao Ren and others who had come to the rescue, but the confrontation was still very easy, and Cao Wei did not dare to withdraw his troops, Xuchang was always threatened, Cao Cao would definitely move the capital, perhaps to Yecheng, or to Chang'an. In this way, Eastern Wu's strength will be greatly increased, Cao Wei's strength will be greatly reduced, and the level of national strength of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu will basically be on the same level, so that Eastern Wu also has the geographical foundation, the foundation of money and grain, and the foundation of soldiers and horses for hegemony in the world, and if the Shu state wants to cut down Wei, it can also send troops in two ways, Hanzhong sends troops to attack Chang'an, and Jingzhou sends troops to attack Luoyang. Eastern Wu can also send troops all the way to Hefei, Nanyang and other places, the other way can attack Yanzhou or Yuzhou, Cao Cao must be in a mess, the situation in the Three Kingdoms is reversed, it is likely to end the situation of the Three Kingdoms as soon as possible, and there will be no later Jin Dynasty and Wuhu Chaohua.