At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, before the formation of the Three Kingdoms, there were still Lü Bu, Liu Biao, Sun Quan, and Eryuan ke who could fight against Cao Cao. The analysis of many strategists under Cao Cao's account came to a conclusion that Yuan Shu only had his table! His foolish practice of arrogantly claiming to be emperor was enough to make him stink for ten thousand years and die without a place to die! And Yuan Shao, although his strength is very strong, but he is not without, Tao, righteousness, martial strategy and other ten major advantages, although there are people, rich, grain, in the end is still defeated. (Reference, Guo Jia's "Ten Victories")
Among the remaining few people (Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Liu Biao, Lü Bu), Lü Bu had courage and no strategy, although there was a counselor Chen Gong to help, but Lü Bu bullied his subordinates and could not listen to good words, this way can be removed! And Liu Bei, a large number of years is not a problem, and his successor is not a climate. Internal Cai clan power struggle, undercurrents surging so it seems that Liu Biao is not worried at all, then the only thing left is Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
Sun Quan, the geographical location is relatively special, it may take a lot of effort to deal with him! No matter what, dealing with Liu Bei is much easier than Sun Quan, first of all, Liu Bei's power is the weakest, and the chances of winning against him are even greater! Second, Liu Bei Group mainly relies on the three people of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao to lead, if these three people can be managed, then the odds will be greater!
So how to get "Guan, Zhang, Zhao"? In fact, it is very simple, from the inside of the disintegration, first get the boss among them, Guan Yu. If Guan Yu in the small team defected to Cao Cao, it was bound to affect Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. Even if they did not defect, it would greatly affect the morale of Liu Bei's side.
So, how did Cao Cao get Guan Yu? Send money, send subordinates, send beautiful women, send red rabbits, good wine, good meat continuously! The treatment of the princes, the grace of the emperor. These are all Cao Cao's efforts to keep Guan Yu? But in the end? Guan Yu still went away, not only that, on the way to Liu Bei, he also killed 5 of Cao Cao's generals, which was a capital offense, if Cao Cao pursued it, Guan Yu would definitely die.
Why would Guan Yu take such a big risk to kill Cao Cao's general? Is it true that you are not afraid of death? Why would he rather die than enter Cao's camp? Could it be that Guan Yu and Liu Bei's love and righteousness have really reached the point of being inseparable? The answer is no, so what is the real reason?
Why would Guan Yu rather die than enter Cao's camp? In fact, the real answer, Cao Cao and Lü Bu are the clearest! What does this have to do with Lü Bu? Why did Lü Bu become the most aware person? This is a long story.
Guan Yu and Lü Bu's martial arts are actually not far apart, and the two also have common hobbies. What do they like most about the warriors? One is a weapon, the second is a strategy, and the third is a beautiful woman. No general does not like beautiful women, Lü Bu once killed his righteous father Dong Zhuo for the sake of the mink cicada, Lü Bu can offend the princes of the world for her, this is really proud!
Lü Bu likes mink cicadas, so who does Guan Yu, who looks honest and honest, like? Familiar with "Spring and Autumn", well aware of the great righteousness, guan gong like the woman is not extraordinary! Talented? A talented woman like Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying? Or is it a beautiful woman like a mink cicada? Or a martyr like his sister-in-law Sun Shangxiang?
What kind of woman Guan Yu really likes, I said it doesn't count! Only he said it himself! According to historical records, Guan Yu once asked Cao Cao for a woman, and the historical data said: "In the beginning, Yu Suixian surrounded Lü Bu in Puyang, and Qin Yilu asked for help from Zhang Yang for Bu. Yu Qigong: "Wife is childless, go down to the city, and beg Na Yilu's wife." "Agreed. and to the gates of the city, to the white. Doubt its color, self-acceptance. The above historical data shows the young Guan Yu's hobbies to the fullest, and it turns out that when Guan Yu followed Liu Bei to surround Lü Bu in Puyang, he fell in love with the wife of Lü Bu's subordinate Qin Yilu. At that time, Guan Yu knew that Lü Bu was not Cao Cao's enemy at all, so he secretly stated his wishes to Cao Cao, hoping that when he defeated Lü Bu, he could reward Qin Yilu's wife (Du Shi) to him as a reward for the siege. Guan Yu, who has always been not easy to ask for people, unexpectedly Guan Yu personally opened a golden mouth to Cao Cao for this woman, Cao Cao agreed to Guan Yu on the surface, but on the day of the city's destruction, he took the lead in examining Du Shi and found that Du Shi was indeed born with a beautiful face, wonderful, and later Cao Cao accepted Du Shi himself.
After this unpleasantness, Guan Yu had an irrepressible embarrassment to Cao Cao. Later, even if his own soldiers were defeated by Xia Pi, he would rather die on the spot than surrender to Cao Cao. And Cao Cao also knew that he was beginning to do something unauthentic, so he sent Zhang Liao as an emissary to personally persuade Guan Yu to surrender. Considering that the two wives of the eldest brother Liu Bei were still in the city, Guan Yu had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao temporarily. If it weren't for this relationship, Guan Yu might have been killed by Cao Cao's orders at that time!
In the days of temporarily staying in Cao Ying, although Cao Cao sent good wine, beautiful women, gold and silver every day, and finally sent a red rabbit BMW, Guan Yu finally did not defect to Cao Cao and resolutely abandoned Cao Cao! He also killed five of Cao Cao's generals on the way to avenge the hatred of being oppressed by Cao Cao in the past!
This may also be the real reason why Guan Yu ning died and did not enter the Cao camp, just imagine, Guan Yu, who has such an experience, how can he be kind enough to enter the Cao camp and chat with Zhang Liao and other colleagues in the future, how to deal with himself? Wouldn't it be embarrassing..., in fact, this reason, Lü Bu is also very clear. I'm afraid that only Liu Bei is still in the dark...
Lü Bu, relying on his superior force, bullied his subordinates on a daily basis, including Qin Yilu. According to historical records, once Lü Bu deliberately sent Qin Yilu to Yuan Shu's office, and secretly communicated with Yuan Shu, asking Yuan Shu to secretly detain Qin Yilu, what did Lü Bu want to do? In fact, everyone knows, but who is to blame for this? Can only complain that Du Shi was born too beautiful! Reference: Historical material "Wei's Spring and Autumn"
References: Huayang Guozhi Vol. 6 Liu Xian's Main Chronicles, Wei's Spring and Autumn