The human heart is the best: Lu Meng is better than Guan Yu.

The human heart is the best: Lu Meng is better than Guan Yu.

This ingenious story can be found in Chapter 76 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "Xu defeated Maicheng in the Two Rivers and the Great War".

Guan Yu drowned seven armies, but was captured alive in the Forbidden City and Pound. These achievements made him more proud and despised his enemies. Lu Xun, the young general of Wu Dong, took advantage of this. He prepared a gift and gave Guan Yu a book. His tone was extremely humble, which made Guan Yu, who had looked down on Lu Xun, relax his vigilance and stop worrying about Jiang Dong. He withdrew from Jingzhou (now Jingmen, Hubei) and attacked Fancheng. As a result, Monroe took the opportunity to enter the customs, successfully attacked and occupied Jingzhou without bloodshed.

Guan Yu was furious when he heard the news, and Li wanted to seize Jingzhou. Although Soochow has occupied Jingzhou, the situation is very serious, because Guan Yu is still strong, Jingzhou is his lair, and his ambition to recover Jingzhou is also booming. Once the two sides fight, the result is really hard to predict. At this time, Wu Dong general Monroe showed his outstanding strategic talent. He successfully defeated Guan Yu's army by using the tactics of disintegrating the morale of the army, and finally captured Guan Yu, thus making Wu Dong win a decisive victory in the battle of Jingzhou.

After Monroe occupied Jingzhou, she immediately ordered the army: "Anyone who kills or takes things from the people will be punished according to military law." And officials at all levels in the city are still intact. He also gave special protection to Guan Yu's family and gave them generous support.

Monroe's military orders were indeed strict and ruthless. One of his comrades-in-arms was arrested for taking the people's bamboo hat armor. Monroe said, "Although you come from my hometown, my orders have been issued. If you violate them, you should follow the military law. " Downey was immediately pushed. Since then, all three armies have wavered, and Wu Dong soldiers dare not harass the people any more. A few days later, Lv Meng ordered that all soldiers who went out with Guan Yu should provide food and rice at home on a monthly basis, and those who were sick should be sent to the hospital. As a result, the "military families" were grateful to Dongwu and settled down.

In addition, Guan Yu was frustrated all the way, and first sent messengers to question whether Lv Meng had betrayed him. When Guan Yu's emissary arrived, Monroe personally greeted him out of the city, treated him as a gift from a guest, and explained that he could not be independent when he was sent. After the banquet, send the messenger back to the inn to rest. At this time, the families of the conscripts came to inquire about the messenger and asked the messenger to spread the book and spread the blind. It is said that the family is safe and well-fed. When the emissary returned to the army, all the soldiers were very happy to hear that their families were fine and that Lu Meng had taken good care of them.

On the March, many soldiers in Guan Yu's army fled back to Jingzhou. When fighting Wu Dong's army, Lv Meng not only sent several troops and horses to attack, but also called out the relatives of soldiers in the city and shouted on the mountain. Four Yamanoe, all soldiers in Jingzhou, called their brothers and asked their sons to find their grandfathers, and kept shouting. As a result, Guan was distracted, and all the soldiers followed the sound, with no intention of fighting at all. Guan Yu couldn't stop drinking, and the army collapsed without fighting. Guan Yu went to Maicheng.

The wheat city was besieged, and without foreign aid, Guan Yu could not break through, and the father and son were finally captured.

Monroe's defeat of Guan Yu is a model of psychological warfare. The ancient art of war in China has always regarded "conquering the enemy without fighting" as the highest realm of military war. Sun Tzu's "The Art of War: Seeking Attack" pointed out: "Those who are not good are also good." Sun Bin also pointed out: "Anyone who attacks the country will attack the heart." .

You can win by fighting the enemy on your own, but you have to sacrifice yourself. If we can focus on policy and make the enemy collapse without much effort, this can be said to be a complete victory. In terms of strength, Lv Meng is not superior to Guan Yu, and his psychological warfare has played an important role. Monroe's psychological warfare is very similar to the plan of "being besieged on all sides" when Chu and Han struggled.