The so-called "pull a hair and move the whole body", when a thing changes, the corresponding thing will also have a butterfly effect, and when such a thing changes, we also call it a critical moment. In the history of the Three Kingdoms, there are many such key moments, such as Cao Cao's blackmail of the Son of Heaven to order the princes to take full advantage of the world's general situation; and for example, Liu Beisan's Gu Maolu eventually sought three points in the world. This time, I want to talk about another key moment - Guan Yu's interpretation of Cao Cao.
Under the joint efforts of Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, two of Sun Liu's best strategists, Cao Wei's army suffered a major defeat at the Battle of Chibi, and Cao Cao, a generation of tyrants, fled into the wilderness. On the way to escape to Huarong Province, Cao Cao, who had only a few hundred soldiers left, had time to rejoice, and as a result, he ran into Guan Yu, who was guarding the town. In the end, under the advice of the military master Cheng Yu, Cao Cao staged a bitter love drama on the spot, causing Guan Yu to ignore the military orders he had made and privately release the tiger back to the mountain.
Guan Yu's interpretation of Cao Cao is certainly regarded as a beautiful talk, but from the standpoint, it is really a bit difficult to resist Sun Liu's alliance. Therefore, here we may wish to make a hypothesis, if Guan Yu had not let Cao Cao go in Huarong Province, but chose to kill him, what would have happened to the Three Kingdoms?
First of all, from the perspective of the general situation, if Cao Cao died here, the greatest benefit would definitely not be Shu Han, but Eastern Wu. After Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei disregarded the obstruction of Wu. Then, if Cao Cao was killed by Guan Yu, no matter who succeeded Cao Wei after that, whether it was for the great righteousness of his father and son or the division of the world's territory, Shu Han would definitely face revenge next.
Although Cao Wei experienced the defeat at the Battle of Chibi, he was still strong in the three forces, otherwise sun Liu would not have been able to resist Cao. Although the Shu Han Dynasty was nominally the Three Heavenly Lords, the territory of the Three Kingdoms was patchwork together, and its strength and strength could also be called the weakest of the Three Kingdoms. In the face of a strong enemy, it is difficult to guarantee whether it is enough to resist.
Although Eastern Wu said that it was allied with Shu Han, it was not certain whether he could continue to unite with Shu Han in the face of Cao Wei, who occupied a strong army. Even if he is well aware of the coldness of his lips and teeth, don't forget that for him, he can also shout for help with his mouth, in fact, watch the tiger fight from the other side, and after the two sides fight, secretly gather the remnants of the Shu Han and strengthen themselves. This is the best result for Eastern Wu.
In addition to the general trend of the world, if this move is implemented, it will be greatly affected by the internal Shu Han.
If he really killed Cao Cao, the first thing he would bear was the reputation of Second Master Guan. Guan Yu can become the embodiment of Zhongyi, although he has experienced a series of accidents, it is undeniable that Huarong Daoyi's interpretation of Cao Cao has added a lot of personality charm to him. At that time, he was accepted by Cao Cao, interpreted the past of "being in Cao Ying's heart in Han", and after five levels and six generals, he was able to return to Han Camp, which can be described as a reputation. However, he passed five levels and beheaded six generals, and the beheading was also Cao Cao's face, but Cao Cao chose to bear it alone because of his appreciation for him.
Now that Cao Cao is in danger, if you Guan Yu make up for that last sword, this love is obviously not perfect enough. Guan Er Ye is no longer the Guan Er Ye who is righteous and thin, but may instead get the nickname of the Master of Repairing Knives.
In addition, with The arrogant nature of Second Master Guan who despised the veteran general Huang Zhong, could not serve the military master Zhuge Liang, and was arrogant, if he returned victoriously after killing Cao Cao, then he was afraid that Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, the pair of wrongdoers, should completely overthrow the sky. Zhuge Liang originally only wanted to grind Guan Yu's temperament, and if Guan Yu's reputation was damaged because of this, it is conceivable that the contradictions between the two will become increasingly intense in the future. And if this pair of Shu Han's most famous civilian generals fell out, Liu Bei was afraid that he would be embarrassed.
Therefore, based on the above views, Zhuge Liang, as a supreme military master, chose to let Guan Yuzhen guard Huarong Dao, was it really expected that if Cao Cao died, it would be unfavorable to Shu Han?