{{further|Invasi Lü Meng ke Provinsi Jing|Akhir Dinasti Han}}
InPada lateakhir tahun 219, [[Lü Meng]], aseorang generaljenderal servingyang undermengabdi pada [[Sun Quan]], ledmemimpin anpasukan armyuntuk tomenyerang invadewilayah-wilayah [[Liu Bei]]'sterritories in southerndi [[Provinsi Jing Province]] (coveringbagian partsselatan of(meliputi presentdaerah-daydaerah dari [[Hubei]] anddan [[Hunan]] saat ini). [[Guan Yu]], Liu Bei's general in charge of guarding Jing Province, was away at the [[Battle of Fancheng]] and did not know about the invasion until after he returned from his Pyrrhic victory at Fancheng. He was surrounded by Sun Quan's forces in Maicheng (麥城; present-day Maicheng Village, Lianghe Town, [[Dangyang]], Hubei), captured in an ambush while trying to break out of the siege, and eventually executed by Sun Quan's forces in Linju (臨沮; present-day [[Nanzhang County]], Hubei).<ref>(權已據江陵，盡虜羽士衆妻子，羽軍遂散。權遣將逆擊羽，斬羽及子平于臨沮。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 36.</ref>
