From its peak strength at the founding of the country to its decline, there was a crucial battle that made it change like this. This battle is the battle of Yiling, one of the three most famous battles in the Three Kingdoms. The background of the Battle of Yiling was that Liu Bei avenged Guan Yu, so he personally took command and sent troops to Soochow. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms introduced that "the first master angered Sun Quan to attack Guan Yu, and then commanded the army to defeat Wu". So, based on the comparison of the strengths of the Shu and Wu at that time, can Shu be able to destroy the Wu?
In fact, it is not feasible. Although the description of Wu in the history of the Three Kingdoms is far less than that of Wei and Shu, it was developed through the efforts of three generations of Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan. The comprehensive strength lies there. Analyzed from the population, Wu is twice as large as Shu. From the perspective of military soldiers, Wu’s soldiers are also twice as many as Shu’s soldiers. In ancient times, the number of wars was very important. After all, the cold weapon era relied on the soldiers. Hand-to-hand combat between the two countries; from the geographical environment, the territory of Wu is larger than that of Shu.
Moreover, it has the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In this regard, the territory of Wu and the land of Shu are very similar. The continuous mountains of Shu also make it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Characteristics, since both countries focus on defense, it is no easy task to attack Wu. Finally, from a strategic analysis, Longzhong’s policy has always been to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Soochow and destroy Wei first. , And then take Wu, so as to win the world.
Analyzing all of the above, it is actually very difficult for Shu to destroy Wu. However, if Zhuge Liang who defeated Wu in the past and Liu Bei stayed behind in Chengdu, the situation would surely be reversed. From a historical point of view, in the battle between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, Sima Yi was defeated every time. He was very afraid of Zhuge Liang, and Lu Xun’s military talent was far less than Sima Yi, so if Zhuge Liang was the leader at the time. , Lu Xun must have no way to resist the attack of the Shu army.
But Zhuge Liang worked calmly throughout his life. Under his command, it was easy to get back the Jingzhou stolen by the Soochow Wu, but the country of Wu is big and far from Chengdu, it is easy to show up The same problem with the Northern Expedition was the food and wages of the army of the Eastern Expedition. Therefore, it is difficult to destroy Wu, and it is relatively easy to retake Jingzhou and give a sigh of evil for Guan Yu. And there is no need to pay for the fiasco of the battle of Yiling. Under Zhuge Liang's management, Jingzhou's strength will be extremely strong, and it will play a very crucial role in his later Northern Expedition. It's a pity that it was Liu Bei who led the army to fight!
