Chapter 173: The Battle of Jinyang
But Guan Yu and Hua Xiong's troops advanced towards Jinyang with a rainbow of momentum along the way.
The speed of this army's advancement was called fast. Moreover, the army led by Guan Yu had almost not encountered any decent resistance, and then attacked the city and broke the formation and came to Jinyang near Jinyang. Among them, the generals who were defending the city like Dingxiang and Yangqu passing along the way, like Guan Yu even opened the city and surrendered one after another.
Guan Yu was so happy that he felt that at this speed, he would be able to arrive in Jinyang tomorrow. At that time, as long as he took down Jinyang, even if he didn't fight in other places in Bingzhou, he could definitely give a perfect explanation to his elder brother.
And at this moment, Liu Ming's Feiying letter came.
After seeing Liu Ming's order, Guan Yu ordered his subordinates to set up camp twenty miles away from the city. He asked the soldiers to prepare for the attack on the city tomorrow.
Jinyang City, located on the Loess Plateau, is shrouded in the east wind of February by the loess all over the sky. The lanterns that sway over the battlements in the night are also flashing and dark.
Guan Yu and Hua Xiong were standing on the high slope outside the city and looking into the city. Of course, they could hardly see anything. They just used this place to discuss Liu Ming's order.
Guan Yu said: "General Hua, what do you think about tomorrow's battle?"
Hua Xiong hurriedly bowed to Guan Yu and said, "General. In the battle tomorrow, you must be confident. You will be the last one to listen to the general's order!"
Guan Yu twisted his long beard with his hand, smiled slightly, and said to Hua Xiong: "General Hua, look at the enemy cities along the way, wherever our army goes, all the enemy cities are opened to surrender. This shows how powerful our army is and how famous my elder brother is. I can't stand Er in the battle tomorrow."
Hua Xiong hesitated for a moment and said, "General. The Grand Marshal sent you a letter to tell you that Dong Zhuo also sent Niu Fu to Bingzhou. Although we have not seen Niu Fu's soldiers yet, although the Mo General was once known as the "first martial arts" under Dong Zhuo, the number one general under Dong Zhuo was Niu Fu, who was known as the "undefeated general". Moreover, as the Mo General saw, Niu Fu was still second, but Jia Xu, the counselor under Niu Fu, did have the "ghost and god opportunity", which was the foundation of Niu Fu's invincibility. General should be careful."
Guan Yu laughed and said, "General Hua, be too careful. So what if Niu Fu's martial arts are more brave than you? No matter how 'ghost and gods' that Jia Xu has, he still needs elite soldiers and strong futures to help him realize it. But now it happens that our strong soldiers are elite soldiers and generals. You must know how to use troops, win with righteous victory and join with strange combinations. Promote righteous soldiers, which is the way of the king. Even if Jia Xu has any strange straits, it is difficult for him to do anything under the pressure of our army. In the battle of Jinyang tomorrow, we will not see that Niu Fu, but it is better. If we see that Niu Fu, we will defeat Niu Fu in one battle, destroy his unbeaten title, and let his adviser Jia Xu go to see his ghosts and gods."
After saying that, Guan Yu looked at Jinyang City proudly.
Hua Xiong was on the side, and Guan Yu said that he was ambitious. But after all, Hua Xiong had been in Xiliang for a long time and had long heard of Jia Xu's name. Therefore, Hua Xiong still had some ominous premonitions.
The next morning, the soldiers under Guan Yu had a full meal and had finished their battle. Guan Yu ordered the attack on the city. The soldiers with high morale were all included at the city, and Hua Xiong took the lead and challenged the enemy to challenge the enemy.
With Hua Xiong's call for the enemy, with a 'smash' sound, the suspension bridge at the top of the city was lowered and the city gate opened.
However, there was no striking a whistle in the city gate as Guan Yu and Hua Xiong had expected. Instead, it was like the cities that Guan Yu took down. From it, a man in his official uniform came out. He was in his thirties, with a despicable face, holding a seal and a document in his hand, riding a horse, and tremblingly came to Hua Xiong's horse.
Hua Xiong and Guan Yu who watched the game were both stunned. Then, they felt a little relieved when they saw the familiar scene in front of them.
Hua Xiong immediately shouted, "Who is coming?"
The man said tremblingly: "The villain is Yang Chou, the prefect of Hanoi. Since the death of Lord Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, died, the prefect Zhang ordered the villain to guard Jinyang. Now, the general is at the city, and the villain discusses with the officials of all sizes and big cities. He thinks that the Grand Marshal has long been a name for benevolence and righteousness. He will be able to treat us and the people in the city well. Therefore, in order to protect the people in the city from the disaster of war, we have originally offered the city to surrender to the general, and hope that the general will be kind!"
After saying that, Yang Chou got off the horse and lay on the ground and kowtowed.
Hua Xiong was not in a position to take charge of this matter. He turned around and asked Guan Yu to come forward.
Guan Yu approached, his phoenix eyes opened slightly, and he looked at Yang Chou coldly.
Yang Chou looked at him directly and felt a little nervous.
Suddenly, Guan Yu shouted: "Where is Niu Fu?"
Yang Chou shivered and said in a lost voice: "General, what Niu Fu?"
Guan Yu snorted coldly and said, "Isn't the general Niu Fu, under Dong Zhuo, in your Jinyang City?"
Yang Chou asked strangely: "Dong Zhuo's subordinate? No. At that time, our prefect Zhang Yang was a member of the thief Dong Zhuo. How dare the thief Dong Zhuo send people here? If the thief Dong Zhuo really dared to send people here, the villain would definitely fight him to the end!"
What Yang Chou said was passionate and unbearable to others.
Hua Xiong secretly admired Guan Yu for being scheming and cautious. Under such a sudden deception, Yang Chou must have said all the truth.
Guan Yu looked at Hua Xiong at this time, and Hua Xiong quickly whispered to Guan Yu: "General. This Yang Chou is no different from the people who sacrificed the city a few days ago. It seems that Niu Fu and Jia Xu have not yet arrived in Jinyang."
Guan Yu nodded and said proudly: "I think so. I wish this is true. I would not dare to deceive this general if he is such a timid person."
Hua Xiong said to Guan Yu: "General's divine calculations, please decide everything."
Guan Yu raised his hand to let the man stand up and asked casually: "Yang Chou, how many defenders do you have in Jinyang now?"
Yang Chou lowered his eyes and bowed to Guan Yu and said, "General, the guards in all cities in Bingzhou were almost taken away by the former Bingzhou Governor Ding Yuan. Even the subordinates of Zhang Taishou were only five thousand men. Now there are only eight hundred guards in Jinyang City."
When Guan Yu heard this, he thought that the troops Yang Chou was talking about were almost the same as he knew at the beginning. So Guan Yu nodded and said to Hua Xiong: "General Hua, leave 50,000 troops to station outside Jinyang City. You and I will order 20,000 elite troops. Follow me to the city to receive it."
It was not that Guan Yu was extra cautious and did not want to bring all the soldiers into the city, leaving 50,000 soldiers to respond. But Guan Yu felt that it was not too small for a city like Jinyang to receive 20,000 soldiers. Secondly, Guan Yu felt that only his 20,000 local soldiers from Youzhou were commanding like a hand and was able to handle it. The 50,000 troops controlled by the Youzhou lieutenant were originally Bingzhou soldiers, although they obeyed orders and obeyed commands. But there was always a feeling of being slightly inadequate.
Hua Xiong had been with Guan Yu's men for some time. Naturally, he knew what Guan Yu was saying. He responded: "Get order!" He immediately dispatched people and horses.
Of course, accepting the city, the ten thousand archers in Youzhou is useless. At this moment, Hua Xiong ordered the 10,000 light infantry from Youzhou, and the 10,000 most elite infantry from Bingzhou, and followed Guan Yu into the city.
At this time, Yang Chou said charmingly: "General, the villain will lead you."
Guan Yu led Hua Xiong and led an army of 20,000 to slowly set sail into the city.
Yang Chou rode his horse with Guan Yu and walked at the front of the team. He nodded from time to time and introduced some things about Jinyang City to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu twisted his long beard with his hands, closed his eyes slightly, and listened to Yang Chou's report calmly.
Hua Xiong led a team of people to slowly follow Guan Yu, protecting Guan Yu's safety.
At this time, the city gates of Jinyang were wide open, and the soldiers guarding the city were scattered, one by one, standing on both sides of the road with their hands hanging down.
After entering the city, Hua Xiong waved his hand. A team of vanguard soldiers, holding spears, crossed Guan Yu's horse's head, stepped forward, opened the way for Guan Yu and cleared the road. The large army continued to surround Guan Yu and slowly walked into the city gate, while Hua Xiong, as if he had been wrong several times, came to supervise the rear army to enter the city.
At this time, Yang Chou said respectfully to Guan Yu: "The officials of all sizes and big cities are still waiting in the government office for news about the villain. The villain went to appease them and asked them to welcome the arrival of the general."
Guan Yu nodded indifferently, and Yang Chou immediately urged his horse to run forward, passed a street corner in the distance, and turned around and disappeared.
At this time, Guan Yu's large team entered the city. Even Hua Xiong, who suppressed the rear army, had most of the troops coming in.
Suddenly, a "clang" sounded a gong, and a huge change happened immediately. The soldiers guarding the city retreated a pack of things from behind and hugged their heads to Guan Yu's army. The sky was immediately covered with white patches. And when the wind blew, the streets were all blurred. Not to mention looking at things, it was difficult to breathe.
The soldiers around Guan Yu shouted: "What..."
"It's lime."
"Everyone be careful!"
After throwing away the lime powder, the soldiers who were guarding the city turned around and ran away, disappearing into the streets and alleys in the city.
At this time, Guan Yu immediately realized that something was wrong and was ambushed. However, Guan Yu was still not afraid. He secretly moved the energy of the Dantian and shouted angrily: "Huaxiong! Guard the city gate. All the men lined up to leave the city!"
As Guan Yu drank, the lime powder in the air swelled up, scattering around and could not move forward. Guan Yu's voice was heard all over the city.
But as Guan Yu's angry shout sounded, with a "bang", the Qianjin Gate above the city gate immediately fell down, and the suspension bridge on the moat also rose up. A large number of soldiers appeared on the high city walls and buildings on both sides of the road, holding strong bows, and constantly shooting rockets (lit oil cloth tied on the shaft of the arrow). The rockets immediately burned.
Water and fire were ruthless. For a moment, Guan Yu's army was burned to death and shot to death.
Although Guan Yu's 20,000 soldiers were all elite soldiers, now all the soldiers were unable to see each other, and there were shouts of killing around him. In addition, rockets kept shooting, it became messy. They all wanted to find a place to hide.
However, the number of people coming to the 20,000 is really too many. The so-called: ten thousand people are boundless and unobstructed. The soldiers who came to the 20,000 just now walked neatly on this road and couldn't show anything. But now, not only are there more people, but the road is also crowded.
I saw that on the road, everyone wanted to run to a safe place, the one in front ran back, the one in the back ran forward, and the one in the middle ran to both sides, people were crowded, people rubbed against people, and people stepped on people. It was so lively. The whole scene was apart from chaos, just chaos.
At this time, the soldiers who were ambushing Jinyang City shot rockets without aiming at them, just shoot directly into the crowd. The soldiers under Guan Yu screamed one after another. At this time, Jinyang City under the flames looked like a Shura hell.
When Guan Yu looked so distorted, he shouted again: "Shou, don't be impatient! The soldiers on the periphery stand firm, and the rear army retreats to the city gate! They come out one after another! Those who violate the order will be killed!"
With Guan Yu's silence, the difference between the soldiers in Youzhou team and the soldiers who had originally surrendered in Bingzhou was immediately seen.
After Guan Yu's quit, these light infantry in Youzhou immediately calmed down and shouted that the soldiers around him should not be moved. The soldiers who were originally from Bingzhou were much worse. However, the riots gradually calmed down after the soldiers of Youzhou obeyed Guan Yu's orders and killed many people one after another.
At this time, the rear army exclaimed again: "General Guan, Qianjin Gate has fallen. We can't get out. General Hua is cutting the city gate."
Guan Yu understood as soon as he heard this. Then he shouted loudly: "Scatter! Wait until a certain family splits the city gate and leads you out!"
It turned out that Hua Xiong led the rear army and watched the soldiers enter the city near the city gate. When he heard the sound of the gong, he immediately realized that he was ambushing and immediately ordered the nearby soldiers to keep the city gate and retreat backwards.
But unexpectedly, although the Jinyang soldiers who were blocking the city gate were killed by Hua Xiong, the Jinyang soldiers who cut off the rope of the Thousand-Kim Gate on the top of the city still let the Thousand-Kim Gate iron gate fall down.
Although Hua Xiong was very capable, he was not as great as to stop Qianjin Gate from falling. Fortunately, Hua Xiong was locked outside the city, flew out of the city, and cut off the rope that pulled the suspension bridge. Then, Hua Xiong swung his knife to cut down both sides of Qianjin Gate, thinking about cutting down Qianjin Gate to save Guan Yu. When the 50,000 troops outside Guan Yu saw that it was not good, they began to press forward.
However, at this moment, there were loud shouts of killing outside the city.
Outside Jinyang City, a team of people came over, all of them were cavalry.
The cavalry was as fast as lightning. When they arrived at the city gate, the large army rushed towards the 50,000 troops outside Guanyu City. A small army, led by a general, surrounded the Youzhou soldiers guarding the side of the suspension bridge and launched a rush.
The general led by the leader, holding a Xuanhua axe, rushed bravely among the Youzhou soldiers guarding the bridge, killing a gap in the defense formation of the infantry. The cavalry behind the general also rushed into the Youzhou soldiers' formation and killed them.
When Hua Xiong saw that this continued, his left-behind soldiers would definitely not be able to resist and would sooner or later disperse. Therefore, he didn't care about cutting the thousand-jin gate. He urged his horse to swing his sword to run towards the enemy general, preparing to deal with the enemy general, kill the cavalry and then cut the thousand-jin gate.
At that moment, Hua Xiong shouted: "Come and leave, wait for a certain family to come and meet you."
The enemy general saw Hua Xiong running towards him, but he didn't answer. He hugged his head and shone his axe.
Hua Xiong's "Erlang Danshan" raised a knife, and before the two weapons could touch it, the enemy general moved his axe and clenched it, and stabbed it at Hua Xiong's heart. The moves changed so quickly, it was like a flash of lightning.
Hua Xiong had been through the battlefield for a long time. When he saw that his big sword had not been taken back, he immediately used an iron bridge on his body. He leaned back and put his back on the horse's back. At the same time, his hands also used the opportunity to hold the knife rod horizontally to protect his body, preparing for the axe that the other party stabbed over. When he pressed it down, he would collapse out and take off his move.
Hua Xiong thought it was good. However, this time the enemy general still did not have Hua Xiong's weapons to intersect. The enemy general galloped under his crotch. When Hua Xiong fell down, he turned the axe in his hand flat with his waist as the axis, and the axe was held above Hua Xiong and turned it out.
Chapter completed!