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Chapter 674 (2)

"Phew!"

Guan Yu suddenly stopped his horse and stopped moving. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Several relatives hurriedly stepped forward and asked nervously, "Junhou, what's the accident?" ”

"Somehow, my eyelids are beating non-stop today, and I'm always a little uneasy...... By the way, is there any news from Exian? ”

"No news has come yet.

However, I heard that Cai Mao had led the naval army to approach Exian. Presumably, it will arrive in a day or two, and I don't know if General Yuan Jian will be able to block the attack of Cao's army. ”

"Hmm!"

Guan Yu nodded, and fell into deep thought.

It will be difficult for Liao Hua to stop Cao Jun, Guan Yu knows this.

At the beginning, he guarded Shaxian and had 5,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but he was still defeated by Xu Huang. Now, which one is good at Xu Huang, Zhang He, Xu Chu, and Yu Ban? Liao Hua only has 2,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but Exian has no danger to defend, how can he resist the footsteps of Cao Jun.

Liao Hua stayed in Exian County, to put it bluntly, to buy time for Guan Yu.

Guan Yu arrived in Xiajun one day earlier, so he could rely on the terrain of Xiajun to calmly deploy defenses. Speaking of which, Liao Hua can be regarded as loyal, I am afraid that when he decided to stay, he already had the heart of death. It's a pity that a good man, if he knew that this person was loyal, he could also stay with his brother to serve. Now that he is stubbornly defending Exian, his fate can already be predicted, and there is no reason to be spared......

Could it be that this restless mind is for the sake of Exian County?

Thinking of this, Guan Yu was much calmer. He waved his hand on his horse, and then mounted his horse on a low earthen hill, watched the procession march from the earthen hill, nodded, and then instructed his followers: "Pass my order, the three armies speed up, and be sure to arrive at Xiajun before dark." ”

"Whoa!"

At this time, Tan Zhi should have reached the next time.

It is estimated that it is also well arranged, and after arriving in Xiajun, let the sons and daughters take a rest, and then send someone to Linxiang to inform the elder brother.

Guan Yu is arrogant and noble, but he is very good to his subordinates.

Unlike Zhang Fei, who often whipped his soldiers, he was quite protective of his subordinates, so he was also very supported by his subordinates. It's really weird to say, Liu Guanzhang and the three have different backgrounds, but they are like-minded. Liu Bei is known as the emperor, studied under Lu Zhi, and instinctively has a good future. But for various reasons, he was finally driven out of the division and reduced to a pawn vendor who weaved mats and sold shoes. However, when it comes to consideration, Liu Bei should belong to the category of scholars.

Guan Yu is from a civilian background and has no good family background.

Speaking of which, among the three, he has the worst background, and even Zhang Fei can't compare. People say that Zhang Fei is a pig killer, but in fact, Zhang Fei is a local tyrant in Zhuo County. Even if it is not a wealthy family, it can be called a strong family, and it is still very different from the butcher.

At least in terms of family property, Zhang Fei is far a hundred times stronger than Liu Bei Guan Yu.

The down-and-out emperor, the murderer who walks the rivers and lakes, and a local tyrant with a wealthy family. The identities of the three people are very different, but they are strangely linked together, and they have become models praised by later generations.

With Guan Yu's order, the speed of the team's march suddenly accelerated.

After observing for a while, Guan Yu immediately took his personal entourage, rushed down the earthen hill, and followed the team of men and horses in the direction of Xia Jun.

It was getting late, and the team arrived outside the city.

However, Guan Yu did not see the camp set up by Guan Ping, but saw two piles of corpses stacked on both sides of the closed city gate under Xiajun. At the head of the city, a corpse hangs, swaying in the air in the wind. Due to the dim light, Guan Yu couldn't see the face of the corpse clearly. However, Guan Yu, who had been in battle for a long time, immediately sensed that something was not quite right, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to line up, and he immediately stepped forward.

The sun was setting, and the corpses on the head of the city were spinning in the air.

Guan Yu's eyes suddenly widened, his face turned pale, and he blurted out: "Frank! ”

He finally recognized that the corpse was Guan Ping.

At the same time, the head of Xiajun City is brightly lit. A group of Cao Jun appeared on the city wall of Xiajun, and the sharp arrows were wound and aimed at Guan Yu under the city.

"Second general, don't come unharmed."

Behind a female wall, an extremely familiar, but somewhat unfamiliar face appeared.

When Guan Yu saw this person, he couldn't help gritting his teeth and squeezed out two words from between his teeth, "Cao Peng!" ”

Lost in the next place?

How did Cao Jun appear here, but no one knows?

And what made Guan Yu even more uncomfortable was the corpse of Guan Ping hanging on the head of the city.

Guan Yu roared angrily, "Cao Peng, come out and die." ”

When Cao Peng heard this, he laughed, "The second general came from afar, and it must have been very hard. If I go to war at this time, I will be a little invincible.

It's better to ask the second general to rest for one night and fight again in the future.

By the way, Ling Lang arrived today, and I wanted to invite him into the city to rest. It's just that Ling Lang is so stubborn that I accidentally ruined his life. Now that the second general is here, he will return Ling Lang's body to Zhao, and I hope that the second general will not be too sad. ”

"Dog thief, how dare you deceive me!"

Cao Peng's words made Guan Yu, who had originally maintained a little calm, unable to hold back the anger in his heart anymore.

At the same time, Cao Peng drew his knife and slashed at the rope tied to the female wall. Guan Ping's corpse fell straight from the air, and Peng smashed to the ground with a thud, raising a cloud of dust and smoke.

Guan Yu was furious, and rushed to the city on his horse.

At this time, Cao Peng's eyes flashed, he raised his hand to make a chopping motion, and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

In an instant, three rows of archers at the head of the city took turns to step forward and shoot towards the city. Guan Yu's subordinates hurriedly shouted out about danger and rushed forward with people, wanting to protect Guan Yu. In the face of the rain of arrows, Guan Yu was not afraid. I saw him dancing with a knife, and Lu Maxi under his crotch hissed. Two big knives flew up and down in his hands, the knives flashed, and the knife clouds rolled. No matter how dense the arrow rain is, it can't help Guan Yu for half a minute. Under the escort of his personal entourage, Guan Yu rushed to the city and snatched Guan Ping's body back into the formation.

However, for the sake of this corpse, nearly a hundred corpses were left under the city.

Cao Peng looked at the city and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Why does the Metropolitan sigh?"

Wenwu stepped forward and asked softly.

This Wenwu is Wenpin's adopted son.

After Wen Ping surrendered in Jingzhou, he let his adopted son serve under Cao Peng's account. For Wenpin, this is also a good opportunity to get closer to Cao Peng. And Cao Peng really didn't have anyone in his hands, so he let Wenwu follow him. Previously, it had always been Kou Feng who was in charge of the Flying Camel Soldiers. But now, Kou is sealed, and the civil and military forces have been replaced, and he has become Cao Peng's personal general, leading the flying camel.

Cao Peng said: "It's a pity! ”

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that it took so much effort to hurt Guan Yu.

This man really deserves to be a general, and if it weren't for the hostility, he really wanted to drink with him. When the death of the tiger was suspected, although there was a suspicion of speculation, it cannot be denied that this person was indeed powerful. ”

Wenwu nodded and looked at Guan Yu in the distance.

He knew Guan Yu, and even admired Guan Yu.

At that time, Liu Bei took refuge in Jingzhou with a large family, and Wenpin also respected Liu Bei.

It's just that this position is different, which is doomed to make it impossible for Wen Ping to follow Liu Bei. Although Wenwu admired Guan Yu, after all, Liu Bei and the Jingxiang clan were in an antagonistic relationship at that time, so they didn't visit too much.

"Although the second general is brave, he will not escape death after all."

When Cao Peng heard this, he smiled slightly, but he no longer dwelled on the matter.

"Pass my orders and let the sons prepare to defend themselves against enemy attacks."

"Whoa!"

Wenwu immediately turned around and went down to make arrangements.

And under Xia Jun City, Guan Yu's eyes were bloodshot, staring at Xia Jun.

Guan Ping's body was placed in front of him, and there were several stray arrows stuck in his body...... Guan Yu's heart was sad and indescribable. He only has two sons, and the death of the second son, Guan Xing, in Nanjuju, has already made Guan Yu sad. He pinned all his hopes on Guan Ping, so no matter what he did, he took Guan Ping with him. originally thought that Xia Jun was safe and sound, so he let Guan Ping be the vanguard and lead the army to come. How do you know, this eldest son, who has suffered a lot since he was a child, just died under this Xia Jun City, how can Guan Yu not be sad?

The two sons died at the hands of Cao Peng.

Although Guan Xing was not killed by Cao Peng, he was killed by Cao Peng's generals, and he was also closely related.

When the so-called enemies meet, they are very red-eyed.

Guan Yu suddenly raised his head to the sky and roared, "Cao Peng, if I don't kill you, I will not be a man!" ”

As he spoke, he straddled his horse and said sharply: "Order the three armies, give me the siege, siege the city...... If I can't break through Xiajun, I vow 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 only Guan Ping's death that angered Guan Yu. Similarly, Jiang Xiabing also knew that now that Cao's army occupied Xiajun, it was equivalent to sealing their way back to Changsha. If they fail to conquer Xiajun, they will face the danger of annihilation when Cao's army pursues them.

Therefore, after Guan Yu's order, the tired Jiangxia soldiers immediately launched a ferocious attack.

Dense soldiers, braving the rain of arrows, rushed downward. Fortunately, during this retreat, Guan Yu, in order not to leave any benefit for Cao Cao, took away almost all the baggage and ordnance in the arsenal of Exian County. Among these ordnance, there are no items such as cloud ladders and chariots. It's just that due to the scale of the arsenal in Exian County, there is no siege equipment like Jingqi, otherwise it will inevitably pose a huge threat to Xia Jun.

Rao is like this, when the trebuchets are erected and attack the head of the lower city, the momentum is still amazing.

Cao Peng stood at the head of the city and shouted loudly: "Archer, steady, steady!" ”

The terrain below also caused Guan Yu to be unable to spread out the men and horses and launch an attack. However, the three armies were desperate, and under the fierce and fearless charge of Jiangxia soldiers, Xiajun Chengguan still faced a huge impact. Rows of arrows flew out, and huge stones flew down to the top of the city with a roar. Jiang Xiabing's ladder kept approaching the city wall, and Cao Peng's face also revealed a bit of solemnity......

"Stone-throwing truck, ready."

Cao Peng made a gesture, and Wenwu immediately gave the order.

"Launch!"

There was a creak, and a series of sounds came from below the city. More than a dozen stone throwers were activated at the same time, and more than a dozen stones wrapped in hay and other fire-starting things crossed the city and fell outside the city. The hay on the gravel was ignited and turned into one huge fireball after another.

Two stones collided in the air, making a loud roar, and sparks flew in all directions......

Cao Peng was in the city, frowning.

And under the city, Guan Yu glared angrily at the head of the city, eager to grow wings and fly up to the city to cut Cao Peng with a thousand knives.

"Junhou, if you continue to fight like this, the casualties of the sons are too serious."

Guan Yu turned his head, glared at the servants around him, and subconsciously clenched the hilt of the knife.

The tooth general mustered up the courage and said, "The sons and daughters have been on the road for a day, and the water and rice have not entered.

Rushing to the battle now can only increase casualties. Besides, the eldest prince also needs to be placed well, and it will not be placed in front of the formation like this. ”

"So what do you say?"

The tooth general also knew that it was very dangerous to persuade Guan Yu at this time.

However, he had to stop Guan Yu...... Because of the attack of Jiang Xiabing, it was chaotic. It seems that they are not afraid of death, but in fact, the threat to Xia Jun is not too big. Xiajun, as the baggage transshipment center between Changsha and Jiangxia, has extremely rich resources. If you blindly attack, I am afraid that it will not take a few rounds, and the Jiangxia soldiers will be demoralized, or even collapse without a fight.

The top priority at the moment is to stabilize the morale of the military.

Tooth will be bold to suggest, "In the opinion of the last general, when the attack is suspended."

Stabilize your position first, and then make calculations. The last general felt that no one knew about the loss of Xia Jun, and it must have been caused by the sneak attack of the Cao army. Otherwise, how could the lord and Jiangdong not notice the large-scale transfer of troops and horses? Therefore, the number of Cao troops in Juncheng will not be too large...... It is estimated that it is only two or three thousand. The prince still has thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, as long as they are properly arranged, they are enough to break through 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 guarded Exian County, and Cao Cao's army could not arrive in a short time.

In this way, we will have at least three to five days, and will we not be able to conquer this little subordinate?

Besides, with the beacon fire under the Beacon, how can the lord not be aware. It seems that Cao Jun blocked our way home, but in fact, for them, it was not an adventure. I heard people say that Cao Peng is also a knowledgeable person! In the past, at the end of every war, he would have his body placed. But this time, he desperately provoked the prince, didn't he just make the prince mess up? ”

Guan Yu heard this and gradually calmed down.

He looked at the tooth general carefully, but saw that the tooth general was not very old, that is, he was seventeen or eighteen years old, with white teeth and red lips, and a dignified appearance.

"You, what's your name?"

"The last general, Ma Yan, is the chief bookkeeper in the army."

Ma Tan!

Guan Yu immediately thought of his origin.

Ma's five constants, white eyebrows are the best. But among the five constants, the youngest is the most intelligent......

This Ma Jian is the youngest of the five constants of the Ma family, and he is very valued by Zhuge Liang. Since the five brothers of the Ma family joined Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang asked Ma Tan to serve under Guan Yu's tent. It's just that Guan Yu is busy with military affairs on weekdays, so he doesn't pay too much attention to Ma Yan. If he hadn't taken the initiative to stand up today, I'm afraid Guan Yu would have forgotten that there was such a figure by his side.

I have to say that Ma Yan's reminder is very timely.

Guan Yu calmed down after a moment of silence.

"In that case, let's withdraw the troops for the time being."

Ma Tan agreed, and hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Jiangxia soldiers retreated like a tide. And Cao Peng, who was at the head of Xia Jun City, couldn't help frowning, revealing a dignified look.

's son died, and he was so nakedly humiliated by Cao Peng.

According to Guan Yu's arrogant temperament, he should have launched an attack desperately. However, Guan Yu actually endured it, which made Cao Peng a little surprised.

Just because of this Mingjin, Cao Peng couldn't help but think a little higher about Guan Yu.

"Governor Dadu, Jiang Xiabing has retreated."

There were bursts of cheers from the city, but Cao Peng didn't feel the slightest joy.

"Guan Yu's side, it seems that there are still capable people."

"Huh?"

In this case, he can still hold back and withdraw his troops...... This is by no means Guan Yunchang's character. If it weren't for someone who could guide me, I'm afraid I would have exhausted his morale tonight. But now that he has withdrawn his troops and has a chance to breathe, he will attack the city in the coming day, and he will definitely be even more ferocious.

Civil and military, can the military advisor be ready? ”

Wenwu hurriedly replied: "The military division still needs to be arranged...... He had sent someone over and said there was at least one more day. ”

One day?

I guess it won't be too much of a problem!

Cao Peng muttered a few words in his heart, then nodded and stopped talking.

The sun has set.

It's also completely dark......

Standing on the top of the city, you can see that the Jiangxia soldiers are busy setting up camp in the distance. On the field below the city, the firelight is dotted, revealing a bit of weirdness.

From time to time, the wails and *** of wounded soldiers sounded.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, which was very uncomfortable.

Cao Peng stood with his hands in his hands, his eyes were deep, and he stared into the distance: Guan Yunchang is not idle, and tomorrow will attack the city, there will inevitably be a fierce battle......

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.

"Pass the order down, let the sons and daughters have a full meal, so that they can rest.

Tonight, it is necessary to strengthen vigilance to prevent thieves from sneaking up...... Wenwu, after a while, you go to Dongguan Bridge and invite the military advisor to come over, and say that I have something to discuss with him. ”

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In the Jiangxia military barracks, there was a trace of sorrow.

Guan Yu knelt in the big tent and looked at the simple coffin placed in the center of the big tent. Guan Ping was lying in the coffin, his face still showing a little unwillingness. The robe on his body has also been changed out, and he has changed into his favorite parrot green robe. This parrot green robe is like a symbol of Guan Yu. Guan Ping has always wanted to wear such a robe, but he feels that his martial arts are not enough and he is not worthy of wearing it.

Now, he finally put on Guan Yu's robe, but he is separated from his father's yin and yang.

Looking at Guan Ping in the coffin, Guan Yu's Danfeng eyes flashed with tears......

He stood up, tidied up Guan Ping's clothes again, and after glancing at Aiko affectionately, he gritted his teeth and ordered someone to close the coffin.

"Please come over."

"Whoa!"

After a while, Ma Jian hurriedly broke into the big tent.

As soon as he came in, he hurriedly bowed to Guan Yu and comforted: "Prince, don't be too sad.

Thousands of sons and daughters in the camp are now looking at the prince, if the prince can't shake his spirits, he is afraid that the morale of the sons and daughters 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 horse not see through the truth in his life?"

I have called you for nothing else. Now the Cao army is pressing forward step by step, and Cao Peng is guarding the lower ranks, so that I am exposed to the enemy on my belly and back...... Tomorrow, I want to storm Jun. It's just that you also know that Cao Peng's thief is cunning and cunning, not an idle person. I don't know if I can have a clever plan to help me break the city? ”

When Ma Tan heard this, he immediately laughed.

"The prince, the prince has just explored the terrain, and he has indeed thought of a clever plan to make the prince regain the next place."

Guan Yu suddenly became interested, "You Chang said quickly, what is the clever plan?" ”