Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 737 Intention to Expose

Zhang Xiu took the lead and chased for seven or eight miles. From a distance, he saw hundreds of powerful swordsmen and axe-hands in the road, looking at them with eager eyes. In front of them, there were people in green robes and long beards, standing in front of the formation with swords drawn across the sword.

Zhang Xiu quickly stopped his horse, and he naturally recognized that this was Liu Bei's general Guan Yu. When Liu Bei entered Xinye, Zhang Xiu sent someone to congratulate him, and the messenger described Guan Yu's image when he came back.

Zhang Xiu was extremely afraid of the general who had beheaded Yan Liang and almost killed Cao Cao in the Battle of Xuzhou. Only a warrior like him knew how powerful the opponent's equestrian sword skills were, so he stopped a few dozen steps away and shouted to Guan Yu: " Does General Guan want to block the way?"

Guan Yu's face was gloomy, he clasped his fists and said: "I heard that the general is a powerful hero in the north. Guan thought he must have some ambitions, but he didn't expect that he turned to Cao Cao and was willing to be a dog. It's sad."

"With all his martial arts skills, the general is no different from other Liangzhou rebels. It's simply ridiculous."

His words were implicitly ironic, because being a hero was not a good word in the Han Dynasty. According to historical records, the first two people to be mentioned were Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

"Selected Works·Chen Lin": He is driven by the ambition of a jackal and secretly plots misfortunes, in order to destroy the pillars of the Han Dynasty, weaken the Han Dynasty, eliminate loyalty and uprightness, and act as a tyrant. Zhang Xian's note: Xiao means an evil bird; Xiong means strong. Words are as strong as an evil bird.

"Three Kingdoms·Wu Zhi·Zhou Yu Biography": Liu Bei is a heroic figure, while Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Xionghu generals must not have been used by others for a long time.

Needless to say, Cao Cao, Zhou Yu was always wary of Liu Bei all his life, calling him a tyrant, because wherever Liu Bei went, he would attract scholars and common people to join him in a short time, but as a guest general, he would overwhelm the host, so Zhou Yu said that Liu Bei was A man is like a dove occupying a magpie's nest, and cannot be left behind.

But now Guan Yu is openly talking about Zhang Xiu, but he is secretly mocking Zhang Xiu for taking refuge with Liu Biao when he was desperate, but now he has turned his back and taken refuge with Cao Cao. It is obvious that he is a white-eyed wolf.

At first, Zhang Ji was seriously short of food, so he led his troops to attack Rangcheng in Jingzhou. As a result, he was unlucky and his commander was killed. Jingzhou officials all congratulated Liu Biao, but Liu Biao refused to accept the congratulations.

"Three Kingdoms·Liu Biao Biography" records: Jingzhou officials all congratulated him, and Biao said: "He comes from poverty, but the master is rude. As for confrontation, this is not the intention of the pastor. The pastor is in mourning and will not be congratulated."

Liu Biao believed that Zhang Ji had to come to Jingzhou because of poverty. As a host, he was rude to his guests and caused a war. This was not Liu Biao's intention, so he only accepted condolences and not congratulations.

So Liu Biao sent people to surrender Zhang Xiu and gave Wancheng to Zhang Xiu to garrison troops, thus avoiding further expansion of the conflict. Although he was using Zhang Xiu to guard Nanyang, Liu Biao was extremely kind in that he did not add insult to injury. of.

But Zhang Xiu turned his back on Liu Biao, defected to Cao Cao, and counterattacked Xinye. Guan Yu's words were just to accuse Zhang Xiu of having no conscience and being an ungrateful person.

Zhang Xiu understood the meaning of Guan Yu's words and couldn't help but became angry, not only because Guan Yu satirized what he did, but also opened the scars of Liangzhou generals' multiple rebellions against their masters.

Originally, among the generals of the Xiliang Army, except for Duan Xuan who had parted ways early, and Fan Chou who was killed by Li Jue, since the Han Emperor fled, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji stood in a tripartite position. Zhang Xiu was Zhang Ji's subordinate and had been looking forward to succeeding him. Location.

After Zhang Ji's death, Zhang Xiu finally got his wish and came to power. He had seen the benefits of holding the emperor hostage, so he naturally did not want to live alone in Nanyang. At this time, Cao Cao secretly sent someone to recruit him, so Zhang Xiu came to Jia Xu's house. On the advice of Cao Cao, he defected to Cao Cao.

Now that Wancheng is in the hands of Cao Cao, it is suddenly connected to Sili Yuzhou, and the door of Jingzhou is wide open. Moreover, Cao Cao promised that if Zhang Xiu captured Jingzhou, he could replace Liu Biao.

So Zhang Xiu couldn't listen to Guan Yu's words at this time. He shouted: "Nonsense!"

"Liu Jingsheng has accomplished nothing, but he has different intentions. Meng Degong dominates the world and welcomes the emperor, and everyone in the world obeys him!"

"Meng Degong admired General Guan very much. When the embroidery came, Meng Degong specifically told him to leave a message to General Guan!"

"If the general disarms his horse and surrenders, Meng Degong will definitely be given a high position and treat him as a distinguished guest!"

After hearing this, Guan Yu became angry and shouted: "Shut up!"

"You have no faith and no righteousness, and you are worthy of deceiving me with your lies!"

As soon as he lifted the reins of the horse, the horse suddenly charged forward, and shouted at the same time: "I will kill you, the treacherous person, today!"

"Look at the knife!"

The Qinglong Yanyue Sword was dragged on the ground, catching a stream of sparks of light on the stones on the road, which was extremely dazzling and captivating.

Zhang Xiu was secretly frightened when he saw Guan Yu coming so fast. He didn't dare to be careless at the moment. He also rode his horse forward diagonally. He pulled the two-foot-long iron gun in his hand towards the ground and also pulled out a spark.

The two fire dragons approached quickly, and in just a few blinks, the two of them had already entered a circle within two feet!

Zhang Xiu made a preemptive strike, pressed his finger on the barrel of the gun, and flicked the tip of the gun up. The iron gun pointed at Guan Yu's face like a poisonous dragon. He saw the weight of Guan Yu's sword and planned to use a fierce and violent attack to suppress the enemy!

Guan Yu, however, had a sneer on his face and suddenly turned his body to the side to pass Zhang Xiu's iron gun. Zhang Xiu only said that the opponent was about to raise his sword, so he aimed the iron gun at Guan Yu's shoulder and stabbed it, making the opponent unable to raise his hand. If Guan Yu tried hard to raise his sword, , the flaw under the armpit will inevitably be exposed, and then Zhang Xiu will be able to firmly take the initiative!

However, Zhang Xiu discovered in the next moment that Guan Yu did not raise his sword at all. Instead, he lowered his shoulders and swept the long sword in his hand out!

Zhang Xiu looked at the direction of the opponent's sword and suddenly broke into a cold sweat, because the opponent's long knife was not aimed at him, but at the leg of the war horse under his crotch!

This move is extremely fierce. Although Guan Yu has armor on his shoulders, he can resist a shot and the chance of being injured is very high. However, if both sides are effective, Guan Yu will still have a big advantage compared to Zhang Xiu.

Because Zhang Xiu's leg was cut off compared to his shoulder injury. He fell off the horse at such a fast speed and was seriously injured even if he didn't die. When Guan Yu made another stab, how could Zhang Xiu still be alive?

Zhang Xiu thought of this, hurriedly flicked his wrist, drew a semicircle with his iron gun, and pierced the ground diagonally.

This iron spear happened to be blocking the path of Guan Yu's Green Dragon Sword. There was a loud noise and the two soldiers met. Although Zhang Xiu had established a fulcrum by relying on the tip of the spear on the ground, he was still not prepared enough to face Guan Yu's prepared sword. The iron spear He was knocked backwards and almost flew out of Zhang Xiu's hand.

Zhang Xiu held on to the gun barrel tightly, feeling that the tiger's mouth was wet, and he was afraid it might have cracked and bleed. He couldn't help but secretly gasp. He had long heard that Guan Yu's first few swords were extremely powerful, and it was difficult for ordinary generals to defend against them. When Zhang Xiu first heard about it, he was quite disdainful and thought it was an exaggeration.

Zhang Xiu's spear skills are also famous in the North. He has long been determined to compete with the world's famous generals. They are both people who use guns. His first target is Zhao Yun, who is already famous all over the world.

As for Guan Yu, Zhang Xiu thought that the spear was the king of soldiers. Even if Guan Yu was not as powerful as he thought, he could still use the advantage of the spear to restrain the opponent's long sword. However, after only a moment of fighting today, Zhang Xiu discovered that Guan Yu was not easy!

The opponent's sword attack was not a brute force attack, but on the contrary, it was an extremely clever attack. It hit the spot where he had to save his life, forcing him to use his gun to block it, instantly negating his slight advantage of striking first!

Zhang Xiu clenched his teeth. At this time, the two men swung their weapons away. Seeing that the two men were about to cross each other on horseback, Zhang Xiu roared and pulled the gun barrel hard, and the gun tip drew a round circle in the air.

The next moment, the spear looked out from behind Zhang Xiu, as if it had eyes, and stabbed directly into the waist of Guan Yu, who had already stretched out half of his body!

The armor protection behind him was not as good as the one in front. If this shot had been strong, Guan Yu would have been seriously injured. Zhang Xiu was exerting force quickly when he heard the shrill sound of wind blowing from above his head.

Zhang Xiu was very accomplished in weapons. He didn't even need to look at it to know that this was the sound of the opponent's weapon breaking through the air!

And he could guess that such a thing could happen because the opponent also used a move similar to his!

Drag the knife!

At this moment, Zhang Xiu's reaction was to jump off the horse quickly to save his life.

Because the carbine is drawn sideways by twisting the waist, while the dragging method is to lie flat on the horse's back and draw the knife with the back of the arm. Both the distance and power are higher than that of the carbine!

Zhang Xiu understood that if he didn't handle this move well, he would be dead immediately. Even the vault would be dead!

He had no time to raise his head to look at the knife. The life and death crisis stimulated all his potential. Zhang Xiu roared, withdrew the gun abruptly, blocked it in front of him, and lay down on the horse at the same time.

The Yanyue knife struck down like thunder, and the blade hit the center of Zhang Xiu's iron gun. There was a louder sound, and a half-inch-deep gap appeared on the stainless steel gun shaft.

The huge impact spread with the gun barrel as the center of the circle. Zhang Xiu felt that the bottom of his tongue was filled with the smell of blood, and his hands Zhihu lost consciousness.

The impact continued to spread, hitting Zhang Xiu's chest armor with the gun barrel, almost suffocating him. The force continued to be transmitted to the horse's back, and the horse under Zhang Xiu suddenly staggered and almost fell down.

The two horses passed each other, and Zhang Xiu felt that he was far away from Guan Yu, so he dared to sit up straight. He could hardly lift his arms. He felt that he had come back from the gate of hell, and he felt a deep sense of joy in his heart.

Moreover, Zhang Xiu understood that Guan Yu actually held back his hand. The dragging sword technique was originally blocked but had its back. If Guan Yu deflected the blade and twisted it, he would not be able to save his arm if he couldn't block it!

Only then did he deeply understand what happened to Guan Yu's first few blows. No wonder Yan Liang died under the opponent's sword. Among those who can kill famous generals and are famous in the world, which one is unworthy of fame?

However, what puzzles Zhang Xiu is how come Liu Bei suffered defeats at the hands of Cao Cao again and again despite having such a powerful general. Is it possible that all Cao Cao's generals are better than Guan Yu?

Only then did Zhang Xiu retract his contempt. He turned his horse's head, tried his best to calm down, and said to Guan Yu, who was slowly approaching, "Thank you, general, for keeping your hand."

Guan Yu nodded slightly, "You have a good eye for martial arts. You can actually see that I still have some tricks up my sleeve, but it's a pity that you don't have the same eye for people."

"Brother asked me to tell you something. Cao Cao is not a wise master. If you are under his command, you will not end well sooner or later."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu was still unhappy and said: "Everyone is his own master. General, there is no need to say more."

"What's more, Liu Yuzhou was defeated by Meng Degong several times. What he said is not credible in Xiu's opinion."

Guan Yu said coldly: "If you are stubborn, do you know that Cao Cao has colluded with your men and is preparing to kill you?"

Zhang Xiu was startled, and then sneered: "You are the most ridiculous person in the world, do you think you can deceive me with such clumsy alienating words?"

Guan Yu shouted: "Guan has acted openly and aboveboard throughout his life and will never behave like a villain!"

"And I can spare your life, and I can also take it back. What do you have that is worth cheating on you?"

Zhang Xiu's face was red, but he had to admit that the chance of his defeat and death just now was not low!

Seeing his hesitation, Guan Yu knew that his words had an effect, and shouted again: "You don't have to wait any longer. Cao Jun will definitely be defeated by his third brother on the way. There is no point in staying here!"

"What's going on in Wancheng? You can tell it yourself when you go back and see it with your own eyes!"

Wancheng, Jia Xu's residence.

Jia Xu looked at Zhuge Liang who came in, smiled and said, "Finally figured it out?"

Zhuge Liang said seriously: "No, today Liang is here to advise the Lord."

(End of this chapter)