A fast horse rushed over, and the knight on the horse held the red pennant in his hand and shouted loudly.
"The emperor's decree, six hundred miles to speed up—"
When I heard it in the city of Guancheng, I didn't dare to be negligent. I immediately shook the wheel, put down the suspension bridge, and opened the city gate.
As soon as the suspension bridge entered, 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 rocky avenue.
Xu Huang quickly came out from inside, and Guan Yu rushed out immediately, his face flushed and his expression was excited.
"The emperor's decree, 600 miles of speed." The knight held his mount and shouted.
Xu Huang bowed and said loudly: "Harao Gaoliang Ting, Wu Meng, Guan Duwei, Chen Huang received the imperial edict."
Before the knight dismounted, he checked Xu Huang's seal on the horse's back. After the edict was handed over to Xu Huang, he turned the horse's head and shouted again, "Six hundred miles of speed" and passed by the city.
Xu Huang and Guan Yu looked at each other and strode back to the hall. He did not rush to open the edict, but said to Guan Yu: "Chang Yun, I don't know the content of the edict yet. If you want to leave, you can leave now. Wait for the edict
If it is opened, if it doesn't work as you wish, you can't do it yourself, otherwise you will be resisting the imperial edict."
In order not to send troops to support Liu Bei, they had just had a fierce quarrel.
Guan Yu was slightly stunned and then said, "Then I will leave the city first and wait for you for an hour. If you don't come yet, I will go by myself."
Xu Huang pondered for a moment. "Okay."
Guan Yu then turned around and left, with his personal guard Zhou Cang and the long sword he had just made not long ago, he turned over the red horse and hurried out of the city. He walked more than ten miles eastward, and stopped in the valley where he usually trained troops.
, climb up the hillside, looking forward to it.
He knew very well that without Xu Huang's support, even if he could arrive in Xuzhou safely, he would not be able to solve any problem.
Fortunately, not long after, he received the news sent by Xu Huang. The edict ordered him to send troops to meet with the prefect of Hanoi Dong Zhao, and attack Yecheng at the right time, attract Yuan Shao's troops, and support Liu Bei.
Guan Yu felt relieved and laughed loudly.
After a while, Xu Huang arrived with more than 2,000 infantry and cavalrymen. He had sent people to inform nearby military soldiers to approach Guanzhong's defense, so he only left Yiqu of the infantry to defend the city, and the others were all brought out.
Guan Yu was overjoyed and asked to be the pioneer.
Xu Huang agreed and assigned Guan Yu five hundred cavalry, one man and two horses, and asked Guan Yu to take the lead. In order to facilitate his actions, he wrote a handwritten letter to the prefect of Hanoi Dong Zhao to explain the situation and ask him to provide money and food for Guan Yu to facilitate his actions.
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Before parting, Xu Huang solemnly said to Guan Yu, "You are the five hundred people, you can restrain Yuan's army. You must not be reckless and lose your spirit." The emperor loves the nurses, and no soldiers can be sacrificed easily."
Guan Yu smiled with his beard and said, "Gongming, this is also my wish."
Xu Huang smiled bitterly. He had been with Guan Yu for so long, how could he not know Guan Yu's nature? Guan Yu loved the nurses, but he was too brave in fighting, which was likely to cause unnecessary casualties, which was not consistent with the emperor's purpose of using troops.
"I promise that the battle will be damaged by five to one or less. I will repay the emperor for you. Five to one or more, and everything will not be raised."
Guan Yu proudly pointed at the five hundred knights. "Five to one? With such an elite knight, the battle loss is more than ten to one, and I have no face to see you."
"I hope this is the case." Xu Huang smiled and said, "I can really fight a 10-to-1 battle. I recommend you as a Sanqi."
"A word is determined." After Guan Yu said that, he bowed to Xu Huangong and rushed away with five hundred cavalry.
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With sufficient supply of war horses, Guan Yu rushed all the way and rushed to Hanoi to practice martial arts in just two days.
Yuan Shao sent troops to Central Plains. Dong Zhao was worried that he would advance westward, so he specially gathered county troops and rushed to Xiuwu to garrison.
Xiuwu is still far from the county boundary, and even from the best defensive position, Huojia and Ji County are dozens of miles away. Dong Zhao stayed in Xiuwu to avoid irritating Yuan Shao and causing trouble.
Cui Jun, who stayed in Yecheng under Yuan Shao's order, also knew that Dong Zhao was not easy to mess with. After hearing about Dong Zhao's arrangement, he also stationed the main force in Chaoge area to show that he had no intention of making progress in Hanoi.
Chaoge also belongs to Hanoi, but both sides know that according to the original county boundaries, Hanoi's threat to Yecheng would be too great, and Yuan Shao would never agree.
Both sides actually use clear water as the boundary.
Before Guan Yu arrived, Dong Zhao had received the edict and knew the emperor's intention. It was okay to harass Jizhou, but he really sent troops to fight Yuan Shao. The time is not yet ripe.
Seeing Guan Yu leading five hundred light cavalry to come day and night, he was very satisfied. He had a little more favor with Xu Huang, the Ji Guanwei who had heard of his name for a long time.
Under this situation, it is the most suitable tactic to harass the fierce generals and light cavalry.
At the same time, he was also amazed at the sufficient war horses of the court. Xu Huang, a small Guan Duwei, had less than 3,000 troops, and could actually own more than 1,000 war horses, which was something that the Central Plains Prefectures and County dared not imagine.
From this point of view, the emperor left Shandong alone and decided to be stable and cool first.
Dong Zhao provided sufficient food and grass for Guan Yu and recommended a person to be a guide.
Sima Yi, a native of Wen County.
Sima Yi is eighteen years old this year, and is a versatile talent in 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 of this area and was more than enough to be a guide.
Guan Yu didn't like scholars very much, but when he saw Sima Yi's tall figure, handsome appearance, and agile skills, he couldn't tell how many scholars looked, so he barely agreed.
The next day, Guan Yu crossed the clear water.
On the third day, Guan Yu met Yuan Jun who had received the news at the foot of Luqian Mountain and rushed to block the attack.
Perhaps because I received the news that those who crossed Qingshui were all cavalry, and the speed was extremely fast, so Cui Jun sent them also twice that of Guan Yu, with more than a thousand cavalry. The ones who commanded these cavalry were also famous general Wen Chou.
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Faced with the superior forces, Sima Yi suggested that Guan Yu seize the favorable terrain, seize the time to rest and recover his physical strength.
Guan Yu didn't take it seriously at all, ordered the knights to change their horses, and then launched a charge.
Seeing Guan Yu riding his horse, Sima Yi was speechless and could only keep up.
Wen Chou led the army. He was worried that Guan Yu would attack at a high level, so he deliberately slowed down to avoid encountering a disaster. Seeing that Guan Yu rushed over directly, he couldn't help but laugh.
I had heard that Guan Yu was unruly and thought he was invincible in the world, but I didn't expect that he would meet him today.
He marched six or seven hundred miles quickly and encountered twice his opponent. He did not seize the favorable terrain and was condescending, but he was just brainless.
Wen Chou ordered the fight.
When the two armies met, Guan Yu and Wen Chou, as cavalry generals, rushed to the front and contacted the first.
Wen Chou leaped on his horse and raised his spear, and took Guan Yu straight away.
Guan Yu waved a long and refined sword made by a heavy gold, knocked Wen's spear horizontally, and grabbed the blade against the spear pole into the middle door.
A man uses the power of a horse, and the sword and horse are combined, and the head is beheaded with one sword.