"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu Biography": While Cao Gong sent Xu Huang to save Cao Ren, Yu could not be restrained and led the army to return. Quan had already taken possession of Jiangling, and yu shishi's wives were captured, and the Yu army was dispersed. Quan Shu will counterattack Yu, behead Yu and Zi Ping in Linfeng.
In 219, Xu Huangchi came to the aid of Cao Ren, who was besieged by Guan Yu, and attacked Guan Yu. Guan Yu saw that fancheng could not be conquered, so he wanted to withdraw his troops. However, at this time, the ally Eastern Wu Sun Quan sent Lü Meng, baiyi across the river, occupied Jiangling, the seat of Jingzhou, captured the wives and children of Guan Yu's Jingzhou soldiers, and sent people to divide and disintegrate Guan Yu's army. Guan Yu wanted to retake the old nest of Jingzhou and fight with Sun Quan's army, but Guan Yu's army had no fighting spirit and fled in all directions. Guan Yu then retreated to Maicheng, and soon broke through, and finally yu was captured and killed in Linfeng.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu sent the general Liao Hua to ask for help from the Shangyong defenders Liu Feng and Meng Da, who were close at hand, during his retreat to Maicheng. Liu Feng and Meng Da, fearing that they would lose their newly captured Shangyong, did not go to the rescue of Guan Yu, resulting in Guan Yu's father and son being captured and killed.
Some people say that when Liu Bei received the news of Guan Yu's death, he sighed indignantly: If Zhang Fei guards Shangyong, Guan Yu will be safe and sound, is this true? Personally, I think Liu Bei should not have said such a thing, we may as well make such a hypothesis, if the town is not guarded by Liu Feng and Meng Da, but Zhang Fei, can he save Guan Yu? Based on the relevant contents of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (the following has nothing to do with the main history), the analysis is as follows.
First of all, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu Taoyuan are righteous, and they are deeply in love and righteousness, and they will definitely go to rescue Guan Yu.
In 184 AD, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei married brothers with different surnames in Taoyuan, and vowed not to be born on the same day of the same month of the same year, but only to die on the same day of the same month of the same year. Liu Bei is the eldest, the eldest, Guan Yu is the second, Zhang Fei is the last, is the third. After the three of them worshipped, they broke into the world together, fought side by side, and formed a deep friendship. As the youngest third brother, Zhang Fei was often cared for by his eldest brother Liu Bei and second brother Guan Yu, and he also had great respect for the two brothers.
Therefore, when Guan Yu encounters difficulties and his life is in danger, he will naturally stand up and desperately go to the rescue. The relationship between Liu Feng and his second uncle Guan Yu was very poor, because Guan Yu believed that Liu Feng was the son of a borer and would sooner or later affect Liu Chan's throne and needed to be guarded against. Liu Feng chose to stand by and watch when Guan Yu needed it most. In Zhang Fei's case, there would be no situation of ignoring it.
Good buddies, good friends, are at the critical moment, can insert a knife in both ribs, go to the soup for the fire, and do not quit. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were all able to do it, and truly achieved "living and dying together." After Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei led the troops of the country to fight against Eastern Wu and avenge its hatred, while Zhang Fei died drunk and dreamed of death every day, dying at the hands of the villains Fan Jiang and Zhang Da.
Secondly, Zhang Fei had drunk the Changsaka Bridge three times, which may also scare off the Eastern Wu army.
In front of the Nagasaka Bridge, Zhang Fei "upside down the tiger's whiskers, round and ring eyes", holding the Zhangba Snake Spear, standing on the bridge, really has the feeling of a husband and wife, and everything is inextricably open. Seeing Zhang Fei 's "angry eyes and spears", He frightened Cao Yingwenpin, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin, Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao, Xu Chu, and others who did not dare to go to war.
Finally, Cao Cao came to the bridge and saw Zhang Fei alone, and he was confused. Cao Cao remembered that Guan Yu had mentioned to him that Zhang Fei was a thousand enemies, among thousands of troops and horses, and taking the first rank of general was like probing for things. At that time, he also wrote down the name of Zhang Fei of yan on the placket, and warned his generals to be cautious when they encountered Zhang Fei.
At this time, Zhang Fei continuously shouted out, "I am Zhang Yideye, a Yan person!" Who dares to fight me to the death? "Yanren Zhang Yide is here!" Who dares to fight to the death? "War and no war, retreat and do not retreat, but why?" Three times, one wave higher than the other, especially the last sound, Xiahou Jie's liver and gallbladder behind Cao Cao shattered, and he fell off his horse and was scared to death.
Cao Cao's fierce generals were highly skilled in martial arts and brave in battle, much more powerful than Sun Quan's army in Eastern Wu. Zhang Fei scared a person to death at the Changsaka Bridge, scaring away Wen Ping, Cao Ren, Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao, Xu Chu and other first-class military generals. If the Eastern Wu army encountered Zhang Fei, it might also be scared away by Zhang Fei's voices.
In the end, Zhang Fei may abandon the three counties of Shangyong and go all out to rescue Guan Yu.
Shangyong had just been attached to the Liu Bei clique, and there were still many forces that wanted to rebel. Liu Feng also refused to come to Guan Yu's aid under the pretext that the above Yong had just been annexed and the people's hearts were undecided. At that time, after Xu Huang's army lifted the siege of Fancheng, Cao Cao's army also rushed to the front line, preparing to hunt down Guan Yu and retake shangyong and other three counties. If Zhang Fei was in Shangyong, the most likely scenario was that Zhang Fei gave up the three counties of Shangyong and other counties that he had just captured, and the whole army rushed to guan yu' aid.
You think that if Zhang Fei has fewer troops to rescue Guan Yu, he may not be able to rescue Guan Yu, and if there are more troops to rescue Guan Yu, Shangyong and other places are empty, and it is easy to be captured by the Cao army. Therefore, Zhang Fei's wisest thing is to completely abandon the three counties such as Shangyong and go all out to aid Guan Yu, guaranteeing to save Guan Yu and make a comeback.
Guan Yu was the second in command of Shu Han, and if it was gone, it would be an immeasurable loss for Shu Han, and Shangyong and Jingzhou were lost, and it was a big deal to fight back later. Victory or defeat is a common affair, and the loss of the city is not a big deal. If Guan Yu abandoned Jingzhou and returned to Yizhou safely, Liu Bei was too late to be happy, how could he blame Guan Yu for losing Jingzhou.
epilogue:
Whether it is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei did not sigh with indignation: "If Zhang Fei guards Shangyong, Guan Yu will be safe and sound." Due to the above three reasons, if Zhang Fei guards Shangyong, after Guan Yu defeats Maicheng and receives Liao Hua's distress letter, he will be rescued in time, and there is a great probability that he will be saved. If Zhang Fei could not save Guan Yu, he was likely to accompany Guan Yu to die in Jingzhou and at the hands of the Eastern Wu army.