In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu followed Liu Bei in his conquest of the world, and his name was known to the whole world. But the hero always has an end, and although Guan Yu has experienced hundreds of battles, he is still killed by Lü Meng of Eastern Wu. When Liu Bei heard that his righteous brother had been killed, he was extremely sad and indignant, so he desperately sent troops to attack Wu, and the brotherhood and righteousness moved the world. However, did Liu Bei fa Wu really just avenge Guan Yu? This is not the case!
The first is the time of cutting Wu. Liu Bei only sent troops to conquer Wu more than a year after Guan Yu's death. At the time of Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei already had the strength to claim the title of emperor, but he had not yet officially claimed the title of emperor; soon after Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei ascended to the throne surrounded by everyone, which showed that calling the emperor was the most important thing.
If Liu Bei was really furious because of Guan Yu's murder, swore that he was not at odds with Eastern Wu, and only wanted to avenge his brother in his heart, he should have sent troops immediately, but Liu Bei did not do this, and in the past two years, everyone's righteous indignation had calmed down, and he slowly sent troops, at this time, Wu wu was not to avenge Guan Yu, but Liu Bei himself originally wanted to cut down Wu.
Secondly, at that time, among the three major forces of Wei Shu and Wu, the Wei state was the strongest, and compared with the Wei state, the strength of Eastern Wu was not so strong, and it was easier to attack. Remember that after Guan Yu was killed, Sun Quan dedicated Guan Yu's first rank to Cao Cao and wanted to transfer the disaster to Cao Cao? However, Cao Cao was not deceived, and he buried Guan Yu thickly, doing all the etiquette, and wanted Liu Bei to only remember and hate Eastern Wu.
So at that time, Wei wanted Liu Bei to cut down Wu, and Wu wanted Liu Bei to cut Down Wei, and both sides wanted to be fishermen, and when the other two sides were almost fighting, they would sit back and reap the benefits of the fishermen. Liu Bei was not a fool, for a while it was naturally impossible to come according to what they thought, wait for themselves to be prepared, and then pick a hand in Eastern Wu whose strength was inferior to that of the State of Wei, in the final analysis, it was a trade-off of the odds, and persimmons had to pick up a soft pinch.
The third is because of Jingzhou. Jingzhou has always been the focus of contention between Shu and Wu, because this place is really a strategic place, and soldiers must fight. When Zhuge Liang made a decision in Longzhong, he once said to Liu Bei: "If there is a jing across the jing, it is beneficial... When the world changes, then order a general to send the jingzhou army to Xiangwan and Luo... Great undertakings can be accomplished, and han rooms can be prosperous. ”
It was only when Liu Bei had taken Jingzhou with great difficulty, and with Guan Yu's defeat and death, Jingzhou was also occupied by Eastern Wu. Such an important place, can Liu Bei not worry about taking it back? Besides, if you have been in Jingzhou for a long time, the people's hearts are very submissive, and if they are occupied by Eastern Wu for a long time, it is not accurate.
The people don't understand your fights and killings, they just want to live in peace and stability. Therefore, Jingzhou must be taken back with a drum, otherwise the night will be long and dreamy. It was just that Liu Bei's march was not cautious enough, and he finally failed. In the final analysis, Liu Bei was anxious to fight against the State of Wu, ostensibly to avenge Guan Yu, but in fact, he was driven by the ambition of a generation of tyrants to fight for the world.