Cao Cao was defeated by Chibi, Liu Bei by Yiling and Sun Quan by Hefei. Why does Sun Quan have the lowest evaluation?

Winning or losing is a common occurrence in military strategists. Even Xiang Yu, the invincible overlord of the place of Chu, won the battle all his life and suffered a defeat. So winning or losing is not terrible, but also common. Similarly, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan, the founders of the three major regimes of the Three Kingdoms, also gained and lost in the process of starting a business.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan have their own advantages and disadvantages. Cao Cao is good at strong political and military abilities, Liu Bei is good at tough character and kind treatment, and Sun Quan is good at forbearance and infinite tactics. However, when commenting on their military capabilities, it is generally believed that Cao Cao is the strongest, followed by Liu Bei and Sun Quan is the lowest.

Cao Cao's greatest failure in his life was Battle of Red Cliffs, which was one of the three major battles in the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops lost more than half, and Liu Bei's greatest failure in his life was the battle of Yiling, which was also one of the three major battles of the Three Kingdoms. Liu Bei's 50,000 troops were almost wiped out. Comparatively speaking, the battle of Sun Quan in Hefei lost thousands of people at most, which was not as great as that of Cao Cao and Liu Bei. How can Sun Quan's evaluation be the lowest?

First, Cao Cao's military achievements in his life

Cao Cao started from Chenliu County, Yanzhou, and with the support of family wealth and local strongmen, he recruited 5,000 soldiers. Coupled with Bao Xin's support, Cao Cao led an army to crusade against Dong Zhuo, but in the Bianshui War, almost all the troops were wiped out. This was the first defeat in Cao Cao's life, but soon Cao used his family wealth to recruit soldiers and recruited thousands of soldiers. But there was a mutiny in the middle.

Cao Cao's success began in Yanzhou, where he defeated the Black Mountain Army and Xiongnu Army sent by Yuan Shu. The greatest achievement was to defeat the millions of Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army, with a captive population of nearly one million and 300,000 foot soldiers. Then Cao Cao became the military and political head of Yanzhou.

Because his father was killed, Cao Cao led an army to attack Xuzhou occupied by Tao Qian, and Tao Qian was defeated. Because of the rebellion of Chen Gong and others, Cao Cao fought Yanzhou War with Lu Bu and Chen Gong for two years. Seventy-seven of Yanzhou's eighty cities voted for Chen Gong and Lu Bu, and Cao Cao defeated Chen Gong and Lu Bu with the support of only three cities and Yuan Shao. It's not easy.

In 198, Cao Cao and Liu Bei jointly destroyed Lu Bu in the battle of Xiapi. The following year, Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao. In the battle of Guandu, which began in 200 AD, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao's 1 10000 troops with 30,000 frontline troops, and in the following seven years, he won the whole north at the least cost. Cao Cao even launched the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Then there is Battle of Red Cliffs, the biggest failure of Cao Cao's life. Before Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao went south to Jingzhou with one soldier and one soldier, and later defeated Liu Bei in Changbanpo. He captured more than 100,000 people taken away by Liu Bei and easily occupied seven counties in Jingzhou. Because of the smooth progress, Cao Cao was hot-headed in Battle of Red Cliffs and didn't listen to advice, so that he was defeated by Zhou Yu with fire in Chibi, but Cao Cao lost most of his military forces in this battle.

After Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao adjusted his strategy and began to take political power as the goal, not to unify the world, supplemented by war. Battle of Red Cliffs Cao Cao recovered Guanzhong two years later and Hanzhong three years later. In the two-year battle of Hanzhong launched by Liu Bei, Xiahou Yuan under Cao Cao was defeated by Liu Bei and lost his life. Cao Cao only personally participated in the entire Hanzhong War for two months, and was later defeated by Liu Bei.

Most battles of Cao Cao's life were victories, but only three battles were defeats: the battle of Bianshui, the battle of Battle of Red Cliffs and Hanzhong. The reason for the failure of the battle of Bianshui is that the other side is powerful and led by a group of recruits, and its fighting capacity is not strong. Cao Cao and Battle of Red Cliffs failed because he was hot-headed and underestimated the enemy. The reason for the failure of Hanzhong War is geographical. Hanzhong is too close to Liu Bei and Cao Cao is too far away, so it is very difficult to supply materials for road transportation.

Cao Cao's characteristics are: good at winning more with less, good at using strategies and good at winning by surprise. But when he was emotional, his greatest achievement was the unification of North China and Northwest China in China, which laid the foundation for the unification of the three countries.

Second, Liu Bei's military achievements in his life

Liu Bei began to fight the Yellow Scarf Army at the expense of businessmen. Liu Bei began to fight the Yellow Scarf Army in A.D. 184, and his life record was that he lost more than he won. Liu Bei basically didn't fight any decent battles in his early years, such as suppressing the Yellow Scarf Army Uprising and Zhang Chun Uprising. There is no specific combat record. Liu Bei is considered to be the first battle of the campaign. Should be to send three thousand soldiers to the North Sea to rescue Kong Rong and defeat the besieged Yellow Scarf Army.

World War II was a battle between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu in Xuyi and Huaiyin. Because Lu Bu attacked Liu Bei's rear, Liu Bei's rear fell, but he was defeated by Yuan Shu in the front. This battle was a complete failure of Liu Bei, and all Xuzhou was lost. Even his wife and children were captured by Lu Bu, and Liu Bei had no choice but to take refuge in Lu Bu.

Next, Liu Bei developed in Xiaopei. Seeing that Liu Bei was developing, Lu Bu sent troops to beat Liu Bei. Liu Bei was defeated again and took refuge in Cao Cao. Cao Cao borrowed soldiers from Cao Cao to crusade against Lu Bu, and Cao Cao sent Xia Houdun to help Liu Bei. As a result, Liu Bei was defeated by Lu Bu, and his wife and children were captured by Lu Bu. This time, Cao Cao personally led the army and joined Liu Bei to defeat and kill Lu Bu.

Then Liu Bei betrayed Cao Cao, and Cao Cao sent Liu Dai and Zhong Wang to attack Liu Bei, but Liu Bei defeated him. Cao Cao personally led an army to attack Liu Bei, and Liu Bei fled in defeat. His wife and children were captured, and Guan Yu was also captured. Later, Liu Bei turned to Yuan Shao. In the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei and Wen Chou led troops to participate in the Battle of Yanjin, but they were defeated by Cao Cao.

Later, Liu Bei was defeated by Coss in Runan, and then Liu Bei took refuge in Liu Biao. In the Battle of Bowangpo, Liu Bei defeated Xia Houdun, which was a great victory for Liu Bei. Then there was the battle of Changbanpo in 207 AD. Liu Bei led thousands of people and more than 100 thousand people were chased by Cao Cao's 5 thousand butch riding, and Liu Bei fled in defeat.

Battle of Red Cliffs and Liu Bei can only be regarded as supporting roles, and Zhou Yu played the main battles. At the same time, Liu Bei took Zhao Yun to win four counties in Jingzhou. After Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he competed with Liu Zhang for profit for two years, which ended in Liu Bei's victory. Then Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao in the battle of Hanzhong, which lasted for two years. Liu Bei won two games in a row, which was the greatest glory of Liu Bei's life.

The last battle of Liu Bei's life was the battle of Yiling. In this battle, Liu Bei won first and then lost. He invaded the territory of Wu for hundreds of miles and was defeated by Lu Xun in Yiling. The main reason for Liu Bei's failure in this campaign was that he made two mistakes: one was to give up the water army, which led to Wu Dong's water army taking the back road, and the other was to camp in the dense forest, which led to being attacked by artillery fire. This battle became the knot of Liu Bei's life and the biggest failure. Fifty thousand troops were wiped out, and Liu Bei couldn't afford to get sick.

Although Liu Bei suffered many battles and defeats in his life, he kept fighting and never gave up. Many people laugh at Liu Bei's failure, but you should see his strength. Liu Bei's poor strength in his early years was the main reason for his failure, but his vitality was very tenacious and his fighting capacity was amazing. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, most warlords in the separatist regime were wiped out, such as Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Zhang Yang, Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao, but Liu Bei, a weak force, remained alive.

Although Liu Bei's military ability is not as good as Cao Cao's, it is definitely not bad. Liu Bei once defeated Xia Houdun, captured Yizhou with the help of counselor Pang Tong, and captured Hanzhong with the help of Fazheng. Liu Bei's early failure was not only weak in strength, but also due to the extreme shortage of talents. If Liu Bei had Cao Cao's strength and talent, he would have succeeded. Liu Bei has the lowest starting point and is the only person in the three countries who started from scratch and successfully established it.

Third, Sun Quan's military achievements in his life.

Sun Quan replaced his brother Sun Ce as the leader of Jiangdong regime, but before that, Sun Quan actually had a record of leading troops to fight. The first time Sun Quan led an army to fight was in A.D. 199, when he attacked Chen Deng, the ruler of Cao Cao Guangling. This time, Sun Quan's army is ten times that of Chen Deng. With his strategy, Chen Deng lit a torch on the way to aid Sun Quan, and then Chen Deng took the initiative to lead the army out of the city to attack.

Battle of Red Cliffs and Cao Cao were defeated, and then Sun Quan personally led the army to launch the first battle of Hefei. At this time, Cao Cao had just been defeated in Chibi, and he could not spare any troops to rescue Hefei. He only sent Zhang Xi to lead more than 1000 cavalry to rescue He Fei. In order to appease the defenders of Hefei, Jiang Ji deliberately wrote a fraudulent letter, falsely claiming that Zhang Xi sent 40,000 troops to rescue Hefei and deliberately let Sun Quan intercept the letter. Sun Quanxin believed it, and tens of thousands of troops retreated without fighting. This is Sun Quan.

In 2 15 ad, in the second battle of Hefei, Sun Quan led 100,000 troops to attack Hefei City, with only 7,000 defenders. As a result, before Sun Quan went to war, he was defeated and fled by eight hundred warriors led by Zhang Liao, and his morale was unstable. Even Sun Quan himself was impressed by Zhang Liao's bravery, and he was scared away. Finally, Zhang Liao led 800 people to kill back and forth and managed to escape. Later, Sun Quan. However, in the face of Hefei with only 7,000 people, there is no way. I was almost captured by Zhang Liao when I escaped. This war became the shadow of Sun Quan's life and a great failure of Sun Quan.

Of course, Sun Quan also won the battle. For example, in the five years from 2003 to 2008, he attacked Liu Biao's Jiangxia satrap Huang Zu three times, and finally defeated and killed Huang Zu. At the same time, he occupied half of Jiangxia county in 2 13, such as the pier. Sun Quan led an army to successfully stop Cao Cao's army from going south, which was a successful resistance against the enemy.

In addition, Zhou Yu won the battle between Battle of Red Cliffs and Nanjun, and the attack on Jingzhou was led by Lu Meng and Lu Xun, which was also a sneak attack. The battle of Yiling was won by Lu Xun, and so was the battle of Shiting. Sun Quan personally led the troops to fight, rarely winning, but they all failed. Sun Quan's military ability is the lowest, and the most fundamental reason is that Sun Quan has an absolute advantage in the battlefield, but he has never won.

For example, in the battle of Guangling, Sun Quan's strength was ten times that of Chen Deng, and he lost. In the first battle of Hefei, Sun Quan's troops were several times that of Cao Jun, but he was frightened by this plan and lost. In the second battle of Hefei, Sun Quan's strength was ten times that of Cao Jun, but he still lost. Sun Quan lost almost every time under the condition of absolute superiority, which proved his low military ability, so Sun Quan lost.