Guan Yu's word is immortal, and later it was changed to Yun Chang. In his early years, he fled his hometown and came to Zhuo Jun in Youzhou.
In the first year of Zhong Ping (184), Liu Bei, a relative of the Han clan, organized a volunteer army in Zhuoxian to fight against the Yellow Scarf Army, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were among them. After Liu Bei was transferred to many official posts, he defected to his former classmate Gongsun Zan, and was named the Plain Country. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were appointed as other horses and enfeoffed different departments. Three people are brothers and often sleep in the same bed. After Liu Bei was seated, Guan and Zhang took good care of him.
In the first year of Xingping (194), Cao Cao was angry at Tao Qian because Cao Song was killed, so he sent troops to attack Xuzhou. Tao Qian asked Liu Bei for help, and Liu Bei and Guan Yu led thousands of people to come to the rescue. Cao Caobing retired, Tao Qianli Liu Bei was the secretariat of Yuzhou, and Guan Yu and Liu Bei stationed troops for Xiao Pei. So, under the repeated compromise of Tao Qian and others, Liu Bei led Xuzhou Pastoral.
In the first year of Jian 'an (196), Liu Bei was attacked by Yuan Shu and Lu Bu and lost to Xuzhou. Guan Yu followed Liu Bei to Cao Cao. Later, when hunting with Cao Tian, Guan Yu advised Liu Bei to kill Cao Cao, but Liu Bei thought that Cao Cao at that time was trying to help the Han Dynasty, and felt it was a pity to kill him, so he refused.
In the third year of Jian 'an (198), Liu Bei and Cao Cao captured Lu Bu alive and captured Xuzhou. Guan Yu and Liu Bei followed Cao Cao's troops back to Xuchang, and Cao Cao appointed Che Zhou as the secretariat of Xuzhou. After Yuan Shu went north to Yuan Shao, Liu Bei was ordered by Cao Cao to intercept Yuan Shu in Xuzhou. Liu Bei took the opportunity to attack and kill Che Zhou, ordered Guan Yu to keep Pi, led Xuzhou, and Liu Bei returned to Xiaopei.
Attack Yan Liang.
In the fifth year of Jian 'an (200 years), Cao Cao sent Liu Dai and Zhong Wang to attack Liu Bei and was defeated by Liu Bei. Cao Cao then personally marched out, Liu Bei fled, Guan Yu was captured alive after defeat and had to surrender. Cao Cao received courtesy and was appointed as a partial general. Yuan Shaopa sent generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Guo Tu to Baima to attack Ada, the satrap of Dongjun. Cao Cao personally led the army to rescue, and appointed Zhang Liao and Guan Yu as pioneers. Seeing that Yan Liang was unstoppable, Guan Yu rode to kill, beheaded Yan Liang and went home. No one can stop the generals in Yuan Jun, and the siege of the White Horse has been solved. Guan Yu was named the Pavilion Hou of Hanshou.
At that time, in order to know whether Guan Yu had any plans to stay for a long time, Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao to test him with human feelings. Guan Yu sighed to Zhang Liao: "I know Tsao Gong's deep love for me, but I was sworn to the death by General Liu Bei's great kindness, and I can't turn my back. I won't stay until the end, until I have made contributions to Tsao Gong. " Zhang Liao made it clear to Cao Cao that Cao Cao knew that Guan Yu would go, but he rewarded him and wanted to keep him. But Guan Yu sealed Cao Cao's reward, left a book and returned to Liu Bei. Cao Cao wanted to chase it, but Cao Cao thought it was his master who stopped it. Folk culture calls this story "riding a thousand miles alone".
Guard Jingzhou
In the 13th year of Jian 'an (208), Liu Bei took refuge in Liu Biao and stationed in Xinye. Cao Cao led a great army south, and Liu Beinan fled, sending Guan Yu to meet him in Jiangling by hundreds of ships, but Liu Bei was chased by Cao Cao Jun on the way. Fortunately, Guan Yu went to Hanjin by boat and went to Xiakou by boat together.
After Liu Bei and Sun Quan defeated Cao Cao, Cao Cao left Cao Ren and others to defend Jingzhou, so Liu Bei and Sun Quan's general Zhou Yu attacked Cao Ren and ordered Guan Yu to break Cao Ren's back road. When Liu Bei obtained the four counties of Jingnan (Changsha, Lingling, Wuling and Guiyang), he worshipped Guan Yu as the founding father and was appointed as the magistrate and general of Xiangyang. At this time, Xiangyang was actually Cao Cao's sphere of influence and was stationed by Lejin, so Guan Yu was stationed in Jiangbei. [8] During this period, Guan Yu rebuilt Jiangling City.
Wang Guoxin Guanhui Palace
In the 18th year of Jian 'an (2 13), Liu Bei went to Shu to help Liu Zhang defend Zhang Lu, while Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu defended Jingzhou.
In the 19th year of Jian 'an (2 14), Liu Bei broke with Liu Zhang. When attacking Luocheng, strategist Pang Tong was killed. Liu Bei summoned Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang to support him in Sichuan, and only Guan Yu was stationed in Jingzhou. After Liu Bei pacified Shu, Guan Yu was appointed as the secretariat of Jingzhou, and [10] authorized him to take charge of the parts controlled by Liu Bei in Jingzhou, including four counties in the south of Jingzhou and Jiangling, a southern county government borrowed from Soochow, and the nearby public security. Guan Yu actually guarded five counties in Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha, Lingling, Wuling and Guiyang).
In the 20th year of Jian 'an (2 15), Sun Quan knew that Liu Bei had won Yizhou and hoped to get Jingzhou back. Liu Bei said, "If you get Liangzhou, you will return it to Jingzhou." Sun Quan was furious and sent Lu Su to beg for Jingzhou. The two generals, Sun and Liu, held a "one-knife meeting" in front of the battle line, argued and argued, and finally broke up in discord. Sun Quan ordered Monroe to prepare to attack the south of Jingzhou, Lu Su sent more than 10,000 troops to Yiyang to contain Guan Yu, and Liu Bei led troops from Yizhou to help. When Guan Yu claimed to have 30,000 troops, he chose 5,000 elite soldiers to cross the river from the upper reaches. Wujiang Ganning led 1000 people to enter. Guan Yu learned that he didn't cross the river and camped on the other side of the river. This place was later called "Guan Yu Sai". At this time, Cao Cao made progress in Zhang Lu and Hanzhong, and Liu Bei quickly made peace with Sun Quan and agreed to divide Jingzhou equally, that is, Jiangxia County, Changsha County and Guiyang County of Jingzhou belonged to Sun Quan, and Nanjun County, Lingling County and Wuling County of Jingzhou belonged to Liu Bei. This is the famous Hunan water boundary in the history of the Three Kingdoms.
Weizhen Huaxia
Schematic diagram of Xiangfan campaign
In the 23rd year of Jian 'an (2 18), the imperial doctor ordered gibbon, Shaofu Ji Geng, Sizhi Wei Huang and others to rebel, but it was soon revealed that several people were killed by Cao Cao, so Cao Cao called Cao Ren as a general to conquer the south and Guan Yu. During the period of Cao Rentun Fan, a large number of corvees were levied, and the soldiers and civilians in Nanyang County were miserable. After Yin and Kai Wei, the magistrate of Wancheng, hijacked the magistrate to revolt and joined forces with Guan Yu in Dongli. Coss led the army to quell the chaos. In the first month of the following year, he attacked Wancheng and killed Hou Yin and the massacre.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian 'an (2 19), Liu Beijun and Cao Caojun fought for Hanzhong, Xia Wei Hou Yuan was beheaded by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong, Cao Cao personally fought for Hanzhong, Liu Bei was holed up, Zhao Yun grabbed food and grass in Hanshui, Cao Cao had no choice but to quit Hanzhong, and Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong.
In July of the same year, Liu Bei claimed to be the king of Hanzhong, and appointed Xu Jing as a teacher, which was officially ordered. Guan Yu is a former general, Zhang Fei is a right general, Ma Chao is a left general, and Huang Zhong is a post-general. He also sent Sima and the former governor of Yizhou to Guan Yu's residence and stamped Guan Yu's official seal. When Guan Yu heard that Huang Zhong's position was the same as his own, he said angrily, "A gentleman must never be in the same column as a veteran!" Refuse to accept the appointment. Time-consuming said to Guan Yu, "People who founded Wang Ye can't all use the same person. In the past, Xiao He, Cao Can and Emperor Gaozu had a good relationship when they were young, while Chen Ping and Han Xin were later fugitives. Han Xin ranks first in the ranking, and it has never been heard that Xiao He and Cao Can are disgusted with this. Now, the king of Hanzhong respects Huang Zhong for his temporary contribution, but how can he compare with you in his heart? Besides, the king of Hanzhong is like being connected with you and sharing weal and woe with you. I don't think you should care about rank, rank and salary. I'm just an emissary, a man under orders. If you don't accept the appointment, I will go back like this. I just feel sorry for you, afraid that you will regret it later. " Guan Yu was greatly moved by his words, woke up and accepted the appointment at once.
At that time, Sun Quan attacked Hefei. The main force of Cao Wei was stationed in Huainan. Wen Hui, the secretariat of Yangzhou, said to Pei Qian, the secretariat of Yanzhou: "Although there are thieves here, it is not worth worrying about. Now that a rising tide lifts all boats, Coss, the general who conquered the south, went deep alone and had no long-term preparation. Guan Yu is tough and cunning, but I am afraid that there will be changes in General Zheng Nan. " Soon, Guan Yu really made Mi Fang, the prefect of Nanjun, guard Jiangling and put the sergeant in charge of public security. He led his own army to attack Coss in Fancheng.
Cao Cao sent general Yu Jin to lead seven armies to rescue Xiangfan. General Pound engaged Guan Yu, and an arrow hit Guan Yu on the forehead. At that time, Pound often rode a white horse, and Guan was called General White Horse, so he was very afraid of him.
It rained heavily for more than ten days in August, and the Hanshui River soared. Guan Yu poured water for the imperial army because he dug a levee. Although the imperial army was on the ground, it was flooded for five or six feet, and all the imperial seven armies were flooded. In the Forbidden City, he only climbed mountains and watched the water with the generals, and there was nothing to avoid. Guan Yu attacked the Forbidden City by boat and surrendered. Cao Cao was very surprised to learn that Yu Ban had surrendered.
Guan Yu captured the general.
Guan Yu attacked Pound's army by boat. Most of Pound's troops surrendered to Guan Yu. Pound was outnumbered and finally captured by Guan Yu. Pound's brother was an official in Han Shu and Hanzhong. Guan Yu tried to persuade Pound to surrender. Pound cursed and refused to surrender, so Guan Yu beheaded him.
Guan Yu attacked Fancheng, which was flooded and the wall collapsed. Coss' defenders were greatly reduced because of repeated wars and defeats, leaving only a few thousand people. Fancheng was besieged several times, isolated from the outside and from the inside, and the food was almost eaten up, which made people panic. Coss, persuaded by Man Chong, vowed to defend the city to the death. Guan Yu and his generals surrounded Luchang in Xiangyang. Jingzhou secretariat Hu Xiu and Nanxiang satrap Fu Fang surrendered to Guan Yu.
In October of the same year, Lu Hunmin, Sun Lang and others suffered from the corvee, rose up and rebelled, accompanied Guan Yu to the south, and received Guan Yu's title from a distance to support the party. Guan Yu's imposing manner once awed China.