There were many fierce generals with high martial arts under Liu Bei's hands, and five of the five tiger generals were representatives. In the official ranking of the people, it is Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun, although ranked fourth, but his martial arts were not worse than the previous ones. There is no ever-victorious general in this world, just as the so-called often walk by the river, where are the shoes that are not wet? For those of them, fighting is a common occurrence, but there are always times of defeat.
The light ones flee into the wilderness, and the heavy ones lose their lives. But the defeat of the war is not only the reason for the general alone, but also the cooperation of the soldiers. Guan Yu and Zhao Yun had both lost battles, so why was Zhao Yun able to retreat with his whole body, but Guan Yu was eventually killed? Guan Yu's defeated soldiers all ran away, and after his defeat as a general of the Five Tigers, none of them escaped!
Defeated situations
Let's start with the situation they encountered when they were defeated. Guan Yu's careless loss of Jingzhou at that time was an unexpected thing. As Lü Meng captured Jingzhou, Guan Yu fell into a siege. Coupled with the fact that Lü Meng and Guan Yu had a vendetta, they would definitely put Guan Yu to death. So in the face of this desperate situation at that time, many soldiers fled. The situation that Zhao Yun faced was not so critical, after all, the reason for Zhao Yun's failure was more because of Zhuge Liang's decision-making mistakes, and it was only the loss of the street pavilion, which was no more serious than Guan Yu.
Background of the soldiers
Let's look at the background of the soldiers. At that time, in order to prevent Guan Yu from having a chance to struggle, Lü Meng settled the families of the Jingzhou soldiers, but in fact it was also a threat. In this way, the emotional card is played and the soldier misses his family. In this way, Guan Yu's power was fundamentally disintegrated. And Zhao Yun's situation is much better, even if he is on the verge of a desperate situation, he still personally cut off the soldiers, and cheers for them, which also ignites the morale of the soldiers. Moreover, most of the soldiers' families led by Zhao Yun were in places well controlled by the Shu State, so they fought in blood, naturally to defend their families and defend the country.
Attitude towards soldiers
On the other hand, there is a reason, because although Guan Yu is sympathetic to his subordinates, his training is too harsh on them, which leads to many soldiers being dissatisfied with him. Zhao Yun was originally Liu Bei's bodyguard, polite and courteous, and leading soldiers naturally won the support of soldiers. In this way, Guan Yu's defeated soldiers fled, and Zhao Yun, who was also a general of the Five Tigers, was defeated, but none of them escaped.