Guan Yu was defeated in Fancheng, and the loss was not great. Why did he fall apart when he went to Maicheng?

During the Three Kingdoms period, the story that Guan Gong lost Jingzhou happened when Liu Bei was the king of Hanzhong. Wang Cao secretly negotiated with Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, to attack Jingzhou in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Geographically, it suppressed Sun Wu in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, so the biggest threat to Jingzhou came from Cao Wei in the north.

When Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao was going to attack Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang, a military strategist, gave him a plan to contain Fancheng, which frightened Wei Jun. According to the truth, it is safe to guard Jingzhou like this.

However, in the actual operation process, Guan Gong turned from defending to attacking, giving Sun Wu an opportunity. Let's take a look at the specific situation:

The first meeting between Guan Yu and Cao Jun was a great victory, which was a bit unexpected. Guan Yu's drumming in Xiangyang discouraged Cao Jun and achieved the strategic intention of the Shu army.

However, Guan Yu wanted to pursue the victory and further seize Fancheng, which aroused the suspicion of the commander Wang Fu. Wang Fu advised Guan Gong: "Now, Monroe's garrison in Wu Dong often means annexing Jingzhou; What if you lead troops to Jingzhou? "

Guan Yu insisted on personally leading an expedition to Fancheng, and appointed Pan Jun as the secretariat of Jingzhou, which gave the Shuhan regime the task of secretariat of nine counties in Jingxiang, and easily put his hand into others' hands, completely ignoring Wu Dong's eyes.

In the battle of Fancheng, Cao Jun fought to the death, led the army to attack for a long time, and constantly transferred troops from Jingzhou to supplement the front line, making Jingzhou defenders even weaker. Dongwu generals Lv Meng and Lu Xun took this opportunity to send Wu Jun to sneak into Jingzhou, and took Guan Jun's lair as easy as blowing off dust. Lv Meng ordered his daughter to provide for the elderly, which quickly stabilized the situation in Jingzhou.

At this time, Guan Jun faced the reinforcement of Jun and the truncation of Wu Jun's posterior road, and the morale of the army was in chaos. He retreated from Fancheng and was ambushed by Wu Jun. "Looking at the four Shan Ye soldiers, they were all Jingzhou soldiers, shouting brothers, looking for children and leaves, and kept shouting. The morale of the army has changed, and everyone has left. Guan gong can't help drinking, there are more than 300 people in the department. "

In this way, Guan Gong failed in Maicheng, ending his legendary and regrettable life.