After Guan Yu failed in Xiangfan, he was homeless, and finally destitute, and was captured by Sun Quanjun, and his eldest son Guan Ping was killed in Linfang, and his head was also sacrificed to Cao Cao by Sun Quan.

[Liu Feng, Meng Da and Guan Yu]

Now some people think that one of the reasons why Guan Yu lost his life because of the influence of books and films such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is that Liu Feng, Meng Da and others refused to rescue, and Guan Yu did send envoys several times in history to ask Liu Feng and others to send troops, but Guan Yu did not start asking Liu Feng for help after the fall of Nanjun, but not long after the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu had constantly asked Liu Feng and others to send reinforcements, and after the fall of Nanjun, Guan Yu may have asked for help again.

In the Battle of Xiangfan, Guan Yu's own troops were limited, so it was normal for him to seek support from Liu Feng and others, but Liu Feng and Meng Da refused on the grounds that they had not been occupied by the three counties of Shangyong for a short time and did not dare to leave easily.

To be honest, Shangyong and other places at that time had indeed just been occupied, and they had not yet been completely controlled by Liu Feng and others. However, judging from the location of the battle of Xiangfan, Shangyong and other places were later assigned to Jingzhou by Cao Cao, indicating that it is not far from Xiangfan, and in fact it is true, Liu Feng and Meng Da were already the generals under Liu Bei who were closest to Guan Yu at that time, and the reason why Guan Yu was unable to open the situation after the flooding of the Seventh Army in the Battle of Xiangfan was that Guan Yu's own troops were insufficient. Guan Yu's own troops, plus the original army that guarded against Sun Quan, plus Liu Feng and others, have a lot of troops, if Liu Feng comes early, it is likely that Guan Yu will not need to mobilize the defenders of Nanjun.

Later, Liu Feng was blamed for refusing to rescue Guan Yu, and even died in the end, which cannot be said to be completely innocent.

[Lost hearts]

After entering Jiangling, Lü Meng captured all the family members of Guan Yu's subordinates, comforted them, and ordered that the army should not harass the people and not make any demands from the people's homes.

At that time, there was a sergeant from Runan under Lü Meng, who was rumored to be Lü Meng's cousin, and took a hat from the people to cover the armor of the government. Lü Meng believes that although the armor is a public artifact, it is still a violation of the military order to take the people's hat without permission. Behead him with tears. So the army was shocked, so that the road was not forgotten, and the people of Jiangling also paid great attention to Lü Meng.

Lü Meng also sent people to comfort the elderly in the morning and evening, caring about their lives and running out of supplies. If someone is sick, they are given medicine, and if they are hungry or cold, they are given food and clothing. The treasures in Guan Yu's treasury, Lu Meng did not take any of them, and sealed them all and waited for Sun Quan to come and dispose of them.

At that time, Guan Yu had been defeated by Xu Huang, and when he heard that Jiangling was lost, he panicked and hurriedly withdrew his troops and returned. On the way back to the army, he sent people to contact Meng Lu Meng several times, and Lu Meng warmly received the messenger sent by Guan Yu, took him to the city, and asked him to go to the soldiers' homes to condole, so some people wrote letters in their own hands, saying that they were treated well by Lu Meng. After Guan Yu's envoy returned to Guan Yu's army, the soldiers inquired about each other in private, and they all knew that their families were safe and sound, and they were treated better than in the past, so Guan Yu's entire army lost their fighting spirit.

At this time, Guan Yu had lost the heart of the army, and no longer had the strength to fight with Lü Meng, just when Sun Quan's army came to Jiangling immediately, Guan Yu knew that he was alone, so he fled to Maicheng, westward to Zhangxiang, and the soldiers left Guan Yu to surrender to Sun Quan.

【Guan Yu's Death】

After Guan Yu retreated to Maicheng. Sun Quan sent people to lure him to surrender, Guan Yu surrendered in disguise, made the banner into a human statue and stood on the city wall, and then fled, and the soldiers ran away. He was followed by only a dozen cavalrymen.

However, earlier Sun Quan asked the warlock Wu Fan if Guan Yu had really surrendered, and was told that Guan Yu had faked his surrender, so Sun Quan had ordered Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang to cut off Guan Yu's way in advance. In December, Pan Zhang's Sima Mazhong captured Guan Yu, his son Guan Ping, and the governor Zhao Lei in Zhangxiang, Guan Yu and his son Guan Ping were beheaded, and Zhao Lei was no longer recorded, so Sun Quan occupied Jingzhou.

According to the Shu Chronicle, Sun Quan sent generals to attack Guan Yu and captured Guan Yu and his son Guan Ping. Sun Quan wanted Guan Yu to survive at first to help him fight against Cao Cao and Liu Bei, but the people next to him said: "How can you raise wolves, you will be harmed later, at that time, Cao Gong did not get rid of Guan Yu in time, and he took his own harm, and was even forced by Guan Yu to move the capital to protect himself." How can you spare him now! Sun Quan then ordered Guan Yu to be killed.

However, this record is not reliable, Pei Songzhi commented: "Sun Quan sent Pan Zhang to walk against the broken feather, and the feather was cut immediately, and he went to Jiangling for two or three hundred miles before he was frustrated. Youyun "wants to live to fight Liu and Cao", otherwise, it can be the mouth of the wise. ”

The relationship between Guan Yu and Sun Quan itself was very poor, and Guan Yu offended Sun Quan very badly in the later period, and Sun Quan simply executed Guan Yu without doing anything after capturing Guan Yu.

According to the record of "Shu Ji", Guan Yu sent troops to besiege Fancheng and dreamed that a pig would bite his foot, so he said to his son Guan Ping: "I may have lost my luck this year, and I may not be able to go back." ”

After Guan Yu's death, Sun Quan gave Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao buried him in Luoyang with the gift of the princes, and Sun Quan buried Guan Yu's body in Dangyang with the princes' ceremony, that is, Guan Ling, also known as the tomb of the king of Dangyang. Shu Han built a mound for Guan Yu in Chengdu, which is the tomb of Guan Yu in Chengdu, and worships with spirits. Therefore, the folk also call Guan Yu "the head rests on Luoyang, the body lies in the sun, and the soul returns to his hometown (or 'the soul returns to Shanxi)." ”

[The First World War that established its place in history]

Although the battle of Xiangfan ended in Guan Yu's fiasco, this battle had a great bonus to Guan Yu's historical status, because Guan Yu led the troops alone in this battle, and showed his military ability to the fullest, and was defeated by the two princes at that time and betrayed by his subordinates, and the strength of the two sides was extremely unequal.

Guan Yu relied on only three counties to let the two princes Cao Cao and Sun Quan fight against him with all their might, which is enough to prove Guan Yu's ability and status.

【Afterlife】

In September of the third year of Jingyao (260), Liu Chan, the queen of Shu Han, posthumously called Guan Yu "Marquis of Zhuang Miao" when he was posthumously admonishing several important ministers. Martial arts are not successful, and the name and reality are cool, which means that the force is strong, but it is a pity that the ambition has not been realized, and it is difficult to live under the fame.

However, "Miao" and "Mu" were commonly used in ancient times, according to the "Zhou Shu Law": "Bude is righteous and said Mu." "Mu has the meaning of beauty and purity.

After Guan Yu's death, his son Guan Xing inherited the title. Guan Xing, whose name is Anguo, was famous when he was young, and later Prime Minister Zhuge Liang was very important to him and thought that he was not an ordinary person. At the age of twenty, Guan Xing served as a servant and a central supervisor, and died a few years later. His son Guan Tong inherited the title, married the princess as his wife, and became the general of the tiger and the general. Guan Tong had no son, and after his death, Guan Xing's concubine Guan Yi continued to be knighted.