When watching the TV series "The New Three Kingdoms", there is a clip saying that Sun Quan decided to attack Jingzhou and ordered Lv Meng to lead his army. Then Lu Xun sent people to persuade Sun Quan not to kill Guan Yu, because it would attract Liu Bei's strong revenge. Sun Quan suddenly realized that, so immediately He sent someone to pass orders to Lu Meng not to kill Guan Yu, but Lu Meng did not listen to Sun Quan’s orders and wanted to kill Guan Yu. One was for revenge, and the other was to make a name for himself. In the end, Lu Meng killed Guan Yu. Sun Quan did not kill Guan Yu. Following the order, he specifically recalled Lu Meng and executed Lu Meng. He also called Lu Xun back to see Lu Meng's body. The implication was to warn Lu Xun that this would be the result of not observing the order.
The ups and downs in the TV series really make people feel thrilling, and it also makes people feel that Sun Quan, the leader, is very useless. As the leader of one party, how could he make such a major military decision without even thinking of the consequences? There are also cases where subordinates do not listen to orders. They can only say that this is just a TV series. The plot in the TV series is not even a novel, nor is it true history. It is just a fictional plot by the director. Then why did Sun Quan in the real history kill Where is Guan Yu?
The reason is simple: in order to recapture Jingzhou .
During Guan Yu’s battle in Xiangfan, Sun Quan had been looking for opportunities to recapture Jingzhou. After the death of Lu Su, Sun Quan had changed the strategy of Lian Liu resisting Cao and began to develop westward to retake Jingzhou. Strategy, Sun Quan’s sole purpose of unilaterally changing the status quo of the Three Kingdoms regime is to regain Jingzhou, because Jingzhou guards the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River is the lifeblood of Soochow. Sun Quan, for absolute strategic security, embarked on a strategic adventure-the military operation to retake Jingzhou .
Sun Quan used the opportunity of Guan Yu’s northern expedition to Xiangfan. When Guan Yu exerted great military pressure on Cao Wei in the Xiangfan area, it was when Sun Quan’s benefit was maximized. Sun Quan reached an agreement with Cao Cao privately and the Soochow Army would attack Jingzhou. Cao Cao’s siege of Xiangfan was naturally resolved, and Sun Quan obtained Jingzhou afterwards, Cao Cao, forced by the actual military pressure, agreed to Sun Quan, besides, the land of Jingzhou did not originally belong to Cao Cao, Cao Cao only made a favor, which can be relieved The military threat of the Battle of Xiangfan was a good thing with two birds with one stone, so Sun Quan and Cao Cao quickly reached an agreement . After
, Sun Quan ordered Lv Mengbai to cross the river and attack Jingzhou. He took the police and Jiangling in one fell swoop and occupied the core city of Nanjun. At the same time, Lu Xun led his army to attack the city of Shuhan. , Hitting Zigui and Wushan near the border with Shuhan, which was equivalent to cutting off all the roads for Guan Yu to escape back to Shuhan. Facts proved that Guan Yu really could not escape to Yizhou. During the process of fleeing west, Guan Yu was captured by the Dongwu army. , Was killed immediately, and the head was sent to Cao Cao by Sun Quan.
In other words, the moment Sun Quan decided to attack Jingzhou, he had made a decision: first seized Jingzhou, then blocked Guan Yu’s retreat, and finally killed Guan Yu .
That is to say, Sun Quan did not hesitate at all to kill Guan Yu, the only 10,000-strong enemy of the Shu Han, the life and death brother of Hanzhong Wang Liu Bei. Sun Quan killed Guan Yu so decisively, he was not afraid of attracting him. Is Liu Bei's revenge?
Sun Quan is really not afraid. At the Battle of Chibi 12 years ago, facing the most powerful force in the world, facing the threat letter of Cao Cao's 830,000 army, Sun Quan had never been afraid of it. How could he be afraid of a Liu Bei who is weaker than his own power? Sun Quan is not afraid of Liu Bei, but he is also afraid. The only thing Sun Quan is afraid of is: Two-line combat. This is that Sun Quan cannot bear.
Sun Quan is afraid that if Liu Bei launches a military operation against Soochow, it can be ensured that Cao Wei in the north will not start a war against Soochow at the same time. Don’t fight on two fronts. It was after Sun Quan seized Jingzhou. The supreme political strategy, so Sun Quan gave Cao Cao Guan Yu's head, which represented his nomination certificate, so Sun Quan preferred to claim to Cao Wei in exchange for Cao Wei not to take advantage of the fire during the war with Liu Bei, and Sun Quan succeeded in doing this.
Therefore, Sun Quan has done all the preparations for a complete break with Liu Bei and a complete war. Liu Bei later launched the battle of Yiling, earlyAs expected by Sun Quan, in fact, Sun Quan is not only a mature politician, but also a very capable politician. There can be no generals under his command who will not obey orders, nor will he launch major military operations. Before, I don’t want all the consequences.
Since Sun Quan has decided to completely break with Liu Bei, why keep Guan Yu? We must know that Guan Yu is the only famous general of the Shu Han and one of the only two 10,000 enemies. Zhou Yu evaluated Guan Yu as a bear and tiger general. Guan Yu’s ability and Sun Quan are innocent. If such a powerful general does not kill him, he is ready to let Guan Yu Will you lead the army to fight again in the future? I even suspect that Zhang Fei’s killing was also related to Sun Quan. In order to consume Liu Bei’s generals before Liu Bei launched the war, Sun Quan secretly sent people to collude with Zhang Fei’s men. It is also very possible to kill Zhang Fei. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei died, Liu Bei There are no more enemies and generals of the bear and tiger, and Sun Quan is no longer afraid of Liu Bei's military offensive. This is why Sun Quan killed Guan Yu.
On the other hand, Guan Yu is the general of the Shuhan Group who knows the navy best. Guan Yu has ruled the navy in Jingzhou for more than ten years. If Guan Yu is killed, the Shuhan will not have a navy leader and will not be able to compete with the Dongwu navy. In combat, you must know that the navy is the foundation of the Soochow regime. The infinite destruction of the navy is the condition for Soochow to ensure its own safety. This is not only the reason why Sun Quan wanted to eliminate the navy of the Shu Han, but also the failure of Liu Bei in the Yiling battle. One of the reasons.
So, from Sun Quan’s point of view, starting from his decision to seize Jingzhou, he was completely correct to kill Guan Yu. Since this is Sun Quan’s correct decision, even if his followers are not satisfied with anything The locals did not dare to oppose it. After the death of Lu Su, the political force that united with Liu Bei began to weaken in Dongwu, and was replaced by young men like Lu Meng who advocated the strategy of developing westward to seize Jingzhou, which is also in line with Sun Quan's strategy. Is consistent.
