Chapter 898 Talking About Guan Yu, Guan Yu Has Arrived
"Damn it, where did Guan Yu go?" Xiahou Dun asked anxiously.
Where can Guan Yu go? Is it possible? A bad feeling suddenly appeared on Xiahou Dun.
"General Yuan Rang, General Yuan Rang!"
To the southwest, a remnant of more than a thousand defeated generals suddenly fled and fled. The leading general was none other than Shi Huan, who was appointed by Xiahou Dun to go upstream to block the river!
Xiahou Dun planned to release water to submerge the enemy troops while Liu Bei's army was crossing the river, so he sent Shi Huan with 5,000 troops and horses to the upper reaches of the Huai River. Why did he appear here?
And behind Shi Huan's more than a thousand people, a troop of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared. Under a high-flying general's flag with the word "Guan" in the army, stood a man wearing a green shirt and carrying a green dragon. Dao, a general with a long beard and a red face, if it’s not Guan Yu, who is he?
"Xiahou Dun, your plan has been seen through by Guan, why don't you just surrender?" Guan Yu shouted proudly.
"Damn Guan Yu, that's it!" Xiahou Dun looked gloomy. He still didn't understand. He had previously sent Shi Huan to the upper reaches of the Huai River to block the river. However, Guan Yu split his forces with Liu Bei and appeared in the upper reaches of the Huai River.
Shi Huan originally had fewer soldiers and horses than the enemy, and his prowess was not as good as Guan Yu's. When the two armies clashed, he was naturally defeated and fled in defeat.
Guan Yu pointed his long sword forward and said in a deep voice: "The whole army attacks and goes straight to Xiahou Dun!"
"Kill!" The 10,000 Han troops roared. They had just defeated Shi Huan's army and won a victory. At this moment, morale was high, and the morale of the army was naturally boosted.
Guan Yu kept chasing after Shi Huan's defeated army, planning to use Shi Huan as a breakthrough to let Shi Huan's defeated army break up Xiahou Dun's army, and then take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill him.
However, Shi Huan was also a veteran general who was experienced in battle formations. He turned his head and glanced at Guan Yu's army who was pursuing them relentlessly, and immediately shouted: "The whole army is moving towards our flanks, don't disrupt our army's formation!"
"Archers, prepare. If Shi Huan's troops dare to attack our army's formation, they will be killed without mercy!" Xiahou Dun said in a deep voice.
Although Shi Huan was one of his own, what he feared most was not the enemy, but his own rebel army. Because the rebel army attacks our own army's formation, if we don't give the order to kill, it will disrupt our own army's formation and create an opportunity for the enemy.
Fortunately, Shi Huan was a veteran general and did not make such a low-level mistake. Instead, he led his troops away, which made Xiahou Dun breathe a sigh of relief.
In this case, the next person who needs to face is Guan Yujun.
"The entire army is prepared to resist the enemy!"
Xiahou Dun ordered Han Hao: "Yuan Si, you are stationed on the east bank of the Huai River with 10,000 soldiers and horses. You are not allowed to act without authorization. Once you find Liu Bei and Zhang Fei crossing the river, you will immediately cross the river and attack them. Do you understand?"
Although Guan Yu was brave, he only had ten thousand troops under his command. Xiahou Dun thought that 20,000 people would be enough to deal with Guan Yu. After all, there were Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's 20,000 men on the west bank of the Huai River who were watching eagerly, in case they were allowed to cross the Huai River and meet Guan Yu. Attacked from outside, it was really hard to avoid a tough battle today.
Seeing Guan Yu's 10,000-strong army galloping towards him, the archers in Cao's formation did not dare to be careless and immediately aimed their bows and arrows at Guan Yu's army.
Guan Yu's army finally entered the place where an arrow could be fired. Xiahou Dun waved his hand and shouted: "Fire the arrow!"
Whoosh whoosh!
The archers in the Cao army's formation did not hesitate to draw their bows and shoot arrows. Suddenly, thousands of arrows rose into the sky, crossed thousands of arcs in the air, and landed at Guan Yu's army.
Poof!
"ah!"
Guan Yu's soldiers were hit by this round of arrow rain, and hundreds of soldiers were inevitably injured. The sharp arrows penetrated the leather armor and shot into their flesh, and screams were heard.
Ding-ding-ding-ding!
Guan Yu was happy and undaunted. He moved the Qinglong Sword left and right in his hand, and the incoming arrows were shot away. Occasionally, a "fish that slipped through the net" shot through the blockade of the Qinglong Sword and shot at him, and was quickly bounced away. When going out, you must know that as a general in the army, Guan Yu is naturally wearing a steel helmet and iron armor, and it is difficult for ordinary arrows to shoot into it.
"Ping'er, are you okay?" Guan Yu turned around and shouted to his adopted son Guan Ping.
Guan Ping was also wearing a green jersey. Except for the fact that he had no beard, he looked like a smaller version of Guan Yu. He also held a long sword.
"nothing!"
"good!"
Guan Yu nodded, raised his sword and shouted: "Where are the five hundred swordsmen? Follow me and charge forward to attack the enemy!"
"Assault the enemy!"
The five hundred swordsmen around Guan Yu raised their arms and shouted. They were much stronger than ordinary soldiers, with strong muscles and full of murderous aura. However, they were not recruits trained in Yuzhou, but had followed Liu, Guan, and Zhang. Veteran soldiers who have been fighting for many years have rich experience in fighting in battle.
Although Liu Bei suffered repeated defeats, he still had some family background around him, which was divided into three divisions, led by himself and his two brothers respectively.
Liu Bei's personal soldiers are called Bai'er soldiers, and they are led by the captain of the personal guard Chen Dao. Although there are only more than 300 people, they are all superb in martial arts, and Chen Dao himself is also very majestic. Later, in the Battle of Yiling, it was Chen Dao who led a small number of Bai'er elite soldiers to personally cut off Liu Bei's rear, which enabled Liu Bei to break out of the siege and successfully escape to Baidi City.
Later, Chen Dao led his army to guard Yong'an (also known as Baidi City, later renamed Yong'an), the east gate of the Shu Han Dynasty. Until his death, Soochow Wu did not dare to continue the invasion.
Guan Yu's subordinates are naturally the five hundred swordsmen. They are very capable. They hold heavy weapons such as swords and axes in their hands. They often follow Guan Yu to attack enemy formations and use them as sharp knives.
Following Zhang Fei were more than a hundred cavalry. Guan Yu was from Jieliang, Hedong, and Zhang Fei was from Zhuojun, Youzhou, which is what he called himself "Yan people". Zhang Fei was born in the land of Yanzhao. Naturally, he was born to be a cavalry commander, so most of the cavalry in Liu Bei's army were handed over to Zhang Fei.
For example, when Cao's army went south, Liu Bei retreated early. It was Zhang Fei who led 20 cavalry on Dangyang Bridge to cut off Liu Bei's rear.
At this moment, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were still on the west bank of the Huai River. Naturally, the Bai'er elite soldiers and Youyan cavalry were following them and did not cross the river. Naturally, there are only five hundred school swordsmen who can be effective.
"kill!"
Although there were only 500 men, the school swordsmen dared to attack Xiahou Dun's army formation of 20,000 people under Guan Yu.
Tap tap tap!
They saw that the distance between the five hundred swordsmen and Xiahou Dun's army was getting closer and closer. Seeing that the enemy only had five hundred people, but they dared to attack the army of 20,000 soldiers. Cao Jun was funny and angry, and they planned to kill these guys. Click on the color to see.
"Prepare to fight!"
The distance between the two armies became closer and closer. The swordsmen in the front row and Cao Bing could clearly see the faces of the other soldiers, and they all tightened their swords.