The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 588 587 The Burning Yangtze River (27)

Guan Yu took the remnants of the army and stopped and stopped along the way, and did not return to Linxiang City until late at night.

At this moment, Linxiang City was as peaceful as ever. Guan Yu brought the remnant army to Linxiang City and immediately broke the peace.

Guan Yu and the others were exhausted after a long journey, and even the war horse under Guan Yu's seat was already exhausted, panting heavily and snorting.

"Quickly put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate, I'm back!" Guan Yu came to the bank of the moat and shouted weakly to the soldiers guarding the city tower.

The soldiers vaguely heard Guan Yu's words, held up the torches, stretched their necks, and looked out vigorously. Reflecting the faint flames, they saw Guan Yu's haggard and tired face, and even recognized Guan Yu, Shouted to the others: "General Guan is back, quickly put down the suspension bridge and open the city gate..."

Not long after, the suspension bridge of Linxiang City was slowly lowered, and the city gate was opened. A group of soldiers left the city in neat rows, standing in line on both sides of the road, waiting for Guan Yu and others to enter the city.

One of the army guards guarding the city gate came towards Guan Yu. After seeing Guan Yu, he respectfully bowed to Guan Yu.

Seeing this, Guan Yu asked, "Where is Mr. Jian?"

"The last general has sent someone to inform Mr. Jian, please enter the city."

Guan Yu was very familiar with the army Sima guarding the city gate, and the soldiers standing here were all his subordinates, so he was not at all prepared, so he led the army and walked towards Linxiang City.

Everyone was already exhausted, and they had traveled long distances for their lives. When they came to the gate of the city, they felt that there was no danger anymore. They were all exhausted and out of breath, and rushed towards the gate with their exhausted bodies.

Guan Yu walked in the front. At this time, he was already exhausted physically and mentally. The horse under his seat seemed to be unable to support his body. He jumped off the horse, so as not to fall to the ground in embarrassment.

At this moment, Guan Yu glanced back at the defeated general behind him, and sighed heavily. He never expected that he would end up in such a miserable situation. Not to mention avenging his elder brother, he almost lost his own life.

Although Guan Yu has always claimed to be the enemy of ten thousand people, and he also has superior force, but this action made him completely realize his lack of resourcefulness, and he is no different from an ordinary man.Before the expedition, he was full of confidence and said that he would cut off Zhang Yan's dog's head.But now, instead of being able to cut off Zhang Yan's dog's head, his own head almost fell to the ground.

Thinking of this, Guan Yu felt that relying on his own strength, he might have been hacked to death by Zhang Yan's subordinates before he saw Zhang Yan.

All of a sudden, Guan Yu was devastated, his head drooped, he held Qinglong Yanyue Saber in his right hand, and led his horse with his left hand, and walked slowly into the city.

After walking about [-] to [-] steps, Guan Yu suddenly heard a miserable cry from behind. He hurriedly looked back, but saw several corpses lying around the gate of the city. Turned into murderers, all of them were holding bloody knives, standing fiercely at the gate of the city, and behind them, there were shouts of killing one after another, and countless enemy troops rushed out from all directions, each holding a torch , illuminating the entire night sky.

At this moment, the gate of the city was tightly closed, and those vicious people with sharp knives were all staring at Guan Yu. Besides, countless people appeared on the city tower, holding bows and arrows, and drawing the bowstring , took the arrow and aimed at Guan Yu and others who were still in the urn.

This scene happened so suddenly that Guan Yu and others did not react. They only heard the screams of killing outside the city, and the miserable cries were endless. Those Shanyue soldiers who came back with Guan Yu were already exhausted. The enemy army, coupled with the sudden attack, was not an opponent at all. Every scream from outside the city proved that a person was dead.

"Hahaha..." A hearty laugh came from the top of the city tower. The crowd opened, and a man wearing a royal robe and a crown appeared in front of Guan Yu. This man was none other than Yan Wang Zhang Yan.

"Guan Yunchang, this king has been waiting here for a long time!" Zhang Yan walked to the edge of the city wall, put his hands on the battlements, looked at Guan Yu and his hundreds of subordinates who were trapped in the urn, and said loudly.

Guan Yu looked over intently, the face seemed both familiar and unfamiliar.Although he had already guessed that this person was Zhang Yan, but he and Zhang Yan had only met a few times, and it was a few years ago. Now Zhang Yan is not angry and prestige, coupled with the luxurious clothes on his body, he has a different personality. Such majesty.

"So it was you!" Guan Yu gritted his teeth and said, "I never thought that I would be reduced to such a situation if I locked someone up and failed to avenge my vengeance."

After hearing this, Zhang Yan said, "Guan Yunchang, as long as you surrender, I don't have to kill you!"

Guan Yu laughed out loud, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, pointed at Zhang Yan who was standing on the city wall, and said sharply: "You are the real murderer behind the murder of my eldest brother, how could I surrender to an enemy of mine? Now I am It's really not reconciled to die first without revenge!"

"Your elder brother's death is his own fault. He can't blame others. He sent someone to assassinate Liu Biao first. Even if I didn't order him to be killed, Liu Qi would have smashed his body into pieces. Liu Biao took him in with good intentions, but he did this. What is the difference between being kind and revengeful and a shameless person? Guan Yunchang, I take into account your extraordinary courage and unworthy courage, and I want to leave you a way to survive. If you want, you can surrender. I will never Will kill you. Otherwise, you should know better than me what will happen!" Zhang Yan said.

Guan Yu laughed and said, "Stop talking sweet words, I will never surrender to you if I am Guan Xing, so you should give up your heart."

Zhang Yan sighed softly, shook his head again, and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that you have such martial arts skills, and it's a pity that you followed the wrong person. If there is an afterlife, I hope you don't follow me again in the next life." Liu Bei is together, otherwise you will still end up like this."

As soon as the words fell, Xu Huang, who had been standing beside Zhang Yan, hurriedly said: "Your Highness, everyone says that Guan Yu is invincible, but I just don't believe it. Please allow me to fight Guan Yu alone and cut him down personally." Dedicate your head to Your Highness!"

Huang Zhong on the side hurriedly said: "Your Highness, how can you use a sledgehammer to kill a chicken? General Xu is a general of our army. Guan Yu is already exhausted, and his body is probably exhausted. There is no need for General Xu to go out. The last general is willing to go. Take Guan Yu's head and present it to Your Highness!"

Xu Huang hurriedly said, "What do you mean by that? Are you trying to take credit for me?"

Huang Zhong laughed and said: "General Xu misunderstood, the last general definitely didn't mean that, but felt that if General Xu went, it would be a little overkill."

As soon as the words fell, Xu Huang clasped his fists and said to Zhang Yan: "Your Highness, General Huang is old, and Guan Yu is invincible. Although some people are exhausted, after all, Guan Yu is young and strong, and his physical strength is far better than General Huang's." , if General Huang is allowed to go like this, he will be worried that His Royal Highness will lose one of his favorite generals... It is better to let me directly bring Guan Yu's head and present it to His Highness."

Zhang Yan listened to Xu Huang and Huang Zhong who were at his side talking fiercely, and said: "There is no need to bother, just shoot Guan Yu to death with random arrows."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan raised his hand, and with an order, thousands of arrows were fired, and the densely packed arrows shot towards Guan Yu and others in the urn like a violent storm.

A cluster of arrows fell, and all the subordinates who followed Guan Yu into the city were hit by arrows and fell to the ground one after another. Some were directly shot to death by one arrow, and some were still lying on the ground and let out a miserable cry.

However, Guan Yu stood on the ground like a flock of chickens, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand, densely packed arrows were pierced on his chest and back, his armor had already been stained with blood, but he still stood like that , but he was unwilling to fall down, until the soldiers who approached Guan Yu cautiously walked over, only then did they know that Guan Yu had been dead for a long time.

Guan Yu's death was very ordinary, without any tragic atmosphere, let alone a sense of heroism. He was just shot to death by random arrows in an ordinary way.

When the soldiers who rushed up saw Guan Yu's death, a man holding a steel knife immediately swung the knife in his hand. When the knife fell, one of Guan Yu's heads was chopped off and rolled to the ground.

However, at this moment, the scene suddenly got out of control, and everyone rushed forward and started to grab Guan Yu's head.After all, Zhang Yan said earlier that Guan Yu's head is worth a thousand gold.

Zhang Yan on the city tower saw such a scene, and pointed to the soldiers fighting for Guan Yu's head, and said to Xu Huang and Huang Zhong, "Did you see it? This is the consequence of the scramble!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yan waved his hand and asked the people who had already prepared to go and pull away the soldiers who had robbed Guan Yu of his head, and issued a strict order that anyone who dared to rob Guan Yu's head would be killed.

Soon, Zhang Yan's words stopped the chaos, and a Jinyi guard came to Zhang Yan with Guan Yu's head in his hand, asking Zhang Yan to verify his identity.

Zhang Yan glanced at Guan Yu's head, waved his hand, and asked Jin Yiwei to take it down, and then ordered: "Hang it on the tower for three days as a warning!"

"Here!"

Xu Huang and Huang Zhong are both martial arts practitioners. If they fail to compete with the current masters, they will inevitably feel a little bit disappointed psychologically. There is also a trace of resentment in the eyes they look at each other.

Zhang Yan has an insight into the details, and this matter cannot be hidden from his eyes.He casually took out two feathered arrows from the quiver on the soldier's back, and held one arrow in each hand, and handed them to Xu Huang and Huang Zhong respectively.
Both Xu Huang and Huang Zhong were suspicious for a while, looked at Zhang Yan respectively, and asked in unison: "Your Highness, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Yan said: "Break the arrow!"

Xu Huang and Huang Zhong broke the arrow effortlessly.

At this time, Zhang Yan and Huang Zhong threw arrows to each of Xu Huang and Huang Zhong. Each arrow contained about ten arrows, and said to them, "Break the arrows!"

Xu Huang and Huang Zhong didn't understand what it meant, but they did it anyway.However, although the arrow was broken this time, it took a lot of effort from the two of them.

At this time, Zhang Yan asked: "Have you ever had any insights?"

Xu Huang and Huang Zhong looked at each other with confused faces, and finally clasped their fists in unison and said: "This subordinate is stupid, please show me your Highness King Yan!"

"When you have one arrow, you break the arrow easily, but when you have ten arrows, you have to spend a lot of effort. This is just like us. When you are alone, others will kill you , is very easy, but if there are ten people and they are still united, it will take a lot of effort for the enemy to kill you. I let you break the arrows, in fact, I am telling you a truth,'brother If the brothers are not united, they will be easily defeated one by one. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are the best examples. After Liu Bei died, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were stationed in Wuling and Changsha respectively. , the troops are too scattered, so they will be defeated by us one by one. If the two of them are always in the same place, even if Guan Yu is defeated, Zhang Fei can go to the rescue, let alone lose his life. Both of you are in our army Don’t you think there’s something wrong with the general who just wanted to behead Guan Yu?”

As soon as Zhang Yan's words fell, Xu Huang and Huang Zhong came to their senses, and hurriedly said to Zhang Yan: "His Royal Highness, I know I was wrong, and I will never do this again in the future."

(End of this chapter)