Chapter 354: The Martial Saint Shows His Power
Wang Gai waved his whip and rode like the wind, and the general flew into the midst of thousands of troops. ----------Luo Guanzhong's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
It is said that Chen Long's army was approaching the city, and Ye City was in danger. Yuan Shao had no time to investigate the matter of Shen Pei's rebellion, so he convened his ministers to discuss a strategy to resist the Black Mountain Army. During the meeting, he followed Han Meng's suggestion and sent General Chunyu Qiong, with Han Meng and Jiang Qi as deputy generals, to lead Fifty thousand soldiers went out of the city to fight in the field to defend against the enemy.
As Yuan Shao grew older in the Yuan family, there were disputes over trivial family matters. Mrs. Liu was extremely jealous, which made Yuan Shao upset all day long. Coupled with the fact that there are three sons of the Yuan family who are fighting for life and death in the dark because of the inheritance, and there are the battles of Youzhou and Bingzhou on the border, Tian Feng and Qu Yi supporting their own troops, the Yuan family is already showing signs of falling apart. . It was the right time for Chen Long to lead his troops to destroy Yuan.
When Chen Long heard that Chunyu Qiong was leading the attack, he thought that an old acquaintance was here. Chunyu Qiong made a sneak attack that day, and the sense of crisis was still there. Chunyu Qiong has great martial arts skills and is proficient in formations. Coupled with Guo Tu's military advisor, he is a worthy opponent.
Chunyu Qiong's troops were divided into three groups, with Han Meng and Jiang Qi as the vanguard. These two generals were loyal to Yuan Shao and had served in the army for many years. Chunyu Qiong was assured of suppressing the Chinese army, and slowly marched to the battlefield one battalion at a time.
Han Meng and Jiang Qi led their troops to the left and right, and within half a day, they had already arrived in front of Chen Long's army. Han Meng rode up to a hill, put up a pergola and looked at it from a distance, but he couldn't help being surprised.
It turned out that Chen Long had already deployed his army in the wasteland behind the hill. There was a large formation in a square shape, with the middle scattered in an orderly manner. It was impossible to see the sides at a glance. There were at least 100,000 people.
Han Meng was shocked and ordered his subordinates to stop the advance immediately. However, Jiang Qi's march continued until he reached the left wing in front of Chen Long's formation, forming a front and rear army with Han Meng.
Chen Long saw that the enemy army was leaning to the left, which was the position of Guan Yu's army. He waved his command flag, and Guan Yu understood his intention. He raised his steel sword, and his 10,000 cavalrymen rushed out from the infantry like a wind and a lingering cloud, and went straight to kill Jiang Qi's vanguard army. .
Guan Yu sat down and saw a flaming red divine horse, which was Lu Bu's red rabbit horse. It turns out that that day, Lu Bu was knocked off his horse by Chen Long with an electric shock baton. Guan Yu snatched the red rabbit and ran away, but unexpectedly conquered the red rabbit. Lu Bu later recuperated from his injuries in Puyang, and he looked like a fool every day. Guan Yu did not get Chen Long's order, so he did not return Lu Bu's red rabbit horse, and temporarily took it as his mount.
How fast the red rabbit and horse are! Jiang Qi's army saw the crowd in front of Chen Long's army rising, and he couldn't see how many incoming troops he had. Unexpectedly, Jiang Qi suddenly rushed out of a cavalry group from the infantry on the opposite side and urgently ordered the front army to fire arrows. Just after the first round of arrows fired blindly by Jiang Qi's army, a fiery red war horse suddenly shot out of the dust in the sky and headed straight for General Jiang Qi's flag like lightning.
Jiang Qi was commanding the troops to fire arrows for the second time on the war horse. Suddenly he heard the guards beside him exclaim. He turned around and saw a red horse in a green shirt, with beautiful beards flying. In front of him was a lying silkworm with upturned eyebrows and red phoenix eyes wide open. All he could see was the bright steel. The knife flashed in front of his eyes. Jiang Qi didn't even raise the knife. He was caught off guard and was chopped off by Guan Yu. Poor Jiang Qi, who had experienced hundreds of battles and was highly skilled in martial arts, became the target of martial arts saint Guan Yun's sword.
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Mr. Luo wrote a story about beheading Yan Liang and punishing Wen Chou. Guan Yu slashed Yan Liang to death in a confrontation. Today, Guan Yu slashed Jiang Qi to death in the midst of thousands of troops. Yan Liang's martial arts is high enough to rank among the top ten generals of the Three Kingdoms. If it can be used normally, Yan Liang's martial arts may not be inferior to Guan Gong, at least he will not be killed in a single encounter.
In the Battle of White Horse, Cao Cao encountered Yan Liang, a famous general from Hebei under Yuan Shao. Yan Liang defeated Song Xian in Bu Sanhe, killed Wei Xu in one round, and defeated Xu Huang in twenty rounds. At this point, Cao's army was in shock.
The two generals Yan Liang killed were not unknown. Lu Bu's subordinates Song Xian and Wei Xu were both among the eight great generals, and their martial arts were as good as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, so Cao Cao sent them to fight. Yan Liang can kill Song Xian and Wei Xu in two or three rounds, which is definitely a first-class general.
Not to mention Xu Huang, he was a military commander at the same level as Yan Liang. Yan Liang defeated Xu Huang in twenty rounds, but Xu Huang drew with Xu Chu in fifty or sixty rounds, Xu Chu drew with Ma Chao in 230 rounds, and Ma Chao drew with Zhang Fei in another 200 rounds. Calculated in this way, Xu Huang's military strength is approximately equal to that of any one of Xu Chu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao. And Yan Liang defeated Xu Huang in twenty rounds, which shows that Yan Liang's martial arts is by no means inferior to Xu Chu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao.
From this we can see that it is incredible for Guan Yu to kill Yan Liang with one sword. From the perspective of pure combat power, it is impossible to do it.
It is described in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Guan Gong angrily mounted his horse, held the Qinglong Sword upside down, and ran down the mountain with his phoenix eyes wide open and silk eyebrows erect, straight through the formation. The Hebei army surged forward like waves, and Guan Gong rushed towards Yan Liang. Yan Liang was under his command when he saw Guan Gong rushing towards him. When he was about to ask, Guan Gong's red rabbit horse was so fast that he had already run in front of him. Yan Liang was caught off guard, and Yun Chang stabbed him under the horse with a knife.
Guan Yu killed Yan Liang with just one strike, but Yan Liang had no intention of fighting back or dodging, as if he was sitting under his command just waiting for Guan Yu to chop him. Seeing Guan Yu riding over, Yan Liang looked like he wanted to ask questions (when Fang wanted to ask), Guan Yu did not give him a chance to ask questions, and chopped the puzzled Yan Liang to death with a knife.
In ancient times, when two armies fought, whenever generals fought, they would first exchange names and then engage in a one-on-one duel. This kind of etiquette has been circulating. When Yan Liang faced Guan Yu, he thought that even if it was a one-on-one fight, they would have to exchange names, so Yan Liang was not very focused. Who would have thought that Guan Yu broke the routine this time, did not follow the procedure, and took action without saying a word. Yan Liang was still waiting for Guan Yu to answer. At this time, the Qinglong Sword had arrived, so "Yan Liang was caught off guard and was stabbed under the horse by Yun Chang."
In addition, Liu Bei was a guest of Yuan Jun at that time. Yan Liang might want to ask if Guan Yu was Liu Bei's second brother? But the red rabbit horse was too fast and did not give him a chance to speak, so "Yan Liang was under his command when he saw Guan Gong rushing towards him. When Fang wanted to ask, Guan Gong's red rabbit horse was too fast and had already run in front of him... He raised his sword and dropped it." , led to a tragedy, and also made Guan Yu the first martial artist.
Jiang Qi's death was not due to a problem with his combat effectiveness. Too many accidental factors were mixed together, and he was finally chopped off his horse by the martial saint Guan Yu.
Jiang Qi fell from his horse, and the surrounding guards screamed and panicked. There was no time to rescue him. Guan Yu slashed his sword and cut one general into two pieces. Yuan Jun had no time to fire another arrow. In the dust behind Guan Yu, the Black Mountain Army cavalry surged in like a tide and plunged into the Jizhou vanguard army like a wedge.
The Jizhou army lost its leader and was immediately divided into several groups when they were charged by the cavalry. They fought independently and fell into chaos. Guan Yu led the cavalry to kill two people, and ordered his men to shout everywhere: "Jiang Qi is dead! Surrender quickly!" Countless Jizhou troops surrendered. Guan Yu blew the clarion call for an all-out attack, Chen Long waved his flag, and the following infantry immediately rushed forward, pressing forward towards the chaotic Jizhou Army.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
