Guan Ping

Guan Ping is the adopted son of Guan Yu. He hopes that, one day, he'll become as great as his father, as the "God of War". As displayed in Dynasty Warriors 5, he seems to have feelings for Xing Cai. He was one of the six new characters introduced in Dynasty Warriors 5.

Historical Information

 * "Chalk one up to me!"
 * -Guan Ping

Contrary to Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Ping (? – 219) was not Guan Yu's adopted son. In fact, it is quite the opposite; Guan Ping is actually Guan Yu's first and biological son. Though little information was recorded for Guan Ping, he and his father were executed by Sun Quan in the year 219.

In the Sui Dynasty of China, Guan Yu received a deification, as the God of Loyalty and Righteousness. Guan Ping has been paired with Zhou Cang (and even sometimes Liao Hua), appearing in temples of worship with their leader. The trio would appear together at times in portraits as well. In a contrast of colors, Guan Ping's face is painted white in tradition, Zhou Cang in black, and Guan Yu in shades of red.

First years of service

 * "This man is named Guan too, and these are his sons, Guan Ning, a student of letters, and Guan Ping, the junior, a student of martial arts."
 * "I wish my second son could enter General Guan’s service. I wonder if it would be possible."
 * -Guan Yu and Guan Ding negotiating Ping's entering of Liu Bei's service.

Guan Ping was the song of Guan Ding, a farmer who lived north of the Yellow River. He was the younger of two brothers, yet was not content with living as a farmer. Instead, he took a liking to the martial arts and strategies in warfare. Guan Yu made a visit to the farm in 200AD, and Guan Ping, as well as one of his brothers and father, came out to meet the general and offer their farm for the night. Liu Bei, Guan Yu's sworn brother, arrived to meet with Guan Yu. Guan Yu mentioned Guan Ding having the same surname as him, and, in response, Guan Ding asked if his second son, Guan Ping, could enter the service of Yu. Liu Bei asked Guan Yu if he would accept the offer, and the famed general accepted. Ping then honored Guan Yu as his father, and Liu Bei as his uncle.

Around 201, Liu Bei gathered a force of several thousands, and, at Runan, planned to attack Cao Cao's forces at Xuchang. Ping was chosen to join the expedition. However, before Bei's forces reached the city, Cao Cao's general and cousin, Xiahou Dun, attacked Runan, slaughtering many, including Liu Pi, who was assigned to guarding the city. Liu Bei was forced to flee, but ran into a valley blocked by another Cao general, Zhang He. Here, Guan Ping, Guan Yu, and Zhou Cang led a troop of three hundred to rescue Liu Bei. The army cut down a bloody path into Zhang He's ranks, forcing him to flee.

Initially, Liu Bei defeated Cao’s fatigued troops, but after Cao Cao sent general Xiahou Dun to capture Runan from Liu Pi, Bei was forced to break camp and flee. Liu Bei suffered many casualties in his flight, including the death of Liu Pi, and he eventually ran to a valley blocked by Cao’s general Zhang He. Learning of Liu Bei’s peril, Guan Ping, along with Guan Yu and general Zhou Cang, led three hundred men to rescue Bei and cut a bloody path into Zhang He’s ranks, forcing the general to retreat. Liu Bei's army was united, and would seek refuge under Liu Biao. While staying with him, Bei acquired the services of his infamous strategist, Zhuge Liang. In 207, Cao Cao led an army of one hundred thousand to attack Xinye, the city in which the future Shu army was occupying. Zhuge Liang, as the military executive, ordered Ping and Liu Feng to take five hundred with flammable materials, and wait in an area beside the Bowang slope. Xiahou Dun approached the area while pursuing Zhao Yun. The two generals waited, and Ping ordered his men to set fire to it. Dun's force was ensnared in a blazing inferno, though he, unlike his subordinates, escaped.

Saving Liu Bei

 * "I shall have to go. Lord Liu is in trouble at Fu Pass."
 * "If you leave, Director General, who will guard this base so vital to our fortunes?"
 * "Although this letter does not say so specifically, I think I know our lord’s mind. Our lord has had placed the responsibility for Jingzhou upon me, with instructions to appoint whomsoever I deem fit. Nonetheless, today Guan Ping is here with a letter whose intent is that Lord Guan assume this heavy task. Yunchang[Guan Yu], be ever mindful of the honour-binding oath in the peach garden and do your utmost to defend this province. So weighty a task will demand the utmost diligence."
 * -Zhuge Liang conversating with Guan Yu, after reading a letter of Pang Tong's death.

In the coming years, Guan Ping was actively chosen to accompany Liu Bei in numerous expeditions. On one occasion in Jingzhou, Guan Ping inspected two riverland generals, Gao Pei and Yang Huai, and found two concealed knives on their persons. Liu Bei had them executed. Ping would also be paired with Liu Feng to repel some of Sun Quan's forces at Jing.

Zhang Ren and his army ambushed Shu general and strategist Pang Tong at the Fallen Phoenix pass, and killed him. In close pursuit of a fleeing Liu Bei, Zhang Ren was charged by Guan Ping and Liu Feng, as they were able to drive him off. After recovering, Liu Bei sent a letter to Zhuge Liang, delivered by Guan Ping. It read, "On the seventh day of the seventh month Director General Pang was slain on Fallen Phoenix Slope by Zhang Ren’s archers.". Liang wept for his fallen comrade, and left for Fu pass, where Bei was resting.

Fan Castle
After the gaining Sun Quan's lands of Jingzhou, Quan sent Lu Su to negotiate it's returning to Wu with Guan Yu. Guan Ping, as well as strategist Ma Liang, advised Guan Yu not to meet with him, as they expected it would be a trap. However, despite warnings, Guan Yu chose to go, to defend his own honor. Ma Liang advised him that if he were to go, then take precautions. Guan Yu agreed, and told Ping to follow him with five hundred skilled marine fighters, to wait for his signal. Though the signal was raised by Zhou Cang, the meeting was peaceful, and the two rode back to Jingzhou.

After Liu Bei's capture of Hanzhong in 219, Guan Yu was ordered to attack Fan Castle. Originally, he made commanders Mi Fang and Fu Shiren vanguard for the expedition, but the two were beaten after getting drunk and neglecting duties. Instead, Guan Ping and Liao Hua were put in their place. The army set off for Xiangyang. Enemy general Cao Ren met them at Fan, and Ping was given orders by his father. Liao Hua issued a challenge, and feigned defeat and lost. The next day, Hua issued another challenge, responded by Zhai Yuan and Xiahou Cun. Again, Liao Hua's army fled, but the enemy pursued them. He quickly struck hard, and routed the army. Zhai Yuan attempted to flee, though Ping felled him with a stroke of his sword. Even though he was able to withdraw and hold a defensive position, Ren lost more than half his troops.

Duel with Pang De

 * "Traitor! Villain!"
 * "I hold the mandate of the King of Wei to take your father’s head. Scrubby urchin, you’re not worth the killing. Call out your father."
 * -Guan Ping, about to engage Pang De in battle.



After receiving a report that Cao Cao sent his general, Yu Jin to attack, and Pang De bringing his own coffin to attack, Guan Yu scorned and ordered Ping to attack Fan while he face the "skunk", Pang De. Guan Ping protested and asked if he could fight instead, which Yu accepted. When he met Pang De, Guan Ping taunted him and then charged. The two clashed for thirty bouts, but neither could prevail, so they broke and rested. Guan Yu took his place, but also could not defeat Pang De.

The next day, Guan Yu and Pang De again fought, but after fifty bouts, De started to run away on his horse. Guan Yu pursued him. The general's son, in worry, called his horse and rode out to follow them. Ping then found out the true intention of Pang De's ruse, and shouted out, "Villain! No sneak shot!". However, it was too late, and Guan Yu was struck in the arm with an arrow. The two retreated, and Ping ordered all generals to not notify Guan Yu of the enemy's taunts. After the healing of Yu's arm, Yu Jin positioned his army to the north of Fan. Guan Yu was then notified of this and set up a strategy - As the rain was beating down for days, the dam was bound to overflow. The Shu army was to take boats, and release the dam to flood the castle.

Fortunately, the strategy worked, and most of Yu Jin's army drowned. His army, as well as the general himself surrendered, but Pang De refused to give up. He made a stand in the embankment, which Guan Yu's army assailed. Eventually, all of the enemy forces were killed or had surrendered, while Pang De was captured by Zhou Cang. De refused to give in, and was executed. This act of martyring touched Guan Yu - Who had Pang De buried properly.

Felled Gods of War

 * "Go no further! Surrender or die!"
 * -Zhu Ran during the ambush on Guan Ping and Guan Yu.

Guan Yu led an army to Fan Castle to call them to surrender, but was answered by a volley of arrows. One of the arrows struck Guan Yu in the right arm, knocking him of his horse. The arrowhead was poisoned, causing swelling and a green tint to cover the infected area. Guan Ping, worried, talked with the other commanders for Guan Yu's health, in which they all agreed to send him back. However, Guan Yu refused to go, as he believed Fan Castle was within their grasp. Hua Tuo, a doctor of the Qiao region, came to help the "world-renowned hero". He ordered Guan Yu to rest his arm for one hundred days.

After Ping repelled enemy general Xu Shang and faced Xu Huang, Guan Yu, still rehabilitating, decided to fight Huang. He knew what he could and could not do. After bowing, the two faced each other in eighty bouts, but Guan Yu was weakened by his arm, so Ping sounded the gong to stop the fight. The army, however, was attacked on two sides by Cao Ren, and fled. On the way, they were informed of Fu Shiren's surrender, and inducing Mi Fang of the same action. Though troops retreated, the army fled to the city of Mai. Zhuge Jin was permitted to have a meeting with Guan Yu, but left in peace, after Guan Ping tried to attack him. No aid was coming from Shu, as Liu Feng and Meng Da refused to give it. Ping and his father bid their farewells to Zhou Cang and the other commanders and troops, and joined his father with two hundred other men to flee. Repeated attacks came from Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang, and, after Zhao Lei fell with only a dozen men left in their command, the two continued to retreat. However, at a place called the "Breach in the Rocks", Guan Yu was captured by Ma Zhong. Ping rushed to his aid, and, with no men, fought on, completely alone. But, fatigue caught up to Ping, so he was also captured by Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang.

The father and son were brought to Sun Quan's tent, who attempted to incite them to surrender. However, the two decided to die in glory in Liu Bei's service. The two were beheaded in 220.

Warriors Orochi Info
In WO, Guan Ping is part of a shu resistance force along with Huang Zhong. They are attacked at Jing by Cao Pi and the Orochi army, but are saved by Nobunaga's forces, whom Guan Ping subsequently joins.

Guan Ping also serves The Samurai Sect in Warriors Orochi 2.

Dynasty Warriors 5

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 * ,,,,,undefined: Jumps up and hurls Guan Ping's sword at the ground creating an explosion
 * Spins around advancing with sword out.

(True musou): adds flames and at the end Guan Ping makes a huge leap and crashes down sending a huge shockwave forward.

How to get 4th Weapon
in stage escape from chibi,when cao - cao was escape from the battle of chibi... you must kill all officer who want to bring cao - to reach his escape and the last is Xun Yu

Quotes
"Chalk one up to me!"

"I am Guan Ping son of Guan Yu!"

Trivia

 * Guan Ping is shown more time with Xing Cai than she is with Liu Chan, her historical husband.
 * Guan Ping being adopted is never mentioned