Why did Jingzhou become a battleground for military strategists during the Three Kingdoms period?

Why did Jingzhou become a battleground for military strategists during the Three Kingdoms period?

Why Jingzhou became a battleground for military strategists during the Three Kingdoms period and why it was favored by three major schools.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei, Shu and Wu fought many battles around Jingzhou. Everyone wanted to defeat each other and seize Jingzhou in their own hands. So why were the nine counties in Jingzhou a battleground for military strategists during the Three Kingdoms period? Where is it now? Why is it favored by Wei, Shu and Wu?

In fact, the first Jingzhou is actually in the hands of Liu Biao! Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou alone and successfully controlled Jingzhou through a series of operations.

When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at loggerheads, Jingzhou was still peaceful under Liu Biao and became a rare paradise in the world at that time.

It is precisely because Jingzhou has always maintained general peace that a large number of people and materials from the Central Plains poured into Jingzhou, making Jingzhou more and more rich. During this period, both Cao Cao and Sun Quan tried to get their hands on Jingzhou, but under the counterattack of Liu Biao, these people failed to get what they wanted!

Later, Liu Biao died, and the power of Jingzhou fell to Liu Biao's youngest son, Liu Cong, who was a typical soft egg.

As soon as Cao Cao called, he didn't want to resist. Instead, he directly announced his surrender and gave all the hard-earned legacy of his father Liu Biao to Cao Cao. In this way, Jingzhou changed hands and the whole territory fell, becoming the territory under Cao Cao!

At that time, Cao Cao had completely defeated Yuan Shao's family and occupied the whole north, and now he has easily won Jingzhou. It can be said that he has a great chance to dominate the country.

But the next Battle of Red Cliffs gave Cao Cao a blow! With the joint efforts of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi.

Although he refused to admit defeat, it turned out that Sun and Liu won a great victory and took the opportunity to fight back. Sun Quan occupied the south county of Jingzhou and some Jiangxia counties, Liu Bei occupied the four counties in Jingnan, and Cao Cao left only one county in Jingzhou. Since then, Jingzhou has become a place where Cao, Liu and Sun compete.

From the site, Liu Bei occupied the most places in Jingzhou at that time. However, due to the small population and remote development prospects of the four counties in Jingnan, it is said that the richest place in Jingzhou is actually occupied by Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

In order to win over Liu Bei and fight against Cao Cao, Sun Quan gave Liu Bei the south county of Jingzhou, which is the famous "borrowing Jingzhou" incident. After getting Nanjun, Liu Bei became the most powerful person in Jingzhou, and repeatedly confronted Cao Wei. Moreover, with the resources of Jingzhou, Liu Bei successfully won Yizhou, realized a gorgeous turn and became a vassal who could compete with Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

At that time, Liu Bei, sitting in the whole Yizhou and most of Jingzhou, was very powerful! From Yizhou, Liu Bei can enter Hanzhong, attack Chang 'an, and then make the Northern Expedition. Starting from Nanjun, Liu Bei can attack Fancheng, and then threaten Xudu with the Northern Expedition. In addition, Nanjun is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Liu Bei can also go downstream from here, enter the hinterland of Wu Dong and destroy Wu Dong.

It is precisely because Liu Bei's southern county has great geographical advantages that it can deter Cao Wei and Wu Dong. Finally, the two families jointly besieged Guan Yu and robbed all the southern counties and even Jingzhou under Liu Bei's jurisdiction. Since then, Liu Bei has completely lost the opportunity to compete for the world, and his career has entered a bottleneck period.

It can be seen that Wei, Shu and Wu have racked their brains several times around Jingzhou, but after Liu Bei's forces withdrew from Jingzhou, Cao Wei and Cao Wei also launched several wars around Jingzhou, all of which did not come to a good end. Then why do you have to fight around Jingzhou? Why not go somewhere else?

In fact, this is mainly because the geographical location of Jingzhou is too critical! During the Three Kingdoms period, nine counties in Jingzhou had a vast territory, spanning Henan, Hunan and Hubei provinces.

Among them, Xiangyang County is located near Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, Nanyang County is located near Nanyang, Henan Province, Wuling County is located near Changde, Hunan Province, Changsha County is located near Changsha, Jiangxia County is located near Wuhan and Huanggang, Nan Jun County is located near Jingzhou, Hubei Province, Lingling County is located near Yongzhou, Hunan Province, Zhang Ling County is located near Zaoyang, Hubei Province and Guiyang County is located near Chenzhou, Hunan Province.

Jingzhou is distributed in three provinces. Whoever occupies the whole territory of Jingzhou can pose a major threat to Cao Wei and Dongwu at the same time. It is also for this reason that Cao Wei and Dongwu will jointly drive Liu Bei out of Jingzhou.

For Cao Wei and Wu Dong, if the other side occupies the whole territory of Jingzhou, then their own side will be wiped out.

Cao Wei's full occupation of Jingzhou and Wu Dong along the Yangtze River will be invalid. Wu Dong occupied Jingzhou in an all-round way, which could threaten Xudu at any time, and Cao Wei would be seriously threatened. So neither side wants to stop and give up Jingzhou. In the end, they can only play a game around Jingzhou until one side is completely defeated!

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On the whole, the nine counties of Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period have a vast territory, and the distribution area is about in the present area of Hunan, Hubei and Henan. Because of its vast territory, extending in all directions and many bordering places, it has always been a battleground for military strategists. No one wants such a place to be completely occupied by others, because once Jingzhou is completely occupied by others, the other party will suffer a major blow!