Chapter 40: On the Three Kingdoms Revisited (1)
"But, I have to say, Miss, you really know a lot......"
"Of course, don't look at who your young lady is!"
"Huh... Miss, do you know any other stories besides the "Red Mansion" you just mentioned? β
"Hmm... There is one, but it is a book with a strong history... Do you want to hear it? β
"Good! I've loved reading history books since I was a kid, and it couldn't be better! β
"Hmm... Well, you let me think about it, after all, there's more content......"
"Okay, miss, don't worry, think slowly."
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Thinking about the content of a certain book he had read in his previous life, Yun Jin sorted out the order a little, and then said:
"This book is called "Three Kingdoms". As the name suggests, this is a story that tells the story of three countries, a family civil war to be exact.
The whole story is based on the historical background of the dynasty called the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor was incompetent, the eunuchs were autocratic, the court was corrupt, and the people were miserable, and then a large peasant uprising broke out, the Yellow Turban Uprising. In the troubled times, a generation of heroes and heroes competed to emerge.
At that time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao led the princes to storm the palace in the name of quelling the "Rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants", and Liu Xie, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, fled in a panic. In the process of the princes from all walks of life vying to find Liu Wei and Liu Xie, Dong Zhuo, who was originally stationed in Liangzhou, immediately took control of the power of the court because of his meritorious service in rescuing the driver, abolished the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, and established Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
However, Dong Zhuo, who was brutal by nature, acted perversely, which led to the anger of many parties. Cao Cao, in the name of the Holy Decree, summoned a group of heroes to jointly crusade against Dong Zhuo, forcing him to coerce the Han Emperor to Chang'an. Dong Zhuo was later killed by his son Lu Bu.
After that, Yuan Shao wanted to seek Changsha to guard the jade seal in the hands of Sun Jian, and Sun Jian was attacked by Liu Biao in Jingzhou on the way to escape and the two sides had a grudge. Sun Jian later died in battle during his attack on Jingzhou. At the same time, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan fought at the border of Hebei, and the battle of the boundary bridge broke out. Cao Cao recruited talents extensively, and Liu Bei continued to expand his strength. At this time, the prototype of the Central Plains was formed.
After Dong Zhuo's death, Cao Cao "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes", welcomed the Han Emperor to build the capital in Xuchang, and used his power to get rid of LΓΌ Bu, Yuan Shu and others. In the subsequent Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao with few victories and many victories, and then unified the north, laying a solid foundation for the establishment of the Wei State thereafter.
In Jiangdong, Sun Jian's son Sun Ce worked hard for many years, and finally dominated the six counties and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangdong. After Sun Ce's death, his younger brother Sun Quan succeeded him. With the support of Zhou Yu and others, Sun Quan accumulated strong strength for the establishment of the state of Wu. Liu Bei formed a righteous alliance with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in Taoyuan, and jointly set up a banner to assist the Han family. Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao in Runan and defected to Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Then Liu Bei looked at the thatched house three times, and asked Zhuge Liang, who was resourceful and had the world in mind, to assist.
After Cao Cao unified the north, he began to raise troops to march south, and the spearhead was directed at Jingzhou and Jiangdu. At this time, Liu Biao died, and his eldest son Liu Qi guarded Jiangxia. The second son, Liu Cong, took over Jingzhou and later surrendered to Cao Cao, and Jingzhou fell into Cao Cao's hands. Faced with Cao Cao's southern expedition, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to Jiangdong to form an alliance with Sun Quan. Zhuge Liang relied on his wit to fight the Confucianism in Jiangdong, and finally promoted the alliance of Sun and Liu, and in the Battle of Chibi, through a series of step-by-step and planned actions such as anti-intermittent schemes, serial schemes, and bitter meat schemes, he broke Cao's army and wrote a glorious chapter in the history of ancient warfare in our country.
After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei and Sun Quan turned to fight each other for Jingzhou. Sun Quan sent Lu Su to Liu Bei to return Jingzhou, and Liu Bei repeatedly resigned under Zhuge Liang's persuasion. Zhou Yu offered a plan to Sun Quan, wanting to trick Liu Bei into going to Eastern Wu to marry Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang as his wife, and then detaining Liu Bei and coercing Zhuge Liang to exchange Jingzhou for him. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu's strategy was repeatedly discovered by Zhuge Liang, causing him to "lose his wife and lose his army". Zhou Yu finally vomited blood and died in Zhuge Liang's ridicule, leaving behind "Both Shengyu and He Shengliang!" A long sigh.
After Zhou Yu's death, the Wu army was busy waging war with Cao's army. Liu Bei, under the persuasion of Zhuge Liang, defeated Liu Zhang, captured Xichuan, and captured Hanzhong from Cao Cao, proclaiming himself king of Hanzhong. At this point, the general trend of the world has been settled, and the situation of the three kingdoms has been formed. Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor in Bashu, and the country name was Shu Han; Cao Cao dominated the Central Plains, and later his son Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and changed the name of the country to Wei; Sun Quan sat on the Jiangdong side.
Later, Eastern Wu and Cao Wei reconciled, and Sun Quan was named Marquis of Nanchang. The Eastern Wu general LΓΌ Meng seized Jingzhou by crossing the river in white. At this time, Guan Yu, who was attacking Fancheng, had to retreat to Maicheng and was captured in the process of breaking through. Guan Yuning died and was beheaded by Sun Quan. Zhang Fei was also killed by his subordinates Fan Qiang and Zhang Da, and Liu Bei was heartbroken.
Sun Quan then worshiped Lu Xun as the governor of the capital and defeated the Shu army. Liu Bei fell ill when he led the defeated army to retreat to the White Emperor City, and asked Zhuge Liang to be lonely on his deathbed. At this time, Cao Pi took the opportunity to unite with the Eastern Wu, Nanman, Qiang and Shu Han generals Meng Da to attack Shu. Zhuge Liang sent Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and other fierce generals to guard the pass, and sent Li Yan, Deng Zhi and others to persuade Meng Da and Eastern Wu. Zhuge Liang personally led the army to capture seven and seven columns, and quelled the rebellion of the Southern Barbarian Meng.
Later, Cao Pi died of illness, and his son Cao Rui ascended the throne. Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan and was determined to fulfill the last wish of Kuang to restore the Han dynasty for Liu Bei. During this period, Zhuge Liang recovered Jiang Wei and taught him what he had learned in his life. Zhuge Liang finally died of illness in Wuzhangyuan due to overwork. Jiang Wei inherited Zhuge Liang's will and continued to raise troops to resist Wei, but was killed by the traitorous ministers of the faint lord and fled to Langzhong. The Wei general Deng Ai took advantage of the civil strife in Shu to send troops to attack, and the Shu lord Liu Chan surrendered without a fight, and the Shu Han perished. Jiang Wei was seriously wounded under the siege of Sima Zhao and drew his sword to kill himself.
After the death of Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, civil strife continued, and Sun Liang, the lord of Wu, was deposed by Sun Lin, who monopolized power, and Sun Xiu was made emperor. Sun Xiu and the veteran Ding Feng got rid of Sun Lin and regained the power, but Eastern Wu had also shown a trend of going east at this time. In Wei, Cao Fang succeeded to the throne after Cao Rui's death, and Sima Yi seized military power from Cao Shuang. After Cao Fang was deposed, the Sima brothers established Cao Chao as the emperor, and Sima Zhao, the son of Sima Yi, took over the power. Later, Sima Zhao's son Sima Yan usurped the throne and changed the name of the country to Jin, and the Wei State was destroyed. The state of Wu was eventually destroyed by the Western Jin Dynasty.
The hundred-year war finally came to an end here, and the Western Jin Dynasty opened up another great unification situation in history! β
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"Hmm... This book sounds like a long one~"