During the Three Kingdoms period, the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu fought many wars around Jingzhou, and two of the three most famous battles in the history of the Three Kingdoms were fought in Jingzhou, namely the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Yiling. Among them, the Battle of Chibi shattered Cao Cao's dream of unifying the whole country with a single blow, and the Battle of Yiling became a stumbling block to the complete revival and rise of the Shu Han Dynasty. So how important is Jingzhou? Why did the Wei Shu and Wu Three Councils keep fighting around Jingzhou?
Battle of Chibi
Jingzhou's geographical location is very important
Jingzhou is located in the south-central part of Hubei Province, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the lower reaches of the Han River, where the terrain is flat and mild, the rivers crisscross each other, Zhuge Liang said that Jingzhou is: "According to the Han Dynasty in the north, the South China Sea, the east is connected to Wuhui, and the west is to Tunba Shu, and this country of martial arts is also." The specific meaning is that Jingzhou is connected to the South China Sea, can open up the main waterway on the water, and as long as it goes north, it can attack the Central Plains controlled by Cao Wei and Luoyang, and Guan Yu was in Jingzhou to raise troops to attack Cao Wei in the Northern Expedition. Located in Jingzhou, down the river, it could directly attack Jiankang (Nanjing) in Eastern Wu at that time, so both Cao Wei and Eastern Wu wanted to take all of Jingzhou.
Jingzhou Ancient City
In addition to its geographical advantage, Jingzhou also had a key advantage during the Three Kingdoms period, that is, the demographic dividend, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty led to years of war in the entire Central Plains, which was basically in a state of ruin and waiting to be rebuilt. At that time, Jingzhou, under the rule of Liu Biao, one of the Eight Juns, had little war except for sun jian's trouble and fighting water thieves. The absence of war also proved the stability of society, coupled with the war in the Central Plains, a large number of people dragged their families and fled to Jingzhou to enrich the population base, resulting in Jingzhou at that time, both grain production and social development were far more perfect than the Central Plains, it can be said that the basis of the three divisions of the world is Wei Shu Wu three points of Jingzhou. (After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao occupied Fancheng in Xiangyang, Liu Bei occupied Jiangling, and Sun Quan occupied Jiangxia.)
The high people of Jingzhou City are difficult to break
So who is the most suitable person to guard Jingzhou in the first place?
Since Guan Yu's careless loss of Jingzhou led to Liu Bei losing the possibility that all the Kuangfu Han rooms were still in the old capital, guan Yu was definitely not suitable for guarding Jingzhou in the town, so who else besides Guan Yu was suitable for guarding Jingzhou?
Guan Yuzhen guards Jingzhou
Many netizens said that Zhao Yun was particularly suitable for guarding Jingzhou, because Zhao Yun was cautious and brave while fighting, but in the view of the left ship, Zhao Yun could only lead troops to fight small-scale battles in parts, and it was obviously unworthy to let Zhao Yun defend the entire Jingzhou. So besides Zhao Yun, who else in Liu Bei's group is suitable for guarding Jingzhou?
Zhao Yun
In fact, in addition to Zhao Yun, there are two people who are particularly suitable for Zhen shou Jingzhou, the first of which is Liu Huang's uncle Liu Bei himself, after all, Liu Bei is still Sun Quan's brother-in-law on the surface, if Liu Bei is in Zhen Shou Jingzhou, then Sun Quan is difficult to find a breakthrough in Jingzhou. However, it was obviously impossible to let Liu Beizhen guard Jingzhou, after all, Xiangyang, the seat of Jingzhou's administration, was still in the hands of Cao Wei, and Liu Bei could not stay in Jiangling all the time, in addition, Liu Bei was also invited by Liu Zhang to enter Sichuan to deal with Zhang Lu, so although Liu Beizhen's guarding Jingzhou would not cause Jingzhou to be lost, it was difficult for Liu Bei to get the land of Sichuan and Shu again.
Pang Tong died at the hands of Zhang Ren, and Liu Bei became famous
Another person who seemed more suitable for Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou than Guan Yu in Zuo Jian was Wei Yan, a general in the late Shu Han Dynasty, and many people felt that Wei Yan would definitely rebel against Ji Han in the future, after all, there was a big problem in the relationship between Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang. But at least one thing we can be sure of is that while Liu Bei appreciated Wei Yan, Wei Yan also felt that Liu Bei was a clear lord, and Wei Yan was also willing to fight for Liu Bei.com.
The famous Shu Han general Wei Yan
Although the Shu Han generals said that their respective skills were not small, but the shortcomings of their respective bodies were also very obvious, Guan Yu chengtian felt that others "inserted the bid to sell the head", and as a result, he finally "inserted the bid and sold the head", Zhang Fei's shortcoming Liu Bei had already said that "the Qing punishment and killing is too bad, and the day is flogging Jian'er, and the order is left and right, and this way to take the trouble is also." As a result, Zhang Fei was still going his own way and was eventually unfortunately seriously valued by Liu Bei, while Huang Zhong's shortcomings were obvious, his age was too big, and as for Zhao Yun's shortcomings, he had no significant advantages. Therefore, it seems that in the end, wei Yan can only be alone, but in the eyes of the left ship, Wei Yan also has a fatal problem, that is, the seniority is too low to convince the public!