Guan Yu

Guan Yu

Guan Yu? ~He was born in Jiexian County, Hedong county (now Jiezhou Town, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province). He was a famous general in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

In his early years, he committed a crime and was exiled to Zhuo county. He fell in love with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. He participated in the suppression of Huangjin uprising and followed Liu Bei in exile. Majestic and powerful, known as the "enemy of ten thousand people", nicknamed "meirangong". After the defeat of Xuzhou in the war, he took refuge with Cao Cao for the time being, killed Yan Liang himself, and was granted the title of Marquis of longevity Pavilion of Han Dynasty. Leave Cao Cao and return to Liu Bei. After the battle of Chibi, he took part in the capture of Jingzhou. After Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he was ordered to guard Jingzhou and became a former general. In the 24th year of Jian'an, land and water entered together, besieging Xiangyang and Fancheng. The flooding of the seven armies, the annihilation of the reinforcements and the shock of China made Cao Cao have the idea of moving the capital. In the face of Sun Quan's subordinates Lu Meng and Lu Xun attacking the rear, Cao Cao's Department attacked Xu Huang head-on. He was defeated and killed. Later, Liu Chan ascended the throne and pursued his posthumous title of Zhuang Miao.

After the death of Guan Yu, the people respected him as the "Duke of Guan", and the imperial courts in the past dynasties praised him. In the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Confucius was regarded as the "sage of martial arts" and the "sage of literature". In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he ranks first among the "five tiger generals" and uses Qinglong Yanyue knife. Mao Zonggang called it "Yijue" in "Romance".

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Life of the characters

Follow Liu Bei

Guan Yu, whose original name is Changsheng, later changed to Yunchang. In his early years, he fled his hometown for a crime and was exiled to Zhuozhou County, Youzhou. In the first year of Zhongping (184), the Huangjin uprising broke out, and Liu Bei organized a volunteer army in Zhuoxian county. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei all joined in the fight. They traveled around with Liu Bei and took part in the fight against the yellow scarf army. Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had such good feelings that they even had to sleep together. When Liu Bei was the Prime Minister of Pingyuan, he appointed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as the Sima of other departments and divided them into two parts. When Liu Bei attended the event, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood by Liu Bei to protect him.

In the first year of Xingping (194), Cao Cao was angry with Tao Qian because Cao song was killed, so he sent troops to attack Xuzhou. Tao Qian asked Liu Bei for help. Liu Bei and Guan Yu led more than 1000 people to the rescue. Cao Cao's troops retreated, Tao Qian declared Liu Bei as the governor of Yuzhou, and Guan Yu and Liu Bei stationed troops in Xiaopei. After that, Liu Bei led the herdsmen in Xuzhou.

In the third year of Jian'an (198), Liu Bei's army captured the gold of Lu Bu's army, and Lu Bu sent Gao Shunli's army to attack Liu Bei. Cao Cao sent XiahouDun to help Liu Bei and was defeated by Gao Shun. In September of the same year, Gao Shun defeated Liu Bei. Therefore, Cao Cao personally led his troops to the eastern expedition of Lu Bu. Liu Bei and Cao Cao captured Lu Bu in xiapi and won Xuzhou. Cao Cao appointed Che Zhou as the governor of Xuzhou. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others followed Cao Cao back to Xuchang.

When Liu Bei and Cao Cao were hunting in Xuchang, Guan Yu advised Liu Bei to kill Cao Cao. However, Liu Bei believed that Cao Cao's survival was beneficial to the country at that time. It was a pity to kill Cao Cao, so he refused.

Later, Yuan Shu went north to Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei was ordered by Cao Cao to intercept Yuan Shu in Xuzhou. Liu Bei took the opportunity to attack and kill chezhou, Xuzhou's assassin, and ordered Guan Yu to guard xiapi and take the post of Taishou, while Liu Bei returned to Xiaopei.

Cutting Yan Liang

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Cao Cao sent Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to attack Liu Bei, but they were defeated by Liu Bei. Cao Cao personally raised the army to go out to battle. Liu Bei was defeated and fled to Yuan Shao. Guan Yu was captured alive and had to surrender. Cao Cao was gracious and appointed a partial general.

Later, Yuan Shao sent generals Yan Liang, Chun Yu Qiong and Guo Tu to attack the prefect Liu Yan in Baima. Xun you put forward the strategy of attacking the West and attacking the East with light soldiers. Cao Cao accepted Xun you's suggestion and led the army to rescue himself. Yan Liang was shocked and rushed to fight. Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao and Guan Yu to attack him as vanguards (Guan Yu was still Liu Bei's minister at this time). Guan Yu saw Yan Liang's flag cover, drove his horse to charge, stabbed Yan Liang to death among the armies, pulled out his sabre, chopped Yan Liang's head, and then returned it. Yuan's generals were unstoppable, the siege of the white horse was broken, and Guan Yu was granted the title of Marquis of Han shouting.

Before Guan Yu killed Yan Liang, Cao Cao appreciated Guan Yu very much. In order to know whether Guan Yu had a long-term intention, he asked Zhang Liao to ask Guan Yu with his personal feelings. General Cao swore: "I'm not loved by you, but I don't know. I'll never stay. I'll leave after I've made contributions to Cao Gong. " Zhang Liao worried that if he reported truthfully, he might lead Cao Cao to kill Guan Yu. Therefore, Zhang Liao sighed for a long time, and finally realized that Cao Cao was the king's father, and he was a minister. He could not give up his duty because of his brotherhood with Guan Yu. Finally, Zhang Liao truthfully reported Guan Yu's intention to Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Cao praised Guan Yu: "if you do not forget the essence, you will be a righteous man in the world." Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao to guess when Guan Yu would leave. Zhang Liao knew that Guan Yu was a man who knew his kindness and wanted to repay him, so he assured Guan Yu: "if you accept the kindness of the public, you must repay the public and then go." Cao Cao knew that Guan Yu would leave, but he rewarded him again and wanted to keep him. But later, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang for Cao's army, so Guan Yu sealed the reward of Cao Cao, left a letter to leave, went north to Yuan Shaojun and returned to Liu Bei. Cao Cao wanted to pursue and kill them, but he thought they were their own masters and prevented them.

In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Guan Yu's return to Liu Bei was evaluated as "the son of a courtier fled to his father, so Wei Wu was good at Guan Yu's running", which shows that Guan Yu is still regarded as Liu Bei's son among Cao Ying. The return of Liu Bei is in line with justice. Later, folk culture called Guan Yu's move "riding alone for thousands of miles.".

Guard Jingzhou

After getting Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei paid more and more attention to him. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not happy about this. Liu Bei explained: "I got Kongming just like a fish got water. I hope you will stop talking about it." Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stopped complaining.

In the 13th year of Jian'an (208), Liu Bei took refuge in Liu Biao and stationed his troops in Xinye. Cao Cao led the army to the south, Liu Bei fled to the south, and sent Guan Yu to sail to Jiangling to meet him. However, on the way, Liu Bei was chased by Cao Cao's army to Changbanpo in Dangyang (now Yichang City, Hubei Province). Fortunately, Guan Yu sailed to Hanjin and took a boat to Xiakou.

After Liu Bei and Sun Quan defeated Cao Cao, Cao Cao left Cao Ren to defend Jingzhou. Therefore, Liu Bei and Sun Quan general Zhou Yu attacked Cao Ren and ordered Guan Yu to abandon the North Road. Later, Liu Bei conquered four southern counties of Jingzhou (Changsha, Lingling, Wuling and Guiyang). Guan Yu was worshipped as a meritocracy, and was granted the title of Xiangyang prefect and Dangkou general. At this time, Xiangyang was actually Cao Cao's sphere of influence, and Yue Jin was stationed there, so Guan Yu was stationed in Jiangbei. During this period, Guan Yu rebuilt Jiangling city.

In 211, Liu Bei entered Shu to help Liu Zhang defend Zhang Lu. Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou together.

In 213, Liu Bei broke with Liu Zhang.

In the 19th year of Jian'an (214), when Liu Bei attacked Luocheng, his military adviser Pang Tong zhongliuya died. Liu Bei called Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang to Sichuan for support. Guan Yu is stationed in Jingzhou. After Liu Bei pacified Shu, he took charge of Jingzhou affairs under the supervision of Guan Yu, and authorized him to take charge of the four southern counties of Jingzhou, Jiangling County, which was borrowed from the eastern Wu Dynasty, and the police nearby. Guan Yu actually guarded the five counties of Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha County, Lingling County, Wuling County, Guiyang County). He also rewarded Zhuge Liang, Fazheng, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu with 500 Jin of gold, 1000 Jin of silver, 50 million coins and 1000 pieces of brocade and silk.

When Guan Yu heard that Ma Chao had surrendered to Liu Bei, he didn't know Ma Chao at all in the past, so he wrote to Zhuge Liang and asked who Ma Chao's martial arts talents could be compared with. Zhuge Liang knew that Guan Yu was arrogant, so he wrote back: "Ma Mengqi has both civil and military qualities. He is fierce and can be called a generation of heroes. He belongs to qingbu and Pengyue. He can keep pace with Zhang Yide, but he is not as handsome as you." Guan Yu has a beautiful long beard, so Zhuge Liang called him a bearded man. After reading Zhuge Liang's reply, Guan Yu was very happy and handed it to the guests and staff for circulation.

Guan Yu was shot by a flowing arrow. The arrow penetrated his left arm. Later, although the wound healed, his arm bone often ached in rainy weather. The doctor said: "the arrow is poisonous, and its poison has penetrated into the bone. It needs to be re operated on the arm to remove the toxin from the arm bone in order to completely remove the patient." Guan Yu immediately stretched out his arm for the doctor to treat him. At that time, Guan Yu was inviting the generals to drink and have dinner. The blood was dripping from the edge of his arm, and the plate was full of blood. However, Guan Yu was cutting the meat and drinking, talking and laughing with everyone.

In 215, Sun Quan knew that Liu Bei had won Yizhou and hoped to take back Jingzhou. Liu Bei said: "when you get Liangzhou, you will return Jingzhou." Sun Quan resented this and sent Lu Su to ask for Jingzhou. Before the battle, the generals of sun and Liu had a "single sword meeting" and argued with each other according to reason, but they finally broke up in unhappiness. Sun Quan orders LV Meng to attack the south of Jingzhou. Lu Su leads more than ten thousand troops to Yiyang to contain Guan Yu, and Liu Bei leads his troops back from Yizhou. At that time, Guan Yu claimed that there were 30000 troops, and he chose 5000 elite to cross the river from the upstream. Lu Su sent Wu general Gan Ning to lead 1000 troops to the opposite bank of Guan Yu to garrison. Behind Gan Ning, there were several routes of Lu Meng, sun Jiao, and pan Zhang. Wu Jun was marching with Lu Su's troops. Guan Yu thought that the Soochow was ready for war, so he did not cross the river. Camped on the other side of the river, this place was later known as "guanyulai". At this time, Cao Cao made progress, Zhang Lu and Liu Bei in Hanzhong quickly made peace with sun Quanxiu. The agreement divides Jingzhou equally, that is, Jiangxia County, Changsha County and Guiyang County of Jingzhou belong to Sun Quan, and Nanjun County, Lingling county and Wuling County of Jingzhou belong to Liu Bei, which is the famous demarcation of Xiang River in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

Lu Su and others hope to maintain the alliance between sun and Liu, but LV Meng secretly tells sun

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