Jian'an for four years.
Liu Bei broke with Cao Cao and came to Yuan Shao's camp.
Guan Yu didn't know the specific whereabouts of his eldest brother Liu Bei, and chose to commit himself to Cao Cao.
He wanted to recruit him too much.
Therefore, it can be described as a great grace, almost reaching the limit of what one person can do.
If you are someone else, you must be willing to sacrifice your life to serve in order to repay the kindness of your knowledge.
It's a pity that he met Liu Bei first, and Liu Bei walked into his heart before Cao Cao.
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Objective unfavorable factors
Some lovers of the Three Kingdoms, make such an assumption.
If Guan Yu sincerely surrenders to Cao Cao, how many places can he rank in Cao Cao's camp?
This question actually exaggerates Guan Yu's own combat effectiveness.
The theme of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is loyalty, and Guan Yu is the positive image in it.
Mr. Luo Guanzhong also spent a lot of pen and ink.
Whether you look at the text version of the material or the video version of the play.
Guan Yu's image is always a green shirt, a red face, a beautiful beard, holding a green dragon glaive knife, and a majestic appearance.
The green shirt on his body was given by Liu Bei in the past.
On behalf of it, do not forget the former master.
The beautiful hair shows that Guan Yu attaches great importance to his personal image, and the Qinglong Glaive represents his force value.
However, to compare the comprehensive ranking degree with others, you can't just judge it by popularity.
Popularity is just part of the equation.
The Three Kingdoms period was a troubled time, what was the most important in the troubled times?
Cao Cao appointed talents and never cared about the eyes of the world.
He made it clear in the merit order that he didn't care:
"The name of honor and disgrace, the act of laughter, or the unkind and unfilial".
In troubled times, practicality is paramount.
Therefore, a large number of civil and military generals gathered under his command.
Dian Wei was willing to die for him, Xu Chu was willing to kill Xu Yu for him, and Guo Jia was still giving advice to him before he died.
He is not Xiang Yu, he is not stubborn.
There will definitely be no shortage of talents around such people.
This is tantamount to comparing Guan Yu's shortcomings with the strengths of others, which is unfair.
In the camp of military generals, Cao Cao relied on his own family the most.
Cao Caoyuan surnamed Xia Hou.
Therefore, in fact, the Xiahou family held most of the military power.
As an outsider, Cao Cao must give him enough material rewards and great glory in order to show the sincerity of "Zhou Gong Tu Feed" to the world, but he will never let him hold the power that is enough to shake Cao Wei.
It can be seen that no matter how strong Guan Yu's strength is, it is impossible to rank first in Guan Cao Cao's camp.
The above conclusions are by no means groundless.
Rather, there are concrete historical events as evidence.
The so-called recruitment is to give you a quota for the establishment.
This quota is not given for nothing.
The identity of these people is no longer banditry, which means that these people must obey the arrangement of the imperial court with all their hearts.
At that time, the Fangla uprising was in full swing, and Song Jiang and others were arranged to the front line.
The court's strategy was very simple: the snipe and the clam competed, and the fisherman benefited.
Look at Guan Yu again, he has followed Liu Bei since he joined the army.
When Liu Bei left Cao Cao, he claimed to have received the edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and called on the princes of the world to fight against Cao Thief.
Guan Yu, as his sworn brother, is doomed to his end.
In addition to his identity, Guan Yu's attitude is also very clear.
Guan Yu's shortcomings
Of course, if you leave out the above objective factors.
Some people will say that Guan Yu is by no means the number one.
After all, Lu Bu was dead at that time, Dian Wei also died in battle, and Zhao Yun was on Liu Bei's side.
According to the military ranking of one Lu, two Zhao, three Dianwei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei.
Who else is in Cao Cao's camp?
This problem is a problem in itself, Lu Bu ranks first, why did he die in the end?
Zhao Yun ranked second, why did he later lose to Jiang Wei, the general of the Later Jin Dynasty?
Dian Wei ranked third, why did he die at the hands of small soldiers?
Zhang Fei is very powerful, why did he also die at the hands of small soldiers.
The above case tells us that:
Force plus intelligence is the key, what is the most important part of intelligence?
The first is strategy.
Why did Liu Bei stay depressed before he met Zhuge Liang?
After "Longzhong Pair", why did he suddenly have Jingzhou, Yizhou and Hanzhong, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan.
That's where strategy comes in.
It's like a blueprint that gives a team a goal to strive for.
In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to refine the plan for each step, and who will implement the plan for each step?
How?
How to correct deviations in the implementation process?
These are all issues that must be considered as the commander of the army.
The explanation in "The Art of War" is very clear:
"The proud army will be defeated."
And the temperament of an army is often determined by its commander, who is proud.
Invisibly, this emotion will be transmitted to his subordinates.
Some people will say, should we be afraid of the enemy?
Fear of them makes the soldier cowardly and equally unreasonable.
The instructor summed it up very well in one sentence:
Guan Yu did not distinguish the difference between strategy and tactics at all.
This laid the groundwork for his future failures.
Lu Bu's failure and Zhang Fei's failure all confirm this truth.
Secondly, Guan Yu also has a fatal flaw, he cherishes his personal reputation too much.
But they don't know that countries are at war with each other, and the confrontation in the political field is the most taboo about the so-called righteousness of the rivers and lakes.
From this point of view, he belongs to the primary school in the field of political science, and he can't see through the intentions behind some of the actions.
Zhuge Liang knows people well, he knows Guan Yu too well, and he has long expected him to behave like this.
I also know that this moment is by no means the best time to deal with Cao Cao.
If Cao Cao died at the hands of Shu Han.
Guan Yu has been in it for many years, but he can't see that he has been cleverly used by others.
Such people are most likely to fall into the traps carefully designed by others.