Guan Yu was defeated in Maicheng, and Lu Xun burned the company's camp.

1. The Battle of Maicheng was a battle during the Three Kingdoms period, and was described vividly in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". At that time, Guan Yu had already lost Jingzhou and suffered heavy losses. Only 300 troops came to Maicheng (today's Lianghe Town, Dangyang City, Yichang, Hubei Province). Guan Yu asked for help from his eldest brother Liu Bei who was far away in Xichuan (today's Sichuan) and Liu Bei's adopted sons Liu Feng and Meng Da in Shangyong (today's Zhushan County, Hubei).

However, Liu Bei was far away in Xichuan, and the reinforcements could not arrive on time, while Liu Feng and Meng Da refused to save him. Guan Yu had no choice but to break out, but was ambushed by Wu generals Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran and others. Guan Yu was captured by the state of Wu. He preferred death to surrender and was beheaded by Sun Quan. The story of the Battle of Maicheng was later known as the story of Success or Failure in Maicheng.

2. The Fire Company refers to a battle between Wu and Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. In the first year of Zhangwu of the Shu Han Dynasty (221), Liu Bei led a large army to attack Wu in order to report that he had captured Jingzhou and Guan Yu was killed. In order to avoid the attack, Wu general Lu Xun insisted on not fighting, and the two sides became confrontational. During the Shu army's expedition, it was difficult to supply supplies and could not win a quick victory. In addition, the weather was hot after the onset of summer, so the vigor gradually lost and morale was low.

In order to relieve the suffering of the soldiers from the scorching heat, Liu Bei ordered the Shu army to camp in the mountains and forests to escape the heat. Lu Xun saw the opportunity and ordered each of his soldiers to bring a handful of thatch. When they arrived at the Shu army's camp, they set fire to it and attacked fiercely. The wooden fence of the Shu army camp and the surrounding trees were flammable, and the fire quickly spread throughout the camps. The Shu army was in chaos, and more than forty battalions were defeated by the Wu army. The success of Lu Xun's Burning Battalion determined the outcome of Shu's defeat of Wu Sheng in the Battle of Yiling (Battle of _Ting).

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Guan Yu, originally named Changsheng, later changed to Yunchang, was a native of Jie County, Hedong County (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), and his nickname was "Meibeard Gong". In his early years, he followed Liu Bei and traveled around various places. He became brothers with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Therefore, although he was treated favorably by Cao Cao, Guan Yu still took the opportunity to leave Cao Cao and follow Liu Bei. After the Battle of Chibi, Guan Yu helped Liu Bei and Zhou Yu attack Nanjun where Cao Ren was stationed. Afterwards, Liu Bei's power gradually grew, and Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou for a long time.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu gradually gained the upper hand in the military friction with Cao Ren. He then advanced by land and water, surrounded Xiangyang, attacked Fancheng, and took advantage of the heavy autumn rains to flood the seven armies and attack them. The rescuers Yu Jinda's entire army was annihilated, and then surrounded Fancheng. Guan Yu's power shocked China, and Cao Cao once had the idea of ????moving the capital to avoid Guan Yu's sharpness.

But then Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty sent Lu Meng and Lu Xun to attack Guan Yu's rear. Mi Fang and Shi Ren both deserted Guan Yu. At the same time, Guan Yu suffered another defeat in the battle with Xu Huang. In the end, he was unable to advance and retreat, and was defeated and killed. His posthumous title is Zhuang Muhou.

After Guan Yu's death, he was gradually deified, and the people respected him as "Guan Gong". He was praised by many imperial courts in the past. "Martial Saint" is as famous as "Literary Saint" Confucius. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" respects him as the first of the "Five Tiger Generals" of Shu, and Mao Zonggang calls him "the most righteous" among the three best in "The Romance".