After Guan Yu died, he was gradually deified and respected by the people as "Guan Gong", also known as the beautiful bearded man. In the Qing Dynasty, he was regarded as "the Emperor of Loyalty, Righteousness, Martial Spirit, Benevolence, Courage and Might", and was worshiped as the "Martial Saint", which was as famous as Confucius.

However, in history, although Guan Yu has a lot of ability, he is still an ordinary person, with these and those shortcomings.

【Guan Yu's life】

During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out, Liu Bei organized a volunteer army in Zhuo County to participate in the war to extinguish the Yellow Turban Army, at this time Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and others have followed Liu Bei, and then Guan Yu followed Liu Bei successively to Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, Lu Bu and Cao Cao and others, when taking refuge in Cao Cao, Guan Yu once persuaded Liu Bei to get rid of Cao Cao when hunting, but was rejected by the emperor's uncle.

After Liu Bei betrayed Cao Cao and recaptured Xuzhou, Guan Yu was left by Liu Bei to garrison the important town of Xiapi in Xuzhou, Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao, fled to the north, and Guan Yu finally surrendered.

After Guan Yu defected to Cao Cao, he was reused, and then Guan Yu followed Cao Cao to defeat Yuan Shao, with a lot of achievements, and killed the enemy general Yan Liang in the Battle of White Horse, and then Guan Yu left Cao Cao, returned to Liu Bei, and took refuge with Liu Bei.

During his stay in Jingzhou, Guan Yu first participated in the Battle of Chibi with Liu Bei, and then led his troops to help Zhou Yu and others resist the Cao army in the north to prevent them from uniting with Cao Ren in Jiangling. After Liu Bei occupied the six counties of Jingzhou, he turned his attention to Yizhou, and then he entered Yizhou at the invitation of Liu Zhang, and Jingzhou was guarded by Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others, a year later, Liu Bei and Liu Zhang broke up, Liu Bei transferred Zhuge Liang and others to march into Yizhou to crusade against Liu Zhang, and Jingzhou was in charge of Guan Yu alone.

After Liu Bei seized Yizhou, Sun Quan asked Liu Bei to return Jingzhou, Liu Bei disagreed, Sun Quan sent officials and was driven out by Guan Yu, so he sent an army to seize the three southern counties of Jingzhou, Liu Bei led the army back to aid Jingzhou, the two sides of the war was about to break out, Lu Su and Guan Yu went to the meeting alone, there was no ending, but later the news of Cao Cao's attack on Hanzhong came, Liu Bei was forced to take the initiative to negotiate peace, the two sides demarcated in Xiangshui, and Jingzhou controlled by Guan Yu only left Nanjun, Lingling County, and Wuling County.

After the outbreak of the Hanzhong War, Cao Ren's troops were preparing to go south in Fancheng, because of the increase in conscription led to a rebellion in Wancheng in the rear, although Cao Ren returned to Fancheng after quelling the rebellion, but also failed to prepare for war against Guan Yu, and Guan Yu was ready not to wait for Cao Ren to attack, but prepared to attack Xiangfan, Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to help Cao Ren, but was flooded by Guan Yu Seventh Army, more than 30,000 Cao troops were captured by him, and then Cao Cao sent Xu Huang and others to support Cao Ren, while Sun Quan was dissatisfied with the expansion of Liu Bei's power, Sent Lü Meng and others to seize the southern county behind Guan Yu, Guan Yu because of the fall of the nest, the army was broken, was captured by Sun Quan's army, and was finally killed.

[Lustful? 】

Now many people think that Guan Yu is lustful by nature, which is also recorded. It is said that in the third year of Jian'an (198), when Liu Bei and Guan Yu surrounded Lü Bu with Cao Cao in Xiapi, Lü Bu once sent Qin Yilu to ask for help, and Guan Yu fell in love with his wife, so he asked Cao Cao to give Qin Yilu's wife Du Shi to himself after breaking through Xiapi, Cao Cao agreed, but later Cao Cao saw that Guan Yu was so interested in breaking the city and went to see Du Shi on purpose, and then he was shocked that he first took Du Shi as his wife and concubine.

This incident is recorded in many materials such as "Shu Ji", "Spring and Autumn in Kyushu", "Huayang National Chronicles", and "The Biography of Emperor Xian", and the content is basically consistent.

Although it is said that "my fair lady, a gentleman is good", Du may also be very beautiful and attractive to men, but Du is a married woman after all, Guan Yu's behavior is unacceptable, of course, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and the wife and beauty are finally returned to the wife Cao.

[Guan Yu's military evaluation]

As one of the main generals of Shu Han, Guan Yu's military ability is still very powerful. However, because he has been following Liu Bei for a long time, Guan Yu's record is also more defeats and fewer victories.

Guan Yu's military highlights in history are mainly in three places, one is that after defecting to Cao Cao, Guan Yu as the vanguard in the Battle of the White Horse, killed Yan Liang, the general of the Yuan army, in the army, and returned with his head; The second is that during the Battle of Jiangling, he helped Zhou Yu delay time, and successively fought with many generals such as Cao Cao's Le Jin, Xu Huang, Man Chong, Wen Ping, and Li Tong, and it is possible that Li Tong was injured and killed.

The most glorious moment of Guan Yu's life was undoubtedly the Battle of Xiangfan, in which Guan Yu completely controlled the command of the military, and it was one of the few large-scale battles he commanded as a commander.

In the early crusade against Cao Ren, Guan Yu defeated more with less, flexibly used the advantages of the navy, and used the outbreak of the Han River to annihilate the tens of thousands of troops of Cao Ren's subordinates on the periphery of Fancheng in one fell swoop, and captured more than 30,000 prisoners alone, and also obtained the surrender of Cao Wei's general.

Although Guan Yu was defeated and died in the later period, and he also lost the only three counties of Jingzhou, Guan Yu was not unjustly lost, and he could make the two major forces of Cao Wei and Jiangdong do their best, which has already shown that everyone recognized Guan Yu's military ability at that time.

In addition, Guan Yu, as a northerner, also showed considerable naval ability, which is extremely rare and rare.

[The only person to guard Jingzhou]

Later generations were also quite controversial about whether Liu Bei should stay with Guan Yu to garrison Jingzhou, but in fact, Liu Bei had no other candidates other than Guan Yu at that time.

First of all, Liu Bei first wanted to seize Yizhou, and then he was ready to fight Cao Cao in Hanzhong, he needed to do his best, and he couldn't leave too much strength in Jingzhou, and those core generals couldn't send many people, and it must be a heavy task to sit in Jingzhou, and this candidate must have enough ability.

But Jingzhou is a big state, and the characters sitting here must have considerable qualifications and prestige, and their status in Liu Bei's group cannot be placed, so that this candidate is actually selected by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang and others, because of the matter of Xuzhou, so Liu Bei will not choose Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei's character is not suitable, and Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang are less qualified than Guan Yu, and Guan Yu's naval ability is also well known, so it can be said that Liu Bei let Guan Yu garrison Jingzhou.

Guan Yu is actually the best candidate for Liu Bei's group to garrison Jingzhou, but unfortunately because of the continuous war, Liu Bei was not able to give Guan Yu enough support.

【Guan Yunchang in History】

Name: Guan Yu

Attributes: Commander (A-) Guan Yu can still get this kind of evaluation when he loses more and wins less, which has shown that it is not simple

Armed Forces (A) Guan Yu was killed in the Battle of the White Horse and was one of the famous 10,000 enemies at that time

General comment (A) Although Guan Yu was very famous in later generations, Guan Yu's status in the Three Kingdoms period was still not as good as that of Sun Ce and others

Alias (title): The original word Changsheng, later changed to the word Yunchang (Guan Gong, Wusheng)

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Han

Profession: General

Official position: Former general

Title: Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion

Nickname: Zhuang Miaohou

Family background: Hebei people

Birth and death: 160-220

Place of birth: Xie Liang, Hedong

Main social relations: Son (Guan Ping, Guan Xing)

Major Experiences:

160-184 years unknown

From 184 to 199, he followed Liu Bei to fight against the Yellow Turban, and then followed him to Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Cao Cao and others

From 199 to 208, he was forced to take refuge in Cao Cao, and after beheading Yan Liang, he left and returned to Liu Bei, and went south with him to seek refuge with Liu Biao

From 208 to 215, he participated in the battles of Chibi and Jiangling with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei guarded Jingzhou after entering Shu

From 215 to 219, there were two conflicts with Sun Quan's forces, the first time ending with the demarcation of Xiangshui, and the second time Guan Yu's soldiers were defeated and died

Summary: Although Guan Yu is the enemy of ten thousand, he is also a mortal in the end, with all kinds of shortcomings.