As we mentioned in the previous article, Guan Yu himself had an unshirkable responsibility for the launching of the Battle of Xiangfan, which resulted in the careless loss of Jingzhou and the loss of his life. And Jingzhou is very important to the three families of Cao Liusun, and everyone wants to get it. So, why did Liu Bei let Guan Yu stay in Jingzhou? Liu Bei let Guan Yu stay in Jingzhou, did he use the wrong person?
When Liu Bei was preparing to march west, he adopted Pang Tong's suggestion and sent troops to capture Yizhou, leaving a man to guard Jingzhou, there were many people left at that time, not Guan Yu alone, but Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others, and later when Liu Bei attacked Yizhou, due to insufficient troops, he transferred Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to the front line of Yizhou, leaving only Guan Yu as a general, right?
At least it is certain that this decision was right at the time, because Guan Yu, as a general who remained in Jingzhou, had three advantages.
Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei. We don't want to argue about this, since Liu Bei started his military career, Guan Yu has been following Liu Bei, and from the history books, we can't see a trace of Guan Yu betraying Liu Bei, and loyalty is certain.
Guan Yu is different from Zhang Fei, guan Yu has always had the ability to stand alone. When we read the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we can know that Liu Bei marched to fight a war, and if he did not divide the troops, he would already have to lead an army, and Guan Yu would lead an army, so Guan Yu had the ability to stand alone in the aspect of marching and fighting.
Guan Yu is an expert. We know that Shoujingzhou is to understand the water army, Liu Bei group is a group from the north, the selection of water army generals, has always been very difficult, but Guan Yu has a talent in this regard, although he is a northerner, but as soon as he arrives in the south, he can immediately train and lead the water army. At the time of the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei's family base was Guan Yu's 10,000 water army and Liu Qi's 10,000 army.
But Guan Yu also has his own problems, mainly in personality.
In the nineteenth year of Jian'an, when Liu Bei was fighting in Chengdu, Ma Chao went to liu Bei, and Guan Yu, because he was not familiar with Ma Chao, wrote to Zhuge Liang and asked Zhuge Liang what kind of person Ma Chao was? Zhuge Liang knew what was going on at a glance, Guan Yu was going to compete with Ma Chao, and he could only win and not lose. Although this matter was rounded down by Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu's personality was too high-profile, or not modest at all.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms. The biography of Guan Yu records that when Guan Yu was in Jingzhou, Sun Quan proposed to Guan Yu, which means that the two families married their sons and daughters, and wanted Guan Yu to marry their daughters to Sun Quan's sons, and as a result, Guan Yu "insulted his envoys and did not allow marriage", and there are only a few simple words in the history books, saying that the tiger girl married a dog, which is a record of the novel.
Guan Yu's approach is very wrong, everyone knows that this kind of marriage is a political marriage, Sun Quan can for political considerations, the 19-year-old little sister, married to the 49-year-old Liu Bei (about the marriage of Sun Shangxiang and Liu Bei, we have an article introduction in front of us, interested students, you can click on the small editor's avatar, enter the home page to read), then why can't Guan Yu marry his daughter to Sun Quan's son, this is also the right door, but Guan Yu is scolded at the exit, Guan Yu is also mrs. No one in sight, and it is a time, Sun Quan was also an ally of Liu Bei.
Guan Yu not only scolded Sun Quan, but also his own subordinates. After Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan, Sun Quan's Lü Meng crossed the river in white clothes and secretly attacked Guan Yu's base camp, while the officers who remained in the Jingzhou base camp surrendered at that time, and the reason for their surrender was that Guan Yu always scolded them, knowing that Guan Yu had returned from a defeat and that he did not have good fruit to eat, so he simply surrendered.
From the above, we can see that Guan Yu is loyal and talented, and in this regard, he is a suitable candidate for Shou jingzhou. But Guan Yu also has problems, no political acumen, and no strategic vision. This led to Guan Yu's final and utter failure, losing Jingzhou and injuring his life.
We mentioned above that Guan Yu and Ma Chao had a little festival, in fact, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong also had a little festival, that is, when Liu Beifeng was a "Five Tiger General", this incident also reflected Guan Yu's arrogance. So, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong's festival, do you know? Welcome to the message area to discuss.
——References "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Zizhi Tongjian"