Guan Yu's brief introduction and main deeds.

Guan Yu (160-220), originally named Changsheng, later changed to Yunchang, was a native of Jie County, Hedong County. He was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He followed Liu Bei around in the early days. He was captured alive by Cao Cao and beheaded on Baimapo. He killed Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang, and together with Zhang Fei, he was known as the enemy of ten thousand people.

Main deeds:

Guarding Jingzhou

In the 13th year of Jian'an (208), Liu Bei took refuge with Liu Biao and stationed troops in Xinye. Cao Cao led his army south, Liu Bei fled south, and Guan Yu was sent to take hundreds of ships to Jiangling (today's Jingzhou, Hubei) to meet up.

But Liu Bei was chased by Cao Cao's army on Changbanpo in Dangyang (now Yichang, Hubei) on the way. Fortunately, Guan Yu sailed to Hanjin (now Jingmen, Hubei), and they took a boat together to Xiakou (now Wuhan, Hubei). .

After Liu Bei acquired the four counties of Jingnan (Changsha, Lingling, Wuling, and Guiyang), he worshiped Guan Yu as his founding father, and was granted the title of Grand Administrator of Xiangyang and General of Dang Kou. At this time, Xiangyang was actually Cao Cao's sphere of influence. Yue Jin was stationed, so Guan Yu was stationed in Jiangbei. During this period, Guan Yu rebuilt Jiangling City. In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213 years), Liu Bei entered Shu to help Liu Zhang defend Zhang Lu, while Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou.

Defeat Maicheng

At the end of the twenty-fourth 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. Sima Yi and Jiang Ji and others dissuaded him, thinking that Sun Quan must not want to see Guan Yu succeed, so he could use Sun Quan's promise to grant Jiangnan to Sun Quan as a condition for him to send troops to attack Guan Yu from behind. 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.

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 Lu 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 the 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 we 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 every time, allowed 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 horses 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 met Pan Zhang's generals and horses. Zhong was ambushed and captured, and his eldest son Guan Ping was killed in Linju.

Extended information:

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei helped Zhou Yu of the Eastern Wu Dynasty attack Cao Ren of Nanjun. He sent Guan Yu to the north to block Cao Cao's reinforcements. After Cao Ren retreated, Guan Yu was appointed by Liu Bei. Governor of Xiangyang. Liu Bei entered Yizhou, and Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu besieged Xiangfan. Cao Cao sent Yu Jin to reinforce him. Guan Yu captured Yu Jin and killed Pang De, which shocked China. Cao Cao once wanted to move the capital to avoid his power. Later, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang to reinforce, and Lu Meng of the Eastern Wu Dynasty made a sneak attack on Jingzhou. Guan Yu was attacked from both sides, and was captured by Pan Zhang's tribe and killed in Linju.

After Guan Yu's death, he was gradually deified and revered as "Guan Gong" by the people, also known as the Beautiful Beard Gong. The imperial courts of the past dynasties have many commendations. In the Qing Dynasty, he was regarded as "the God of Loyalty and Righteousness, the God of Martial Arts, the Benevolent and the Brave, the Mighty and Mighty Guan Sage", and was revered as the "Martial Sage", as famous as Confucius, the "Literary Sage". "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" respects him as the first of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Shu Kingdom, and Mao Zonggang calls him "the most righteous" among the "Three Wonders of the Romance".

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