Han Dao world

Chapter 436

Hedong, Zhiguan.

A fast horse galloped forward, and the knight on the horse raised the red pennant in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Tianzizhao, hurry up six hundred miles—"

When Guancheng heard it, he didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately shook the wheel, lowered the suspension bridge, and opened the city gate.

As soon as the suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate was opened, the knight rode his horse out of the hanging city, rushed into the city gate, and moved forward along the stone-paved avenue.

Xu Huang quickly rushed out from the inside, and Guan Yu rushed out after him, his face flushed and excited.

"Tianzi Zhao, hurry up six hundred miles." The knight reined in his mount and hissed.

Xu Huang bowed and clasped his hands, and said loudly: "Gaoliang Tinghou, Captain Wumeng, Captain of Lingguan, Chen Huang accepts the imperial edict."

The knight did not dismount, but checked Xu Huang's seal on the horse's back. After handing over the edict to Xu Huang, he turned the horse's head, shouted "six hundred miles to hurry", and passed through the city.

Xu Huang and Guan Yu glanced at each other before striding back to the hall.He was not in a hurry to open the edict, but said to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, you don't know the content of the edict yet. If you want to leave, you can leave now. When the edict is opened, if it doesn't meet your expectations, you can't act on your own." , otherwise it is resisting the imperial edict."

In order to send troops to support Liu Bei, they had just had a fierce quarrel.

Guan Yu was slightly startled, and then said: "Then I will leave the city first and wait for you for an hour. If you don't come, I will go by myself."

Xu Huang pondered for a moment. "it is good."

Guan Yu then turned around and left, took his personal guard Zhou Cang and the long knife he had just made not long ago, got on a bay red horse, and hurried out of the city.He walked eastward for more than ten miles, stopped in the valley where he usually trained soldiers, climbed up the hillside, and looked forward to it.

He knew very well that without Xu Huang's support, even if he could get to Xuzhou safely, nothing would be solved.

Fortunately, not long after, he received a message from Xu Huang.The imperial edict ordered him to send troops to join forces with Dong Zhao, the prefect of Hanoi, and took the opportunity to attack Yecheng, attracting Yuan Shao's troops to support Liu Bei.

Guan Yu was relieved and laughed out loud.

After a while, Xu Huang arrived with more than two thousand people on foot and cavalry.He had sent someone to notify the nearby Tuntian soldiers to take over the defense of Guanzhong, so only one infantry was left to defend the city, and all the others were brought out.

Guan Yu was overjoyed and asked himself to be a pioneer.

Xu Huang agreed, and allocated five hundred cavalry to Guan Yu, each with two horses, and let Guan Yu go first.In order to make things easier, he wrote a handwritten letter to Dong Zhao, the prefect of Hanoi, explaining the situation, and asked him to provide money and food for Guan Yu to make things easier.

Before parting, Xu Huang solemnly said to Guan Yu, the [-] of you are rangers, and you only need to be able to contain Yuan Jun, and you must not be reckless and lose your spirit.The emperor loves his soldiers, and every soldier cannot be sacrificed easily.

Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed. "Gongming, this is also my wish."

Xu Huang smiled wryly.He has been with Guan Yu for so long, how can he not know Guan Yu's nature.Guan Yu is a soldier who loves nurses, but he fights too bravely, which may cause unnecessary casualties, which is not in line with the purpose of the emperor's use of troops.

"Make an agreement, if the battle damage is less than five to one, I will report to the emperor for you. If it is more than five to one, nothing will be mentioned."

Guan Yu proudly pointed to the five hundred knights. "Five to one? With such an elite knight, the battle loss is more than ten to one. I am ashamed to see you."

"I hope so." Xu Huang said with a smile: "If you can really lose ten to one in battle, I recommend you as a loose rider."

"It's a deal." After Guan Yu finished speaking, he clasped hands with Xu Huang and galloped away with five hundred riders.

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Relying on the sufficient supply of war horses, Guan Yu hurried all the way, and it took only two days to arrive at Xiuwu in Hanoi.

Yuan Shao sent troops to the Central Plains. Dong Zhao was worried that he would go west, so he specially gathered soldiers from the county and rushed to Xiuwu to garrison.

Xiuwu is still far away from the county boundary, even the best defensive positions in Huojia and Jixian are tens of miles away.Dong Zhao's stay in Xiuwu was also to avoid provoking Yuan Shao and causing trouble.

Cui Jun, who was ordered by Yuan Shao to stay in Yecheng, also knew that Dong Zhao was not easy to provoke. After hearing about Dong Zhao's arrangement, he also stationed the main force in the Chaoge area to show that he had no intention of advancing Hanoi.

Chaoge also belonged to Hanoi, but both sides knew that according to the original county boundaries, Hanoi would pose too great a threat to Yecheng, and Yuan Shao would absolutely not agree.

The two sides are actually bounded by Qingshui.

Before Guan Yu arrived, Dong Zhao had already received the edict and knew the emperor's intentions.It is okay to harass Jizhou, but the time is not yet ripe for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao.

Seeing Guan Yu coming with five hundred light cavalry day and night, he was very satisfied, and he had a little more affection for Xu Huang, Jiguan Wei, who had heard of his name for a long time and had never met.

In this situation, it is the most suitable tactic to harass with fierce generals and light cavalry.

At the same time, he also marveled at the abundance of war horses in the court.Xu Huang, a small Guan Duwei, with less than [-] troops, can actually own more than [-] war horses, which is beyond the imagination of the Central Plains.

From this point of view, the emperor left Shandong alone, and made a stable and cool decision first.

Dong Zhao provided Guan Yu with sufficient food and grass, and recommended a person as a guide.

Sima Yi from Wen County.

Sima Yi is eighteen years old this year, and he is versatile in both civil and military affairs.A few years ago when Dong Zhuo was in trouble, he took refuge in Liyang with his family. He was familiar with the terrain and was more than enough to be a guide.

Guan Yu didn't like scholars at first, but seeing that Sima Yi was tall, handsome, and athletic, he didn't look much like a scholar, so he reluctantly agreed.

The next day, Guan Yu crossed Qingshui.

On the third day, Guan Yu met Yuan Jun who had received the news and came to stop him at the foot of Luchang Mountain.

Probably because of receiving the news that all those who crossed Qingshui were cavalry, and they were extremely fast, so Cui Jun also sent cavalry, twice as many as Guan Yu, more than a thousand cavalry, commanding these cavalry was Hebei famous general Wen Chou .

Facing the superior force, Sima Yi suggested that Guan Yu seize the favorable terrain, take the time to rest and recover his strength.

Guan Yu didn't take it seriously at all, ordered the knights to change horses, and then charged.

Watching Guan Yu gallop away, Sima Yi was speechless and could only keep up.

Wen Chou came with his troops. He was worried that Guan Yu would attack from a high position, so he deliberately slowed down to avoid being ambushed.Seeing Guan Yu rushing over so directly, he couldn't help laughing.

I had long heard that Guan Yu was rebellious and thought himself invincible, but I didn't expect to meet him today.

Marching six or seven hundred miles in a hurry, and encountering an opponent twice as big as oneself, it is simply foolish not to seize the favorable terrain and condescend, but to fight hard.

Wen Chou ordered to fight.

When the two armies met, Guan Yu and Wen Chou, as cavalry generals, rushed to the front and were the first to make contact.

Wen Chou jumped on his horse and held out his spear, and took Guan Yu straight.

Guan Yu swung the hundred-refined long knife made of heavy gold, knocked Wen Chou's spear horizontally, and the blade stuck to the spear shaft and rushed into the middle door.

People take advantage of the power of the horse, the sword and the horse unite, and the sword dominates the head.

(End of this chapter)