Chapter 123: Fighting the Three Sons
In July of the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Liu Pi raised troops to attack Xuchang in Runan, and Cao Cao sent the general Cao Ren to crusade against Liu Bei, Liu Bei was defeated, and Liu Pi died in battle. Liu Bei led the remnants back to Yuan Shao's department, and led his troops to Runan again to join Gong to join Cao Cao on the pretext of connecting with Liu Biao.
In October of the fifth year of Jian'an, Xu You took refuge in Cao Cao and offered a plan to capture Wuchao, Cao Cao accepted Xu You's plan to attack Wuchao, and the third prince Yuan Shang asked Yuan Shao to let him lead troops to support Wuchao, but the strategist Guo Tu offered a plan to attack Cao Cao's camp and forced Cao Cao to retreat with the plan of besieging Wei and saving Zhao.
Yuan Shao rejected Yuan Shang's proposal, adopted Guo Tu's strategy, and sent Zhang He and Gao Ran to attack Cao Cao's camp. But Cao's camp was strong, Zhang He Gaolan couldn't attack it for a long time, Chun Yuqiong fought and died in Wuchao, and Zhang He Gaoran surrendered to Cao Cao when he saw the situation.
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Shangguan Qian was ordered by Yuan Shang to lead a thousand infantry to break off, and the generals Zhang He Gaolan, Xu Huang, and Zhang Liao were ordered to pursue Yuan Shao.
In the midst of the chaos, Shangguan Qian disguised himself as a foot soldier, holding a three-foot-two-inch spear in his left hand and a seven-foot-three-inch spear in his right, [Note, one foot 23.1 cm in the Three Kingdoms period] suddenly appeared under Gao Lan's horse, and stabbed Gao Ran's right hand with a short spear in his left hand, and the spear in his right hand picked Gao Ran off the horse. Gao Ran fell from his horse, and before he could hit the ground, he was hooked back by Shangguan Qian's legs and fell heavily to the ground. Gao Ran was lying on the ground and before he could draw the saber on his waist, the iron armor on his chest was pierced through the chest by the short spear in Shangguan Qian's left hand, and the head of the spear rotated and pierced Gao Ran's body.
Gao Ran wanted to call for help, but his neck was stepped on by Shangguan Qian fiercely, and he couldn't make a sound, and the soldiers around him wanted to rush over to rescue, but they were all stabbed to death by Shangguan Qian's spear.
Shangguan Qian stabbed Gao Ran three times in a row, and after making sure that Gao Ran would never survive again, he flew up and rode Gao Ran's war horse towards Zhang He who was not far away. Zhang He saw Shangguan Qian approaching, and hurriedly raised his gun to meet him.
Although Zhang He didn't know Shangguan Qian's name, he had contact with Shangguan Qian and knew that his martial arts were extraordinary. Zhang He saw that Shangguan Qian would stab Gao Ran off the war horse, but he didn't have time to rescue, although he was worried about Gao Ran's comfort at the moment, but he didn't dare to have the slightest distraction, because these two guns were like two cunning poisonous snakes, as long as he had the slightest distraction, Shangguan Qian would take the lead. The two fought for more than 30 consecutive battles, only to see Shangguan Qian's gun dancing faster and faster, and Zhang He only had a passive defense, and it was difficult to gain the initiative. Fighting with people who use double guns, Zhang He is the first time, his gun can't be stabbed, because once it is stabbed out, I'm afraid it won't be able to be recovered, the attack of the short spear is extremely tricky, never touching the spear in Zhang He's hand, just wrapping around his wrist at the first opportunity, in the face of this snake-like double gun, Zhang He can only defend. The two fought for another ten rounds, and the gun in Zhang He's hand had become heavy, but he didn't dare to retreat, because he was afraid that the war horse under his crotch would not be as fast as Shangguan Qian's hidden weapon. Although Zhang He had not seen Shangguan Qian kill people with a hidden weapon, he heard that this person was using a hidden weapon. At this moment, Zhang He most hoped that Zhang Liao and Xu Huang in the distance could be rescued in time, so that he could take down Shangguan Qian with Zhang Liao and Xu Huang.
"Zhang Liao help me."
Zhang He swept Zhang Liao not far away, and took a breath and shouted to Zhang Liao for help.
At this time, Shangguan Qian suddenly jumped up from the horse, and the short gun in his left hand took off his hand and stabbed directly at Zhang He's face, Zhang He was startled and quickly put away the gun and tilted his head to dodge a shot, but the short gun pierced into the horse's back, causing the war horse to roar, Shangguan Qian stepped on the horse's back with his left foot, stepped on the horse's head with his right foot, and held the gun with both hands and stabbed Zhang He's throat.
Zhang He lay on his back on the back of the horse and dodged a shot, holding the gun with both hands instead of holding the gun with his right hand and stabbing Shangguan Qian's war horse, Shangguan Qian took the gun and jumped on Zhang He's horse, abandoned the gun and pulled out a short knife and stabbed Zhang He in the throat. Zhang He stabbed Shangguan Qian's war horse with a shot, but he didn't have time to retract the gun to stop Shangguan Qian, and Shangguan Qian had already gotten close to him and entered the blind spot of the spear, and Zhang He was now leaning back on the war horse and couldn't dodge, only to reach out and take the knife empty-handed.
Shangguan Qian stabbed the back of Zhang He's hand with a knife, Zhang He roared angrily, and punched Shangguan Qian's chest, Zhang He's punch directly knocked Shangguan Qian and vomited blood. Shangguan Qian was in pain, grabbed Zhang He's neck with his left hand, and threw him off the horse. At this time, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang came to the rescue, and the two attacked at the same time, and Shangguan Qian only held a short knife to dodge under the attack of the two. Zhang Liao slashed Shangguan Qian's left leg with a knife, and Xu Huang swung an axe to chop Shangguan Qian's head.
Shangguan Qian jumped from his horse to the ground to dodge the blow, and picked up the short spear that had fallen to the ground. If the average general abandons his horse and fights on foot, he will not be able to escape the attack of the general on the horse. Although Shangguan Qian is young, but the combat experience is very rich, he is very fast, when Zhang Liao's big knife stopped his waist and slashed at his waist, he actually jumped up and stepped on Zhang Liao's big knife and jumped on the war horse, and then picked up Xu Huang's big axe, and at the same time threw the short knife in his hand at Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao hurriedly waved the knife to block the short knife, in the blink of an eye, Shangguan Qian had already taken advantage of the situation to get another spear inserted in the ground.
Shangguan Qian's left hand short spear dealt with Zhang Liao's long knife, and his right hand spear dealt with Xu Huang's big axe. Xu Huang's big axe is extremely heavy, every time it hits Shangguan Qian's spear, it shocks Shangguan Qian's right hand numb, Zhang Liao's long knife is called the Huanglong hook sickle, the knife is sharp, Shangguan Qian can not hold a few short guns with only his left hand, but Wuhe was knocked away by Zhang Liao's short spear. Shangguan Qian held the gun in both hands, and the war horse was tightly clamped between his legs, allowing him to run and fight with the two. At the same time, he fought with the two fierce generals for more than 20 times, Shangguan Qian's offensive could no longer be used, he was not a power general, if he faced any of them, he would be fearless, but Xu Huang, a power general, plus Zhang Liao, a skilled general, scattered Shangguan Qian's marksmanship, and his offensive was no longer as good as before. And Zhang He found a war horse again, and caught up with the intention of the three of them to attack Shangguan Qian.
Before Zhang He got close, the offensive of Zhang and Xu forced Shangguan Qian to a dead end, the spear in Shangguan Qian's hand had been knocked away, Zhang Liao's big knife had already looked at Shangguan Qian's neck, and Xu Huang's axe also cut off Shangguan Qian's head, Shangguan Qian had nowhere to dodge, and he was about to lose his life. Suddenly, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang's weapons were entangled in iron chains, Zhang Liao swept away, and I don't know when three generals had gathered around them, blocking their attack, and these three generals actually had a woman.
The woman held an iron whip and threw it at Zhang Liao's face, Zhang Liao's yellow dragon hook and sickle was wrapped around the iron chain, he shouted and pulled the weapon hard, but he couldn't get the weapon back for a while, how could the iron whip have arrived, he raised his left arm and punched the iron whip away. At this time, Zhang He had arrived, waved his gun and picked up the iron whip to stop the female general.
"Withdraw."
Shangguan Qian pulled out a short knife from his waist and ordered.
The female general said to Shangguan Qian: "Commander, the three of us will break off the queen for you." ”
"Follow me, don't lose your life."
Shangguan Qian snorted coldly, Le Ma flew back, and the three people rode straight after Shangguan Qian. [The Ghost Shadow is an assassination team trained by Shangguan Qian for Yuan Shang, and its members all call Shangguan Qian the commander. 】
Zhang Liao bent his bow and was about to shoot at Shangguan Qian, when Zhang He said beside him: "They retreat in a straight line, acting as a meat shield. ”
Zhang Liao still shot an arrow, shooting the last male general under the horse, and when he took out the second arrow, Shangguan Qian and the others had already opened a lot of distance from Zhang Liao, and the two suddenly dispersed and advanced side by side with Shangguan Qian. Zhang Liao opened his bow and shot a second arrow, and Shangguan Qian, who was riding on the horse, did not look back, but just knocked the short knife in his hand behind his back and knocked it down with a light knock on the flying arrow.
Zhang Liao exclaimed: "Could it be that this person has long eyes behind him?" ”
Zhang He said: "That person is the eye of Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, in the dark, with strange moves and difficult to deal with. ”
Zhang Liao sighed: "I watched that person fight against you, his spear is on the wrong side, and his body is fierce, like a poisonous snake. ”
Zhang He said: "His moves are extremely tricky and insidious, if he fights alone, this person is not easy to deal with, but if he is attacked together, his moves will not be able to be used." ”
Zhang Liao said: "Who is this person's surname?" ”
"I don't know." Zhang Hefei dismounted and ran to Gao Ran's side.
The soldiers had already helped Gao Ran, who was seriously injured, Gao Ran spat blood, trembled and stretched out his hand to Zhang He, Zhang He stretched out his hand before he touched Gao Lan's hand, Gao Ran completely lost his breath. Zhang He held Gao Lan's palm that still had residual warmth, and his heart was like a knife.
In October of the fifth year of Jian'an, after Zhang He Gaolan surrendered, Cao Cao waved his army to attack Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was divided internally, the army was discouraged, and he collapsed in a battle. Cao Cao captured 70,000 Yuan Shao's soldiers and killed them all.