What if Shu Han won in the 3 kingdom period?

Well, for anyone that knows about the 3 kingdom period, you will know that Shu Han lost the war while trying to restore the Han dynasty.

Let's say Liu Bei manage to retake the whole of china under a new Han dynasty, the Shu Han dynasty.

What happens next? Will china be able to achieve more stability as compared to the long period of unstable dynasty?
 
Probably not. China was, politically, shattered. Even with a nominal ruler, there still were a lot of local toughs and strongmen. No truly powerful rival warlords, of course, but a lot of instability at local levels, which would lead to instability at higher levels. Plus, Liu Shan was really incompetent. He did have some great advisers, but there's a good chance he would've messed things up, or his successors would've.
 
This largely depends as to when the unification actually takes place. Is the POD no taking of Jingzhou by Wu? A victory at Yi Ling? Or is it that Tsao Tsao dies at Chi Bi and the chaos of the North allows some exploitation by Liu Bei and Sun Quan?
 
Just to tweak things abit...Liu shan died before Liu Bei, making Liu Bei nominate Zhuge Liang to be his successor.

And the point of diverenge will be Cao Cao getting killed during the battle of the red cliff.
 
Just to tweak things abit...Liu shan died before Liu Bei, making Liu Bei nominate Zhuge Liang to be his successor.

And the point of diverenge will be Cao Cao getting killed during the battle of the red cliff.

If that's the POD then it's going to be very difficult for Liu Bei to claim a hold of the Empire. Wu had much greater resources at that point and with Cao Cao out of the picture, the Alliance could very seem unecessary. With luck, Liu Bei could move west and take control of the Yizhou and Hanzhong region while Wu is distracted in the east. From that point on, it'll likely descend into a two way balance of power between the Shu West and Wu East. So long as Liu Shan manages to avoid screwing up like OTL, the quality of Wu leaders post Sun Quan might lead to a Shu victory.
 
From what I understand, Shu Han was always on a shoestring. Cao Cao had the core of China, the Wu had the densely populated and wealthy South, leaving Shu with barely settled border regions, some of which was actually colonized after the war began. Zhuge Liang was able to put together a top notch army of veterans led by highly competent officers, but that army was essentially irreplaceable. Shu Han simply didn't have either the money or the population to replace losses, which is why Zhuge Liang actually retreated during several successful campaigns when it became clear that victory would require long sieges with the inevitable wastage rather than his prefered war of maneuver. Once Liu Bei threw the army away during the ridiculous campaign against Wu, Shu Han was doomed. Even if his incompetent son is somehow eliminated, the kingdom was already on borrowed time.
 
Just to tweak things abit...Liu shan died before Liu Bei, making Liu Bei nominate Zhuge Liang to be his successor.

Wouldn't work. The whole point of Shu Han was that it was supposed to be the continuation of the Han Dynasty (Liu Pei was distantly related to the emperor). They couldn't keep that up with Chuko Liang declared the successor.
 
If the war would of ended earlier by what ever means with a Shu win, then you may not have the growth of the tribal powers which caused so much problems at the start of the next era. Also the are two ways which get around Liu Shan, one is that he died early and forced Liu Bei to give the crown to either his less incompetent adopted son, or his two later sons. The other way, is if Liu Bei would of lived long enough for his grandson to be around and able to take control.
 
If i had to put it somewhere, I guess I would change the battle of Fan Castle, and have Wu decided not ally themselves with Wei. So you don't have the death of Guan Yu, or the invasion by Liu Bei afterwards. Also you don't have the execution of Liu Feng either.
 
If i had to put it somewhere, I guess I would change the battle of Fan Castle, and have Wu decided not ally themselves with Wei. So you don't have the death of Guan Yu, or the invasion by Liu Bei afterwards. Also you don't have the execution of Liu Feng either.

I would see that as too late myself. If you want a clear victory for Shu-Han, you'll need to somehow do a great deal of damage to Wu and Wei to the extent that Liu Bei is able to take advantage of both. Maybe Sun Ce manages to launch his campaign upon Cao Cao while Yuan Shao leads an assault from the north. Cao Cao is crushed and Liu Bei is sent to somewhere like Jingzhou as an Imperial Governor of some sort. Yuan Shao and Sun Ce eventually split and try to fight for dominance over Central China with Liu Bei managing to take advantage of this and striking at Sun Ce, securing a hold of the south in Jinzhou and Wu while also preparing to strike at the weakened Yuan Shao to the north.
 
Can't really be sure on this.

Out of all Three Wei, Wu, and Shu it was Wu who had the best chances of conquering, they did last the longest and were a starting Naval power.
 
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