Guan Yu did not eat or drink in Maicheng, and sat for three days, thinking about the reasons for his failure.

But no matter how he looked back, even every detail from the Northern Expedition, he did not let go, and did not find that he had done anything wrong.

Now the defeat is like a mountain of defeat, and it is out of control.

Jingzhou is no longer protected. Even if his elder brother Liu Bei raises all the troops in Xichuan, he may not be able to regain Jingzhou from the double attacks between Sun Quan and Cao Cao.

Guan Yu had only less than three months from flooding the seven armies to retreating to Maicheng. In this way, there were ups and downs, great joys and sorrows in this life!

Guan Yu could not find the reason for his failure, but he could only attribute his fate to this. He could not help but lose all his thoughts and lose his life.

Now, Guan Yu truly realized the mood of Xiang Yu committing suicide in the Wujiang River.

When Guan Yu was a teenager, he was addicted to martial arts and did not read much.

After becoming sworn brothers with Liu Bei, because Liu Bei was a member of the Han royal family, his family had a lot of books. Guan Yu did not read because he had no books to read. Now he seized the opportunity and read books eagerly, and developed the habit of reading at night.

Guan Yu prefers "Spring and Autumn Annals" and "Shi Ji". Every time he reads "The Record of Xiang Yu", he has infinite sympathy for Xiang Yu, a powerful general with unparalleled martial arts skills in the world. He has a lot of feelings about him committing suicide in the Wujiang River and is quite dissatisfied with it.

Especially after he was in charge of Jingzhou, every time Guan Yu read "The Chronicle of Xiang Yu", he would stop and ask himself: If he lost Jingzhou and encountered such a desperate situation, would he escape back to Xichuan and make a comeback?

The answer is no. Guan Yu will never be afraid of death and flee back to Xichuan. He wants to live and die with Jingzhou!

But he wouldn't commit suicide, and he was thinking about how to make the enemy pay a heavy price.

After Guan Yu figured it out, he stood up and brought Guan Ping over the food that was still warm, and then went to the city to inspect.

Seeing Guan Yu appear, the soldiers had a backbone and their eyes lit up. In an instant, they were like a different person, and the army regained their former morale!

Although Maicheng's army is less than 2,000, they are basically Guan Yu's confidant soldiers and have super combat power.

Guan Ping divided the soldiers into three teams and took turns to guard the city gate. Each time there were only five or six hundred soldiers guarding the city gate. Although the Jiangdong Army could not capture it for a while, it could consume Guan Yu's troops through fighting.

Obviously, Sun Quan did not want to use this kind of losing both sides. He expected that the city would not have abundant food and grass, so he wanted to trap Guan Yu to death.

In fact, Maicheng has a lot of food and grass!

This is all Zhao Lei's credit. He brought the grain team smoothly. This is the military ration of 30,000 people in nearly ten days, which is enough for two thousand people to use for half a year.

Although there is no crisis of food shortage for the time being, it is even more difficult to maintain the unsolid Maicheng.

Guan Yu wanted to fight for his subordinates' chances of survival, but he could only delay time. Guan Yu decided to implement Wang Fu's plan.

So, imitating the story of surrendering Cao Cao in Xuzhou, Guan Yu took the initiative to write a letter of surrender. In the letter of surrender, he made three rules with Sun Quan and sent soldiers to the Jiangdong Military Camp.

When Sun Quan received Guan Yu's request to surrender, he was very happy and gathered to discuss.

Looking at the civil and military generals in the hall, they were full of talents. Sun Quan was in a good mood. He raised Guan Yu's surrender letter and said to everyone:

"Guan Yu, a hero in the world, Gu loved him deeply. Guru had such a wise and brave general as Yun Chang, who was enough to fight Zhang Liao. Why worry about not breaking Hefei! Now Guan Yu took the initiative to send a letter of surrender. I want to treat him with courtesy and accept his surrender. What do you think?"

After hearing Sun Quan's words, Lu Meng's face changed a little.

He has been making arrangements for many years and has always used the excuse of taking back Jingzhou. In fact, he wanted to use Guan Yu as a stepping stone, and he hoped to use tricks to capture Guan Yu and become famous all over the world.

Now that the plan is about to be successful, Guan Yu, the stepping stone, is going to leave!

Lu Meng was very reluctant, but he couldn't say any legitimate reason, so he could only try to calm down and wait for Sun Quan's decision.

Lu Meng was anxious, but after all, he was a military general, and most of his friends were generals in the army. They might be able to understand their meaning, but they probably couldn't come up with appropriate reasons, so they naturally could not convince Sun Quan.

The civil servant with a good relationship with Lu Meng only had Yu Fan, who joined forces with him to attack Jingzhou twice.

Yu Fan has outstanding eloquence and has already said that he has made great contributions to Mi Fang.

If Sun Quan accepted Guan Yu's success, his contribution would be nothing, but instead formed Guan Yu, an enemy out of thin air.

When Lu Meng felt aroused, he looked at Yu Fan, hoping that he could object and give enough reasons so that he could take the lead in supporting him.

Yu Fan originally belonged to the Cao faction. When he was verbally fighting Zhuge Liang, he acted as a vanguard.

Whether it is from public or personal gain, Yu Fan believed that accepting Guan Yu's surrender would do more harm than good, so he naturally did not want Sun Quan to accept Guan Yu's surrender, but he still had some concerns to let him be the first to stand out.

Suddenly seeing Lu Meng's eyes, Yu Fan immediately understood what Lu Meng meant. Whether it was in Changsha or this time when he entered Jiangling, Yu Fan had made great contributions, he could not do without Lu Meng's value.

Therefore, Yu Fan owed Lu Meng a lot of favor. Now that Lu Meng is asking for help, he cannot refuse and has to come out to express his opinion.

However, refusing the surrender of the enemy generals is not a good reputation. If you want to apply for it in the future, you need to consider it. This does not conform to the essence of Sun Tzu's Art of War "to defeat others without fighting."

Sun Quan regarded himself as Sun Wu's direct descendant. If he refused Guan Yu's surrender, it would undoubtedly go against Sun Tzu's Art of War, and Sun Quan would not agree in any case.

Yu Fan had no sufficient reason to convince Sun Quan, so he naturally could not object to accept Guan Yu's surrender, but it was still possible to question Guan Yu's sincerity in surrendering, so he stood up and said:

"Lord, if Guan Yu really surrenders, he can naturally accept it. However, Guan Yu's martial arts are superb, and he thinks he is invincible in the world, so he never misses his lord. In the former, the lord takes the initiative to send Zhuge Ziyu to be a matchmaker, trying to make a love between Qin and Jin, but Guan Yu refused without hesitation, and there are many offensives in language. If you want to surrender this time, it may be a deceptive surrender!"

Sun Quan pondered but didn't say anything, obviously not believing in Yu Fan's family's words and wanted to hear more suggestions.

As a cadre general who was pro-Liu Yi Sect, Zhuge Jin mentioned himself just now, so he naturally didn't want Sun Quan to do too much and became a deadly enemy with Liu Bei, so he stood up and said:

"Since ancient times, those who know the current affairs are heroes. Guan Yu is a hero today. The nine counties of Jingzhou are all others. Guan Yu only has an isolated city, the army has no fighting spirit, no food and grass, and no rescuers outside. He is in danger. In order to protect his family, he has to surrender. The brothers of Liu Bei have always been famous for their loyalty. Guan Yu is arrogant and surrendering, which is a loss of status. I don't think he will not do it. However, it is difficult to make him work for his lord. It is better to see what conditions he has in his book of surrender before discussing it."
Chapter completed!