Know About The Three Kingdoms (Part4)

Zhu Ge Liang started another campaign againest Cao Wei, Cao Pi's empire. He failed all his northern expeditions except one which he would gain Jiang Wei, the future strategist for Shu. He finaaly died at his last campagin againest Cao Wei, at The Battle Of Wu Zhang Plains. The long years of battle between Shu and Wei saw many changes in the ruling Cao Family in Wei. The Cao Family gradually grew weaker after Cao Pi's death and his son Cao Rui. Sima Yi then intend to usurp the throne. Sima Yi removed Cao Shuang, the current ruler of Wei with a cunning strategy. After Sima Yi's death, his sons Sima Zhao and Shima Shi continuned to wield the power of Wei in thier hands. Sima Zhao eventually removed Cao Fang and replace him with Cao Mao. Cao Mao tried to assisinate Sima Zhao but failed and was killed. After Sima Zhao's death, his son Sima Yan took his place and eventually overthrowed Cao Wei Empire and created Jin Dynasty. He eventually lead a campagin againest Shu-Han another name for Shu. Liu Chan was an inept ruler who listened to the corrupt enunch Huang Hao. When Jin attack Shu-Han, Liu Chan surrendered without even fighting despite having many troops by his side. Therefore, he ended Shu-Han, Liu Bei's lifelong effort. Jin would eventually conqueror Wu as Sun Quan was dead. His sons were incompetent and Sun Hao, current leader of Wu also surrendered without fighting. The Three Kingdoms Era has therefore ended.

Know About The Three Kingdoms (Part3)

In the northwest, Ma Chao started a campaign againest Cao Cao for assisinating his father Ma Teng, but was defeated by Cao Cao. After Zhou Yu's death, Sun Quan and Liu Bei's relations begin to deteriorated by not to the extend of war. Following Zhu Ge Liang's advice Liu Bei fought fot the control of Yi Province and managed to defeat Liu Zhang, a noble guarding Yi Province. Liu Bei would later fight againest Cao Cao for the control of Han Zhong. He managed to gain Han Zhong and drive out Cao Cao. He then declared himself King Of Han Zhong. Cao Cao was promoted by the Imperial Court from Prime Minister to King Of Wei, while Sun Quan was known as Duke Of Wu. Liu Bei controlled a vast area around Jing Province which served as an strategic point for his creation of his Kingdom Of Shu. Meanwhile, Cao Cao was at war with Sun Quan at The Battle Of He Fei and Ru Xu Kou, Cao Cao scored both victories at these battles. The situation among the three major powers almost reached a stalemate after this, until Cao Cao died. The following year Cao Cao's son Cao Pi forced The Emperor Of Han to abdicate his throne thus bringing an end to the Han Dynasty which has a long history of at least 400 years. After that is the Battle Of Fan Castle where Guan Yu loses and Liu Bei lost Jing Province and his brother Guan Yu. He seeks for revenge at The Battle Of Yi Ling but was crushed by Wu due to strategic mistakes and a fire attack led by Zhu Ran to burn the Shu Main Camp. Despite Liu Bei's massive army, consisting of 750,000 troops, he still could not defeat Wu and Liu Bei soon died at Bai Di Castle the following year, leaving his son Liu Chan to take over the throne but Liu Chan was an inept ruler that would soon bring about the destrution of The Shu Kingdom. Zhu Ge Liang still remained loyal to Shu and led a campaign to the south and was successful in defeating the Nanman Tribes in the south. Part 4 is coming up.

Know About The Three Kingdoms (Part2)

Liu Bei, along with his sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had sworn allegiance to the Han Dynasty (in the famous Oath of the Peach Garden) and pledged to do their best to serve the emperor and the common people. However, their goals and ambitions had not been realized until the later part of the novel. Liu Bei, ever since he had successfully quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion, was not recognized for his efforts and was made only the magistrate of a small county. Later, Liu Bei joined Gongsun Zan and participated in the war against Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou as a revenge against Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou who unknowingly allowed his subordinate to kill Cao Cao’s father. Liu Bei led his troops from Pingyuan to help Tao Qian and Tao passed on his post as Governor of Xuzhou to Liu Bei before he died. At that same time, Lu Bu was at war with Cao Cao as he also longed to dominate China ever since he had killed Dong Zhuo. Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao and he sought refuge under Liu Bei. Later, Lu Bu repaid Liu Bei’s kindness with evil and seized control of Xuzhou. Liu Bei was forced to join forces with Cao Cao and they defeated Lu Bu. Lu Bu was executed and Liu Bei became officially recognized by Emperor Xian as the Emperor’s Uncle. Liu Bei plotted with some officials to kill Cao Cao as Cao Cao wielded far too much power and had the intention of usurping the throne. Liu Bei failed to kill Cao Cao as the plot was exposed. He seized control of Xuzhou but lost to Cao Cao when Cao Cao led his troops to conquer Xuzhou. Liu Bei got control of Runan with help from some former Yellow Turban rebels but was defeated once again by Cao Cao in battle. Liu Bei had no choice but to move to Jingzhou to seek Liu Biao’s protection. Liu Biao treated Liu Bei with respect and put him in charge of Xinye. At Xinye, Liu Bei recruited the talented military strategist Zhuge Liang personally and slowly built up his forces. The next part is The Battle Of Chi Bi, I have wrote about it already go look at it so I will not bother explaning again.After the great battle at the Red Cliff, Eastern Wu and Liu Bei vied for control of Jingzhou. Zhou Yu led the troops of Eastern Wu to attack Jingzhou and gained a victory, but eventually Jingzhou ended up in Liu Bei’s hands, as Zhuge Liang had advised Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou while Zhou Yu and Cao Cao’s forces were at war. Zhou Yu was extremely unhappy and reported the matter to Sun Quan. Sun Quan dispatched Lu Su to Jingzhou to negotiate with Liu Bei for Jingzhou. Again and again, Liu Bei refused to hand over Jingzhou to Eastern Wu. Sun Quan had no choice but to use new strategies suggested by Zhou Yu to take Jingzhou. One of these was the Beauty Scheme, in which Sun Quan lured Liu Bei to Jiangdong (where he intended to hold Liu Bei hostage in exchange for Jingzhou) by pretending to betroth his younger sister, Lady Sun to Liu Bei. However, Zhuge Liang outwitted Zhou Yu, and Liu Bei returned to Jingzhou safely with his new wife. Zhou Yu tried and failed repeatedly to take Jingzhou. After being infuriated by Zhuge Liang twice, Zhou Yu eventually coughed out blood. The third time, he coughed out even more, and died unconscious. Part 3 is coming up.

Know About The Three Kingdoms (Part1)

It was during the final days of the year 200 AD and the once infalliable Han Dynasty crumbled due to corruption of the eunuchs they decieved the emperor and banished good officials. Thus, the goverment became more and more corrupted, leading to widespread deterioration of the empire. Zhang Jiao, a practioner of Taoist Wizardy was seeking people to revolt againest the decaying Han Empire. In this time of chaos, He Jin, Emperor Ling's brother-in-law and Supreme Commader of the armies in The Imperial Court, sent out a call to the warriors of the land to help quell this fight known as The Yellow Turban Rebellion. The rebellion was quelled and Zhang Jiao was defeated, but later Dong Zhou, a prefect of Liang Province rebelled againest the Han rule and wanted to size the throne for himself but was defeated eventually by the allied forces led by Yuan Shao. In the meantime, the empire was already disintegrating into civil war. Sun Jian found the Imperial Seal in a well after defeating Dong Zhou in Luoyang but he kept the Imperial Seal for his own interests, further weaking the Han Empire. Without a strong central goverment, warlords begin to fight againest each other for land and power. In the north, Yuan Shao was fighting with Gongsun Zan, and at the south, Sun Jian and Liu Biao were at war. Many others such as Liu Bei and Cao Cao were building up power. Meanwhile, in the south, Sun Jian has been utterly crushed by Liu Biao's forces because of an ambush, Leaving his son Sun Ce to carry on his legacy. Sun Ce then delivered the Imperial Seal his father had found to Yuan Shu, in exchange for 3,000 troops. With his base secured at Jiang Dong he continue to expand his power. Sun Ce eventually died in while having a hunting trip when Cao Cao assisinated him. Sun Ce eventually named his brother Sun Quan as his successor as his sons were too young to take over the Wu Empire. Part 2 coming up.

Lu Xun (Part2)

When Liu Bei found out that Jing Province had been taken and Guan Yu has been slain, he immediately led an army of 100,000 to attack Eastern Wu.Lu Xun established several forts and reinforced the existing citadels instead of directly contesting Liu Bei's advance. Although this strategy sacrificed territory, it gained him critical time to organize and transport the Wu troops. The critical points thus established also served to tie down enemy troops and disrupt enemy supply routes.
Few generals were happy with the choice of Lu Xun as supreme commander; many were hardened veterans from the days of Sun Jian, whereas Lu Xun was someone new and something of an unknown (Lü Meng had received most of the credit for the capture of Jing province). They wished to attack Liu Bei while his troops were presumably exhausted from the march. Lu Xun denied them, stating that he discerned that Liu Bei had planned for that, and open battle would be too risky. Liu Bei then sent some forces forward to lure the Wu army into an ambush; the generals wanted to fight, but Lu Xun, predicting an ambush, once again denied them.
After several months of inactivity, Lu Xun suddenly struck, first tricking the Shu commanders with a mock attack on one of their camps, then ordering his troops to move forward with torches and set fire to all the other camps of Liu Bei's army. This was followed by a devastating attack from three sides by all of the Wu forces, and Liu Bei's army was utterly destroyed. Then the officers of Wu henceforth did not criticised Lu Xun, as they knew Lu Xun produced only winning strategies.

Lu Xun

Hi guys, You might be wondering what is on my photo, it is actually a Wu officer named Lu Xun. Let me tell you more about him, Lu Xun actaully served Sun Ce, the ruler of Wu but after that died and passed the running of Wu to Sun Quan. As a military commader, he managed to pacify the south eastern tribes of Yue and brought then within Chinese influence. As a civil officer, he was successful in integrating northern refugees and minorities and economic structure of Wu. In 208 AD, The Sun-Liu alliance defeated the powerful warlord Cao Cao at Chi Bi, halting his southern advance and cemeting Wu's place in the Three Kingdoms. After the battle, Liu Bei had virtually no land for himself, so Sun Quan agreed to lend a part of Jing Province to Liu Bei until he captured the lands of Shu for himself. In 219 AD, Liu Bei has captured Shu, but did not want to return Jing Province back to Sun Quan, instead he sent Guan Yu, his sworn brother to guard Jing away from intruders. An opportunity arrived to Lu Xun when Guan Yu begin his campaign againest Cao Cao's kingdom, Cao Wei. Lu Xun proposed an idea to Sun Quan and it was set out. Lu Xun pretended to take command of L.u Meng's armed forces and sent a flattering letter to Guan Yu, saying that his skills were superior and he wanted to fight with Guan Yu. Guan Yu took the bait and say that he did not fear a young officer and he dropped his guard. Lu Meng and Lu Xun begin a lighting attack and snatched back Jing Province even before Guan Yu knew. Lu Meng then asked families members of Guan Yu's army to write letters to them. After that Guan Yu's army all returned to thier families, deserting Guan Yu. Guan Yu tried to escaped back to Shu, but was captured and executed. I will stop here as this post is very long.

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