Guan Yu lacked the experience to handle a huge army, especially one with the size under his command at the time, when his force nearly doubled as 30,000 troops captured in his earlier victory joined his army.
Guan Yu kekurangan pengalaman dalam memegang bala tentara yang besar, terutama yang sebesar bawahannya kala itu, di mana pasukannya nyaris dua kali lipat semula karena 30.000 pasukan yang ditahan dari kemenangan sebelumnya masuk ke bala tentaranya.