Guan Yu has been leading the Henan Army to the west for a while. He led the knights to chase the yellow sky snake flag among the chaos, aiming to hunt down Cao Cao's head. Unexpectedly, he was getting closer and closer to Cao Cao. Far away, but what greeted him was a carefully designed trap.
No one in Cao Jun's front line could stop Guan Yu, but Guan Yu broke through five formations in a row. No matter how good he was in fighting, he was a little tired. And the situation in front of him was also quietly changing. The fleeing soldiers in front who were defeated by his impact had not yet retreated, but new infantrymen kept coming up from behind. So much so that someone in the Wei army shouted: "Don't retreat anymore! Behind us are General Ju's men!" But the people in front couldn't stop, and the people behind couldn't push in. As a result, everyone was crowded together, unable to advance, and retreated. Can't retreat again.
The queue was so dense that it was impossible for Guan Yu to lead his troops and slash through them one after another. He stopped and while observing the situation back and forth, ordered his subordinates to shoot arrows in rows ahead. In order to avoid the arrows, the defeated soldiers in front did not care so much and still pushed back with all their strength. But the situation at the rear was not good. Guan Yu's troops only had more than a thousand men. They broke through the formation one after another and almost completely broke into Cao's army. Cao's soldiers from the east and west were constantly swarming behind him, trying to encircle Guan Yu.
At the same time, Ju Shou, who was facing each other, ordered that anyone who dared to escape beyond the formation be killed. Within a moment, more than ten people were killed in a row. The head was stained with blood and rolled on the ground. The defeated soldiers were frightened for a moment and finally stopped their decline. With no way to retreat, Jushou sent his subordinates Chen Yu and Guan Tong to take over the defeated troops. They stabilized the military situation and launched another offensive against Guan Yu's troops.
Guan Yu had a panoramic view of these situations, but his mind was not here at all. He had already seen the Soaring Snake flag. The two-foot-high yellow flag was behind the Jushu tribe. There seemed to be a set of horns in the east, extremely Like the arrangement of the guard coach, he estimated the distance in his mind to be only about two miles. If he led the crowd to attack, it would be the distance that could defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
He then asked Du Yun, who had been accompanying him since Shangluo: "I want to defeat thieves and capture the commander-in-chief. What do you think?"
Du Yun said with a smile: "With the might of the Lord and God, how can there be an enemy that cannot be captured? It's just that the bandit army is forming a dense formation right now, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack!"
Guan Yu sneered and said: "Even if we reorganize a hundred times, we are still a mob! Let's rush south first and attack the enemy behind us. When these thieves come up, we will rush north again and they will be discouraged." All!"
After that, he ordered his entourage to sound the marching horn, and then turned his horse around, drawing a large arc in front of Cao Jun in the north. Suddenly, the thunderous sound of horse hooves mixed with the billowing waves of yellow dust, towards the encircling Cao Jun infantry from the west. Rush over.
At this time, it was Li Gan's troops on the right wing of Cao's army who came to encircle him. They defeated the Hedong army and had enough power to surround Guan Yu. Unexpectedly, Guan Yu's counterattack was so swift and violent. While Li Gan was still reorganizing his formation, the Henan knights held long swords and faced the heavy rain of arrows in the air. They used their bodies to face the sword, but the knights relied on the momentum of their horses to kill a Cao soldier with almost every sword strike. Li Qian was horrified, thinking that if Guan Yu wanted to directly destroy the right wing, he could only make his troops retreat and maintain the front line from being disrupted.
Seeing Cao's army retreating to the west, Guan Yu did not take advantage of the victory to pursue him. Instead, he continued to move his horse, taking advantage of the distance to rest for a while, and then moved from south to north, using his blade to pass through the enemy formation in the east. Blood and flesh flew everywhere for a while. The screams continued.
At this time, it was Xia Houyuan who was setting up the formation to the east. He saw that Guan Yu and his troops were moving freely among Cao's army, but there was no one under his command who could defeat him. He couldn't help but lost his voice and said: "Is Guan Laohu a real tiger? How can he do this when he is surrounded by me on three sides?" Then he could only follow Li Qian's example and lead his troops to retreat slightly.
Guan Yu saw that neither the east nor the east dared to engage in battle. He sneered and stood in the middle again, looking at the Soaring Snake Flag in the south. Then he thought in his mind: "It's a pity that I originally admired Mengde, but now I have to take off his head with my own hands." After thinking about it, he asked loudly to his left and right: "Can we still fight?"
Everyone on the left and right replied: "You are still able to follow the king and defeat the enemy."
Guan Yu laughed when he heard this, and then he cheered up, threw down the curled long sword in his hand, replaced it with a long sword from the rider, pulled out all the arrows on the armor one by one, and threw them to the ground. Sergeant Cao was horrified to find that the man's armor was riddled with holes, and his body was covered with wet blood. He didn't know whether it was his own or his comrades. Even though he had been fighting for more than two hours, the look in his eyes could not be seen. But it can still shine with divine light, as if it is never tired.
Jushu, who faced him directly, couldn't help but sigh: "It's really the reincarnation of Asura."
Jushou really didn't want to get entangled with Guan Yu, so he sent someone to advise him: "The king is as powerful as a human being, and no one in the world can compare with him, but the bravery of an ordinary man cannot change the overall situation. Except for the general, our army has defeated the enemy's formation on three sides, and there are Strange troops are coming across the Zhang River. Don't you know that your army has been defeated in the battle, and Liu Bei's defeat has been determined! We admire your bravery, and if you surrender, we will treat you as honored guests and open a new foundation together. Why bother to increase the number of troops? Kill and seek death?"
Guan Yu was unaware of the changes in the overall situation. When he heard what Jushu said, he couldn't help but feel shocked, but it didn't show on his face. Instead, he said in a deep voice: "You thief, how dare you talk nonsense about the overall situation? Don't you know that the destiny belongs to Han? Is righteousness in the west? Now I have come under the king's command, and I will behead you and return!"
After that, he no longer thought about what Jushu said, but instead recited silently in his heart: "The ancestors of the Han Dynasty are above, and God's will will bless you! If you help me, Guan Yu, defeat the enemy, you will sacrifice your life for him, and your descendants will pray for blessings for a hundred generations, and you will never be determined." Forget!" Then he jumped into the formation again.
Guan Yu led his troops to attack again, and his speed was still as fast as wind and thunder. Cao's soldiers who were facing him were frightened when they saw his figure like a mountain, and they dispersed to the left and right. Ju Shou did not dare to fight hard, so he could only open up a road and slowly retreat to the west with his troops. Guan Yu galloped past and soon saw the scene under Teng She's banner.
Hundreds of steps away, under the flag, dozens of heavily armored infantrymen holding halberds defended one person. The man looked similar to Cao Cao. He was wearing extremely precious dark-colored Mingguang armor, with a lacquered gold Zhongxing sword on his waist. There were four people riding horses and holding halberds in front of him, looking directly at him. One of the big men was nine feet tall and looked like a black tower. He looked like a rare strong man, very much like Xu Zhu, the "tiger warrior" mentioned by Zhang Fei.
Unfortunately, there were still hundreds of infantry between him and the flag. The Cao army behind him still refused to give up the outflank, and at this time, there were only less than 600 knights accompanying him.
Du Yun took the initiative and said to Guan Yu: "I am willing to lead the army and then reject it. I hope you will be victorious!"
Guan Yu thought to himself: It's finally time to decide the outcome. Then he gave Du Yun his four hundred Qingqi, and took off the water bag from his waist. After taking a full drink, he threw the water bag to Du Yun and said with a smile: "After today, I will drink a stone with you, no matter what." I won’t return even if I’m drunk!” After saying that, he led the last hundred or so heavy cavalry and charged northward.
Xu Zhu had been preparing for a long time. When he saw Guan Yu coming on horseback, he couldn't help but smile to Qin Shao beside him: "The tiger is already in its den, this battle should be won!" So he rode up to welcome the general, accompanied by Le Jin, Du Xi, and Zhu Zhu. Yue and others also caught up and tried to completely surround and kill him.
Before that, the Euphorbia warriors at the front had already surged forward, trying to stab Han Qi's horse from bottom to top. However, the Han cavalry was experienced and experienced. When they saw someone approaching, they would get close to their comrades and swing their halberds sideways to keep them from getting closer. However, the halberd of the euphorbia warrior was two feet longer than the ordinary spear halberd. If the Han cavalry could push the tip of the halberd away, they could still survive.
Guan Yu saw that he was disadvantaged by being close to him, so he took out the three-stone strong bow and armor-piercing arrows he carried with him, and fired at the euphorbia soldiers in the front row. All those who were hit died immediately. Cao Bing, who was already full of energy, saw this and was afraid to retreat, and finally Let Xu Zhu and others come over to kill him.
When Xu Zhu met Guan Yu for the first time, he relied on his superior force. Guan Yu was tired from fighting again and did not play any tricks. He was hit with a halberd and vowed to compare his strength with Guan Yu. Unexpectedly, Guan Yu was extremely guarded against him. When he saw the halberd swinging towards him, he met it with the tail end of his long sword. When the two collided, Guan Yu immediately released his force, causing Xu Zhu to hit nothing. Instead, he used his strength to switch swords. The pole instantly stabbed back with its tip, directly hitting Xu Zhu's mount. Xu Zhu and his horse were both unbalanced and fell directly to the ground, knocking down the heads of two guards on the side.
It is a pity that Guan Yu wanted to take advantage of the victory and break out, but unexpectedly, he was hit by Xu Zhu just now, and his mount was exhausted, and then the horse's hooves got stuck in the mud and could not be pulled out for a while. Cao's army's infantry and knights all gathered together, raising their halberds and stabbing. Guan Yu was unable to block and was hit several times.
He looked to the left and right, thinking: There are only dozens of steps away, how could he die here? So he became ruthless and shouted loudly and poked the horse. The horse burst out in pain and rushed up with wet mud. The nearby Cao soldiers had no time to escape and were trampled to death under the horses' hooves. The cavalrymen also came to disperse the surrounding Cao soldiers, and he took the opportunity to run towards the flag.
The generals of Cao's army around him did not have time to react to this change. Everyone around him said that Guan Yu was exhausted and it was time for our army to win. Who would have thought that he could still rise up bravely, ride his horse more than ten steps, and directly kill Guan Yu? In front of Qin Shao. Qin Shao wanted to turn around and escape, but it was too late. Guan Yu stabbed with all his strength, and the tip of the spear penetrated the iron armor and nailed Qin Shao to the ground. Blood flowed out, no different from ordinary people.
Guan Yu turned over and dismounted, feeling dizzy for a while, but he still cheered up, took out his knife, lifted the bun of the corpse on the ground, and was about to cut off Cao Cao's head. As soon as he exerted force, the head and torso were neatly separated. There was silence all around, which made Guan Yu want to laugh. But when he carefully looked at the head in his hand, he couldn't laugh anymore.
At this time, Guan Yu finally understood that he had made a mistake. Looking back at the influx of Cao's soldiers behind him and the struggling troops in the crowd, Guan Yu felt dizzy again and his ears were ringing. He coughed twice and finally passed out.
