Chapter 981: Chitu Meets the Old Master
Cao Cao was also worried that Liu Wei ordered the Qin army to attack Xudu in a big way, and the army led by Lu Bu had already advanced to the Xihua line a few days later.
Xihua, located in the upper reaches of Yingshui, and then advance to the northwest to reach the vicinity of Xuchang.
Leading the army, as soon as he passed through Xihua County, he had advanced less than ten miles before Lu Bu raised an arm and stopped the march of the army.
Qin Jun, who was following behind Lu Bu, stopped his steps one after another after he raised his arm, and his eyes were all looking ahead.
Directly in front of them, a cloud of smoke and dust was billowing in the sky.
From a distance, the smoke and dust connected the heavens and the earth, and there was almost no end in sight, but from the breadth of the smoke and dust, it could be seen that what was coming towards them was an army of no less than tens of thousands.
Just seeing the smoke and dust, the distance between the two sides is still very far, and Lu Bu can't see clearly who led the army coming from front.
When the army advanced towards Xudu, along the way, Lu Bu led the army along Yingshui.
At this time, standing on the road, he could clearly hear the "whoosh" sound of the rushing water not far from the army.
The smoke and dust that were rolling up towards the Qin army were getting closer and closer, and finally, Lu Bu saw a long line appear in the smoke.
It was the shadow of countless war horses galloping, and Cao Jun, who was coming towards them, finally appeared in their field of vision.
Looking at Cao Jun who appeared in the distance, Lu Bu's brows furrowed slightly.
Earlier, he led the army to defeat the Cao army led by Sun Guan, but the Cao army led by Sun Guan was only 30,000 people, and it was also the Qingzhou army with extremely poor combat effectiveness.
The Cao army that appeared in front of him could be seen from the black line that appeared in that area, and the number of people was definitely not only 30,000.
The army was already approaching Xudu, and the Cao army sent a large number of men and horses to intercept it, which was not unexpected by Lu Bu.
Holding Fang Tian's halberd, Lu Bu shouted to the Qin army behind him: "Prepare to fight!" β
Hearing Lu Bu's shout, the soldiers of the Qin army immediately dispersed, and on the bank of this Yingshui, they laid out a formation to meet the battle.
The heavy infantry held swords and shields at the front of the ranks, and the cavalry lined up on both sides, forming a posture of defending the Chinese army.
As soon as the Pu Dao soldiers and cavalry finished arraying, the strong crossbowmen immediately formed a neat formation behind the array of Pu Dao soldiers, and behind the strong crossbowmen was a large array of Mo Dao eating Mo knives with both hands.
The reason why the Qin army did not place the Modao Great Array at the forefront was because when the enemy army charged, it would also fire arrows at the Qin army's array.
The Mo knife is heavy, and the soldiers holding the Mo knife cannot cover their bodies with shields at all when they set up a defensive formation, and once they are attacked by the Qin army's arrows, the Mo knife soldiers will have no ability to defend at all.
To deal with the enemy cavalry charging into formation, the Mo knife is undoubtedly one of the strongest weapons, and the Qin army's Mo knife soldiers can only play the greatest effect when the battle has just begun, and put the array at the end, until the enemy's heavy cavalry rushes closer, and then suddenly changes the formation.
The smoke and dust in the distance were getting closer and closer, and the soldiers of the Qin army could already clearly see the array of the Cao army.
The black-pressed Cao army pressed towards the main formation of the Qin army like a turbulent wave, and when they marched to a place only two or three hundred steps away from the Qin army, they gradually slowed down.
The leader of this Cao army was Guan Yu, who had killed Guan Hai at Xuanyuan Pass earlier.
Led the army with Guan Yu, as well as Xu Chu, who once fought alone with him, and Xiahou Yuan, who went out as the main general at Xuanyuan Pass.
LΓΌ Bu led the army to advance towards Xudu, seeing that it was already close to Xudu, Cao Cao could not allow the Qin army to come to the city of Xudu, so he defeated the Qin army at Xuanyuan Pass and sent them to the battlefield on the eastern front.
Looking at Cao Jun who was arrayed opposite them, Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly when he saw the war horse under Guan Yu's crotch with hair as red as flames.
Red rabbit, there is only one horse in the world, and there is no other war horse, and the hair can be as bright red as a red rabbit.
This divine horse's war horse used to be Lu Bu's mount, but Lu Bu was defeated in Xuzhou that year and got lost with it, but he didn't want to be caught by Guan Yu.
Seeing the red rabbit from afar, Lu Bu suddenly understood in his heart how Guan Yu killed Guan Hai.
If Guan Hai's martial arts were commonplace, it would be better to be a fierce general of the Qin army, but he would be caught off guard by Guan Yu, and he wouldn't even have the ability to fight back.
When he learned of this situation earlier, Lu Bu was still wondering in his heart.
Now that he saw the war horse under Guan Yu's crotch, he realized that the reason why Guan Yu was able to kill Guan Hai was all because of this war horse.
Lu Bu, who used to use the red rabbit as his mount, knew that once the red rabbit runs, it is as fast as the wind, and often the opponent does not know what is happening, and he is already killed by the person riding the red rabbit under the horse.
Just looking at the war horse under Guan Yu's crotch, Lu Bu had already thought that Guan Hai was killed that day, and it was probably because he hadn't figured out why Guan Yu would block the way, and Guan Yu had already slashed and overturned the horse with a knife.
Looking at the red rabbit under Guan Yu's crotch, Lu Bu's palm holding Fang Tian's halberd tightened a little tighter.
When Lu Bu saw the red rabbit under Guan Yu's crotch, the red rabbit also discovered its previous owner.
Guan Yu grabbed the reins, Chitu hissed, and the person stood up, as if he wanted to run towards Lu Bu.
But Guan Yu, who was riding on its back, held on to the reins and did not let go.
Although the red rabbit is a divine horse, Guan Yu is also born with divine power, it rose up with manpower, and wanted to lift Guan Yu off the horse, but Guan Yu grabbed the reins tightly, and never even let go of the pine.
Strangled by the reins, Chitu struggled for a while, and finally got tired, snorting, snorting white gas from his mouth, and finally stopped.
Looking at Guan Yu from afar holding the reins of Chitu, Lu Bu's brows were tightly twisted, and when he looked at Chitu, Lu Bu was a little distressed in his heart.
Subduing the red rabbit, Guan Yu raised the big knife and pointed at Lu Bu, a pair of Danfeng eyes narrowed even smaller, and the gaze in his eyes was full of provocation.
Guan Yu lifted the big knife, but Lu Bu did not respond-for-tat, but just clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and rode the horse towards Cao Jun's array.
When he arrived only thirty or twenty steps away from Guan Yu, Lu Bu raised the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand, pointed at Guan Yu and shouted, "Guan Yunchang, how did you steal a certain mount?" β
Maintaining the gesture of raising the big knife flatly, Guan Yu snorted coldly and asked Lu Bu, "Your mount?" Call it a call and see if it will talk to you! β
Staring at Guan Yu, Lu Bu's eyes were almost about to pop out of his sockets, and he shouted angrily: "You took advantage of Guan Hai's unpreparedness to attack and kill Guan Hai, and I came to take your head today!" β
"Then it's up to you to see if you have that ability!" Guan Yu snorted coldly, clamped his legs on the belly of Chitu's horse, and rode his horse to meet Lu Bu and kill him.
There were only twenty or thirty steps between the two, and the archers of the Cao Army behind Guan Yu put their arrows on the bowstring one after another, aiming at Lu Bu, who was carrying Fang Tian's halberd and was fighting against Guan Yu.
Guan Yu suddenly rode his horse and rushed out, and the red rabbit stabbed at Lu Bu like a red lightning, if it was someone else, maybe Guan Yu would be able to succeed again this time.
But this time he was not facing someone else, but Lu Bu, who was once the owner of the Red Rabbit.
Knowing that Chitu was swift and fighting against Guan Yu, Lu Bu was already a little more careful.
When Guan Yu rode his horse and rushed towards him, Lu Bu picked up the halberd in his hand, and at the moment when Guan Yu's big knife was about to slash at the top of his head, he pushed the big knife away.
A painting halberd picked up the big knife that Guan Yu had chopped, and Lu Bu immediately threw up the painting halberd and slashed towards Guan Yu's waist.
The swing of the knife did not hit Lu Bu, Guan Yu already knew that it was not good, and as soon as he lifted the reins, his legs clamped towards the horse's belly again, urging the war horse to run a little farther away.
The halberd that swept towards Guan Yu's waist split into the air, and Lu Bu also knew that if he chased Guan Yu on horseback, it would be impossible to catch up with the other party with the war horse under his crotch.
If you want to kill Guan Yu on the spot, the only way is to find a gap in Guan Yu's actions when he attacks.
Turning around the war horse, looking at Guan Yu who had rushed out more than ten steps, Lu Bu held Fang Tian's halberd tightly, and he didn't dare to slack off even for a moment.
If it is with martial arts, Guan Yu and Lu Bu are not at the same level at all, if the two of them fight, even if the two Guan Yu are not necessarily Lu Bu's opponents.
But at the moment, Guan Yu has the advantage of the swiftness of the war horse under his crotch, holding Lu Bu's sight, so that Lu Bu wants to entangle himself in hand-to-hand combat, and there is no way.
Riding a little farther around the war horse, Guan Yu turned his horse's head and rushed towards Lu Bu again.
The same trick, on the battlefield, cannot be used twice at all, unless the opponent expects that he will not be able to use it a second time.
Guan Yu used the same trick to deal with Lu Bu, obviously choosing the wrong target.
Ever since he saw the red rabbit under Guan Yu's crotch, Lu Bu knew that once he fought with Guan Yu, Guan Yu would definitely use the red rabbit's agility to deal with him.
He had already taken precautions, and when Guan Yu waved the big knife and slashed at Lu Bu again, Lu Bu lowered his head, avoided the big knife that was slashing at him, and stabbed the halberd in his hand forward, straight to Guan Yu's heart.
Lu Bu's halberd stabbed suddenly and quickly, Guan Yu found that the halberd stabbed at his heart, and hurriedly dodged sideways, but he just avoided this halberd.
Even if he avoided it, the armor on Guan Yu's chest was scratched by the small branch of the halberd, and a long hole was immediately torn open.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead that was stabbed by Lu Bu's halberd, but behind him was the Cao army's camp, although Guan Yu said that he had the intention to withdraw from the battle, but he was worried that Cao Jun would laugh, so he had to turn around his horse again and launch a new charge towards Lu Bu.
Standing in front of the big array, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Chu watched the fight between Guan Yu and Lu Bu, and they could already see that Guan Yu was at an obvious disadvantage, and a trace of worry appeared on their faces.
When Guan Yu rode his horse to Lu Bu for the third time, Xu Chu finally couldn't hold it back, holding a sledgehammer in his hand, his legs clamped into the belly of the war horse, and the horse also rushed towards Lu Bu.