"Meng Qi is both a scholar and a martial artist, a heroic and outstanding person, a master of the first life, a disciple of Tuo and Peng, when he competes with Yide and drives the first, he has not yet reached the extraordinary Yiqun of Hair."
It was Zhuge Liang's evaluation of Guan Yu, which showed the strength value of a generation of martial saints.
As we all know, Guan Yu was the main figure from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, he was Liu Bei's brother-in-law, and he was also the pillar of the Shu Han clique. Guan Yu's life and death directly affected the overall situation of the world at that time, especially for Shu Han, after Guan Yu's death, Shu Han had no possibility of rising.
However, guan yu, as the head of the five tiger generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, compared with Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and others, Guan Yu's role is absolutely extraordinary. He was in charge of the elite of the Shu Han clique, the Jingzhou Army, whose existence had an important influence on the development of the Shu Han.
However, when Guan Yu's role was most prominent, he died in the joint persecution of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu. At the same time, the three-legged situation has also changed. Friends who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms know that after Guan Yu's death, the Shu Han Group began to go downhill. Especially during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the loss of Guan Yu and Jingzhou made him seem helpless.
We all know Guan Yu's deeds, and we also know Guan Yu's bravery and invincibility, but it is such a brave warrior who unfortunately died under the joint attack of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu.
So, what caused Guan Yu to be defeated and killed? Is it really the phrase "tiger girl marries dog girl"?
However, the cause of Guan Yu's death dates back more than a thousand years, when Guan Yu was guarding Jingzhou and threatening Huaxia.
First, the town guards Jingzhou, threatening the world
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei's army and Cao Cao's army fought for Hanzhong, the Wei general Xiahou Yuan was beheaded by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong, Cao Cao personally brought a large army to fight for Hanzhong, Liu Bei defended, Zhao Yun robbed grain and grass in Hanshui, Cao Cao had no choice but to withdraw from Hanzhong, Liu Bei then occupied Hanzhong, and called him "King of Hanzhong".
In August of the same year, Guan Yu raised an army in the Northern Expedition in response to Liu Bei's Battle of Hanzhong. Subsequently, Guan Yu stayed in Nan Commandery (太守糜芳) to guard Jiangling, and the general Fu Shiren (傅士仁) garrisoned The Police, leading a large army to attack Lü Chang of Xiangyang and Cao Ren of Fancheng. For a moment, Guan Yu's momentum was strong, which made Cao Wei feel deep fear.
At the same time, after Cao Cao withdrew from the Hanzhong battlefield, he immediately sent Yu Ban to lead an army of 30,000 to rescue Fancheng. Immediately after that, the world-famous "Flooded Seventh Army" appeared. At that time, there was more than ten days of rain in the sky, and Guan Yu took advantage of the surge in the Han River to flood the Seven Roads Army, and then attacked it by boat, and then forced him to surrender to the forbidden and capture Pound. In this regard, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, threatened Huaxia, and became one of the greatest heroes in the world.
However, the stage belonging to Guan Yu was fleeting, and Guan Yu, who was still threatening Huaxia at one moment, became a remnant of cao wei and eastern Wu who was crushed by the joint crushing of cao wei and eastern Wu.
Subsequently, Sun Quan marched west on Guan Yu and appointed Lü Meng as the front, and Sun Quan first reached Jiangling and sent Lu Xun to capture Yiling and Zigui, cutting off Guan Yu's retreat into the river. At the same time, Guan Yu, who was once powerful, also faced the situation of falling down and scattering, and most of his subordinates surrendered to Sun Quan.
In the end, Guan Yu's father and son captured Ma Zhong for Pan Zhang's troops in Linfeng and were killed in Suiping, Jingzhou. In this way, Guan Yu of Wei zhen Huaxia became the ghost of many jumping beam clowns in Eastern Wu.
All along, the reasons for Guan Yu's defeat and death have been endless, but there has never been a conclusion.
Second, speculation about the reason for Guan Yu's defeat and death
For a long time, everyone thought that the real reason for Guan Yu's defeat was to violate the common interests between Cao Wei and Eastern Wu. If it were not for this reason, Eastern Wu and Cao Wei would not have joined forces to attack Guan Yu, who was alone and deep.
In fact, this view is also very correct, just so-called: "No profit is not early." "Cao Wei attacked Guan Yu because Guan Yu's Northern Expedition was strong and threatened Cao Wei at all times. Eastern Wu attacked Guan Yu because it coveted Jingzhou and tried to retake Jingzhou from Guan Yu.
It can also be said that there was a common goal between Eastern Wu and Cao Wei, that is, to suppress Guan Yu and prevent the Shu Han clique from becoming bigger. There were no common interests between them, and their eyes were only the respective interests gained by attacking Guan Yu.
Therefore, it is widely believed that the reason why Guan Yu was beaten by the group was because he touched the interests of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, which led to the two regimes uniting and launching a group beating against him.
However, what made Guan Yu lose his soldiers, and what made Guan Yu get a defeated and killed soldier. In fact, all of this has to start from the current archaeological development.
Third, Hunan dug up bamboo jian and uncovered the truth about Guan Yu's defeat and death
In June 1996, the 11th Construction Team of Changsha City was working on the May 1st Underground Shopping Mall in Changsha City, and a very ordinary worker dug out a bamboo stick with many words written on it during the excavation process. At first, no one present knew what was written on the bamboo stick.
Subsequently, archaeologists intervened in the study and carried out a series of rescue excavations. In the end, experts named the excavated batch of demons as Changsha Zou Ma Lou Wu Jian. It is reported that Zhu Jian records the events from the first year of the Three Kingdoms of Eastern Wu Jiahe to the sixth year of Jiahe, which has deep reference value for understanding that period of history.
It is clearly recorded on the bamboo slip: "The number of upper, middle, and lower households is thin. Seven of its upper grades, its one hundred and nineteen lower grades. That is to say, the number of people when Guan Yu was in charge of Jingzhou at that time. It can be seen that at that time, the gap between the upper and lower products has been revealed, especially in terms of the number of people, which has formed a hidden danger.
Sure enough, it did not take long for Guan Yu to attack Fancheng in the north, threaten Xiangfan, and try to sweep the world, and the contradictions that existed within Jingzhou for a long time appeared.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, Zhou Yu, Lu Su Lü Meng's Ninth Biography (Lü Meng) arrived in Nan Commandery, ShiRen and Mi Fang all fell, and tunhou City was defended against... (Guan) Yu makes people and (Lü) Meng hear each other, (Guan) Yu people also, privately consult the interrogation, Xian Zhi family door is unharmed, see too usual, so (Guan) Yu officials have no fighting heart.
That is to say, when Guan Yu was fighting outside, Jingzhou was "stolen" by Lü Meng and others. However, during this period, the defenders within Jingzhou surrendered, the people greeted the Wu army, and even other ordinary officials were surrendered, thus becoming subjects of Eastern Wu.
In fact, the main reason why Guan Yu was beaten by the crowd and killed was the class contradiction within Jingzhou that Guan Yu ignored. There are two different groups of people, because the number of people is not equal and the difference of the crowd, resulting in contradictions. However, for this contradiction, Guan Yu never paid attention to it.
When Guan Yuzhen guarded Jingzhou, everyone coveted Jingzhou, but few people had ideas about Jingzhou. When Guan Yu left Jingzhou, even the ordinary people of Jingzhou followed the external forces to rebel against Guan Yu and create chaos within Jingzhou.
In other words, the loss of Jingzhou's own Guan Yu soldiers was the most important reason for the internal reasons of Jingzhou.
It is reported that Lü Meng crossed the river in white clothes and quickly occupied Jingzhou, at the same time, Lü Meng simply implemented a preferential policy, and he was easily sought after by the lower-grade people in Jingzhou. In the eyes of these people, the arrival of Lu Meng gave them the opportunity to choose again, and through their choice, they were likely to change their fate and become a "superior" person.
In fact, there are huge internal contradictions in Jingzhou under Guan Yu's rule, and as long as a fuse appears, these internal contradictions will completely erupt, resulting in a situation that Guan Yu cannot control. In the whole thing, Mi Fang, Shi Ren, and Lü Meng were the main fuse that intensified the internal contradictions in Jingzhou. Coupled with the sudden severe situation of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, Guan Yu, who originally had the upper hand, was not only chased by Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, but also chased everywhere by the two families.
At the same time, the contradictions within Jingzhou were completely revealed, the bandits and thieves took the opportunity to run out to rob, and the people who originally belonged to the lower products also came out to support Lü Meng. In this way, Jingzhou no longer belonged to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu himself had no chance to return to Jingzhou.
epilogue:
To be sure, the main reason why Guan Yu was besieged by the Cao Wei and Eastern Wu families was because Guan Yu had already touched the interests of both of them. At the same time, the extremely serious internal contradictions within Jingzhou were the root cause of Guan Yu's defeat and death.
Therefore, Guan Yu was defeated and died, and he was finally defeated by himself. History aside, we have launched an infinite reverie, if Jingzhou is golden, Guan Yu will not end up with a defeat and death.
Reference: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Guan Yu
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