The world is in turmoil, and the masses are divided. During the Three Kingdoms period, it has been more than 1800 years since now. It's still a lot to talk about. The Three Kingdoms are many strategists, and many heroes are Haojie. Three Ying battle Lü Bu, Wen Jiu chopping Huaxiong, thousands of miles to ride alone, each story makes people surging with blood.
If you want to talk about the regrettable things in the Three Kingdoms, then Guan Yu's defeat in Maicheng must be on the list. Guan Yu, as the elder figure of the Shu Han Dynasty, was also one of the few people in the Three Kingdoms who could match it, and even later was called "Martial Saint", and "Wen Sheng" Confucius was equally famous.
Guan Yu had asked for help from the yong defenders Liu Feng and Meng Da, but did not receive a response. Meng Da, as a general who did not save Guan Yu, seemed to be justified. But Liu Feng, as Liu Bei's adopted son, Guan Yu was also his "uncle", so why was Liu Feng unwilling to send troops to help his "uncle" Guan Yu? It was not until Liu Feng was killed by Liu Bei that he spoke his heart.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > first, the soldiers did not bloodshed to seize Jingzhou</h1>
The defeat of Maicheng seems to be unexpected, but it is also expected. "Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou" has become a colloquialism, in addition to Guan Yu's carelessness, there is also an important point, that is, the eastern Wu commander Lü Meng's planning. On the performance of the historical classic surprise attack battle "White Jacket Crossing the River".
In 219 AD, Liu Bei was proclaimed king of Hanzhong, and the morale of the Shu state was high for a while. Guan Yu led an expedition to Xiangyang and Fancheng, and sent Mi Fang and Fu Shiren to stay behind to protect Jingzhou.
Lü Meng, wary of paralyzing Guan Yu, declared his illness to the outside world, and entrusted his position to Lu Xun. Guan Yu saw that Lu Xun was young and had little merit, and relaxed his vigilance against him, and transferred some of the troops left behind in Jingzhou to attack Fancheng. This also caused the number of Jingzhou reserve troops to be insufficient, providing favorable conditions for Lü Meng to attack the city.
Lü Meng took advantage of the great reduction of Jingzhou's troops and led his elite troops to Xunyang. He first had the soldiers hide in the cabin, and then he had the rocking soldiers dressed in white and dressed as merchants. The sentries guarding the city were indeed successful, and when they saw this situation, they also thought that it was a merchant ship coming and going, and did not have any suspicions.
After successfully landing ashore, Lü Meng asked the soldiers hidden in the cabin to quickly assemble. When Fu Shiren found out, Lü Meng had brought his troops to the city and successfully persuaded Fu Shiren to surrender. Lü Meng then took Fu Shiren to Jiangling to persuade Mi Fang to surrender. In this way, Lü Meng captured Jingzhou without a single soldier.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, the Battle of Xiangfan was lost</h1>
In the Battle of Xiangfan, guan Yu's troops in the early stages would be transferred to Jingzhou to help, and the total strength should be more than 50,000 people.
At this time, on both sides of Cao Wei, Xiangyang Taishou Lü Chang had about 3,000 or 4,000 troops; the general Cao Ren of Zhengnan was stationed at Fancheng, and the strength of the army was not as bad as Lü Chang's, plus more than 30,000 people in the seven armies of Yu Ban and Pound, and Cao Wei's current strength was about 40,000 people.
Guan Yu had 50,000 people and Cao Wei 40,000 people, and there was still a great advantage in numbers. But until the end of the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu did not take the two cities. In fact, Guan Yu has an advantage in the overall number, but he is inferior in layout. To besiege the two cities of Xiangfan, at least 10,000 troops were needed to remove the water troops active in the Han River. The actual strength that Guan Yu could use to fight was more than 30,000 people.
Since the two armies were fighting an equal number, how did Guan Yu defeat more than 30,000 enemy troops? At that time, the two sides were fighting in the rainy season, and the weather factors were not taken into account when the camps of Yu Ban and Pond An were camped, and the heavy rain caused serious losses to the camp. Because Guan Yufang has a water army, he is experienced in managing water, which also reduces the loss caused by rainfall.
After defeating the enemy's 30,000 generals, Guan Yufang's morale was high, but he still did not take the second city of Xiangfan. It should be known that the second city of Xiangfan has been easy to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times, even if the Mongols attacked the Song Dynasty later, Xiangyang City took six years to take, plus Lü Chang and Cao Ren were not ordinary generals, and Guan Yu did not have a proper siege method, which led to a delay in taking it.
When Xu Huang led 30,000 soldiers to arrive, Guan Yu's soldiers had been fighting for three consecutive months, coupled with food shortages and physical and mental exhaustion of the soldiers, it was already the end of the crossbow. The second city of Xiangfan has not been able to take, and the confidence of the soldiers has somewhat weakened. At this time, the 30,000 enemy troops captured also became a burden, both responsible for their food and sending soldiers to guard them from rebellion. Therefore, it was inevitable that Guan Yu would be defeated by Xu Huang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, Guan Yu defeated Maicheng</h1>
After Guan Yu retreated, he thought about how to retake Jingzhou, which was originally a matter of reproach. However, Guan Yu did something incomprehensible, that is, heeded Zhao Lei's advice and sent emissaries into Jingzhou to account for why Lü Meng had betrayed his faith and helped Cao Cao seize Jingzhou.
Lü Meng also took advantage of Guan Yu's wrong decision and came up with a trick of "drawing salaries from the bottom of the cauldron", using the people in the city to persuade Guan Yu's soldiers to surrender. This is also the reason why after Guan Yu fled to Maicheng, there were only more than three hundred people left under his command.
Liu Beiyuan was in Chengdu and could not send troops to rescue Guan Yu in time. However, Liu Feng and Meng Da's Shangyong was much closer to Maicheng than Liu Bei, but he chose to see death and not save. When he was trapped, Zhuge Jin of Eastern Wu persuaded Guan Yu to surrender, promising guan Yu profits, but Guan Yu was unmoved and drove him out of Maicheng.
Waiting for the rescue troops to not come, Guan Yu chose to break through from Maicheng. Guan Yu walked more than twenty miles away, and was attacked by zhu Ran, a Wu general who had already ambushed here. Later, after traveling about four or five miles, he encountered Pan Zhang and fought, pan Zhang's strength was far inferior to Guan Yu's, and he was defeated by Guan Yu and fled into the wilderness.
At this time, Zhao Lei was killed in battle, and only a few dozen soldiers were left. Later, the Red Rabbit Horse also fell due to the tripping rope, and Ma Zhongsheng captured Guan Yu. Pan Zhang and Zhu Ran were killed, and Guan Ping was captured alive.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >4. Why Liu Feng saw death and did not save</h1>
Liu Feng was Liu Feng's adopted son, and Guan Yu was as close as brothers to Liu Bei, and how much Liu Bei cared about Guan Yu Liu Feng must have known. But why did Liu Feng do nothing?
Guan Yu had asked Liu Feng for help to send troops to attack Fancheng, but at that time Guan Yu fang was in a clear advantage, and the assistance he asked for was only to increase the advantage of both sides, and there was no life trouble. At this time, Shangyong had just been occupied, and the political situation was unstable, so Liu Feng did not dare to easily send troops to help.
Guan Yu was trapped in Maicheng, and his life was still endangered at this time, so it was time to send troops to rescue him! In fact, Shangyong is a certain distance from Maicheng, and it is not possible to arrive immediately. In addition, Shangyong's troops are also limited, and if troops are rushed, shangyong is very likely to fall if it is attacked at this time.
Another point is that Guan Yu once opposed Liu Bei's acceptance of Liu Feng as an adopted son, and it should be known that there is a difference between an adopted son and a righteous son, because the adopted son has the right to inherit, that is to say, Liu Feng has the opportunity to inherit Liu Bei's throne. Therefore, the festival of two people has also been there for a long time.
The ancient general Guan Yu defeated Maicheng and was killed in Linfeng. After Guan Yu's death, Meng Da, fearing that Liu Bei would blame him, persuaded Liu Feng to join him in the State of Wei, but Liu Feng resolutely refused.
After Liu Sealed into Chengdu, Liu Bei let him decide on his own. When he saw the poisonous wine in front of him, Liu Fengcai began to be afraid, and sighed and said, "I regret not listening to Mencius' words." That is, Liu Feng said that he regretted betraying the Shu kingdom by not listening to Meng Da's words. Meng Da was also used by Cao Pi after defecting to the State of Wei, but later, under the lure of Zhuge Liang's design, he intended to oppose Wei Guishu, and the matter was exposed and he was killed.
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Guan Yu's misjudgment and arrogance allowed himself to lose in Maicheng, and Liu Feng saw that he was not saved, or the two had a deep grudge, or the political situation was unstable and did not dare to send troops, this is an afterthought! If Liu Feng had sent troops to assist at that time, Xiang Yu would have been able to escape smoothly, and Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang would have helped Liu Chan with one article and one arm, whether the pattern of the world would also change, and this is all unknown to us! However, Guan Yu's defeat of Maicheng really hurt the Shu Kingdom's vitality, and it also made people feel sorry!