Key Battles of the Three Kingdoms: 13 Battles That Determined the Direction of History (Latitude and Longitude Series)

This book is the latest work of Song Jie, a famous historical and military geographer. During the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, the North and the South were in opposition, and Wei, Shu, and Wu attacked and resisted each other for decades. The wars during the Three Kingdoms period had some specific distinctive characteristics, such as the geographical situation changed to a confrontation between the north and the south, the war lasted for a long time, and the final outcome of the Civil War was a water battle. This book discusses 13 decisive battles that took place during the Three Kingdoms period. They are Dong Zhuo's battle with the princes of Guandong, Sun Ce's battle to capture Jiangdong, Yuan Cao's battle at Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's battle to capture Guanzhong, Liu Bei's capture of Yizhou, Sun Liu's battle to capture the three southern counties, Liu Bei's capture of Hanzhong, Sun Quan's capture of Jingzhou, etc. The book tells the background and process of these important battles, as well as the reasons, characteristics and important impacts of victory and defeat, clarifies their ins and outs, and summarizes the experiences and lessons learned.