Did Guan Yu, the leader of Cao Cao's five good generals, surrender to save his life?

Cao Cao's five sons are Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Yu Jin, Zhang He and Huang Xu. Now people think that Zhang Liao is the first of the "five sons and good generals". The battle of "xiaoyaojin" broke Sun Quan's courage, and a good soldier suffered heavy losses. Yu Jin was the last of the "five good generals". Because of the battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu drowned the seven armies and surrendered.

But at the beginning, Yu Jin was the first of the "five gifted scholars", first under Bao Xin, and later Bao Xin surrendered to Cao Cao. Under the recommendation of Wang Lang, Yu Jin rose rapidly in the army.

He fought independently for many times, conquered Guangwei, forced the Yellow Scarf Army to land, crusaded against Zhang Xiu and captured Lu Bu alive. Later, Cao Cao attacked Liu Bei, who was still herding sheep in Xuzhou, and Yuan took the opportunity to attack Cao Cao, and the battle of Guandu broke out. However, Yuan was blocked by Yu Ban and could not attack for a long time. Yu Jin took advantage of the situation and led the army to fight back. Yuan was defeated.

Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Zhang He and Huang Xu are all famous. Every conquest by Cao Cao was not as progress, but as later refusal; However, when it is strictly forbidden to hold soldiers, they get thieves' property and get nothing in private, so the reward is particularly heavy. In 2 16, Yu Jin moved to the left as a general, divided into 500 households and sealed a son.

However, Yu Jin's later years were quite miserable; In 2 19, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng and saved Coss with Pound. At this time, the heavy rain continued, the Hanshui River soared, and the Seventh Army was flooded. Yu Jin and his generals climbed the slope to see the water, and there was no place to hide. Guan Yu attacked Yu Jin and others by boat, and Yu Jin immediately surrendered and was detained in Jiangling, Jingzhou.

Pound cursed Guan Yu and would rather die than surrender. Pound said to Guan Yu, "What is surrender? Wang Wei led millions of soldiers and shocked the world. You, Liu Bei, are just a mediocre man. How can you defeat Wang Wei? I would rather be a national ghost than a thief! " One for Guan Yu. When Cao Cao learned this, he lamented for a long time and said, "Yu Jin has been with me for thirty years. How can I face the danger? Instead, he is not as good as Pound! "

Since then, Yujin's position in Cao Wei has declined sharply. Later, after Monroe attacked Jiangling, Yujin was released from Jingzhou and went to Soochow. He used to ride a horse with Sun Quan. Yu Fan was very dissatisfied when he saw the two men standing side by side. He cursed Yu Ban as a prisoner and was not qualified to stand side by side with Sun Quan. Even Ban was holding a whip to whip, and Sun Quan immediately stopped him. Later, Sun Quan gave a banquet with ministers in the building, and Yu Jin cried when he heard the music. Yu Fan also pointed out that Yu Jin was pretending to be pitiful.

After Cao Pi ascended the throne, Sun Quan became a vassal. On 22 1 year, Sun Quan was sent back to Wei. Yu Jin was laughed at after he returned to Wei. At that time, Yu Jin's beard and hair were all white and his face was thin. On the surface, Cao Pi expressed his comfort to Ban and appointed him General Anyuan. When it was forbidden to pay a visit to Cao Cao's mausoleum, Cao Pi ordered people to paint the battle of Guan Yu, and Pound's anger fell from the ban. After Yu Jin saw it, he fell ill and was ashamed to death. Posthumous title is Hou Li.

If the first world war in Xiangfan was a failure to ban life, you can forgive it. Who can guarantee that you will win every battle? However, Yu Jin's capitulation made too many people look down upon him. If a military commander loses, he will surrender. What's the point of fighting?

However, this is to look at the problem from the present perspective. In Han, Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and even later Sui and Tang Dynasties, surrender was not a shameful thing. Is it a shame that Yan Yan, a veteran of Shu, surrendered to Zhang Fei?

Didn't Guan Yu surrender to Cao Cao when he was cornered? Not to mention that Zhang Liao was originally under Lu Bu, but he also surrendered to Cao Cao and so on; Surrender was not uncommon in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. For example, many famous ministers and military generals under Li Shimin actually defected.

In ancient times, especially during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was rare to kill the generals of the other side. They often capture other generals, demand high ransom, and then let them go back. In fact, the Three Kingdoms period was similar. If things hadn't changed too fast, Yu Jin's fate would have been redeemed by Cao Cao.

However, the tragedy of Yu Jin is tragic. As soon as Guan Yu won the battle of Xiangfan, he was stabbed by Lv Meng, which was really indelible. In fact, the three countries are all Han Chinese and belong to internal struggles. In fact, in internal struggles, loyalty is good, and surrender is not shameful. Don't worry about daily necessities.

Let's start with why Pound committed suicide. He is a general, and many people question whether Pound will surrender because of Ma Chao. At that time, the Pounds were under the control of Cao Cao. If Pound surrenders, the whole family will die. This is not the same as prohibition.

It was forbidden, which became a negative teaching material for later kings to teach ministers and was hacked.