Guan Yu's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 過五關斬六將

In Chapter 27, when Guan Yu left, Cao Cao held back Cai Yang and Cheng Yu, who wanted to pursue him, sent Zhang Liao on ahead, and saw Guan Yu off on a bridge, giving him money for the road and a brocade battle robe. Guan Yu declined the gold, took the robe on the point of his blade, and set off north. On the road he met Liao Hua, who had killed his comrade Du Yuan for seizing the two sisters-in-law and had returned the carriages, and he lodged at the manor of Hu Hua, who gave him a letter to take to his son Hu Ban at Xingyang. Romance, Ch. 27 §1–17

When Kong Xiu of Dongling Pass demanded a travel permit and barred the way, Guan Yu cut him down in a single bout; at Luoyang, caught by the scheme of the Administrator Han Fu (韓福) and his subordinate general Meng Tan, he took an arrow in his left arm yet slew them both. Bian Xi of Sishui Pass hid axemen in Zhenguo Temple, but Guan Yu, warned by a glance from the monk Pujing, a man from his home district, saw through it and cut him down; Wang Zhi, Administrator of Xingyang, tried to set fire to the post station, but failed because Hu Ban, who had received the letter, warned Guan Yu, and was then cut down by him. When even Qin Qi, who held the Yellow River ferry, was cut down in a single bout, the passes Guan Yu had gone through numbered five and the generals he had slain numbered six. Romance, Ch. 27 §17–45

After crossing the Yellow River, Guan Yu heard from Sun Qian that Liu Bei had left Yuan Shao and gone to Runan, and changed course; confronted by Xiahou Dun, who had come after him, he was let go thanks to an envoy sent by Cao Cao and Zhang Liao's dispatch. In Chapter 28 Guan Yu slew Cai Yang, Qin Qi's maternal uncle, within a single roll of the drum beaten by Zhang Fei, dispelling his sworn brother's doubts, and was reunited with Liu Bei and Zhang Fei at Gucheng. Romance, Ch. 27 §47–50Romance, Ch. 28 §1–8 · 35–37 · 52–59