Guan Yu suddenly reined in his horse and stopped moving.
Several followers hurriedly stepped forward and asked nervously: "Your Majesty, what happened?"
"For some reason, my eyelids are twitching non-stop today, and I feel a little uneasy... By the way, is there any news from E County?"
“No news has come yet.
But I heard from people that Cai Mao has led his navy to approach E County. He will probably arrive in the next day or two, and I don’t know if General Yuan Jian can stop Cao’s attack."
"Well!"
Guan Yu nodded, twirling his beard and lost in thought.
It would be difficult for Liao Hua to stop Cao Jun, and Guan Yu knew this.
When he was guarding Sha Xian, he had 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but he was still defeated by Xu Huang. Now, which one of Xu Huang, Zhang He, Xu Chu, and Yu Jin is a good person? Liao Hua only has 2,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but E County has another
There is no danger to defend, how can we resist Cao Jun's footsteps?
Liao Hua stayed in E County, to put it bluntly, to buy time for Guan Yu.
If Guan Yu arrived at Xiajun one day earlier, he could take advantage of Xiajun's terrain and deploy his defenses calmly. Speaking of which, Liao Hua can be regarded as loyal. I am afraid that when he decided to stay, he already had the heart to die. What a pity for a good man.
If I had known that this man was loyal, I could have stayed with my brother and served him. Now that he is clinging to E County, his fate can be foreseen, and there is no way he will be spared...
Could it be that this uneasiness is due to the matter in E County?
Thinking of this, Guan Yu calmed down a lot. He waved his hand on his horse, then rode his horse onto a low hillock, watched the team marching under the hillock, nodded, and told his attendants: "Pass it to me.
Order the three armies to speed up and reach Xiajun before dark."
"Here!"
Tanzhi should have arrived at Xiajun by now.
It is estimated that the arrangements have been made. After arriving at Xiajun, we will let the sons have a good rest, and then send someone to Linxiang to inform the elder brother.
Guan Yu was arrogant and aloof, but he was very kind to his subordinates.
Unlike Zhang Fei who frequently whipped the soldiers, he loved his subordinates very much, so he also won the support of his subordinates. It is really strange to say that Liu, Guan, and Zhang had different backgrounds, but they had the same aspirations. Liu Bei was called the emperor,
Studying under Lu Zhi, he had a bright future. However, due to various reasons, he was eventually kicked out of the school and was reduced to a pawn weaver and seller of mats and shoes. However, in comparison, Liu Bei should be classified as a scholar.
Guan Yu, on the other hand, was born a commoner and did not have a good family background.
Speaking of which, among the three, he has the worst background, not even comparable to Zhang Fei. People say that Zhang Fei is a pig butcher, but in fact, Zhang Fei is a rich man in Zhuo County. Even if he is not from a wealthy family, he can
Calling him a powerful man is still very different from a butcher.
At least in terms of property, Zhang Fei is a hundred times stronger than Liu Bei and Guan Yu.
A down-and-out emperor, a wandering murderer, and a rich man from a wealthy family. The identities of the three people are very different, but they are strangely connected, and they have become a model praised by later generations.
Following Guan Yu's order, the team's marching speed suddenly accelerated.
After Guan Yu observed for a moment, he immediately rushed down the hillock with his personal entourage, and followed the large group of people in the direction of Xiajun.
When it was getting late, the team arrived outside Xiajun City.
However, Guan Yu did not see the camp set up by Guan Ping. Instead, he saw two piles of corpses stacked on both sides of Xiajun's closed city gate. A corpse was hung on the top of the city, swaying in the air. Because
The light was dim, so Guan Yu couldn't see clearly the face of the corpse. However, Guan Yu, who had experienced battles for a long time, immediately realized that something was not right, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to line up, and he rode forward.
The setting sun shone brightly, and the corpse on top of the city was spinning in the air.
Guan Yu suddenly opened his eyes wide, turned pale, and blurted out: "Tanzhi!"
He finally recognized that the corpse was that of Guan Ping.
At the same time, the lights at the head of Xiajun City were brightly lit. Teams of Cao Jun appeared on the wall of Xiajun City, with their arrows drawn and aimed at Guan Yu below the city.
"Second General, you are well."
Behind a female wall, a very familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar face appeared.
When Guan Yu saw this man, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and squeezed out two words from between his teeth, "Cao Peng!"
Xiajun fell?
How did Cao Jun appear here, but no one knew?
What made Guan Yu even more uncomfortable was the corpse of Guan Ping hanging on the top of the city.
Guan Yu roared angrily, "Cao Peng, come out and die."
Cao Peng heard this and laughed loudly, "The second general came all the way, it must be very hard. If I go to fight now, I will not be able to win.
It is better to ask the second general to rest for a night and fight again the next day.
By the way, your son arrived today, and I wanted to invite him to the city to rest. But he was so stubborn that I accidentally killed him. Now that the second general is here, I will return your son's body to Zhao in good condition.
General, don't be too sad."
"How dare you bully me like this!"
Cao Peng's words made Guan Yu, who was still somewhat calm, no longer able to contain his anger.
At the same time, Cao Peng drew his knife and chopped at the rope tied to the female wall. Guan Ping's body fell straight from the air and hit the ground with a loud thud, sending up a cloud of dust and smoke.
Guan Yu was so angry that he rushed towards the city.
At this time, Cao Peng's eyes flashed, he raised his hand to make a chopping motion, and shouted sternly: "Fire the arrow!"
In an instant, three rows of archers on the top of the city took turns to step forward and shoot towards the bottom of the city. Guan Yu's generals quickly shouted for danger and led their men to rush forward, trying to protect Guan Yu. Facing the rain of arrows,
, Guan Yu was majestic and unafraid. He was seen walking with his sword, and the Lumaxi under his crotch was hissing. The two broadswords were flying up and down in his hands, the swords were shining, and the clouds of swords were rolling. No matter how dense the arrow rain was, there was nothing he could do.
Guan Yu was half a point away. Under his personal escort, Guan Yu rushed to the bottom of the city and snatched Guan Ping's body back to his own formation.
However, for this corpse, nearly a hundred corpses were left under the city.
Cao Peng looked intently at the top of the city and couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Why does the Grand Governor sigh?"
Wenwu stepped forward and asked softly.
This Wenwu is Wenpin's adopted son.
After Wenpin returned to Jingzhou, he asked his adopted son to serve under Cao Peng. For Wenpin, this was also a good opportunity to get closer to Cao Peng. And Cao Peng really had no one, so
So he asked Wen and Wu to follow him. Before, Kou Feng had been in charge of the flying camels. But now that Kou Feng was dead, Wen and Wu stepped in and became Cao Peng's personal generals, commanding the flying camels.
Cao Peng said: "What a pity!"
"What's the pity?"
"It's a pity that we went through so much trouble but failed to hurt Guan Yu.
This man is indeed worthy of being a general. If he were not hostile, I would really like to have a drink with him. Although the death of Leihu back then was suspected of speculation, it cannot be denied that this man is indeed powerful."
Wen Wu nodded and looked towards Guan Yu in the distance.
He recognized Guan Yu and even admired Guan Yu.
When Liu Bei and his family took refuge in Jingzhou, Wenpin also highly regarded Liu Bei.
However, this difference in stance meant that Wenpin could not follow Liu Bei. Although Wenwu admired Guan Yu, after all, Liu Bei and the Jingxiang family were in an antagonistic relationship at the time, so they did not pay too many visits.
"Although the second general is brave, he will inevitably die."
Cao Peng heard this and smiled slightly, but no longer bothered about the matter.
"Send my order and let the men prepare to resist the enemy's attack."
"Here!"
Wen and Wu immediately turned around and went down to make arrangements.
At the foot of Xiajun City, Guan Yu stared at Xiajun with bloodshot eyes.
Guan Ping's body was placed in front of him, with several arrows stuck in his body... Guan Yu felt so sad that it was difficult to describe. He only had two sons, and the death of his second son Guan Xing in Nanjuju made Guan Yu extremely sad.
He placed all his hopes on Guan Ping, so no matter what he did, he took Guan Ping with him. He thought that Xiajun was safe, so he asked Guan Ping to be the vanguard and lead the army. Who knew that this
His eldest son, who had suffered so much since childhood, died here at the foot of Xiajun City. How could Guan Yu not feel sad?
Both sons died in Cao Peng's hands.
Although Guan Xing was not killed by Cao Peng, he was killed by Cao Peng's generals and was closely related.
The so-called enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.
Guan Yu suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, "Cao Peng, if I don't kill you, I will never be a human being!"
As he spoke, he sat astride his horse and said sternly: "Instruct the three armies to attack the city for me, attack the city... If we cannot conquer Xiajun, I swear not to withdraw my troops."
As he spoke, the drums rumbled.
Although Jiang Xiabing was tired, he also knew that they were facing life and death at this time.
It was not just the death of Guan Ping that angered Guan Yu. Similarly, Jiang Xia soldiers also knew that Cao Jun's occupation of Xiajun was tantamount to blocking their way back to Changsha. If they could not capture Xiajun, they would be killed when Cao Jun came up to pursue them.
Faced with the danger of annihilation of the entire army.
Therefore, after Guan Yu gave the order, the exhausted Jiangxia soldiers immediately launched a ferocious attack.
The densely packed soldiers rushed towards Xiangjun, braving the rain of arrows. Fortunately, during this retreat, in order not to leave any benefits to Cao Cao, Guan Yu took away almost all the baggage and ordnance in the E County arsenal.
Among these ordnance, there are no items such as ladders and chariots. However, due to the size of E County's arsenal, there are no siege equipment such as wells, otherwise it will inevitably pose a huge threat to Xiajun.
Even so, when the trebuchets were set up and attacked Xiajuan City, the momentum was still astonishing.
Cao Peng stood on the top of the city and shouted loudly: "Archers, hold on, hold on!"
The terrain of Xiajun also made it impossible for Guan Yu to spread out his troops and launch an attack. However, the three armies fought hard. Under the fierce and fearless charge of Jiangxia soldiers, Xiajunchengguan still faced a huge impact. Rows of arrows flew and flew.
Then, huge pieces of stone flew down to the top of the city. Jiang Xiabing's ladder kept approaching the city wall, and Cao Peng's face also showed a somewhat dignified look...
"Trebuchet, ready."
Cao Peng made a gesture, and the civil and military orders were immediately passed down.
"emission!"
Creaking, a series of machine sounds came from the bottom of the city. More than ten trebuchets were activated at the same time, and more than a dozen trebuchets wrapped in hay and other fire starters crossed the city head and smashed down outside the city. The stones on the trebuchets
The dry grass was ignited and turned into huge fireballs one after another.
Two stones collided in the air, making a loud roar and sparks flying...
Cao Peng was on the top of the city, frowning.
But at the foot of the city, Guan Yu glared at the top of Juan City, wishing he could grow wings from his ribs and fly up to the city to cut Cao Peng into pieces with a thousand knives.
"Your Majesty, if we continue to fight like this, the casualties among our sons will be too serious."
Guan Yu turned around, glared at the subordinates beside him, and subconsciously tightened the handle of the knife.
Na Yajiang mustered up his courage and said, "The men have been traveling for a whole day, and we haven't gotten enough water or rice yet.
Now, rushing to join the battle will only increase casualties. Besides, the eldest son also needs to arrange things properly, and it is impossible to arrange them in front of the formation like this."
"Then what do you think we should do?"
General Ya also knew that it was very dangerous to persuade Guan Yu at this time.
However, he had to stop Guan Yu... because the attacks of Jiang Xia soldiers were disorganized. They seemed to be brave and not afraid of death, but in fact, they did not pose a great threat to Xia Jun. Xia Jun, as the link between Changsha and Jiang Xia
The baggage transfer center is extremely rich in resources. If we attack blindly, Jiangxia soldiers will be demoralized in just a few rounds and may even collapse without a fight.
The most urgent task is to stabilize the morale of the military.
General Ya then boldly suggested, "In view of the general's failure, we should suspend the attack.
Stabilize the position first, and then make calculations later. The general felt that the fall of Xiajun, which no one knew about, must be caused by Cao Jun’s sneak attack. Otherwise, how could the lord and Jiangdong not notice the large-scale mobilization of troops and horses? So, how could the lord and Jiangdong not notice it?
, the number of Cao's troops in Xiajun City will not be too large... it is estimated that they are only two or three thousand people. There are still thousands of soldiers and horses in the hands of the monarch, and as long as they are arranged properly, they will be enough to defeat Xiajun.
At that time, Cao Peng was captured alive to avenge the eldest son.
Second General, we still have plenty of time now. General Liao Hua is guarding E County, and Cao Cao's navy will not be able to arrive in a short time.
In this way, we will have at least three to five days. Is it still impossible to capture this small Xiajun?
Besides, how could my lord not be aware of the beacon fire? It seems that Cao Jun has blocked our way back, but in fact, it is an adventure for them. I heard people say that Cao Peng is also a knowledgeable and reasonable person! In the past, everyone
After the war, he would order people to place the corpses. But this time, he went out of his way to anger the prince, isn't it just to make the prince confused?"
Guan Yu heard this and gradually calmed down.
He looked at the tooth general carefully, and saw that the tooth general was not very old, that is, he was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with white teeth and red lips, and a dignified appearance.
"May I have your name."
"The last general, Ma Di, is the military chief."
Ma Su!
Guan Yu immediately thought of his origin.
Among Ma's Wuchangs, Baimei is the best. But among the Wuchangs, Youchang is the smartest...
This Ma Su was the youngest of the five permanent members of the Ma family, and was highly valued by Zhuge Liang. After the five brothers of the Ma family joined Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang asked Ma Su to serve under Guan Yu. However, Guan Yu was busy with military affairs on weekdays and did not treat Ma Su.
He didn't pay too much attention. If he hadn't taken the initiative to stand up today, Guan Yu might have forgotten that there was such a person beside him.
I have to say that Ma Su’s reminder was very timely.
After Guan Yu pondered for a moment, he calmed down.
"In that case, let's withdraw our troops for now."
Ma Su agreed and quickly ordered the money to be withdrawn.
Jiang Xia's soldiers retreated like a tide. But Cao Peng, who was on top of Xiajun City, could not help but frown, showing a solemn expression.
His son died, and he was so nakedly humiliated by Cao Peng.
According to Guan Yu's arrogant temperament, he should have launched an attack regardless of any risk. However, Guan Yu actually endured it, which surprised Cao Peng.
Just because of this gold medal, Cao Peng couldn't help but think highly of Guan Yu.
"Grand Governor, Jiang Xia's soldiers have retreated."
Waves of cheers came from the top of the city, but Cao Peng could not feel the joy at all.
"It seems that there are still capable people around Guan Yu."
"Well?"
"Under such circumstances, he can still hold back and withdraw his troops... This is definitely not Guan Yunchang's temperament. If there is no guidance from someone capable, I am afraid that I will be able to deplete his morale tonight. But now that he withdraws his troops,
Now that we have a chance to breathe, we will attack the city with greater ferocity in the coming days.
Are the civil, military and military divisions ready?"
Wenwu quickly replied: "The military adviser still needs to make arrangements... He sent someone over before and said that there is at least one day left."
one day?
Presumably there won’t be much of a problem!
Cao Peng muttered a few words in his heart, then nodded and said nothing.
The sunset has already set.
The sky has turned completely dark...
Standing on the top of the city, you can see Jiang Xia soldiers busy setting up camp in the distance. On the field below the city, there are dots of firelight, giving off a somewhat strange atmosphere.
From time to time, the wails and cries of wounded soldiers could be heard.
There was a faint smell of blood in the air, which was very uncomfortable.
Cao Peng stood with his hands behind his hands, staring into the distance with deep eyes: Guan Yunchangguo is not taking it easy. If we attack the city tomorrow, there will definitely be a fierce battle...
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.
"Send the order, let the boys have a good meal and have a good rest.
Tonight, the vigilance must be strengthened to prevent sneak attacks by thieves... Wenwu, you will go to Dongguan Bridge later, ask the military advisor to come over, and say that I have something to discuss with him."
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There was a sense of sadness permeating the Jiangxia military barracks.
Guan Yu was sitting on his knees in the big tent, looking at the simple coffin placed in the center of the big tent. Guan Ping was lying in the coffin, with a look of unwillingness still on his face. The clothes on his body had also been changed.
He put on his favorite parrot green jersey. This parrot green jersey is like a symbol of Guan Yu. Guan Ping has always wanted to wear such a jersey, but he felt that he was not good enough in martial arts to be worthy of wearing it.
Now, he has finally put on Guan Yu's jersey, but he is separated from his father.
Looking at Guan Ping in the coffin, Guan Yu's red eyes flashed with tears...
He stood up, straightened Guan Ping's clothes again, looked at Aizi affectionately, gritted his teeth, and ordered the coffin to be closed.
"Please come over, You Chang."
"Here!"
After a while, Ma Di hurriedly broke into the tent.
As soon as he came in, he hurriedly bowed his hands to Guan Yu and comforted him: "Your Majesty, please don't be too sad.
Thousands of men in the camp are now looking at the prince. If the prince cannot cheer up, I am afraid that the morale of the men will be even lower."
Guan Yu heard this and forced himself to smile.
He took a deep breath and said: "Young Changxiu has to worry about me. How can a certain soldier not understand the truth of this all his life?
I called you here for no other reason. Now Cao Peng's army is pressing forward step by step, and Cao Peng is guarding Xiajun, making me vulnerable from both sides... I want to attack Xiajun tomorrow. But you also know that that little thief Cao Peng is very cunning.
You are not an idle person. I wonder if you have any clever ideas to help me break the city?"
When Ma Su heard this, he immediately laughed.
"Your Majesty, I have just investigated the terrain and have indeed thought of a clever plan that will enable you to recapture Xiajun."
Guan Yu suddenly became interested, "You Chang, tell me quickly, what is the clever plan?"