While the Western Army was aggressively attacking the Eastern Army, Guan Yu and other knights were also paying attention to the movements of Cao Cao's main formation. After Ma Chao led his troops to attack most of the Eastern Army, the yellow flag soldiers in front of him suddenly found a way out and immediately died.
Fleeing to the east, Guan Yu guessed that Cao Cao must be hiding there, so he led his troops to chase after him desperately.
There were so many fleeing Dongren that Guan Yu looked around as he chased them, feeling that he was like a small boat in the torrent, and would be drowned by dozens of times more enemies at any time. But after running for a while, the crowds of people suddenly stopped.
The fields gradually spread out, seemingly changing from fallen leaves in autumn to carp trapped on the river beach after low tide. When hills and depressions appeared in front of them, dense and continuous dangerous forests jumped out.
No man or horse can cross at all.
So Guan Yu urged his horse to jump among the rocks and climbed up the hillside next to the dangerous forest. Looking back from the hillside, he could see that the sky to the west was covered with dust and clouds covered the fields. It was the battlefield for the decisive battle between the east and west.
The east slope is gentle, the view is broad, and the road winds around the mountain.
Looking down, Cao Cao and his followers, nearly a hundred people on foot and on horseback, were actually resting on the roadside down the slope!
The two sides were only a mile apart, and almost at the same time, they both noticed each other with vigilance.
The Western knights on the top of the slope didn't even have time to think. They all raised their horses and rode down the slope, stepping on the loose gravel and dust. Suddenly the dust flew up and the gravel rolled down. The horse's hooves stumbled all the way.
Next to Guan Yu was one of Jia Kui's servants. His mount lost its footing in the rapid slide, and its hooves fell down, breaking the horse's legs. The man and the horse fell down together. The stirrups were dragging him down.
With his boots, the man and the horse were inseparable for a moment, and they rolled down several feet before slowly stopping. The other people ignored the danger, bypassed him and continued running down. In the blink of an eye, several of the riders were almost at the bottom of the slope. Jia Kui was the first to run to the bottom of the slope, the second was Shangluo Du Peng, the third was Guan Yu's chief secretary Liao Hua, followed closely by Guan Yu. As soon as the horse's hooves stepped on the solid ground, they suddenly became much stronger. Guan Yu
Seeing that Cao Cao and his entourage had only escaped more than ten feet away, he was overjoyed. He drew the red dodder fiercely and rushed forward. He raised his sword forward with his right hand and shouted to him loudly: "How are you, Mr. Cao? Guan Yu is here, don't you?"
Do you want to stop talking about old times?"
How could Cao Cao fail to recognize Guan Yu's voice? Looking at his figure from a distance, he knew it was him. When he saw more than ten Westerners riding like ghosts chasing him first, his soul was frightened. He ignored the road and ran forward with all his strength. p>
When Cao Xiu, the last guard, saw this, he couldn't help but stop and ask the knights beside him to stop. He took out the long knife from his waist and stood still. He took off a white cloth from his left wrist and wiped the sweat off his hands. He
He said in his heart: "I am afraid it will be difficult to survive in this battle, but as long as the marshal is allowed to escape, my family will still have hope for recovery!" Then he stood up with his sword raised to face the enemy.
Jia Kui, who was running at the front, saw a few Dongmen suddenly standing in front of him. He stood motionless facing the knife and tried to raise the reins to avoid it, but it was already too late. He simply urged the horse to go straight forward, stretched out his long silk, and raised his chest to Cao Xiu.
Stab it away. Unexpectedly, Cao Xiu suddenly turned around quickly and bent down, and slashed the running horse's leg with his long knife. Jia Kui was shocked when he saw the cold light passing by. He heard a pop, the horse's leg flew off, and he was completely free.
He jumped out and fell to the ground filled with yellow dust. The clothes on his face, arms, and legs were all scratched, and his skin was bloody and painful. He lay on the ground unable to stand up.
The Westerners who were following saw Jia Kui being chopped down, and quickly moved their horses around the Easterners who were wielding swords, and chased in the direction where Cao Cao fled. Cao Xiu and others saw that they were walking away, but they were not relieved yet, and saw what happened next.
The following Western riders rushed towards him with their prancing horses. He managed to parry for a few rounds, but was soon stabbed with blood all over his body. Then he sat slumped on the ground, letting his body slowly become cold.<
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Besides, Guan Yu's flying cavalry pursued Cao Cao, and ran for several miles, gradually approaching, almost within reach of the sword. Cao Cao was surrounded by only Wu Dun, Xia Houshang, Cao Zhen and a dozen other cavalry. Liao Hua waved his long thorn, and the tip of the thorn was pointed at Cao Zhen.
There was a creaking sound between the armor on his back. Cao Zhen did not have any long weapons and did not dare to look back at all. He turned away from his horse and ran diagonally to the right. Liao Huazhi was not with Cao Zhen, so he immediately left him and approached Cao Cao. Guan Yu was on the left of Liao Hua, and very close to Cao Cao. At this time, Wu Dun was on Cao Cao's right side, and Xiahou Shang was on the back left.
He struck Xiahou Shang diagonally and hit his right rib, causing him to fall off his horse. Guan Yu used the tip of the knife to lightly strike Xiahou Shang. Although he could not kill him, it caused him to fall off his horse and lose his fighting strength. This also prevented him from using too much force.
We can no longer turn around to deal with Cao Cao. This is exactly what famous veterans who have experienced many battles understand. Sometimes it is not necessary to use brute force, but to use cleverness to win.
At this moment, the only powerful general beside Cao Cao is Wu Dun.
But just when Guan Yu was dealing with Xia Houshang, Wu Dun suddenly turned around and aimed at Liao Hua. The two were only a few feet apart, their horses' heads and tails connected. Liao Hua even saw clearly that it was a slender armor-piercing weapon with sharp spikes.
Arrow. When the arrow was pointed at Liao Hua, Wu Dun raised his thumb, and the armor-piercing arrow shook, flew out from the bow, and just passed the bow body, it hit the head of the horse under Liao Hua's seat, penetrated the nose, and Liao Hua
Suddenly, the horse fell to the ground together, and the arrow feathers on the horse's head were still trembling.
But Guan Yu's broadsword was almost too close, and Cao Cao could almost feel the coolness behind his back. At this critical moment of life and death, Cao Cao suddenly thought of something, and suddenly pulled the reins of his horse, commanding the yellow-clawed horse under his command.
Unable to react in time, he raised his front hoof in pain and threw Cao Cao to the ground. Guan Yu was about to strike forward with his sword, but he couldn't help but feel surprised when he saw this. He reined in the horse and circled, while guarding against Wu Dun who also turned the horse.
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At this time, Cao Cao endured the pain of falling and staggered up slowly. When he looked up, he saw Guan Yu slowly approaching. Guan Yu saw that his expression was nervous, but he still managed to remain calm and whispered: "Yun Chang, have you forgotten?
?When we parted ways in Xindu, we still had the promise of three arrows!"
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Guan Yu was startled when he heard this. When Cao Cao started talking, he immediately remembered the past. In the seventh year of Yanxing, when Cao Cao decided to send him back to the Western Dynasty, he did say this at the banquet: One day
If we could meet on the battlefield, I would spare Cao Cao's three arrows. However, Cao Cao's current embarrassing situation is far from what he expected.
Guan Yu stuck the sword shaft on the ground and looked at Cao Cao whose face was covered with dust on the ground. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Meng De is right. It's just that I didn't come with a missing bow this time. And if I let you live,
I feel sorry for the dead soldiers."
Cao Cao said: "There is a missing bow on my mount, which can be used by Yun Chang. If Yun Chang does not comply with the agreement and is killed by Yun Chang's sword, I will die without regrets." After that, he slowly summoned his mount,
He took out the bow bag and quiver and handed them to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu was only three feet away from Cao Cao at this time, and could cut him into two pieces with a wave of his hand. However, when Guan Yu saw Cao Cao's contradictory smile that was half flattering and half conceited, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart. This was still the same person who was there.
Did Cao Mengde, who captured himself alive during the Bohai War and beat Liu Bei to the point where he lost his armor? Then he remembered the years when the two of them led the army to suppress the rebellion together, which made him sigh with emotion, and thought in his heart: No matter what Cao Cao is as a person, Guan Yunchang is a human being.
You must be upright and upright. Once you have made a promise, you cannot go back on it. What's more, even if you spare him three arrows, you may not be able to capture him alive.
After making up his mind, Guan Yu stopped his smile, lowered his bow, and said slowly to Cao Cao: "In that case, I will give Meng De three arrows time." After that, he opened Cao Cao's horn bow and put it on it.
A ringing dysprosium arrow with white withered feathers made a gesture of shooting into the sky, and signaled Cao Cao to leave with his eyes.
How could Cao Cao not know how determined Guan Yu was? After thanking him silently, he hit his horse and continued running eastward. As soon as he set off, Cao Cao heard a sharp bone whistle, which was the sound made by the sound of a dynamite blasting through the air.
.This made Cao Cao's heartstrings tremble. He resisted the desire to turn around and continued to ride his horse. At this time, he had only escaped more than thirty steps.
Seeing this, Guan Yu calmly drew out the second whistled arrow. After aiming at Cao Cao for a moment, he raised his hand and shot it into the air. When the whistle disappeared, Guan Yu shot the third arrow. All three arrows had been shot.
, and Cao Cao was already more than a hundred steps away from Guan Yu, but had not yet left the arrow range, so he quickly drew out the fourth one, without even taking aim, and shot it casually, as if he was sure to hit.
However, to Guan Yu's expectation, it was not Cao Cao who fell, but Wu Dun, who was guarding him. The moment Guan Yu missed his arrow, he immediately rode his horse to Cao Cao's back. The arrow missed and hit him from the left side of his back.
, put on the breastplate and stopped. And this block finally allowed Cao Cao to escape from the arrow range.
Guan Yu was slightly surprised, but then he wanted to ride his horse and continue to catch up. However, just as he was about to wave his whip, there was a sound of piercing the air from the left, hitting Chi Tu's hind leg. Chi Tu neighed and galloped forward a few steps.
, but in the end I couldn’t stand it anymore and the pain stopped.
At this time, a figure jumped out from the thorns on one side and quickly followed Cao Cao eastward. Guan Yu recognized that it was Cao Zhen who had just been driven aside.
Seeing that Chi Tu was injured, the sun was setting, and the energy and horsepower of his followers were exhausted to the limit, Guan Yu gave up on changing horses and chasing again. The chief clerk, Liao Hua, used a towel to bandage the scratch on his waist that was bleeding continuously.
While he was worried, he asked Guan Yu: "Your Majesty, how will you recover your life next?" Apparently he was worried about Guan Yu letting Cao Cao run away.
Guan Yu smiled and said, "Why bother yourself? Although we have let Cao Cao off, our army has undoubtedly won a great victory. From today on, Dong Cao will probably be unable to recover, and the popularity of the world will return to his brother."<
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After that, he got off his horse, briefly treated Chi Tu's wounds, and then led his horsemen to bundle Cao Xiu, Xia Houshang and other prisoners into a group, and led them step by step toward Pingcheng.