Song Jie 
Three Kingdoms Wars and the Importance of Geography and Timing [EPUB ebook] 

The Three Kingdoms Wars and the Importance of Geography and Timing" is the third part of Professor Song Jie’s series on the Three Kingdoms Wars. The book includes nine thematic studies on the Three Kingdoms military disputes, in-depth discussions on the causes, processes, characteristics, and historical impact of Dong Zhuo’s war with the lords of Guandong; Cao Cao’s gradual control, conquest, and management of the "Land of Abundance" Guanzhong, and the important role it played after the establishment of the Cao Wei state; the background, scale, and "beheading and capturing the flag" tactics of the Battle of Xiaoyaojin between Wu and Wei, reflecting Sun Quan’s character traits through the danger he encountered; the process and strategy of Liu Bei’s capture of Yizhou, and the reasons for his two failures in the subsequent battles in Jingzhou; the important strategic role of the important towns of Chanling and Gong’an in the late Han and Three Kingdoms periods, and the dangerous passes of Yinping in the Three Kingdoms Wars; the "military teachers" set up by the warring parties in the late Han and Three Kingdoms periods, and how "timing" affected the Three Kingdoms Wars.