1. Cao Cao’s main deeds
1. The Battle of Guandu
In the fourth year of Jian’an, Yuan Shao sent 100,000 troops south. The news reached Xudu, and Cao Cao Most of the generals believed that Yuan's army was powerful and invincible. However, based on his understanding of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao believed that Yuan Shao was ambitious but lacking in talent, lacked courage, was mean and ungrateful, was self-willed, had many soldiers but unclear command, and had arrogant generals with inconsistent political orders. So he decided to use the tens of thousands of troops he could muster to fight Yuan Shao's attack. .
In order to gain the strategic initiative, he made careful arrangements. After more than a year of confrontation, he succeeded by surprise with about 20,000 troops and defeated Yuan's army of 100,000.
This battle became a typical battle in Chinese history where the weak defeated the strong and the small defeated the large. With his extraordinary intelligence and courage, Cao Cao wrote the most glorious page of his military career.
In the seventh year of Jian'an (202), Yuan Shao died of depression due to defeat. Cao Cao took the opportunity to completely destroy Yuan's military group. In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), Cao Cao conquered Wuhuan again, and so far , the war-torn North achieved reunification.
2. Battle of Xiangfan
In July of the 24th year of Jian'an (219), Cao Cao had just withdrawn from Hanzhong. Liu Bei's general Guan Yu attacked his southeastern defense line from Jingzhou to Xiang and An attack was launched in Fan area. When Cao Cao heard about it, he immediately sent General Jun to lead his troops to rescue Fancheng.
In August, Guan Yu took advantage of the flooding, captured Pang De, and took advantage of the momentum to march and surround Fancheng. At that time, there were only a few thousand Cao's troops in Fancheng. The city was flooded, and the water surface was only a few feet away from the tower. Cao Ren led his army to defend to the death. Cao Cao sent Xu Huang to lead troops to rescue Fancheng.
In October, Cao Cao rushed to Luoyang from Guanzhong and personally directed the rescue of Fancheng.
Sun Quan was unwilling to let Guan Yu's power develop because Guan Yu was upstream of him, and he had long wanted to capture Jingzhou, so he contacted Cao Cao and prepared to use general Lu Meng to sneak attack Jiangling, the important place in Jingzhou.
After receiving the letter, Cao Cao informed Cao Ren of the news and ordered him to continue to hold on. He entered Mobei (southeast of today's Jiaxian County), approached the command, and sent 12 battalions of troops to reinforce Xu Huang, ordering him to He fought back against Guan Yu.
After a fierce battle, Guan Yu was defeated. Soon, Lu Meng succeeded in a sneak attack on Jiangling. Guan Yu withdrew to Yizhou, but was captured and killed by Sun Quan's army on the way. Sun Quan sent Guan Yu's head to Luoyang, and Cao Cao buried him with the courtesy of a prince. The Battle of Xiangfan ended.
2. Liu Bei’s main deeds
1. Three visits to the thatched cottage
After the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei. Liu Bei had no choice but to seek refuge with Liu Biao. In order to get Liu Bei's counselor Xu Shu, Cao Cao lied that Xu Shu's mother was ill and asked Xu Shu to go to Xudu immediately.
When Xu Shu left, he told Liu Bei that there was a wizard named Zhuge Liang in Longzhong, Deng County, Nanyang. If he could get his help, he could conquer the world.
The next day, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took gifts and went to Longzhong, Deng County, Nanyang to visit Zhuge Liang. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang just went on a trip, and the book boy said he didn't know when he would come back. Liu Bei had no choice but to go back.
A few days later, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei braved the heavy snow and came to Zhuge Liang's home again. Liu Bei saw a young man studying and hurried over to salute. But that young man was Zhuge Liang's younger brother.
He told Liu Bei that his brother was invited away by a friend. Liu Bei was very disappointed and had to leave a letter saying that he was eager to get Zhuge Liang's help to calm the world.
New Year passed in a blink of an eye, Liu Bei chose a good day and came to Longzhong again. This time, Zhuge Liang happened to be sleeping. Liu Bei asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to wait outside the door, while he stood quietly at the foot of the steps. After a long time, Zhuge Liang woke up, and Liu Bei asked him for advice on how to pacify the world.
Zhuge Liang analyzed the world situation to Liu Bei and said: "Let Cao Cao occupy the sky in the north, and let Sun Quan occupy the territory in the south. The general can occupy the people and people. He can achieve a great cause by capturing Xichuan, and he can become a tripartite with Cao and Sun." potential".
When Liu Bei heard this, he was very impressed and asked him for help. Zhuge Liang agreed. Zhuge Liang was only 27 years old that year.
2. Battle of Yiling
In order to seize Jingzhou, Wu State used a conspiracy to kill Liu Bei's sworn brother Guan Yu. The rebels also killed Zhang Fei. Liu Bei remembered the sworn relationship in Taoyuan. Qing, did not listen to Zhuge Liang, and asked Zhuge Liang to guard Chengdu and personally drive and conquer, to destroy Soochow and avenge Guan and Zhang.
Sun Quan was very panicked when he heard about it and sent people to sue for peace and return them all to Jingzhou. Liu Bei repeatedly refused. Sun Quan had no choice but to gather veteran generals who had experienced hundreds of battles to fight, but they were defeated by Liu Bei's fierce generals and were about to be defeated.
Huang Zhong died from an arrow in an ambush. Liu Bei vowed to destroy Soochow! Soochow was defeated, people's hearts dropped, Guan was killed, and Zhang's enemies were all killed. Liu Bei did not give up, and even wanted to destroy Soochow and set up a stronghold in Yiling.
At this time, Soochow debated and sent Lu Xun as the governor. At first the generals were dissatisfied with Lu Xun, but later they saw that Lu Xun used his troops very skillfully and admired him greatly.
Lu Xun saw that Liu Bei had violated military taboos when he went to the stronghold, so he decided to attack with fire. That night he went to set fire to Liu Bei's army. Sure enough, he set fire to 700 miles away. Liu Bei was defeated and almost died, so he returned to Baidi. City, this is Liu Bei's last battle.
3. Sun Quan’s main deeds
1. Young Tongye
In the fifth year of Jian’an (200), Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong’s disciples and died. He ordered Sun Quan to succeed him. Sun Quan was nineteen years old at the time, and was appointed by the Eastern Han Dynasty as a general against captives, and also as the prefect of Kuaiji, stationed in Wu County.
Not long after Sun Ce unified Jiangdong, local scholars and people who stayed there still had dissent. Therefore, when Sun Quan first took charge of Jiangdong, the situation was turbulent.
Li Shu, the prefect of Lujiang, openly rebelled. Within the clan, Sun Fu, the prefect of Luling, collaborated with Cao Cao and Sun Hao in an attempt to seize power. Sun Yi, the prefect of Danyang, and Sun He, an important member of the clan, were killed. Yuzhang, Kuaiji and other places Tens of thousands of mountains and rivers are also waiting for the opportunity to cause chaos.
Sun Quan took Zhang Zhao as his master, and used Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and other old ministers to control the generals. He first led the army to eliminate Li Shu and gained more than 30,000 people from his tribe, thus preventing the clan from unrest.
Another 6,000 people were killed and more than 10,000 were collected. He also recruited talents and famous people. Zhuge Jin, Lu Su, Yan Zhen, Bu Zhi, Lu Xun, Xu Sheng, Gu Yong, Gu Shao and others were recruited under his command. The situation in Jiangnan was stabilized.
2. Capture Jingzhou
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Guan Yu, the Jingzhou defender appointed by Liu Bei, launched the Battle of Xiangfan. Sun Quan took advantage of the situation to attack Guan Yu and ordered Lü Meng to lead the army to attack Jingzhou. Lu Meng fought without a single blow and captured the three counties of Nanjun, Lingling and Wuling under Liu Bei's rule. Pan Zhang and Zhu Ran also captured and killed Guan Yu.
In the same year, Cao Cao appointed Sun Quan as General of Hussars, Jiejie and Shepherd of Jingzhou, and was granted the title of Marquis of Nanchang. Sun Quan sent Lieutenant Liang Yu to pay tribute to the court, and sent Zhu Guang and others who were originally captives back to the north as a gesture of goodwill.
In the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), Cao Cao died of illness and his son Cao Pi succeeded to the throne. In the autumn of the same year, Cao Pi's general Meifu sent Zhang Jian to ask Sun Quan to appease and accept him. More than 5,000 households from five counties in Nanyang County also came to submit. In October, Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty. The founding name of the country was "Wei", and it was called Cao Wei in history.
In April of the second year of Yankang (221), Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, the country was named Han, and the history was called Shuhan. In the same year, Sun Quan moved the capital from Gong'an to Ezhou, changed Ezhou to Wuchang, and immediately built Wuchang City.
After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, Sun Quan sent an envoy to request to become a vassal of Wei, and sent the surrendered Yu Jin and others back to the north. In November, Cao Pi gave Sun Quan Jiuxi, and named him King of Wu, General, leader of Jingzhou, and military governor of Jingzhou, Yang, and Jiaozhou.
In the same year, Liu Bei raised troops to investigate and attack Sun Quan. Sun Quan decisively appointed Lu Xun as the governor-general to attack Liu Bei, and defeated the Shu army in the Battle of Yiling the following year. Liu Bei fled back to Baidi City. This battle stabilized the territory of Jingzhou under the rule of Wu.
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