Guan Yu beheaded Han Hao and returned to the camp, and saw that his military horses were surrounded by the Eastern Wu soldiers in the center and could not get out. Guan Yu rode his horse into the Eastern Wu army, wanting to fight his way out and rescue his soldiers.

Ling Tong watched Guan Yu kill towards him from afar, stabbed Guan Yu with a gun and horse, and secretly said in his heart: If you can kill Guan Yu, you will definitely become famous in a battle.

Guan Yu was furious when he saw that Ling Tong's junior general dared to block his way, and the knife borrowed Ma Su to shoot with hatred, and the power of this knife was much stronger than when he killed Han Hao.

Ling Tong was the first to attack, but he didn't want Guan Yu to dodge or dodge, and the big knife came first, and he was suddenly taken aback, and instinctively changed his move to resist. The swords and guns intersected, and there was a loud bang in Ling Tong's ears, and then he felt his arms go numb, and the whole person flew up. The power of Guan Yu's sword actually knocked Ling Tong off his horse, if it weren't for the fact that there were all the Eastern Wu soldiers around, Ling Tong would probably die in the chaos.

Guan Yu was a little surprised to see that Ling Tong was not dead, but he didn't care too much, but he just sighed in his heart that this young general had a good life, and then he broke into the Wu army formation to save his own soldiers, and he didn't take Ling Tong to heart at all, and Ling Tong also picked up a life.

More than 20,000 soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty died at this time, and those who surrendered surrendered, and less than 10,000 were still fighting with the Wu army. Seeing that Guan Yu's morale was slightly boosted, the soldiers stepped forward and asked Guan Yu covered in blood: "Second general, the people and horses of Eastern Wu have already surrounded the camp, how should I wait?" ”

Although Guan Yu's heart was full of anger, his mind became more and more sober, and he said to the deputy general: "Dongwu is against him, if you are afraid that the military division will be more auspicious, I will wait to rush to the west to kill, and it is important to save the military division." "With that, wielding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, he took the lead in breaking through to the west.

When Chen Wu saw Guan Yu coming, he raised his spear and shouted, "Where is Guan Yu going!" "Let's fight Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was not afraid at all, he fought with Chen Wu with a knife, and the two horses intersected for more than ten rounds, and Chen Wu was defeated by Guan Yu's courage and killed. Guan Yu fought a bloody way out of the Wu soldiers and went west.

Zhou Yu saw Guan Yu break through and leave, so he ordered Zhou Tai and Chen Wu to lead the troops to chase, and he and the injured Ling Tong stayed behind to collect and surrender the soldiers and sort out the baggage. Cao Jun killed the commander Han Hao, Yang Xiu did not dare to pursue, and had to guard against Zhou Yu's sudden rebellion, so he led his troops back to the city and returned to Cao Pi.

Guan Yu led the army to march all night, and finally got rid of the chasing soldiers behind him, and when he looked back, there were still more than 3,000 people left in the 30,000 army besieging the city. Looking at the scarred and exhausted soldiers in front of him, but loyal to him, Guan Yu felt sad for a while, and ordered: "Take a break for a while and eat some dry food." ”

When all the soldiers heard this, they sat down on the ground one after another, but no one was eating, and the deputy general awkwardly reminded Guan Yu on the side: "Second general, we are waiting for us to break through the siege at the risk of death, and the grain and grass are all trapped in the camp." ”

Only then did Guan Yu remember that he had been attacked at night, not to mention that he didn't bring dry food, and many soldiers didn't wear all their armor. Guan Yu frowned and said: "You quickly lead a hundred people to see if there is no one around, take some water and rice back, remember not to hurt people." Go fast and go back quickly. ”

When the adjutant general heard this, he knew that what Guan Yu said about taking some water and rice was to rob the people, but he had no opinion. This kind of thing is too common in troubled times, and Guan Yu can already be regarded as a benevolent general if he does not indulge his soldiers in adultery and murder. Lü Meng captured Yanzhou and ordered not to take a stitch from the people, which was in the case of winning the battle. If you lose the battle and your own soldiers can't survive, who cares if the people live or die? Rather be a peace dog than a troubled world, that's the truth.

Guan Yu ordered the looting as a last resort, at this time his Jizhou is the land of Cao Wei, on the one hand, the lives of his own soldiers, on the other hand, the rice grain of the people of the enemy country, Guan Yu naturally wants to save his own lives. As the so-called mercy does not lead the troops, Guan Yu is loyal and righteous, but he is not a soft-hearted person. What's more, Sun Tzu's art of war has a cloud: there will be five dangers, you must die or kill, you must live and be captured, you can be insulted by anger, you can be humiliated by being honest, and you can be annoyed by loving the people. All these five will be passed, and the disaster of using soldiers will also be used.

The so-called love for the people is annoying, which means that if you love the people too much, you will be used by the enemy army and bring trouble to the generals. For example, the defender of the city closed the four gates, and the enemy drove the people to the city, and at this time opening the city gate to accept the people can be described as a love for the people, but then the city will fall.

Guan Yu is by no means a person who does not know how to be flexible, after ordering the deputy general to raise grain and grass, he closed his eyes and recuperated, even if Guan Yu has the courage of ten thousand people, he is very tired after fighting all night and running for a day.

"Second general, it's not good, there's a bunch of people ahead!"

Guan Yu was drowsy and heard someone shouting to him, he suddenly shook his spirit, opened his eyes and asked, "But Zhou Yu led troops to chase after him?" ”

When Guan Yu ordered a rest, he sent a scout horse to the front and back, so as not to be caught up by the enemy and did not know it, so Guan Yu's first reaction was that Zhou Yu came to chase. However, the sentry detective said: "It's not the people chasing after you, but a group of people coming in front of you." ”

Guan Yu frowned when he heard this, there were chasing soldiers in the back and interception in front, this was the most unfavorable situation, so he asked: "Can you see who the people are?" Under whose banner? ”

Tanma reported back: "The people who came did not raise the flag, and the small ones did not dare to come forward, and they did not see clearly who the people were." Judging from the dust, there are about thousands of people. ”

It is understandable that Guan Yu heard this, sometimes the accuracy of the sentinel will be poor in order to ensure the timeliness of the information. However, it is not common for soldiers to be unflagged. Guan Yu didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to get up and line up, and ordered the horses to probe again.

Soon the horse came back again, followed by another horseman, who reported with a happy face: "General Hui, the front is the men and horses of the Xun military division." ”

Guan Yu recognized that the cavalry behind the tanma was also his own corporal, presumably the two tanma had touched one place. So he asked, "Is Youruo still okay?" ”

The cavalry replied with a tense face: "Hui Yu Second General, the military division was hit by an arrow, and now he has been in a coma for a long time. ”

Guan Yu was shocked when he heard this: "What are you going to say?" What happened to the military advisor? Let's take it personally! ”

It turned out that Xun Chen and Jiang Qin each led 30,000 horses and prepared to ambush Sima Yi, who returned to the army. And Sima Yi got the news of Zhou Yu and knew that Yanzhou was obtained by Eastern Wu, so he sent Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen to lead 30,000 troops and secretly return to the army under his own banner. He also planted false flags in the camp to confuse Zhang Fei and Chen Dao, pretending that he had never reduced his troops, and still confronted the second general.

Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen knew that there were soldiers and horses in ambush halfway, so they commanded their troops one after the other, and the Chinese army only left Sima Yi's banner to lure the ambush soldiers. Xun Chen had already agreed with Jiang Qin that as soon as Sima Yi's army returned, he would attack the Chinese army left and right. At this moment, seeing Sima Yi returning to the army, Xun Chen led his troops out to fight Cao's army.

Cao Jun had already prepared, and the Chinese army arranged all the old and weak soldiers as bait. Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen each led the elite, one after the other, blocking Xun Chen's men and horses in the center, and letting Xun Chen kill the Chinese army.

Xun Chen felt bad as soon as he sent out the troops, the Chinese soldiers who should have been the strongest were extremely weak, not to mention, and they didn't find any trace of Sima Yi, but the front and rear armies blocked the road. What puzzled Xun Chen the most was that Cao Jun was not in a hurry to attack after blocking his soldiers and horses, but put on the defensive, as if he was waiting for someone to give him a fatal blow. At this time, Xun Chen found out that Jiang Qin's men and horses did not send troops with him to attack Cao's army.

Xun Chen, who found the abnormality, hurriedly ordered the soldiers to take precautions, but unfortunately he found it too late, and the soldiers did not have time to prepare, so he saw that the Wu army on the mountainside pushed down the rolling wood and stones that had been prepared to deal with the Cao army in advance, followed by a rain of arrows, all of which fell in the Northern Han army, killing and injuring countless soldiers.

Xun Chen was caught off guard and was hit by an arrow in the back, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he pretended to be nothing and commanded all the soldiers to fight desperately to the east, which made a bloody way out of half of the Cao army. But after Xun Chen led the troops to kill, he couldn't hold on to the coma anymore. The deputy general had no choice but to abandon the banner and lead the troops to flee east according to Xun Chen's previous orders, wanting to join Yecheng Guan Yu. The reason why he abandoned the flag was because he was afraid of recruiting Cao soldiers and Wu soldiers along the way.

Guan Yu listened to the cause and effect, Xun Chen's soldiers and horses had already arrived, Guan Yu hurriedly went to the army to visit Xun Chen, and saw Xun Chen's face as white as paper, with blood at the corners of his mouth, lying on a baggage car. Guan Yu stepped forward and called, "Military Division! Youruo ......" called a few times before Xun Chen opened his eyes.

Xun Chen woke up slowly, raised his eyes and saw Guan Yu, who was about to struggle to sit up, but was held down by Guan Yu. Xun Chen coughed twice, and spit out a mouthful of blood, obviously hurting his lungs. But he still beat his spirit and said: "Dongwu betrays the alliance, I heard that Yanzhou has been obtained by Lu Meng, and the second general should leave quickly!" ”

Guan Yu couldn't help crying and said, "I know that Mr. Youruo doesn't have to work hard to take care of his health. ”

Xun Chen only glanced past Guan Yu at this time, glanced at the soldiers behind Guan Yu, and couldn't help sighing: "I have been ambushed by Jiang Qin, how can the general escape Zhou Yu's poisonous hands?" At present, there is Zhou Yu in front of him, Sima Yi in the back, what can the two generals do? ”

Guan Yu said angrily: "I am a traitor and a poisonous plan!" If you don't get Yanzhou back, what face will you have to see your brother? Just join forces to take Yanzhou. ”

Xun Chen struggled to sit up and said, "General, no!" Yanzhou has been obtained by Lü Meng, and if you go to Yanzhou, you must first fight Zhou Yu, and then fight Lü Meng. These two generals are not good at their peers, and the two generals are less than 10,000 soldiers, if they go to Yanzhou to die in vain. I advised the general to disperse his soldiers, go to Bingzhou to meet with the three generals first, and then make another plan...... cough cough ......" said Xun Chen spit out another mouthful of blood, which was mixed with black and purple pieces of internal organs.

Seeing this, Guan Yu hurriedly said: "Sir, don't say anything more!" I am according to the plan, sir! ”

Xun Chen shook his head and said, "My life is short!" The second general must not return to Yanzhou again! Remember! Remember! After saying that, Xun Chen seemed to have exhausted his last strength and passed away.

Guan Yu sighed and ordered Xun Chen's body to be buried temporarily wrapped in several layers of armor and marked, so that he would come to the grave for a grand burial in the future. After Xun Chen was buried, the deputy general who had gone to look for food before also returned. The food plundered by the deputy general and the dry food carried by Xun Chen's corporal were barely enough to eat.

After the soldiers finished eating the dry food, Guan Yu combined the two armies in one place and counted the men and horses, but there were less than 10,000 people. Guan Yu looked at the front road and then at the back road, and asked the soldiers: "I want to go to Yanzhou to recapture the state city, are you willing to go with me?" ”