Which war was the Yiling War in the Three Kingdoms?

The battle of Xiaoting is generally called the battle of Yiling.

In 22 1 year, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of Han, which was known in history as Zhangwu. Later, despite Zhuge Liang and others' discouragement, Liu Bei wanted to avenge Guan Yu and recapture Jingzhou.

In July of the same year, Liu Bei personally led 65,438+10,000 Shu Han troops and launched a large-scale war against Soochow. Liu Bei sent generals Wu Ban and Feng as pioneers, led more than 40,000 people, captured Xiakou, defeated Wu Jun generals Li Yi and Liu Abe in Emperor Wudi (now Badong, Hubei), and seized Zigui. Liu Bei also sent general Huang Quan to the north bank of the Yangtze River and general Ma Liang to Wuling to win the support of local tribal leader Sha.

Facing the siege of the Shu-Han army, Sun Quan took Lu Xun as the viceroy, and commanded Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang, Han Dang, Xu Sheng and other departments to meet the Shu-Han army in the front.

At the same time, Soochow avoided being attacked between Scylla and Charybdis and made peace with Cao Wei. Lu Xun correctly analyzed the form, avoided the momentum of the Shu and Han armies, and resolutely retreated to the post road (now Yidu, Hubei Province) and Xiaoting (now North Valley, Yidu, Hubei Province). Then turn there to defend, occupy favorable terrain, and concentrate on waiting for the decisive battle.

In 222 AD, Shu Han generals Wu Ban and Chen Shi led the water army into Yiling area and stationed troops on both sides of the Yangtze River. Liu Bei personally led the main force to camp in Xiaoting. At this point, the Shu-Han army had gone deep into the territory of Wu, and Wu Jun could not get away. The Shu and Han armies had no choice but to camp in Wuxia, Jianping (now Wushan North, Sichuan) and Yiling.

In order to force Lu Xun to fight, Liu Bei sent people to besiege Yi Dao. Lu Xun pushed his way through the crowd and persisted. For six months, the two armies fought side by side. In order to make a quick decision, Liu Bei sent people to the front to challenge many times, but Lu Xun ignored them.

The soldiers of the Shu army gradually lost their fighting spirit. The weather was hot, so Liu Bei had no choice but to move the barracks to the deep mountains and station troops to rest in the stream. The Shu-Han army went deep behind enemy lines, and its logistical support was difficult. Besides, when Liu Bei set up camp, his troops were very scattered, which gave Lu a chance.

Seeing that the morale of the Shu army was low, Lu Xun sent some small troops to make a tentative attack. Although the attack didn't work, it made Lu Xun think of a way to break the enemy with fire.

Lu Xun ordered Wu Jun soldiers to carry thatch, raid at night and make a fire with the wind. The weather was hot and the fire was fierce, and the Shu army was in chaos. Lu Xun took the opportunity to fight back and forced the Shu army to retreat to the west.

Zhu Ran, the general of the State of Wu, led 5,000 soldiers to defeat the vanguard of the Shu army, thus cutting off the retreat of the Shu army. Let's talk about Pan Zhang's troops and Feng's troops. It's a big break. Zhu Gejin, Luo Tong and Zhou Yin cooperated with the main forces to counterattack Xiao Ting.

Sun Huan's department, which was stationed together, also took the initiative to counterattack. Wu Jun soon breached more than 40 camps of the Shu army and cut off the links between the two sides of the Yangtze River. The leaders of Shu, Feng and Wuling were killed, while Du and Liu Ning surrendered.

Liu Bei was defeated and fled to Maanshan in the northwest of Yiling. Lu Xun concentrated his forces and wiped out tens of thousands of Shu troops. At this point, the Shu army has been completely defeated, and most of the casualties have fled. Liu Bei fled to Yong 'an City overnight (also known as Baidicheng, now Fengjie East, Sichuan) and could not afford to get sick.

Extended data:

The battle of Yiling was the turning point of Shu Han from prosperity to decline. After the war, Soochow held Jingzhou, and Shu Han was badly hit and weakened.

In the second year after the end of the war, Liu Bei died, which made the situation in Shu and Han dynasties deteriorate again and again, the country was teetering and domestic rebellions were everywhere.

It is reported that in the nearly 40 years after the Yiling War, the territory between the three countries has remained basically unchanged, and the alliance rebuilt by Wu Han has never wavered again, and the situation in the three countries has shown a stable confrontation. Therefore, the battle of Yiling is considered as one of the demarcation points of the three countries.

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