Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms era and Jingzhou in today are not a concept, and Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period is very large, including most of the two provinces of Hubei and Hunan today and parts of present-day Henan. So what exactly did Jingzhou refer to in the Three Kingdoms period, and where was The Jingzhou guarded by Guan Yu?
Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period and today's Jingzhou are very different, especially in terms of geography, Jingzhou has a history of at least 4,000 years so far, many people in Jingzhou have heard, Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, Cao Cao had a heart for Jingzhou, it can be said that in the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Shu Wu was pregnant with ghosts, wanted to dominate Jingzhou, Jingzhou as a military town from ancient times to the present, which also depends on its unique geographical location, in zhuge Liang's words is "Jingzhou north of Hanyuan, the south of the Sea, the east of Wuhui, the west of Tongba shu." "Jingzhou is the best passage for many areas.
Jingzhou was originally one of the thirteen thorn history departments set up by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, if converted to today's detailed geographical location, to the north is to touch the city of Nanyang in Henan, to the south can reach Guilin in Guangxi and Shaoguan in Guangdong, to the east is the junction of Hubei and Jiangxi, to the west including all of Guizhou Province, the geographical area is unimaginable.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou administered seven counties, namely Changsha County, Wuling County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, and Nan County. Jiangxia County, Namyang County. However, later the imperial court divided Nanyang County and Nan County into Xiangyang and Zhangling Counties. Therefore, at that time, it was often said that Jingxiang Nine Counties, this is the origin. Later, Xiangyang and Zhangling County were incorporated into Nanyang County, and Cao Cao won Nanyang County after the Battle of Chibi. Originally, Liu Bei was supposed to have five counties in Jingzhou, but because Liu Bei first borrowed Nan Commandery from Sun Quan, according to the agreement at that time, Liu Bei handed over Changsha County and Guiyang County to Sun Quan.
Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period is like an administrative division, not specifically referring to a place or a city, in the present, covering southern Henan, all of Hubei, all of Hunan and other regions. If you refer specifically to Jingzhou (Nan County) where Guan Yu zhenshou is located, there is no doubt that it is today's Jingzhou City, Jiangling County and other areas.