In history, Guan Yu's killing may be just an important event, but this historical fact has become very sad after being exaggerated by the legend. At the same time, Guan Yu's failure caused everyone to think deeply: Why did he fall from the peak of the flooded Seven Army into the abyss? Guan Yu's failure has many reasons, but the lack of support from counselors is definitely an important factor. Cao Ren’s guy who can withstand Guan Yu’s pressure cannot be separated from the assistance of his mother. Sun Quan can seize Jingzhou cannot be separated from the wisdom of Lu Meng and Lu Xun .
But Guan Yu did not seem to have any decent counselors to help him, which also led to his defeat and death. So the question is: Why didn’t the boss of Liu Bei leave a decent strategist for Guan Yu?
As we all know, it is helpless that Liu Bei is helpless to keep Guan Yu in Jingzhou. In 211, Liu Bei took Huang Zhong , Pang Tong , Wei Yan and others to Xichuan, and Zhuge Liang , Guan Yu, Zhao Yun , and Zhang Fei stayed in Jingzhou. If Pang Tong successfully won Yizhou in that way, then Zhuge Liang could definitely defend Jingzhou. But things often don't develop in people's ideal direction. In 214, in the battle of Luocheng, 36-year-old Pang Tong was killed by arrows. Pang Tong's death disrupted Liu Bei's plan, and it also means that Zhuge Liang could only be dragged down by Yizhou and had no time to return to Jingzhou.
At the same time, Yizhou Xinde, Liu Bei still has many things to deal with: not only do you need to govern Yizhou, but also fill in the pit dug by Liu Zhang in the past, and ease the conflicts among the people. In addition, Liu Bei also wants to compete with Cao Cao as the treasure land of Hanzhong . From 217 to 219, the battle between and Hanzhong fought for 2 years. It can be seen that Liu Bei was completely trapped by Yizhou, and it is difficult to take time to take care of Guan Yu and Jingzhou. and so on. In order to govern Yizhou, Liu Bei not only did not add people to Jingzhou, but even asked for Yang Yi and Ma Liang . Originally, Ma Liang was once a strategist who stayed in Jingzhou by Liu Bei, but in 214, Boss Liu transferred him to Yizhou.
Yizhou is very short of talents, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng are also dead, Zhuge Liang and Ma Liang were forced to stay in Yizhou, and no decent strategists can be sent to Jingzhou. It is worth mentioning that Guan Yu also has the problem of looking down on his advisers. " Three Kingdoms " records that Guan Yu was "pride of scholars and officials". This means that Guan Yu dislikes civil officials and strategists very much. Even if he has good strategists around him, he may not be able to be valued. According to official history, there was once an outstanding adviser Pan Jun, a scholar in Jingzhou. In the Romance of Legend, Pan Jun, who lost Jingzhou, is Pan Jun in history.
In history, Pan Jun was very smart and had received praise from Wang Can . Liu Biao When he was alive, this Pan Jun worked as a Jiang Xia. When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he left Pan Jun to manage some things about Jingzhou. This strategist had the ability to help Guan Yu. But the second master didn't like him, and then Guan Yu did not value the other party, and then it disappeared. After Guan Yu's death. Old Pan defected to Sun Quan and was also valued. It can be seen that
is not blamed at all. Shu was short of talents, and Liu Bei was busy with the governance of Yizhou, and he had no time or suitable people to send to Guan Yu. At the same time, Guan Yu did not like his advisers. From this point of view, this is really not a surprise to Liu Bei.
(source from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms")
