Cao Cao caught Guan Yu and rewarded him heavily, so why did Sun Quan order Guan Yu to be captured and beheaded? Not because of arrogance
Introduction: Whether in the Three Kingdoms period or in later generations, Guan Yu has always been loved by many people because of his high martial arts and loyalty and courage. During the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and others were beaten by the Western Liang general Hua Xiong, and Guan Yu took Hua Xiong's head with a glass of wine, and later helped the princes to break through the Tiger Prison Pass. Cao Cao attached great importance to this and threw an olive branch at him many times, while Guan Yu only agreed with Cao Cao for three chapters, and eventually returned to Liu Bei's side. But it was such a person that Jiang Dong Sun Quan did not like him very much, and even killed him...
Guan Yu is a native of Hedong, and when he was young, he accidentally killed the local bullies in the township to help the weak, so in order to avoid his family being affected, he died in the end of the world. When he reappeared, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had already broken out, and he was preparing to surrender to kill the enemy when he met Liu Bei Zhang Fei, and the three of them were like-minded and married as brothers. Guan Yu is indeed very talented in fighting, he knows that the thief captures the king first, so every time he goes out to fight, he will always kill the enemy general, and he has killed more than twenty famous generals in the battlefield for decades, which can be called a famous general harvester.
Although he had been following Liu Bei, he was defeated and captured after the Battle of Xuzhou and became a prisoner of Cao Jun. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard the news, personally ordered someone to untie Guan Yu, and then took his hand and let him sit at the same table with him to eat, and after the meal, he gave him a mansion and many beautiful women for him to enjoy. Guan Yu didn't know what medicine Cao Cao sold in the gourd was just postponed, but Cao Cao said, As a hero, I also want to take you to fight the world together, this is my little heart you take first, and there will be more in the future. Guan Yu continued to refuse after listening.
At this time, Cao Cao felt that Guan Yu was not a layman, and he absolutely did not look up to ordinary things, and it was also very cheap to send him these things all the time. Thinking that Guan Yu still had case records, he used the emperor's will to spare Guan Yu these cases, and then granted Guan Yu the title of Marquis of Hanshouting. You must know that being a "Marquis" in that era was not only a symbol of status, but also a symbol of class. Although Guan Yu had a persistent heart, this honor was too big for him to be very important to him, and finally accepted. And these are all possible for Cao Cao, Cao Cao is very talented and cherishes talent, and Guan Yu is the person he wants who will naturally be rewarded.
Although Guan Yu later broke away from Cao Cao, after the Battle of Chibi, he also released Cao Cao's life in return. Liu Bei entered Shu and Guan Yu was ordered to defend Jingzhou, and soon after attacked the Xiangfan region. At this time, Cao Ren, who was stationed in Xiangfan, was defeated by Guan Yu, and in order to consolidate the alliance, Sun Quan sent emissaries to Jingzhou to express that he wanted to marry Guan Yu's daughter for his son, hoping that the two families could marry each other. At this time, Guan Yu not only did not agree, but also told the emissary how the tiger's daughter could marry the dog's son, which really insulted Sun Quan.
When Cao Cao learned of this incident, he first felt that Sun Quan must not be able to bear this insult, and in order to resolve the crisis in Xiangfan, he sent emissaries and Eastern Wu alliances, hoping that Eastern Wu could sneak attack Jingzhou from the rear, and then the Xiangfan region would be able to help Eastern Wu attack Jingzhou without a crisis, and the territory obtained would also belong to Eastern Wu. Sun Quan was very impressed with this plan, so he arranged for the governor Lü Meng to take charge of the matter, and had the opportunity to kill Guan Yu. Lü Meng took advantage of the fact that Guan Yu was fighting fiercely in Xiangfan and suddenly sent troops to sneak in and cut off Guan Yu's grain route, and when Guan Yu was defeated and broke through, he was captured and executed by the Wu army.
The reason why Sun Quan wanted to execute Guan Yu was not only that Guan Yu insulted Sun Quan, but more importantly, that Guan Yu was a great threat to Jiangdong. It should be known that the Xiangfan area is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, as long as the water army is arranged to go down the river from here, it can directly take the heart of Eastern Wu to Jianye City. When Guan Yu was about to conquer Xiangfan, Sun Quan was worried that he would have this idea, and chose the two families to marry only to test Guan Yu, but the result was refusal. For Sun Quan, this situation was that Guan Yu did not rule out attacking Jiangdong down the river. For the safety of Eastern Wu, there was no other possibility than killing Guan Yu.