There are three famous battles in the Three Kingdoms, which have completely laid the foundation for the three-legged standing, respectively, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling, and today Xiaobian wants to tell you about the Battle of Yiling, after the end of the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei was defeated miserably, and the Shu State at this time was even more stormy, so why didn't Eastern Wu take advantage of the defeat of Liu Bei to give the Shu State a direct victory? Even if Eastern Wu didn't do it, why didn't the Wei state in the north do it at all?
First of all, let's briefly introduce the Battle of Yiling, the Battle of Yiling, which was a large-scale fierce war led by The Shu Han Zhaolie Emperor Liu Bei against Eastern Wu in the early three kingdoms, and it was also a famous active defense in the history of ancient Chinese warfare, and a typical example of success, which was also the last of the "three major battles" of the Three Kingdoms. In the first year of Zhang Wu's reign, Liu Bei had just declared himself emperor, because Eastern Wu killed Guan Yu and occupied Jingzhou, leaving Liu Bei without strategic space, so Liu Bei wanted to take Jingzhou back, so Liu Bei led the soldiers and horses to march east to Sun Quan of Eastern Wu on the grounds of avenging Guan Yu, and in the face of the menacing Liu Bei, Sun Quan did not succeed in seeking peace, and decided to seek peace with Cao Wei on the one hand, avoiding two fronts of war, and on the other hand sending Lu Xun to lead an army to fight. Lu Xun used the method of waiting for work to block the offensive of the Shu Han army. In August, the Shu Han army was defeated in the area around Yiling. The fiasco at the Battle of Yiling was another major loss of strength for Shu Han after Guan Yu lost Jingzhou.
In the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei's army was burned and camped, after the defeat, Liu Bei lost a lot of soldiers and horses and some very important generals, in such a situation, the problem of ability has undergone a very serious change, this time Shu Han can be said to be the weakest time, then why at this time, Eastern Wu did not take the opportunity to blow up, but directly destroyed the Shu state? In fact, even if Eastern Wu had this idea, he still had no ability and no way at all, so why should he say this?
The main reason is because the situation in Eastern Wu is really a little different, the situation of Eastern Wu itself limits his development, the land is huge but there are mountains and more unconvinced, a large part of their troops need to guard against Mountain Yue, and in this war, lasted for nearly a year, the main reason is because The combat effectiveness of Eastern Wu is not so strong, although the Shu state failed, but its own strength is also greatly damaged, there is no ability to continue to move.
The reason why the northern State of Wei did not move, but also mainly because of domestic reasons, after the Wei Wen Emperor Cao Pi ascended the throne, he began to reform the country to change the law, this time is the time to frantically weaken the clan generals, if there is a war, the clan generals can once again have the opportunity to make meritorious achievements, win the war The clan generals are bigger, and his weakening can be even more without any way to attack the clan generals.
Therefore, at this time, Cao Pi did not want to give the clan generals the opportunity to make meritorious achievements, and Cao Pi advocated recuperation, coupled with the new domestic policy, it was not suitable for war, and more importantly, this time was the time when the power struggle within the Wei state was carried out, and it was certainly not waiting for the war to be launched, so the Shu state could be said to have escaped a disaster.