Sun Quan stressed in every way that Guan Yu could not be killed. Why did Lv Meng disobey?

During the Three Kingdoms period, the downfall of Guan Yu was a decisive event, which completely changed the historical trend of the Three Kingdoms. Guan Yu launched the battle of Xiangfan, and Sun Quan sent Monroe across the river in white to capture Jingzhou. After Guan Yu was attacked in Jingzhou, he withdrew from the front line of Xiangfan and wanted to recapture Jingzhou. Who knows, because his subordinates' families are in Jiangling, they are treated well by Lv Meng and lose their fighting spirit. On the way back, Guan Yu's army dispersed. Guan Yu had no choice but to go to Baomaicheng. Later, on the way to give up, Guan Yu was captured by Wu Dong, an ambush in Linzhou, and was immediately killed.

We have never seen a record in history that Sun Quan emphasized not killing Guan Yu. However, in the notes of the Three Kingdoms, there are records of discussions between Wu Dong and his ministers after Guan Yu was captured. It is said that after Sun Quan captured Guan Yu, he wanted to save Guan Yu's life in order to serve himself and resist Cao Cao and Liu Bei. But Sun Quan's men argued that Guan Yu was a wolf and could not support him. If we don't kill him, the future will be a disaster. Cao Cao didn't kill him in those days, but in the end, he was forced by Guan Yu to almost move the capital. I caught Guan Yu today. How can I keep him alive? So Sun Quan killed Guan Yu.

In the annotation of the reflection, this record was refuted. Sun Quan sent Pan Zhang to cut off Guan Yu's retreat, and Guan Yu was beheaded as soon as he arrived. Besides, Lin Ju is two or three hundred miles away from Jiangling, and such a long distance can't kill Guan Yu immediately, so it's still too late to discuss Guan Yu's life and death. It is even more unreasonable to leave Guan Yu's life to resist Cao Cao and Liu Bei with Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei. Therefore, this record will not be true.

The rebuttal in the annotation of the reflection should be correct. From all indications, Sun Quan was the one who ordered the killing of Guan Yu, while Lv Meng was the executor and approver. We also saw a record in the Biography of the Three Kingdoms, which can be used as evidence. Records in the history books say:

In this record of Sun Quan and Yu Fan, we can see that after Guan Yu's failure, Sun Quan asked Yu Fan to predict Guan Yu's fate. The result of Yu Fan's divination is that Guan Yu will be beheaded in two days. Later, the facts developed as expected. It can be seen from this that Sun Quan is willing to see Guan Yu die, and he will not emphasize to his subordinates not to kill Guan Yu. Instead, Sun Quan ordered the killing of Guan Yu.

Then, we know that it is Sun Quan who wants to kill Guan Yu, so why did Sun Quan kill Guan Yu, and why did he dare to kill Guan Yu without fear of Liu Bei's revenge?

Sun Quan wanted to kill Guan Yu for two main reasons. One is hatred for Guan Yu. Guan Yu is so arrogant that he doesn't care about Wu Dong's subjects. Guan Yu looks at people mainly by skill. Look at Wu Dong's record. With the cooperation of Guan Yu cutting off the traffic behind Jiangling, Zhou Yu competed with Coss to win Jiangling for one year. While Sun Quan led an army of 100,000. In Hefei, Guan Yu's old friend Zhang Liao fled with 7,000 troops, and he almost died in xiaoyaojin.

Guan Yu fought against Cao Cao's army for a long time. He looked down on Wu Dong's achievements and looked down on Wu Dong's monarchs and ministers. Guan Yu also suffered a big loss in Wu Dong, during the dispute between Hunan and Water. Soochow took advantage of Guan Yu's surprise and captured the three counties in one fell swoop. This made Guan Yu hate Wu Dong. Therefore, when Guan Yu talks about Wu Dong, the monarch and his subjects are both rats in Wu Dong and dogs in Jiangdong. When Sun Quan proposed to Guan Yu's daughter for her son, Guan Yu flatly refused, saying, "My tiger girl is willing to marry her son." All this made Sun Quan feel extremely humiliated, so he had to vent his anger by killing Guan.

The second reason is the fear of Guan Yu. Guan Yu's military ability was second to none in the Three Kingdoms period. In the battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, which shocked China and forced Cao Cao to move the capital to avoid the border. Guan Yu is not only proficient in land warfare, but also used to learning water warfare. His water army is a great threat to Wu Dong.

If Guan Yu is allowed to escape, it is tantamount to releasing the tiger to the mountain. If he leads surprisingly's army to retaliate, Wu Dong will be difficult to deal with. Shu Han is in the upper reaches, and with Guan Yu's military ability, if land and water go hand in hand, Soochow is likely to fail. In addition, General Commander Wu Dong Monroe is in poor health and may die at any time. If Monroe dies, Wu Dong's military strength will be further weakened. For his own safety, Sun Quan must get rid of Guan Yu.

So, Sun Quan is determined to kill Guan Yu, and he is not afraid of Liu Bei's revenge? Historically, he is still afraid. Judging from what he did, Sun Quan took various measures to deal with Liu Bei's revenge, and killing Guan Yu was one of them.

Sun Quan made a strict plan before taking Jingzhou. After the war, he secretly sent an envoy to see Cao Cao and surrendered to him. Holding Cao Cao to death and making peace with him is the premise for Sun Quan to attack Jingzhou. Cao Cao, a wily old fox, will certainly not miss this opportunity and agree to Sun Quan's surrender.

Before taking Jingzhou, Sun Quan and Lv Meng had an in-depth discussion on the strategic intention of taking Jingzhou. In the strategic direction of choosing Jingzhou or Xuzhou, the two men finally reached an agreement and chose to seize Jingzhou, and made careful military arrangements for this.

Before and after the capture of Jingzhou, Sun Quan tried to lead the disaster to Cao Cao under the banner of serving Cao Cao. He gave Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao for meritorious service, and he obeyed Cao Cao's will to publicize it. Cao Cao exposed Sun Quan's lies with a thick burial of Guan Yu. Sun Quan wrote to Cao Cao again, urging him to claim the title of emperor, hoping to point Liu Bei at Cao Cao again. When Cao Cao read the letter, he sneered and said that Sun Quan wanted to roast himself on the fire, not listening to Sun Quan's advice and not being taken in by Sun Quan. Judging from these facts, Sun Quan is still afraid of Liu Bei's revenge.

But Sun Quan bowed to Cao Cao and Cao Pi, which relieved his worries. Coupled with the death of Guan Yu, the military strength of Soochow and Shu Han changed, and Sun Quan thought he could resist Guan Yu's revenge. So Sun Quan made up his mind to kill Guan Yu.

Although Lv Meng was not the main messenger, he was only an executor in Guan Yu's death, and his role should not be underestimated. After he inherited Lu Su's position and became the commander-in-chief of Soochow, he changed Lu Su's strategy in line with Sun Quan's wishes. He was preoccupied with the defensive strategy and the capture of Jingzhou in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, regardless of the overall situation of joint resistance against Cao.

Although under the command of Lv Meng, Wu Dong occupied Jingzhou almost without bloodshed. Although this is a successful example in tactics, it is a complete failure in strategy. Soochow and Shu Han were originally two weak countries, and only by uniting against Cao Wei could there be a way out. However, under the blind action of Lv Meng, Wu Dong and Shu Han killed each other, which made Cao Wei take advantage of the fisherman. After that, Cao Wei was stronger, Shu Han and Wu Dong were weaker, and the world situation could never be changed.