The first person is Monroe. Speaking of which, we all think of the story of "Wu Xia Amon" in junior high school textbooks. This story comes from Sun Quan's advice to study. The general meaning is as follows: When Sun Quan was young, he advised Lu Meng to study more, but Lu Meng pushed from pillar to post, saying that he was busy with official business and had no time to study. Sun Quan said to Lv Meng, Can you be too busy for me? The implication is, Lumen, don't make too many excuses. Reading is king. Since then, Monroe has worked hard to strengthen herself, not only in martial arts, but also in military talent.
Monroe played a very important role in the battle of Jingzhou. The famous Lv Mengzi's Crossing the River in White was planned by Lv Meng. Lv Meng kept flattering Guan Yu, making Guan Yu proud and gradually expanding his power, so Guan Yu transferred most of the defenders in Jingzhou in the battle of Fancheng. It was by taking advantage of Guan Yu's pride that Guan Yu completely relaxed his defense of Jingzhou, thus crossing the river illegally, winning the whole Jingzhou county and recovering the territory of Wu State with almost no loss. After this war, Monroe was appointed by Sun Quan as the third commander-in-chief of Wu Dongshui Army, and Monroe became famous all over the world.
The second person is Lu Xun. Anyone familiar with the Three Kingdoms knows that Lu Xun is the fourth commander-in-chief of Wudong Water Army after Lu Meng, and Lu Xun's famous work is "Burning Camp 700 Li". The battle is like this: Guan Yu lost Jingzhou and lost his life. Liu Bei was very sad when he learned that, so he took the whole Shu army to crusade against Dongwu. One purpose is to capture Jingzhou, and the other is to avenge the second brother Guan Yu. Unexpectedly, when Jingzhou was approaching, due to the hot weather, Liu Bei put all his main forces in the jungle, in order to escape the heat. Only to be burned by a young Lu Xun. Since then, Liu Bei can't afford to get sick, and Shu has been weakened and began to decline. The story of Lu Xun's burning camp was also sung by later generations.
But Lu Xun played earlier, dating back to Battle of Red Cliffs. But Lu Xun officially took the stage, but it was on the eve of the battle of Jingzhou. In order to capture Jingzhou, Lu Meng has been secretly planning, and has always lied that he is in poor health and often falls ill, so many things are ostensibly in charge of Lu Xun. At that time, Lu Xun was not famous, and he was still very young, so Guan Yu was more wary of Wu Dong. Although the battle of Jingzhou made Lu Meng famous for the first time, it also established Lu Xun's position in Wu Dong. From then on, Lu Xun became the focus of Wu Dong's attention, so he had the opportunity to become the fourth governor of Wudong Water Army.
The third person is Sima Yi. Some people may ask, what is the relationship between Sima Yi and Guan Yu's carelessness in Jingzhou? If you look at Sima Yi from beginning to end in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, you will find that Sima Yi is the biggest planner after the curtain of Jingzhou War, and the above-mentioned Lv Meng and Lu Xun are only the concrete implementers of the plan planned by Sima Yi.
At that time, Guan Yu led Jingzhou main force to attack Fancheng and Xiangyang, which frightened Cao Cao who was in Luoyang at that time. Cao Cao called all the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss whether to move the capital, and he already had plans to move the capital. At this time, Sima Yi stood up and said a word: Wu and Shu seem to be allies, but in fact their relationship is relatively distant, and the most important contradiction affecting their relationship is Jingzhou. Now Guan Yu is leading the Jingzhou army into Xiangyang and Fancheng, and its Jingzhou is bound to be empty. It is not a day or two for Wu Dong to take Jingzhou. At this time, we have made an alliance with Wu Dong and promised Wu Dong that Jingzhou will be Wu Dong's territory as long as they help us surprise Jingzhou and solve the siege of Fancheng. In this way, Fancheng can be saved, and Wei doesn't have to move the capital. The alliance between Wu and Shu will also collapse, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.
It was Sima Yi's words that started the battle of Jingzhou and ruined the fate of Guan Yu and Shu. Therefore, Sima Yi is a ruthless character. Sima Yi is the biggest behind-the-scenes planner of the Jingzhou War and the biggest beneficiary in the future. From then on, Sima Yi's position in Wei and even the whole Three Kingdoms period was gradually established.
Guan Yunchang's careless loss of Jingzhou can be said to be the turning point of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the fate of Wei, Shu and Wu, and the fate of Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang and even more heroes. From then on, the more exciting part of The Romance of Three Kingdoms began.