Chapter 664: The Battle of Guandu (25)
Cao Cao gave the Red Rabbit Horse to Guan Yu, so that after Guan Yu got the Red Rabbit Horse, it was like a tiger with wings, which might have been a little tricky for some situations, but with the help of the Red Rabbit Horse, Guan Yu could easily deal with it.
This may be the real reason why Guan Yu has always been a little grateful to Cao Cao. So much so that in history, when Cao Cao Chibi was defeated and fled from Huarong Road, Guan Yu finally let Cao Cao go because of his gratitude for Cao Cao's love for sending the red rabbit horse.
It can be said that in history, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and the six generals who passed the five levels almost all relied on the speed of the Red Rabbit Horse, otherwise, even if Guan Yu had the ability to kill those generals, he was afraid that it would not be so easy, and even, after killing those generals, he might not be able to escape from the battlefield easily.
For example, when he killed Yan Liang, Guan Yu did directly rush into Yan Liang's army and kill Yan Liang under the horse, if it wasn't for the red rabbit horse fast, even if Guan Yu killed Yan Liang, if he wanted to get out of Yan Liang's army, I am afraid it would not be easy.
Now, in the face of Wang Zhi, the same is true.
Wang Zhi is the most unlucky, he can be regarded as a first-class general, no matter how he says, he can fight with Guan Yu for dozens of rendezvous, and if he really fights with Wang Zhi for dozens of rendezvous, then Wang Zhi's Cao soldiers are not vegetarians, and under the situation of surrounding Guan Yu, Guan Yu is afraid that not only will he not be able to kill Wang Zhi, but he will be in danger of losing his life.
However, those are all ifs, and now, Guan Yu directly cut Wang Zhi into two sections when Wang Zhi didn't have time to parry.
Of course, this is also with Guan Yu's anger. Killed Wang Zhiqiang.
For Guan Yu, Wang Zhi first treated people with the style of a gentleman, and then did despicable things. He refused to give up on him again, and led the army to chase him for half the night. This really aroused Guan Yu's anger.
Wang Zhi was killed, Guan Yu took advantage of the temporary confusion of Cao Bing, and then flew away, broke away from contact with the Cao army's large army, and fled without a figure in the blink of an eye.
After Guan Yu got rid of Cao Cao's pursuers, he found a small town market. carried Liang Lan into the inn.
He was a little worried about Liang Lan's body, but there was no doctor Lang Zhong in the town market. There was no way, Guan Yu had to use his true qi to try to see if he could make Liang Lan wake up.
In fact, Liang Lan was scorched by the fire and listened to a lot of poisonous smoke. Guan Yu went in order to rescue her from the fire. He soaked her in cold water and wrapped her in a wet bedding. This cold and hot, in addition to Liang Lan's little fire poison, she also caught a cold. At this moment, her body is cold and hot, with a fever and chills.
Guan Yu ran true qi. Although it can drive away fire poison for Liang Lan, it has the problem of cold, fever and chills. There was no way he could fix it.
The dress on Liang Lan's body was originally wet, although after escaping for her life in the middle of the night, the dress was basically dried, but it was still a little wet.
Guan Yu didn't think too much about it now, and got her a dry clothes to change. Then he asked the store to send a thick quilt, and when he saw Liang Lan cold, he covered it with a thick quilt, and when he was hot, he put a cold towel on her forehead.
He took care of Liang Lan until dark, and Liang Lan woke up leisurely.
Guan Yu this day, he really didn't know how he came over, anyway, looking at Liang Lan's unconscious appearance, his heart was as uncomfortable as being cut by a knife, especially what made Guan Yu feel tormented was that Liang Lan kept dreaming, although she was confused, but Guan Yu could hear what she was talking about.
Almost all of them were deeply thinking about Guan Yu, saying that they were worried that Guan Yu would leave her, saying that they liked Guan Yu at the same time, and begging Guan Yu not to take her back to see Liu Bei. Anyway, Liang Lan's dream is sometimes resentful and sometimes happy, sometimes shocked and sometimes happy.
Guan Yu now really feels Liang Lan's affection for him, even if he is a hard-hearted person, he has a kind of deep affection for him that wants to be melted by Liang Lan's deep affection for him.
When Liang Lan woke up, Guan Yu was pleasantly surprised, and unconsciously behaved extremely gentle to her.
Anyway, now, both of them understand each other's intentions, and it depends on how Guan Yu decides.
During the day, Cao Bing passed by the town market from time to time, Guan Yu felt that it was not safe in these places, so he only stayed in the town market for one night, and the next morning, Guan Yu left with Liang Lan, who was still quite weak.
Not long after, Guan Yu took Liang Lan to the Yellow River.
Well, whether in ancient times or in the postmodern era, crossing the Yangtze River or the Yellow River is not something that can be crossed from anywhere. There will be a certain number of ferries for people on both sides of the river to cross the river.
In ancient times, when there were no bridges, it was even more inconvenient to cross the river.
The ferries crossing the river are guarded by Cao soldiers in each one, and there are many Cao soldiers stationed along the river, patrolling back and forth, beware of a sneak attack by Yuan troops on the other side of the river.
Originally, the camp of the Yuan army from Xudu to Yanjin, Hebei, could arrive in only one day at most, but in order to avoid the interception of Cao Bing, he wanted to bypass Cao Cao's army in Guandu, but it caused more trouble, and even the time had been delayed for a few days. Guan Yu didn't expect this.
Now, Hebei is in sight, and since they have killed a lot of Cao Cao's generals, Guan Yu doesn't want to keep any longer. In order to avoid long nights, he went directly to the nearest ferry.
The ships of the Yellow River were all controlled by Cao's army.
When Cao Bing saw Guan Yu coming, someone came over to interrogate him. Guan Yu inquired and learned that these places were the defense line of Cao Cao's general Xiahoudun until Guandu, and the ferry head here was in charge of Xiahoudun's deputy general Qin Qi.
Guan Yu went directly to the ferry and saw Qin Qi.
It turned out that Guan Yu had passed several levels in a row and killed Cao Cao's generals, and the news had already spread to these places.
This Qin Qi is also waiting for Guan Yu to throw himself into the net.
But it's a pity that Guan Yu is in a hurry to cross the river now, and no one can stop him. He directly killed Qin Qi again, killed Cao Bing at the ferry, and captured a boat.
In this way, Guan Yu took his sister-in-law to cross the Yellow River safely and arrived in Hebei.
This is the situation of Guan Yu passing five levels and killing six generals.
And Guan Yu didn't know what to do, just when he left Xu Du with his sister-in-law Liang Lan. Yuan Shao began to attack Guandu, forcibly crossed the Yellow River, and the army crossed the river.
Then. Cao Cao received an urgent report from Xiahoudun, and immediately ordered his military horses from Xudu, and hurried to Guandu to engage Yuan Shao's army.
At the pass of Guandu, hundreds of thousands of Yuan Shao's army confronted Cao Cao's more than 200,000 troops, and they were at a stalemate for a while.
At this time, Liu Bei saw a good opportunity to leave Yuan Shao.
Liu Bei immediately spoke to Yuan Shao. said that at present, the army and Cao Cao's military horses are facing each other in Guandu, and there is a stalemate. Looking at the distribution of Cao Cao's troops, the main force is naturally in Guandu. Then he also had heavy troops in the area of the Yellow River in Yanzhou, but Xu Du was already empty, if he could send a surprise army to attack Xu Du at this time, it would definitely make Cao Cao's army feel very confused. Then. Yuan Shao will fight Cao Cao with a large army again, and he will definitely be able to defeat Cao Cao.
When Yuan Shao heard this, he also thought so, and actually believed Liu Bei, and asked Liu Bei to lead an army to copy the secret road and make a detour to attack Xudu.
Well, the reason why Liu Bei felt that it was an opportunity was mainly because Sun Qian came back and reported to him about Guan Yu's situation in Xudu. Sun Qian learned from some letters from Xu Du's old people that Guan Yu had left Cao Cao. was going to Hebei to vote for Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also told Yuan Shao about it. Tell Yuan Shao that he led the army to attack Xudu, and second, to receive Guan Yu's return. As long as Guan Yu returns to Yuan Shao's army, then let Guan Yu go into battle, challenge Cao Cao's generals, and capture the flag for Yuan Shao's generals.
Yuan Shao was originally not very relieved to let Liu Bei lead an army to attack Xu Du, but when he heard Liu Bei say that he wanted to take Guan Yu back, he couldn't help but be a little excited. Without much thought, he agreed to Liu Bei.
However, Liu Bei knew that Guan Yu was coming to Hebei, so he left Sun Gan and asked Sun Qian to answer Guan Yu and tell Guan Yu not to join Yuan Shao's army.
When Sun Qian later sent a letter to Guan Yu, he also heard about Zhang Fei in Runan. However, he didn't see Zhang Fei, but he heard about it and told Liu Bei about it, so Liu Bei didn't really want to attack Xu Du, but wanted to take the opportunity to escape to Runan and find Zhang Fei to meet Zhang Fei.
Sun Qian guessed that Guan Yu should not go directly to Guandu, and must have made a detour to Hebei, so he has been looking for news about Guan Yu in the Hanoi area. On the other side of the river, it was made a mess by Guan Yu, and the news had already reached Hebei.
In this way, Sun Qian has been sending people to pay attention to the situation of the crossing of the Yellow River.
Guan Yu crossed the river with his sister-in-law Liang Lan, and was about to go east along the Yellow River, rushing to Yuan Shao's camp to meet Liu Bei and send his sister-in-law back to Liu Bei, when Sun Qian came to him.
When Guan Yu saw Sun Qian, he was naturally overjoyed.
However, Sun Qian's words surprised Guan Yu again.
Sun Qian said: "General Guan, I've finally waited for you." There is no need to go to Yuan Shao's camp anymore, your eldest brother is no longer in Yuan Shao's army, and now it is estimated that he has arrived in Runan. ”
"Runan?" Guan Yu was really surprised, he finally went north from Xudu to Hebei, but now Sun Qian said that Liu Bei had already arrived in Runan again? This is too much for Guan Yu to learn.
"What's going on? Okay, why did Liu Bei go to Runan again? Guan Yu asked annoyedly.
"General Guan, Yuan Shao has crossed the river with his army, and now the army is fighting with Cao Cao's military horses in Guandu. The two armies are at loggerheads......"
"What?" Guan Yu interrupted Sun Qian's words and asked, "Yuan Shao has already launched an attack on Cao Cao?" When did this happen? ”
"In the past few days, it was General Guan that you had been away from Xudu for a long time, and it is estimated that you left Xudu with your front foot, and Yuan Shao launched an attack on Cao Cao." Sun Qiandao.
"I see, that's ......" Guan Yu was a little relieved in his heart, it turned out that Yuan Shao's army had crossed the Yellow River to attack Guandu, and it was no wonder that Cao Cao would forget to send someone to tell the pass guards along the road, so that those Cao troops would let him go. Guan Yu estimated that Cao Cao must have forgotten to open the way for himself because of the war with Yuan Shao.
In fact, it is true, after Cao Cao returned to Xudu that day, he always felt that he had forgotten something, and only then did he vaguely think that Guan Yu would go north from Xudu, and it was estimated that he would have to pass through many passes he had set up, and Guan Yu would pass through those passes, without his own orders, those generals would not dare to let Guan Yu leave.
He was about to write a customs clearance document for Guan Yu, and asked the pass guards along the road to let Guan Yu leave. The newspaper said that Yuan Shao's army had suddenly crossed the Yellow River and had landed to attack Xiangguandu Pass.
When Cao Cao heard this, he was shocked. immediately ordered the generals and led the army to Guandu.
At that time, Cao Cao was still thinking. If Guan Yu wants to go to Yuan Shao's camp in Hebei, it is estimated that he will definitely have to go through Guandu, Guan Yu will walk on the front foot, and he will arrive on the back foot, maybe he will meet again on the road. When the time comes, if he and Guan Yu go together, will they still need customs clearance documents? But. Cao Cao didn't expect that Guan Yu did not take the road directly to Guandu, but went in the northwest direction.
And as soon as Cao Cao arrived at Guandu. He was busy dispatching troops and setting up a defensive line to resist Yuan Shao's army, so as not to let Yuan Shao's army break through the defensive line and command Xu Du.
So. That's it. Guan Yu tossed around on the Northwest Road for a few days, and although the defeated soldiers guarding the pass reported the situation to Xudu, Cao Cao was no longer in Xudu, so after several turnovers, the information was sent to Cao Cao. However, Cao Cao thought that Guan Yu had already left the range of his potential, so. He didn't let anyone notify the passes everywhere again, and saw Guan Yu's order to let him go. Because. Those generals guarding the pass were all killed by Guan Yu, and it was useless to send someone to inform them.
However, Cao Cao's spies found out again, Liu Bei actually fled to the Runan region, and he immediately thought that even if Guan Yu arrived in Hebei, he might come back. He thought about it, wrote the customs clearance documents for Guan Yu, sent Zhang Liao, and asked Zhang Liao to pay attention to it, and if he saw Guan Yu, he would give the customs clearance documents to Guan Yu, so as not to make it difficult for Guan Yu to be embarrassed by the generals guarding the customs without knowing the situation. has already let Guan Yu kill many generals in a row, and Cao Cao is also the time to use people at this moment, but it is not those people who died in Guan Yu's hands in vain.
At this time, after Guan Yu listened to Sun Gan's report, he was annoyed and had no choice, so he asked Sun Qian to help get a carriage for his sick sister-in-law to ride, then turn around, and then return to Henan from Hebei.
The forty or fifty soldiers that Guan Yu had collected in Luoyang Peak had already dispersed in the pass guarded by Wang Zhi, and he didn't know whether they were alive or dead. However, Liu Bei asked Sun Gan to stay and wait for Hou Guanyu, not just let Sun Gan stay alone, but also hundreds of sergeants who stayed together.
In this way, Guan Yu and Sun Qian, with hundreds of soldiers, protected their sister-in-law Liang Lan and crossed the Yellow River in the south.
No, after Guan Yu had just returned to cross the Yellow River, a general led a team of military horses to kill.
Guan Yu saw that it was Xiahoudun.
It turned out that Xiahoudun and Yuan Shao's army fought in Guandu, and struggled to defend the Guandu Pass, and he was slightly relieved after Cao Cao's military horses arrived.
On this day, he led a group of military horses to patrol the banks of the Yellow River, mainly because he had allowed Liu Bei to lead an army to penetrate his defense line and go to the rear. Therefore, Xiahoudun did not want to make the same mistake again.
When he led the army to patrol, he happened to receive the information that his general Qin Qi was killed by Guan Yu, and he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, so he led the army to the south bank of the Yellow River, hoping to intercept Guan Yu in time.
No, he led the army to arrive, but happened to see Guan Yu actually returning to cross the Yellow River.
Gone and back? Xiahoudun couldn't ask for it.
When Guan Yu saw that it was Cao Cao's general, he hurriedly slapped his horse to catch up and stopped Xiahoudun.
"Guan Yu, if you flee to Henan, the matter of killing Qin Qi, a certain general, will be settled. I don't want to go to heaven if you don't have a way, and there is no way for you to come back to hell. Very good, so-and-so will kill you now, and avenge a certain general! Xiahoudun looked at Guan Yu angrily.
"General Xiahou, is there a misunderstanding here? Guan Mou left Xu Du, and he had already received permission from the prime minister, and he had to kill those generals who wanted to kill Guan Mou, killing people was not Guan Mou's intention, and they kept blocking Guan Mou to make it difficult for him. Now, Xiahoudun, you are also like those generals who don't know right and wrong, do you want to stop me from Guan? In this way, aren't you afraid of losing the prime minister's righteousness? "Guan Yu knew that Xiahou Dan's martial arts were better than Zhang Liao, and he might have a battle with himself. Now, Sun Gan, his sister-in-law and others have crossed the river, and on the bank of the river, there is no cover, if Xiahoudun leads the army to charge, his men and horses will definitely not be able to resist the enemy. Therefore, if it makes sense, Guan Yu really doesn't want to fight Cao Bing anymore.
"No more nonsense!" Xiahoudun slapped his horse and raised his spear, and said to Guan Yu: "Hmph, kill several generals of our army in a row, do you think the prime minister will let you go?" If you know each other, quickly dismount and surrender, otherwise, Hugh blames General Ben's men for being ruthless! ”
"Xiahoudun!" Guan Yu saw that Xiahoudun didn't want to reason with him, so he couldn't help but be angry, and shouted: "Guan doesn't want to hurt the innocent more, if you entangle it again, then don't blame Guan's subordinates for being ruthless." By you? It's not Guan's opponent yet! ”
"Others are afraid of you Guan Yu! General Ben is not afraid, kill! ”
Xiahoudun slapped his horse and attacked Guan Yu.
"Fight and fight!" Guan Yuben also admired Xiahou Dan's martial arts a little, but it turned out to be such an unreasonable guy, and he was also boiling at the moment.
Jingle Bell!
The two generals fought together, and for a while, the sword and spear shadow by the river were murderous.
In an instant, Xiahoudun fought with Guan Yu for more than a dozen rendezvous, and he didn't fall behind.
"Don't do it! Don't fight the cloud chief! ”
At this critical moment, Xiahou Dun's army galloped after the horse, but Zhang Liao finally arrived.
After receiving Cao Cao's order, Zhang Liao went up the Yellow River and asked the defenders along the river whether Guan Yu had crossed the river to go back and forth. Finally, he arrived in time.
"It turned out to be Wen Yuan, you came just in time, come and help me capture this red-faced thief!" Xiahou was so strong that he shouted loudly.
"General Xiahou, stop! The prime minister has an order not to fight with Yun Chang, and he can no longer embarrass Yun Chang. Zhang Liao shouted urgently.
"What? The prime minister didn't let someone fight with Guan Yuguan? What makes sense? When Xiahoudun heard Zhang Liao say that it was the prime minister's order, he hurriedly pressed the spear, and the prancing horse jumped out of the range of Guan Yu's sword shadow.
And Guan Yu also stopped and looked at Zhang Liao who came over. (To be continued......)