Among the four famous works of China, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is loved by many people, the plot is vivid, the characters are delicately portrayed, and it has been compiled into many versions of opera, songs or film and television works. Many of the characters in the book are also loved by people, such as the resourceful Zhuge Liang, the powerful Cao Cao, and the bold Zhao Zilong. But after all, there is a certain gap between the novel and the real history, and later scholars have also found through many studies that Luo Guanzhong is 'honoring Liu and opposing Cao', so in the work, Shu Han is mostly a positive party, which leads to a situation that is inconsistent with the actual situation, so it also leads to many times readers are biased against the real situation of the characters in history, because most of the film and television novels have been changed.
The description of Guan Yu in the novel is a typical example, he is a member of the Shu Han Dynasty, Xiao Yong is good at war, not to mention very loyal to Liu Bei and pays attention to the word loyalty, which has won the love of many readers. Passing five levels, cutting six generals, going to the meeting with a single knife, flooding the Seventh Army, and so on are really admirable. However, Guan Yu always seemed to be wounded by arrows, and when Guan Yu led the attack on Fancheng, Cao Ren ordered hundreds of soldiers to carry bows and arrows to defend the city, and in the rain of arrows, Guan Yu was unfortunately hit. He was also unfortunately hit once against Pound. This seems to be inconsistent with his brave and warlike god of war in the book, after all, many other heroes in the book have rarely suffered so many arrow wounds in fierce battles. For example, Zhao Zilong's seven in and seven out ends were dangerous and unpredictable, but he was not injured, Xiahou Ba was rarely injured in many battles against Wei, and Jiang Wei was also a tiger general, and in the later period, he single-handedly competed with many generals of the State of Wei. Many of the deeds of many famous generals can't help but wonder why only Guan Yu has been injured many times.
Some of Guan Yu's loyalists believed that Guan Yu was often injured because those who were officials and generals had to charge forward on their own in order to drive the combat effectiveness of the rear army. Therefore, he was often injured because of this, and this statement also has evidence to prove that in a battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Guan Yu only rushed into the enemy camp under the cover of some non-commissioned officers, beheaded the general Yan Liang, and also beheaded his head under the horse, and the enemy's heavy weapons encircled and suppressed failed to stop Guan Yu, which was enough to see Guan Yu's bravery and courage, and posterity had much respect for Guan Yu, and many places also enshrined Guan Yu's statue or pasted Guan Yu's portrait on the door to ward off evil spirits. However, even if Guan Yu is superb in martial arts, after all, it is difficult to fight with two fists and four hands, and there is always a time when the horse loses its hoof.
However, opponents believe that the reason is that Guan Yu will not lead the army to cause him to always be injured, according to the posterity of Jiang Wei to give Guan Yu the title of "Zhuang Miao", it can be seen that "Wu is not strong, the name and the real Shuang Are Miao", more people think that Guan Yu's own strength is not in line with such a title.
Because Liao Hua was also a fierce general during the Three Kingdoms period, he often charged for the army. The degree of danger was not lower than guan yu, but he was rarely injured, and he could retreat in many dangerous battles. Therefore, more people think that Guan Yu does not have Zhuge Liang's strategizing, quick wit, and does not have Zhang Fei's bravery, nor does he have Zhao Zilong's improvisation, so many times he is injured because of recklessness.
There is always no conclusion on the matter of all, and there is always a conclusion of its own. Combining the dangerous situation at that time and the strange official politics Guan Yu was injured by an arrow was not much, but the understanding of the Three Kingdoms in later generations was not accurately in line with historical records through film and television novels. Many times the novel has made many changes in order to highlight the character and vivid plot, coupled with the fact that the author itself has his own emotional tendencies, so many details are exaggerated and unrealistic. Therefore, Guan Yu's injury may also be the need of the plot.
This point is reflected in many places in the novel, such as Guan Yu's station in Maicheng, except for the depiction of Guan Yu's arrogant Qinggao and his colleagues' knots, which are rarely mentioned and not described in too much detail. It can be seen that the novel pays more attention to the foil of the character's personality, and other things such as the plot are secondary. So much so that many times it is inconsistent with history. And the reader should distinguish the gap between history and fiction.