During the Three Kingdoms period, how big were the territories of the three kingdoms?

In Chinese history, there was a period of the Three Kingdoms, which we also call the Three Kingdoms Period. During this period, the world was divided by the three countries of Wei, Shu, and Wu. After the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao ruled the north. Sun Quan inherited his father's throne and joined forces with Liu Bei to fight against Cao's army, forming a three-kingdom alliance.

So, during the Three Kingdoms period, how were their territories divided? During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the territory controlled by the Han Dynasty was divided into thirteen states. Cao Cao raised troops from Chenliu and gradually controlled Yanzhou and Xuzhou. He adopted Mao Jie's strategy of obeying the emperor's orders and disobeying the ministers, cultivating crops, and raising military resources. Slowly accumulate your own strength.

In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, the largest power in the north, and captured the four states of Ji, Qing, You, and Bing in one fell swoop, becoming the largest vassal power at the time. After nearly twenty years of management, Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor. At that time, out of the thirteen states left by the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei regime had only nine states. According to the "General Population History of China", the population was about 13 million and the area was about four million square kilometers.

After Sun Quan became emperor, the territory of Sun Wu stabilized. After Sun Quan’s painstaking management, the territory of Sun Wu? Including the barbarians, the establishment of administrative districts during this period mainly started from the management of dangerous areas in counties and counties and the hostile forces in the north and west.

From the perspective of the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, the territory of the Shu Han Dynasty reached Wudu and Hanzhong in the north, Wuxia in the east, Yunnan and Guizhou in the south, and eastern Myanmar in the west. Slightly covers the entire present-day Yunnan Province, most of Sichuan and Guizhou Provinces, Shaanxi, southern Gansu, northwest Guangxi, northeastern Myanmar, and northwest Vietnam.

The powerful forces under Shu put down the rebellion in the four counties of Yuexun, Yizhou (now in Sichuan), Xanggao (now in Guizhou), and Yongchang (now in Yunnan). This has enabled minority areas to be developed and strengthened ethnic unity.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei's territory was not like it is now, a land of plenty and a land of abundance. At that time, the Shu Kingdom was covered with forests and the climate was hot and humid. There are also places where there is miasma. Development in all aspects of the South is relatively backward, and there are fewer places for people to live. The weather in the north is relatively fertile.

The place Cao Cao occupied was the north with the largest population and the best development, so unifying the south from the north was the trend at that time. Analysis shows that during the Three Kingdoms period, the only ones who were likely to compete for the final right to rule were Sun Quan and Cao Cao from a territorial point of view. But if Liu Bei had not lost Jingzhou, Liu Bei would actually have had a great chance of competing for the world. After all, there is a time when competing for the world , it doesn’t just depend on the size of the territory.