Speaking of Guan Yu's daimyo, I believe that everyone knows it, especially for all the officials who like the history of the Three Kingdoms. With his excellent level of force and the strategy of war, Guan Yu did many major events that caused a sensation in the world in his lifetime. One of them is to cut Huaxiong with warm wine, to cut off YanLiang, and to cut six generals through five levels.
In addition to the above-mentioned sensational events, Guan Yu also did a big thing before his death, which was enough to make Guan Yu famous in history, because in this war, Sun Quan and Cao Cao personally went out on the horse, and the target of the two big men was the famous general Guan Yu. What did Guan Yu do before he died? That is, the sudden launch of the Battle of Xiangfan, the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei!
Guan Yu was nearly 60 years old when he launched the Battle of Xiangfan, and at this time, Guan Yu had reached the peak of both fame and aura. At the same time, liu bei, the eldest brother, also won the battle of Hanzhong, and Liu Bei's hope of supporting the Han chamber was at hand. Of course, this had to rely on the "Longzhong Pair" strategy proposed by the military master Zhuge Liang in that year.
However, at this juncture, guan Yu, before receiving Liu Bei's orders, led tens of thousands of elites from Jingzhou to the Xiangfan area without authorization, and then quickly fought with the Cao Wei soldiers and horses in the Xiangfan area. Although Guan Yu defeated the morale of Cao Wei's army in the early stages, he also used the soaring Han Shui to wipe out the large armies of Ban and Pound. But later, Guan Yu was facing the military strength of the two countries, the commander-in-chief.
Therefore, Guan Yu was doomed to failure. Speaking of this, it is a little confusing why Guan Yu did not wait for Liu Bei's orders, and then sent an army with Liu Bei to the Northern Expedition, just like zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair" mentioned in that year. In this way, Liu Bei may really be able to realize the dream of Kuang Fu Han Room.
However, Guan Yu suddenly led the Northern Expedition, which not only surprised Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others! At the same time, at the same time, let Sun Quan of Jingzhou take advantage of the opportunity, so that as long as anyone who understands can think of it, Guan Yu's northern expedition to attack Xiangfan is a dangerous move, then as a generation of famous generals, Will Guan Yu not know? Why did you insist on the Northern Expedition and launch the Battle of Xiangfan?
In fact, the main purpose of Guan Yu's launch of the Battle of Xiangfan was to welcome back the Han Emperor Liu Xie! Why? The reason is simple, there are three main ones:
The first reason: At that time, there were only Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei in the whole world, and the Great Han Xingfu was expected.
During the Three Kingdoms period, although the princes were seriously at war, in fact, by 220 AD, there were only Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei in the world. For the patriotic general Guan Yu, he could only repel cao Wei soldiers and horses, and then he could welcome back the Han Xiandi. When Xu Tian was hunting, Guan Yu had proposed to behead Cao Cao under his horse, but Liu Bei did not allow it at that time.
Therefore, judging from Guan Yu's intention to suddenly send troops to the Northern Expedition, as well as guan Yu's military feng to Xu Du, it is basically certain that Guan Yu is precisely to welcome back Emperor Xian of Han this time. Speaking of which, some people may suggest that Guan Yu did not support his eldest brother Liu Bei? Why do you want to welcome back the Han Xiandi?
In fact, this question is very simple, when Guan Yu had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao, he said in front of Zhang Liao's face that he would only surrender to Han and absolutely would not surrender to Cao Cao! From The mouth of Second Master Guan, it is not difficult to conclude that Guan Yu is a person who is toward the Big Han. In other words, if Liu Bei changes dynasties, perhaps Guan Yu still does not agree, this is a possible thing to happen!
What's more, at that time, Guan Yu saw hope, first, Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao, and second, Sun Quan had been suppressed by himself, at this time, as long as Cao Cao's troops were secured, then basically he could smoothly welcome back The Han Xian Emperor.
The second reason: Liu Bei had already defeated Cao Cao in Hanzhong, and if he took the opportunity to launch a war at this time, it would definitely make Cao Cao unable to take care of each other.
As we all know, when Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan, Liu Bei had already defeated Cao Cao in Hanzhong, so if Guan Yu led tens of thousands of elites only to cover Liu Bei, this really did not make sense. Moreover, at that time, Cao Cao's defeated army had all retreated to the Chang'an area, and if Guan Yu launched a war at this time node, Cao Cao was bound to divide his troops and rule, and Cao Ren in the Xiangfan area would not be Guan Yu's opponents.
Another important factor is what everyone ignores, that is, there was a mutiny in the Xiangfan area, a civil uprising, and Guan Yu recovered them all. Therefore, from the perspective of this element, it is not difficult to see that this should be a long-term work done by Guan Yu. To put it bluntly, the main purpose of Guan Erye is to return to the old capital, the real Kuangfu Han Room, and leave his name in Qingshi.
The third reason: at the most turbulent key point of the Cao Wei regime, there was only one Cao Ren in front of Guan Yu.
The 24th year of Jian'an was indeed the most turbulent year of the Cao Wei regime, and Cao Cao's health was not as good as before. Second, the Yecheng Rebellion had not yet completely disappeared, followed by the Xudu Rebellion, and Xiahou Yuan in Hanzhong was beheaded by Huang Zhong. At the same time, the northern tribes also looked at Cao Wei and the tiger, just imagine if Guan Yu sent an army at this time, there would only be a Cao Ren in front of the second master. If Cao Ren was successfully defeated, then Guan Yu could directly get in touch with the patriots of Xu Du and get the power into the hands of Emperor Xian of Han at once, which was not impossible.
Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms: In the spring of the twenty-third year, the Han Taiyi physician Ling Jiben and Shaofu Geng Ji and Si Zhi Wei Huang counterattacked, attacked Xu, and burned the chancellor Shi Wang Biying.
Therefore, Guan Yu's move is of great significance, and if it succeeds, it will be the most brilliant stroke in history! Unfortunately, in the process of Guan Yu's confrontation with Cao Ren, Liu Bei did not have the support of a single soldier. At the same time, Sun Quan also took the opportunity to take Jingzhou, and Cao Cao's rapid support led to the defeat of Guan Yu's soldiers!
From a comprehensive analysis, the reason why Guan Yu would lead an army to attack the Xiangfan region on a large scale was definitely to welcome back Emperor Xian of Han. However, the performance of the eldest brother Liu Bei left Guan Yu and Emperor Xian of Han speechless, in short, Guan Yu, as the Marquis of Han Shouting, was also worthy of Emperor Xian of Han and the world of Han.