Author Luo Guanzhong portrayed Guan Yu as a brave military commander with a dragon crescent moon blade in his hand. He is tall and powerful, and his martial arts are superb. He is nine feet long and his beard is two feet long. If his face is heavy with dates, his lips are covered with fat, his eyes are red and his eyebrows are lying across, he is full of heroic spirit and powerful.

Guan Yu followed Liu Bei in his early days. After Battle of Red Cliffs, he was appointed as the prefect of Xiangyang by Liu Bei, Liu Bei entered Yizhou, and Guan Yu stayed in Jingzhou. In 2 19, Guan Yu surrounded Xiangfan, and Cao Cao sent reinforcements. Guan Yu captured Yu Jin alive and killed Pound, which greatly shocked China. Later, Cao Cao sent Huang Xu to reinforce, and Soochow Monroe attacked Jingzhou. Guan Yu was caught between Scylla and Charybdis, captured by Pan Zhang and killed in Linzhou.