This is the true Five Tigers Martial Arts Sacred Chapter (5)
Chief Writer: Idle Student
Guan Yu probably lived for more than fifty years, but the last ten years of his life were spent in Jiangling.
In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, in 210 AD, the ambitious Zhou Yu died of illness on the way back from Jiangdong to Nan County. Lu Su, a dove-brother, took the throne and succeeded Zhou Yu in commanding the troops. As soon as Lu Su arrived, he persuaded Sun Quan to lend Nan Commandery to Liu Bei, and Sun Quan agreed to cao cao's power. Lu Su then moved from NanJun County to Jiangling to defend The Land Pass, giving up this vast Jianghan Plain.
Of course, this is actually a political transaction, and Liu Bei must pay a certain price if he wants to get the rich South County. The price was to surrender the territory around Xiakou in Jiangxia County, which Liu Qi had originally occupied, and to let Sun Quan's general Bu Qi borrow the four southern counties of Jingzhou to take The Jiaozhou territory of Liu Bei's old friend Wu Ju.
But it's all worth it, Nam-gun is the essence of Jingzhou, and Gangneung is the essence of Nam-gun. Since the pre-Qin dynasty, the capital of the State of Chu was built here, and this is the largest distribution center for water and land meetings and materials in the central and southern regions. The Chronicle of cargo breeding says: "Gangneung, the ancient capital of Ying, the west of Wu, Ba, the east of the cloud dream of Rao." Also one will also. "In addition, the terrain in this area is low and flat, with an average altitude of less than 200 meters, and most of the soil in the area is deep alluvial soil and lake soil, rich in organic matter, good agglomerate structure, fertile and water-retaining, and is the best agricultural reclamation area in the whole territory of Hubei (Note 1)." In addition, affected by the subtropical climate, the local climate is mild and humid, the precipitation is abundant, the sunshine time is sufficient, the rivers are numerous, and the irrigation conditions are good, so in terms of agricultural planting, Jiangling is also the crown of Jingzhou, not only rich in rice and orange trees (Note 2), but also has a large number of forest vegetation, which can make bamboo arrows and large ships, so it also has great advantages in transportation and military materials. More importantly, Jiangling holds the passage from the Yangtze River to Shu, which is the future lifeblood of Liu Bei's group, and it must not be lost. Therefore, before Liu Bei entered Shu, he specially arranged for Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, the two major deputies of Wen Yiwu, to guard Jiangling, to resist Cao Wei in the north and Eastern Wu in the east, and to vigorously develop production, and to reorganize the army to exercise martial arts and prepare for the coming great war.
Note 1: See Hubei Economic Geography edited by Zhou Zhaorui
Note 2: See the Chronicle of Cargo Breeding: "Gangneung Thousand Tree Oranges, and Thousand Households Hou, etc." ”
However, Liu Bei's battle in Yizhou was quite unsmooth, not only Pang Tong was killed in battle, but also "the soldiers were not satisfied, the soldiers were not attached, and the army was not heavy", in this case, Zhuge Liang had to bring tens of thousands of troops and a large amount of military resources to Shu in the spring of 214 AD with Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and others. This is all the capital accumulated by Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu in Jingzhou over the years, but there is no way, if Yizhou can't take it down, everything is empty.
After Zhuge Liang led the large army away, the pressure on Guan Yu increased sharply. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Le Jin, Cao Wei's commander-in-chief in the Jingzhou Theater at that time, pushed Bingfeng all the way south to the Qingni area. According to research, the land of Qingni is in the territory of Jingling County, Jiangxia County (northwest of present-day Qianjiang City, Hubei), on the west side of Yunmengze, at the border with Guan Yu's Nan County, with a river leading to the Han River, and its lake bay is wide enough to store more ships, and it has historically served as a large military port. It can be seen that Guan Yu was still compressed in the Yangtze River Basin at this time, and could not control the Han River Channel.
According to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "(Lejin) also asked Liu Bei to be depressed chang Dupu and Jingyang Changliang, and both of them were greatly broken." "Linfeng is in the northwest of present-day Danyang City, Hubei Province, and Jingyang is in the north of Danyang County, both of which are important cities on the supply line of Jingxiang Avenue. Le Jin was worthy of being the first general to behead Yuan Shao's general Chun Yuqiong, and this attack was quite fierce.
In addition, according to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", because the southern county is adjacent to Jiangxia in the east, often bounded by Hanshui, Cao Wei Jiangxia Taishou Wenping during this period also cooperated with Lejin to fight, "with Lejin to discuss Guan Yu yu in the mouth, meritorious, into the Yanshou Pavilion Marquis, plus to the rebellious general." "The mouth of the search is also in the southeast of the Han River, in the territory of Dangyang County, when it is the place where the east flow of the water and the Han River meet.
In short, taking advantage of Liu Bei Zhuge Liang's departure from Jingzhou one after another, Guan Yu's strength was weak, and Cao Wei launched a series of fierce offensives against Guan Yu. Linfeng and Jingyang are on Jingxiang Avenue, and Qingnikou is on the verge of Hanshui, all of which are important transportation bases, so they are often competing for places for the two sides.
Judging from the historical records, after Zhuge Liang brought the main force of Jingzhou into Shu in 214 AD, Guan Yu encountered a fierce attack by strong enemies in xiangfan and Jiangxia, and it seems that he was left and right, and repeatedly lost. However, after a period of historical blanking, by 219 AD, Guan Yu was able to drive straight along the Han River and directly under Fancheng. In 220 AD, when he withdrew south from Xiangyang to the area of Maicheng and Linfeng, he did not encounter any obstacles. It can be seen that in this five-year gap in historical materials, Guan Yu had already taken the Han Waterway and jingxiang avenue, forcing Cao Wei's Jingzhou army to the line of Xiangyang Fancheng north of the Jianghan Plain.
This turning point is not too big, what happened in the five-year gap in historical materials?
This is to analyze the curriculum vitae of Lejin in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". We see that in the spring and summer of 214 AD, Lejin launched a fierce offensive against Linfeng and Jingyang counties, and after "breaking the siege", he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and continue to attack Jiangling south; instead, in July of that year, he "conscripted Sun Quan", and after the end of the war, he stayed in Hefei with Zhang Liao and Li Dian with 7,000 people.
This is strange, le jin, as Cao Wei's main general in the Jingzhou theater, had at least tens of thousands of people under him, but why was he suddenly demoted and transferred to Hefei to become Zhang Liao's deputy, and the total strength of the three people was less than 7,000? In addition, after Cao Cao left, the battle instructions left for the Hefei defenders were also very strange: "If Sun Quan is in the right place, General Zhang Li will fight, and General Le will defend." Since his debut, Lejin has been "bold from Taizu to trap Chen Duwei, all of whom have made meritorious contributions first", how did he arrive in Hefei but was asked to defend the city? Did Cao Cao think that his field combat ability was inferior to That of Li Dian, who had long been responsible for escorting military food?
There was only one possibility, Lejin had just gained some bargain after the two battles of Linfeng and Jingyang, and was violently beaten by Guan Yu. Therefore, Le Jincai was not promoted because of this victory, but was demoted and transferred to Zhang Liao's hands; Le Jin must have been very resentful in his heart, so there would be a situation of "jin, dian, and Liao are not harmonious" (see "The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms Li Dian Biography").
After LeJin was transferred, Cao Cao fu (曹) Renxing (曹) Renxing (曹) renxing (曹) (曹) Renxing (曹) (曹) Renxing (曹) Renxing (曹) (曹) Not only did the main general of the Jingzhou Theater be replaced by Cao Ren, the first general of Cao Wei, but also the main general's base camp was withdrawn from the north of Xiangyang to Fancheng.
Generally speaking, the war zone master will not be easy to change, and it is best not to change the place where it is guarded. Because the main general has been guarding a certain place for a long time and is more familiar with the local war situation and geographical situation, his achievements will also make him establish a huge prestige among the local military and civilians. Without special circumstances, yi shuai should not have given up such a huge intangible wealth before the battle.
For example, Zhang Liao, Guo Huai, Sima Yi, Yang Hu, Cao Zhen and others generally took root in important border defense towns for a long time before the end of the war and did not move pits. After Zhang Liao's mighty blow at Xiaoyaojin, he even refused to let him leave Yangzhou when he was sick; it can be seen that Lejin did not perform well in Jingzhou, and may even lose the entire Hanshui channel, so Cao Ren was forced to retreat to Fancheng, lest he be trapped by Guan Yu's water division in Xiangyang south of the Han River, and he would not even be able to withdraw at that time.
So, Lejin's defeat in this period, why is Cao Wei's history book not a book? Probably because Le Jin's son Le Qi was later killed by the rebellious Zhuge Shi while serving as the assassin of Yangzhou and became a martyr, the two generations of the Le family were loyal and liang, and they always had to receive some preferential treatment. Therefore, Chen Shou also felt very strange when he wrote the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and found that "Lejin is famous for his xiaoguo, but his actions are not unheard of." Or there are omissions in the annotations, which are not as detailed as Zhang Liao and Xu Huangzhi. ”
Missing certainly, it is impossible not to miss, and then Cao Ren's part of the battle against Guan Yu also has a lot of omissions, because in this section of the Battle of Xiangfan, Cao Wei really fought too humiliatingly, but the history books are based on the truth, and they can't always open their eyes and say blind words, so the shameful part is not remembered, which is always OK!