试论曹操南征荆州及东进江东的战略决策

目前 ,学术界有人认为公元 2 0 8年曹操南征荆州是一个错误的决策 ,这导致了其兵败赤壁。曹操正确的决策应该是重兵西向 ,攻取汉中 ;也有人认为 ,曹操在占领江陵后 ,磨磨蹭蹭 ,耽误了几个月的时间 ,以至贻误战机 ,终致赤壁之败。本文认为 ,曹操南征荆州非常及时 ,也非常成功 ,赤壁之败不是南征荆州决策的失误 ,而是曹操在占据荆州后 ,立足未稳便急躁东进造成的恶果。

On Cao Cao's Strategic Decisions for Attacking Jingzhou and Jingdong

There are two views about Cao Cao's attacking Jingzhou and Jingdong in the academic world today. One is that Cao Cao had taken a wrong step before the War of the Red Cliff. He should have attacked Hanzhou instead of Jingzhou. The other is that he held up for a few months after he had occupied Jingzhou. Consequently he missed the opportunity for combat and failed in the War of the Red Cliff. The author holds that it was necessary and a success for Cao Cao to attack Jingzhou. The failure in the war was not because his choosing to attack Jingzhou but due to his haste of moving east after his shaky occupation of Jingzhou.