Talk about Guan Yu’s several battles

Guan Yu, whose courtesy name is Yunchang and whose original name is Changsheng, was born in 161 AD. He was a native of Jieliang, Hedong. It is mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that because he was powerful and relied on his power to dominate others, he fled the rivers and lakes after Guan Yu killed him. He died in 184 During the Yellow Turban Uprising, he fled to Zhuo County (Zhuo County, Hebei Province) and met Liu Bei gathering troops, so he followed Liu Bei with Zhang Fei. He was only 23 years old at the time. Guan Yu is described in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms as being nine feet long (a Han ruler is 23.4 centimeters today), with a beard two feet long, a face as heavy as a jujube, lips as if they were greased, red phoenix eyes, and silkworm eyebrows. Everyone knows that the weapon used by Guan Yu is the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. The Qinglong Yanyue Sword is also known as the Lengyan Saw and weighs 82 kilograms. Liu, Guan, and Zhang are famous brothers with different surnames in the Three Kingdoms and even in history. Guan Yu accompanied Liu Bei all day long, fighting in all directions, and was not afraid of hardships. Guan Yu was one of the most powerful figures in the Three Kingdoms era. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms focused on portraying his mighty and brave side. When he first dealt with the Yellow Turban Army, he first beheaded Cheng Yuanzhi, and then "warmed wine and beheaded Hua Xiong" in front of Sishui Pass, and in front of Hulao Pass. "Three heroes fighting Lu Bu" are all single-handed battles described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In 200 AD, Liu Bei attacked Xuzhou and killed Xuzhou's assassin Che Zhou, while Guan Yu was stationed in Xiapi. Chariot". In the same year, Cao Cao went on an eastern expedition and defeated Liu Bei. Guan Yu was captured. Cao Cao treated him very courteously and worshiped him as a partial general. In 201 AD, Yuan Shao marched into Liyang and sent Yan Liang to attack Liu Yan at Baima. Cao Cao sent Guan Yu and Zhang Liao to attack Yan Liang. Guan Yu killed Yan Liang in the middle of the crowd, took his head and returned to the formation. No one among Yuan Shao's generals dared to stop him. . This can be said to be Guan Yu's famous battle in history. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu was already famous among the princes for "killing Hua Xiong and fighting Lu Bu". In the novel, beheading Yan Liang and punishing Wen Chou was just the icing on the cake for Guan Yu's bravery. But in history, Guan Yu After beheading Yanliang, he was named Han Shoutinghou, and he left Cao Cao and joined Yuan Shao's army to join Liu Bei. The Zhu Wenchou added in the novel is not a real situation. Guan Yu was once shot by a stray arrow. Because the arrow was poisonous, his bones would hurt every rainy day. Guan Yu accepted the doctor's advice and scraped the bones to cure the poison. During the operation, he raised a glass and drank freely, talking and laughing freely. What is mentioned in the novel is that when he attacked Fancheng in 219 AD, he was hit by a poisonous arrow from Cao Ren's army and had to be treated by Hua Tuo. In 219 AD, Liu Bei established himself as King of Hanzhong and named Guan Yu a former general. In the novel, he named Guan Yu the leader of the Five Tiger Generals at that time and ordered him to attack Fancheng (Xiangfan, Hubei) guarded by Cao Ren. Cao Cao sent Yu Jin and Pang De to lead seven The army came to aid Cao Ren, but Guan Yu's seven armies were flooded at Hekou River, ten miles north of Fancheng. Pang De was beheaded by Guan Yu, and Guan Yu became a powerful figure in China. Cao Cao once moved his capital from Xuchang because he wanted to avoid Guan Yu's attack (Fan City was the last barrier to Xuchang, the capital of Wei). Later, Sima Yi and Jiang Ji blocked it and encouraged Sun Quan to attack Guan Yu's rear. Before this, Sun Quan had sent an envoy to Guan Yu, hoping to marry Guan Yu's daughter as his son-in-law. However, Guan Yu did not follow Zhuge Liang's words to "conquer Sun Quan in the east and reject Cao Cao in the north" and insulted the envoy, which made Sun Quan furious. At the same time, Mi Fang, the prefect of Nanjun, and Fu Shiren, the general stationed in the public security, were jealous of Guan Yu's contempt for them and did not try their best to supply military supplies. After hearing Guan Yu's words that "he should still be governed", they colluded with Sun Quan and attacked Guan Yu's retreat. Cao Cao sent General Xu Huang reinforced Cao Ren, but Guan Yu failed to attack Fancheng. When he led his army back, Jiangling had been captured by Sun Quan, and Guan Yu's army collapsed. Guan Yu and his son Guan Ping were beheaded by Sun Quan in Linju. He died at the age of 58. After the Shu Han Dynasty, he was posthumously named Guan Yu Zhuang Miaohou. Throughout his life, Guan Yu was worthy of his military career and went through hundreds of battles, but in the end he lost due to his weakness of "being kind to the soldiers but being proud of the scholar-bureaucrats". Lu Xun once commented on Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "Only Guan Yu has many good words." During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Guan Yu was revered as the "True King" and "King Wu'an". In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, he was revered as the "Great Emperor" and temples were built everywhere. Guan Yu had three sons and one daughter, including one adopted son, Guan Ping. Guan Pingyuan was the second son of Shangguan Ding in Guandingzhuang, Runan. He had an older brother, Guan Ning, who studied literature. The second son Guan Xing, named Anguo, was highly regarded by Zhuge Liang and served as General Long Xiang during the Northern Expedition. Guan Xing had sons Guan Tong and Guan Yi. Guan Yu's third son, Guan Suo, was used as a vanguard by Zhuge Liang when he pacified the Southern Barbarians. I think Yang Xiong's name "Sick Guan Suo" in Water Margin refers to him. There was also a daughter Guan Feng, whose son Sun Quan proposed to in vain.

Guan Yu's military power is beyond reproach. He killed Hua Xiong with warm wine, Yan Liang with only one attack, Wen Chou with two battles, five passes and six generals and other unnamed generals. He can fight Pang De bravely in his old age. It can be seen that he has extraordinary strength, but when he and Zhang Fei fought together before Hulao Pass, Lu Bu could not win. It can be seen that Lu Bu is slightly more brave, but who is stronger, Guan Yu or Zhang Fei? I can't make a conclusion, but I got a glimpse of it when I watched the two of them fight against Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling: Guan Yu fought with him for thirty times and was defeated, while Zhang Fei killed Ji Ling under his horse in ten matches. There is a couplet praising Guan Yu: A horse beheads Yan Liang, the hero of Hebei is frightened, he defeats Lu Su with a single sword, and the civil and military forces of Jiangnan are heartbroken.