We can learn from history and draw lessons from it. 2 1 century is the era of big data. If we look up historical documents and use data to analyze Guan Yu's failure, you will find that Guan Yu's loss of Jingzhou was by no means an unintentional mistake.
First, personal quality is not enough. As the commander-in-chief of the legion guarding the important place, Guan Yu's quality is very unqualified. To achieve this state, if you can't be as handsome as Zhou Yu, you must at least have a big picture and have the thinking and ability to plan as a whole. However, Guan Yu obviously has no such ability. When the two armies confronted each other, he showed personal heroism in front of the battle. In the battle of Xiangfan, he was very independent. In his later years, he did not hesitate to fight with Wei General Pound 100 round. In this battle, Pound also shot his left arm. Guan Yu's reputation would have ended if Yu Jin, the general of Wei, had not quit for fear that Pound would grab the first prize.
The age of this Wei general Pound is unknown, but judging from the battlefield performance, it should be in the prime of life, and Guan Yu has no advantage in strength. What's more, as time goes on, Guan Yu is getting older and older, but his experience is not long. In fact, Guan Yu's martial arts are suspected of being deified, not to mention that it is really difficult for most generals to resist the enemy's long-range attacks, such as archery. Guan Yu was shot by the enemy four times in his life, and only one person was shot so frequently during the Three Kingdoms period.
The first time: I was shot in the left arm by Han Fu, the satrap of Luoyang, when I passed the five customs.
The second time: when playing Changsha, he was shot in the helmet by Huang Zhong. This time, Huang Zhong deliberately released water, not to mention it for the time being.
Third time: Against Pound, he was shot in the left arm. (In the reflection, it is recorded that he was shot in the forehead. )
The fourth time: in the battle of Fancheng, Cao Ren's men shot him in the right arm with poisonous arrows. Although he was cured by a doctor (not Hua Tuo), he was not worried about his own life, but after a little effort, his arm ached, which led to a rapid decline in force value and eventually defeated Maicheng.
Second, the exaggerated weapon has three parts in the eyes of future generations: Guan Yu, Qinglong Crescent Moon Knife and Red Rabbit Horse. Let's start with the dragon crescent moon blade. As the most famous weapon in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Dragon Crescent Moon Knife appeared with Guan Yu, with a full-time caretaker Zhou Cang in the middle. It was not until Guan Yu died that the knife was passed on to his son Guan Xing. So it is no longer an ordinary killing weapon, but a symbol of Guan Yu's spirit.
The book says that this dragon crescent moon blade weighs 82 Jin, which is similar to the dumbbell used by the fitness instructor. Even if Guan Yu is born with divine power, can he go into battle to kill the enemy with such weapons? The description in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is that Guan Yu fled as a disabled person after losing Zhou Cang, and the remaining strength could no longer raise his broadsword, and he was finally captured by Ma Zhong, a young man of the State of Wu.
But the fact is that the Dragon Crescent Moon Knife is a fiction, and it is only a prop invented by the author Luo Guanzhong to match Guan Yu's brave image.
During the Three Kingdoms period when smelting technology was underdeveloped, it was impossible for such weapons to appear. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that the dragon crescent moon blade appeared. Moreover, it is not used in actual combat, but as a martial arts practitioner's physical fitness. Yes, it functions like a dumbbell. So what weapon did Guan Yu use? There is indeed a record of Guan Yu beheading Yan Liang in the History of the Three Kingdoms: "(Guan) Yu Jian (Yan) Liang Huigai rode his horse, stabbed him in the people and beheaded him. Few generals can beat him."
Through this description, we found that although Yan Liang might ride a horse in this battle, Guan Yu had to break through the dense queue of enemy infantry to get close to Yan Liang, which was a successful impact of cavalry on the formation. In addition, Guan Yu's action is "stabbing", which means that the weapon used may be a spear, not the "dragon crescent moon blade" in the romance novel. Limited by the technical conditions in the Three Kingdoms period, spears with simple manufacture and convenient use became the standard weapons in the army. According to the pre-Qin book Kao Gong Ji, the ancient infantry spear was 3.8 meters long and the chariot spear was 4.6 meters long. According to the actual unearthed spears, the length is generally 165-220 cm, and the longest is 297 cm.
It is also inappropriate to assume that he brought such a spear when he was defeated and broke through.
Because from the route, Guan only succeeded in breaking through Linshu (now Nanzhang County, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province), only one or two miles away from Yizhou.
The terrain in this area is complex, with high mountains and dense forests. If Guan Yu holds a spear more than two meters long, it is more convenient to carry a hard bow and a short knife.
Third, the difference between the red rabbit horse and the Qinglong crescent moon blade The red rabbit horse only appeared in Guan Yu's life on the way. It used to be Lu Bu's mount, but it was later given to surrendered Guan Yu as a gift by Cao Cao. According to the record in "Three Kingdoms Cao Zang": "People say that there is Lu Bu among people, and there is a red rabbit horse among horses", it can be seen that in the eyes of the three countries, this red rabbit horse is no less than the yearning of modern civilians for limited-edition luxury cars. It's just that luxury cars with superior performance will be scrapped when they reach the limit mileage, and so will red hare. Although there is no detailed record about the age of the red hare in historical materials, according to its appearance time, it has exceeded its normal service life by the time Guan Yu failed in Maicheng.
From this point of view, Cao Cao just used a second-hand car that had passed the warranty period, so he easily won over Guan Yu, a new employee, and was moved to repay Guan Yu with his achievements such as beheading Yan Liang and killing Wen Chou.