Liu GuanZhang Taoyuan Sanjieyi is a very classic plot in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu and Liu Bei were not only brothers, they were also very loyal to Assist Liu Bei and were Liu Bei's right-hand men.
The fact that Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou is also very famous, but the causes and consequences of this matter are not simple.
A strategy to slow down the army
First of all, in the late Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei's strength was greatly enhanced. The State of Shu and the State of Wu could only huddle together to keep warm and work together against the State of Wei. However, as the ruler of the Shu state, Liu Bei had his own wishful thinking and did not intend to sincerely treat his ally Wu guo. For example, in the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei relied on Sun Quan's strength to finally drive Cao Cao back to the State of Wei.
However, he chose to be a villain and privately annexed Jingzhou, and even if Sun Quan asked for it in the future, he also found various reasons to prevaricate, saying that as long as he took Yizhou, he would return Jingzhou to him, which was just a strategy to slow down the army.
Later, Sun Quan relied on sneak attacks to take Jingzhou, and the alliance between the two sides broke down, so how did Sun Quan take back Jingzhou?
Guts
First of all, Sun Quan had a very powerful general in his hands, named Lü Meng. Because Sun Quan knew that Lü Meng hated Him to the bone, he sent him to retake Jingzhou, but he knew that if Guan Yu fell into his hands, he would not have a living mouth, so he constantly warned him to keep Guan Yu's life.
But how could Lü Meng, who hated Guan Yu to the bone, listen? In the end, Guan Yu still died at the hands of Lü Meng. Sun Quan also successfully obtained Jingzhou, and later severely damaged Liu Bei.
Ulterior motives
As Liu Bei's subordinate, Guan Yu absolutely could not have surrendered Jingzhou.
Therefore, Guan Yu was already a thorn in Sun Quan's eye. The reason why he advised Lü Meng not to kill Guan Yu may have other intentions.
But if Lü Meng really listened to Sun Quan, what would happen to the situation in the Three Kingdoms?
summary
First of all, Guan Yu's death, for Liu Bei, is not only one less loyal general, but also one less brother. Therefore, Liu Bei would be hot-headed and fight against Eastern Wu to the end, while Zhang Fei, out of brotherly friendship, avenged Guan Yu and finally sacrificed early. Liu Bei also lost two generals and finally died of illness in the White Emperor City. Therefore, killing Guan Yu brought such a big blow to the Shu Kingdom, which was definitely good for Eastern Wu.
And Guan Yu himself is brave and good at war, if guan Yu's living mouth is left behind, with Guan Yu's combat ability and leadership ability, it will definitely be a roadblock in the development process of Sun Quan, which is very unfavorable to Sun Quan
。 But getting rid of Guan Yu early wouldn't it save Sun Quan a lot of trouble? Therefore, if Lü Meng had listened to Sun Quan's words and let Guan Yu go, everything above could have happened, and the situation in Eastern Wu would have been even more miserable.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms