is well known that there are countless heroes in the history of the Three Kingdoms. It can be said that it is a separatist regime, and raging is everywhere. In such a troubled world, three victors Cao Wei, Xishu and Soochow finally came out. Liu Bei occupies Yizhou, Jingzhou, Sun Quan occupies Jiangdong, and Cao Cao controls the northern region, forming a delicate balance. In the early years, Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong after occupying the Yizhou area.
In the battle of Hanzhong, the dominant Cao Wei failed to defeat the army of Shuhan, and finally lost control of the Hanzhong area. Then Liu Bei and Cao Cao’s battle in Hanzhong, it is obvious that Cao Cao has the advantage, why did Liu Bei win? Next, using the description in the official history as a model, I will introduce this issue to everyone.
First, let’s introduce the history of the Battle of Hanzhong and the reasons for Cao Cao’s defeat.
The Battle of Hanzhong was a war between Liu Bei and Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period to fight for control of the Hanzhong area. In history, many famous generals participated in this battle, such as Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao of Shu Han, Xia Houyuan of Cao Wei, Zhang Xi, Cao Ren and others. It can be said that it is gathering the stars and fighting for hegemony. The battle of Hanzhong began in the 22nd year of Jian'an and ended in the 24th year of Jian'an, and lasted for a total of about two years. At that time, Liu Bei entered the Shuchuan area from Jingzhou and unified the southwest area. After suffering a terrible defeat in the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao recuperated in order to fight again. At this time, Ma Chao Han Sui's Guanzhong rebellion had been put down by Cao Cao, so he took the opportunity to march into Lu's Hanzhong area with the intention of attacking Shu Han.
At this time, Liu Bei had already defeated Liu Zhang and directly occupied Shuzhong. Cao Cao's actions deeply threatened Liu Bei's territory, so Liu Bei led Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and others to march north to capture Hanzhong. Thinking of taking advantage of Cao Cao's unsteady foothold in Hanzhong area, he would directly drive Cao Jun out of Hanzhong area.
In the early days, the Shu Han took the initiative to launch a war and marched into Hanzhong. But the Shu Han did not have an advantage in the war with Cao Wei. General Cao Wei, Cao Hong, took advantage of the fact that the Shu army was not firmly established, and led the army to smash the position of the Shu army. As a result, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei and others led their subordinates to retreat, similar to Wu Lan and others who died on the battlefield. It can be said that in the early days, Cao Wei successfully defeated the Shuhan attack and defended the Hanzhong area.
According to the "Three Kingdoms" record:
for 23 years, the first master led the generals into Hanzhong. The generals Wu Lan, Lei Tong, etc. were dispatched to the Wudu, which were all absent by the Cao Gongjun. First, the primary and secondary were at Yangping Pass, and rejected Yuan and Yun.
In the later war between the two sides, Cao Wei can be said to have encountered heavy losses. At that time, the military general of Cao Wei Xia Houyuan led an army to attack the Dingjunshan area where the veteran Huang Zhong was stationed. As a result, Huang Zhong occupied a high place and took the opportunity to rush to kill. Xia Houyuan was defeated and killed. Cao Wei was finally defeated by the Shu Han in the Battle of Hanzhong.
Next, let's analyze the strength comparison between the two sides at that time.
At that time, the Shuhan Group led by Liu Bei first defeated Cao Cao's army with Sun Quan in the Battle of Chibi, thus occupying the Jingzhou area. Then he marched into Shuchuan, took the opportunity to defeat Liu Zhang, and occupied Yizhou. However, it is worth noting that the areas occupied by the Shu Han at the time were actually relatively marginal areas. In terms of war potential, the strength is not actually strong.
At that time, the Cao Wei Group led by Cao Cao, after defeating Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, the embarrassing situation surrounded by enemies has been greatly eased. Only the two princes of Ma Teng in Xiliang and Gongsun Du in Liaodong were not calmed down. It can be said that most of the northern areas have been calmed down. At that time, the economic and military potential of the North was far stronger than that of the South.
After all, during the Han Dynasty, the capital of the Han Dynasty was located in Luoyang, which made the north more attention. Due to the humid and high temperature in the south and the harsh weather conditions, the population of the south is completely less than that in the north. From this point of view, the strength of Cao Wei at that time was far stronger than that of the Shu Han regime, which only occupied the Yizhou area of Jingzhou, and the ending of the Hanzhong War was actually more unexpected.
Finally, let’s analyze the important position of the Hanzhong region and why the Shuhan and Cao Wei compete for this region.
Hanzhong area can be said to be on the front line of the battle between Cao Wei and Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. In terms of its geographical location alone, Hanzhong is located in the middle of Shuchuan and the Central Plains, with high mountains and deep forests, which can be said to be a battleground for military strategists. Hanzhong is located in what is now Shaanxi Province, which can be said to be the gateway to the Guanzhong area.To channel. If Hanzhong loses, Guanzhong will be threatened to a great extent. It can be said that if anyone has control of the Hanzhong area, whoever has the great initiative from a strategic perspective.
It can be said that the reason why the Shuhan wanted to seek the Hanzhong area was to make corresponding preparations for the subsequent Northern Expedition. In the later period of the Northern Expedition of the Shuhan, Hanzhong was an important material node. During the Northern Expedition in Zhuge Liang's period, Hanzhong was used as the military mobilization center of the rear area. If Cao Wei occupied Hanzhong, he could have the same effect and attack the Shuchuan area, threatening Chengdu. From this point of view, Hanzhong region has an extremely important strategic position for both the Shuhan and Cao Wei.
welcome your attention, tell the story of the Three Kingdoms, and learn about that little-known history.
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