In the autumn of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Guan Yu launched the "Battle of Xiangfan" and attacked Fancheng, the defender of Fancheng, Cao Ren, closed the door, Cao Cao sent the Seventh Army to rescue him, unfortunately, encountered a continuous autumn rain, the Han River soared, the flat water depth was several inches, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, and threatened Huaxia.
At this time, Cao Cao was frightened and wanted to move the capital to avoid Guan Yu's attack, at this time, Sima Yi and Jiang Ji offered a plan, let Cao Cao unite with Sun Quan, promised a rich return, let Sun Quan sneak attack Jingzhou from behind, and Sun Quan immediately sent Lü Meng to cross the river in white and attack Jingzhou.
In the process of Lü Meng's attack on Jingzhou, the garrison general (Fu Shiren) (Fu Shiren in yanyi) and the garrison general Mi Fang who was stationed at Jiangling surrendered Sun Quan successively, leaving Guan Yu losing his base camp, Guan Yu was cornered, had to lose Maicheng, and was ambushed by the Wu army during the breakthrough, and was captured and killed by Pan Zhang's general Ma Zhong.
It can be said that Guan Yu was killed, it was Mi Fang and Shi Ren who pit him, they surrendered to Sun Quan at a critical moment, cut off Guan Yu's back road, especially Mi Fang, Mi Fang is still Liu Bei's brother-in-law, Mi Fang's sister married Liu Bei, that is, Lady Mi, therefore, Mi Fang can be said to be "a relative of the emperor and the state", Guan Yu never dreamed that such an iron relationship, Mi Fang would easily surrender to Sun Quan and become a shameful traitor.
So, how did Mi Fang surrender to Sun Quan? Did you just surrender? What was the detailed history of Mi Fang's surrender?
According to the records of the history book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that Mi Fang and ShiRen always felt that Guan Yu looked down on them, coupled with the ineffectiveness of doing things, which annoyed Guan Yu, Guan Yu said harshly, wait until I come back to clean up after you, as a result, they are afraid that Guan Yu will settle accounts after the autumn, plus the Eastern Wu army has come, so they surrendered.
The "Biography of Guan Yu in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms" records that Taishou Mi Fang of Younan County was in Jiangling, and the general (Fu) Shiren Tun was a public security officer, who was always suspicious of Yu and despised himself. Yu Zhi went out of the army, and Fang and Ren supplied the military funds, but they did not know how to save each other. Yu said that "it should still be ruled", and Fang and Renxian were afraid and uneasy. So the power yin seduces Fang, Ren, Fang, and Ren make people welcome power.
These few words, understated, in fact, the detailed surrender process, not only because Mi Fang and ShiRen did not do a good job, but also threatened by Guan Yu, the reason is not so simple.
According to other historical records, when the Eastern Wu army secretly attacked Jingzhou, Lü Mengxian sent Sun Quan's strategist Yu Tuan to the public security to persuade Shi Ren to surrender, at that time, Yu Tuan came to the gate of the public security city and said to the soldiers guarding the city, I want to talk to your generals, Shi Ren knew later, he refused to talk to Yu Tuan, refused, at this time Shi Ren, the practice is still very backbone, but then changed.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms quotes the Book of Wu as saying: The general ShiRen refused to guard the police, and Was ordered to be overturned by Yu. Turning to the city gate, the guardian said, "I want to speak with General Ru." Ren refused to see each other.
What should I do if I don't see ShiRen's face? Therefore, Yu Fan wrote a letter to ShiRen to the effect that wise people would have avoided it before the catastrophe came, and now, when our Eastern Wu army came to the city, the beacon of the beacon that Guan Yu had previously arranged had not been lit and had become a decoration. This shows that it is Providence, there is an internal response in your city, if the general does not surrender, then, the strength is weak, after the battle is dead, there will be nothing, will be ridiculed by the people of the world, our Tiger Wei General Lü Meng, to the South County, cut off the main road, you will become the fish on the chopping board, let people slaughter, then surrender, it will not be so easy, please think twice, general. When ShiRen saw Yu's letter, his heart was very complicated, and finally, he surrendered with tears in his eyes.
After Shiren surrendered, Yu Tuan said to Lü Meng, I have succeeded in tricking him, and now I must quickly let Shiren leave here and change our people to defend the city in case there is a change. Therefore, Lü Meng understood, and immediately took Shi Ren to Nan County, and asked Shi Ren to persuade Mi Fang to surrender, mi Fang saw that Shi Ren had surrendered, and felt that he was alone and poor, so he simply surrendered.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms quotes the Book of Wu as saying: "The wise guard against disasters before they start, and the wise seek to suffer in the future, and they know what is lost, they can be with others, they know that they are alive and know their deaths, and they are enough to be lucky." The journey of the great army, the reconnaissance can not be carried out, the flames are not lifted, this is not the destiny, there will be internal response. When the general does not see it first, when the time is not right, he will guard the city alone and not fall, and the death battle will destroy the sect and destroy the ancestors, and laugh at the world. Lü Huwei wanted to go to Nan County, cut off the land road, live a road block, and the terrain of the case, the general was in the ear of the tongue, running away was inevitable, the surrender was unjust, the general was uneasy, fortunately familiar with the thought. "Ren de shuddered, drooling down. The translation of the word is Meng Yue: "This soldier should also be benevolent, and leave the army to prepare the city." "Then he will go to Nan County. NanJun taishou Mi Fang city guard, and was shown to be benevolent, so he surrendered.
That is to say, Lü Meng and Yu Tuan first started with Shi Ren, who was stationed in the public security, first fought psychological warfare, persuaded Shi Ren to surrender first, and when Shi Ren surrendered, then used him as an example to force Mi Fang to surrender, and Mi Fang had to surrender if he did not surrender.
Guan Yu went to attack Fancheng, which could not be attacked for a long time, and successively transferred a lot of soldiers and horses from Jiangling and Gong'an, and the troops of these two cities were almost all emptied, and it was impossible to resist the Eastern Wu army at all, even if they were dead, it was estimated that it would be difficult to hold on, unless Guan Yu took advantage of the fact that the army was not yet dispersed, quickly returned to the army, and after entering the city, worked together to defend the city.
At that time, Guan Yu had not yet returned to the army, the Eastern Wu army suddenly arrived, the situation was critical, coupled with Yu's repeated verbal threats, ShiRen's psychological defense line quickly collapsed, took Shiren, and then let Shiren do a living example, so Mi Fang's psychological defense line also quickly collapsed.
After some weighing, Mi Fang insisted on death, waiting for Guan Yu to return, maybe it was also death, simply surrender, after all, it is better to die than to live, therefore, Mi Fang disregarded the identity of the emperor's relatives and state relatives, surrendered as a traitor, fiercely pit Guan Yu, and finally forced Guan Yu to a dead end.