In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a very regrettable thing is that Guan Yu defeated Maicheng. Since then, the rhythm of the Three Kingdoms has accelerated rapidly, various characters have died quickly, and our favorite Liu Bei Group has also begun to decline. Lost the chance to compete in the world. During this period, there was also something that made everyone very curious. When Guan Yu was defeated in Maicheng and was chased by Lu Meng's army in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, why did his two sworn brothers Liu Bei and Zhang Fei not save him?
To answer this question, we must first clarify the ins and outs of the whole thing.
Cause
Many people will wonder why Guan Yu went to fight the Battle of Xiangfan. At that time, Liu Bei had just won a victory in Hanzhong and his soldiers were tired. Logically speaking, he did not want to engage in a large-scale war. So it was Guan Yu who went to attack Xiangfan privately?
According to the story, Guan Yu is not to blame for the cause of this battle, he also acted according to orders.
After Liu Bei won the great victory in Hanzhong, he proclaimed himself the King of Hanzhong and presented it to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. What rights did Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty have at that time? The power was all in the hands of Cao Cao. When he saw the news that Liu Bei had become king, he was very angry and wanted to raise troops to attack Liu Bei. However, Sima Yi stopped him. He suggested that he first unite with Soochow to attack Jingzhou. In this case, Liu Bei would definitely send troops to assist Guan Yu. The next time Cao Cao sends troops to attack Hanzhong, he will face much fewer Shu Han troops and the pressure will be greatly reduced. Cao Cao thought this suggestion was very good, so he sent people to unite Soochow.
After Liu Bei found out about the alliance with Soochow to attack Jingzhou, he immediately found Zhuge Liang and other advisers for discussion.
Original text: The King of Hanzhong said: What can we do based on this? Kong Ming said: "If you want to send me a mission, I will send the official imperial edict and Yun Chang to send troops to capture Fancheng first, so that the enemy army will be frightened and naturally collapse." The king of Hanzhong was overjoyed and sent Sima Fei Shi as an envoy to come to Jingzhou with the imperial edict.
According to the book, the reason why Guan Yu sent troops to Xiangfan actually came from Liu Bei's order. Liu Bei's purpose was just to let Guan Yu defeat Cao Ren and capture Fancheng, so that the enemy would be frightened and would not dare to form an alliance again to plot Jingzhou. Liu Bei did not expect that the battle at this time would become out of control.