Traitors are despicable in any age, they are like an anthill on a thousand-mile embankment, a source of chaos that everyone hates! If you talk about the most hated traitor in ancient times, Mi Fang in the Three Kingdoms period must be the best.
At that time, Liu Bei worked hard to accumulate the foundation, but lost Jingzhou due to Mi Fang's treachery, and since then the Shu Han that Liu Bei worked so hard to build has collapsed!
Mi Fang is a person who is related to Liu Bei. At the beginning, Liu Bei had not yet gained a firm foothold in Xuzhou, and the local clans Mi Zhu and Mi Fang poured all their wealth to pave the way for Liu Bei, and even married his sister to Liu Bei.
Although Liu Bei has suffered many setbacks, the Mi brothers have never given up. However, in Jingzhou, Mi Fang chose to betray, a move that has always been incomprehensible.
Mi Fang's betrayal of Liu Bei actually has a deep-seated reason. It was not that he betrayed Liu Bei, but he couldn't handle the relationship with his colleague Guan Yu, and became a lackey in desperation.
Whether it is "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or Guan Yu in the official history, he is portrayed as an extremely arrogant person, and his character is evaluated as "stubborn and self-serving, close to the villain and alienated from the scholar".
Mi Fang belongs to the class of civil officials and doctors, although he is Liu Bei's eldest brother, Guan Yu still looks down on him.
Mi Fang's ability is not outstanding, and after outstanding talents such as Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng joined Liu Bei, his status plummeted. Although Liu Bei is not the kind of person who unloads the mill and kills the donkey, it turns out that excellent talents will always be promoted, while mediocre people will be eliminated.
Even though Mi Fang has followed Guan Yu for many years, he is only a deputy after all.
Although Guan Yu seems to be close to the villain, it is more like the care and mercy of the strong to the weak. He thinks highly of himself, looks down on his colleagues and allies, and even insults Huang Zhong as an old pawn and Sun Quan as a dog.
For his subordinate Mi Fang, it is even more strict.
* In the romance, Mi Fang and Fu Shiren were almost executed by Guan Yu for accidentally burning military equipment, but Guan Yu ordered them to guard Jingzhou, promising to wait until the Northern Expedition returned, and if there was a mistake in Jingzhou, they would be punished for both crimes.
However, Guan Yu was entangled by Xu Huang at this time, Jingzhou was attacked by a surprise attack, and the situation was critical. In this case, Guan Yu said that he would punish Mi Fang when he returned, which made Mi Fang feel desperate and thought that it was better to choose betrayal than to be killed.
Therefore, from this point of view, Mi Fang was actually forced to rebel.
If Mi Fang sticks to Jingzhou, can she hold it? The answer is probably not. Although Lü Meng's sneak attack army was not huge, it was enough to capture Jingzhou. Because of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition and Liu Bei's Battle of Hanzhong, Jingzhou has become very empty, Mi Fang is not a good defender, and it is only a matter of time before Jingzhou is lost.
However, if Mi Fang chooses to stick to it, even if he dies in battle, he is still a hero of Shu Han; If you choose to betray, you will inherit the infamy of being a traitor for generations. In short, Mi Fang is responsible for the decline of Shu Han, and the traitor's actions cannot be forgiven, even if his colleague Guan Yu is not an admirable person.