Chapter 924: Kill to Rise

In the Hetao area, due to the addition of the Liaodong Army, the battle situation fell into a stalemate for a while.

Qubei and the king of Guli have attacked each other, but it is difficult for each other to make much progress.

At this time, in Xuzhou, an army that had just withdrawn from the Huainan territory was slowly marching in the direction of Xuzhou City.

Xuzhou is vast, Xuzhou City is in the hinterland, retreated to Huainan Guan Yu, led the army at the current speed, walked for two or three days, and there are still more than 100 miles away from Xuzhou.

Entering the boundary of Xuzhou, Guan Yu stopped all the way.

He was paying attention to the presence of Cao Jun near Xuzhou, but for several days, he didn't find anything.

Guan Yu didn't know that on the way he led the army to advance towards Xuzhou City, his every move had already been watched.

On a barren mountain that was only more than ten miles away from Guan Yu's army, Xiahoudun sat on the dirt slope, and the remaining one-eyed stared at the direction of Xuzhou City in the distance.

He led a large army to come here for several days, and in order to avoid being discovered by the Xuzhou army, the army under his command did not even light a fire for food for several days.

The soldiers have eaten all the dry food they have with them, and all they can eat now is some dried meat that is still alive.

Due to eating too much raw food, many soldiers contracted malaria, but Xiahoudun was still waiting silently.

Since Liu Bei fled from Xudu and sat firmly in Xuzhou, the number of soldiers and horses under his command has surged, especially with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and it is not easy for Xiahoudun to capture Xuzhou.

For several days, Xiahoudun could receive letters from Guo Jia to him every day.

In World War II Shouchun, Cao's army was defeated, Guo Jia did not regard that defeat as the key to the battle, he did not value Shouchun, but precisely Xuzhou, which was very inconspicuous in the Battle of Shouchun.

"General!" was staring at the direction of Xuzhou, a fast horse rushed up from the hillside, the knight on horseback had not yet reached Xiahoudun approach, he had already turned over and jumped down, ran towards him quickly, stood a little lower, hugged his fists and said to Xiahoudun: "Guan Yu's army has arrived only ten miles away from here!" ”

Knowing that Guan Yu's army had arrived only ten miles away, Xiahoudun stood up suddenly, the corner of his eye that had lost one eyeball twitched violently twice, and ordered the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order, the whole army is ready for battle!" ”

"No!" A personal soldier bowed to answer with his fists clenched, then turned around and ran backwards, shouting loudly as he ran: "The general has an order, be on guard for battle!" ”

The soldiers of the Cao Army, who had been stationed on the hillside for many days, heard the shouts of their own soldiers, and their hearts were suddenly happy.

Continuously stationed in one place, and unable to make a fire to make food, the soldiers of the Cao army were already full of boredom.

Especially those Cao Jun, who had malaria, wanted to eat a bite of hot food to warm his stomach.

Guan Yu's army has already come, and none of the Cao army on the hillside thought that once the war started, they would face swords and swords, all they wanted was to defeat Guan Yu's Xuzhou army, make a fire, and eat a hot meal.

Xiahoudun issued an order for battle, and the Cao army on the hillside prepared their weapons, and when Guan Yu led the army to arrive, they followed Xiahoudun down the mountain.

Leading 20,000 Xuzhou troops, Guan Yu marched slowly along the official road.

After walking seven or eight miles forward, Guan Yu suddenly restrained the war horse and looked at both sides vigilantly.

The wilderness and the bare hillside on both sides did not exist at all, but for some reason, Guan Yu felt a little uneasy in his heart.

The uneasiness is like walking in the deep grass and being stared at by a poisonous snake.

Standing at the intersection, he looked at both sides for a while, and found nothing unusual, although Guan Yu still felt a little uneasy in his heart, but did not order the army to be stationed here, but shouted behind him: "The whole army is on alert, and be vigilant when marching!" ”

"No!" Guan Yu's words fell, and the Xuzhou army behind him responded in unison.

The official road is very quiet, and at first when the army marches forward, it will startle the wild birds on the roadside, but the further it goes, the more it is quiet.

The wild birds were gone, and there was not even a trace of animals on the roadside.

Too quiet is abnormal, although Guan Yu is also an experienced fierce general who has led the army to fight for several years, but the scene in front of him still makes him feel a little shocked in his heart.

The speed of the army's march is getting slower and slower, and Guan Yu's brows are also locked tighter and tighter.

Just as he led the army into the foot of a hill, there was a sudden sound of "whining" from the side.

After receiving Guan Yu's order, the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army were already ready to defend, but even so, the sudden sound of chestnuts on the side still surprised them.

As the sound of chestnuts sounded, many people suddenly appeared on the side of the hillside, and the Cao army, which was pressed into pieces, was like a tide surging towards the Xuzhou army under the hillside.

"Kill!" The Xuzhou army has entered the ambush circle, and the Cao army on the hillside, under the leadership of Xiahou Dun, rushed towards the bottom of the mountain, and the Cao army, which had been holding back on the hillside for several days, was full of murderous intent one by one, roaring and rushing to the Xuzhou army under the hill.

Among the soldiers of the Cao army, many of them had sallow faces due to malaria, but even so, their fighting spirit was not affected.

The Cao army that rushed down from the hillside appeared too suddenly, and the officers and men of the Xuzhou Army under the hillside reacted quickly, and hurriedly arranged an array under the command of the officer.

The array of the Xuzhou army was still arranged, and the archers of the Cao army who were charging were already running and firing arrows at the Xuzhou army.

Pieces of arrows flew towards the Xuzhou army, and the archers of the Xuzhou army, who were arraying to meet the enemy, also hurriedly put the arrows on the attack and fought back.

The arrows flew sideways, and with the fall of the feathered arrows, some soldiers on both sides fell to the ground with arrows.

If the Xuzhou army had already set up a defensive formation, the Cao army would have suffered a lot of casualties in the charge, but unfortunately the Cao army appeared too suddenly, and the Xuzhou army hurriedly responded to the battle, and the two sides fired bows and arrows, and the casualties were almost the same.

Riding a tall horse, Xiahoudun carried a halberd and rushed to Guan Yu at the forefront of the Xuzhou army.

Seeing Xiahoudun rushing up, Guan Yu showed weakness at all, and he also clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, carrying the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and rushed towards Xiahoudun.

The two horses intersected, and Xiahoudun and Guan Yu slashed at each other almost at the same time.

The broadsword slammed against the halberd, making a crisp sound, and when the two war horses staggered, both of them felt a tingle in the tiger's mouth, and secretly felt a little frightened by the strength of the other party.

On the battlefield, generals with similar martial arts are fighting for courage.

After Xiahoudun and Guan Yu's war horses staggered, the cavalry of the Cao army had also followed and entered the array of the Xuzhou army.

There were more and more Cao troops rushing up, colliding with the Xuzhou army, and there were the sounds of gold and iron fighting and the shouts of the soldiers everywhere.

A silver arc of light flashed, and a puff of blood shot up, and the soldiers on both sides fell on the battlefield one by one.

The people in front had just fallen, and the people behind immediately rushed up, stumps flying, blood splattered, and Cao Jun, who had been completely controlled by the battle spirit, rushed to the Xuzhou army without fear of death.

Under Guan Yu's reminder, although the Xuzhou army had already been prepared to be ambushed by the enemy, the Cao army that rushed towards them was like a group of hungry beasts, completely disregarding their lives and biting the prey in front of them.

Xiahoudun and Guan Yu's heads-up was not affected by the fighting between the two armies, Guan Yu held a big knife in one hand, and after passing by the wrong horse with Xiahoudun, he lifted the reins, turned the horse's head around, and rushed towards Xiahoudun again.

Under the confrontation with Guan Yu, he felt that the strength of the two sides was almost the same, and Xiahou Tang would not show weakness, and at the same time that Guan Yu was turning his horse, he also turned his horse and rushed towards Guan Yu.

The two of them fought each other on the battlefield, and the soldiers around them fell one by one, but they were in high spirits of killing.

Fierce generals such as Guan Yu and Xiahoudun are extremely difficult to meet an opponent on the battlefield.

Now that there is a strong enemy, where can I take care of other things.

and the rise of Xiahou killing, Guan Yu actually forgot that there was a tragic fight beside him, the Xuzhou army retreated under the pounce of the Cao army, and several Guan Yu's personal soldiers wanted to rush up to remind him that he had been defeated, but he was surrounded by a group of Cao legions, and he couldn't get close at all.

The number of Cao Jun is several times that of the Xuzhou Army, not to mention the Cao Jun who has been holding back for a few days, but now they are all with high morale, and when they rush to kill, they are not afraid of death at all.

Under the pressure of a powerful enemy, although the Xuzhou army resisted vigorously, in the end it had to retreat while fighting.

The battle had lasted for more than two hours, and Guan Yu and Xiahoudun had also killed two or three lilies.

The two are equal in martial arts, and neither can knock the other off the horse.

The Xuzhou army near Guan Yu had been repelled by the Cao army, and countless Cao troops surrounded Guan Yu and surrounded him.

After another thirty or twenty battles with Xiahoudun, the two of them crossed by the wrong horse, and when they took the opportunity to rest with each other, Guan Yu turned his head and glanced to the side.

Just this glance made his face stunned.

Beside him, where is there still half of the Xuzhou army, and as far as the eye can see, it is all Cao Jun wearing dark blue battle clothes.

The human wall formed by Cao's soldiers did not press on Guan Yu, but surrounded him from afar, making him have no possibility of withdrawing from the battlefield.

"Go!" Just when Guan Yu was stunned and found that Cao Jun was all around him, Xiahou Tang carried the halberd and rushed to him again, and the halberd in his hand stabbed forward, straight to Guan Yu's heart.

Seeing that the halberd was about to pierce his heart, Guan Yu hurriedly raised the big knife to block, and he was able to block the halberd.

The hand holding the knife was still a little numb, and Guan Yu was about to put away the knife, when more than a dozen Cao soldiers had rushed up behind him.

These more than a dozen Cao soldiers did not rush towards him with their blades at all, but opened a large net, pulled the big net, and slammed it towards him.