The most regrettable battle in the history of the Three Kingdoms was the loss of Jingzhou by Guan Yu, which not only deprived Liu Bei of the strength to unify the world, but also caused Guan Yu, the head of the Five Tiger Generals, to be brutally killed. Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, and posterity would often ask: Why didn't Liu Bei let Zhao Yun, who was also brave and loyal, and cautious and cautious, come to guard Jingzhou?
Because Zhao Yun lacked prestige.
Liu Bei led a large army to fight Yizhou, leaving only a small number of troops to defend Jingzhou, but Jingzhou was also the land of four battles, cao cao in the north and Sun Quan in the east, these two wolves could come at any time to bite a bite, so the general who guarded Jingzhou in the lone army town must be a famous general of Weizhen Huaxia. Looking at the generals under Liu Bei's account, only Guan Yu could do this
At that time, Guan Yu beat up the bravest generals under Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and the Eighteenth Route Princes all looked at it. Yu Zai, at least, could deter his opponents so that they did not dare to take the initiative to attack, and finally being able to attack guan Yu was also the result of the combined efforts of Cao Cao and Sun Quan. And Zhao Yun did not have such a deterrent at all, although the prestige of "Changshan Zhao Zilong" was also known to the world, but basically it was still some small deeds, and Guan Yu was not at the same level, if Zhao Yun went to defend Jingzhou, he was afraid that he would be directly attacked by Cao Cao or Sun Quan immediately.
Secondly, Zhao Yun also lacked experience.
Jingzhou was a strategic place, and to hold it it was necessary to have a commander-level figure, he must have the ability and experience to command the whole army, and Guan Yu was much stronger than Zhao Yun in this regard. Guan Yu was the first to follow Liu Bei, and Liu Bei had already boldly given the command to Guan Yu. In the course of more than thirty years of conquest, Guan Yu accumulated rich experience as commanders. Zhao Yun, on the other hand, was purely a general. In his early years, when he followed the local warlord Gongsun Zhan, he was only a pioneer; after defecting to Liu Bei, he basically did the work of protecting the center, protecting Zhuge Liang, and protecting Liu Bei's family to rectify internal affairs, and he lacked practical experience in leading troops to fight and commanding the army to attack the city. Zhao Yun's talent was okay to guard a city, but it was estimated that it was impossible to defend Jingzhou. Jingzhou's territory is large, its status is critical, and it is necessary to move the whole body with one shot, if Zhao Yun is allowed to guard Jingzhou, Liu Bei, who is fighting in the front, will inevitably have worries, and he will certainly not arrange it this way.
Third, Zhao Yun had a key weakness: he was not familiar with the water army.
Jingzhou and the surrounding waterways are very developed, when Liu Biao ruled here, most of his men were also water troops, and water army combat was necessary. Liu Bei collected a lot of Liu Biao's water army, but when he went to attack Yizhou (present-day Sichuan), the army he brought with him was the army, so the water army remained, and the town guard jingzhou was still dominated by the water army. In this regard, Guan Yu was very experienced: after Liu Bei arrived in Jingzhou, guan Yu had been in charge of training and commanding the water army, and he was the most adept at water warfare in Liu Bei's camp. In contrast, Zhao Yun, when following Gongsun Zhan before, mainly brought cavalry, and after following Liu Bei, he also mainly brought the army, lacking the ability to manage the water army. Let the dry ducks take the water army to guard the important town along the Yangtze River, is that not looking for death?
It can be seen that when Liu Bei first arranged who would come to guard Jingzhou, he thought carefully and carefully, which was determined by the characteristics of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun. As for the later guan yu who lost Jingzhou or even his head for various reasons, Liu Bei obviously could not have predicted it in advance, and if he replaced it with Zhao Yun, things might be worse.