In 219, Guan Yu, who had been given the title of former general, ordered Taishou Mifang of Nan Commandery to sit in Jiangling, and the general Fu Shiren to guard the public security in order to form a corner with Jiangling, so Guan Yu thought that the rear was worry-free, so he led a large army to besiege the two cities of Xiangfan. At the beginning of the war, Cao Cao sent a large army of the Seven Roads of forbidden governors to reinforce Fancheng, but the main general was not familiar with the local terrain environment and did not know the weather at that time, resulting in the large army being flooded by flash floods, in order to survive, Yu Ban could only surrender to Guan Yu with more than 30,000 soldiers, and the general Pound was beheaded by Guan Yu because he was unwilling to surrender, and for a time, Guan Yu's momentum shocked Huaxia. It is reasonable to say that as long as Guan Yu could take advantage of the victory to pursue, he could break through Fancheng and invade the hinterland of Cao Wei, but Sun Quan did not want to see Guan Yu's power, so he sent Lü Meng to cross the river in white clothes, invaded Jiangling, occupied Guan Yu's rear, and successfully captured Guan Yu. In the end, Guan Yu not only lost Jingzhou, but also died in defeat, and Shu Han was also greatly hit. So after this incident, did Liu Bei blame Guan Yu in the end?
In terms of emotion, Liu Bei must have blamed Guan Yu. After the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei ascended the throne of Hanzhong, and the person he most wanted to see this scene was not Fazheng, not Zhuge Liang, but Guan Yu. This year has passed eleven years since the Battle of Chibi, nineteen years have passed since Guan Yu first took the lead and lost Xia Pi, twenty-four years have passed since Liu Bei first entered Xuzhou and got to know Chen Deng and Mi Zhu and others, and thirty-five years have passed since guan Yu and Zhang Fei entered the world to make meritorious achievements, and because of this, Mi Zhu can be ranked among the defenders of the group, after all, he has followed Liu Bei for a long time, and Guan Yu, who has followed Liu Bei for the longest time, can be imagined.
It can be said that Guan Yu looked forward to Liu Bei becoming the king of Hanzhong for thirty-five years, and in this year, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, Wei Zhen Huaxia, and the momentum of Shu Han reached its peak, but at this time, the sky fell, and after that, Liu Bei led the Shu army to march east to Sun Quan, so that the whole army was destroyed, and its health also declined rapidly, because of this, Liu Bei blamed Guan Yu, he blamed Guan Yu for not waiting for the soldiers and horses he rescued, and he also blamed himself for not responding to the formation of Jingzhou. So much so that I can't play a trick myself.
That is to say, Liu Bei's strangeness towards Guan Yu is actually his inability to save Guan Yu, after all, Jingzhou can be lost and can be fought back, but when people die, there is no way to save them again. The reason why Liu Bei never set up a great general before his death was actually for Guan Yu to do, and Guan Yu died, and Liu Bei did not have this idea.
The author believes that Liu Bei's blame for Guan Yu is not that Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, but that Guan Yu did not come back alive.