Saying that Guan Yu was a spy for Cao Cao, or even a double-sided spy active between the State of Wei and Eastern Wu, I myself do not believe it.
But the more he pondered Guan Yu's Battle of Xiangfan, the more he thought that Guan Yu was a spy, or a double-sided spy, the more unstoppable it became.
The idea that Guan Yu was a spy, or a double-sided spy, was born because of the enormous benefits that both the State of Wei and Eastern Wu had gained, from the time of the battle of Xiangfan, the course of the campaign, and the outcome of the campaign. Only Liu Bei's Western Shu was crippled by the Battle of Xiangfan, and the losses were so great that they lost the opportunity to unify the world.
First, let's see what Cao Cao's Wei state has gained.
On the surface, the Battle of Xiangfan, Wei Guo, was a loser, but in fact Cao Cao took advantage.
During the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu, because of his insufficient troops, asked Liu Feng and Meng Da of Shangyong to send troops to support Jingzhou.
Guan Yu's request, for Liu Feng and Meng Da, was to send a proposition. Sending troops, without Liu Bei's orders, to send troops without permission is a capital offense; without sending troops, Guan Yu fails, and Liu Feng and Meng Da are responsible.
Because Guan Yu's situation was very good at that time, and the lesser of the two evils, Liu Feng and Meng Da refused Guan Yu's request to send troops.
But unexpectedly, Guan Yu played a good card, the battle situation took a sharp turn, and Guan Yu not only lost, but also died. At this time, Liu Feng and Meng Da were in trouble, and they could not bear the responsibility for Guan Yu's death. Meng Da was frightened and surrendered to Cao Cao with his men. Cao Cao then asked Meng Da to lead the way, and sent a large army to destroy Liu Feng and take Shangyong.
The three counties of Shangyong were Cao Cao's first gains in the Battle of Xiangfan.
After the Battle of Xiangfan, Cao Cao's second gain was to break sun and liu alliances.
Before the Battle of Xiangfan, Sun Quan was ostensibly a surrendered Cao Cao, but he was half-hearted and wavering. At this time, Guan Yu used the practice of provoking Sun Quan to make Eastern Wu choose to cooperate with Cao Cao.
At that time, Sun Quan sent someone to propose marriage to Guan Yu's daughter for his son. Guan Yu scolded, Tiger Girl An can marry a dog? Guan Yu's girl is indeed a tiger girl, and there is such a tiger father, and the daughter can't think of a tiger.
In order to make Sun Quan completely abandon the idea of alliance with Liu Bei, Guan Yu also sent people to "take Xiangguan rice without permission". Xiangguan is not known, but it must be Sun Quan's place, and Guan Yu has robbed it because of a lack of grain.
When Sun Quan sent Lü Meng to sneak into Jingzhou, the reason for sending troops was that Guan Yu snatched "Xiangguan rice".
Guan Yu's practices are not like Cao Cao's spies?
Look at the loss of the Shu kingdom.
The direct losses were Jingzhou's 30,000 troops, the numerous generals led by Guan Yu, the four counties of Jingzhou, and one more enemy, Sun Quan.
Indirect losses included 50,000 or 60,000 troops lost in the Battle of Yiling, as well as excellent generals such as the general Zhang Fei and Imperial Power. Also, because of the loss of Jingzhou, the possibility of unifying the world was completely lost.
It was not until six years after Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan that Western Shu and Eastern Wu resumed normal exchanges and once again allied against Cao.
Another reason to suspect That Guan Yu was a spy was the time when the Battle of Xiangfan began.
Beginning in the nineteenth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu began to guard Jingzhou alone. From the nineteenth year of Jian'an to the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, when Guan Yu launched the Xiangfan War, there were many opportunities for the Northern Expedition, but Guan Yu pretended to be invisible.
In August of the 20th year of Jian'an (215), Sun Quan, the lord of Eastern Wu, led an army of 100,000 to attack Hefei. Because the main force of Cao Wei's army was far away in Hanzhong at that time, fighting with Liu Bei, there was no way to send reinforcements. Zhang Liao had no choice but to use eight hundred death squads, a hundred thousand troops of hard steel Sun Quan.
In the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216), Cao Cao again enlisted Sun Quan and began to attack Fusu. Cao Cao's southern expedition lasted for more than three months, and it was also a good time for Guan Yu to launch the Xiangfan Campaign, and Guan Yu was asleep, still invisible.
In the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218), Cao Cao asked Cao Ren to attack Guan Yu. Before Cao Ren sent troops, he wantonly requisitioned conscription and grain and grass, which caused the people of Wancheng, who had been descending to Cao for 20 years, to rebel. The Wancheng defenders Hou Yin and Wei Kai resisted the Cao army according to the city and contacted Guan Yu for support. Guan Yu did not respond. Why, it could be a spy.
In the spring of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, and the Wei general Xiahou Yuan was beheaded by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong. Cao Cao personally led a large army to engage Liu Bei and compete for Hanzhong.
At this time, Cao Cao's army penetrated deep into Hanzhong, with Liu Bei in front of him and various steep mountain roads in the back. At this time, if Guan Yu went on the Northern Expedition, Cao Cao might not be able to find a tone for crying. But Guan Yu is a matter of paying attention to people and taking advantage of people's dangers, and I don't do it!
When Cao Cao withdrew from Hanzhong, the army was idle and had nothing to do; when Sun Quan completely abandoned Sun Liu's alliance and sharpened his sword to Jingzhou, Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan.
If it weren't for spies, would people with normal heads do this?
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In the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu was defeated by Xu Huang, and when Lü Meng occupied Jingzhou, Guan Yu still chose to go south without a rear, low morale, and insufficient troops.
Moreover, Guan Yu was a spy, so his behavior of still advancing south with only a dozen soldiers left could be explained. You can be a prisoner. Whether Sun Quan kept himself or sent him to Cao Cao or Liu Bei, Guan Yu could continue to be a high-ranking official.
But Guan Yu did not expect that Sun Quan found out that he was the true face of a spy and wanted to go back to Cao Cao, and I sent your head back.
Also, when Guan Yu and Xu Huang were fighting, Xu Huang announced a military order: "Those who have the first rank of Guan Yun commander will have a bounty of thousands of pounds." Guan Yu was shocked and said, "What are you going to do?" Xu Huang replied, "This is a matter for the state." ”
Why was Guan Yu startled? We're in a group, you want my head?
Having said all this, the conclusion is that Guan Yu is certainly not a spy, but he has done a better job than all spies.
Guan Yu's death was not due to his stupidity, but because he chose the wrong profession.
If Guan Yu chooses to be a spy, he may be worthy of the name of the place that has been remembered for eternity.
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