Historically, Yan Liang did die under the sword of Guan Yu, and this scene happened in the battle of Guandu. At that time, Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao and sent Yan Liang to attack Baima. Baimacheng turned to Cao Cao for help in times of crisis. Cao Cao personally led the army to reinforce and solve the siege of the white horse.

On the March, Xun You, Cao Cao's counselor, gave him a plan. It is said that Yuan Jun is very strong. If he confronts them head-on, it will be difficult to beat them. It is suggested that Cao Caoxian put forward a way to sneak into the Yellow River from Yanjin and detour to Yuan Jun. Wait until Yuan Jun divides his forces, and then break the enemy one by one. Cao Cao followed Xun You's advice and waited until Yuan Jun split his forces to save the white horse.

At that time, Yan Liang was still attacking Baima, and Cao Cao's reinforcements learned the news more than ten miles apart. Yan Liang was frightened when he heard the news, and quickly turned around to meet them .. Cao Cao made Guan Yu and Zhang Liao as pioneers and marched into Yuan Jun together. Guan Yu saw the cover of Yan Liang, rode a horse in the crowd and stabbed Yan Liang, beheaded Yan Liang, and no one in Yuan Jun's generals could stop Guan Yu's action.

Looking at the historical record of this World War I, we will find that Guan Yu's slaying of Yan Liang was a tough battle, and there was no room for opportunism. Although Yan Liang was attacked by Cao Cao, he still had a certain reaction time. At that time, Yan Liang's army was attacking Baima City. When Cao Jun attacked from behind Yuan Jun, he was found more than ten miles away.

Yan Liang reacted quickly and immediately turned the army around to meet Jun. This shows that Yuan Jun is well-trained and flexible. If Cao Jun can't open the situation quickly, it will fall into a protracted war, and the outcome is still unknown.

The significance of the battle of Guandu:

The battle of Guandu was a key battle to change the forces of Yuan and Cao, which made the northern part of China move from division to unification at that time, and it had an extremely important impact on the development of the history of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Jun's victory in this war was not accidental. Although the Yuan-Cao merger war was a struggle between feudal separatist forces, it achieved regional unity and objectively met the wishes of the people.

The battle of Guandu was a famous battle in the history of China and even at the end of Han Dynasty, and it was also a turning point for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to compete for northern hegemony. After Guandu World War I, Cao Cao finally reversed his previous disadvantage to Yuan Shao and laid the foundation for his unification of the North. This war has had an extremely important impact on the formation of the three kingdoms.

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