Cao Thief

Chapter 737 Death ([-])
"Shut up!"

Guan Yu suddenly reined in his horse and stopped.

Several relatives hurried forward and asked nervously: "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

"For some reason, my eyelids keep twitching today, and I'm always a little restless...By the way, is there any news from E County?"

"No news yet.

However, it is said that Cai Mao has led the navy to approach E County.Presumably it will arrive in one or two days, and I don't know whether General Yuan Jian can block Cao's attack. "

"Well!"

Guan Yu nodded, Nian Meiran fell into deep thought.

Liao Hua will have difficulty stopping Cao Jun, Guan Yu knows this well.

At the beginning, he was guarding Sha Xian with five thousand soldiers in his hands, but he was still defeated by Xu Huang.Now, which of Xu Huang, Zhang He, Xu Chu, and Yu Jin is the kindest generation?Liao Hua had no more than two thousand soldiers and horses, but E County was not in danger to defend, so how could he resist Cao Jun's footsteps.

Liao Hua stayed in E County, to put it bluntly, to buy time for Guan Yu.

Guan Yu arrived at Xiajun one day earlier, and could deploy his defenses calmly by virtue of Xiajun's terrain.Speaking of which, Liao Hua is also considered loyal, and I am afraid that when he decided to stay, he already had the heart of death.It's a pity that there is a good man, if he had known that this man was loyal, he could have stayed by his brother's side to serve.Now that he is sticking to E County, his fate can be foreseen, and there is absolutely no reason for him to be spared...

Could it be that this restlessness is all about E County?
Thinking of this, Guan Yu became much calmer.He waved his hand on the horse, then rode his horse up to a low mound, watched the team marching under the mound, nodded, and then told his followers: "Give me an order, the three armies speed up, and be sure to stop before the sky." Arrive at Xiajun before dark."

"Here!"

Tanzhi should have arrived at Xiajun by this time.

It is estimated that the arrangement has been properly made. After arriving in Xiajun, let the children have a good rest, and then send someone to Linxiang to inform the elder brother.

Guan Yu is arrogant and lofty, but he treats his subordinates very well.

Unlike Zhang Fei who whipped the soldiers at every turn, he loves the trilogy very much, so he is also supported by his subordinates.It's really weird to say that Liu, Guan and Zhang have different backgrounds, but they are congenial.Liu Bei is known as the emperor, and he studied under Lu Zhi, so he could have a bright future.However, due to various reasons, he was finally kicked out of the school and reduced to a pawn vendor who weaves mats and sells shoes.However, in calculations, Liu Bei should belong to the category of scholars.

As for Guan Yu, he was born as a commoner and has no good family background.

Speaking of which, among the three, he had the worst background, even Zhang Fei couldn't compare.People say that Zhang Fei is a pig butcher, but in fact, Zhang Fei is a local tyrant in Zhuo County.Even if they are not considered wealthy, they can still be called tyrannical, and they are still very different from butchers.

At least in terms of family property, Zhang Fei is a hundred times stronger than Liu Bei and Guan Yu.

A down-and-out emperor, a murderer who roams the rivers and lakes, and a rich local tyrant.The identities of the three people are very different, but they are strangely connected together, and they have become a model praised by later generations.

Following Guan Yu's order, the speed of the team's march suddenly accelerated.

After observing for a while, Guan Yu immediately led his followers and rushed down the mound, following the group of people, marching in the direction of Xiajun.

When it was getting late, the team arrived outside Xiajun City.

However, Guan Yu did not see the camp set up by Guan Ping, but instead saw two piles of corpses on both sides of Xiajun's closed city gate.On the top of the city, a corpse was hanging, shaking in the air with the wind.Due to the dim light, Guan Yu could not see the face of the corpse very clearly.However, Guan Yu, who had been in battle for a long time, immediately sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to line up, and he rushed forward immediately.

The setting sun was setting, and the corpse on the top of the city was spinning in the air.

Guan Yu suddenly opened his eyes wide, his face turned pale, and he blurted out, "Frank!"

He finally recognized that the corpse was indeed Guan Ping.

At the same time, Xiajun City was brightly lit.Squads of Cao Jun appeared on the Xiajun city wall, and aimed at Guan Yu at the bottom of the city.

"Second General, stay safe."

Behind a female wall, an extremely familiar but somewhat unfamiliar face appeared.

When Guan Yu saw this person, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth, "Cao Peng!"

Xia Jun fell?
How did Cao Jun appear here, but no one knew?

And what made Guan Yu more uncomfortable was the corpse of Guan Ping hanging on the top of the wall.

Guan Yu roared angrily, "Cao Peng, come out and die."

Hearing this, Cao Peng laughed loudly, "The second general must have had a hard time coming from afar. If I go out to fight at this time, I won't be able to win by force.

It's better to ask the second general to rest for one night and fight again in the future.

By the way, the son arrived today, I wanted to invite him to the city to rest.It's just that your son is so stubborn that I accidentally ruined his life.Now that the second general has come, he will return the son's body to Zhao intact, and I hope the second general will not be too sad. "

"Dog thief, how dare you bully me like this!"

Cao Peng's words made Guan Yu, who was still somewhat calm, couldn't hold back his anger anymore.

At the same time, Cao Peng drew his knife and chopped the rope tied to the parapet.Guan Ping's body fell straight from the sky, and hit the ground with a bang, billowing up a cloud of dust and smoke.

Guan Yu couldn't rest in anger, and he rushed down the city with his horse.

But at this time, Cao Peng's eyes flashed, he raised his hand and made a slashing movement, and shouted sharply: "Shoot the arrow!"

In an instant, three rows of archers on the top of the city stepped forward in turn and shot towards the bottom of the city.Guan Yu's generals hurriedly shouted for danger, and rushed forward with people, trying to protect Guan Yu.Facing the rain of arrows, Guan Yu stood firm and fearless.I saw him walking with a sword, Lu Maxi Yuyu under his crotch hissed.Two big knives flew up and down in his hands, the light of the knives was shining, and the cloud of knives was rolling.No matter how dense the arrow rain was, Guan Yu couldn't help it.Under the personal protection, Guan Yu rushed to the base of the city and snatched Guan Ping's body back into the formation.

However, for this corpse, nearly a hundred corpses were left under the city.

Cao Peng watched intently from the top of the city, and couldn't help sighing softly.

"Why did the governor sigh?"

Wen Wu stepped forward and asked softly.

This Wenwu is Wenpin's adopted son.

After Wenpin surrendered in Jingzhou, he asked his adopted son to work under Cao Peng's account.For Wenpin, this is also a good opportunity to get closer to Cao Peng.And there was really no one in Cao Peng's hands, so Wen Wu was asked to follow him.Before that, Kou Feng had been in charge of the Flying Camel Soldiers.But now, Kou Feng is dead, and Wen Wu will replace him and become Cao Peng's personal follower, commanding the flying camel.

Cao Peng said: "It's a pity!"

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that Guan Yu failed to be injured after taking such a lot of trouble.

This person really deserves to be an admiral, if he is not hostile, I really hope to have a drink with him.Although the death of the tiger back then was suspected of speculation, it cannot be denied that this person was indeed powerful. "

Wen Wu nodded and looked at Guan Yu in the distance.

He knew Guan Yu, and even admired Guan Yu.

Back then, Liu Bei took a large family to flee to Jingzhou, and Wenpin also highly respected Liu Bei.

However, this position is different, and it is doomed that Wenpin cannot follow Liu Bei.Although Wenwu admired Guan Yu, after all, Liu Bei and the Jingxiang family were in an opposing relationship at that time, so they didn't pay too many visits.

"Although the second general is brave, he cannot escape death after all."

Cao Peng smiled slightly after hearing this, but no longer entangled in this matter.

"Pass me an order to get the sons and daughters ready to resist the enemy's attack."

"Here!"

Wen Wu immediately turned around and went down to make arrangements.

Under Xiajun City, Guan Yu's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Xiajun.

Guan Ping's corpse was placed in front of him, with a few arrows still stuck in his body... Guan Yu was deeply saddened beyond words.He had only two sons, and Guan Xing, the second son, died in Nanjiuju, which made Guan Yu very sad.He pinned all his hopes on Guan Ping, so no matter what he did, he always took Guan Ping with him.Originally thought that Xia Jun was safe and sound, so Guan Ping was appointed as the vanguard to lead the army.How could Guan Yu not be sad that this eldest son who had suffered so much since childhood died under Juncheng?
Both sons died at the hands of Cao Peng.

Although Guan Xing was not killed by Cao Peng, he was killed by Cao Peng's generals, and he was also closely related.

When the so-called enemies meet, they are particularly jealous.

Guan Yu suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, "Cao Peng, if I don't kill you, I swear I won't be a human being!"

As he spoke, he straddled his horse and said sharply: "Order the three armies to attack the city, attack the city... If you can't break through Xiajun, I will swear not to withdraw."

While speaking, the drums rumbled.

Although Jiang Xiabing was tired, he also knew that they were facing life and death at this moment.

Not only Guan Ping's death angered Guan Yu.Similarly, Jiang Xia's soldiers also knew that now that Cao's army occupied Xiajun, it was tantamount to blocking their way back to Changsha.If Xiajun cannot be conquered, they will face the danger of annihilation when Cao Jun pursues them.

Therefore, after Guan Yu gave an order, the exhausted Jiang Xia soldiers immediately launched a fierce attack.

A dense army of soldiers, braving the rain of arrows, charged down Jun.Fortunately, during this retreat, Guan Yu took away almost all the supplies and ordnance in the arsenal in E County in order not to leave any benefit to Cao Cao.Among these ordnance, there are no items such as pan ladders and rush cars.However, due to the size of E County's arsenal, there is no siege tool like Jinglan, otherwise it will inevitably pose a huge threat to Xiajun.

Even so, when a catapult was set up to attack Xiajun City, the momentum was still astonishing.

Cao Peng stood on the top of the wall and shouted loudly: "Archers, hold on, hold on!"

The terrain of Xiajun also made it impossible for Guan Yu to spread out his men and horses and launch an attack.However, the three armies were desperate, and under the charge of Jiang Xia's soldiers who did not fear death, Xiajuncheng Pass still faced a huge impact.Rows of arrows flew out, and huge boulders roared and flew down the top of the city.Jiang Xiabing's ladder kept approaching the city wall, and Cao Peng's face showed a bit of solemnity...

"Rock catapult, get ready."

Cao Peng made a gesture, and Wen Wu immediately sent an order to go down.

"emission!"

Creaking, a series of machine sounds came from below the city.More than ten catapults were activated at the same time, and more than ten stones wrapped with hay and other fire starters crossed the top of the city and fell to the outside of the city.The dry grass on the rock was ignited and turned into huge fireballs one after another.

The two rocks collided in the air, making a loud roar, and sparks flew everywhere...

Cao Peng was on the top of the wall, frowning.

But at the bottom of the city, Guan Yu glared at the head of Juncheng, wishing he could fly up to the city and chop Cao Peng into pieces.

"Junhou, if the fight continues like this, the sons and daughters will suffer too much casualties."

Guan Yu turned his head, glared at the subordinates around him, and subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife.

Na Yajiang plucked up his courage and said, "My sons and daughters have already traveled for a day, and the water and rice have not yet entered.

Now rushing to the battle will only increase casualties in vain.Besides, the eldest son also needs to be arranged properly, it is impossible to put them in front of the battle like this. "

"Then what do you say?"

Yajiang also knew that it was very dangerous to persuade Guan Yu at this time.

However, he had to stop Guan Yu... because Jiang Xia's attack was chaotic.It seemed that each of them was brave enough to die, but in fact, the threat they posed to Xia Jun was not too great.Xiajun, as the transportation hub between Changsha and Jiangxia, has extremely rich resources.If we blindly attack by force, Jiang Xia's soldiers will lose their morale within a few rounds, and even collapse without fighting.

The most urgent task is to stabilize the morale of the army.

Ya Yu boldly suggested, "As a last resort, the attack should be suspended.

Stabilize your position first, and then make calculations.The final general felt that Cao Jun's sneak attack must have caused Xiajun's fall without anyone knowing.Otherwise, how could the lord and Jiangdong fail to notice the large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses?Therefore, the number of Cao Jun in Jun City will not be too many... It is estimated that there are only two to 3000 people.There are still thousands of soldiers and horses in the hands of the Junhou. As long as they are arranged properly, they are enough to break through Xia Jun.

At that time, Cao Peng was captured alive to avenge the eldest son.

Second General, we still have plenty of time.General Liao Hua is guarding E County, and Cao Cao's navy will not be able to arrive in a short time.

In this way, we can have at least three to five days, can't we still attack this little Xiajun?
Besides, how could the lord not notice when Xiajun and Fenghuo were together.It seems that Cao Jun blocked our way back, but in fact, it was an adventure for them.I heard people say that Cao Peng is also a well-educated person!In the past, every time a war ended, he would order someone to place the corpse.But this time, he recklessly angered Jun Hou, isn't it just to make Jun Hou mess up? "

After hearing this, Guan Yu gradually calmed down.

He looked at the Yajiang carefully, but saw that Yajiang was not very old, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with white teeth and red lips, and a dignified appearance.

"What's your name."

"The last general, Ma Di, is the chief bookkeeper in the army."

Ma Di!

Guan Yu immediately thought of his origin.

Ma's five constants, white eyebrows are the best.But among the five constants, Xiaochang is the most intelligent...

This Ma Di is the young one among the five permanent members of the Ma family, and Zhuge Liang values ​​him very much.Since the five brothers of the Ma family belonged to Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang asked Ma Su to serve under Guan Yu's tent.However, Guan Yu was busy with military affairs on weekdays, so he didn't pay much attention to Ma Di.If he hadn't taken the initiative to stand up today, Guan Yu might have forgotten that there is such a person by his side.

I have to say that Ma Di's reminder was very timely.

Guan Yu calmed down after pondering for a moment.

"In that case, let's withdraw our troops for now."

Ma Di agreed, and quickly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Jiang Xia's soldiers retreated like a tide.But Cao Peng, who was on Xiajun City's head, could not help but frown tightly, revealing a dignified expression.

The son died, and was humiliated so nakedly by Cao Peng.

According to Guan Yu's arrogant temperament, he should launch an attack recklessly.However, Guan Yu endured it, which surprised Cao Peng.

Just because of this call for gold, Cao Peng couldn't help but think highly of Guan Yu.

"Great governor, Jiang Xia's soldiers have retreated."

There were bursts of cheers from the top of the city, but Cao Peng couldn't feel the slightest joy.

"Beside Guan Yu, it seems that there are still capable people."

"Uh?"

"Under such circumstances, he can still hold back and call for gold to withdraw his troops... This is definitely not Guan Yunchang's temperament. If there is no capable person to point out, I am afraid that I will exhaust his morale tonight. But as soon as he withdraws his troops now, With a chance to breathe, the attack on the city will be even more ferocious in the future.

Civil and military, is the military division ready? "

Wen Wu quickly replied: "The military division still needs to arrange... He sent someone over earlier, saying that there is at least one day left."

one day?
Presumably there will be no big problem!

Cao Peng muttered a few words in his heart, then nodded and said nothing.

The setting sun has already set.

It's also completely dark...

Standing on the top of the city, you can see Jiang Xia's soldiers in the distance are busy setting up camp.On the field below the city, there were dots of flames, giving off a strange atmosphere.

From time to time, the wailing and moaning of wounded soldiers sounded.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, which was very uncomfortable.

Cao Peng stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes were deep, and he stared into the distance: "Guan Yunchang is not waiting for nothing. Tomorrow's attack on the city will inevitably lead to a fierce battle..."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.

"Pass down the order, let the sons and daughters have a good meal, so that they can rest.

Tonight, we need to strengthen our vigilance to prevent sneak attacks by thieves...Wen Wu, you go to Dongguan Bridge in a while, ask the military adviser to come over, just say that I have something to discuss with him. "

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In the Jiangxia army barracks, there was a trace of grief.

Guan Yu sat on his knees in the big tent, looking at the simple coffin placed in the center of the big tent.Guan Ping was lying in the coffin, with a bit of resignation still on his face.The robe on his body has also been changed, and he has changed into his favorite parrot green shirt.This parrot green jersey is like a symbol of Guan Yu.Guan Ping has always wanted to wear such a jersey, but felt that he was not skilled enough in martial arts and was not worthy of wearing it.

Now, he has finally put on Guan Yu's battle robe, but he is separated from his father by Yin and Yang.

Looking at Guan Ping in the coffin, tears glistened in Guan Yu's red and phoenix eyes...

He stood up, straightened Guan Ping's clothes again, looked at Aiko affectionately, gritted his teeth, and ordered the coffin to be closed.

"Please come here often."

"Here!"

After a while, Ma Su rushed into the tent in a hurry.

As soon as he came in, he hurriedly cupped his hands to salute Guan Yu, and comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't be too sad.

Thousands of sons in the camp are now looking at Junhou. If Junhou can't cheer up, the morale of the sons will be even lower. "

Guan Yu forced himself to smile upon hearing this.

He took a deep breath and said: "Young Changxiu has to worry about me, how can a certain soldier not see the truth in his life?

I called you here for no other reason.Now Cao Jun is pressing hard, and Cao Peng is defending Xiajun, which makes me face the enemy... Tomorrow, I want to attack Xiajun by force.It's just that you also know that the little thief Cao Peng is very cunning and not an idle person.I don't know if Xiaochang has a clever plan to help me break the city? "

When Ma Di heard this, he immediately laughed.

"Junhou, Su just checked the terrain, and indeed he came up with a clever plan to make Junhou capture Jun again."

Guan Yu suddenly became interested, "You Chang, tell me quickly, what is the clever plan?"

(End of this chapter)