Among the Three Kingdoms, one year was particularly strange, it was the 24th year of Jian'an. Taking the death of the famous generals of Cao Wei, Xiahou Yuan, as the starting point, in the following year, a large number of counselors and generals of the three countries of Wei, Shu and Wu died. What happened this year? Why do heroes come to an end together?
1. Shuhan
Shuhan Liu Bei This year, after experiencing great ups and downs, he climbed to the top from the hillside, but then fell to the bottom of the valley, which made him regret it for life.
20 years after Jian'an, Liu Bei took over Yizhou , and then after 4 years of rest, he began to send troops to compete for Zhang Lu 's Hanzhong . Cao Cao Worried that Liu Bei would become his own confidant after he captured Hanzhong, so he also sent troops to fight for Hanzhong. In the 24th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were fighting for Hanzhong. In the same year, Liu Bei gave up Yangping Pass and crossed the Mianshui River in the same year, and set up camp in Dingjunshan. Cao Wei commander Xiahou Yuan led his troops to compete for Dingjun Mountain, but fell into the strategy of Fazheng and was killed by Huang Zhong in Dingjun Mountain.
After Xiahou Yuan died in battle, Cao Cao personally led his troops to fight for Hanzhong in order to reverse the situation on the battlefield.
Hanzhong is the throat of Yizhou. If you can't take it, Liu Bei may be trapped by Cao Cao and die in Yizhou. To this end, Zhuge Liang, "Men are the fight, women are the luck" and fully support Liu Bei. Liu Bei's group tried its best, but instead threw the problem to Cao Cao. Cao Cao could not defeat Liu Bei, but he had no reason to retreat. Hanzhong became a piece of idiot that tastes tasteless and is a pity to abandon, which made Cao Cao feel embarrassed. In the same year, after Cao Cao's general Wang Ping surrendered to Liu Bei, Cao Cao could no longer afford to consume it. After he asked someone to move the Hanzhong people, he withdrew his troops.
After Cao Cao left, Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong. He took advantage of the victory and sent Liu Feng and Mengda to capture the three eastern counties (Wei Xing, Shangyong , Xincheng).
The battle for Hanzhong lasted for two years. From the 22nd year of Jian'an (217) to the 24th year of Jian'an (219), Liu Bei lost Wu Lan , Lei Tong and Ren Kui. Cao Cao suffered even greater losses. His famous general Xiahou Yuan died in battle and lost generals such as Zhao Yong.
After Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong, Ma Chao led the ministers of Shu Han to write a letter to the court, suggesting that Emperor Xian of Han confer Liu Bei as King of Hanzhong , so that Liu Bei can be successfully conferred king. After carrying the Hanzhong King, Liu Bei's power reached its peak, but then he lost three important officials in a row. In August 220, Huang Zhong, a veteran Shu Han general who showed his skills in the Battle of Hanzhong in and killed Xiahou Yuan, died of illness. In the same year, Fa Zheng, an important adviser under Liu Bei, also died of illness.
After Liu Bei won Hanzhong, another general under his command, Guan Yu , took advantage of the victory and launched the battle of Xiangfan , leading his troops to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng.
When Guan Yu and Cao Wei were fighting, he flooded the seven armies and captured Cao Wei's and banned and Pang De alive. Pang De was beheaded by Guan Yu because he refused to surrender.
Guan Yu won consecutive victories on the front line, shaking China, but the defense was empty. Jiangdong took the opportunity to send troops to seize Guan Yu's Jingzhou , which caused Guan Yu's morale to be in chaos and was defeated by Xu Huang . On the way to withdraw, the soldiers of Jingzhou learned that their families were treated well by Jiangdong, and they were too tired to fight for Guan Yu anymore. The soldiers of Jingzhou abandoned Guan Yu and left, resulting in the captive killing of generals such as Guan Yu and Guan Ping in Jiangdong.
Before Guan Yu was captured and killed, he asked Liu Feng and Meng Da who were stationed in Shangyong for help, but Liu Feng chose not to save him. Afterwards, under Zhuge Liang's persuasion, Liu Bei killed Liu Feng. Meng Dalai had always had a dispute with Liu Feng, and was also worried that Liu Bei would punish him, so he chose to surrender to Cao Wei.
From the 24th year to the 25th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei lost Fa Zheng, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, as well as generals such as Liu Feng and Guan Ping.
2. In the 24th year of Jian'an (219), when the Battle of Hanzhong broke out, Jiangdong was out of the way and did not participate in the battle for Hanzhong, so there was no situation of a general who was killed. In the same year, Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan again.In the early stages of the war, Jiangdong was also out of the way and became a spectator.
In the same year, Guan Yu flooded the seven armies, which shocked China and put Cao Wei in turmoil. Many places in Cao Wei even wanted to see the wind return to Guan Yu. Sun Quan and Liu Bei have joined forces because Cao Cao is too strong. They have joined forces to keep warm and avoid being wiped out by Cao Cao one by one. However, if they sit still and let Cao Wei be destroyed by Guan Yu, the strong enemy in Jiangdong will turn from Cao Cao into Guan Yu, and they will not be far from being destroyed.
For the interests of Jiangdong, when Cao Wei was at a disadvantage on the battlefield, Sun Quan chose to cooperate with Cao Wei to deal with Guan Yu together. While Guan Yu and Cao Wei were fighting hard, Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to cross the river in white and led his troops to capture Jingzhou. Guan Yu was arrogant and disagree with many of his colleagues in Shu Han, which led to the remaining generals in Jingzhou such as Mi Fang and Fu Shiren , and , who refused to fight for Guan Yu, but instead chose to surrender to Jiangdong.
When capturing Jingzhou, because the troops of Shu Han had almost no resistance, Jiangdong did not kill generals on the battlefield, but Jiangdong's famous general Jiang Qin died of illness during the capture of Jingzhou. Shortly after taking over Jingzhou, two other meritorious generals in Jiangdong, Lu Meng and Ganning , also died of illness one after another.
3. Cao Wei
In the battle of Hanzhong, Cao Wei lost Xiahou Yuan. Xiahou Yuan is Cao Cao's cousin, and his wife is also Cao Cao's sister. The two have a close relationship. In 220, Xiahou Yuan's brother Xiahou Dun also died of illness. Xiahou Dun was a general who followed Cao Cao very early. He recruited soldiers and led troops to fight, and made great achievements. Cao Cao respected Xiahou Dun very much and always treated him as his close friend.
In 219, after Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan, Cao Cao was worried that Cao Ren could not defend Jingzhou, so he sent Yu Jin and Pang De to lead troops to rescue Cao Ren, but the two were not prepared and let Guan Yu let the water flood their army. Pang De and others were already in the jar. After the situation was over, deputy generals Dong Heng and Dong Chao persuaded Pang De to surrender to Guan Yu. This angered Pang De, and he killed Dong Heng and Dong Chao. Pang De vowed to resist to the death and refused to surrender, but the army was flooded and eventually was unable to turn the world back and was captured by Guan Yu. After being captured, Pang De would rather die than surrender and was beheaded by Guan Yu.
During the Battle of Xiangfan, another important figure in Cao Wei died of illness, and he was Cao Cao. After Cao Cao's death, his son Cao Pi ascended the throne, and then forced Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate the emperor, proclaimed himself emperor, and established the Wei Dynasty. In 220, another important counselor under Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, also died of illness.
Cao Wei lost Cao Cao, as well as four important officials, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Pang De, Cheng Yu, and generals such as Dong Heng and Dong Chao, the most severe losses.
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