After Guan Gong beheaded Wang Zhi, he escorted the car and went all the way to the yellow river crossing. It was at this time that Guan Gong met Liu Yan, whom he had helped. Once Guan Gong rescued Cao Cao's white horse siege, he also once broke the siege for Liu Yan, according to the principle of Zhi En Tu reporting back and forth, Liu Yan should give Guan Gong convenience, should prepare a ferry for him, but Liu Yan was very embarrassed, from the camp point of view, Liu Yan belonged to Cao Cao's camp, and he was Xiahou Huan's subordinate, he could not privately lend a ferry to Guan Gong, otherwise he had no way to explain to Xiahou Huan and Cao Cao, after all, Liu Yan could not be the lord, he was also a soy sauce. He also made it clear to Guan Gong: If I give you a ferry, Xiahou Huan will definitely blame me after he knows it! Guan Gong knew that Liu Yan was a useless person, and he also knew that Liu Yanren was a small person, and he had no idea, so he did not embarrass him anymore, and Guan Gong planned to find a way to solve the ferry problem by himself, so he came directly to the Yellow River ferry checkpoint.
In the first few levels, all those who had a difficult time were killed, and Guan Gong had no choice but to kill these generals one by one. Here Liu Yan did not provide a ferry for Guan Gong, so why didn't Guan Gong kill Liu Yan? Think about it, if Guan Gong sees that everyone kills, then Guan Gong or Guan Gong? So what is the difference between Guan Gong and Lü Bu? Guan Gong didn't say that if you don't obey me, I will kill you, and if you obey me, I won't kill you, he is definitely not such a person. You don't help me, your reasons are reasonable, and you don't mean to cause me trouble, so I can't embarrass you. This is where Guan Gong's grievances are clear, and if Guan Gong is the kind of person who "follows us and prospers, and those who oppose me perish", it will subvert our cognition. Guan Gong's handling of things is reasonable and well-founded, if you have your difficulties, then I will not force you, I will find a way for myself.
Liu Yan doesn't seem to be of much use, but if we analyze it carefully, he actually has the intelligence of a small person. He knew that he would never be able to defeat Guan Gong, let alone stop him, in fact, he could not stop him, and the generals in the previous few levels were the end of the interceptors. In addition, Liu Yan does not violate his duties, I do not provide you with a ferry, this is called both parties are not guilty, be a good sir, I will not provide you with convenience, but I have to say something nice, in front of you Guan Gong I Liu Yan also have to be humble, so that you big people will not be embarrassed by me. We will find that he is also a small person in the world, and the small person cannot afford to provoke the big person, and he has to protect himself, relying on Liu Yan's philosophy. Many people are people like Liu Yan, we can't be harsh on them, we can't let them all take their lives to help others like Hu Ban, to be honest, it is impossible for these people to take their lives to help others. Everyone has their own life choices, which are unavoidable.