No one knew whether the inertia of history was simply too powerful, or whether Guan Yu and Xiangyang had some irresolvable entanglement like Bai Suzhen and Leifeng Pagoda. Sooner or later, he was destined to make this journey.
In the original history, Guan Yu had also steeled himself to attack Cao Cao's Xiangyang. Even while outnumbered, he had insisted on attacking, ultimately creating the legendary battle of "Flooding Seven Armies," forcing Cao Cao to consider moving the capital to avoid Guan Yu's advance. From that point on, Guan Yu's reputation reached its absolute peak.
Who could have expected that, just as Xiangyang was within reach, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu would betray the alliance again? Lu Meng crossed the river in white, while Sun Quan led a huge army in support. Mi Fang and Fu Shiren surrendered, Nanjun fell, and Guan Yu's retreat was cut off. A battle that could have completely reshaped the Three Kingdoms' situation instantly turned to smoke and water. Jingzhou was lost, and Guan Yu fled to Maicheng, where he died.
Now Guan Yu had once again set his sights on Xiangyang. Who knew whether this was the will of Heaven, but Guan Yu seemed destined to complete the great undertaking he had left unfinished.
Taking Wuxian was so easy it was almost laughable. Guan Yu was not surprised by this, and neither was Jia Xu.
After taking Wuxian, Guan Yu once again became a hands-off commander, tossing all the postwar matters directly to Jia Xu. He himself focused on reorganizing the troops, setting his sights on the next city—Badong.
In fact, even now, Jia Xu still "naively" believed that Guan Yu's goal was merely Nanjun. Reality proved that Jia Xu was still "too young."
Following Guan Yu's advance, Badong and Zigui fell one after another