At the beginning of the war, Guan Yu's troops had been hiding at the foot of the west side of Baishan Mountain. There are pine and poplar trees several feet high everywhere here, standing blankly, with tiny, slightly yellow leaves peeking out around them. But when the morning sun rises and shines its cool yet infinite brilliance to the west, it is actually obscured by these broken leaves that look like children's fingers. As a result, the mountains and fields below were filled with turbulent and swaying shadows like wind waves, deeply integrated with the figures of the Western Army knights.
The reason why they hide here is the design after discussions between Chen Chong and Jia Xu. In his opinion, if Guan Yu's troops are placed on the top of the mountain, although it can relieve the pressure, due to the limitations of the terrain and the layers of resistance from the East, it may be difficult to establish a victory. It is better to take a risk and hide the cavalry behind the mountain so that the Easterners cannot detect it, so that they can win by surprise.
General Guan Yu had no objection to this, but deputy general Ma Chao was hesitant. Although he was in his thirties, he was already a well-known talent in Longyou and knew how to fight. This was the first time he went on an expedition with the Western Army. In his opinion, if we want to achieve success with this extraordinary force, we need all the elite soldiers from the East to go to the front line, and no one will take care of Cao Cao's own formation. With the Western Army divided, it would be a bit harsh to involve most of the Easterners just by relying on geographical advantages. But as the two armies began to fight and the rising sun slowly approached the sky, Ma Chao's fighting spirit gradually rose.
Just when Liu Bei arrived from Liangshan and Zhang Fei's tribe and Qu Yi's tribe began to fight, Chen Chong sent an envoy over and announced: "The east bandits are coming out from the north, so there is less defense on the south side, so we can attack!"
Everyone had been preparing for a long time and even ate dry food twice. When they heard the news, they all looked at Guan Yu. When Guan Yu saw that the soldiers were thinking about fighting, he couldn't help stroking his beard and smiling. He pulled out a long-handled sword from the ground and turned to the envoy and said, "Go and repay your brother. Tell him that if Yun Chang goes here, his army will be destroyed!"
When he held the big knife in front of him, people couldn't help but focus on it: the handle of this big knife is six feet long, and the blade is four feet long. What is different is that the back of this knife is wide and thick. Knowing how heavy it is, even Guan Yu himself has to use two hands to dance. This must have used extremely fine iron and took a very long time to make. This was the first time that everyone saw Guan Yu carrying this sword, and they all asked about the origin of the sword. Guan Yu said with a smile that Longshou sent people to supervise the construction in Hedong. After five consecutive failures, it was built this summer and was brought here two days ago. Because the sword was shaped like a half-moon, Chen Chong called it the Yanyue Sword.
At this time, Guan Yu mounted his horse with a sword in his hand. He stood like an iron tower and all the soldiers around him were filled with admiration. Guan Yu raised his arms and shouted, and the last of the Western cavalry mounted their horses to follow him, running out of the deep forest at high speed.
They bypassed the foot of Baishan Mountain and quietly distanced themselves from the battlefield where the fighting was taking place. After seeing the sparkling Wenying Lake, they changed direction and rode eastward from the north bank of the lake. Two moments later, Guan Yu heard the sound of fighting in the distance and estimated that he had reached the southeast of Dongren, so he ordered his men to stop and rest.
After the re-arrangement was completed, Guan Yu made people blow the trumpet loudly. The sound of the trumpet is faint, like dark clouds coming from afar, the cavalry is excited, and the galloping is more like thunder. The Westerners immediately started to gallop! They stepped through three streams, letting the water and gravel roll between the horses' hooves. The abundant blood rushed to their foreheads, giving them the illusion that they were flying into the air with infinite power. The astonished eyes of the Easterners who met them made them even more glowing. The new courage was like a flying needle breaking through the paper. With a "pop", the forward Western cavalry had penetrated through.
When Cao Cao's soldiers saw the Westerners suddenly rushing forward, the Western knights were already close to them. Many people didn't even have a chance to set up their bows and shoot arrows. Only a row of sparse arrows were missed. In order to pursue speed, among the Westerners who surprised the Eastern Army, a considerable number of knights were not wearing armor and fell rustling like fallen leaves. Got off dozens of rides. The other knights quickly rushed forward, and the cavalry immediately became entangled and intertwined. The enemy and we are so close, their weapons are poking at each other, and those who are hit are constantly falling off their horses.
The Westerners were prepared but unprepared for the attack. The people who came after them took advantage of the Eastern Army's lack of time to change their formations and actually crossed through the gap on both sides. They saw the Yellow Sky Snake flag and knew that it was Cao Cao's headquarters, so they attacked one after another. Go forward. More than fifty cavalry rushed under Cao Cao's command. Although they did not recognize him, they saw that there were only about twenty Easterners here. They fought to the death and covered several cavalry behind them. They knew that the rich man was among them. . So their courage doubled, and they all went forward and fought bravely.
However, Cao Cao had only a dozen cronies and warriors around him. They were caught off guard and fought fiercely with weapons regardless of high or low. A person's life or death could only happen in a blink of an eye.
When Sima and Cao Xiu, a son of Cao Cao's clan, saw that the enemy was approaching, they threw away their bows and stabbed the Westerners in front with one hand. At this time, the two horses were facing each other. The Naxi man had no time to get out of the way, so he had to throw away his weapon and join his hands to catch the pole. However, he had no time to stop Chang Zhi, and the tip of the Zhi suddenly hit his chest. Because the mount was still running forward, the person was knocked backwards by the sharp point, and fell off the horse screaming. But after killing one person, several more knights came around him, causing him to fall into a tough battle again.
When Cao Zhen, who was reorganizing his army on the other side, saw this, he didn't care about the formation or not. He immediately ran to Xiahou Dun and said: "The situation is critical at this moment. What tactics are there? We must first relieve the marshal before we can talk. Go to the others!" After Xiahou Dun heard this, he nodded as if waking up from a dream, and shouted to the soldiers around him: "Let's go to the commander's flag to kill the enemy! Those who can level up will be rewarded twice as much!"
After that, several generals rode their horses into the battle. Seeing how brave the generals were, the panic in the surrounding Eastern soldiers dissipated and followed them like a tide. The Western soldiers in front were facing Cao Cao. The tiger soldiers on the side were fighting, and when they saw most of the enemy coming for reinforcements, they knew that it was impossible to achieve success on their own, so they retreated to the ranks of the Western Army and quickly reported to Guan Yu: "Cao Cao is here!"
Guan Yu's eyes narrowed after hearing this, but in his excitement, he was still able to restrain his expression and asked calmly in the midst of the chaos: "How many people are there with him?"
"There are only a hundred or so at the moment, but the people from the east are trying their best to save us, and the elites are rushing over!"
Guan Yu said slowly: "In this case, the formations on his left and right will be completely in chaos!" Just when everyone thought that Guan Yu was going to attack and outflank him, Guan Yu suddenly turned his head and said to Ma Chao: "If the matter is urgent, follow the authority. There is a destruction at the moment." Don't let the East Thief's great opportunity pass by! But this plan is too dangerous, Meng Qi, just lead most of the flanks into the formation! I'll go and capture Cao Hao directly!"
Seeing Ma Chao nodding, he immediately whipped several times and rode towards Huang Tianteng's snake flag. The knights around him also ran with their swords raised. Among them were Jia Kui of Hedong, Wei Pan of Xihe, Zhang Gan of Shangdang, and Luo Du of Shang. Peng, Nanyang Liao Hua and other troops advanced behind, followed by some armored knights, about 108 riders, meandering eastward along the smoke and dust left by Guan Yu just now.
On Cao Cao's side, just now the Western knights rushed to his side. He was still in shock. Seeing Xiahou Dun and Cao Zhen leading troops to rush up to rescue him, he laughed and said, "With your guards, it's Yunchang who is here. What do I have to fear?”
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion from the south. Turning around, he saw a cloud of smoke and dust billowing in. The knight in charge of the armored horse stood out like a flock of chickens in the crowd. The surrounding Dongren were unable to resist and retreated to the left and right. This made Cao Cao recognize it at once: Ding. It’s Guan Yu without a doubt!
He immediately became alarmed, pointed at Dian Wei, Sun Guan and others and said, "Guan Yu is brave, you can kill him with a crossbow!" Then he said to Cao Zhen, "The rear is in chaos, Zi Dan, I will form an army with you and fight again." ." After saying that, he spurred his horse and retreated with Cao Zhen.
At this moment, the entire army turned their attention to Dian Wei, hoping that this recognized first warrior in the Western Army could defeat Guan Yu. Dian Wei also knew that there was no one to sacrifice himself, so he immediately rode up to meet him.
On that day, Dian Wei's upper body was only covered with a double armor to block arrows, and he was shirtless underneath, revealing his strong muscles. He was riding a big yellow-maned horse and holding two heavy halberds in his hands. He looked like a born evil god. When the fighting Easterners saw him running from the crowd, they immediately shouted happily: "Zhongzhou Dianwei, famous as the capital of the gods!" Guan Yu's attention was immediately attracted, and he recognized him instantly.
The two of them are old acquaintances in Xinxin, but this is the first time they have fought against each other on the battlefield. Just when everyone thought they were going to fight for a hundred rounds, Guan Yu raised the reins of his horse, and Chi Tuo ran and jumped, seriously. Like thunder and lightning, it came straight towards Dianwei. Dian Wei didn't expect him to come so quickly, and was startled. The two halberds in his hands were already in front of him subconsciously, and he wanted to use the halberd shaft to block the blade.
Guan Yu didn't care about any obstacles, even if there were gods, ghosts and demons in front of him, he remained focused and put all his strength into this sword, swinging it down heavily. The heavy sword struck down, splitting open the halberd shaft. The blade entered Dian Wei's left shoulder blade, penetrated diagonally throughout his body, and exited through his right abdomen, dragging a stream of blood in the air, on the ground, and even on himself. on the face.
At this time, people saw that the number one warrior in the Eastern Kingdom was cut into two pieces in an instant. The upper half fell to the ground, while the lower half was still sitting upright on the horse. You could see the crows emerging from the terrifying wounds. Blood and heartbreak. The people in the East were all horrified and fell into silence. You must know that not only strong men can cut someone in half with one sword, but Guan Yu also cut off two halberd poles and a piece of armor with just one blow. How to describe it as martial and brave?
Sun Guan was standing behind him. He had already bent his bow and set a heavy arrow, and was about to aim at Guan Yu. When he suddenly saw this, his soul flew away and his heart was filled with fear. A wave of nausea came over me, and I could no longer control the bowstring in my hand. The bow drooped, but the arrow shot out and hit my instep. Although the force was not very strong, it had already shattered my toes.
When the Westerners following Guan Yu saw this, they could not help but feel fear, but soon turned to admiration. Some Westerners who had stayed in Chang'an and converted to Buddhism said: "If the general is born with the Buddha's appearance, he is the reincarnation of the World Honored One." , that military lord is the reincarnation of Bishamonten!"
Guan Yu turned a deaf ear to these comments. His sword also consumed a lot of energy, so he had to lean on the sword and gasp on the spot, letting the blood flow from both sides of his eyebrows, which also made everything he saw was blood red. But looking around, everyone in the East retreated unconsciously. It was obvious that no one dared to face him head-on anymore.
