The era of the Three Kingdoms was a relatively stable situation, after all, neither country was sure to face the challenges of the other two alone. However, during the Three Kingdoms period, there were three large-scale battles, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling.
The Battle of Yiling was a large-scale battle waged against Eastern Wu after Liu Bei established himself as king. In fact, Sun Quan was not willing to go to war, and had no choice but to send a letter of peace, but Liu Bei did not agree, but instead strengthened his determination to destroy Wu. What exactly is in the letter? Let Liu Bei, who is angry, burn with anger.
The three countries have developed steadily for a long time, and there are few large-scale battles, but small frictions are continuous. One of the most serious frictions is the Jingzhou issue. Jingzhou was originally the territory of Eastern Wu, which was originally borrowed by Kong Ming, but it has not been returned and does not want to return. At this time, Eastern Wu tried to find a way to retrieve the Nine Counties of Jingxiang.
It was Guan Yu who was ordered to stay in Jingzhou, after all, Guan Yu was a brave and resourceful general. His fame was also great, and he could suppress Jingzhou by relying on tiger power and martial arts. Coupled with the trained Jingzhou Army, this was an elite army of the Shu State. Kong Ming asked Guan Yubei to reject Cao Wei, Dong, and Sun Quan, but Guan Yu was arrogant and relentlessly associated with jiangdong's people, so he ignored both sides.
The general stationed at Fancheng at that time was Cao Ren, a general of the State of Wei. He was Cao Cao's younger brother and had been following Cao Cao in his conquests. He can not only fight well, but also use soldiers like gods. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he was also promoted to the post of Bai Da da (Bai Da) and Grand Sima (大司馬). Guan Yu led an army to besiege Fancheng, and Cao Ren vowed to resist to the death, at which time Lü Meng, the third governor of Eastern Wu, thought of a brilliant plan.
Lü Meng joined forces with Cao Ren and let him continue to hold on, entangling Guan Yu's main force. He crossed the river in white, took Jingzhou City and then supported Fancheng. However, during the siege, Guan Yu fled with hundreds of remnants. Sun Quan meant not to pursue, but Lü Meng did not want to miss this opportunity, so he continued to lead his army in pursuit.
Sure enough, after a chase, he successfully let his subordinate Pan Zhang kill Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang and others. Sun Quan, who learned of this, was not happy, because he knew that it did not matter if he got Jingzhou, but if he killed Guan Yu, it would definitely attract Liu Bei's troops.
At this time, Liu Bei was already furious and asked Zhang Fei to lead an army to avenge his second brother Guan Yu. As a result, Zhang Fei was eager to take revenge, reprimanded and punished his subordinates Zhang Da and Fan Jiang for no reason, provoking the two to kill Zhang Fei in the night and defect to the territory of Eastern Wu overnight. Sun Quan, who learned of this, was even more shocked, in such a situation, killing Zhang Fei and fleeing to Eastern Wu was undoubtedly worse than hatred.
In order to avoid war, Sun Quan tied up Fan Jiang and Zhang Da and escorted them back to the Shu state. Lü Meng, as the governor of Eastern Wu, also died shortly after returning to Eastern Wu. At this time, the Talents of Eastern Wu gradually withered away, and one of them stood out in the distance, Lu Xun. Sun Quan was very optimistic about this person, so he was promoted to the new metropolitan governor.
At this time, Liu Bei gathered soldiers and horses in the White Emperor City, and must fight to the death at Sun Quan. After all, Taoyuan's three righteous feelings, now the death of the second brother and the third brother of Eastern Wu can not escape the interference, so only blood debt and blood repayment, the suppression of Eastern Wu to relieve the hatred.
At this time, in order to avoid the sword soldiers, Sun Quan sent a letter of peace. The content roughly says: Liu Bei's army came to the White Emperor City because of the attack on Jingzhou and the killing of Guan Yu, I think, your mind is too small, think about your relationship with the han dynasty emperor, and then think about the size of Jingzhou and the Chinese states compared to who is bigger? Hope you think about it?
Zhuge Jin was Zhuge Liang's older brother, but one of the two brothers was a Shu Han chancellor and the other was an eastern Wu staff member. Zhuge Jin came to Jiangdong to escape the chaos of the war, but he did not expect to attract the attention of Sun Quan, and then stayed in the Wu Dynasty Hall. Because of this relationship between Kong Ming and Zhuge Jin, he frequently went in and out of the Shu and Wu states to carry out diplomatic construction.
While Guan Yu Zhang Fei was killed one after another, Zhuge Jin served as a Taishou in Nan Commandery and did not know it. However, many ministers have vilified Zhuge Jin, after all, his brother is the enemy minister, which will inevitably hinder the exchange of information between family relations, which will lead to the outbreak of a big war. However, Sun Quan gave him extreme trust, so he asked Zhuge Jin to write a peace letter to Liu Bei.
However, Zhuge Jin wrote a letter similar to a challenge letter, which did not damage the face of Eastern Wu, but also pushed the battle to a climax. Liu Bei was even more angry when he saw it, and after the contents of the letter were transmitted back to the Eastern Wu Court, all the ministers accused him of having ulterior motives and deliberately provoking trouble. After all, the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was unwilling to compete with Liu Bei.
In the face of this letter of peace drafted and issued by Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin, Liu Bei became more and more angry the more he looked at it, which also strengthened his determination to cut down Wu. The content is clearly saying that Liu Bei is short-sighted and does not even feel the attitude of seeking peace.
The Battle of Yiling broke out, and it was thought that the new governor Lu Xun would rush to the front line and command a large army to fight bravely. Then, like Zhou Yu, a few clever tricks successfully repelled the vengeful army of the Shu state, thus ensuring the taiping of Jiangdong. But this is not the case in real time.
However, Lu Xun was very incompetent, and a series of news of the defeat continued to spread back to Sun Quan's hands, which also caused the ministers in the court to worry. The ministers wrote to impeach Lu Xun for not having real talent and practical learning, and should immediately change the commander. But Sun Quan still trusted Lu Xun, and Lu Xun was also confident about this battle.
The eastern Wu generals were defeated one after another, resulting in low morale and shaken military morale, but Lu Xun did not think much of the military report. At this time, everyone thought to themselves, has the Metropolitan Governor given up resistance? Everyone rushed to Lu Xun to ask for an understanding, but Lu Xun still kept silent.
Along the way, the Shu kingdom marched forward. In a mountain forest, the summer heat was unbearable, Liu Bei was also overwhelmed by victory, and let the soldiers enter the woods to take shelter and set up tents to rest. This matter was known to Kong Ming, and Kong Ming inhaled a cool breath. But then the defeat followed.
It turned out that the opportunity for Eastern Wu had arrived. Lu Xun struck decisively and ignited the mountain forest. All the soldiers and horses of the Shu State were buried in the large brazier, and this fire saved the State of Wu in an instant, and Liu Bei also fled to the White Emperor City. A few days later, Liu Bei died, and a generation of Shu Han emperors came to an end, and imperial power fell on Liu Chan.
Zhuge Jin, as Kong Ming's older brother, will not be very poor in literary style. Moreover, when Zhou Yu was the governor of the capital, Zhuge Jin could stand shoulder to shoulder with Lu Su above the court. But this is the only way for a polylegal person to write such a ridiculous letter of peace, completely unaware of the attitude of peace, but to spit on the opponent for being ignorant and ridiculous.
It's like going out and asking for help or forgiveness, if you're humble, respectful, and gentle, then people aren't embarrassed to refuse. If, like Zhuge Jin, he lays out the facts and reasons, but instead blames others' problems, then the affirmation is that the negotiations will break down and the discussions will fail.