Three heroes fought against Lu Bu, beheaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou, passed five passes and beheaded six generals, and launched the Battle of Xiangfan. Guan Yu, who was very brave, was shot in the left arm by Han Fu in the novel. He was shot in the helmet tassel by Huang Zhong, in the right arm by Pang De, and in the left arm by Cao Ren's poisonous arrow. He could only "scrape the bones to heal". Many people have questions, why is Guan Yu, who has experienced hundreds of battles, such a weak defense against bows and arrows?

In fact, Guan Yu's defense against bows and arrows was not only poor, but also very experienced. Except for the "bad old man, bad old man" Huang Zhong, who missed an arrow and was in danger of his life. None of the three arrow wounds were fatal. Therefore, Guan Yu is much better than the four of the five good generals and the most powerful general of Soochow, Gan Ning. Why do you say this?

Among the five good generals, Yu Jin was flooded, Zhang He was ambushed and could not escape, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Le Jin, and Gan Ning of Soochow were all shot by cold arrows and withdrew directly. of the historical stage. It can be seen that bows and arrows have always been the real deadly enemy of brave generals. In a rapidly changing and complex battlefield, coupled with luck and state, it is normal for Guan Yu to be hit by four arrows, but it is not fatal. It should be said that there is also an element of luck. However, since it is normal, why does the novel describe these four arrows in Guan Yu in detail?

Let’s first see how Guan Yu hit these four arrows? The first arrow was shot by Han Fu who was hiding in the dark when Guan Yu passed five passes and killed six generals. In fact, it was not only Han Fu who wanted to plot against Guan Yu, but Wang Zhi, another governor of Xingyang, also wanted to plot against Guan Yu. If not for Hu Ban's interrogation, Guan Yu survived and sincerely appreciated Hu Ban's great kindness.

Moreover, when Guan Yu passed the pass, he always showed courtesy first and then attacked the generals, and had no choice but to kill the generals. This also shows that Guan Yu understands the righteousness and is disdainful to the villain's actions to the point of ignoring them. This character also coincides with two things that happened to Guan Yu in the future. The first was that he was deceived by Lu Meng and Lu Xun, betrayed by Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, and lost Jingzhou. Second, it has something to do with Guan Yu's second arrow.

These two arrows were shot by Huang Zhong. If Huang Zhong had not shown mercy, Guan Yu's life would have been in danger. However, there are prerequisites for Huang Zhong to be merciful. If Huang Zhong hadn't stumbled in the previous duel and Guan Gong had been merciful, Huang Zhong would not have had the chance to fire this arrow. Therefore, Guan Yu was aboveboard and got Huang Zhong's attack later. "grateful".

The third arrow and the fourth arrow in Guan Yu's attack both occurred during the Battle of Xiangfan, and both have some relationship with official history. The third arrow was a duel with Pang De. Pang De used a trick to shoot Guan Yu. Guan Ping hurriedly reminded Guan Yu, but Guan Yu was distracted and couldn't dodge and was shot in his right arm. This is what was mentioned earlier. Due to the battlefield situation, there is no room for distraction. Guan Ping also did bad things with good intentions.

In official history, Guan Yu was indeed shot in the forehead by Pang De. It was probably blocked by his helmet, and at most he was only slightly injured. The fourth arrow was when he was besieging Fancheng and was wounded by Cao Ren's poisonous arrow, so Hua Tuo scraped Guan Yu's bones to heal his wounds. In history, bone scraping was used to treat wounds, but it was not done by Hua Tuo, and the poisonous arrow was not shot by Cao Ren. It was Guan Yu's old wound. It hurt when it was cloudy, so he had to scrape the bone to cure it.

Therefore, Guan Yu was frequently hit by arrows, not because of his lack of ability, but because of his character, and more importantly, because of the battlefield. Have you not seen how many generals died in the cold arrows? Even the lord Cao Cao was hit by several arrows in the face when he was attacked by Zhang Xiu. In the novel, during the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Cao was shot out of two of his front teeth.