In the history of the Three Kingdoms, there is one character who is very embarrassing, that is, Liu Bei's brother-in-law Mi Fang. In terms of seniority, Mi Fang belonged to the elder-level figures in Liu Bei's camp, second only to Guan Zhang and others. However, at the critical moment of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, Mi Fang directly surrendered to Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, so that Guan Yu's rear road was completely cut off. As Liu Bei's brother-in-law, he should belong to the concubines, so why did Mi Fang surrender to Sun Quan? In fact, the relationship between Mi Fang and Guan Yu is very tense.
First, let's look at the relationship between Mi Zhu, the Mi Fang brothers, and Liu Bei. When Liu Bei first started his business, he only had a few close associates such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei around him, and his strength was very thin. After entering Xuzhou, Liu Bei received the full support of the brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. The Mi family belonged to one of the powerful people in the Xuzhou area, and received financial support from the Mi family, and Liu Bei's embarrassing situation improved significantly. But then, Liu Bei's situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and Liu Bei lost the Xuzhou region and entered a stage of turbulent displacement. At that time, many subordinates abandoned Liu Bei, such as the Chen family, one of Xuzhou's haoqiang. However, the brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang gave up their family property and followed Liu Bei in the southern expedition to the north. From Xuzhou to Jingzhou, and from Jingzhou to Yizhou. Liu Bei was very grateful to the two brothers, not to mention that Liu Bei married the daughter of the Mi family, and Mi Zhu and Mi Fang were Liu Bei's eldest brother-in-law and brother-in-law respectively.
In Liu Bei's camp, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others had the deepest qualifications, followed by the brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. After Liu Bei entered the city of Chengdu, he began to reward his former subjects. Mi Zhu was crowned as the General of An Han, a position above Zhuge Liang, at the head of the civil service. As for Mi Fang, he stayed in Jingzhou and served as the Taishou of Nan Commandery to assist Guan Yu in defending the Jingzhou area. However, this was a very bad arrangement, because guan yu and Mi Fang had a very poor relationship. Guan Yu was Liu Bei's second brother, and Mi Fang was Liu Bei's brother-in-law, both of whom were Liu Bei's closest people. Logically, two people should cooperate with each other, but the truth is the opposite. Guan Yu's personality is very arrogant, believing that he belongs to the role of a half-king and half-courtier, and often plays a trick on Liu Bei. During the period of Zhen defending Jingzhou, Guan Yu had a high-pressure attitude towards his generals.
Not only Mi Fang, but many generals were very dissatisfied with Guan Yu. Please note that Mi Fang is also a concubine after all, and because she does not get Guan Yu's respect, Mi Fang is very annoyed. In 219, Guan Yu began the Northern Expedition, with the goal of occupying the Xiangfan region. Guan Yu demanded that Mi Fang supply military food on time, and if he failed, he would be severely punished. According to Guan Yu's personality, he can do what he says. In the course of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, Eastern Wu Sun Quan sent an army to attack the Jingzhou region and occupied parts of Jingzhou. Next, a very embarrassing situation arose, and the cities under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou were successively surrendered, and no fighting took place at all. It can be seen that generals everywhere will have opinions on Guan Yu. Mi Fang's situation was even more embarrassing, he was a concubine of Liu Bei's camp, and from the bottom of his heart, he did not want to surrender to Sun Quan of Eastern Wu.
However, the surrounding area was already occupied by the Eastern Wu army, and Mi Fang's situation was very isolated. Fu Shiren was another general in Zhenshou Jingzhou and had already surrendered to Eastern Wu. Fu Shiren and Mi Fang had a good relationship, and after Fu Shiren's persuasion, Mi Fang finally chose to surrender. Mi Fang's surrender caused the Jingzhou region to all fall, and Guan Yu fell into a desperate situation. Mi Fang's surrender also put Mi Zhu in an extremely embarrassing situation, when Mi Zhu was retiring in Chengdu. After learning of Mi Fang's surrender, Mi Zhu took the initiative to ask Liu Bei for guilt. Liu Beinian's love affair in the past, coupled with the fact that this matter had nothing to do with Mi Zhu, did not punish Mi Zhu. Guan Yu's end was very tragic, he was attacked by the armies of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, and finally killed. Of course, rescuing Guan Yu is a very complicated issue, and Liu Bei has done a lot on this issue.
Let's finally talk about the days after Mi Fang's surrender, in fact, after Mi Fang surrendered to Eastern Wu, her own life was not good. Originally a concubine of Liu Bei, he surrendered to Eastern Wu, and the civil officials of the Eastern Wu camp often ridiculed Mi Fang. Mi Fang spent the remnants of her life in Eastern Wu and did not have any bright spots. In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan handed over Mi Fang and Fu Shiren to Liu Bei in order to negotiate peace with Liu Bei, which is untrue and Sun Quan did not do so. After Sun Quan occupied Jingzhou, he also found another person, that is, Liu Zhang, the original master of Yizhou. After Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, he arranged Liu Zhang to the Jingzhou area. As a result, Jingzhou was occupied by Sun Quan, and Liu Zhang surrendered to Sun Quan. However, a few years later, the elderly Liu Zhang died, and there was no practical threat.