Xiangfan Battle , Guan Yu led the army to attack Cao Ren and surrounded Fancheng. At the beginning, the progress was very smooth, and the seven armies flooded , but not long after, Cao Cao and Sun Quan reached an alliance to attack Guan Yu together. Although Guan Yu is powerful, he is unable to defeat four hands with both fists. He is defeated, but he is still very miserable. Lu MengThe four-character banners were raised on the mountain with the four-character banners, and Guan Yu's soldiers fled and gathered under the four-character banners.
Guan Yu couldn't stop drinking, and later he had only three hundred people left. With the help of Guan Ping and Liao Hua, Guan Yu had to retreat to Maicheng. Zhao Lei said to Guan Yu: "This is very close to Shangyong . You can send people to Liu Feng and Mengda for help. With this new force, wait for the army in Sichuan slowly." Liao Hua volunteered to break through and ask for help from Meng Da and Liu Feng.
Liao Hua broke through the encirclement of the Wu army, came to Shangyong, met Liu Feng and Meng Da, and asked for rescue of Guan Yu. However, Liu Feng pushed for the three obstacles and did not send reinforcements to the death of Guan Yu, and Jingzhou was lost. Shangyong is very close to Guan Yu's Maicheng. Why did Liu Feng remain unmoved and refuse to rescue Guan Yu? Based on the relevant contents in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the analysis is as follows.
Surface reason: The mountain city was first attached, and the people were not determined, so they dared not cause rebellion to launch troops, and they may lose their guard
After Liu Bei won the final victory of Hanzhong Battle , Meng Da and Liu Fengcai were ordered to attack Shangyong and other three counties and successfully seized it. Therefore, the three counties of Shangyong were newly surrendered to Liu Bei's group, and the people's hearts were unstable, and the rule of Liu Feng and Meng Da in Shangyong was also unstable. If Liu Feng and Meng Da rashly sent troops, they would probably "pay their wife and their troops." Not only did they not save Guan Yu, they might also lose their base camp Shangyong. Therefore, Liu Feng refused Liao Hua's request for help on the grounds that "the mountain city was first attached, but the people's hearts were not determined."
Liao Hua was shocked after hearing Liu Feng's excuses, kowtowed to Liu Feng, and whispered to send reinforcements again, but Liu Feng was heartless and didn't send troops. He even said something like "a drop in the bucket". Liao Hua followed the example of "Shen Baoxu Crying Qin Ting" and cried loudly in front of Liu Feng. Liu Feng and Meng Da simply left with their sleeves. Liao Hua had no choice but to leave and head towards Chengdu.
Deep reasons: The son of the moth must not be imposed
Liu Feng was the adopted son whom Liu Bei was in his forties and had no descendants. If Liu Bei had never had a son, he would have the right to inherit and would be likely to inherit Liu Bei's hegemony. Liu Feng then worked very hard, fighting for Liu Bei's hegemony, and not avoiding difficulties. For example, in , the Battle of Yizhou, , and in Hanzhong, Liu Feng led the way. But after 207 AD, after Liu Bei had his biological son Liu Chan , everything changed. Liu Bei had a biological son. Although he was not a legitimate son, he was also Liu Bei's biological flesh and blood, and he was definitely much better than Liu Feng's adopted son.
Liu Bei called the Queen of Hanzhong and had asked about Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu one after another. Zhuge Liang thought this was Liu Bei's family affairs, so he did not comment. However, Guan Yu, who was far away in Jingzhou, replied to Liu Bei with a letter. He believed that Liu Feng was "the son of the moth, and should not be exterminated." He also suggested sending Liu Feng to Shangyong to keep him away from the center and cutting off his idea of becoming the prince of Hanzhong.
Liu Feng knew this very well, but because of his uncle and nephew, he did not make it clear. Meng Da pointed out to Liu Feng incisively. Liu Feng suddenly realized and hated Guan Yu, so he made up his mind and refused Liao Hua's request for help. Later, Liu Feng failed to rescue Guan Yu in time, resulting in Guan Yu's death and Jingzhou was lost. He was held accountable by Liu Bei and committed suicide.
Objective reason: Cao's army and Wu army were too strong
At that time, Cao Cao and Sun Quan were in alliance. Cao's army was very elite, and the soldiers and generals were brave. Moreover, Jingzhou had fallen, Guan Yu's troops were scattered, trapped in Maicheng, a small place. Cao Cao gathered 450,000 troops in Mobi in the rear, and these were not comparable to Liu Feng and Meng Da.
Meng Da said to Liu Feng, which is very similar to what Fu Shiren said to Mi Fang, and both exaggerate the strength of the enemy and should have become a surrender faction, so he did nothing and watched Guan Yu be captured.
Conclusion
Shangyong County , where Liu Feng is located, although it is very close to Guan Yu's Maicheng, due to the above three reasons, they infinitely exaggerated the enemy's strength, believing that Shangyong had just won it and was unstable, and had a rift with Guan Yu, so they did not rescue Guan Yu and let Guan Yu die.
(This article mainly refers to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms")
