In 211 AD, Cao Cao decided to send troops to attack Hanzhong, after the news spread, the most feared and feared was not Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, but Liu Zhang in Yizhou, after all, for Zhang Lu, even if he could not fight, surrender could be, but for Liu Zhang, he occupied the land of a state, and it was too much of a pity to surrender directly, in a dilemma, Liu Zhang listened to Zhang Song's advice, so he sent Fa zheng to Jingzhou to invite Liu Bei into Sichuan to help him resist Zhang Lu, capture Hanzhong, and resist Cao Jun through Hanzhong. After Fa Zheng came to Jingzhou, he immediately joined Pang Tong in persuading Liu Bei to take advantage of this opportunity to seize Yizhou.
Originally, Liu Bei had plans to capture Yizhou, under such circumstances, he left Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu and others to sit in Jingzhou, and he himself took tens of thousands of infantry, as well as generals such as Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, as well as Pang Tong and other strategists into Sichuan to meet with Liu Zhang, and began to prepare for the capture of Yizhou, while at this time, Zhuge Liang was mainly responsible for the administrative affairs of Jingzhou, while Guan Yu was responsible for the military activities of Jingzhou. Since this was the case, when Liu Bei brought troops into Sichuan, who was zhuge liang and Guan Yu who stayed in Jingzhou, who had more power?
From the perspective of rank, it seems that Guan Yu's rank was greater at that time, although at this time Liu Bei had not yet ascended to the throne as the King of Hanzhong and did not give Guan Yu and others the title of General of the Four Expeditions, but at that time Guan Yu had already hung up the official position of Taishou, and at the same time was still a general of Lang Kou. Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, was still a middle-aged general. Although in the late Han Dynasty, Zhonglang General was already a considerable official position, and Lu Zhi and Huang Fusong, who had made meritorious contributions to the Yellow Turban Army, were all Zhonglang generals, but the Zhonglang generals in the Three Kingdoms period were only a miscellaneous general, so in terms of official positions, Zhuge Liang was inferior to Guan Yu. Not only that, in terms of actual management, Guan Yu is mainly responsible for defending on the front line, zhang Fei on the other side is Nan County Taishou, the two are on the front line, the authority is larger, and Zhuge Liang is in the rear three counties to preside over the work to allocate resources and taxes, although there is not much subordination between them, but the front line will still have a larger authority.
However, if you carefully look at the records in the history books, you can see that it is Jingzhou led by Zhuge Liang, followed by Guan Yu. In the "Biography of Zhuge Liang", there is a record that Liu Bei left Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu and others to sit in Jingzhou, this record is to put Zhuge Liang in front of Guan Yu, if it is not unusual to put Zhuge Liang in front of the "Biography of Zhuge Liang", then in the "Biography of Liu Bei" zhuge Liang is also placed in the first place, Guan Yu is placed in the second place, it can be seen that Jingzhou was led by Zhuge Liang at that time.
The author believes that the military often serves politics, and under such circumstances, Jingzhou is naturally led by Zhuge Liang.