Guan Yu was recognized as a martial saint during the Three Kingdoms period, but in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or in the main history, although Guan Yu's martial arts were powerful, they could not reach the point of reaching the peak. Guan Yu was besieged in Maicheng, and although he had the Red Rabbit Horse in hand, he still could not break out of the siege, which was enough to prove that Guan Yu wanted to fight the world by martial arts alone.
Guan Yu has passed five levels and slashed six generals in his life, beheaded Liang, and played a single knife to attend the meeting. From 200 AD to 215 AD was the peak of Guan Yu's military value, in 200 AD Guan Yu was about 40 years old, until 215 Guan Yu was 55 years old, until 219 AD Guan Yu died in battle was about 59 and less than 60 years old.
Speaking of which, in fact, we also know why Guan Yu was unable to break out of the siege in the end. The fundamental reason was that Guan Yu at that time was already at the end of the martial arts value, and his physical strength and martial arts were not as good as before. I would like to ask, like Guan Yu's situation at that time, how could he lead his troops to rush out?
In fact, Guan Yu did not rush out of the siege at one time, and when it comes to this, all the officials should remember one thing, that is, Guan Yu and Cao Cao agreed on three chapters of the Law, which are the three so-called conditions that Guan Yu mentioned to Cao Cao before entering the Cao camp. Why did Guan Yu mention such a condition, is this not a loss of face?
Yes, at that time, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were scattered by Cao Cao, leaving only One Guan Yu surrounded on Tushan Mountain. So who was Guan Yu besieged on Tushan Mountain? This person was none other than the Cao Wei generals Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu, who had fought with Guan Yu for more than 50 rounds.
At that time, Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu were all under the unified command of Cao Cao, but no matter what, the three of them eventually forced Guan Yu to a dead end.
Let's make a hypothesis here, if Zhang Liao had not come forward to persuade Guan Yu at that time, and Cao Cao had no intention of leaving Guan Yu behind and allowing the 3 of them to besiege Guan Yu, then who would be the first to die in battle?
Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu besieged Guan Yu, who would be the first to die in battle?
Among the three people xiahou huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu, if we talk about martial arts alone, Xu Huang is ranked third, Xiahou Huan is second, and Xu Chu is the strongest.
However, at that time, he was the general of the defeated army, but it was not so easy for Cao Cao to subdue Guan Yu. At that time, Cheng Yu gave Cao Cao a brilliant plan: "Yu has the courage of wanfu, and a strong attack is the next strategy, it is better to find Liu Bei's defeated soldiers in Xuzhou, go to the mountain to talk about Guan Yu, and wait for the opportunity to let Guan Yu go down the mountain to rescue, and our elite troops will lie on the side of the road and cut off Guan Yu's return route." ", so Guan Yu can be subdued also.
The next day, Cao Cao carried out Cheng Yu's plan, and Xiahou Huan was the vanguard general, taking 5,000 elite soldiers to challenge Guan Yu. After Xiahou Huan's angry scolding, Guan Yu went down the mountain to fight Xiahou Huan, and after more than 10 rounds of fighting, there was no difference between victory and defeat.
Subsequently, Xiahou Huan was defeated, and Guan Gong chased after him, but unfortunately, Xu Huang and Xu Chu were ambushed on the side of the road, and two armies of soldiers and horses met Xiahou Huan, Guan Yu saw Xu Huang and Xu Chu, knew that the situation was not good, so he relied on extraordinary martial arts to take the road and leave. However, on both sides of the road, there were hundreds of crossbows and hundreds of archers, and they all greeted Guan Yu, and Guan Yu had to retreat.
Guan Yu wanted to withdraw to Xia Pi at this time, but Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu did not give Guan Yu a chance at all, and they kept spending time with Guan Yu. Guan Yu had no choice but to go to an earthen mountain to temporarily make a habitat. In this way, Guan Yu was forced to the top of Tushan Mountain by the joint efforts of Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu.
Zhang Liao then went out to lobby Guan Yu, saying that if he did not defect to Cao Cao, he would be guilty of three crimes. Guan Yu also arrived at Cao Ying in this way, so if Zhang Liao had not persuaded Guan Yu at that time, then, Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu joined forces to besiege Guan Yu, who would be the first to die in battle?
At this time, Guan Yu was about 40 years old, and his mount was not a red rabbit, so the possibility of breaking out of the siege was ruled out, and Guan Yu could only survive in a deathly battle. Persimmon picked a soft pinch, if Guan Yu wanted to break through, it was likely to kill Xu Huang first.
And Xu Huang and Xu Chu joined forces and failed to retain Guan Yu, and guan Yu took the road and left. It is enough to show that Guan Yu's martial arts are much higher than Xu Huang's. And Xu Chu? It is possible that he is playing careful and quietly preserving his strength.
What about Xiahou Huan? Judging from the first time he fought with Guan Yu, he was also a tough guy, in other words, Xiahou Huan would not have too many strategies, and if he fought with Guan Yu, if there were not many soldiers, Xiahou Huan would not be able to defeat Guan Yu.
What about Xu Chu? A fierce general who integrates strength and martial arts, and more than 200 rounds of battle with Ma Chao that year is enough to prove that Xu Chu has the strength to fight with Guan Yu. However, Xu Chu could not have beaten Guan Yu. If at that time, on top of tushan mountain, Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu all did not give in, the first person to be killed would definitely be Xu Huang.
In addition to Xiahou Huan, Xu Huang, and Xu Chu who besieged Guan Yu head-on, during the Three Kingdoms period, Pound De and Ji Ling also fought guan Yu head-on.
When did Pound and Ji Ling fight Guan Yu?
First of all, let's take a look at the scene when Ji Ling and Guan Yu fought, Ji Ling was a general under Yuan Shu. Ji Ling fought Guan Yu when Cao Cao ordered Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu sent his own proud general Ji Ling.
Facing Ji Ling Guan Yu without the slightest fear, he picked up his Green Dragon Crescent Moon Sword and exchanged hands with Ji Ling, but what about Ji Ling? He also took out 120,000 points of spirit to fight Guan Yu, when the two played 30 rounds, Ji Ling withdrew. And Guan Yu? Nor did it take the opportunity to kill the generals.
Why? In fact, the reason why Guan Yu fought with Ji Ling for 30 rounds at that time was to consider Yuan Shu, and at the same time, Liu Bei may have seen that Cao Cao was using the "strategy of driving wolves and chasing tigers", in order not to win the plan, so Guan Yu did not kill Ji Ling at that time.
Later, Zhang Fei was not accustomed to Ji Ling taking only 10 rounds to let Ji Ling receive a box lunch.
Obviously, if Ji Ling didn't know what to do and had to besiege Guan Yu, he would be the first to send a head.
What about Pound? Can he ever beat Guan Yu?
In the main history, Pound served as Cao Wei's rescue ambassador during the Battle of Xiangfan, and rushed to the Xiangfan area to take the initiative to fight Guan Yu for life and death. At that time, Pound and Guan Yu fought for more than a hundred rounds, regardless of victory or defeat.
In the second battle, After playing more than 60 rounds with Guan Yu, Pound was defeated and left, it turned out that Pound was using his best archery this time, bending his bow to shoot back at Guan Yu who was chasing him, and sure enough, he shot Guan Yu at once, fortunately, Guan Ping led the soldiers to take Guan Yu back in time, otherwise guan Yu would be difficult to survive from Pound's hands even if he had a red rabbit horse in hand.
But it is worth saying that Guan Yu was almost 60 years old at that time, and what about Pound? Probably in his 40s and less than 50 years old, Pound was physically stronger than Guan Yu. Therefore, this is unfair to Guan Yu.
Xu Huang's last plan, almost killing Guan Yu?
After Xu Huang's defeat in the Forbidden War, as Cao Wei's second support commander, he used the sound of east and west, plus his unexpected plan to beat Guan Yu to the ground, and also broke Guan Yu's ten-fold antlers, and finally forced Guan Yu to say the most low-key words in his life: "Brother Gongming? What does this mean? Guan Yu also did not expect that Xu Huang would disregard the feelings of his fellow countrymen and order Guan Yu to be killed.
And also say what, kill Guan Yu, the bounty of 100,000 taels.
Overall, Xu Huang had the advantage in military strength this time, which made Guan Yu so annoyed, and even made Guan Yu lose his late life, leaving a thousand years of regret.
On the whole, if Xiahou Huan, Xu Chu, Pound De, Ji Ling, and Xu Huang besieged Guan Yu, the first person to die in battle would be the three-legged cat level Ji Ling, whether it was a fighting soldier, a fighting array, or a single challenge, Ji Ling would not be Guan Yu's opponent.