At the beginning of 220 AD, Jingzhou fell and news of Guan Yu's capture reached Chengdu. Liu Bei screamed and fainted. This is just a relevant description in the novel. Although there is no record in official history of the true situation of Liu Bei hearing that Guan Yu was killed, he must have been very sad. However, after hearing the news of Zhang Fei's death, he only said four words? Oh! Fly to death. ?Why is this?

Based on relevant historical data, the following three reasons are analyzed.

First, Guan Yu was the first brother to die and was not mentally prepared, while Zhang Fei was already the second to die.

As early as 184 AD, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed Liu Bei. Although they did not have the Taoyuan sworn friendship in the novel, they were old comrades for decades. They were not real brothers, but better than real brothers. The three of them went through so many ups and downs, such as annihilating the Yellow Turban Army, conquering Dong Zhuo, competing with Cao Cao and Lu Bu in the north, etc., but they all survived without incident. I think back then, Guan Yu took the head of General Yan Liang of Hebei in the midst of thousands of troops, just like searching for something. But now, he died in the hands of a young man from Soochow.

Liu Bei found it difficult to accept this. He believed that Guan Yu was a famous general in the world and few people could defeat him. Even if Guan Yu was defeated, he would not be easily killed. Therefore, Guan Yu's death was a great blow to Liu Bei, and he fainted. When Zhang Fei died, it was more than a year after Guan Yu's death. At this time, Liu Bei had already accepted the fact that his most capable subordinate would also die. With the blow of Guan Yu being killed and the news of Zhang Fei's death, Liu Bei could easily accept it.

Secondly, Guan Yu did not die alone, he also lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers and Jingzhou.

After Liu Bei entered Sichuan in 211 AD, and Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun entered Sichuan in 213 AD, Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou alone and became the supreme commander of Jingzhou. Liu Bei was very reassured about his old subordinate Guan Yu. ?You guard Jingzhou, I can rest assured! ?This sentence is not an exaggeration. However, something unexpected happened now. Cao Cao and Sun Quan joined forces to attack Guan Yu, which caused Guan Yu to lose ground and was defeated in Maicheng. Yu Linju was captured and killed. The relevant description in the novel is as follows:

Before dawn, several times in a row, it was reported that Guan Gong was approaching Ju at night and was captured by Wu General. After Xuande heard this, he shouted loudly and fainted to the ground.

With Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei lost a general. Guan Yu also lost Jingzhou and tens of thousands of Jingzhou's elite troops, which greatly reduced the strength of the Shu Han. This is even more intolerable to Liu Bei. The Nanjun he worked so hard to conquer is now lost. It is unbearable. Liu Bei was sad not only about Guan Yu's death, but also about the complete loss of Jingzhou.

Zhang Fei was assassinated in the middle of the night by two of his men, named Fan Qiang and Zhang Da. After killing Zhang Fei, the two of them took Zhang Fei's head and fled to Jiangdong overnight. Therefore, Zhang Fei's death was only the loss of a capable general. For Langzhong and the entire Shu Han, the loss was not too great.

Third, Guan Yu’s death was an accident, while Zhang Fei’s death was foreseen by Liu Bei.

When Zhuge Liang left Jingzhou and went to Sichuan to support Liu Bei in capturing Yizhou, he set the eight-character policy for Guan Yu who stayed behind to conquer Sun Quan in the east and reject Cao Cao in the north. If Guan Yu could truly understand the meaning of these eight characters and implement these eight character policies, Jingzhou would probably not be lost. Therefore, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were very relieved about Jingzhou guarded by Guan Yu. They believed that even if Hanzhong was lost, Jingzhou would not be lost. Because near Hanzhong, Cao Cao's army was eyeing him, and in Jingzhou, in addition to Cao's army, there was also a powerful ally in Soochow. If Cao's army attacks in large numbers, Soochow will not sit idly by and should send reinforcements to rescue Guan Yu.

At that time, Guan Yu attacked Cao Cao, surrounded Cao Ren's Fancheng, flooded seven armies, captured him, and beheaded Pang De, which scared Cao Cao and wanted to move the capital. Just when Guan Yu was going smoothly, Soochow betrayed his faith, secretly tore up the covenant established by the Xiangshui River, used a knife behind his back, and made a surprise attack on Jingzhou. Under the joint attack of Xu Huang and Lu Meng, Guan Yu was defeated and his head was missing. This was something Liu Bei and Zhang Fei had not thought of beforehand.

Liu Bei had anticipated Zhang Fei's death.

Liu Bei has a special ability, that is, he sees people very accurately. His evaluation of his two capable generals is: "Yu treats his soldiers well but is proud of the scholar-bureaucrats; Fei loves to respect gentlemen but does not show sympathy for villains", which means that Guan Yu treats his soldiers well. , but did not kowtow to please the nobles, while Zhang Fei, on the contrary, respected the nobles and did not care for his subordinates. For this reason, Liu Bei often advised Zhang Fei: "Your punishment is too bad, and you also whip the healthy children every day, and you have orders on the left and right. This is the way to bring disaster." ?

However, Zhang Fei did not take Liu Bei's words seriously and insisted on going his own way. In the end, he was actually killed by his subordinates Fan Qiang and Zhang Da. Therefore, when Liu Bei heard this, although he felt sad, he was not surprised.

Conclusion:

When Liu Bei heard the news of the deaths of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he had different reactions, mainly due to the above three reasons. Generally speaking, Guan Yu's death dealt a great blow to Liu Bei. Guan Yu did not die alone, he also lost Jingzhou and a large number of troops. As for Zhang Fei, Liu Bei only lost one brother and two of his men escaped. Langzhong is still there and the army is still there.