It was not without purpose for Hu Hua to ask Nan Ye and Guan Yu to deliver the letter. These two people not only have prominent official positions and reputations, but they are also big celebrities in front of Cao Cao. If these two people can help him pass on the message, then Taishou Wang Zhi will naturally think that Hu Ban has a backer in the court. Is it not just around the corner for his son Hu Ban to be promoted to become rich? It's just that Hu Hua didn't expect that Nan Ye and Guan Yu were both people that Cao Cao was afraid of at this time, and if he knew the inside story, he wouldn't have made trouble for his son.

Guan Yu ate Hu Hua's banquet, of course, this little favor was nothing, nodded in agreement at that time, and took the letter. After the banquet, Nan Ye and Guan Yu took Hua Tuo, said goodbye to Hu Hua and continued on the road. When it was getting late, the group came to the first checkpoint on the road, called Dongling Pass.

Dongling Pass is located in the hinterland of Cao Cao, there are not many guards, only 500 soldiers, and the guard is named Kong Xiu. Zhang Xiu and Liao Hua's 1,500 men and horses attracted Kong Xiu's attention at that time, and he saw that most of the soldiers were fighting the banner of Cao Jun, and they came from the direction of Xuchang, so they led their troops out of the customs to greet them.

Guan Yu saw that Kong Xiu led his troops to intercept Yu Dao, so he stepped forward to salute Kong Xiu. Kong Xiu knew Guan Yu and asked, "Where is General Guan leading his troops to?" ”

Guan Yu said: "I resigned as prime minister and went to Hebei to find my brother, and the people behind me were escorted by the prime minister, and I asked General Kong to open the gate." ”

Hearing this, Kong Xiu glanced at the many soldiers and horses and frowned, and said, "Hebei Yuan Mai is the opposite head." Can the general have a prime minister's document here? ”

Guan Yu hung the seal and left the book to resign, how can there be customs clearance documents? He explained: "I didn't get it because of the urgency of the trip, but there was a national teacher and General Zhang Xiu to send him off, which can be a witness." ”

When the two were talking, Nan Ye and Zhang Xiu also stepped forward, and Zhang Xiu stared at Nan Ye all the way. If it weren't for the fact that Nan Ye had ten personal guards around him who always stayed around, Zhang Xiu would have had the heart to stab Nan Ye with one shot.

Kong Xiu was also shocked when he saw Nan Ye and Zhang Xiuda coming immediately, so he planned to let him go. But after thinking about it, since he stopped Guan Yu just now, he couldn't let these two people pass, otherwise someone would definitely accuse him of favoritism. So he asked the two of them: "Can the national teacher and General Zhang have a prime minister's document?" ”

Nan Ye looked at Zhang Xiu without paperwork, Zhang Xiu chased after Guan Yu and his party when he came out of the barracks, and naturally there were no papers, so he also looked at Nan Ye. Kong Xiu saw that the two of them stared at each other and knew that they also had no documents, so he said with a cold face: "There are no customs clearance documents, and I will only be released when I send someone to the prime minister." ”

Guan Yu didn't expect that Master Nan Ye's face would also be bad, so he hurriedly said: "If you go to report, you will miss my trip." ”

Zhang Xiu began to see that Kong Xiu didn't give Guan Yu and Nan Ye face, but his face was not good, so he couldn't hang up, and helped Guan Yu speak: "I have limited food and grass, how can I delay here?" ”

Kong Xiu didn't know that Zhang Xiu, Guan Yu and Nan Ye were not in the same group, and when they saw that they were in a hurry to get out of the customs with one nostril, they thought that they were going to lead the troops to Hebei. At that time, he said with a cold face: "The law is detained, and it has to be like this." I also ask the national teacher and the two generals not to embarrass me. ”

Guan Yu was already lying on the silkworm at this time, and said angrily: "You really don't allow me to wait to pass the test? ”

Kong Xiu said: "You have to go over and leave the soldiers, horses, and chariots as hostages." ”

Guan Yu was even more angry when he heard this, so he said: "If you say so, I will pass the pass, what can you do to me?" ”

Kong Xiu sneered: "If you dare to break through, first ask me if I agree to the gun in my hand!" With that, the gun stood in front of Guan Yu.

Guan Yu's temper is better than Zhang Fei's, he took a lot of time to see that Kong Xiu not only did not let himself pass, but showed off his might in front of him, how could he bear it if he wanted to compete with himself? The longitudinal horse carries the knife and takes the hole show directly.

Kong Xiu originally guessed that Guan Yu and the others would not dare to do anything, as long as they insisted for a while, they could force Guan Yu to do what they did. At this time, seeing that Guan Yu was really going to break through, he was immediately angry and came to meet him with a gun. Two horses intersect for only one turn. Guan Yu's steel knife started, and Kong Xiu's corpse got off the horse.

Nan Ye saw Guan Yudao slashing Kong Xiu, and shouted to Liao Hua behind him: "Kong Xiu is dead, Yuan Jian quickly led the troops to break through." ”

Liao Hua did not hesitate, and led five hundred minions to kill Kong Xiu's five hundred soldiers. After Guan Yu beheaded Kong Xiu, he didn't want to kill more people, he just wanted to drink back the soldiers. But Nan Ye ordered his soldiers to rush, and Guan Yu didn't have to say anything, so he had to rush forward.

Zhang Xiuben also had no intention of letting his corporal and the defenders of Guanzhong kill each other, but a group of minions collected by Nan Ye rushed forward, and his thousand cavalry soldiers couldn't watch the excitement. Otherwise, this battle would be over, and Guan Yu and Nan Ye would have reason to say that it was useless for him to avoid the battle and drive him back to Xuchang. So Zhang Xiu had no choice but to lead the troops to rush and kill, and the 1,000 cavalry soon surpassed the 500 infantry led by Liao Hua and rushed to the front.

Kong Xiu's soldiers were dumbfounded when they saw Guan Yu, Liao Hua, and Zhang Xiu leading their troops rushing over. When they came out of the customs, no one thought that they would fight, and they were not prepared at all, but as soon as they came up, the main general Kong Xiu was slashed by Guan Yu. At this time, he saw three times his own men and horses rushing to kill, and they collapsed at that time, half of them scattered and fled, and the other half fell to their knees and surrendered, and no one dared to fight.

Guan Yu was not interested in these soldiers, and as soon as he lifted the reins, he retracted his claws and Huang Feidian did not step forward. Zhang Xiu also had no intention of killing or injuring the defenders in the pass, but just ordered the men and horses to scatter, intercept the fleeing defenders, and order them all to surrender. When Liao Hua led the people to the middle of the battlefield, there was only one defender left who had surrendered, so he could only order his soldiers to collect Kong Xiu's defeated army and wait to hear Nan Ye's fall.

Nan Ye stepped forward at this time, and when he saw that the armor and weapons of the defenders in Guanzhong were quite complete, his eyes rolled and said: "Kong Xiu doesn't know what to do, and he wants to duel with General Guan with a gun." General Guan had no choice but to kill him, and it has nothing to do with you and other soldiers, am I right? ”

When all the soldiers heard that Nan Ye was excusing themselves, they nodded one after another and said, "National Teacher Shengming!" Exactly. ”

Nan Ye said: "Since you have no intention of being enemies with me, the two generals Guan and Zhang, take off your armor and hand over your weapons and go back to Guan." If Prime Minister Cao asks about it in the future, you will say that Kong Xiu wants to harm me and General Guan, so he will kill him. ”

None of Kong Xiu's pawns died, but they were kicked and injured by the war horse, and at this time, seeing that Nan Ye was not embarrassed by them, they all bowed in front of the horse and praised Nan Ye's benevolence and righteousness. One by one, they took off their armor, put down their weapons and went back to the customs. And these armor weapons are naturally cheaper than a group of minions under Liao Hua's command.

Seeing a group of minions happily changing their appearances, Zhang Xiu couldn't help sneering in his heart, and retreated from Nan Ye to Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao's side and said: "Two generals, Master Guanghua ordered the thieves to loot the armor and weapons of the defenders for their own use, and their counter-intentions have been revealed. Why don't I kill him? ”

Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao frowned when they heard this: "If the national teacher returns in the future, the surrender of these bandits is also the prime minister's soldiers and horses, and the weapons and armor are still used by the prime minister, how can it be called robbery?" It's better for us to wait and see all the way, and not to prematurely make a mistake and kill by mistake. ”

Zhang Xiu saw that the two did not agree with him, so he had to give up and wait for the next opportunity.