Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, which was a watershed in the Three Kingdoms period. And why did Guan Yu lose Jingzhou and lead to his death? It has long been a hot topic. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms gives two major points of view.
The first view has the greatest impact, that is, "carelessly losing Jingzhou", which is almost always used as an idiom and is often quoted to warn people: whether it is to be a person or to do things, we must not be careless and repeat the mistakes of Guan Yu.
The second point of view is the most effective in exhorting, starting from guan yu's proud and arrogant perspective. So-called, the sky is crazy with rain, people are crazy with disasters, people must not be like Guan Yu, put their tails up to the sky. Otherwise, to meet yourself is to fail.
So are these two views correct? The author believes that reading history or reading famous works is not to be a referee and judge who is right and who is wrong. Because everyone's growth environment is different, this inevitably leads to a discussion based on right and wrong, which will become a war of words. After all, who wants to be denied?
Therefore, "reading history makes people wise" is fundamental. That is to say, by analyzing these events or characters, opening up horizons and thinking, the minimum requirement is to carry out "collision of views", only in this way can we obtain relatively objective conclusions and serve our own lives.
Therefore, the "Reflection" of Guan Yu's Loss of Jingzhou in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms has already done this.
Some people may ask, it is said that half a day is the view of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so what is the historical reason? The author can only answer honestly: the reason is too complicated! And if you are not careful, there will also be "conspiracy theories", such as pushing the responsibility to Zhuge Liang and not rescuing. From this, it is deduced that Zhuge Liang harmed Guan Yu and seized power!
Of course, anyone with a little historical knowledge will understand that this is pure nonsense. Shu Han had neither the means of communication today nor the "divine skill of eight hundred a day" of the Divine Taibao, but Guan Yu lost Jingzhou in a very short period of time - in October 219 AD, Guan Yu also threatened Huaxia, and was killed two months later!
The pot that killed Guan Yu was impossible for Zhuge Liang, who was far away in Xichuan, to carry it. But in any case, Liu Bei should not have sent Guan Yuzhen to guard Jingzhou, so this problem surfaced.
So, if Liu Bei gave up Guan Yu, who would he send? The first popular candidate is Zhang Fei! As we all know, Liu Guanzhang swore to live and die together, and since Liu Bei did not use Guan Yu, then it was not okay to use Zhang to fly? The answer is no, because Liu Bei has suffered a big loss.
When Liu Bei held Xuzhou in his hands, he went to fight with Yuan Shu, and Guan Yu went with Liu Bei to let Zhang Fei guard Xuzhou. As a result, Zhang Sanye made trouble after drinking, which directly led to Xuzhou being taken away by Lü Bu's sneak attack, and also threw Liu Bei's wife to Lü Bu. Liu Bei returned from one night to before liberation.
Jingzhou, on the other hand, is the frontier base for Liu Bei's conquest of the world, and Zhuge Liang pointed it out in "Longzhong Pair". How dare Liu Bei hand over Jingzhou to the "unreliable" Third Master Zhang again? Liu Bei couldn't afford to gamble, nor did he dare to gamble!
Zhao Yun was a talent that Liu Bei had long admired, especially in the Battle of Changsakapo, and made a great contribution to saving the young lord Ah Dou. At that time, within Liu Bei's group, Zhao Yun's status was second only to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. As for Huang Zhong, it had not been long since he had surrendered, and Ma Chao was under Zhang Lu at that time.
Therefore, if Liu Bei gave up Guan Yu, in the case of Zhang Fei being unreliable, the heavy responsibility of guarding Jingzhou must be Zhao Yun! From this, we enter the key question: can Zhao Yun hold on?
The author first threw out his own conclusion: it will not be stronger than Guan Yu. That is to say, if Zhao Yun guarded Jingzhou, it was very likely that he would lose it faster. Because Zhao Yun's three major shortcomings have long been doomed to the end.
One: too much integrity
So-called: not deaf, not dumb, not a family man. If you want to be the boss, you must tolerate everyone, and try to let your subordinates, while you can use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, you can also bear the scolding. Zhen Shou Jingzhou is obviously this kind of work!
Guan Yu was relatively lacking in this point, otherwise he would not have had such a stiff relationship with Mi Fang, Fu Shiren and other elder-level people. In the end, it was the knife in the back of these two people that made Guan Yu fall into a desperate situation. But Zhao Yun was still lacking compared to Guan Yu. The evidence is the "Guiyang Refusal to Marry Incident"!
After the Battle of Chibi, Zhao Yun laid siege to Guiyang for Liu Bei, and the former Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan surrendered and wanted to marry his sister-in-law Fan to Zhao Yun as his wife. Zhao Yun refused very cleanly and neatly, and almost scolded Zhao Fan! This is a plus for the character of the person. But what are the results? This caused Zhao Fan to fall and rebel, almost letting Guiyang lose it again.
So does Zhao Yun have a better way to deal with it? Of course, Zhao Yun, as the boss of Guiyang, in the case of the initial fall of Guiyang, stabilizing the situation and pacifying the forces of all sides is fundamental. Therefore, Zhao Yun could completely push liu Bei. The general meaning is: marry or not marry Fan, wait until Liu Bei comes!
In this way, it is equivalent to giving Zhao Fan a reassuring pill. Because "Zhao Fan marries his sister-in-law" contains the meaning of temptation. Can I be treated with sincerity after I surrender?
Therefore, because Zhao Yun is too upright, when facing a more complicated situation in Jingzhou, there is a high probability that he will repeat the "Guiyang mistakes". This is actually what is called: good people, not necessarily able to be a good leader! Otherwise, Liu Bang or Cao Cao, these characters with big problems in their character should have been eliminated a long time ago.
Second: lack of deterrence
If you want to be a hegemon (big brother), you must have "deterrence". And the source of deterrence, in addition to a higher level of authorization, is also proportional to their own strength. This is exactly what Zhao Yun lacks very much. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" adds a lot of drama to Zhao Yun, so that Zhao Yun has the identity of a famous general who kills the four parties, which is enough to shock one side. But Zhao Yun in the history of Zhengzheng is not like this.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have always been Liu Bei's two aces. What "ten thousand enemies", "the general of the bear and the tiger" and so on. Guan Yu has cut Yan Liang and Absolute North Province, and Zhang Fei is based on the water broken bridge, which has a history, and is known as the "fantasy battle case" of the god level.
But what about Zhao Yun? However, it cannot be found in the historical data that there is such a god-level "fantasy battle case". The battle example can best prove and illustrate that a person's deterrent power - is not a soft persimmon, first look at the battle example! Guan Yu was in Jingzhou, and everyone grinned! Zhao Yun obviously could not reach such a height.
You know, in the territory of Jingzhou, not only Mi Fang and other imperial elders, but also Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and many others, the relatives and friends of the heavyweights in Liu Bei's group are also here, if the people who guard Jingzhou lack enough deterrence to suppress this table, then how can they get it?
Guan Yu is good enough, but when he faces Mi Fang, he can only scare: Wait until I come back from the battle to clean you up. Instead of killing The Courage, kill it at that time! This already shows that the situation in Jingzhou is responsible.
Third: there will be no water warfare
The reason why Guan Yu cannot be replaced is that he is a master of water warfare! There are many famous generals of Cao Wei and Shu Han, but which one will fight in water? Cao Cao, known as the most cattle warrior in the Three Kingdoms, was not he also defeated in the water battle in the Battle of Chibi?
And it is precisely Guan Yu who is a master of water warfare! Why did Guan Yu look down on Eastern Wu's monarchs so much? Dare to say that "tiger women can marry dogs", is it not because he does not lose to Eastern Wu in water warfare?
Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Riveted wanted to overthrow Sun Quan, but they hit a wall again and again, because Cao Wei's water battle was too bad! Therefore, Cao Cao said helplessly: "When you have a son, you should be like Sun Zhongmou." ”
Obviously, there will be no water war here in Jingzhou, and it will naturally suffer losses. It should be noted that Sun Quan has been holding back his strength to seize Jingzhou. If Liu Bei really put Zhao Yun in Jingzhou, he was encouraging Sun Quan!
From Zhao Yun's three shortcomings, it can be deduced in reverse why Liu Bei had to let Guan Yu guard Jingzhou, because this is Liu Bei's best choice, not emotional, but there is no more suitable candidate than Guan Yu!