If you mention the chaotic world in daily life, then the Three Kingdoms period must be the hottest topic, as the most special dynasty of the mainland dynasty - the Han Dynasty, most countries have perished because of decline, but the Han Dynasty died in the strong, so at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, on the mainland of this Chinese land, one classic battle after another broke out, such as the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, the later Battle of Yiling, etc., of course, in this war-torn chaotic world, one outstanding person after another was born. For example, Guan Yu, Zhou Yu, Cao Cao and so on.
And therefore, the Three Kingdoms can be said to make countless people fascinated, just ask which man in the world does not want to ride a war horse in this chaotic world to kill a piece of the world, so that after a thousand years, the Three Kingdoms is still an enduring topic, then the question is, why in the late period of the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han, who has many generals, took the lead in perishing? Is it just that shu han is the weakest? So today I will talk to you about this "simple" topic.
As we all know, after Cao Cao's defeat in the Chibi battlefield in 208 AD, it can be said that the YuanQi army suffered heavy casualties, so it was basically unable to go south to complete his great cause of reunification, and this undoubtedly gave Liu Beitian a great opportunity at that time, so Liu Bei seized this opportunity to vigorously develop, and under Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei obtained the key area of Jingzhou with a very small number of troops, and then sent troops out of Sichuan to obtain the Yizhou area, so the situation of the Three Kingdoms was basically initially formed.
After this, Liu Bei gradually became an invincible overlord after years of assistance from Zhuge Liang and others, and within two years after Emperor Xian of Han xian made Cao Pi emperor (that is, in 221 AD), and Eastern Wu Sun Quan also became emperor shortly after, so the Three Kingdoms were formally formed, in the early days of the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, because cao Cao in the north completed the unification early, so the military strength of the Cao Wei regime far exceeded that of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, so the two joined hands to resist Cao.
Although Sun Liu's coalition army has been fighting against Cao Cao, but because the two have different ambitions, so the two have adopted different policies on the battlefield, we all know that for Liu Bei, the emperor of Han Zhaolie, his lifelong dream of wanting to support the Han room and restore the glory of the old Liu family, so it has always been wrong with Cao Cao in the north, and because of the territorial border, so there are also some contradictions from time to time, so Shu Han and Cao Wei can be said to be sworn enemies, and the idea of the Shu Han regime Kuang Fu Han room to unify the world is very strong. And the later Zhuge Liang liu out of Qishan also confirmed this statement, and even said that if the Shu Han at that time found that the Cao Wei regime had a flaw or flaw, then it was absolutely a national attack, so for Cao Wei to face such an active opponent, it was simply unreasonable not to start first.
For Eastern Wu Sun Quan, it can be said that there is a world of difference between him and Liu Bei, although he is also a male lord, but compared with his eldest brother Sun Ce and his father Sun Jian, Sun Quan is less ambitious to compete for the world, you must know that during the lifetime of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, the territory of Eastern Wu has always been in a state of expansion, and after the death of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, Sun Quan has always belonged to the state of defending the city, most of the time relying on the Yangtze River to resist the Jiangdong region.
Therefore, for the Cao Wei regime at that time, Liu Bei's Shu Han regime was its trouble, and Sun Quan, who had been guarding the land of Jiangdong, was not too serious a threat to himself, so in this case, the Cao Wei regime in the north would set its first sights on Shu Han.
And for Shu Han, its geographical location is more dangerous to Cao Wei, just like the one mentioned above, because after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei took Jingzhou and Yizhou and the strength of both places has been greatly developed, because Jingzhou was a place where soldiers and families had to compete at that time, not only had a large population but also a considerable economy, and it was easier to produce talents in the land of Jingzhou, so various factors added up to Jingzhou also became the center of "imperial capital", and this was also the first step for Shu Han to make a fortune.
And Yizhou is today's Sichuan region, the land can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack, just as the great poet Li Bai of the later Tang Dynasty said, Shu Dao is difficult to go to Qingtian, is a place that can be retreated and defended, and because Yizhou is located in the country of Tianfu, the land is fertile, the grain production is high, it is very conducive to the development of the army and recuperation, so Liu Bei, who obtained the land of Yizhou and Jingzhou, not only solved the problem of the number of troops, but also no longer worried about the supply of grain. In addition, Yizhou also bordered Liangzhou at that time, so it was very easy to capture Liangzhou, and obtained a large number of troops and horses, and the cavalry was a highly mobile and highly aggressive army for the cold weapon era at that time, just like today's mechanized troops, so for the Cao Wei regime, Shu Han was very easy to launch a war, and Liu Bei was in the country to seal three Liangzhou assassins in succession, and its purpose is self-evident.
However, this is not the place where Cao Wei is the greatest threat, it should be known that after Shu Han Yizhou sent troops to Qishan, if it broke through Cao Wei's defensive line, it could directly threaten the Central Plains and touch the foundation of Cao Wei, which was the main reason why Zhuge Liang repeatedly sent troops to Qishan in the late Three Kingdoms period.
For the geographical location of Eastern Wu, because of the dangerous Yangtze River separated from the Cao Wei regime, the danger coefficient is much lower, and because the army of Eastern Wu is not good at land warfare, it should be known that most of the Jiangdong region is water, so the water army is far stronger than the army, plus Sun Quan is a conservative king, basically rarely launching wars abroad, especially the huge war of consumption (except for the Battle of Hefei). Moreover, if Sun Quan really crossed the Yangtze River to attack Cao Wei, but because it was far from Cao Wei's capital or hinterland, it did not pose any danger to Cao Wei at all, so on the whole, the war potential of the State of Wu was basically much lower than that of the State of Shu, and basically did not have the ability to unify the whole country, so the Cao Wei regime in the north would naturally not put it on the first strategic goal.
Of course, in addition to the above reasons, there is another important reason, that is, the talent in the late Shu Han Dynasty has withered greatly, for the small partners who are familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms period, they must all know that in the middle of the early period, Liu Bei had the martial generals Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and others, and although the strength of the Wenchen Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others could not clash head-on with Cao Cao, resistance could still be done, especially the martial general Guan Yu and the strategist Zhuge Liang were left in history.
However, the talent of the late Shu Han can be said to be a serious withering, from the time when Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, slowly the national strength of the Shu Han dynasty has basically declined, especially with the successive reactions caused by Guan Yu's death can be a major injury to the Shu state's vitality, it is well known that in 219 AD, after the Battle of Xiangfan flooded the Seventh Army, Guan Yu can be said to be a mighty earthquake Huaxia, is the real sense of history of the enemy, at this time Guan Yu's reputation can be said to have reached the peak of life, and coupled with Liu Bei's capture of Hanzhong, At this time, Liu Bei can be said to be the closest step to completing the Kuang Fu Han Room.
However, no one expected that lü Meng, the governor of Eastern Wu at this time, turned his back on his ally Guan Yu, and after Guan Yu's death, Shu Han lost an important strategic Jingzhou, and because Zhang Fei, who wanted to avenge Guan Yu, also died, the angry Han Zhaolie Emperor could no longer bear the anger in his heart, and then in 220 AD, Liu Bei, who had been preparing for two years, attacked Eastern Wu, but encountered the Battle of Yiling.
If it is said that the recent Battle of Xiangfan caused Liu Bei yuanqi to be seriously injured, then the Battle of Yiling can be said to have really shaken the foundation, in this war not only lost hundreds of thousands of troops, but also lost many generals, for a time it can be said that it led to a fault in Shu Han, and even in the late three kingdoms period, Shu Han did not have any military generals to show their hands, so that Wei Yan became the top pillar of Shu Han, and in the war of the six Qishan Mountains, Zhang Bao, the new generation of the main force of the Shu State, was accidentally killed. It can be said that at this time, the Shu Han talents had a serious withering situation, and only Jiang Wei could get on the table in the later period.
And what about Cao Wei's side? Talent can be said to have never been broken, in the early stage we know that there are, Le Jin, Xu Huang, Cao Ren and other people and Wenchen is xun yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and other people, and with the passage of time the early talents gradually passed away, but because the Cao Wei regime has been dominating the north, and the north has been the center of culture and politics since Qin, so there is no shortage of talents, and because the Cao Wei regime is also good at discovering people, so in the final attack on Shu Han, there are Zhong Hui, Deng Ai and others, and for Shu Han, At the time of Liu Chan's ascension to the throne, Zhuge Liang suppressed it, and the court at that time was still relatively stable, but after Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan obeyed the eunuch Huang Hao's order to cause chaos in the government, so in this state of mutual destruction, it was basically inevitable that the Shu state would be the first to perish.
Therefore, it can be seen that the shu han was the first to be destroyed in the three kingdoms, in fact, it was inevitable, and it was also caused by many reasons, but in general, shu han has always been a major problem in Cao Wei's heart, compared with Sun Quan's Eastern Wu regime, the danger of Shu Han is much higher, and coupled with the fact that the late Shu state has always been in a state of exhaustive military force, first experienced Zhuge Liang's six qi mountains, and then Jiang Wei's nine central plains, so in the later period of The Shu Han's extreme anti-war, And in addition to the withering of talent, failure and demise are sooner or later.