Chapter 54: Guan Hai
In the fourth year of Jian'an, in the summer of 193 AD.
After entering the summer, the Yanzhou and Yellow Turban bandit armies began to move troops and horses frequently, and Cao Cāo, who was appointed by the imperial court to command the battle in the eastern part of Yanzhou, the first thing he did when he arrived at the front line was to arrange his soldiers and horses to various key points.
Being able to do this in such a short time is thanks to the defense map of eastern Yanzhou that Cao Ren sent to him in advance!
Since the arrival of the tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Ren has been constantly sending his cavalry to reconnoiter around, and the terrain in this area has been reconnoitred very clearly, and even some remote paths have not been missed, all of which have been marked on the map.
Cao Cāo was naturally very happy when he got this map, and directly deployed according to Cao Ren's suggestion, and the large army marched to the predetermined location as it went, so when Cao Cāo arrived, the soldiers and horses that needed to be stationed in various places were also dispatched.
At the same time, Cao Cāo also paid considerable attention to the fact that the Yellow Turban Thieves mentioned by Cao Ren seemed to have an evil art that could make soldiers fight like crazy.
Liu Ye and Guo Jia, who came with the army this time, immediately suggested that the news be fed back to the imperial court after reading this information-mainly to let the emperor know.
"Although the soldiers of our army are brave and the generals are strong, these occult methods are not as familiar as Your Majesty's after all.
Cao Cāo has a jade talisman in his hand to get in touch with Liu Xuan, and the transmission of news is many times stronger than the so-called fast horse, and this letter can be sent back in less than two or three days, and the strategic deployment will not be delayed at all.
After groaning, Cao Cāo took out the jade talisman casually, and then entered the situation here and the defense, as well as the general information of the Yellow Turban Thief Army on the opposite side, and then transported the energy in his body and sent it to the jade talisman, only to see that the jade talisman suddenly flashed with a ball of brilliance, and then suddenly emitted a burst of dazzling light, and after the brilliance dissipated, the jade talisman was gone.
"It's always good to be cautious, this Yellow Turban Thief Army is no more than just Brother Zhang Jiao at the beginning, and now that Nanhua has taken action in person, maybe there will be some means, during this time, guard the camp first, don't go out lightly ......"
At this time, Cao Cāo was not the later Cao Cāo, although the current Cao Cāo had also experienced several wars, but it was the first time to command such a big battle, and he wanted to win a beautiful battle in his heart, so it was very important to look at some details.
And to make him so careful is nothing more than not knowing much about occult arts—not about the enemy, not about himself.
Because of the many exercises taught by Liu Xuan, he and his generals became stronger, and even the soldiers under him could not look at it according to their previous eyes.
This kind of arrogance gave Cao Cāo the confidence to win, but it also gave him pressure and strangeness!
What's even worse is that he doesn't know if the Yellow Turban Army on the other side has also undergone any changes, the world seems to have changed overnight, and even the war can't be viewed according to the previous vision.
Just when Cao Cāo decided to fight steadily and steadily with the Yellow Turban Bandit Army for a while to adapt to the new 'war mode', a herald suddenly rushed over.
"General, the Yellow Turban Thief will call Guan Hai in the front camp, and Captain Zhang Fei, the vanguard, will lead his troops to meet the battle!"
"What?"
As soon as he was thinking about fighting steadily, a herald soldier came to tell him that Zhang Fei's black face had already taken his little brother out to fight with others.
Cao Cāo didn't know what to say about this: because his order hadn't gone down yet, Zhang Fei really didn't disobey his order.
turned his head around, and found that this matter was nothing, and he happened to take advantage of Zhang Fei to see what the situation of the Yellow Turban Thief was.
"Prepare your horses, come with me to watch the battle!"
There is a hillside near the main camp, the mountain is not short, and if you climb to the top of the hill, you can see the battlefield outside the camp in front of the avenue. Cao Cāo placed his tent near here, which also meant that once there was a battle in front of him, he could climb up and watch.
If he had climbed so high before, he wouldn't have been able to see clearly, but now he didn't have that kind of trouble, and after tempering, his physical fitness has improved I don't know how much, and his eyesight is even better—maybe not as exaggerated as clairvoyance, but it is enough to meet Cao Cāo's current needs.
A few people around him are not ordinary people, and it is naturally not difficult to climb a hillside, even if Guo Jia has gone through several years of cultivation, his physical strength has surpassed that of ordinary people, so the group quickly climbed to the top of the hillside, and Cao Cāo looked at it and was happy.
The battle on the front side of the camp has not yet started, standing here, you can just see the two soldiers and horses lined up and facing each other, and a member of the imperial court soldiers and horses is standing alone in front of the formation, holding a snake spear and shouting loudly, who is not Zhang Fei?
Looking at the opposite formation, I saw a general who was not wearing armor, only wearing a yellow shirt, with a yellow scarf wrapped around his head, and a big knife in his hand.
"This man is the Guanhai?"
Regarding the situation of the Yellow Turban Army, there is not much news from the imperial court, and at present, it is only speculated based on the Yun's intelligence handed over by the Yanzhou Army.
Cao cāo's words were asked to a general next to him, this person came up and took a look, but he saw a group of people vaguely, and he couldn't see the specifics at all, while admiring this Cao general's eyesight, he said: "That Guan Hai is a Qu Shuai in the Yellow Turban Thief Army, when he raised the army, he raised troops alone in Langya County, and then looted Langya, and slaughtered almost the entire Langya County, and then went north to lay down Dongguan County, and the Yellow Turban Thief Kou of Taishan County will be reconciled. ”
"The massacre of the civilians of Luya County is obviously to solve the worries of the future, this Guan Hai is a little capable!"
When the Yellow Turban Army raised its troops at that time, Guan Hai was alone, and he was an enemy on both sides at that time, and the situation at that time was not up to him, so he could only go north to conquer Dongguan County and make peace with the Yellow Turbans on the other road.
Even in order to be able to take Dongguan as soon as possible, he can't leave too much strength to garrison in Langya County, and if he stays less, it is reluctant to prevent Xuzhou soldiers and horses.
And it is impossible to concentrate on everything, so such a ruthless method is used.
Guan Hai's move directly eliminated the possibility of the people of Langya causing chaos to themselves... It's just that this method is too bloody and brutal, and ordinary people dare not use it easily, but the Yellow Turban Army ...... They don't have a good reputation in the first place, so naturally there is no pressure.
After casually commenting a few words, Cao Cāo also knew his identity, and it was not suitable to praise the general of the Yellow Turban Thief too much - not to mention that this person had done that kind of angry thing, and if he said too much, he would get into trouble.
Although he was not afraid, he was also annoyed, so he stopped and just looked into the distance.
At this time, Zhang Fei shouted for a while, and finally swiped the snake spear in his hand, the snake spear was like a propeller by him, and from a distance, it was a big disc flying up and down in Zhang Fei's hand, and then urged the war horse under his crotch to take the other party's thief general.
Regardless of the fact that the thief on the opposite side was in front of his own soldiers, he never said anything about fighting with anyone for hundreds of rounds.
But this situation has changed since Zhang Fei shouted: "Guan Hai Xiao'er, your third grandfather Zhang is here, don't you give the head quickly!"
"Arrogant guy, I want you to know how good your grandfather is!"
It was also a reminder of the war horse under the crotch, the right hand waved the big knife in his hand, and at the same time there were words in his mouth, and his left hand pinched a few tricks one after another, and finally a yellow mang suddenly flashed on his body, and then he shouted: "The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!"
These two sentences were the slogans of the Yellow Turban Thieves when they rose up, but in the past many years, the last two sentences were inappropriate, so only the first sentence was left as a slogan.
The big knife in his hand slashed his head and covered his face, and he slashed it down according to Zhang Fei: "The dog official suffers death!" Guan Hai felt that he had to be taught the supreme immortal method by the old immortal, and he was already excellent in martial arts, who in the world could be defeated after getting the help of this immortal law? The black charcoal head in front of him looked very strong, but as long as he stabbed down, he would also become two dead corpses.
Unexpectedly, after the big knife in his hand smashed down, he saw the black face on the opposite side unhurriedly put the spear in his hand to his head, and only used his left hand to hold the spear shaft, just waiting for himself to cut it down.
"Look for death!"
Seeing this, Guan Hai added a little more strength to his hand, and the big knife was a little faster, almost instantly, it smashed on the spear, making a dull loud noise, Guan Hai only felt that his whole arm was unconscious, and he was so numb that he could barely hold the big knife in his hand.
"How is that possible?"
The big knife bounced up, and Guan Hai immediately turned the horse to the side, and then put the big knife horizontally in front of him, using the horse body to stabilize the long knife so as not to fall off the horse.
Turning his head to look at Zhang Fei again, he saw that the black-faced general was fine, and his left hand played the eight-point spear like a big disc.
"Just such a little ability, dare to brag in front of your family Zhang Sanye?"
As he spoke, the spear in his hand was raised, and the war horse under his crotch rushed towards Guan Hai.
"Death!"
Guan Hai was also shocked that his knife was actually taken by this man casually, and when he saw Zhang Fei rushing over, he was about to flash in a hurry, but obviously the spear was still far away from him, he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and then countless blood splashed in front of his eyes......
"It's ......"
The thought was gone, and in the eyes of everyone, the tip of the spear in Zhang Fei's hand was at least a distance from Guan Hai's horse's body, and Guan Hai's chest burst out with a ball of blood, and then the whole person flew up from the horse, and finally fell to the ground like a rag.
"Tsk, it's not fun!"
The Yellow Turban thieves were still shocked by the fact that their own brave and invincible Qu Shuai, who saw who killed whom, was killed so easily, and the black-faced general on the opposite side actually turned his horse's head and killed him single-handedly. (To be continued)