Chapter 325: The Iron Cavalry Goes to Battle (Part 1)
Guan Yu's expression changed slightly and he said angrily: "If I had known that Jia Rong was such a person, I would have killed him!"
Hua Xiong was furious when he heard this. He couldn't bear to hear what others said about Jia Rong, so he shouted, raised his sword and killed Guan Yu.
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, moved his legs, and the war horse understood and charged towards Hua Xiong.
In the past, Hua Xiong and Guan Yu had a lot of disagreements, because Guan Yu was too arrogant and always had a straight face when meeting people. It was Jia Rong who tried to mediate in the middle, so they could live in harmony. Jia Rong's loyalty is
The Han army at that time was famous, otherwise Guan Yu would not have blatantly disobeyed orders and let Jia Rong go.
Now, although they are both Han soldiers, their positions are different, and Guan Yu is not sure whether he will be able to swing the sword in his hand when he sees Jia Rong.
Approaching Hua Xiong, the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in Guan Yu's hand struck straight at Hua Xiong with a streak of white light.
Hua Xiong was secretly frightened and raised his sword to meet him. The two swords intersected and sparks flew out. Hua Xiong's body became unstable and he almost fell. If it weren't for the stirrups under his feet, Hua Xiong would have died.
Since ancient times, there is no first or second best warrior. As a general of the Xiliang Army, Hua Xiong was naturally not afraid of Guan Yu. He rode his horse to attack Guan Yu again. Holding the hilt of his sword with both hands, he split Huashan Mountain with one move and went straight to Guan Yu.
The sound of "dong dong dong" war drums sounded. Zhang Fei looked around the battlefield and beat the war drums with both hands at an extremely fast speed.
Both knives were made of fine iron. After the "ping ping ping pong" exchange, Hua Xiong saw a few tiny nicks on the blade. Not only was he very sorry, but Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Sword was not that good either.
where.
"What a sword!" Guan Yu praised, his eyes suddenly opened, and he raised the Yanyue Sword high to slash at Hua Xiong.
This sword gave Hua Xiong the feeling of being invincible, and he couldn't bring up a trace of fighting spirit in his heart. When the Yanyue sword was about to fall, he suddenly woke up and raised the sword to fight.
With a "ding" sound, the broadsword in Hua Xiong's hand was struck by Guan Yu and fell to the ground. Guan Yu showed no mercy and swung the Yanyue sword straight at Hua Xiong and slashed at Hua Xiong again.
Seeing this scene, Hua Xiong was filled with unwillingness and closed his eyes helplessly. Unexpectedly, his lifelong fame was defeated by Guan Yu.
Just when the Yanyue Sword was about to fall, an arrow hit the blade with a "ding" sound like a meteor, causing the Qinglong Yanyue Sword to deflect and miss Hua Xiong.
Hua Xiong opened his eyes and saw that the imaginary scene did not appear. He stopped and rode towards the formation.
Guan Yu turned his attention to the owner of the arrow, and saw that this general had a golden crown on his hair, his face was as bright as a star, and he was wearing a black robe and fine armor. The horse underneath him looked like it was not ordinary.
Lu Bu slowly put away his bow and looked at Guan Yu carefully.
The coalition soldiers behind Guan Yu let out loud roars and shouted for Guan Yu in unison. In any case, the coalition troops won.
All the princes heard the loud beating of drums outside the pass and the endless shouting, and their expressions changed.
Yuan Shu sneered and said: "I just said that there is another person who is going to die."
Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Shu angrily. The defeat of the Allies was not a good thing, and Yuan Shu's tone was quite gloating, which would invisibly disintegrate the Allies.
Yuan Shao said: "Go and find out quickly."
Just as the spies came out of the tent, they heard the sound of the luan bell, and Guan Yu dismounted and walked in with two broadswords in his hands.
A spy flashed out from behind and told in detail in the tent that Guan Yu almost killed Hua Xiong in front of the pass.
Cao Cao was overjoyed and was about to step forward to congratulate him when he saw Zhang Fei walking out from behind Liu Bei and shouting loudly: "My brother has defeated Hua Xiong. Why don't we rush into the pass and capture Jia Rong alive?"
Yuan Shu said angrily: "The minister knows how to be humble. If a pawn under a county magistrate dares to show off his power here, I will beat him out." The two horse archers openly shouted, which made Yuan Shu very uncomfortable.
Cao Cao retorted: "It's wrong to talk about highways. Those who achieve merit will be rewarded. Why do we have to distinguish between high and low? Guan Yu defeated Hua Xiong and should be rewarded. In the past, our great ancestor was just the head of a pavilion."
Upon hearing this, Guan Yu glanced at Cao Cao gratefully, comparing Gaozu to himself, it was a great honor.
Yuan Shu shouted: "Cao Mengde, what do you mean by your repeated refutations to me?"
"Since you only value a small county magistrate, I will resign first." Yuan Shu glanced at the princes in the tent and said.
There were many princes who had connections with Yuan Shu, and upon hearing this, they all accused Cao Cao.
Cao Cao walked to Gongsun Zan and whispered: "You can take Xuande and the other three back to the stronghold."
Gongsun Zan understood and led Liu Bei and three others back to the camp.
The Chinese army's tent was divided into three factions and they were quarreling fiercely. Yuan Shu and others repeatedly accused Liu Bei of his faults, but Cao Cao always defended Guan Yu. Yuan Shu's voice was always higher than Cao Cao's. Finally, Cao Cao gave Yuan Shu a good word.
Give up.
Cao Cao said: "Since Hua Xiong was defeated, why not kill him at Hulao Pass?"
Yuan Shu laughed and said, "Meng De is such a childish person. Isn't it possible that Jia Rong, who is famous all over the world, is in the pass and attacks the city rashly. I'm afraid he will take advantage of him." When mentioning Jia Rong, Yuan Shu felt a fire burning in his chest.
Cao Cao laughed and said: "What does Jia Rong have to fear? Our 100,000-strong allied army is still afraid of the thousands of defenders in the pass?"
After hearing this, the princes in the tent regained their former composure. In any case, there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses in the pass. How can they defeat a hundred thousand coalition forces? Even if they lose, it will not be a big problem. The princes may have different interests.
, but have a common goal of "entering Luoyang".
"Is it because Brother Lu is afraid of Jia Rong?" Cao Cao laughed.
Cao Cao's laughter evoked many memories of the princes in the tent, and they all laughed.
Yuan Shu looked at Cao Cao with a livid face, gritted his teeth and said: "You, Cao Mengde, you." He snorted coldly and led his generals back to the camp.
The eighteen princes are only a nominal coalition. In fact, the camps of the various princes are not involved in any way and they defend themselves separately.
When Jia Rong saw Hua Xiong's defeat, he did not continue to send generals to challenge, and returned to the pass. After Jia Rong's training, the Xiliang army would only become more morale due to the generals fighting against the generals, instead of losing morale due to small defeats.
"Alliance leader, the Taifu family, both men and women, old and young, were all killed by the Dong thief. Whether the villain had something to do and was not in the house that day prevented the disaster. Please make a decision from the Allies." A servant of the Yuan Mansion finally came to the Allies after many twists and turns.
Big account.
Looking at the servants of the Yuan Mansion who were crying and covered in blood under the tent, Yuan Shao felt as if his throat was tightly grasped by a big hand, making him unable to breathe. He screamed and fell to the ground. Everyone hurriedly sent Yuan Shao back to the tent.
When the princes heard about this incident, they went to Yuan Shao's bed to greet him. When they learned that Yuan Wei's family had been killed by Dong Zhuo, they all sighed and secretly regretted it. If Yuan Wei was still alive and attacked Luoyang City, he secretly opened the city gate and made an alliance.
The army was able to invade Luoyang without any effort. As a great Han Taifu, Yuan Wei had extremely great influence.
However, Yuan Wei's death is not good for the princes and their armies. Each prince is a big boss who holds great power. No one wants to be controlled by anyone. After he takes over Luoyang in the future, Yuan Wei, the great master, will be on top.
, there will be a very uncomfortable feeling. Even Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance, would not dare to order any prince to come forward lightly.
Yuan Shao said in a weak voice: "The thief Dong deceived the king and killed the ministers indiscriminately. Tomorrow, all the kings will attack Hulao Pass together and swear to kill the thief Dong!"
All the princes in the tent agreed.
"Come into Luoyang and avenge the Taifu!" Someone shouted, causing all the princes in the tent to roar in unison.
Compared to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu was much calmer. When Yuan Wei was alive, he was very kind to Yuan Shao, but scolded Yuan Shu more, thinking that Yuan Shu was not as calm as Yuan Shao, and did not think about Yuan Wei's good intentions in letting him return to Runan.
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When the princes saw that Yuan Shao was weak, they all left.
Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh: "The great things in the world are not as big as those of one family."
When the princes who were friends with him heard this, they hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him. Neither Yuan Shu nor Yuan Shao were broad-minded people. If they found out, Cao Cao would definitely be in trouble.
Seeing the strong military strength of the princes outside Hulao Pass, Jia Rong sent envoys to Luoyang overnight to bring reinforcements to Dong Zhuo. If the Allies were bent on capturing Hulao Pass and attacked day and night, the few thousand men inside the pass alone would not be enough.
After Dong Zhuo met Jia Rong's envoy, he sent Li Su and Zhang Liao to lead 10,000 people to Hulao Pass. At the same time, Jia Xu also sent 5,000 soldiers to Hulao Pass.
The next day, Yuan Shao reluctantly sat down in the alliance leader's position with the support of two soldiers, and said loudly: "The traitor Dong is acting against the will, and the people of the world are suffering at dawn. The allies should work together to invade Luoyang, clear the emperor, and return the world to the Han Dynasty."
When the princes in the tent saw Yuan Shao's decision, no one spoke out to object. Now that Yuan Shao was angry, whoever spoke out would probably be condemned by all the princes.
The eighteen princes each sent out troops and gathered 30,000 horses and rushed outside Hulao Pass.
Jia Rong, who was in the pass, saw that although the leader's army was large but not very organized, and probably not much stronger than the original Yellow Turban soldiers, Jia Rong led three thousand cavalry out of the city to fight. Jia Rong wanted to let the Kwantung princes see the power of the Xiliang army in one battle.
of combat effectiveness.
Not only that, the Bingzhou Army who joined the Xiliang Army did not see the Xiliang Army fight, and did not have a strong sense of destiny for the Xiliang Army. This battle was also about honoring the Xiliang Army and making the soldiers of the Xiliang Army feel proud.
capital, and feel proud to be a Xiliang Army soldier.
Jia Rong, who was dressed in golden armor, stood quietly among the three thousand cavalry of the Xiliang Army, staring coldly at the thirty thousand coalition forces of the princes in front of him. Looking at the boundless coalition of princes, Jia Rong did not feel any fear at all, and even felt a little fear in his heart.
There was a vague expectation, wondering what would happen if the 3,000 cavalrymen rushed into the 30,000 soldiers of the princes. Based on the current situation of the coalition forces, if no reinforcements arrived, the 3,000 cavalrymen would be enough to defeat them.
Jia Rong firmly believes that the Xiliang army will not be defeated. The only ones who will be defeated will be the rabble in front of them. The coalition forces are like the Yellow Turban Army. It is good to win the battle. Once they encounter setbacks, they will definitely become separated and fight on their own. In front of Hulao Pass
The terrain is flat, suitable for large-scale assaults by cavalry.
Yuan Shao, who was in the middle army, also noticed Jia Rong, who was wearing golden armor. He pointed his riding whip at Jia Rong and said: "Whoever catches this thief will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be made a marquis of ten thousand households."
When the princes heard this, they all moved and turned their attention to Jia Rong.
