{{further|Invasi Lü Meng ke Provinsi Jing|Akhir Dinasti Han}}
Pada akhir tahun 219, [[Lü Meng]], seorang jenderal yang mengabdi pada [[Sun Quan]], memimpin pasukan untuk menyerang wilayah-wilayah [[Liu Bei]] di [[Provinsi Jing]] bagian selatan (meliputi daerah-daerah dari [[Hubei]] dan [[Hunan]] saat ini). [[Guan Yu]], jenderal Liu Bei'sgeneralyang inbertugas chargemempertahankan of guardingProvinsi Jing Province, wassedang awaypergi at theke [[Battle ofPertempuran Fancheng]] and did notdan knowtidak aboutmengetahui thetentang invasioninvasi untiltersebut aftersampai hesetelah returneddia fromkembali hisdari Pyrrhickemenangan victoryPyrrhicnya atdi 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>
