The Three Kingdoms of Wei shu and Wu were established after the Battle of Chibi, and among the three kingdoms of Wei Shu and Wu, Liu Bei's fate was the most turbulent. Liu Bei, who was more than half a hundred years old, established Shu Han, and after half a lifetime of conquest, established Shu Han. Therefore, Liu Bei is also a representative of the late cheng of the great instrument. To this day, people revere Liu Bei more than Cao Cao and Sun Quan.
After all, from the starting point, Liu Bei's strength was lagging behind Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Although Liu Liu had the name of Uncle Liu Huang, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial family was a puppet, and his Uncle Liu Huang could not play any role at all. After Liu Bei played out of the Kuangfu Han Room, it attracted a lot of talents, and under such circumstances, Liu Bei began to make meritorious achievements.
Among the three kingdoms of Wei Shu and Wu, Shu Han was the latest to be established, and Cao Wei's strength was the strongest. At that time, Cao Cao unified the north, so Cao Cao had enough confidence, did not listen to the advice of the strategists, and chose to immediately unify the world, but the result was not to unify the world, but instead lost in the Battle of Chibi. The defeat at the Battle of Chibi gave Cao Cao no chance of dominating the world.
Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao has emerged in history. At this time, Cao Cao began to establish his own state of Wei. Although every prince is for the sake of supporting the Han Dynasty, every prince also has selfish intentions. From another point of view, Cao Cao blackmailed tianzi to order the princes, which protected Emperor Xian of Han to a certain extent.
Emperor Xian of Han was at the hands of Cao Cao, and even almost killed Cao Cao, which is the historical YidaiZhao incident. In 213, Cao Cao was enfeoffed as the Duke of Wei by Emperor Xian of Han, and the state of Wei began to be established. It was not so much that it was given by Emperor Xian of Han as it was coerced by Cao Cao. Cao Cao was no longer willing to take the throne as a Han courtier at that time, or Xun Yu would not die.
It is worth mentioning that Xun Yu's death had a lot to do with Cao Cao's title of Duke of Wei. After Cao Cao established the State of Wei, Cao Wei gradually became stronger. It has to be said that in the Three Kingdoms of Wei Shu and Wu, no matter from which aspect, Cao Wei's strength ranked first. First of all, in terms of territorial area, Cao Wei reached its peak.
After Cao Cao called the Duke of Wei, the territory was constantly changing, and by the time of Cao Pi, most of the territory had been fixed. At that time, Cao Wei's territory was the entire present-day region of Northern China, roughly north to Shanxi, Hebei and Liaodong, followed by the Yellow Sea in the east, Gansu in the west, and adjacent to Hexi Xianbei, Qiang and Qi. Overall, Cao Wei was the largest territory at the time.
At this time, Cao Wei's strength was the strongest, so the question was, why didn't Cao Wei dominate the world? Cao Wei did not dominate the world, mainly because there were two enemy troops who were very powerful, one was Zhuge Liang of Shu Han, and the other was Lu Xun of Eastern Wu. According to the records of historical records, the financial situation of Eastern Wu and Shu Han was very good.
According to Pei Songzhi's Notes on the Three Kingdoms, even at the time of the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, there was no problem with finances. At the time of the shu Han's demise, there were 400,000 pieces of rice and 2,000 gold and silver gold, and in addition to these, there were 200,000 pieces of brocade and silk each. At the time of the fall of Eastern Wu, there were still 2.8 million rice valleys and more than 5,000 boats.
No matter from which aspect, Eastern Wu and Shu Han were not short of food and money even when they perished. Zhuge Liang was undoubtedly a "god" in the Shu Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang was invited out of the mountain by Liu Bei three times, which led to the Three Gu Maolu. After Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, in order to thank Liu Bei for his kindness, he did his best for Shu Han.
Even in the last moments of Zhuge Liang's life, Zhuge Liang was struggling in the internal affairs of the Shu Han Dynasty, and now it seems that Zhuge Liang is exhausted himself alive. During the Northern Expedition, the national strength of the Shu Han was dragged down, so the development of Cao Wei was also limited. In this way, Cao Wei did not defeat Shu Han, and the reason was the existence of Zhuge Liang.
The strength of Eastern Wu cannot be underestimated. The emergence of Lu Xun brought the development of Eastern Wu to a peak. In the Battle of Shiting, Lu Xun's strength was exerted, and at this time, Lu Xun seriously injured the elite field army of the State of Wei, after which Lu Xun let Cao Wei not conquer Eastern Wu for twenty-four years. From this point of view, it was lu xun's appearance that allowed Eastern Wu to be at peace.
That is to say, Lu Xun and Zhuge Liang made contributions to Eastern Wu and Shu Han, and from another point of view, the appearance of the two also blocked the pace of Cao Wei's unification of the world. It was precisely for this reason that Zhuge Liang dragged Cao Wei along, and secondly Lu Xun defeated Cao Wei, no matter what level, it was a great restriction on Cao Wei's development, so that Cao Wei did not dominate the world.