In May of this year, Liu Bei won Hanzhong from Cao Cao. In July, Liu Bei officially established the King of Hanzhong, which greatly increased his momentum.
Guan Yu soon sent troops to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng, and was trapped by Coss and submerged by the Seventh Army. Liu Bei, who was chased by Cao Cao in Changbanpo, was in a panic and won a great victory over Cao Cao in Yizhou and Jingzhou. Longzhong's grand strategy of sending troops to Jingzhou and Yizhou in the north to explore the Central Plains has seen the dawn at this time.
But soon, Liu Bei couldn't laugh.
When Guan Yu fought fiercely with Cao Jun at the front line of Fancheng, Sun Quan sent Monroe across the river to capture Jingzhou, and the defenders of Jingzhou surrendered. Guan Yu, who lost the rear, was blocked by Fancheng. He hurried back to the army and was attacked by Cao Cao and Sun Quan's army. A generation of famous soldiers finally lost the strategic location of Maicheng and Jingzhou, cutting off the possibility of Liu Bei unifying the world and reviving the Han Dynasty.
So, who is Guan Yu's greatest responsibility for losing Maicheng and Jingzhou?
Let's take a look at the cause and effect of Guan Yu's loss of Jingzhou.
2065438+On July 29th, 2009, Liu Bei ascended the throne in Hanzhong, and made Guan Yu a former general, making a fake lottery. In the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, fake lottery meant the right to do things cheaply. A military commander who won the fake Mark Six lottery can conquer and dispose of his generals at will, and has great power.
In July, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng in the north, and Coss was trapped in a lonely city. Cao Cao also sent Jin and Pound to lead seven armies to save Fancheng.
In August, when the rainy season of Hanshui River came, Guan Yu drowned in the Seventh Army and went to work to chop Pound.
The result of this war can be said to be unprecedented. The Biography of the Three Kingdoms and Wu Zhuan records that "Yu led 30 thousand soldiers to Jiangling, took all the soldiers on his ship, killed them, and so on." Cao Jun alone captured more than thirty thousand soldiers. Even Hu Xiu and Fu Fang, the secretariat of Jingzhou appointed by Cao Cao, surrendered to Guan Yu.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Yu Jin at this time is actually the first general of Cao Cao Group and the well-deserved head of the five sons. Yujin's official position is very similar to Guan Yu's. Guan Yu is a former general and a fake official, and Yu Jin is a left general and a fake official.
Cao Cao was the first to be forbidden to surrender, and the news of Cao Jun's defeat shocked the Central Plains. Under Cao Cao, heroes from all walks of life responded to Guan Yu's uprising.
"Liang, Mang, Lu and other Xiongnu thieves or remote feathers, in order to support the party, sublime feather China. Cao openly discussed the issue of immigration to avoid its sharpness.
By this time, Guan Yu's reputation had spread to China, and even Cao Cao had to move the capital to avoid its sharpness.
When Cao Cao passively avoided the war, Sima Yi and Jiang Ji suggested that Sun Quan unite against Guan Yu, and Cao Cao agreed.
After that, the plot is simple. Sun Quan first showed weakness to Guan Yu and used Lu Xun instead of Monroe to paralyze Guan Yu. Guan Yu underestimated the enemy and further transferred the Jingzhou garrison to the front line of Fancheng, and Jingzhou was empty.
When Guan Yu's seventh army was flooded, the surging river not only washed away the rest of the imperial army, but also almost washed away Fan Cheng, which Cao Ren adhered to. "When a city gets water, it often collapses, and everyone is afraid."
This wall is about to collapse. I suggest that Coss break through quickly and give up Fancheng.
At this moment, Man Chong, the magistrate of Runan, said, "The mountain torrents come quickly and go quickly. Guan Yu did not dare to go straight to the Central Plains because he was worried that Fancheng would attack his rear road. If you give up Fancheng, you will not be able to keep the south of Xudu. "
Coss decided to cross the rubicon and stick to his guns. "Insisting wholeheartedly is the oath of Shen Baima and the soldiers."
After the defeat, Cao Cao continued to send troops to rescue Coss.
Cao Cao sent Huang Xu first, and then sent Huang to help Coss beg Guan Yu and take refuge in Wan. Soon after, all the soldiers and horses transferred from all over the country were handed over to Huang Xu. "Before and after the attack, the Maoists Yinbu, Zhugai and other 12 battalions wandered around."
Needless to say, Cao Cao was also "called Liao to help others" by Zhang Liao. Even Xiahou _, who has left the battlefield,
After receiving the letter of Sun Quan's asylum, Cao Cao followed the advice of his counselor and secretly leaked it to Guan Yu. At this time, Sun Quan had not sent troops.
Cao Cao's original intention was to let Guan Yu take the initiative to withdraw his troops to solve the siege of Fancheng. Secondly, he hoped Guan Yu would turn his gun against Sun Quan.
There is danger in the rear. Fan Cheng was so close to the fall that Guan Yu was in a dilemma. The Yuguo hesitated to go.
In the end, Guan Yu decided not to retreat and continued to attack Fancheng. Perhaps Guan Yu thought that a strong city in Jiangling was enough to support him to return to the army.
However, Guan Yu did not expect Lv Meng's cunning, nor did he expect Jingzhou Shoujiang Mi Fang and Fu Shiren to surrender easily.
After the fall of the home front, Guan Yu hurried back to the army, sandwiched between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and finally lost Maicheng. Guan Yu, a generation of famous soldiers, fell in a hurry at the peak of his life.
Therefore, through careful analysis of Guan Yu's Xiangfan campaign, Guan Yu's overall performance is remarkable. The mistake he made was that he did not withdraw his troops in time when he knew that Sun Quan would seize Jingzhou, which was the direct reason for losing Jingzhou.
However, comparing with Cao Cao's deliberate plan to rescue Fan Cheng and Sun Quan, it is not difficult to find that the fundamental responsibility for losing Jingzhou lies with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Guan Yu's early success was fruitful. The local battle between Guan Yu and Cao Ren around Fancheng quickly escalated into the decisive battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and the falling out between Sun Quan and Liu Bei.
In the past three months, after Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang learned of Cao Cao's movements, they did not send more troops to Jingzhou to support Guan Yu in time, so that Guan Yu faced the pressure of Cao Cao and Sun Quan's army with a legion of troops, and their strength was too different. This is the fundamental reason why Guan Yu lost Maicheng and Jingzhou.