Han Sui was afraid of Guan Yu, not because of Guan Yu's reputation.
But everyone in the world knows that Liu Guan, Zhang Chen and others are the four core figures of Liu Bei's group. The presence of Guan Yu here proves that the main force of the imperial court is here.
How elite were Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry back then? However, they were repeatedly defeated by the Qingzhou Army in battles with the Kwantung Army.
Later, Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou and had an army of 200,000 to 300,000 men. As a result, he lost his troops in the Battle of Anyang and killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou in the Battle of Neihuang. He was repulsed by Liu Bei in the Battle of Pingyuan, the Battle of Jieqiao turned from prosperity to decline, and the Battle of Yecheng was completely defeated.
Even the powerful Yuan family was defeated by Liu Bei in the six-seven-year war with Qingzhou, not to mention that Han Sui's total military strength was only 70,000, and there were still 20,000 to 30,000 that were not his troops.
If Yang Qiuchengyi and other small warlords in Xiliang, Guanzhong, knew that the main force of the imperial court was coming, and that it was Guan Yu, the number two figure in Liu Bei's group, who was confronting them, they might not necessarily help in a deadly fight.
Therefore, Han Sui came firstly to worry about the powerful power of the imperial court, and secondly, he was afraid of internal instability. Therefore, when he saw that it was Guan Yu who arrived in person, he felt worried and frightened for a while.
"General, what's wrong with you?"
Yan Xing, who was on the side, was very surprised to see the frightened expression on Han Sui's face, and asked: "The Guan character flag was raised on the opposite side, but it was just Guan Yu. I heard that he was very powerful, but Lu Bu and I could also fight for more than a hundred people."
In this round, Guan Yu is defeated by Lu Bu, so why are you afraid of what he will do?"
Cheng Gongying's face changed slightly and he said: "Yan Ming, what the general is worried about is not Guan Yu, but the imperial court represented behind Guan Yu. Now that Liu Bei has taken control of Luoyang, he has also gained the land of Jizhou, and his strength ranks first in the world. The soldiers and horses under his command will not
Less than 200,000 to 300,000, our army is small. If the main force of the imperial court comes to Guanzhong, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with them."
"There are indeed many people from the imperial court."
Yan Xing set up a pavilion with his hands and raised his hands to watch. He saw the towering army coming from a distance under the scorching sun like a roaring mountain and a tsunami. The vast sea of people seemed to be endless. The flags were fluttering and there were many spears. Although it was not clear how many enemies there were.
There are only 40,000 to 50,000 men and horses, but just by looking at their posture, we can tell.
Han Sui looked left and right, at the phalanxes of "Liang", "Hou", "Cheng", "Li", "Ma" and "Yang" in the distance, and said with worry: "Actually, I'm not worried about the imperial court, the only thing I'm worried about is
It's them, this group of people are just fagots."
Cheng Gongying sighed: "I didn't expect that the imperial court would send so many soldiers and horses. When Marquis Liang Xing and others stood on our side when we fought with Ma Teng, it was because we had so many soldiers and horses. But now the imperial court's strength cannot allow it.
Don’t underestimate me, if they change their minds before the battle, I’m afraid the consequences will be disastrous.”
Yan Xing thought for a moment, then said with a stern look in his eyes: "Then don't give them a chance to change their mind. Why don't we start a decisive battle with the imperial army now. If the two armies are fighting together, we can't tolerate them."
"Yan Ming, are you sure?"
Han Sui asked.
"Don't worry, except for Guan Yu and Pang De, who may be able to fight with me, there is no need to worry about anyone else."
Yan Xing waved his hands with a confident expression on his face.
This is indeed true. When the Kwantung Army attacked Chang'an ten years ago, Han Sui and Ma Teng united to take advantage of the troubled waters of Chang'an and attack Dong Zhuo.
As a result, Dong Zhuo sent Lu Bu to fight with the Xiliang cavalry.
Ma Chao was only fourteen years old at the time and had not fought against Lu Bu, but Yan Xing was already in his thirties at that time and was in the prime of life.
In that battle, Lu Bu took the lead, defeating Ma Teng Pangde and other generals one after another. When he was showing off his power, Yan Xing came over and fought with Lu Bu.
The two fought fiercely for more than a hundred rounds, and Yan Xing was only slightly at a disadvantage.
However, Xiliang's cavalry was so brave that they were unable to defeat Han Sui's army on the plains, and were eventually defeated by Lu Bu.
But Yan Xing thought that he was no worse than Lu Bu. When Lu Bu was in charge of Dangyin in Jizhou, he defeated Guan Yu many times and often needed Zhao Yun's help to defeat Lu Bu.
Therefore, Yan Xing felt that even if Guan Yu came over, he would never be his opponent.
"Yan Ming, be careful!"
Han Sui waved his hand to signal him to pay attention to his safety. He had such a fierce general under his command.
"General, be optimistic!"
Yan Xing galloped out on his horse and came to the front of the formation. He mustered up all his strength and shouted to the imperial army: "Xiliang Yan Xing is here, who dares to fight with me!"
"oh?"
Guan Yu took out the glasses he had brought with him and hung them up. He took a closer look and said with a smile: "Since Yan Liang and Wen Chou were killed, no one has dared to provoke me in front of me for a long time."
Guan Hai whispered to him: "General, this person should not be underestimated. I heard that he is the most powerful general in Han Sui's army. He once fought with Lu Bu and was not defeated."
"Hmph, you guys are the ones who are trying to get your reputation. I've seen a lot of these crazy people who are just trying to get fame."
Guan Yu snorted coldly. Ever since Lu Bu was driven to Bingzhou by his fourth brother like a lost dog, he looked at everyone as a traitor.
At this moment, a silver-robed young man not far away blushed, his whole body seemed to be on fire, and his whole body was trembling. He clapped his horse and rushed out with his spear, and almost squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Yan
!OK!"
"Who do I know?"
Yan Xing saw the person coming clearly and laughed loudly: "It turns out to be my defeated general Ma Chao. Are you worthy of fighting me? Call Guan Yu out!"
Ma Chao was extremely angry. A few days ago, Han Sui and Ma Teng had a conflict. The two sides fought. Ma Chao and Yan Xing fought together. After dozens of rounds, Ma Chao accidentally was almost stabbed to death by Yan Xing with a spear.
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Fortunately, at the critical moment, Ma Chao blocked and the spear broke. In the end, Yan Xing almost killed Ma Chao with the broken spear, and slapped him on the neck with the broken spear in an extremely humiliating manner.
This incident made Ma Chao feel ashamed. Seeing that his enemy was extremely jealous, he immediately roared: "Die!"
After saying that, he rode his horse to kill Yan Xing.
Guan Yu suddenly frowned in the distance. He didn't like Ma Chao very much. Although this boy was young, energetic and brave, he didn't obey orders. Before the battle, he went out privately to fight with the enemy. He didn't take him as the general seriously at all.
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But Guan Yu also clearly remembered what his fourth brother told him at the time. The fourth brother said that Ma Teng was somewhat loyal and could be won over. However, Ma Teng's son Ma Chao had a traitor in the back of his head and was a headstrong man.
Shen may start a rebellion, so you must keep an eye on him.
Originally this was nothing, but Ma Chao actually went out to fight privately before the formation, which made Guan Yu furious.
He originally wanted to send someone to capture Ma Chao and engage in military law directly, but then he remembered his fourth brother's plan to regain Xiliang, so he had to suppress his anger and watch the battle in the distance coldly.
That is to say, this guy has a good father and a high prestige among the Xiliang Qiang people. The fourth brother needs Ma Teng to regain Xiliang. If Ma Teng is not valuable, Guan Yu will really kill Ma Chao with his temper.
A person who ignores military rules and regulations!
The battle in the distance had already begun. The two sides went back and forth for more than twenty rounds. However, Ma Chao was too young and was quickly defeated. When he was about to be killed, Pang De roared: "Don't hurt me, sir."
host!"
After saying that, he urged his horse to come, brandished his sword, rescued Ma Chao, and fought with Yan Xing.
Yan Xing laughed and said: "Hahahahaha, Ma Chao, you are a waste. I asked you to run away last time. I don't know where you got the courage to continue fighting with me this time. Go back."
"Pound, go away!"
Ma Chao's eyes were red and he rushed over to fight again.
But as I said before, people like Lu Bu and Guan Yu are not born very powerful, everyone has their moments of weakness.
Xu Chu was in his twenties and had no strength and little combat experience in the army. As a result, he was played like a monkey by Zhang Fei, who had been in the army for many years.
Guan Yu had not yet reached his peak state before Hulao Pass. Although he could beat Lu Bu every time until he vomited blood and was defeated, it was basically a righteous beating. If he fought alone with Lu Bu, he might be at a disadvantage after more than a hundred rounds.
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Therefore, in terms of physical fitness and combat experience, the 24-year-old Ma Chao is as good as Yan Xing, who is already in his thirties and in his prime age as a military commander.
If Ma Chao is now at the same level as Xu Chu when he first came out of the army, with a force value of about 70-80, then Pang De is between 92-94 and is a first-class general.
Yan Xing's force value belongs to the super first-class level, between 96-98, which is the same level as Yan Liangwen Chou. If the two sides conflict, Yan Xing will naturally be stronger.
So Ma Chao just rushed over to continue the fight. A third-rate general with a force value of more than 70 and a first-rate general with a force value of more than 90 faced a super first-rate general with a force value of more than 96. The result was that Ma Chao was basically adding to the chaos, but Pang De was helpless.
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After fighting for about dozens of rounds, Pound was accidentally knocked down by Yan Xing. When he was about to be killed by Yan Xing, a cold arrow shot out, but it was Guan Hai who saved him under Guan Yu's instructions.
Pang De, prevent Pang De from being killed by Yan Xing.
This arrow was so powerful that Yan Xing had to withdraw his weapon to block it, and missed the arrow with a spear. When he was about to strike again, the sound of tinkling gold could be heard from the distant imperial army and horses.
Pang De's reaction was quite quick. He immediately turned his horse's head around, grabbed the reins of Ma Chao's horse beside him, and ran towards his own military formation at full speed.
Yan Xing was furious when he saw this and said, "Do the imperial soldiers only use cold arrows to hurt people?"
"snort!"
Guan Yu stood up and took the Qinglong Yanyue Sword. Guan Ping came over with Huang Feidian in hand, got on his horse, and slowly came to the front of the formation. He was already less than five feet away from Yan Xing.
When the two sides met in front of the formation, Yan Xing looked him up and down and said, "Are you Guan Yu?"
Guan Yu held the sword in his right hand, stroked his beard with his left hand and laughed: "Hahahaha, since you know my reputation, why don't you dismount and accept my surrender?"
"Others are afraid of you, but I'm not afraid of you!"
Yan Xing rode his horse to kill him. When he got close, he raised his spear and stabbed him.
A flash of coldness flashed between Guan Yu's brows, and the Green Dragon Knife drew an arc in his hand. The silver light flashed, and the blade seemed to be roaring like a white dragon. The sound of piercing the air suddenly sounded.
boom!
The swords and spears collided, causing violent sparks to burst out.
"Drink, ha!"
Yan Xing roared twice, and changed his spear moves again, pulling back, stabbing, flicking, and picking.
Guan Yu also changed his moves, clapping, shifting and pressing, and easily neutralized Yan Xing's three attacks. After blocking the enemy's three attacks, he took advantage of the inertia gap of Yan Xing's spear and slashed it down with his backhand, heading straight for his head.
Yan Xing has been in Xiliang for a long time and has never had any opponents. Suddenly he met a powerful character. He almost didn't react. He was so excited that he quickly raised his spear to block him.
boom!
The broadsword struck the spear shaft, directly cutting open the iron sheet wrapped on it, and then slashed all the way down, forcibly splitting the spear into two pieces.
Fortunately, while Yan Xing was blocking the spear, he had already adjusted his position and released the force to the side.
When Guan Yu's Green Dragon Sword had gained momentum in slashing downwards, he used the pointed part of the broken spear to stab Guan Yu in the face with his backhand.
Whoosh!
A cold sound broke through the air. Guan Yu turned his head to avoid it. At the same time, he raised the knife with his right hand and drew a gorgeous arc in the air. The silver dragon flew in the air. He used the knife pole to swat away the spear tip that was stabbing downwards again.
Lift it up, toward Yan Xing's chin.
This action of lifting can be understood as cutting from bottom to top. The force is certainly not as strong as cutting from top to bottom, but the problem is that the human chin is not protected by a helmet.
Ordinary armor and even helmets can actually block the above force, but how can skin and flesh block a sharp knife?
It was too late for Yan Xing to try another move, so he had to lie back, leaning his back on the horse in an iron bridge position, and dodged the move.
However, if the weapon in his hand was chopped off, he was already at a disadvantage. Now that he was lying back like this, he was even more caught up in the enemy's attack rhythm. If he failed with one move, he would fail with the next move. Soon Guan Yu's attacks came like a gust of wind and rain.
Come, Yan Xing blocks the left branch and the right branch, causing unspeakable suffering.
"How could this happen? Even Lu Bu couldn't force me to do this!"
Yan Xing struggled to survive, and his heart was full of unwillingness.
Just as he was about to end up dead, there was a loud sound of gold ringing behind him, horses galloped, and dozens of soldiers rushed towards him quickly.
It turned out that Han Sui saw that Yan Xing was suppressed and beaten by Guan Yu with only ten moves, and that the next twenty or thirty moves were completely dangerous. He was almost killed several times, so he quickly ordered his troops to withdraw.
The soldiers rushed forward and snatched Yan Xing out.
When the soldiers and horses of the imperial court saw that the other party did not respect martial ethics, they immediately ordered the drums to be beaten and the troops marched. The entire army on both sides attacked, and soon a melee broke out.
This battle only lasted less than an hour, because the quality of the imperial army was much higher than that of the Xiliang army. During the melee between the two sides, Duan Yan from the south took the opportunity to attack Han Sui's flank.
Han Sui's flanks happened to be Liang Xing, Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, Li Kan and other small warlords in Guanzhong and Xiliang. In order to preserve their strength, they quickly ordered a retreat.
After Duan Xuan defeated them, he stormed Han Sui's headquarters again.
As a result, among the rebel army, the number of soldiers and horses in formal contact between the two sides was estimated to be no more than ten thousand. However, the chaos on the flanks caused Han Sui's headquarters to be attacked by the rebel army and the enemy army together. In the subsequent situation, there were still a large number of soldiers and horses who did not participate in the battle. In an instant, the troops
The defeat was like a mountain, forming the collapse that Han Sui and Cheng Gongying were most worried about.
So there was no suspense on the battlefield. Guan Yu ordered the pursuit to continue. The soldiers screamed and swarmed towards the enemy. In one day, the imperial army killed thousands of Han Sui's troops and captured nearly 20,000. It was a great victory.
Han Sui fled and took his scattered troops with him back to Yi County. He rested for two days and gathered some of his scattered troops. When he heard that Guan Yu was pursuing Meiyang, he quickly continued to retreat.
In this way, seven or eight days later, Han Sui fled back to Hanyang County, guarding the Chencang narrow road and Longguan road, and never dared to invade the Sanfu land again.