Why did Guan Yu start the Battle of Xiangfan?

Guan Yu launched the Xiangfan War, first, Liu Bei promoted, at that time, Liu Bei in order to divert Cao Cao's attention to Hanzhong, so that Hanzhong could develop again, so that Guan Yu launched the Xiangfan Campaign. At the same time, the Xiangfan War is an important part of Longzhong's strategy, so its launch is inevitable. It's just Guan Yu's carelessness, coupled with Cao Cao's Sun Quan's front and back attacks, which led to the defeat of the Jingzhou army.

The subjective reason was because he wanted to gain military exploits and glory and ensure his position among the Shu Han generals. The second is because of the important geographical location of Xiangfan.

Guan Yu launched the Battle of Xiangfan, the objective reason was to gain his vanity, and secondly, Fancheng had an important position, and he was naturally not a nameless fisherman in the volunteer business circle, he thought that he wanted to help Liu Bei relieve the pressure in the Hanzhong area.

Guan Yu did this, on the one hand, to cooperate with Liu Bei's actions, and on the other hand, he felt that he was old and wanted to make contributions immediately.

The Northern Expedition saw the right time, and it did cause a lot of trouble to Cao Cao, and almost forced Cao Cao to move the capital.

Why did Guan Yu start the Battle of Xiangfan?

Regarding the Battle of Xiangfan during the Three Kingdoms period, the impact on Shu Han was great. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Wei's army was defeated. This Guan Yu's Northern Expedition took the initiative to launch the Battle of Xiangfan, and it was precisely because of this battle.

caused Guan Yu to die in the chaos. So why did this Liang sell filial piety and Guan Yu to launch the Battle of Xiangfan?

Some people say that Guan Yu launched the battle of Xiangfan in order to fight for merit, when Liu Bei took Hanzhong, Guan Yu on the Jingzhou side seemed to do nothing, so he took advantage of Liu Bei's victory to launch the battle of Xiangfan, I personally think this statement is too hasty! Let's analyze with you the reasons why Guan Yu chose to launch the Battle of Xiangfan after Liu Bei pacified Hanzhong.

When Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan, it can be said that he took advantage of the right time, place and people

First, Cao Wei's control of the Jingzhou region was unstable (Jingzhou was divided into eight counties at the end of the Han Dynasty, and after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Wei occupied Nanyang County and Xiangyang County). In October 218 AD, Hou Yin and Wei Kai rebelled in Nanyang, and Cao Ren went north to quell the rebellion, and it was not until the first month of 219 that the rebellion was quelled, so why did such a rebellion arise?

It is clearly recorded in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, the Book of Wei, and the Chronicles of Emperor Wu:

In the first month of the spring of the twenty-fourth year, Ren Tu Wan, chopped the sound. When Nanyang was in the middle of the hard work, the sound was too guarded, and the officials rebelled, and Guan Yu made peace".

When the people of Nanyang had long had the heart of Guan Yu to oppose Cao, so Guan Yu's attack on Xiangyang, in a certain sense, was also the desire of the people, and he occupied the time! This is also the reason why Guan Yu was so strong in the early stage.

Second: When Liu Feng Mengda occupied Shangyong, he and Guan Yu of Jiangling formed a rubber draft situation to attack Xiangfan, which can be said to occupy the best geographical advantage. Here we are more appropriately illustrated with a map.

Third: Liu Bei won a great victory in Hanzhong, and the morale of the Shu army was high.

With such a favorable time, place and people, Guan Yu's Northern Expedition is inevitable.

Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, on the one hand, could reduce the pressure on Liu Bei in Hanzhong, and on the other hand, it also had a chance to successfully take the land of Xiangfan. If Cao Wei loses Xiangfan, Guanzhong will be in danger, and what will be given to Shu is a great prospect. The Eastern Wu side did not want to see Liu Peizhou prepare to become bigger, and secondly, they also took the opportunity to develop their own forces, so they took advantage of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition to attack the three counties of Jingzhou, pushing the general trend of the Three Kingdoms to another situation!