One
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu received a lot of favors from Cao Cao, for example, in the Battle of Xuzhou, the city of Xia Pi was broken, and Cao Cao not only did not kill Guan Yu, but instead tushan about three things, allowing him to surrender;
After Guan Yu surrendered, Cao Cao treated him more generously and cared for her, giving gold and silver to beautiful women, adding the title of Marquis of Hanshouting, and even giving away the Red Rabbit BMW.
But Guan Yu had received so much favor from Cao Cao, how did he repay Cao Cao? Knowing that Liu Bei had defected to Yuan Shao in Hebei, Guan Yu immediately hung up his seal and sealed gold, passed five passes, beheaded six generals, and left Cao Ying.
Then, the question arises: Guan Yu was favored by Cao Cao, so why did he not want to stay in Cao Ying?
Two
In the author's opinion, Guan Yu's reluctance to stay in Cao Ying to assist Cao Cao is nothing more than the following four reasons:
1, the Tao is different and does not conspire.
What does that mean? In fact, it is very simple, that is, Guan Yu and Cao Cao have different ambitions, they can't work together, and they naturally don't want to stay in Cao Ying.
Guan Yu's ambition was to support the Han Dynasty, while Cao Cao's ambition was to usurp power and chaos, overthrow the Han Dynasty, and establish the Cao regime.
The ambitions of these two people are diametrically opposed, so why did Guan Yu stay in Cao Ying? Assisting Cao Cao was contrary to his own ambitions, even if Cao Cao's kindness to him was thick, Guan Yu would eventually choose to leave!
2, Guan Yu does not despise Cao Cao as a person.
Cao Cao was a man, treacherous, stubborn, bullying, and gaining power, when Xuchang was hunting, he used power to bully Emperor Xian of Han, Guan Yu was very unaccustomed at that time, if it were not for Liu Bei's obstruction, Guan Yu might have killed Cao Cao during the hunt.
Guan Yu is an upright and arrogant person, and he is most unaccustomed to such a traitorous male as Cao Cao. If it weren't for Cao Cao's great kindness to him, Guan Yu wouldn't even bother to take care of it.
As for Cao Cao Shi Houen's desire to co-opt Guan Yu, in the author's opinion, it is really just wishful thinking, which also complains that Guan Yu did not stay in Cao Ying, after all, cao Cao's character is a problem!
3, Guan Yu could not bear to break the covenant when Taoyuan was married.
At the time of the Taoyuan Uprising, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei swore an oath to support the Han Dynasty and make meritorious contributions, not to be born on the same day of the same month of the same year, but to die on the same day of the same month of the same year.
If he stayed in Cao Ying, Guan Yu naturally did not lack high-ranking officials Houlu, but he also violated the covenant at the time of taoyuan's righteousness, which undoubtedly violated Guan Yu's principle of dealing with the world.
Guan Yu was familiar with "Spring and Autumn", generous and loyal, if he stayed in Cao Ying and violated the alliance of Taoyuan and righteousness, then he himself would look down on himself. Therefore, even if he was favored by Cao Cao, Guan Yu still had to leave Cao Ying.
4, Guan Yu did not want to make enemies with his eldest brother Liu Bei.
The person Cao Cao hated the most was Liu Bei, Liu Bei planted vegetables, Qingmei boiled wine and pretended to be frightened by Lei to throw off chopsticks, pushed that he was not a hero, deceived Cao Cao, and then led the troops out of Xuchang to take Xuzhou, and also killed Cao Cao's confidant Che Guan.
Cao Cao hated Liu Bei and tickled his teeth. And the person Liu Bei hated the most was also Cao Cao, from the time Liu Bei occupied Xuzhou, Cao Cao was an enemy of him, and the little family foundation that Liu Bei had saved so hard was destroyed by Cao Cao, and Xuzhou was lost and homeless.
If Guan Yu stayed in Cao Ying, he would undoubtedly be an enemy of his eldest brother Liu Bei and help Cao Cao deal with his eldest brother Liu Bei, and Guan Yu would not agree to it no matter what, so he could only leave Cao Ying.
Three
The above is the reason why Guan Yu will leave Cao Ying, even if Cao Cao has a generous favor for Guan Yu, but Cao Cao deceives the king, unlike Guan Yu's ambitions, and is an enemy of Liu Bei, Guan Yu will not help Cao Cao no matter what.
The author admires Guan Yu's personality very much, and the other also understands a truth: to be a person in the world, we must have our own principles, we must not conspire with humanity, and we should not be confused by the false grace and false righteousness of those who have ulterior motives.