Guan Yu was born in Hedong, a.d. 16 1 year. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms mentions that he fled to Jianghu because of his prominent position here. After Guan Yu was killed, he fled to Zhuoxian (Zhuoxian, Hebei Province) during the Yellow turban insurrectionary in 184. When he met Liu Bei, he and Zhang Fei followed Liu Bei. Guan Yu described in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is nine feet long (one foot in the Han Dynasty is 23.4 cm now), with a beard two feet long, a face as heavy as a jujube, fat on his lips, phoenix eyes and a sleeping silkworm eyebrow. Everyone knows that Guan Yu used a dragon crescent moon blade, also known as a cool saw, weighing 82 Jin. Liu Zhang Guan, a famous brother with three different surnames in the Three Kingdoms and even in history, Guan Yu accompanied Liu Bei all day and fought in all directions, regardless of difficulties and obstacles. Guan Yu was one of the most powerful figures in the Three Kingdoms period. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he focused on his great power and courage. At the beginning, when dealing with the Yellow Scarf Army, we had to cut Cheng first, then "warm wine to cut Hua Xiong" in front of Si Shuiguan, and "three British wars against Lu Bu" in front of Hulao Pass. These are all one-on-one battles described in the romance of the Three Kingdoms. In 200 AD, Liu Bei attacked Xuzhou, killed Xuzhou and stabbed Che Zhou, and Guan Yu was stationed in Xiapi, which was described in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the same year, Cao Cao conquered Liu Bei and Guan Yu was captured. Cao Cao treated him with courtesy and worshipped him as a partial general. In 20 1 year, Yuan Shao invaded Liyang and sent Yan Liang to attack Ada in Baima. Cao Cao sent Guan Yu and Zhang Liao to meet Yan Liang, and Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang in the crowd and took off his head. None of Yuan Shao's generals dared to stop him. This can be said to be a famous battle of Guan Yu in history. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu is famous for "fighting against Lu Bu with Hua Xiong". In the novel, Yan Liang's killing of Wen Chou only added icing on the cake to Guan Yu's bravery, but in history, Guan Yu was named Hanshou Pavilion after beheading Yan Liang, and left Cao Cao to go to Yuan Shao's army to go to Liu Bei. It is not true that Wen Chou was killed in the novel. Guan Yu was shot by an arrow that left the string. Because this arrow is poisonous, his bones ache every rainy day. Guan Yu accepted the doctor's advice of scraping bone and treating poison, and had a drink during the operation, laughing and laughing. It is mentioned in the novel that Cao Zhongjian was poisoned when he attacked Fancheng in AD 2 19, and Hua Tuo went to the hospital. In 2 19, Liu Bei established himself as the king of Hanzhong and made Guan Yu a former general. In the novel, Guan Yu was also named the head of the Five Tigers at that time and was ordered to attack Fancheng (Xiangfan, Hubei) guarded by Cao Ren. Cao Cao sent Yu Ban and Pound to lead the Seventh Army to help Coss. As a result, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army (Koukou, a net surfer) in the north of Fancheng. This is a dramatic interpretation of the novel. Yu Ban surrendered and Pound was beheaded by Guan Yu. Since then, Guan Yu has had a great influence on China. Cao Cao once moved the capital from Xuchang to avoid Guan Yu's sharp edge (Fancheng is the last barrier of Xuchang, the capital of Wei), but was stopped by Sima Yi and Jiang Ji, and made suggestions to encourage Sun Quan to attack Guan Yu's rear. Before that, Sun Quan sent messengers to see Guan Yu, hoping to marry Guan Yu's daughter, but Guan Yu did not insult him according to Zhuge Liang's words of "making peace with Sun Quan in the east and rejecting Cao Cao in the north", which provoked Sun Quan's great anger. At the same time, Mi Fang, the satrap of Nanjun County, and Fu Shiren, the general, also sent troops to defend public order. Because Guan Yu despised them at ordinary times, he didn't try his best to supply military supplies. After listening to Guan Yu's words, they colluded with Sun Quan and attacked Guan Yu's back road. Cao Cao sent general Huang Xu to reinforce Coss, but Guan Yu failed to attack Fancheng. When the army returned, Jiangling was captured by Sun Quan, and Guan Yu and his son Guan Ping were beheaded by Sun Quan in Linzhou at the age of 55. Throughout Guan Yu's life, he was worthy of his military career, and he suffered many battles. In the end, he was defeated by his own weakness. "He is good to soldiers and arrogant to literati." Mr. Lu Xun once commented on Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "Guan Yu is the only one who is very kind." Guan Yu was honored as "True King" and "King of Wu 'an" in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and was honored as "Great Emperor" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and temples were built everywhere. Guan Yu has three sons and one daughter, and one is Guan Ping. Guan Pingyuan is the second son of Guan Ding in Guan Ding Village of Runan, and his brother Ning Guan is a scholar. The second son, Guan Xing, was famous for his country and was highly valued by Zhuge Liang. Long Xiang, the general of the Northern Expedition, and Guan Xing had sons Guan Tong and Guan Yi. Guan Yu's third son, Guan Suo, was used as a pioneer by Zhuge Liang when he pacified Na Man. I think Yang Xiong's name "Guan Suo" in Water Margin should refer to him, and another woman, Guan Feng, Sun Quan failed to propose marriage for her son. Guan Yu's force is beyond reproach. He only chopped Hua Xiong with warm wine, Yan Liang with one hand, Wen Chou with both hands, and so on. In his later years, he could bravely fight Pound, but before Hulao Pass, he could not win with Zhang Fei. It can be seen that Lu Bu's courage is slightly better. Who is better than Guan Yu or Zhang Fei? I can't draw a conclusion, but I can get a glimpse from the battle between Yuan Shu and them: Guan Yu fought with him 30 times, but Zhang Fei fought with him 10 times before defeating Ji Ling. There is a couplet praising Guan Yu: a horse beheaded Yan Liang, a hero in Hebei, and a knife will make Lu Su and Jiangnan civil and military chilling.
I was familiar with Zuo Zhuan when I was young, and I was a bearded man. In the first year of Zhong Ping (184), Guan Yu broke the law in his hometown and fled to Zhuo Jun. I talked to Liu Bei when he was recruiting. It was very speculative and I voted for Liu Bei. Then he fought with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei to the north and south, participated in dozens of battles, and was never afraid of difficulties. Liu Bei wanders around and never complains. After Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao in the first year of Jian 'an (196), he once went hunting with Cao Cao. After the crowd dispersed, Guan Yu asked Liu Bei for permission to kill Cao Cao, but Liu Bei did not agree. In the fourth year of Jian 'an (199), Liu Bei rebelled against Cao Cao and fled to Xuzhou, where Guan Yu was guarding Xiapi City and acting as the prefect. In the fifth year of Jian 'an (200), Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, and Liu Bei and Zhang Fei disappeared after the defeat. Guan Yu was forced to surrender to Cao to protect Liu Bei's wife. Cao Cao was very close to Guan Yu and worshipped him as a partial general. And let Zhang Liao know what Guan Yu really thinks. Guan Yu said very clearly: "I really know that Cao Gong is very kind to me, but I was once accepted by General Liu's great kindness and vowed to live and die together." This cannot be betrayed. So I'm going to find General Liu eventually, but before I go, I must make meritorious service to Tsao Gong. After Cao Cao knew it, he felt deeply that Guan Yu was very loyal and did not pursue it. Before the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shaopa sent general Yan Liang to attack Ada, the satrap of Cao Cao Baima East County, and the situation was critical. Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao and Guan Yu as pioneers to rescue them. In front, Guan Yu saw Yan Liang's general cover from a distance, that is, he rode forward and beheaded Yan Liang. Break Yan Liang. After Cao Cao knew it, in order to keep Guan Yu, Emperor Xiandi named it Hanshou Pavilion. At the end of the fifth year of Jian 'an (200), Guan Yu learned of Liu Bei's whereabouts, that is, he was rewarded, kept a book, hung it up and left. Cao Cao's ministers all advocated chasing Guan Yu, but Cao Cao said, "Everyone has his own master, so we won't chase him." 」
Guan Yu found Liu Bei in Runan and fought with Liu Bei to the north and south. In the 13th year of Jian 'an (208), after the defeat of Cao Cao in Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei, with the help of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, regained the counties in the south of the Yangtze River before Wu Dong, and Liu Bei named Guan Yu as the prefect and general of Xiangyang. In the sixteenth year of Jian 'an (2 1 1), Liu Bei went to Shu, leaving Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu guarding Jingzhou. About one year later, Zhuge Liang and others were transferred to Shu, leaving Guan Yu alone in Jingzhou.
In the spring of the twentieth year of Jian 'an, Sun Quan asked Liu Bei for Jingzhou, but failed. He sent Monroe to capture Changsha and Guiyang and besieged Zero County. In May of the same year, Liu Bei led an army of 50,000 to Jingzhou to recapture the second county, and ordered Guan Yu to lead an army of 30,000 to Yiyang. At this time, Dongwu was also ready to fight, and lured the soldiers who had been sticking to Lingling to occupy Lingling County. Wu Dong general Lu Su also came to Yiyang with a great army. When Lu Su was in Yiyang, he invited Guan Yu to meet him. Guan Yu stopped the army a hundred paces away as agreed, took only two or three followers to the meeting and left.