It can be said that these three fires correspond to the three major battles that laid the foundation of the Three Kingdoms: the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling. The Battle of Guandu laid the foundation for Cao Cao's unification of the north, and the Battle of Chibi blocked Cao Cao's attempt to quickly unify the world while sun and Liu had already joined forces. Some people may say that the Battle of Hanzhong was the founding battle of shu Han, and it is not wrong to say so, but Liu Bei did not give up his dream of swallowing Wu and destroying Cao at that time. Knowing that the three families were respectively called Emperor Liu Beibing defeated Yiling, the Three Kingdoms officially entered a stable period without major turmoil. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that the burning of Wuchao, the burning of Chibi, and the burning of Yiling have laid the foundation for the three divisions of the world.
Among Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, Sun Quan had a small name and low status, so Sun Quan was the most satisfied with the division; while Cao Cao blackmailed Tianzi to make the princes always want to unify the world; and Liu Bei's status as the emperor of the Great Han Dynasty forced Liu Bei to learn from Liu Xiuxing to restore the Han Dynasty and return to the old capital. Therefore, the most obvious thing is that Eastern Wu is the weakest offensive, and although the Shu Han is the weakest, it has to carry out the Northern Expedition again and again under the fateful arrangement. Knowing that it could not be done, Shu Han finally exhausted its national strength and was secretly attacked by Cao Wei to destroy the country. The burning of Wuchao gave Cao Cao a victory in the Battle of Guandu and the opportunity for Cao Cao to unify the north
Before the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao's situation was actually not optimistic, although Cao Cao had already blackmailed tianzi to make the princes, but there were not many internal and external troubles. Geographically, Cao Cao's territory was a long strip, spanning eastern Qingzhou to Guanzhong, but the north and south obviously lacked depth; it was easy to be chiseled through. Zhang Lu, Liu Biao, and Sun Quan in the south could all form certain strategic advantages in the local area, and the posture of Yuan Shao cao, who was strong in the north, was very delicate. Moreover, compared with Yuan Shao, the territory controlled by Cao Cao was destroyed by the Yellow Turban Turmoil, and the population was far less rich than That of Yuan Shao. And Yuan Shao's Ji, Qing, You, and Fu Minfeng, and there were many elite cavalry with strong mobility. If it were not for Liu Biao's self-imposed self-imposed and conspiring with Yuan Shao and Sun Quan to conspire with Cao Cao, it would obviously have been a tragic fate for Cao Cao.
Of course, history has no ifs, only Yuan Shao and Cao Cao face each other. In fact, on Yuan Shao's side, Cao Cao was under great pressure, as long as Yuan Shao did not take risks and make big mistakes; slowly and Cao Cao consumed their strength, Cao Cao would undoubtedly lose. Therefore, there was a confrontation between Yuan Cao and Cao Cao, who was anxious to meet Xu You's bridge section barefoot. Therefore, Cao Cao's surprise attack on Wuchao and the cutting off of Yuan Shao's grain route, so Cao Cao won the Battle of Guandu. Even if Yuan Shao was defeated, he still had the strength to fight a battle. Knowing that Yuan Shao died, because of the heir issue, the infighting in The Yuan Shao clique gave Cao Cao various opportunities to break through. Cao Cao then completed the feat of entering Hebei and conquering Wuhuan to unify the north.
The burning of Chibi bankrupted the arrogant Cao Cao's dream of quickly going south to unify the jiangshan, and also allowed Sun Liu's two families to get a breathing opportunity to unify the north, and Cao Cao gradually went from the initial trembling to the later satisfied, and the north let Cao Cao have the idea of underestimating the heroes of the world. Before the Tang and Song dynasties, the north had always been the economic center of gravity and fiscal and taxation of the Central Plains Dynasty, so Cao Cao, who was well-fed, led 830,000 people to the south. Cao Cao wrote to Sun Quan that "the general will hunt wu", and Sun Quan was terrified and made a difficult choice between surrender and fight. Liu Bei abandoned Xinye, fancheng, Danyang, and Xiakou, and Liu Chun, who succeeded to the throne after Liu Biao's death, directly surrendered to Cao Cao. Under the interviews of Lu Su and Zhuge Liang, it was only then that Zhuge Liang's Eastern Wu Tongue War Group Ru finally decided on the policy of sun and Liu's two families to join forces against Cao. In fact, the main force is Eastern Wu, and Liu Bei does not have many people.
The burning of Chibi is a very wonderful passage in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and we will not dwell on the details. Taking advantage of Cao Cao's crushing defeat, Liu Bei took the opportunity to occupy most of Jingzhou, which made Sun Quan furious. Although Liu Bei used the excuse to temporarily borrow Jingzhou, according to the arrangement of Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair", he did not intend to return Jingzhou at all. Even a few years later, when Liu Bei entered the Battle of Sichuan and Cao Cao's Hanzhong, in order to make Sun Quan contain Cao Cao, he ceded several counties of Jingzhou to Sun Quan. Sun Quan had always been worried about Liu Bei's temporary borrowing of Jingzhou, which also laid the groundwork for Lü Meng to cross the river and seize Jingzhou. The Battle of Yiling cut off the Shu Han Idea of using Jingzhou as a base for the Northern Expedition to restore the Han Dynasty to the old capital, and the Three Kingdoms were officially formed.
In fact, Liu Bei began to rely on Jingzhou and did not return, he was doomed to a war in Shu Wu. Because of the peculiar terrain of the Shu Han Dynasty, although it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was difficult to grow into a national power. The Sichuan Basin is surrounded by mountains, and if you enter the Central Plains, you must leave the river. Obviously, Zhuge Liang's tactics cannot be ignored, so there are two roads from Jingzhou, Luo, and Hanzhong to the north in the "Longzhong Pair". The terrain of Jingzhou is very critical, and it has always been a place where soldiers must fight. Later dynastic wars have proved many times that the northern regime descended the river from Jingzhou to Nanjing (the capital of the State of Wu) to carry out the decapitation operation as the most convenient way to eliminate Wu. Otherwise, Wu Guo would not give in vain, and slowly fight for strength, perhaps Shu Han would die earlier. The biggest reliance of the Wu state in dividing Jiangdong was the Natural Danger of the Yangtze River, so seizing Jingzhou and closing the gate of Shu Handong was something that Sun Quan wanted to do in his dreams.
Therefore, when Guan Yu launched the Northern Expedition, Eastern Wu violated the alliance Lü Meng baiyi and crossed the river to capture Jingzhou, and Guan Yu, a generation of war gods, was defeated and took Maicheng. At that time, Liu Bei was anxious to claim the title of emperor to stabilize the Shu Han regime, but the outbreak of the Battle of Yiling had become inevitable. Whether it was because of avenging Guan Yu or retaking Jingzhou, in short, Liu Bei's invasion of Wu was inevitable. However, Shu Han won first and then lost, and Yiling destroyed the elite of Shu Han with a fire; it also made Liu Bei's dream of world unification completely in vain. Since then, the gate of the Shu Han Dynasty out of the Three Gorges has been completely closed, and the situation of the Three Kingdoms after Eastern Wu occupied Jingzhou was officially formed.