After the fall of Jingzhou, Guan Yu was caught between Scylla and Charybdis, defeated by Maicheng, and captured by Monroe's subordinate Ma Zhong in Linzhou. Then Guan Yu and his son were killed by Sun Quan (according to the romance). Some people here have doubts. Guan Yu was killed only 20 miles away from Liu Bei. Why didn't Liu Bei save him? I don't think Liu Bei saved him, but he didn't know. Moreover, even if Liu Bei sends troops, it will take time. The following is a brief analysis (for reference only).
Suddenly, Guan Yu fell, Liu Beiyuan was in Chengdu, and the military situation dragged on. Liu Bei did not know the news of Guan Yu's defeat. Liu, Taoyuan and Sanjie, once in America, did not want to live together, but wanted to die together. Therefore, Liu Bei's affection for Guan Yu is irreplaceable by anything. If Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu was suffering in Linzhou, how could he not save him? From the following aspects, we can know that Liu Bei really knows nothing, based on a brief analysis of the romance.
First, Guan Yu's defeat led to the siege of Maicheng, knowing that the tide was gone, but he intended to counterattack Jingzhou, so he asked Liao Hua to break through and go to Shang Yong for help without informing Liu Bei in time. Meng Da and Liu Feng were stationed in Shang Yong, and Liu Feng was Liu Bei's adopted son. One is Guan Yu's uncle, Liu Feng, who Guan Yu thinks will not ignore things. These two cities were the closest to Maicheng, and they were also the only army that could rescue Guan Yu at that time. Meng Da, on the other hand, persuaded Liu Feng not to send troops, saying that when Liu Bei wanted to be an heir, Guan Yu had persuaded Liu Bei not to establish Liu Feng. Therefore, Liu refused to send his troops because his foothold was unstable. Liao Hua hated their guts and cursed them, so he went to Hanzhong to ask Liu Bei for help. In the Romance, it is recorded as follows:
The next day, I asked Liao Huazhi to tell me that the place attached to the mountain city failed to divide the troops for rescue. He was startled and bowed his head and said, "If so, Guan Gong will have a rest!" " Da (Meng Da) said, "I'll go now. Can a glass of water save a car salary? " The general will return quickly and wait for the arrival of the Shu army. "
Obviously, Liu Bei didn't know about Guan Yu's defeat in Maicheng, otherwise he would have sent troops to save him, and all this was for a reason. Guan Yu's defeat was too sudden, and Lu Meng's attack on Jingzhou was too sudden, so Liu Bei didn't know that Guan Yu was killed.
Secondly, Liu Bei was busy with politics in Chengdu and didn't know about Guan Yu's defeat. According to the Romance, Liu Bei returned to Chengdu from Dongchuan after he captured Hanzhong. If Liu Bei had been in Dongchuan, he still had a chance to save Guan Yu. After returning to Chengdu, Liu Bei accepted the advice of forensic evidence and took Wuyi's sister as his concubine. Just as everything in Jiangchuan was booming, the Jingzhou messenger came to inform Kong Ming that when Guan Yu refused Sun Quan's proposal, Kong Ming marveled at the danger of Jingzhou, while Liu Bei was still in Chengdu.
It is also recorded in the Romance that when Liu Bei was lying asleep, he dreamed that a cold wind was blowing and a man suddenly stood under the lamp. When Liu Bei looked carefully, he knew it was Guan Yu, but Guan Yu told Liu Bei: I hope my brother will go to war with my brother Xue and hate him. So Guan Yu has been killed, and Liu Bei met Guan Yu in his dream. Although the dream is not true, it is enough to show that Liu Bei doesn't know when Guan Yu was killed.
Thirdly, I learned from the conversation between Kong Ming and Junbao that Liu Bei really didn't know. Said that Liu Bei was afraid of what happened in his dream and sent Zhuge Liang to ask him. Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei to relax. After coming out, Kong met him and told him that according to outsiders, Jingzhou had been attacked. Zhuge Liang even said that when he watched the astronomical phenomena last night, he saw that the fuses iconic fell in Jingzhou and knew that something had happened to Yun Chang, but he was afraid that Liu Bei would not tell him.
Just then, he suddenly reported that Jingzhou had been breached, and Guan had broken Maicheng, and he came for help. At this time, Liu Bei did not know that Guan Yu had been killed, let alone when Guan Yu arrived in Linzhou. Later, when Liao Hua arrived in Chengdu, he cried and bowed down to the ground, claiming that Liu Fengmengda refused to send his troops, leaving Guan Yu in a desperate situation.
Liu Bei lambasted Liu Fengmengda, and Zhuge Liang wanted to send troops to save him, but Liu Bei said that he would wait until tomorrow to lead his own army to save him. Before dawn, he was defeated several times in succession. It is said that Guan Yu also went to Linzhou and was captured. Because he refused to surrender, his father and son were killed. Liu Bei let out a cry and fainted on the ground. This shows that Liu Bei knew nothing about Guan Yu's defeat and Lin Ju's capture, not that Liu Bei didn't want to save him.