The white clouds were like flocculents, blowing with the wind over the heads of the great army, and the light of the sky poured down through the gaps in the clouds.

In the air was the dull sound of footsteps stomping on the ground, and with the sound of war drums beating in the distance, stepping across the ground and advancing rhythmically.

The smoke and dust from the footsteps of the sergeants filled the space and obscured people's vision.

In front is the main force of Cao's army stationed in the Shouchun outer camp.

The cavalry of Guan Yu's army, with the orders of the general, rushed back and forth in the various arrays, hissing and shouting!

A moment later, the sword and shield in front of him slammed the shield to the ground, extending it left and right in a defensive posture.

There are many flags, and the flags with the word 'guan' are hunting in the wind, and they are slowly moving forward in the middle formation.

The general with a face like a heavy jujube and a long beard stroking sat on the war horse, the green dragon glaive knife was horizontal by his side, he closed his Danfeng eyes lightly, silently staring at the military formation opposite, not knowing what he was thinking.

Guan Yu, the first military general of the Han Dynasty, was exiled for murder in the past, and later met his brother Liu Jian, and since then he has followed Liu Jian and fought outside the Saiwai.

He has been fighting outside the country since he was in his twenties, expanding his territory, and now he is in his forties.

Now, he came to Jiangnan with the aura of the success of the expedition to the outside of the Saiwai to subdue Huainan for the imperial court.

There was the sound of shields in front of the array, and at that moment, the closed Danfeng slowly opened.

Guan Yu looked at the troops opposite.

"Ping'er, you said that in the past ten years, my father has made outstanding contributions to the conquest of foreign captives?"

This was the first time that the young Guan Ping had been in battle, and he had been sent by Liu Jian from Chang'an to the front of the Huainan army to follow his father.

"Over the years, in Yecheng and Chang'an, I heard everyone talking about my father, and I admired my father's achievements.

Guan Yu shook his head, looking at the grasslands and cities at the end of the sky and the earth in front of him, as well as the army...... After a while, he smiled and said: "Fighting for my father all my life, sweeping the north, these years of battlefield career, this life is unforgettable, in the Han Dynasty, my father's achievements are indeed high, but it has not reached its peak!" ”

Guan Pingqi said: "Why? ”

"It's just because my father's achievements in this life are only external, but he has never calmed the internal troubles for the Han Dynasty."

"And today, it is the time for your father to replace your uncle, and the time for the Han Dynasty to establish the greatest achievement!"

The last word of the words fell, and Guan Yu's hand was gently stroking his long hair, but at this moment, it suddenly brushed up!

Seeing this, Guan Ping was suddenly shocked.

"Father, what did the uncle ask the child to bring to his father from Chang'an?"

Guan Yu didn't answer, he just slowly took out a silk silk from his chest and handed it to Guan Ping.

Guan Ping unfolded it, and it was indeed Liu Jian's words.

There are not many words, just a few short sentences:

"Ten years ago, my brother was unparalleled in the world, and now he is invincible in the world!"

"In the past ten years, my brother has been a powerful shocker, and now he is a powerful Huaxia!"

"For my brother in Chang'an, waiting for my brother's good news."

The war horse erupted in neighing, Guan Yu shook off his Qinglong Yanyue, and the heavy blade slashed through the air, reflecting a cold forest hanging on the side of the horse, bringing out a trembling moment, and then saw Guan Yu riding out!

And his army began to beat drums, and the officers and men of the three armies chanted together:

"Megatron Huaxia—"

"Megatron Huaxia—"

"Megatron Huaxia—"

The long hair stroked, and the glaive knife was murderous!

The majestic voice is gone!

Iron hooves spun up the soil, occasionally one or two stones stepped on the shot out, thousands of cavalry stretched out on the left and right wings, the herald cavalry with the command flag rushed to the elite Han army in the middle, Zou Dan and Tian Kai, the two veterans of the old Gongsun Department, constantly issued orders to adjust, with a formation of four five thousand people to maintain a huge phalanx in an orderly manner followed Guan Yu's advance.

In the middle of the opposite side, the big banner of the word 'Cao' hunted and hunted, and below was a chariot pulled by two horses, Cao Cao was not wearing armor, sitting on the car, hearing the high-pitched and majestic words of the opposite military array, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Liu Deran, Liu Deran, like a hero like Guan Yunchang, is willing to accompany you in life and death when you are at your end, Cao is really envious of you."

"Wait a minute, the lord will go and capture that Guan Yun Changsheng when the last general comes! So and so, I'm going to make an appointment with Guan Yu! ”

The black war horse sneezed, and when he shook his mane, the man on it was holding a double halberd, tall as an iron tower, and was about to leap out of the battle at the moment, and then was interrupted by Cao Cao on the car waving his hand: "You are not Guan Yunchang's opponent, and he is the first general of the Han Dynasty, how can he easily fight with you?" ”

Cao Cao stood up, his eyes swept over the surrounding military formations that extended to the sky, and laughed: "Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He and other generals are also unstoppable Hebei famous generals, but in Cao's opinion, they are not as good as Guan Yun Changye!" ”

Dian Wei seemed to be very unwilling to praise his opponent like Cao Cao, but he couldn't say anything, after all, Guan Yu's reputation was too high.

Not only Dian Wei, but also the other generals of Cao Ying also behaved like this, and they were unwilling in all aspects!

Cao Ren was by Cao Cao's side, and when he saw this situation, he immediately understood it in his heart.

The lord is using Guan Yu to stimulate the fighting spirit of the generals.

Soldiers, treacherous ways, attack the heart!

"Whew-"

"Woo woo woo ——!"

The desolate trumpets sounded, and the mighty army stopped advancing with a bang, and the shields were lowered from the hands of the northern infantry and stood on the ground, stretching from side to side.

The Qinglong knife swayed slightly, and a copper bell sounded under the horse's neck, and Guan Yu looked proudly at the Huainan army standing opposite in the military array.

"General Guan, he is a true hero!"

When Cao Cao's voice sounded, he saw the wheel rolling, a wide chariot came slowly, hundreds of ironclad soldiers held large shields to protect the left and right, and the general named Xu Chu rode on the side and raised his hand: "Stop!" ”

With a "boom", the iron-wrapped shield pressed down, and hundreds of spears poked out in unison to form a blocking array.

"It's Cao Mengde at your feet?" Guan Yu raised his knife and urged him to take a few steps forward.

On the chariot, Cao Cao's figure stepped out of the car, stepped on the hard ground, and stood there with his hands behind his back: "I have long admired the prestige of General Guan, and when I see it today, it is enough to comfort my life, and I will win people under the command of Prime Minister Liu Cheng." ”

The light and dust rose, the approaching figure stopped on the opposite side, Guan Yu's gaze stayed on the other party's body, and said slowly: "Guan Mou is also a long-time admirer of Cao Gong's name, in the past, Guan Mou was in the north, and he exchanged letters with his brother all the year round, talking about the heroes of the world, although Guan Mou has never seen Cao Gong, but he also knows that in the prime minister's heart, Cao Gong's weight is still above Yuan Shao!" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

"To be so valued by the prime minister, Cao is not in vain."

Guan Yu said:

"Cao Gong is also nearly fifty years old, right? If the world is peaceful at this time and the family and country are unified, Cao Gong should be holding his grandson at home at such an age, so why bother fighting on the battlefield. ”

Cao Cao said: "Since Yun Chang also knows that he has worked hard for half his life to go to this territory, why bother to lead the troops south!" ”

"When you come, the people are displaced, the countryside is desolate, and you will not stop until you go to war? This Huainan land is my inheritance, and I will never give it up! ”

Guan Yu said: "The Han family is in the world, when did it become your foundation?" ”

"Now this Yangzhou pastor is self-proclaimed, and he has colluded with Yuan Shao for many years to split the world! For example, if there is an emperor and a prime minister today, as a courtier, you must obey the orders of the court! ”

The air tightened suddenly.

Guan Yu continued: "You, Yuan Shao, Yuan Yi, from north to south, and then to Jingzhou, Shudi, Jiangdong, split the world, in the past ten years, because of you, how many soldiers have died in the Han Dynasty, and my prime minister has worked hard for the world and tried his best to maintain orthodoxy, but what about you?" And what did you do? It's just tearing at the flesh and blood of the big man! ”

"The world is divided into three, and the second is in the hands of the imperial court, you don't want the troubled times to end, do you still want to use countless corpses and bones to achieve your selfish desires? Guan will tell you today that if you take the wrong path, you will understand where you are wrong! Know how to turn back! ”

Over there, Cao Cao narrowed his eyes suddenly.

"Guan Yu, really Cao can't kill you!?"

Guan Yu's voice also resounded in front of the two armies: "A certain family is here for you to kill—"

Cao Cao closed his eyes and sighed, got into the car and went back to the main formation.

After getting into the car, he turned his head to look at the figure of the green robe, and there were complicated emotions in his eyes, and he said to the generals around him: "Guan Yunchang, he is a soldier who is on the right path, and it is not easy to attack head-on." ”

The one in charge of commanding the army for Cao Cao was Cao Ren.

Then, Cao Ren picked up the order flag and waved it away: "Kill-"

Although Guan Yu is famous, Cao Ren is not convinced.

……

"Whew-"

The horn of war echoed in the sky, and at the end of the line of sight, black shadows stretched like ant colonies, spreading in the afternoon sunshine.

The earth shook under the iron hoof.

The arrows slashed through the crowd below and collided like a raging tide, then spread and fell into the crowd.

"Hahaha-"

"Southern thief! Let you know what it means to fight! ”

The voice of a northland soldier laughed wildly, pressed a Huainan soldier to the ground, and inserted a knife into his eye socket alive, and the next second he was thrown to the ground by the Jiangdong soldier who pounced, and the spear on the side pierced into his body, and the northland soldier still let out a roar, still nailed by the spear in his body, cut off the long-handled knife, and pounced on the nearest enemy.

Yu Ban brandished his broadsword and glanced at the array, full of horror, it was difficult to describe that these soldiers of the Northland were fighting like madmen, fighting like a group of beasts, but they were more intelligent than those beasts.

"How to fight this battle......"

Yu Ban was cowardly.

The field of vision pulls up to the sky, from the foothills to the plains, and then extends to the low-lying areas, you can see the figures fighting everywhere, and the northern foot soldiers who are relatively positive and steady in front of them, the real pressure on the Cao army is still the Liaodong Iron Cavalry that crisscrosses the wilderness.

This was the first time that Cao Jun felt the fierce offensive of the cavalry from the Northland grassland, in the light of day, a large number of cavalry turned into a small team wandering around the two wings, first constantly harassing with bows and arrows, and after the frontal battlefield began, a small number of iron cavalry as arrows were directly interspersed, splitting a prescription array, and it could be crushed one by one in a moment.

After more than ten years of battles outside the Saiwai, how to dodge arrows most effectively, how to deal with the enemy cavalry rushing in front of them, the experience is incomparably rich, in the eyes of Cao Jun, these cavalry are monsters.

The battlefield stretched for several miles, the sound of weapons and shouts shook this empty sky, Zou Dan, Tian Kai and the three cavalry led by Gongsun Zhi cooperated with each other, and if they saw the organized Huainan army formation on the way, they directly pushed it over, and the surging torrent defeated them in large areas.

"Cao Cao is over there!"

Tian Kai slowed down, and in his line of sight, he pointed to the rear of the overlapping military array, and the Cao character banner was impressive, and before the order was issued, the nearest Cao army cavalry finally came to support, and Cao Hong, who was the leader, stopped him.

The ferocious fighting and impact have spread in the middle of the Cao army, and the cavalry that rushed one after another penetrated into the crowd, and the generals here commanded their respective troops to organize a spear formation to meet them, and stabbed on the Liaodong iron cavalry in iron armor to scratch out white marks.

The sound of high-speed war horses crashing into people's bodies, flesh and blood bursting and splashing, shields shattered, some Cao soldiers flew upside down and smashed on the comrades behind, and some were directly knocked to the ground, and the iron hooves that rushed into the crowd churned wildly, rolled up a terrible scream, and plowed out a long blood blanket, and the front line of the advance was full of bloody flesh and blood, and people turned over on their backs.

"Woo ——!"

The big knife slashed through the spear that stabbed, and Xu Chu roared: "Get out!" ”

In an instant, his swinging sword slashed over two Liaodong cavalrymen.

Subsequently, more Liaodong soldiers roared up and surrounded Xu Chu.

The battlefield spread in all directions, and was forced back by the scattered cavalry to his own center, Cao Ren kept ordering a reserve team to fill the gap in the array, but the northern soldiers were also experienced in the battle formation, and the fighting front line still kept shrinking towards him no matter how hard he tried to save.

"General, General!"

Xu Chu rushed back to the middle with a big knife, his mouth was bleeding, his iron helmet had fallen off, and his hair was scattered and quite embarrassed.

"General! Can't beat it...... On the field, he is not the opponent of the Guan Yu Army's iron cavalry at all! How is it good?! ”

"Don't go back."

Cao Ren yelled at Xu Chu in a low voice, and in a moment, his cold hair suddenly stood upside down, and a cold light entered his afterglow in a certain direction, and he subconsciously turned his head, and heard Xu Chu shouting, "General!" ”。

Cao Ren's head loosened, he felt the temperature in the air, reached out and touched it, the hood was gone, and it was spinning on the ground with a clangling sound, and a feather arrow was nailed to it and swaying.

"Retreat...... Retreat! ”

Only then did Cao Ren realize that the archery skills of these Liaodong iron cavalry were not idle, and he began to slowly retreat with the middle formation, distancing himself from the front line, so as not to secretly release cold arrows from the shooters who were mixed in.

But the cavalry hovering around was keeping an eye on every move.

At the moment when he saw Shuai Qi move, there was a high-pitched voice on the field who shouted: "Cao Ren retreated, Cao Jun was defeated!" ”

Occasionally, there is a voice echoing the sound, although it can't decide the victory or defeat, but it is a lot of psychological burden on the Cao soldiers who are fighting on the front line, the defeated soldiers are running in all directions, Cao Ren's middle formation does not have much loss, it is still a loss after a while, but for the defeat, after all, the heart is a little uncomfortable.

Cao Cao saw Cao Ren retreating in the rear, sighed and did not speak.

"There is still a gap between us and the Northern Army......"

Soon, Cao Cao ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, while on the field, the cavalry still fiercely pursued and broke Cao's soldiers, and those who surrendered were directly brought back to the army.

"Cao Cao retired?"

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and ordered: "Collect the prisoners first, camp in place, wait for Brother Xuande to arrive, and then attack Shouchun!" ”

"No!"

After 10 August, two heavy rains fell in succession, making it impossible for the two sides to fight again.

…….

At the end of August, Sun Ce was stationed in Hanzhong and was ordered by Yuan to supervise the training of soldiers and horses in Hanzhong.

When the clouds of war loomed over Shu, Liu Jian began to concentrate troops and horses in Guanzhong, preparing to start putting pressure on Shuzhong.

(End of chapter)