Fiction190 (novel)

Three Heroes Fight Lü Bu at Hulao Pass

Also called: Three Brothers vs Lü Bu

A scene invented by a historical novel. It differs from the recorded history.

A scene from chapter 5 of the Romance: Zhang Fei takes on the invincible Lü Bu, Guan Yu and Liu Bei join in, and the three drive him off. It is not in the official history.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei fight Lü Bu — illustration from the Li Zhuowu edition of the Romance, Ming dynasty
story by Luo Guanzhong with comments claimed to be by Li Zhuowu · Public domain · Source

A scene invented by the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When Lü Bu, riding Red Hare, appears before the coalition and fells general after general, Zhang Fei rides out with his serpent spear and fights fifty bouts; Guan Yu joins with his Green Dragon blade and Liu Bei with his twin swords, and surrounded by the three, Lü Bu flees back into Hulao Pass.

In the official history Liu Bei was not among the coalition’s lords, and there is no record of a fight with Lü Bu at Hulao. The coalition’s real hero against Dong Zhuo was Sun Jian. The saying "Among men, Lü Bu; among horses, Red Hare" does appear in the commentary to the history.

People

Lü BuAD 198

participant · Late Han general who killed Dong Zhuo with Wang Yun in 192 and was captured and executed by Cao Cao in 198

Liu BeiAD 161 – AD 223

participant · Founding emperor of Shu Han (Emperor Zhaolie), who claimed descent from the Han house and became emperor at Chengdu in 221

Guan YuAD 220

participant · Liu Bei’s general, who attacked Fancheng in 219 but lost Jingzhou to Wu’s Lü Meng and was captured and killed; later worshipped as Guandi

Zhang FeiAD 221

participant · Liu Bei’s general from Zhuo Commandery, who held off Cao Cao’s cavalry at the bridge at Changban in 208; murdered by his own men in 221

Three Heroes Fight Lü Bu at Hulao Pass

The map in AD 190

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