In that case, why did Sun Quan directly kill Guan Yu after Guan Yu was defeated and captured in Maicheng, instead of capturing him or persuading him to surrender or waiting for a price?
Is it really because Guan Yu insulted Sun Quan that he was carried away by anger and killed Guan Yu? In the 1990s, among the bamboo slips of Zoumalou unearthed from Wuyi Square in Changsha, Hunan Province, a bamboo slip revealed the eternal mystery. It turns out that Sun Quan wants to kill Guan Yu, and there are deeper considerations!
In 2 19, shortly after the war in Hanzhong, Guan Yu started the battle of Xiangfan in Jingzhou. At the beginning of the war, Guan Yu was on a roll, flooded seven armies and attacked Pound, which shocked China. At one time, Cao Cao was too scared to move the capital.
Persuaded by Sima Yi and Jiang Ji, Cao Cao sent Huang Xu and Zhao Yan to rescue Fancheng. Finally, Huang Xu and others defeated Guan Yu and broke Guan Yu's encirclement.
Therefore, Sun Quan's sneak attack on Guan Yu occurred after Guan Yu's defeat, which is also in line with the basic logic. If Guan Yu had not been defeated, it is estimated that Sun Quan would not sneak up on Guan Yu, but would continue to unite Shu to attack Wei.
The fatal blow of the allies behind him made Guan Yu defeat Maicheng. Finally, he escaped with only 10, and was killed immediately after being captured. Then, why did Sun Quan kill Guan Yu instead of taking Guan Yu alive or persuading him to surrender or waiting for the price?
Ji Shu said: The general is authorized to beat feathers, and the feathers are flat. Let's report to Liu and Cao, saying:? Wolves can't be kept, and they will harm people in the future. Instead of getting rid of it, Zuo Gong brought himself great trouble, so he proposed to move the capital. How could I be born today! ? Just cut.
This is the only historical data on why Sun Quan killed Guan Yu. Sun Quan tried to persuade Guan Yu to surrender, but he was persuaded by Sun Quan. Guan Yu is a strange wolf. When Cao Cao didn't get rid of Guan Yu, he ended up raising a tiger. Now even the topic of moving the capital is being discussed, so don't you just admit it? So Sun Quan ordered Guan Yu to be killed.
However, there are many illogicalities in this record in the History of the Three Kingdoms, and Pei Songzhi questioned it in the annotation.
According to what was said, Minister Song Zhi said: Sun Quan sent Pan Zhang to fight against Duanyu on foot, and when Duanyu arrived, he cut it, and Lin Ju went to Jiangling for two or three hundred miles. How can he kill the feather from time to time to discuss his own life and death? Another cloud? Power wants to fight against Liu Cao with feathers? Otherwise, you can definitely be a wise man.
At that time, Sun Quan was in Jiangling and Guan Yu was killed in Linzhou. There is a gap of 200-300 miles. If you want to discuss Guan Yu's life and death, you can convey the military order in time, at least for two days, and Guan Yu was killed immediately after being captured. This proves that Sun Quan has been assigned? Do you want to chop the feathers? Orders. In other words, Sun Quan had already ordered Guan Yu to be killed as soon as he was caught, and there was no discussion with ministers about surrender.