Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou and died, the key reason was Zhuge Liang? In the past 2,000 years, the mention of "Second Master Guan" can't help but be awe-inspiring, and Taoyuan Sanjie is righteous and loyal and courageous all his life.
When looking at the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" again, the "death of Guan Yu" saw some clues. Let's review the following 3 scenarios together:
Scenario 1,
In 211, Liu Bei attacked Xichuan.
Zhuge Liang entrusted the Great Seal of Jingzhou to Guan Yu, and Zhuge Liang asked what would happen if Cao Cao came to attack? Guan Yu replied that he should refuse with all his might.
Zhuge Liang also asked: What if Cao Cao and Sun Quan come together to commit crimes? Guan Yu replied that he should divide the troops and refuse.
Zhuge Liang said that in this way, Jingzhou would be lost, and it should be joined forces with Sun to resist Cao.
Scenario 2,
In 214, Liu Bei attacked Xichuan, and Sun Quan sent Zhuge Jin to ask Liu Bei for Jingzhou, although he wrote a note, Guan Yu was strong and did not give it.
With the later Guan Yu going to the meeting with a single knife, Lu Su had no way, and the contradiction between Sun Quan's group and Guan Yu deepened.
Scenario three,
In the first half of 219, Liu Bei led an army to capture Hanzhong and proclaimed himself "King of Hanzhong", and Cao Cao Leiting of Xuchang was furious and wanted to conquer Liu Bei.
Some strategists came up with the idea of uniting with Eastern Wu to fight Guan Yu, and Zhuge Liang's solution was to let Guan Yu's northern expedition to fancheng to deter the Cao army and the Wu army and make the other side retreat without a fight.
Although Guan Yu fought Cao Ren in the ensuing battle, he retreated quickly and flooded the Seventh Army, capturing Yu Ban and beheading Pound, and achieving great success. But he still couldn't resist the attack of the animals behind him, and finally lost Maicheng, with a different head.
Looking back carefully, it is not difficult to see:
In 2011, when entrusting Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang's strategy against Cao Wu was to unite with Eastern Wu and fight against Cao Cao.
In 214, when Eastern Wu demanded Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei's strategy actually allowed Guan Yu to offend Eastern Wu, and the alliance with Wu against Cao became an empty phrase.
In 219, Zhuge Liang's strategy against Cao Wu became the Northern Expedition, the lone army went deep, there was no backup, and against the powerful Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, could Guan Yu be undefeated?
So, was Guan Yu carelessly losing Jingzhou, or Zhuge Liang's mistake in losing Jingzhou?
