In July 24, Guan Yu, who was guarding Jingzhou , led a large army to fight in the north. floods the seven armies , captures to ban , kills Pang De , and shocks China. Cao Cao In order to avoid his edge, he actually planned to move the capital. Later, Guan Yu took advantage of the victory and surrounded Fancheng. Cao Ren leads his troops to fight to the death, but Guan Yu cannot conquer for a long time. Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, Guan Yu's backyard caught fire, Lu Meng crossed the river in white, attacked Jingzhou, and the guards in the rear surrendered without fighting. Guan Yu's retreat was cut off.
, who was out of control, Guan Yu had no choice but to lose his power and was eventually captured by Dongwu. Sun Quan originally wanted to surrender Guan Yu, but was rejected and killed. Shortly after Jingzhou was lost, Liu Feng, who was guarding Shangyong , had a conflict with Mengda . Meng Da surrendered to Cao Wei and Xu Huang and others attacked Shangyong. Liu Feng could not resist and broke through the encirclement and fled to Chengdu. Jingzhou was lost and Guan Yu was killed. Liu Bei was already very angry. Some friends may ask, why didn’t Liu Bei send troops to reinforce when Guan Yu was expeditioning the Northern Expedition? There are two main reasons for
. The first reason was that Liu Bei had just ended the Hanzhong battle with Cao Cao at that time. Although Liu Bei finally seized Hanzhong , he also paid a great price. Among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, Shu had the smallest population and the smallest military force. It did not exist in the Romance of the Romance of China that could send out hundreds of thousands of troops at any time. In other words, after Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, he had no more new forces, and even if he wanted to send troops to reinforce Guan Yu, he was willing but not enough.
The second reason is that Guan Yu lost too quickly, which was beyond Liu Bei's expectations. When Guan Yu first made an expedition in the Northern Expedition, good news spread frequently, but he was defeated and captured soon after. The interval from big win to big defeat is very short. The communication method was relatively backward at that time. When Liu Bei received the news of Guan Yu's defeat, the situation was already very critical. Even if he sent troops from Yizhou to rescue him, it was too late. Jingzhou was lost, Guan Yu was killed, Liu Bei's territory was reduced by half, and a general was also lost. He was already very angry, but Liu Feng lost Shangyong again. In this way, Liu Bei was even more angry.
Liu Bei had an objection to Liu Feng about Guan Yu's murder. After Guan Yu captured Yu Jin and killed Pang De, he prepared to take advantage of the victory to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng. To be on the safe side, he sent military letters to Liu Feng and Meng Da. However, Liu Feng refused to send troops on the grounds that Yong had just been recaptured and the people and military morale in the city were unstable. Later, when Guan Yu was defeated and left Maicheng, he sent people to ask Liu Feng for help many times. At that time, Liu Feng was the closest general to Guan Yu, but he still did not send troops.
Although Liu Feng may not be able to save Guan Yu when he sent troops, this is at least an attempt. Even if the rescue is not successful, if you try your best, others will have nothing to say. But not sending troops is a matter of attitude, it is a matter of not saving you when you die. Liu Bei was very dissatisfied with Liu Feng because of this. As a result, soon after, Liu Feng threw Shangyong away again, and Liu Bei became even more angry. Although he was very angry at this time, he had no intention of killing Liu Feng, but he just scolded him fiercely.
At the beginning, Liu Bei did not want to kill Liu Feng, but there were two reasons. One reason is that Liu Feng is his adopted son. The two have been together for a long time and have a deep relationship. The second reason is that Shu Kingdom has fewer talents, so it is not easy to train a general. When Liu Feng followed Liu Bei to conquer Yizhou, he performed very well on the battlefield and was named the deputy general of the army, which shows that he has certain abilities. Therefore, Liu Bei was not willing to kill Liu Feng because of Guan Yu's killing and Shangyong's loss. He also wanted to keep Liu Feng and ask him to assist Liu Chan .
So why did Liu Bei still kill Liu Feng? This is because Zhuge Liang said something to him that killed people and killed their hearts. According to the "Three Kingdoms: Book of Shu", Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei at that time: "The seal of the army will be tough, and it will be difficult to control it after the Yishi period." This means that Liu Feng has a straight and fierce personality. If Liu Bei dies, Liu Chan may not be able to control him. Once he has a second heart, the trouble will be great.Liu Feng's ability is much stronger than Liu Chan, so Liu Bei thinks that Zhuge Liang's heart-killing words are very reasonable, and he quickly issued an order to execute Liu Feng
