2. Guan Yu (? -220), the word Yunchang, was born in Hedong, Xie Liang (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), and was a famous soldier in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Traveling around the world with Liu Bei in his early days.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu was described as "nine feet long and two feet long, with a beard. If the face is heavy jujube, if the lips are coated with fat, the phoenix eyes and the silkworm eyebrows will be handsome and majestic. " According to the data, the "one foot" in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period is about 24.2 cm today. In other words, Guan Yu's "nine feet high" should be about 2. 17 meters after conversion.
In December of the 24th year of Jian 'an, Guan Yu led dozens of riders to flee and broke all the way to Linzhou (now Nanzhang County, Xiangfan City, Hubei Province), which is only ten or twenty miles away from Yizhou. Pan Zhang was captured when he ambushed Ma Zhongshi, and his eldest son Guan Ping was killed in Linzhou. Guan Yu (? -220), the word Yunchang, was born in Hedong, Xie Liang (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), and was a famous soldier in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He followed Liu Bei in his early days and was captured by Cao Cao. He killed Yan Liang, the general of Yuan Shao, in Bai Mapo, and called him an enemy with Zhang Fei.
After Battle of Red Cliffs, Liu Bei helped Zhou Yu attack Coss in the south county, so as not to send Guan Yu to the north road and stop Cao Cao's reinforcements. After Coss retreated, Guan Yu was appointed as the prefect of Xiangyang. Liu Beijin Yizhou, Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou.