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During the Three Kingdoms period, the world was in turmoil, and if you want to ask who is stronger, it is difficult to tell the winner. Cao Wei's attack on Eastern Wu was not an ordinary harassment, but a multi-way battle, "Cao Xiu, Zhang Liao, and Zang Ba went out of the cave, Cao Ren came out of the wet beard, and Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Zhang He, and Xu Huang surrounded Nanjun", attacking many strategic places in Eastern Wu, the purpose of which should be to destroy the country. The expedition of a large army will inevitably involve long-term army mobilization and grain and grass distribution.

In other words, a large-scale attack on Wu could not have been Liu Bei's temporary intention after his defeat, but Cao Pi's plan a long time ago.

Therefore, Cao Pi's original plan should have been to attack Wu while Wu and Shu were exhausted from the confrontation, and it was difficult for Wu to maintain under the battle between Shu and Wei. After the fall of the State of Wu, the State of Shu will not last long. This is Cao Pi's wishful thinking.

However, Liu Bei's defeat was too rapid, resulting in Sun Quan being able to avoid fighting on two fronts, and Eastern Wu turned the corner. Shu's occupation of Eastern Wu inevitably meant winning the Battle of Yiling and defeating Lu Xun's army. At this time, Cao Wei's three-way army would inevitably attack Eastern Wu as well.

Under such circumstances, even if Liu Bei occupied Eastern Wu, he could only occupy Jingzhou, and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River would inevitably be obtained by Cao Wei. Even on the front line of Jingzhou, Liu Bei had to fight with Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Zhang He, and Xu Huang in Zhunan County. After fighting against Eastern Wu for a year, suffering from heavy losses and tired veterans, Liu Bei may not even be able to defeat Cao Zhenbu and keep Jingzhou.

In the best case, Liu Bei will win Cao Zhen and recapture Jingzhou, and Yangzhou will also be obtained by Cao Wei. In this case, Cao Wei's strength is more than two thirds of the world, and the demise of Shu Han is only a matter of time. As a mature politician, Liu Bei should not want the destruction of Eastern Wu.

When the Battle of Yiling began, it was more than a year before Guan Yu's death, and even if Liu Bei was impulsive, he should have calmed down at this time. Liu Bei's best idea should be to force Eastern Wu to spit out Jingzhou, but not to let Eastern Wu perish. Liu Bei and Lu Xun confronted each other for more than half a year, and the variable at this time was Cao Wei, whether Cao Wei attacked Wu or Shu.

Cao Wei attacked Shu, the odds of victory are not great, first, Chengdu has Zhuge Liang in charge, second, the war is in the territory of Wu rather than Shu, and third, the Wei army is likely to be blocked by Wei Yan in Hanzhong. Therefore, it is a better choice to hit Wu. This was confirmed by Cao Pi's choice to transfer troops to the eastern front rather than Guanzhong.

The purpose of the months of mobilization was very clear, that is, to attack the state of Wu.

Liu Bei's calculation was that once Wei attacked Wu, or there were signs of attacking Wu, Wu would definitely make peace with Liu Bei and concentrate on dealing with Wei's attack. Then Jingzhou will be spit out by Sun Wu and returned to Liu Bei, and Longzhong will be able to implement it again. Therefore, Liu Bei's purpose should not be to occupy the entire territory of Eastern Wu from the East China Sea to Jingzhou, which is simply impossible.

The purpose is not to destroy Soochow, because the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. And the goal should be to recapture Jingzhou, whether by force, or in the stalemate stage to force Sun Wu to spit out. It should be said that this strategy is still very likely to be realized, after all, if Liu Bei lasts a few more months and Cao Wei intervenes in the battle, everything is still unpredictable.

Even if Eastern Wu was destroyed, Shu would only be able to occupy Jingzhou at most. Assuming that Shu occupies Jingzhou in Eastern Wu, it is still a three-point world, and there is still room for maneuver.

There are many indigenous wealthy clans in Eastern Wu, their enthusiasm for expanding their territory is not high, they are better at guarding their land, Shu Han due to environmental reasons, the personal quality of the soldiers is very strong, they have to always expand outward in order to change the living environment. In terms of military strength, I think Soochow has more advantages.

In fact, Dongwu and Shu Han have their own advantages, but Dongwu prefers defense, while Shu Han prefers to open up territory.

The combat effectiveness of Shu and Eastern Wu is very strong, Eastern Wu likes to defend, while Shu prefers to expand its territory, both have their own strength, each has its own advantages.

In terms of grain and grass, Shu is even better.

In terms of generals, Shu has many fierce generals, but Eastern Wu is rare.

In terms of strategists, Dongwu is full of talents, and Shu Han is basically Zhuge Liang.

Troops, Soochow is good at water warfare; Shu Han was good at land warfare.

At least in the heyday of Eastern Wu, there was no difficulty in destroying the Shu Han, but Eastern Wu was a defensive country, and Shu Han intended to expand its territory, so the enthusiasm of the Eastern Wu soldiers was not as high as that of the Shu Han soldiers.

The Eastern Wu side simply did not have the strength or courage to push the national border to the Huai River and annex Huainan, and the enthusiasm of the Eastern Wu Hao clan to expand the territory was not high.

Both sides will have their own advantages, that is, Eastern Wu is more conservative, but Shu Han is indeed very open, likes to open up territory, and in terms of military strength, Eastern Wu may be stronger.

Dongwu is not keen on fighting, but wants to protect himself and then live in peace, and does not want to fight with Cao Cao to the death.