The reason why Liu Cong repeatedly attacked Guan Yu was that in addition to wanting to subdue Guan Yu, there was also Liu Cong's positioning of Guan Yu, Liu Cong was the wearer, but as a soldier, he believed that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was more than the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Looking at the many characters in the romance, Guan Yu and Guan Erye can be called absolutely outstanding, and Mr. Luo Guanzhong has created Guan Yu's heroic image, which can be regarded as a strong pen and color, and has packaged it in an all-round way, so that this ordinary one who was originally in the ranks of the military generals in the official history of the Three Kingdoms has a fairy-like color.

Through the understanding of later generations and the observation of this time, Liu Cong believes that even if Guan Yu submits to himself in the future, he can only be a general and not a handsome, that is to say, he may only be able to reach the height of Gan Ning and Liu Pan, and cannot be compared with Wen Ping, or even inferior to Wei Yan and others.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Guan Yu" said: "Guan Yu, the word cloud is long, the word is immortal, and Hedong is also a person." ”

Hedong, the name of the county, is ten kilometers northwest of Xia County, Shanxi. Xie County is located in Jiezhou Town, southwest of Yuncheng City, Shanxi. Guan Yu's hometown is in Changping Village, ten kilometers southwest of today's Yuncheng City. There is about the Yu ancestral temple, which was built in the Jin Dynasty, and the existing building was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. Yuncheng City and Jiezhou Town are all related to the Emperor Temple, Jiezhou Guandi Temple was built in the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui (589 AD), has a history of more than 1400 years. Yuncheng Guandi Temple was built in the fourth year of Ming Zhengde (1509 AD), nearly 500 years ago.

Regarding Guan Yu's family history, there is a lack of historical records. The historical records that Liu Cong knows are bound in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, when someone in Xie Zhou was digging a well, they dug up the tombstone of Guan Yu's ancestral tomb, which was engraved with Guan Yu's family history. A local official named Zhu Dan wrote a "Tombstone of Guan Houzu" based on this, saying that Guan Yu's grandfather was called Guan Xian, and his father was Guan Yi. As for the Guan family's family background, there is no way to test.

Some legends say that Guan Yu struck iron when he was young, and some say that he sold tofu or grain, but there is no historical basis. However, Liu Cong's analysis of the background is: Guan Yu was born in a declining large family, encountered troubled times when he was young, had no livelihood, and made a living by fishing.

The reasons are as follows: First, if the above-mentioned Zhu Dan's inscription is true, then since the Guan family can build a temple and tree stele, it is not a Hanmen micro clan, but a large family. Second, it is said that Guan Yu has done a small business to make a living, indicating that this big family has declined. Third, according to historical records: in the year of the Battle of Chibi, Guan Yu was in charge of the naval army for Liu Bei, and later guarded Jingzhou for a long time, led a considerable naval army, fought above the Jianghan Dynasty, and also won the victory of the "Flooded Seventh Army", indicating that Guan Yu was familiar with water, and said that he had fished in his youth, which seemed to be more appropriate than striking iron and selling tofu.

Family background often determines a person's character to a large extent, Guan Yu is not as easy-going as Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others, and it may have something to do with his former big family. But the big family is dilapidated again, so it is impossible for Guan Yu to receive a formal education like Liu Biao and others, which leads to self-confidence turning into conceit! If family background determines character, then character determines destiny is even more credible.

In Liu Cong's view, Guan Yu is indeed very ordinary, at least the relationship with his colleagues is very discordant, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is "all-round tension". There are several examples to back this up.

Ma Chao: When I heard that Ma Chao was attached, I was not satisfied with him, so I wrote to Zhuge Liang and asked, "Who can Ma Chao's talent be compared with?" ("Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Ma Chao") Ma Chao may not be as good as Guan Yu in Liu Bei's group, but he is a famous family, his father Ma Teng was an official to the guard before his death, and Ma Chao is also a prince, Guan Yu is so underestimating people is inevitably out of grace.

Huang Zhong: When I heard that Huang Zhong was the rear general, he said angrily: "The eldest husband will never be in the same column as the veteran!" Huang Zhong is always a little old, but it is a fact that Guan Yu can't beat Huang Zhong when he attacks Changsha, and it is not a small achievement for Huang Zhong to shoot Xiahou Yuan when he attacks Hanzhong.

The attitude towards these two people shows that Guan Yu neither respects the old nor loves the young. Compared with these two people, the relationship is more tense is Mi Fang, Fu Shiren, Meng Da, Liu Feng who were stationed in Jingzhou at the same time, the first two surrendered decisively when the Eastern Wu attacked, and the latter two guarded Shangyong, Guan Yu asked the two to send troops to rescue each other in the battle of Xiangfan, and the two sat back and did not help. Especially Liu Feng, that is Liu Bei's son, which shows how tense the relationship between Guan Yu and his colleagues is.

Presumably, Guan Yu usually neglects these four people, but because Guan Yu is the boss who stayed in Jingzhou, especially after Zhuge Liang entered Shu, they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and the attack on Jingzhou by Eastern Wu gave them an opportunity to retaliate!

There is also a person named Liao Li's evaluation of Guan Yu is even more bone-insighted, and commented on Guan Yu in front of Prime Minister Peng Li Shao and Jiang Wan, "I am brave and famous, and I can't be an army, and I can't do it with my will (with a reputation for bravery, there is no discipline in leading troops, it is simply subjective and brute. Regardless of whether Guan Yu is brutal or not, at least Liao Li, an old general of Jingzhou, does not like Guan Yu.

Being arrogant and arrogant led to tension with his colleagues, which was also a very important reason for Guan Yu's loss of Jingzhou, Guan Yu's attack on Xiangfan was a starting point for his defeat. However, the true background of this matter is unclear to many scholars in later generations. The main question is: did Guan Yu start this war because he personally rushed forward because of his hot-headedness, or did he have Liu Bei's orders? Scholars searched through the history books, but could not find any record of Liu Bei giving orders, nor did Zhuge Liang and other authoritative figures express their positions, and there was not even the slightest clue.

Judging from the situation at that time, it was inappropriate for Guan Yu to send troops to Xiangfan. First, judging from the overall situation of Shu Han, Liu Bei had just taken Hanzhong, Shangyong and other areas from Cao Cao, the army needed to rest, the rear and the newly occupied areas needed to be consolidated, and it was not appropriate to launch a large-scale war immediately. Second, judging from the situation in Jingzhou, at that time, the heart of Eastern Wu was not dead, and there was a danger of coming to seize Jingzhou at any time, and the Shu Han side should use its main energy to consolidate Jingzhou's defense and guard against the attack of the Wu people, rather than rushing north and opening up another battlefield.

Third, judging from the situation of Cao Wei, although there were certain troubles encountered at that time, such as there were still some anti-Cao forces in the Eastern Han Dynasty in the imperial court, and there were local rebellions represented by Hou Yin, Sun Wolf and others, etc., but its strength was still very strong and did not appear to collapse.

Liu Cong really didn't understand, with such an obvious problem, why did the people in power and people of insight on the Shu Han side (including Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang) not estimate and prevent the launch of this war? And in the battle of the battlefield, why can't Guan Yu, who prides himself on being familiar with military books, see through it?

According to the saying of harmonious later generations, Guan Yu, who has an arrogant personality, has guarded Jingzhou for many years, and the earthlings can no longer stop him from being conceited, not to mention Liu Bei and Zhuge Lianghu? There may also be Cao Cao's public opinion relationship here, telling jokes to his subordinates every day, Guan Yu is too powerful, let's move the capital to Yecheng, avoid the edge, remember maybe Guan Yu heard about it, and he was even more confident, so the tragedy was doomed!

Such a person with obvious character shortcomings, how can Liu Cong make him handsome? Therefore, before Guan Yu was completely subdued, what Liu Cong had to do was to strike at Guan Yu's powerful heart, and once Guan Yu returned to obedience, Liu Cong would probably have to be cautious in Guan Yu's positioning and use! Historically, Guan Yu and Mi Fang and Liu Feng did not handle the relationship well, and as Liu Bei's old general, Liu Cong was naturally worried about the relationship between Guan Yu and the generals in Jingzhou.

Of course, Guan Yu is by no means useless, if he is not even as good as Zhang Fei, Liu Cong will definitely leave Zhang Fei at that time. Guan Yu's courage is at least deeply touched by Cao Cao, and Guan Yu also has the ability to command the army, and he is also familiar with the navy, plus his own good skills. On the other hand, although Guan Yu's relationship with his colleagues was very tense, his relationship with his soldiers was relatively harmonious. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Zhang Fei" said: "Yu is kind to the soldiers and is proud of the scholars, and Fei loves and respects the gentleman and does not care for the villain." "The two are the opposite.

It is still enough for such a military general to guard a city and a county, if the military advisor assists, it is also possible to block one side alone, of course, these are just obscenity, how to make Guan Yu obey himself, Liu Cong still has no bottom in his heart!