Chapter 255 The day when the tiger and gallbladder ruled Jingxiang
Chapter 255: The Day of Unification of Jingxiang
After waiting for half an hour, probably at the end of the corner and the beginning of the day, Xing Daorong came to fight Guan Yu again.
After getting the BMW, Xing Daorong galloped away while shouting.
At this time, he had understood that Guan Yu's strength seemed unfathomable, so he became a little more cautious. When he got closer, he did not make any move, but instead rode his horse to cruise around him.
He saw that Guan Yu was calm and composed. Even when Xing Daorong came around behind him, he just glanced at him, his raised red and phoenix eyes full of disdain.
"Guan Yu, are you looking down on me?"
Xing Daorong was also angered by his attitude and felt that Guan Yu had slighted him.
However, Guan Yu smiled and said: "The general is so brave and brave, how can he be underestimated?"
"If that's the case, why do you dare to turn your back to me?"
Xing Daorong asked.
Guan Yu said: "Since the general calls himself General Lingling, he must be an upright person and will not do things like hurting people behind their backs!"
"That's natural."
Xing Daorong lost himself in the shouts of "extraordinary bravery" and "upright person", and said proudly: "I took the initiative before, this time it will be you."
"really?"
Guan Yu smiled and asked, "Even Yan Liang can't dodge my sword."
Xing Daorong said: "That's because his strength is limited. Compared with me, Yan Liang is far behind."
Guan Yu smiled and stopped talking. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and began to think carefully.
In fact, he has never been a reckless warrior who looked down on everything.
Although he is proud, he is never arrogant.
Even before he was defeated in Maicheng, the most miserable man in history, he captured Xiangfan. At the same time, he still held tens of thousands of elite troops in his hands, and was not afraid of Jiangdong attacks at all.
However, Naihe did not expect that Jiangling fell so quickly that the soldiers and their families were captured. The soldiers were worried about the safety of their families and dispersed one after another, which led to a defeat.
Therefore, Guan Yu's arrogance is the kind of arrogance that arises when he fights a well-prepared battle, knows the enemy well, and is sure of victory.
To a certain extent, this can also be regarded as the meaning of "strategically despise the enemy and tactically attach importance to the enemy".
It's a pity that historically Guan Yu had pig teammates in the rear, so he was voted directly.
But now the people helping him guard Jingnan are not Mi Fang, Shiren and others, but Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and Zhuge Liang.
Shen Chen is also in Jiangxia now, and Liu Bei is coming across the river, so he will not let his rear fall.
At this moment in Lanxi, Guan Yu's task is to hold back Cai Mao's main army, neither allowing him to win and go to Linxiang, nor allowing him to withdraw his troops.
Therefore, it is a good choice to play with Xing Daorong without conscience.
It's just that it's really annoying to keep fighting with a little military general whose martial arts is only second-rate and weak.
If it spreads in the future, wouldn't it mean that the world's heroes will look down upon themselves?
So Guan Yu was thinking about whether to punish Xing Daorong.
But he was also afraid that Xing Daorong would be chopped into pieces with a single sword, which scared Cai Mao into hastily withdrawing his troops.
Now Jiangxia Navy has to deal with Zhang Yun and cannot deal with Cai Mao.
There are so many ships of the Yangtze River Navy that it would be bad if he ran out onto the lake.
So after hesitating for a moment, Guan Yu said softly: "If that's the case, then I'm here!"
Then he urged the horse to gallop.
The red rabbit jumped several feet like lightning and soon arrived in front of Xing Daorong.
Xing Daorong was so shocked by such speed that he almost instinctively raised his ax and blocked it in front of him.
The ax only blocked his chest. Guan Yu could improvise and avoid his ax with one strike, and chop Xing Daorong from another place.
But he went straight for his axe.
A violent metal collision sound was heard, and the Qinglong Sword drew a brilliant arc in the air.
It was like a blue dragon roaring in the world. The silver blade cut out a brilliant crescent moon and struck the pear blossom ax in Xing Daorong's hand. Moreover, it was not the ax blade, but the ax surface.
Xing Daorong was very strong, and he still held the ax with both hands, but this time he could hardly hold the handle of the axe, and almost sent the big ax flying out of his hand.
When the two horses passed by each other, it felt as if it was a different world, and the venue suddenly fell silent.
Everyone craned their necks to watch the outcome.
At this moment, Xing Daorong's face was covered with sweat. He had almost closed his eyes just now. When he came back to his senses, he only felt numbness in the tiger's mouth, but no pain in his neck.
When he opened his eyes again, he realized that he had actually blocked Guan Yu's sword, but the surface of the ax was already full of cracks, obviously it had been hit by a big sword.
"My sword was as fast as lightning. Even Yan Liang couldn't stop it, but you actually blocked it."
Guan Yule turned his horse's head, narrowed his eyes, and said with a contemptuous smile: "The general is quite capable, but there are two more swords to be struck next. Let's see if the general can do it."
"Wait a minute."
No matter how stupid Xing Daorong was, he already knew that Guan Yu's martial arts were superior to him, so he secretly wiped his sweat, quickly turned his jade horse, turned around and said to him: "My big ax is not a magic weapon. It has been damaged. If we continue to fight,
You can't win without force."
"oh?"
Guan Yu looked at the cracks on his axe, smiled and said: "In that case, you go back and change your weapons to fight again."
"Thank you very much, General."
Xing Daorong was overjoyed and hurriedly rode back.
In the distance, Cai Maojun saw Guan Yu's front and Xing Daorong's back, so he couldn't actually see the moment when the two fought.
I only saw two people passing by on the wrong horse. Guan Yu and Xing Daorong both turned their horses and seemed to say a few words, and Xing Daorong came back.
Seeing that their general had returned to their formation, the soldiers didn't know why, but they hurriedly moved out of the way. Like a general returning in triumph, Xing Daorong rode his horse to the high platform where Cai Mao was.
"Lieutenant!"
Then I saw Xing Daorong coming to the audience, dismounting his horse and kneeling on one knee.
Cai Mao said in surprise: "Why is the general back again?"
Xing Daorong always cared about face and did not dare to tell the truth, so he had to fabricate a lie and said: "Taiwei, the general made the first move twice before, but was blocked by Guan Yu. This time, the general let Guan Yu take the first move, but he didn't expect it."
He is indeed quite powerful."
"oh?"
Cai Mao said in astonishment: "Could it be that the general was defeated?"
"Of course not."
Xing Daorong said proudly: "Although his gestures were like lightning, he was not slow in his skills at the end, so he was blocked by me."
Cai Mao was even more puzzled and said: "If this is the case, why did the general come back?"
Xing Daorong said: "Although Guan Yu's sword was blocked by the general, the ax in the general's hand was just an ordinary iron axe, which was not comparable to the world-famous Qinglong Yanyue Sword in Guan Yu's hand, so the ax surface was cracked."
After saying that, he threw the battle ax in his hand under the high platform. Cai Mao leaned over and took a look, and saw that the pear flower ax was indeed full of cracks. If it was hit by one or two more knives, it would probably break into pieces.
"What a pity."
Hu Zheng said: "It seems that this battle is not the fault of the general. Guan Yu's horse is a BMW and his sword is a precious sword. The general's horse and ax are not as good as Guan Yu's, so it is natural that he is at a disadvantage."
"yes."
Xing Daorong complained: "Not the last general can't defeat Guan Yu, but this good horse and sword are the second life of the general, just like Lu Bu has the red rabbit and Fang Tian Huaji, Zhang Fei has Wu Zui and Zhangba Snake Spear."
, If there is no good horse, good sword and good bow, no matter how powerful the general is, he will not be able to exert much of his strength."
"I see."
Cai Mao asked in a deep voice: "Is the general's usual weapon a tomahawk?"
Xing Daorong nodded repeatedly: "That's natural."
"It's just that this Qinglong Sword is the best sword in the world, but I don't have a matching ax in my army."
Cai Hao sighed.
Xing Daorong's brain twitched at this time and he said: "Although the battle ax is my usual weapon, a sword can also be used."
"Let me think about the sword."
Cai Hao pondered.
"If I don't have the precious ax and sword, I'm afraid the general will be powerless. We can't let the general fight Guan Yu empty-handed."
Xing Daorong was secretly happy.
This job is really life-threatening, so I can refuse it at least.
However, Cai Mao said: "Although there is no battle ax like the Qinglong Sword, the late emperor once rewarded me with a hundred-refined battle sword called tiger gallbladder. It is said to be forged by royal craftsmen in the north. It should be able to rival the Qinglong Sword. This blade is
Granted to you, may you kill Guan Yu!"
The so-called Bailian Sword, also known as the Baipi Sword, is recorded in the "Three Kingdoms" and the "Hundred Sword Order" written by Cao Cao himself. It is the best weapon in the world.
During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were a lot of precious swords. It is said that in addition to the five hundred-handle swords forged by Cao Cao's men, there was also the Xinting forged by Zhang Fei when he first paid homage to the Marquis of Xinting.
Hou Dao, as well as the fiercely tempered Dao made by Pu Yuan under Zhuge Liang's order, etc.
Swords, swords, and horses are not only loved by generals, but also by local princes and emperors. They are mainly used to show their majesty.
Therefore, after Liu Biao became emperor, he ordered the royal craftsmen who fled from the north to Jingzhou to forge six swords. In addition to keeping a sword for himself, he also gave it to Liu Qi, Liu Cong, Huang Zu, Zhang Yun, and Cai Mao.
One of them, this tiger-gall knife, was given to Cai Mao.
At present, his general Xing Daorong can actually defeat Guan Yu, but because the BMW sword is inferior and cannot kill the opponent, Cai Mao feels that he cannot be stingy, so he decides to give him the treasure.
Hearing these words, Xing Daorong felt paralyzed at the time, but he praised Haikou himself. If he said it was not possible, Cai Mao would probably have to kill him.
So for a moment, although his heart was filled with regret, Xing Daorong had to pretend to shed tears of gratitude on his face and said: "How can such a precious sword as the Lieutenant be given to a reckless warrior like me?"
"Then it will not be given."
Cai Mao was also feeling distressed at this time. Hearing Xing Daorong's words, he was overjoyed and said: "I'll lend it to you for use first, and then I'll return it to you after I kill Guan Yu."
"ah"
Xing Daorong was dumbfounded. He stared at his eyes as big as copper bells. He never expected that such an operation could be done?
Not only did he have to go to the battlefield, he didn't even give him a knife.
"Um?"
Cai Mao asked: "General, do you have any questions?"
Xing Daorong was miserable, his eyes rolled again, and he said wisely in his haste: "It's just past noon since the army set off for the expedition. The general is very strong and has eaten a lot, but he is hungry now."
Hu Zheng on the side raised his head and looked at the sky. It was indeed noon, and he said: "Captain, it is already noon, and the soldiers are indeed hungry."
"Um."
Cai Hao nodded and ordered: "Send the order and take turns to have dinner in the afternoon."
"only!"
Hu Zheng issued orders to generals at all levels.
Because of the scarcity of supplies, people in the Han Dynasty often had two meals. The first meal was from 7 to 9 in the morning. This time period was called Shi Shi, also known as Chao Shi.
The second meal is from three to five o'clock in the afternoon, this period is called the afternoon time, also known as the hot time.
However, soldiers who are marching and fighting need to replenish their physical strength in time. Two meals will definitely lead to lack of energy. Therefore, they often need to eat three or even four meals.
Generals make tactical arrangements when fighting, and sometimes they have to eat while fighting. It is also common for soldiers to carry dry food with them and fight the enemy while eating.
Cai Mao ordered the soldiers to alternate shifts and line up in front to prepare, while the soldiers in the rear were busy cooking.
Especially Xing Daorong.
In order for him to complete the task of killing Guan Yu and defeat Liu Bei's military camp in Lanxi, good meat and vegetables were served one after another.
Xing Daorong originally wanted to delay time, but he was really hungry. Seeing so many delicious foods, he immediately opened his stomach to eat. With tears in his eyes, he ate three large bowls of rice and a pound of meat, until his belly almost burst.
After that, he slept for an hour on the pretext that he needed to rest for a while, and then was urged by Hu Zheng to fight again.
Guan Yu, who was on the field, also returned to the camp.
His mission is to delay time. Now that the enemy wants to continue to waste time with him, he is naturally very happy.
At the beginning of the afternoon, Xing Daorong, who had been waiting for a long time, finally came out, riding a Yuluo horse, carrying a tiger gallbladder in his hand, and hawking outside the camp.
But this time Guan Yu did not come out. He sent someone to inform Xing Daorong that Guan Yu was also resting and asked him to wait for a while.
Xing Daorong was overjoyed and quickly went back to report to Cai Mao, saying that Guan Yu did not dare to fight.
However, the two generals fought for a long time, and there was no winner for a while. It was common for them to eat and drink each other, and then take a rest. For example, Xu Chu fought naked against Ma Chao, Zhang Fei fought against Meng Qi under the lamp, etc.
Therefore, Cai Mao had no doubts and just asked Xing Daorong to rest for a while. After Guan Yu had rested, he would go up and fight with him.
At this moment, someone was coming hurriedly to Guan Yu's camp.
"Junhou!"
The camp tent was opened, and a scribe came in and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty!"
When Guan Yu saw it, he saw that it was Yin Ji.
When Liu Bei was in Nanyang, some scholars and officials defected to him, such as Li Yan, Yin Ji, Han Ran, etc.
Among them, Han Ran served as the chief secretary in his army, while Li Yan and Yin Ji followed Liu Bei to Xichuan. When Yin Ji returned, naturally it was Liu Bei who sent a letter.
"Uncle Ji, how are you doing?"
Guan Yu had already known about the camp's guards and knew that Yin Ji came in from the west gate of the camp with more than ten guards, so he already had some suspicions in his mind.
As expected, Yin Ji said: "My lord has captured Jiangling the day before yesterday. Yesterday he sent General Zhang and military advisors to go straight to Jingling, and personally led the army to capture Nan'an. The Jiangxia navy also stationed in Baqiu yesterday, and joined forces with General Liu Pan.
After attacking Hongkou, three armies gathered in Zikou today to attack Cai Mao! By this time, Cai Mao’s camp in Zikou must have been captured by the lord!"
"good!"
Guan Yu laughed and said, "I have lived up to my elder brother's fate."
Yin Ji hurriedly said: "All this is the result of the monarch."
If Cai Mao had been allowed to return to the camp yesterday, Cai Mao's main force would definitely have learned about the fall of Nan'an. They had many ships and their naval strength should not be underestimated.
The most important thing is that fighting on the river is not what Liu Bei and Liu Pan are good at. Only Huang Zu can handle it.
Putting aside the issue of whether Huang Zu could win, even if he could win, Cai Mao might be able to escape at any time with his navy. If the Yangtze River Navy had not been annihilated, it would be a failure for them.
Therefore, it can be said that Guan Yu played a crucial role in the two-day delay.
"Report!"
At this moment, soldiers outside the camp came to report: "General, Xing Daorong is provoking outside the camp again."
“Just in time!”
A trace of killing intent flashed in Guan Yu's eyes. He stood up suddenly. His two-meter-tall body was as oppressive as a giant. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Zhou Cang Pei Yuan Shao."
"The end will be here."
The second general will step forward.
"Order the entire army to prepare to leave the camp and fight to the death."
"only!"
"Bring me my sword again and bring my horse."
Guan Yu's eyebrows were filled with murderous intent: "It's just right to kill Xing Daorong first to commemorate our army's great victory!"
"only!"
All the soldiers agreed with a roar.
When Liu Bei and Liu Pan gathered their armies in the early morning, they were bound to annihilate Cai Mao in Yiyang.
But now Guan Yu's army is the closest.
Then the decisive battle will officially begin. As long as the two sides fight together, the three armies of Huang Zhong in Yiyang City, Liu Bei, Shen Chen, and Liu Pan in the direction of Zikou will quickly join the battle and kill Cai Hao's main force.
Once Cai Mao was destroyed and Zhang Yun went north to surround Jingling, all the troops on Liu Cong's side were wiped out. They relied on the ten thousand defenders in Xiangyang City, and finally surrendered!