Cao Cao came up with an idea to kill two birds with one stone in order to solve the siege of Fancheng. He wrote to Sun Quan and advised him to take advantage of the emptiness of defense and capture Jingzhou. As a result, Jingzhou was taken away by Liu Bei. In this way, as soon as Guan Yu heard that Jingzhou was occupied, he would definitely retreat to save, and the siege of Fancheng was naturally lifted.
Sun Quan took Cao Cao's advice and sent general Lv Meng to take Jingzhou. Lv Meng learned from the spy that there were beacon towers everywhere along the river, and the defense showed no signs of relaxation. He consulted with Sun Quan and pretended to be ill and went back to rest to paralyze Guan Yu. Sun Quan sent a young Lu Xun to replace Lu Meng.
Lu Xun specially wrote a letter to Guan Yu, praising him for being submerged by the Seventh Army and expressing his great admiration.
After reading the letter, Guan Yu felt that Lu Xun was a rookie and much easier to deal with than Lu Meng, so he relaxed his vigilance and the troops guarding Jingzhou were transferred to Fancheng one after another.
When Sun Quan learned that the plot was successful, he immediately sent Monroe to attack Jingzhou. Lu Meng disguised the warship as a merchant ship, sent some soldiers disguised as businessmen and boatmen, led his troops to ambush in the cabin, deceived the defensive soldiers on the beacon tower and let the ship dock. In the middle of the night, soldiers hiding in the cabin swarmed out, unexpectedly killed the defenders and occupied Jingzhou.
Lv Meng sent people to persuade Jiangling defenders and public security to surrender while the iron is hot. Those generals had a problem with Guan Yu, but they couldn't stand three persuasion and two persuasion, so they took refuge in Soochow.
Guan Yu was shocked to learn that Jingzhou, Jiangling and other Yangtze River fortresses were successively lost. He could hardly believe it. He immediately led the troops to withdraw from the south of Fancheng.
After Monroe entered Jiangling, she released Yu Jin, who was imprisoned by Guan Yu, and sent someone to comfort Shu soldiers and their families. These measures made the Shu army lose confidence and morale, and many soldiers fled halfway. Guan Yu gnashed his teeth and shouted, "I can't kill Monroe in my life. I will kill him even if I die!" " "
Sun Quan's army was invincible, but Guan Yu was losing ground and retreating to Maicheng. Sun Quan came with his troops and sent Zhu Gejin to persuade Guan Yu to surrender many times. Guan Yu pretended to surrender, erected a white flag on the city, and secretly took a dozen cavalry to abandon the city and flee.
When Sun Quan heard the news, he sent troops to block Guan Yu's only way, ambushed in the grass, tripped Guan Yu and others with a horse rope, and captured Guan Yu alive.
Sun Quan personally persuaded Guan Yu to surrender again. Guan Yu glared and scolded, "I conspired with Liu Huangshu. How can I cooperate with a traitor like you? Kill if you want, cut if you want, why talk nonsense! "
Sun Quan was afraid of future trouble and killed Guan Yu.
Liu Bei learned that Guan Yu had been killed and fainted to the ground. After waking up, I didn't eat or drink and cried all day. Guan Yu's mount, the red rabbit horse, screamed day by day, did not eat or drink, and died in a few days.
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