Chapter 42 Killing Huaxiong
Pan Feng rode his horse out with a big axe in his hand, but a moment later the scout came to report: Pan Feng was also beheaded.
The princes were shocked. No one expected that Hua Xiong was so brave.
Yuan Shao glanced around and said, "Who dares to go to fight again?" The princes bowed their heads and said, and no one dared to respond. Seeing that no one dared to respond, Yuan Shao couldn't help but sigh, "It's a pity that Yan Liang and Wen Chou have not arrived! If there is one person here, why fear him Hua Xiong!"
At this time, the three generals Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and Dian Wei, who were standing behind Chen Chu, all showed a look of eagerness to try. The three of them almost all came out together and asked for their orders: "General, I am willing to kill Hua Xiong!"
The eyes of the princes immediately gathered on the three people. Seeing the extraordinary figure and aura of the three people, the princes couldn't help but ignite hope in their hearts again.
Yuan Shao's eyes lit up and said happily: "If the general under his virtuous man can take action, I believe he will be able to kill Hua Xiong!"
Chen Chu smiled faintly, his eyes wandered over the longing faces of the three people in front of him for a moment, and then fixed on Guan Yu's face, "Chang Yun, you will take action in this round. Kill Hua Xiong!"
Guan Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his whole body became extremely excited. However, Zhang Fei and Dian Wei were depressed and bitter.
"Yes!" Guan Yu responded excitedly, then quickly walked out of the tent with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand. At this time, soldiers had already brought the war horses.
Guan Yu stepped on the war horse and galloped out of the formation. At the same time, Chen Chu also got out of the tent quickly and came to a huge war drum in the formation. Zhang Fei, Dian Wei and Liu Bei followed Chen Chu closely, and the other princes were also infected by him and walked out of the tent.
Chen Chu snatched a pair of drumsticks like sled hammers, and swung his arms and beat the war drums in everyone's surprise eyes. In terms of martial arts, Chen Chu was not as good as any general, but in terms of strength, there were not many people who could compare with him. The war drums suddenly sounded loudly. Since the war drums that Chen Chu beat was the leading drum, all the war drums rang out with it. In an instant, the sound of the war drums resounded throughout the world, causing all the soldiers of the coalition to suddenly have their blood.
Guan Yu rode his horse to the front of the formation. At this time, Hua Xiong was sitting high and stood proudly. Under his war horse, two corpses with different heads were lying, namely Yu She and Pan Feng, who had previously challenged Hua Xiong.
"Come and report your name! I won't kill the nameless person!" Hua Xiong pointed his sword at Guan Yu and said with a contemptuous look on his face.
Guan Yu snorted coldly: "I'm just a lackey under a traitor! How dare you be so arrogant! I am Guan Yu, the general under General Zhengbei, and I will definitely kill you today!"
After saying that, he immediately rode his horse up and waved the Qinglong Yanyue Sword to take over Hua Xiong.
Seeing the other party running like a tide and a tide like a mountain collapse, Hua Xiong was shocked. He dared not be contemptuous anymore, Hua Xiong cheered up and waved his sword to meet him.
The two of them yelled and approached quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they interlaced and a loud clanging sound rang out at the same time. Then they turned their horses and met again, and then fought each other. Suddenly, the clanging sound continued, and the two shouted loudly.
The two fought for more than twenty rounds without a chance of winning or losing. The soldiers on both sides were ignited by the battle on the field and shouted together. The sound was as shocking as the sky fell and the earth fell. The princes couldn't help but change their faces.
Guan Yu became more and more brave in the field, but Hua Xiong gradually showed timidity. The two fought for more than ten rounds. Guan Yu slashed open Hua Xiong's middle gate with a knife, then shouted loudly. The Qinglong Yanyue Sword rushed straight into the sky like a single dragon. Hua Xiong was not as good as being penetrated by a knife. Guan Yu immediately returned and slashed it, and Hua Xiong's head suddenly soared into the sky.
The battlefield suddenly became quiet, and the moods of both sides were different. One side of the coalition was excited, while Dong Zhuo's morale suddenly stopped and everyone's face was pale.
Chen Chu, who was beating the drum, saw this, although he had expected it, he was still very excited.
"The whole army obeys the order! Attack!" Chen Chu, who was the first to react, stood on the chariot and pointed in front of the drumstick and shouted.
Kill!! Hundreds of thousands of coalition forces shouted at the same time and rushed up like a tsunami.
Dong Zhuo's army, whose morale was greatly reduced, could not resist it at all, and was killed immediately, so people were rushing to cross the body. All Dong Zhuo's soldiers rushed to escape into the pass, while the coalition forces followed closely behind and chased after him.
Li Su, the guard general at the gate, was shocked when he saw this. He was worried that the coalition forces would take the opportunity to seize the pass, so he immediately ordered the suspension bridge to rise, and at the same time ordered the crossbowmen to shoot with all their might to suppress the coalition forces of the princes under the pass.
Most of Dong Zhuo's army outside the pass had not yet escaped into the Sishui Pass, and the suspension bridge had already risen. Many soldiers stood under the pass and cursed, while others ran around. The scene was extremely chaotic.
The coalition forces chased the Guanxia, and the Dong Zhuo soldiers at the Guanxia surrendered one after another. At this time, the arrows and stones on the Guanxia were all taken, and many Dong Zhuo soldiers and coalition soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.
Seeing that the coalition forces could not take the opportunity to seize the pass, they temporarily retreated.
In this battle, the coalition forces won a great victory, not only killed Hua Xiong, the general of Sishui Pass, but also killed more than 20,000 Dong Zhuo's soldiers in the subsequent ban. At this time, there were less than 20,000 defenders left in Sishui Pass, and their morale was low. All the princes believed that breaking the pass was just around the corner.
In this battle, Chen Chu can be said to have made the first attack. The general under Chen Chu's command, Guan Yu, killed Hua Xiong in formation, which is the most critical.
When Guan Yu threw Hua Xiong's head on the ground, everyone couldn't help but exclaim. Everyone looked at Guan Yu with admiration, and the eyes at Chen Chu were full of awe.
At this time, Guan Yu raised his head high, and when facing the others, he looked arrogant. Guan Yu came to Chen Chu and bowed to one knee, "I will fulfill my mission!"
Chen Chu laughed, then helped Guan Yu up and said with a look of relief: "Yun Chang's bravery! That Hua Xiong is Yun Chang's opponent!"
"Thank you!" Guan Yu said happily, then turned behind Chen Chu and stood with Zhang Fei and Dian Wei. Zhang Fei and Dian Wei looked at Guan Yu with an envious look. Liu Bei, on the other side, looked at Guan Yu with a warm face. The expression was like an old virgin who saw a beautiful woman, extremely hungry. That expression made people feel creepy. Fortunately, Guan Yu did not notice Liu Bei beside him at this time, otherwise, I wonder what Guan Yu would think.
Yuan Shao glanced at Guan Yu, and then asked Chen Chu: "Brother, is this general the brave general who killed twenty-one generals under Zhang Jiao when he destroyed the Yellow Turban?"
Chen Chu shook his head and smiled, "What the Hou of Qixiang is talking about is another person."
Yuan Shao was shocked: "Is there anyone under my brother's command more than this person?"
Chen Chu nodded with a smile, but thought to himself: There are more than two powerful generals under my command! In terms of martial arts alone, among the six generals, Zhang He is probably slightly inferior to Guan Yu, and the other four are not inferior to Guan Yu, and even stronger!
Although Chen Chu thought so in his heart, he didn't say so. After all, it is beneficial to hide some strength.
That night, Yuan Shao ordered people to prepare wine and meat to reward the three armies, and at the same time, they set up a banquet in the big tent to celebrate. Of course, in case of precautions, the necessary warning forces were arranged.
At the banquet, the princes frequently toasted Chen Chu and Guan Yu. Zhang Fei and Dian Wei were not interested, which made the two very depressed. Zhang Fei said to Dian Wei: "We are underestimated! When the war comes to war tomorrow, all the princes will be shocked!" Dian Wei nodded heavily in his arms holding the wine jar.
Among the princes, the ones who pay the most attention to Guan Yu were Liu Bei and Cao Cao. Because of Liu Bei's low status, although he was determined to make friends with Guan Yu, he could not speak. Cao Cao frequently toasted Guan Yu, and his words were all testing Guan Yu's attitude towards Chen Chu. Guan Yu was not a fool. After a few rounds, Guan Yu knew what Cao Cao had to do. So Guan Yu said to Cao Cao in a sonorous tone: "In today's troubled times, there must be heroes to restore the world! My general is a hero, and Guan is willing to follow him to the death, even if he is heartbroken!"
Hearing Guan Yu's words, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He knew that his wish to poach the enemy would probably be difficult to realize. At the same time, Cao Cao felt sincere admiration in his heart, and the more he admired him, the more he wanted to recruit Guan Yu, but he could not recruit him at all. So Cao Cao was very painful at this time.
Chen Chu saw all the small moves Cao Cao made. When he saw Cao Cao retreating aside with a look of frustration, Chen Chu couldn't help but laugh, and he laughed happily.
After drinking for three tours, Chen Chu said to Yuan Shao: "The leader of the alliance, now that Dong Zhuo's army is frustrated, our army should take advantage of the situation to attack the city immediately. I believe that it will not take long to capture the Sishui Pass."
Everyone immediately agreed. Some of them agreed with Chen Chu's suggestions, but more of them were out of flattering Chen Chu's heart.
After thinking for a while, Yuan Shao nodded happily and said, "What my brother said is so true! Tomorrow I will order the princes and divisions to take turns to attack Sishui Pass."
What Chen Chu said was roughly similar to what Zhang Fei said in his previous life. However, the result was completely different. When Zhang Fei said this, he got cold scolding, while when Chen Chu said this, he got a lot of agreement. It was really because of the same thing that was done by different people, and the result was completely different.
Hua Xiong was killed in the battle and the entire army was defeated. In horror, Li Su hurriedly sent people to Luoyang to ask for reinforcements.
When Dong Zhuo received Li Su's letter of help, he was shocked and quickly summoned his strategists and generals to discuss the issue of sending troops to rescue him.
Finally, at the suggestion of Li Ru, Dong Zhuo decided to raise an army of 200,000 to rush to Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass.
Along the way, 50,000 troops were led by Guo Si and Li Jue to help Sishui Pass. Before leaving, Li Ru specifically explained that he only had to strictly control the gates and not leave the gates and fight.
Another 150,000 troops were led by Dong Zhuo and accompanied by Li Ru. The generals of Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Zang Ba, Gao Shun and other generals came to Hulao Pass this way, with the purpose of attacking with Hulao Pass as the foundation, in order to cut off the coalition forces of the princes in half, and then attack at the same time as Li Jue and Guo Si's army in Sishui Pass, and finally defeating the coalition forces of the princes.
At the same time, Li Ru also suggested that Yuan Wei and his family be killed, and that Kuaima would take these heads of all sizes to the front of the pass first. Dong Zhuo adopted Li Ru's suggestion and sent troops to hunt down all the young and old people who stayed in Luoyang before the army set off. Then he ordered a team of Kuaima to take the heads of all the troops to order the three armies. In addition to venting anger, Dong Zhuo also had another purpose, that is, to show the soldiers under his command, and he wanted to let the soldiers under his command understand that if he dared to betray him, Dong Zhuo, even if he could escape, he would kill all his family.
Although many of the soldiers were disgusted with Dong Zhuo's indiscriminate killing of innocent people, they did not dare to disobey Dong Zhuo at all.
A few days later, a spy passed the situation to Yuan Shao. When Yuan Wei's family was killed, Yuan Shao burst into tears. The other princes shook their heads and sighed.
Yuan Shao ordered people to cut white cloth and let all the soldiers under his command wear mourning clothes. At the same time, he ordered people to erect a white flag and write a letter to revenge. Afterwards, Yuan Shao ordered his troops to attack Sishui Pass day and night.
The battle was going on very fiercely, but after a few days, Sishui Pass was still unable to be captured. At this moment, news came from Luoyang, saying that Dong Zhuo raised 200,000 troops to reinforce. Yuan Shao quickly gathered to discuss. Finally, he decided to lead seven princes, a total of 200,000 troops to Hulao Pass to fight, while Yuan Shao and other princes continued to attack Sishui Pass urgently.
The seven princes who followed Chen Chu to Hulao Pass were: Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, Bao Xin, Yuan Yi, Kong Rong, Zhang Yang, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zan.
Chapter completed!