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Guan Yu

“Lord of the Beautiful Beard / Saint of War”

A hero who swore brotherhood with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei in the Peach Garden and kept faith all his life. Even when he briefly served Cao Cao, he repaid the kindness by cutting down Yan Liang and then returned to Liu Bei. After Red Cliffs he was entrusted with guarding Jing Province, but while attacking Fancheng he was betrayed by Wu, driven to Maicheng and killed. He is still fervently worshipped as Guandi, the saint of war.

Epithet
“Lord of the Beautiful Beard / Saint of War”
Rank / office
General of the Front / Marquis of Hanshou
Domain / base
Shu Han
Side
Sun–Liu allied army
Lived
birth unknown–220

Life

  1. Zhongping 1 The Oath in the Peach Garden Swore brotherhood with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei and is said to have followed them in raising troops.
  2. Jian'an 5 Cutting Down Yan Liang at Baima Briefly serving Cao Cao, he killed Yuan Shao's fierce general Yan Liang in his own camp to repay the kindness.
  3. Jian'an 24 Flooding Fancheng Used the rising Han River to force Yu Jin's surrender, and his might shook the Central Plains.
  4. Jian'an 24 Death at Maicheng With Jing Province seized by Wu and his retreat cut off, he was killed trying to escape from Maicheng.

Battles in this archive1 battles

  1. Battle of Red Cliffs Winter, 13th year of Jian'an (Later Han) Red Cliffs on the Yangtze, Jing Province The Shu warrior "worth ten thousand men," lying in wait on the Huarong Road. The Romance tells how, remembering an old kindness, he let the fleeing Cao Cao pass. 6,000 troops Watch ▸

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