Chapter 46: The Battle of Xiangfan

Cao Cao pointed to one person in the squad and said, "You can go and relieve the siege of Fancheng." ”

The man came out in response, and when everyone saw it, it turned out to be Yu Ban. Yu Ban bowed his hand and said: "A certain general will be the vanguard and lead the troops to go with him." ”

Cao Cao asked the crowd again: "Who dares to be a pioneer?" ”

One person came out and said: "A certain person is willing to work with dogs and horses, capture Guan Yu alive, and dedicate it to his command." ”

Cao Cao looked at the person, it was Yan Xing, and Cao Daxi said: "Guan Yu, the tiger general of the world, meets Yanming today, and he is really a fierce enemy." ”

Cao Cao then added Yu Ban as the general of the expedition to the south, and added Yan as the vanguard of the expedition to the western capital, raised the Seventh Army, and went to Fancheng. These seven armies are all strong men from the north. Two leading generals: one Dong Heng and one Dong Chao. On that day, all the leaders were led to worship in the forbidden.

Dong Heng said to the ban: "Today, the general will raise seven heavy troops to solve the misfortune of Fancheng, and the hope is to win; Isn't it wrong to use Yan as a pioneer? ”

Yu Ban was shocked and asked, "What did General Dong say?" ”

Dong Heng said: "Yan Xing was originally a general under Han Sui, and he had to surrender to Wei as a last resort; Now his Han Sui has voted for Liu Du, and Yan Xing's wife is the daughter of Han Sui, and he is in Shu with him, and he doesn't know his heart. Now make him a pioneer, and it is to pour oil and put out fires. Why didn't the general enlighten King Wei and not change someone? ”

After Yu Ban heard this, he entered the mansion overnight to inform Cao Cao. Cao Cao realized that he immediately summoned Yan Xing to the bottom of the stairs and ordered him to accept the pioneer seal.

It turned out that when Han Sui rebelled, Cao Cao killed all the people of Han Sui's descendants in Beijing, and personally wrote a letter to Yan Xing, explaining that Yan Xing's father was being imprisoned and threatening Yan Xing. Han Sui heard that Yan Xing's father was still alive and wanted Yan Xing's father to be killed as well, so as to strengthen Yan Xing's will. Han Sui then forcibly married his youngest daughter to Yan Xing, and Yan Xing had no choice but to marry Han Sui's daughter. After that, Cao Cao really suspected Yan Xing.

Han Sui asked Yan Xing not to lead Xiping County. Yan Xing gathered his troops to kill Han Sui and surrendered, and in response to Lu Yi, he attacked Han Sui at night. Han Sui was extremely frustrated, and told his confidant Cheng Gongying that he planned to retreat from Qiang to Shu and attach himself to Liu Du. Cheng Gongying objected, believing that Han Sui had been raising the army for decades, and now it had failed. However, he should not abandon the prestige he had established in Xizhou and turn to another place, and offered Han Sui a plan to hide in the Qiang tribe first to recruit his subordinates, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback. Han Sui followed the plan, and retreated to Qiang with thousands of followers, because Han Sui had been kind to the Qiang people, so he was protected by the Qiang people.

Later, Lu Yi returned to Hanzhong and left Yan Xing, and Han then gathered tens of thousands of Qiang Hu soldiers to attack Yan Xing, but the food and grass were not enough. Han Sui had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat to Shuzhong and take refuge with Liu Du.

Cao Cao squinted at Yan Xing and said, "There is no suspicion in solitude; But now Han Sui is now in Xichuan, your wife is still in Shuzhong, and your brother Yan Zhong is an official under Liu Bei's account. Lonely and indulgent, what is the mouth of the people? ”

When Yan Xing heard this, he paused his head and said with a bleeding face: "A certain person has come since he surrendered to the king, and every time he feels a great kindness, although his liver and brain are smeared, he can't make up for it. Why is the king suspicious? My brother has severed relations with me when he was in Liangzhou in the past, so the lord Han Sui, defeated and died, alone in Sichuan, and now he is doing his own thing, and the old righteousness has been extinct. Feeling the king's grace, dare to sprout different ambitions? But the king observed. ”

Cao Cao then helped Yan Xing up and comforted: "Gu Su knows Qingqing's loyalty, and the preface is specially to appease everyone's hearts and ears. Qing Ke worked hard to make contributions to eliminate Liu Bei, and in the future, he must also rely on Qing Ye to destroy Liu Du and Han Sui. ”

Before leaving, Cao Cao instructed Yan Xing to be careful of Guan Yu, but Yan Xing disagreed. Yu Ban shouted: "The words of the King of Wei must be obeyed. ”

Yan Xing rushed to Fancheng with all his might, showing off his might, sounding gongs and drums.

However, he said that Guan Yu was sitting in the tent, and suddenly probed Ma Fei and reported: "Cao Cao is a general, and he led seven elite soldiers to arrive." Yan Xing, the vanguard of the front, carried a wooden coffin in front of the army, and said unscrupulous words, vowing to fight to the death with the general. The soldiers left the city for thirty miles. ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he suddenly changed color, his beautiful hair fluttered, and he said angrily: "The hero of the world, I regard it as a mustard; Yan Xing, how dare you despise my yes! Guan Ping, Guan Suo, the two of you are attacking Fancheng, I will go to kill this horseman, and I hate it with snow! ”

Guan Suo said: "Father can't be heavy with Mount Tai and compete with stubborn stones. Humiliating the son, he is willing to go to the war on behalf of his father. ”

Guan Yu bowed his head and said, "If you try it, I will come to answer it later." ”

Guan Suo went out of the tent, picked up the knife and got on the horse, and led the troops to meet Yan Xing. The two arrays are in circles, and Wei Ying has four white characters on a soap flag with four white characters in the big book "Xiliang Yan Xing". Yan Xing's green robe and silver armor, steel spear and white horse, standing in front of the formation; Five hundred soldiers followed closely behind, and several foot soldiers carried the wooden coffin on their shoulders.

Guan Suo scolded Yan Xing: "A thief who betrays the master! ”

Yan Xing asked his subordinates: "Who is this!" ”

The soldiers on the left and right replied: "I heard that this person is Guan Suo, the son of Guan Yu, who was scattered into the mountains to practice martial arts when he was a child. This time, I came to recognize Guan Yu and joined the command. ”

Yan Xing shouted: "I am ordered by the King of Wei to take the head of your father!" Thou art a scabies, I will not kill you! Call your father! ”

Guan Suo was furious, rode a horse and danced a knife, came to take Yan Xing, and Yan Xing raised a spear to meet him. The two fought for thirty years, regardless of victory or defeat, and the two families rested.

Someone has already reported about Guan Yu. Guan Yu was furious and ordered Guan Ping to attack Fancheng and personally come to meet the enemy Yan Xing. Guan Suo followed Guan Yu and said that he would fight with Yan Xing, regardless of victory or defeat.

Guan Yu immediately stepped out with a sword and shouted: "Guan Yun is here, why didn't Yan Xing come and die early!" ”

At the sound of the drums, Yan Xing stepped out of his horse and shouted: "I am here to take your head by the decree of King Wei!" I'm afraid you don't believe it, and you're here for cowardice. If you are afraid of death, dismount and surrender early! ”

Guan Yu scolded: "How can you be a husband!" It's a pity that my green dragon knife slashes the rat thief! ”

Guan Yu danced the knife on the horse and came to take Yan Xing. Yan Xing came to meet him with a spear, Guan Yu wanted to fight quickly, and the Spring and Autumn Sword Technique was like a stormy wave towards Yan Xing. Yan Xing's spear in one hand is also flawless, his spear technique almost killed Ma Chao back then, not to mention Guan Yu, a first-class master with unstable performance.

The second general has been fighting for nearly a hundred rounds, Yan Xing's spirit has doubled, but Guan Yu is overwhelmed, and he still pretends to be nothing. The Wei army was afraid that Yan would make a mistake, and urgently ordered Mingjin to withdraw his army.

Guan Suo was afraid that Guan Yu would be old and lacking in physical strength, so he hurriedly sounded gold. The two will each retreat. Yan Xing returned to the village and said to everyone: "People say that Guan Yu is brave, and today Fang Xin is also." ”

Just as he was talking, Yu Ban came. After the meeting, Yu Ban asked: "General Wen fought Guan Yu, above the lily, he didn't get cheap, why not retreat and avoid it?" ”

Yan Xing said excitedly: "King Wei ordered the general to be the general, why is he too weak? I will fight to the death with Guan Yu in the coming day, and I will not retreat! ”

Yu Ban didn't dare to stop him, so he had to go back to the camp. But he said that Guan Yu returned to the village and said to Guan Ping and Guan Suo: "Yan Xing is familiar with marksmanship, and he is really my opponent." ”

Guan Suo said: "Vulgar clouds: 'Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. 'Even if my father beheaded this man, he was only a small pawn in Xiqiang; If there is negligence, it is not so important to pay attention to the trust of the uncle. ”

Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes widened, and he only said: "I don't kill this person, why do I hate it?" I have made up my mind, don't say anything more! ”

The next day, Guan Yu mounted his horse and led his troops forward. Yan Xing also brought troops to greet him. The two formations are in a circle, and the two generals come out together, not to mention talking, and they go out to fight. After fighting to more than fifty times, Yan Xing turned back his horse and dragged his spear away. Guan Yu then chased after him, and Guan Suo was afraid that he was negligent, so he also rushed away. Guan Yu scolded in his mouth: "Yan thief! If I want to return the pistol, shall I fear you? ”

It turned out that Yan Xing pretended to return the horse pistol, but hung the gun in the saddle, secretly pulled out the carved bow, mounted the arrow, and shot the general. Guan Suo's eyes were quick, and when he saw Yan Xing pulling the bow, he shouted: "The thief will release the cold arrow!" ”

When Guan Yu opened his eyes in a hurry, the arrows had already arrived at the place where the bowstring sounded; Guan Yu couldn't dodge, and the arrow hit him in the left arm. Guan Soma arrived and rescued Guan Yu back to the camp. Yan Xing pulled back his horse and rushed to the spear, Guan Suo fought to block Yan Xing, and withdrew his army for twenty miles.

Cao Ren asked Yan Xing and Yu Ban to lead their troops to camp ten miles north of Fancheng. At this time, it was raining for more than ten days, the Han River overflowed, and the water under Fancheng was five or six zhang deep, so Yu Ban and Yan Xing moved to the water embankment to avoid the flood.

When dawn came, Guan Yu and all the generals were all waving their flags and taking big ships to attack Yu Ban and Yan Xing. Seeing that there was no way out, and there were fifty or sixty brothers on the left and right, Yu Ban made a difficult decision to surrender to Guan Yu.

It is nothing that he died on the battlefield in the forbidden battle, these are the brothers who crawled back from the ghost gate with him, and Yu Ban had to endure this infamy through the ages in order to save their lives.

Guan Yu ordered Yu Ban and the others to take off their clothes and armor, detain them into the boat, and then come to capture Yan Xing. At this time, Yan Xing, Dong Heng, Dong Chao, Cheng He, and 500 foot soldiers, all without armor, stood on the embankment. Guan Yu stepped forward, and Yan Xingquan was not afraid and came to fight.

Guan Yu surrounded the ship on all sides, and the sergeants fired arrows together, killing most of the Wei soldiers. Dong Heng and Dong Chao saw that the situation was in danger, so they persuaded Yan Xingdao: "Most of the sergeants are wounded, and there is no way out, so it is better to surrender." ”

Yan Xing said angrily: "I have received the kindness of the King of Wei, how can I be willing to condescend to others!" ”

Yan Xing then personally beheaded Dong Heng and Dong Chao in front of him, and said sharply: "Let's talk about the descendants, take these two as an example!" ”

So they all fought against the enemy. From the Pingming War to the middle of the day, the courage has doubled. Guan Yu urged a rapid attack from all sides, and the arrows were like rain. Yan Xing ordered the sergeant to engage with short soldiers.