Text/Campbell Tells Stories
When it comes to the Three Kingdoms, we must mention the State of Shu, and when we mention the State of Shu, we must think of Guan Yu. Guan Yu, as the best of the warriors in the Three Kingdoms, was able to cut Huaxiong with warm wine and cut six generals through five levels in his heyday. And although Guan Yugui is a martial saint, as long as he is a human being, he will have shortcomings.
When Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou, he could take advantage of the innate advantages of being easy to defend and difficult to attack to firmly occupy Jingzhou. Moreover, the State of Shu and Eastern Wu were in an alliance period, and at this honeymoon time, the only enemy, Cao Cao, he would never dare to act rashly.
Unfortunately, Guan Yu's shortcomings were exposed at this moment. He was too arrogant, and even responded to the marriage olive branch thrown by Sun Quan: "Can the tiger girl marry a dog?" ”
You know, Sun Quan is also the king of a country, and the "dog" in Guan Yu's mouth completely angered Eastern Wu. What is even more incredible is that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang have repeatedly told Guan Yu that although this Jingzhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack, according to the current situation, "defending" is more beneficial to the Shu state, so we must not be arrogant.
Guan Yu, who was overwhelmed by the victory, seemed to have forgotten this, and he constantly went out of the city to attack the Cao army, not only Fancheng fell at first, but later even Xu Du of the Cao army was almost abandoned by Cao Cao.
At the critical moment, Cao Cao listened to the counselor's idea, and finally the State of Wei and Eastern Wu secretly chen cang, and together they surrounded and suppressed Jingzhou. In order to eliminate Guan Yu, Eastern Wu sent the general Lü Meng to stab Guan Yu in the back with a surprising victory.
Guan Yu, who had defeated Maicheng, could not escape Lü Meng's pursuit and finally died tragically at the hands of Lü Meng. As soon as Guan Yu died, Cao Cao's pressure was doubled, and Eastern Wu took the opportunity to close the net and include Jingzhou in its pocket. At this point, a series of butterfly effects occurred in the Three Kingdoms. First, Zhang Fei of the Shu Kingdom drank heavily all day because of the tragic death of his brother. He repeatedly whipped the soldiers after drinking, and was eventually killed by his subordinates.
Liu Bei, who had lost Guan Yu and Zhang Fei one after another, learned of one nightmare after another and finally could not accept the blow. In his grief and indignation, he did not listen to Zhuge Liang's persuasion and personally sent a huge army to kill Eastern Wu, but because of his revenge, he fell in love with Lu Xun's treacherous plan.
Liu Bei, who had lost his army, fell into disgrace, was too sad, and eventually died of illness in the White Emperor City, and the Shu kingdom from then on walked off the altar and fell into decay.
If Guan Yu escaped Lü Meng's pursuit and returned to the Shu Kingdom, could the final outcome of the Three Kingdoms be changed? Will Liu Bei finally be able to dominate the world?
First of all, Jingzhou is an extremely important place, even if Guan Yu is not dead, and Jingzhou is doomed to fall.
Secondly, even if Guan Yu, who fled back to the Shu Kingdom, retrieved a life, Liu Bei would still order soldiers and horses after learning the news! Because Eastern Wu Sun Quan's blatant perfidy tore through the faces of his allies. Therefore, Liu Bei would still send a large army to attack Eastern Wu, and this end was inevitable.
Taking a step back, Liu Bei may have sent Guan Yu as a general to attack Eastern Wu in order to shame him. If Guan Yu could defeat Lü Meng and Lu Xun, Cao Cao would also know the truth of "cold lips and dead teeth". After all, attacking Jingzhou, the State of Wei and Eastern Wu had secretly allied. Therefore, even if the Shu state could retake Jingzhou, it would have to pay a heavy price, after all, Cao Cao's strength should not be underestimated.
In summary, if Guan Yu had not died, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei might have lived longer, and the Shu kingdom would not have fallen into loneliness so quickly. However, from Guan Yu's death, we can see the death pit of the Shu Kingdom - there are too few new forces, and there is no successor. Therefore, even if Guan Yu did not die, the decline of the Shu kingdom was inevitable, but it was only a matter of time sooner or later, what do you think?