Guan Yu and Zhao Yun in the Three Kingdoms

Guan Yu (? -220), the word Yunchang, was born in Hedong, Xie Liang (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), and was a famous soldier in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He followed Liu Bei in his early days and was captured by Cao Cao. He killed Yan Liang, the general of Yuan Shao, in Bai Mapo, and called him an enemy with Zhang Fei.

After Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei helped Zhou Yu of Wu Dong attack Coss of the Southern Army, so he didn't send Guan Yu to the North Road to stop Cao Cao's reinforcements. After Coss retreated, Guan Yu was appointed as the prefect of Xiangyang by Liu Bei. Liu Beijin Yizhou, Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian 'an, Guan Yu surrounded Xiangfan, and Cao Cao sent reinforcements. Guan Yu captured Yu Jin alive and killed Pound, which greatly shocked China. Cao Cao wants to move the capital to avoid its sharpness. Later, Cao Cao sent Huang Xu to reinforce, and Monroe of Soochow attacked Jingzhou. Guan Yu was caught between Scylla and Charybdis and was defeated and killed.

After Guan Yu's death, he was gradually deified by people and was honored as "Guan Gong", also known as bearded Gong. There have been many awards and titles in all previous dynasties. In Qing Dynasty, it was regarded as "loyal to SHEN WOO, brave to show great sage" and "warrior sage", just like Confucius "Wen Sheng". The Romance of the Three Kingdoms honored him as the leader of the "Five Tiger Generals" in Shu, and Mao Zonggang called him the "righteous person" of the "Three Wonders of Romance".

Zhao Yun (? -229), the word Zilong, was born in Zhengding, Changshan (now Zhengding, Hebei). Eight feet long and imposing, he is a famous Shu Han.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, warlords scuffled, and Zhao Yun was elected by the monarch to lead Yi Cong to join the White Horse General Gongsun Zan. During this period, I met Liu Bei, a relative of the Han Dynasty royal family, but soon Zhao Yun left because of his brother's death. Zhao Yun left Gongsun Zan for about seven years, met Liu Bei in Yecheng, and followed Liu Bei from then on.

Zhao Yun followed General Liu Bei for nearly 30 years, participated in Bowangpo Campaign, Changbanpo Campaign and Jiangnan Pacification Campaign, and commanded the Battle of Entering Sichuan, Hanshui Campaign and Ji Gu Campaign alone, all of which achieved very good results. In addition to fighting everywhere, Zhao Yun also took the partial general as the prefect of Guiyang, leaving Sima to stay in the camp and supervise Jiangzhou with the general of Yijun.

In addition, when Zhao Yun pacified Yizhou, he quoted the story of Huo Qubing to persuade Liu Bei to return the farmland to the people, and after Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were killed, he advised Liu Bei not to attack Wu, and was praised by later generations as a Confucian general with a large number of ministers. Yu Jianxing died seven years ago. In the fourth year of Jing Yao, Liu Chan ordered a memorial service for Zhao Yun. After consulting with other ministers, Jiang Wei suggested that Liu Chan posthumously award Zhao Yun as Shunping Hou.

The Three Kingdoms (220-280) is a historical period connecting the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty, which is divided into three regimes: Cao Wei, Shu Han and Sun Wu. Battle of Red Cliffs and Cao Cao were defeated by Sun Liu's allied forces, which laid the rudiment of the tripartite confrontation among the three countries.

In 220, Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of "Wei" and the history of Cao Wei, and the history of the Three Kingdoms officially began. The following year, Liu Bei continued the Han Dynasty in Chengdu, known as Shu Han in history. In 222, Liu Bei lost the battle of Yiling, and Sun Quan won most of Jingzhou. When Liu Bei died in 223, Zhuge Liang helped Liu Chan, the son of Liu Bei, reunite with Sun Quan. In 229, Sun rose, with the country name Wu, which was called Sun Wu in history. The area under his rule lived in the eastern part of the Three Kingdoms, so it was also called Soochow. At this point, the tripartite confrontation pattern of the three countries was formally formed.

In the following decades, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei of Shu Han led troops to the northern expedition of Cao Wei many times, but they never changed the pattern of tripartite confrontation. The real power in the late Cao Wei period was gradually controlled by Sima Yi. In 263, Si Mazhao of Cao Wei launched the war to destroy Shu, and Shu Han perished. Two years later, Si Mazhao died, and his son Sima Yan abandoned Emperor Wei Yuan to stand on his own feet. The founding name is "Jin", which is called the Western Jin Dynasty in history.

On May 1 day in 280 AD, Sun Wu perished in the Western Jin Dynasty and unified China. At this point, the Three Kingdoms period ended and the history of China entered the Jin Dynasty.