What does it mean to ride a thousand miles alone?

"Riding a thousand miles alone" refers to walking a long distance alone. "Thousands of miles" is not a real number, it refers to a long distance; "riding alone" means riding alone, sometimes it is riding alone, sometimes it is "solo", there is no "riding alone"; sometimes it only refers to the protagonist himself, not including His entourage; "to go" means to walk.

Riding a Thousand Miles Alone is one of the storylines in the classic novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one of the four great classics in ancient China.

The main story is that Guan Yu and Liu Bei were separated in Xiapi, and Guan Yu was trapped in Cao Ying. Liu Bei went to join Yuan Shao. Guan Yu learned of Liu Bei's whereabouts and single-handedly protected his brother Qianli Xun, the two imperial wives. Among the five passes, he was blocked by Kong Xiu, Han Fu, Meng Tan, Bian Xi, Wang Zhi, and Qin Qi respectively; Guan Yu was forced to have no choice but to kill six generals after passing the five passes. Finally, brothers, monarchs, ministers and couples met in the ancient city. Extended information

The story of riding a thousand miles alone:

In the fifth year of Jian'an (AD 200), Cao Cao became the prime minister and did not take the emperor seriously. After reading the edict written by the emperor on his belt, and having no way to get rid of Cao Cao, he felt angry and worried, so he fell ill. Emperor Xian asked the imperial physician Ji Ping to treat him. Ji Ping read the emperor's secret edict and determined to get rid of Cao Cao. The two of them discussed together and devised a plan.

Unexpectedly, walls have ears. Dong Cheng’s slave Qin Qingtong was beaten forty times with a stick by Dong Cheng because he had an affair with Dong Cheng’s young wife. He held a grudge. When he heard about this, he reported Dong Cheng to Cao Cao. Cheng, Jiping.

Cao Cao pretended to be ill and asked Ji Ping to treat him. Ji Ping prepared the medicine himself and gave it to him, but Cao Cao asked Ji Ping to taste it first. Ji Ping knew that the matter had been exposed and insisted on pouring poison into Cao Cao's mouth. Cao Cao pushed the medicine bowl with his hand and fell to the ground. The poison in the potion caused the bricks to crack. ?

Cao Cao captured Ji Ping and forced Ji Ping to recruit his accomplices. Ji Ping refused and just kept yelling and cursing. Cao Cao ordered his men to chop off Ji Ping's fingers and cut off his tongue. Ji Ping hit his head on the stone steps. committed suicide.

Cao Cao executed Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu, Wu Zilan, and Zhong Ji. He also killed Dong Cheng’s daughter, Dong Guifei, who was five months pregnant. Even the emperor and queen’s pleas were of no avail. ?

Cao Cao knew that Liu Bei was also involved in Dong Cheng's conspiracy, so he led an army of 200,000 people and divided into five groups to attack Xuzhou to capture Liu Bei. ?Liu Bei sent counselor Sun Qian to ask for help from Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was unwilling to send troops because his young son was ill and dying. He only promised that Liu Bei could defect to him if he didn't get what he wanted.

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses attacked the city. Liu Bei had no choice but to listen to Zhang Fei's words and went to Cao Cao's camp to rob the stronghold overnight. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by Cao Cao, and Liu Bei and Zhang Fei separated. Liu Bei went to Yuan Shao alone on horseback, while Zhang Fei fled to Mangdang Mountain to live temporarily. When Yuan Shao heard that Liu Bei had come to seek refuge, he led his men thirty miles out of the city to greet him.

Cao Cao captured Xuzhou and then captured Pi. Guan Yu protected Liu Bei's wife and other children, and was surrounded by Cao Cao's army and horses on a hill.

Zhang Liao went up the mountain to persuade Guan Yu to surrender to Cao Cao. Guan Yu thought again and again and agreed to surrender to Cao Cao, but there were three conditions: 1. Only surrender to the Han Dynasty but not Cao Cao; 2. Use Liu Bei's salary to support his two sisters-in-law. ; 3. Once you know the whereabouts of Liu Bei, you will go find him.

Zhang Liao told Cao Cao Guan Yu's conditions, and Cao Cao finally agreed. Guan Yu protected Liu Bei's two wives and went with Cao Cao to Xudu. On the way, Cao Cao deliberately let Guan Yu live in the same room with his two sisters-in-law. Guan Yu held a candle in one hand and a knife in the other, standing outside all night. Cao Cao admired him very much.

Cao Cao gave Guan Yu a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days, and also gave Guan Yu countless beauties and gold and silver treasures. Guan Yu asked the beautiful women to serve his sister-in-law, and his property was given to her for temporary storage.

Cao Cao gave Lu Bu's red rabbit horse to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu thanked him again and again. Cao Cao felt strange and asked him why he was never grateful for getting things before, but today he thanked him again and again. Guan Yu said that with this thousand-mile horse, he could find his eldest brother Liu Bei one day earlier. After hearing this, Cao Cao felt very regretful.

Yuan Shao raised an army to attack Cao Cao, and Cao Cao led 50,000 troops to fight. Yan Liang, the vanguard of Yuan's army, was unstoppable and killed Cao's generals Song Xian and Wei Xu. Adviser Cheng Yu suggested that Cao Cao send Guan Yu to fight Yan Liang and let Yuan Shao hate Guan Yu and kill Liu Bei. Guan Yu thanked Cao Cao for taking care of him, so he killed Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang, and the next day he beheaded Yuan Shao's other general Wen Chou.

Cao Cao won a great victory. Yuan Shao knew that it was Liu Bei's second brother who killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou, so he had Liu Bei kidnapped. Liu Bei said: "Cao Cao deliberately asked Guan Yu to kill two generals to anger you, and then used your hand to kill me.

How about I write a letter immediately asking Guan Yu to come to Hebei to join you? Yuan Shao was very happy after hearing this, so he stopped killing Liu Bei.

When Guan Yu saw Liu Bei's letter, he said goodbye to Cao Cao. Cao Cao deliberately avoided meeting him. Guan Yu kept all the property and beauties that Cao Cao had given him. Next, he hung his Han Shouting Hou seal in the camp, left a letter to Cao Cao, and escorted his two sisters-in-law to find Liu Bei.

Cao Cao hurried after remembering that he had promised Guan Yu before. He went to see Guan Yu off. Guan Yu was afraid that Cao Cao was evil, so he used the tip of a knife to pick up the brocade robe that Cao Cao had given him and put it on. Cao Cao's generals thought Guan Yu was too rude and tried to kill Guan Yu several times, but they were killed. Cao Cao stopped him. Guan Yu protected his two sisters and came to Dongling Pass. The guard Kong Xiu said that he had not seen Cao Cao's documents and prevented Guan Yu from passing the pass.

Luoyang Governor Han Fu stopped Guan Yu again. , Ya general Meng Tan challenged Guan Yu, but was cut into two pieces by Guan Yu. Han Fu shot Guan Yu in the left arm with a hidden arrow. Guan Yu pulled out the arrow with his mouth and Pegasus beheaded Han Fu.

Guan Yu arrived at Si. At Shuiguan, guard Bian Xi ambushed 200 swordsmen and axemen in Zhenguo Temple, and agreed to use throwing cups as a code to kill Guan Yu. The monk Pujing, who was in charge of the temple, was a fellow villager of Guan Yu. He told Guan Yu about Bian Xi's plot, and Guan Yu was furious. Then he killed Bian Xi.

When Guan Yu arrived in Xingyang, Wang Zhi, the prefect of Xingyang, wanted to kill Guan Yu to avenge Han Fu, so he secretly planned to set fire to Guan Yu's general Hu Ban. Wang Zhi told Guan Yu about his plot, and Guan Yu hurriedly set off. Wang Zhi led his troops to pursue him, but he was killed by Guan Yu?

When Guan Yu arrived at the mouth of the Yellow River, the guard Qin Qi refused to let Guan Yu cross the river, but he was killed by Guan Yu again. After crossing the Yellow River, it was Yuan Shao's territory, where he met Sun Qian. Sun Qian told Guan Yu that Liu Bei had gone to Runan and asked Guan Yu to meet his two ladies there.

Guan Yu and Sun Qian re-crossed the Yellow River and set off towards Runan. Cao Cao's troops led by Xiahou Dun pursued him and started fighting with Guan Yu. At this time, Zhang Liao arrived to convey Cao Cao's order and then allowed Guan Yu and his troops to continue moving forward. , on the way to the ancient city, he picked up a strong general, Zhou Cang. Zhang Fei, who had captured the city, thought that Guan Yu had surrendered to Cao Cao and refused to recognize him, so he raised his gun and assassinated Guan Yu.

At this time, Cao Cao's troops attacked him. He wanted to kill Cai Yang to avenge his nephew Qin Qi. Zhang Fei asked Guan Yu to kill Cai Yang after the three drums were played, but Guan Yu killed Cai Yang before the first drum was finished.

Zhang Fei then understood Guan Yu's hard work, so he cried loudly and knelt in front of Guan Yu to apologize. Unexpectedly, Liu Bei went to Yuan Shao in Hebei Province and rushed to Guanjiazhuang in Hebei Province. They met Liu Bei, and they cried each other. Guan Yu accepted Guan Ping as his adopted son.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu went straight to the ancient city where Zhang Fei was stationed, and met him when they passed by Woniu Mountain. When they arrived at Zhao Yun, they went to the ancient city together. Liu Bei reunited with his two younger brothers, and they got Zhao Yun, Guan Ping, and Zhou Cang, so they celebrated their reunion by killing cattle and sheep. However, Liu Bei thought that the ancient city was too small, so he led his troops to station in Runan. Recruit troops and plan for other big things.

Guan Yu's introduction: Guan Yu, known as the "Beautiful Beard Duke", followed Liu Bei in various places in his early years, and became brothers with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Therefore, although he was favored by Cao Cao, But Guan Yu still took the opportunity to leave Cao Cao and follow Liu Bei. After the Battle of Chibi, Guan Yu helped Liu Bei and Zhou Yu attack Nanjun where Cao Ren was stationed. Afterwards, Liu Bei's power gradually grew, and Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou for a long time.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu gradually gained the upper hand in the military friction with Cao Ren. He then advanced by land and water, besieging Xiangyang and Fancheng, and took advantage of the heavy autumn rains to flood seven armies, which would come to the rescue. The whole army was annihilated in the forbidden battle. Guan Yu's power shocked China, and Cao Cao once had the idea of ????moving the capital to avoid Guan Yu's sharpness.

At the end of the 24th year of Jian'an (219), Cao Cao thought that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was in Xu and was close to Guan Yu's army, so he wanted to move the capital to avoid his influence. However, Sima Yi, Jiang Ji and others dissuaded him, thinking that Sun Quan must not want to see it. If Guan Yu succeeds, he can let Sun Quan send troops to attack Guan Yu from behind on the condition that he agrees to grant Jiangnan to Sun Quan. At the same time, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang, Zhao Yan and others to lead troops to rescue Fancheng, and even prepared to personally conquer Guan Yu.

Xu Huang, who rescued Fancheng, thought it would be difficult to compete with Guan Yu due to insufficient troops. However, Cao Cao later sent generals such as Xu Shang and Lu Jian, as well as 12 battalions of troops including Yin Shu and Zhu Gai to reinforce Xu Huang. . Guan Yu had troops garrisoned at Weitou and also at Sizhong. Xu Huang then threatened to attack Weitou, but secretly attacked Sizhong.

Seeing that Sizhong was in danger, Guan Yu personally led 5,000 infantry and cavalry men to fight. Xu Huang attacked, but Guan Yu retreated.

Guan Yu had ten layers of antlers in front of the trench. Xu Huang pursued Guan Yu. They both entered Guan Yu's siege of Fancheng. The siege was broken. Fu Fang and Hu Xiu were both killed. Guan Yu then retreated, but Guan Yu's ships were still there. Holding Mianshui, the road to Xiangyang is blocked. ?

At first, Sun Quan sent someone to propose to Guan Yu's daughter for his son. Guan Yu insulted the envoy and refused to marry, which made Sun Quan very angry. Sun Quan ordered Lü Meng to be the commander-in-chief of a surprise attack on Jingzhou, and personally led the army as backup. Mi Fang (brother-in-law of Liu Bei) and public security guard Shi Ren of Jiangling, an important town in Jingzhou, surrendered without fighting because they had a quarrel with Guan Yu.

When Guan Yu led his troops on an expedition, Mi Fang and Shi Ren were responsible for supplying grain and military supplies, but they were unwilling to fully rescue Guan Yu. Guan Yu said: "I will punish them when I return." Mi and Shi were both frightened and uneasy. So Sun Quan secretly sent someone to lure Jiang Mi and Shi.

At this time, after Guan Yu learned that Nanjun had been lost, he immediately retreated south. On the way back to the army, Guan Yu sent envoys to contact Lü Meng many times. Lü Meng treated Guan Yu's envoys favorably each time, allowing various tours in the city, and expressed condolences to the relatives of Guan Yu's subordinates. Some people wrote letters in their own hands and trusted him to take them away as proof of safety. .

When the envoy returned, Guan Yu's subordinates asked him privately about the situation at home. They knew that he was safe at home and that he was treated better than before. Therefore, Guan Yu's soldiers had no intention of fighting anymore. The soldiers gradually dispersed and retreated to Maicheng. In December of the same year, Guan Yu led dozens of horsemen to escape and broke through to Linju (now Nanzhang County, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province), which was only ten or twenty miles away from Yizhou. He was ambushed by Pan Zhang's general Ma Zhong and was captured. and his eldest son Guan Ping were killed in Linju.