Guan Yu's defeat in Fancheng did not cause much loss. Why did it fall apart when he went to Maicheng?

The story of Guan Gong's careless loss of Jingzhou in the Three Kingdoms period happened when Liu Bei was the king of Hanzhong. Cao Cao of Wang Wei and Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, secretly negotiated to capture Jingzhou, which was located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Geographically speaking, 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, the strategist, gave him a plan to contain Fancheng and make Wei Jun feel frightened. According to the truth, it is safe to keep Jingzhou like this.

However, in the process of actual operation, Guan Gong turned the defensive into an offensive, giving Sun Wu an opportunity. Let's take a look at the specific situation:

The first encounter between Guan Gong and Cao Jun was a complete victory, which was somewhat unexpected. Guan Gong went down to Xiangyang with a drum, which made Cao Jun lose heart 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 Sima Wang Fu, an army officer. Wang Fu advised Guan Gong: "Now, Lu Meng stationed troops in Dongwu, which often means annexing Jingzhou; What if you lead your troops to Jingzhou? "

Guan Gong, however, insisted on personally leading the expedition to Fancheng, and appointed Pan Jun, who was jealous of profits, to take the place of his governor Jingzhou, so that the important task that the Shu-Han regime had just entrusted to him as the commander of the nine counties of Jingxiang was easily faked by others, and Wu's eyes were completely ignored.

In the battle of Fancheng, Cao Jun fought to the death, but Guan Gong led a large army and could not attack for a long time, and constantly deployed troops from Jingzhou to supplement the front line, which made the garrison in Jingzhou even weaker. The 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 a pension for Anmin, which quickly stabilized the situation in Jingzhou.

At this time, faced with the reinforcements of Cao Jun and Wu Jun's cut-off of the posterior road, Guan Jun's morale was in chaos, and he retreated from Fancheng, and was ambushed by Wu Jun. "Looking at the four Yamanoe, Guan Gong was all soldiers in Jingzhou, calling his brother and brother, looking for a son and looking for a grandfather, and he couldn't stop shouting. The morale of the army has changed, and everyone has gone away. Guan Gong can't stop drinking, and there are more than 3 people in the department. "

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