With the crisp sound of the weapon, the weapon in Yan Liang's hand was released directly, and this sword directly knocked Yan Liang off his horse.
Just one move!
At this moment, Yan Liang's eyes were full of disbelief, blood was already flowing from the corner of his mouth, and the big knife in his hand had already flown to nowhere.
Guan Yu's sword made him extremely frightened. He also used a big sword, how could he not know the power of the sword?
However, the moment he accepted the move, he realized that he was wrong. He was really dancing a sword in front of Guan Gong!
Guan Yu's sword skills have long surpassed his understanding of broadswords. With just such a sword, he completely lost his ability to fight.
Seeing that the sword in Guan Yu's hand showed no intention of letting him go, Yan Liang's eyes widened and he squirmed to leave, but there was no hope of escape at all.
Yan Liang's head was chopped off by Guan Yu. Yuan Shao's vanguard general Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu with just one move!
Looking at the head on Yan Liang's neck, the surrounding soldiers all showed frightened expressions.
And the deputy general Han Ding who followed Yan Liang showed an extremely frightened look, let alone trying to boost morale.
The morale of the 100,000-strong army dropped instantly. Zhang Liao, who witnessed this scene from behind, also flashed for a moment and was a little surprised in his heart. How could Guan Yu be so fierce!
Less than a quarter of an hour into the battle between the two armies, Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang.
Zhang Liao naturally would not miss this opportunity and shouted: "Kill!"
The remaining 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers were crushed under the pursuit of the army, and the battle formation instantly collapsed.
The originally evenly matched situation suddenly collapsed. Cao's army was already well-equipped, and Yan Liang was dead.
The morale of this army was as high as a rainbow, and they attacked one after another. The 70,000 to 80,000 troops they pursued fled everywhere and did not dare to fight head-on.
Nearly 70,000 of the 100,000 troops led by Yan Liang were directly slaughtered here, and the remaining 30,000 fled in all directions.
After the battle, Guan Yu did not hesitate at all and directly withdrew his troops and returned to Chenliu.
Their original plan was to retreat when the fighting was almost done, because if the fighting continued, Yuan Shao's other 300,000 troops could quickly come to support.
No matter how Yuan Shao's two armies are separated, they are all in the same county. If the time is too long, it will easily lead to a counterattack by Yuan Shao's army.
At the same time, news of Yan Liang's defeat also reached Yuan Shao's ears.
At this moment, 300,000 troops were about to cross the river, and Yuan Shao began to hesitate.
"Ziyuan, should we go back to Fangwuchao?"
There is all their food, grass and baggage in Wuchao. If they are left alone, they will have no way out!
Xu You showed a hint of smile, with a ruthless look in his eyes.
"Since General Chen Liuyanliang was defeated, it must mean that Cao Cao's army is over there, and there are no defenders here in Xuchang!"
"As for food and grass, won't we have enough if we conquer Xuchang?"
After hearing this, Guo Tu on the side also nodded and said: "What Ziyuan said is absolutely true. My lord, I think it is the right move to directly cross the river to Guandu and go straight to Xuchang!"
Other counselors around him tried to persuade him. Yuan Shao, who was originally confident, began to hesitate at this moment, because he was already out of his mind just from the beginning.
"How's the damage on Yan Liang's side?"
The soldiers on the side looked a little unhappy and hesitated.
"Say!" Yuan Shao glared angrily.
At this time, the soldier hesitated and said: "General Yan Liang was beheaded by Guan Yu, and the entire army of 100,000 was almost destroyed!"
Hearing this, Yuan Shao's expression changed slightly, feeling a bit ominous.
"What!"
Yan Liangnai is his own general and one of the four generals in Hejian. One of his generals was lost today.
Moreover, the general who beheaded Yan Liang was actually Guan Yu. In just a moment, Yuan Shao looked at Liu Bei who was standing aside.
When Liu Bei heard the news, his face was also not good-looking. Guan Yu was actually on the opposite side and even beheaded Yan Liang.
A layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Liu Bei's forehead, and he said quickly: "My second brother must not know that I am here with Mr. Yuan. If he knew, he would definitely come to seek refuge with me!"
At this time, Yuan Shao withdrew his eyes lightly, then looked at Gongsun Zan aside and said: "General Gongsun, please trouble you."
"Wuchao and Yanjin will be left under your care."
Gongsun Zan nodded, glanced at Liu Bei, led an army of 20,000 people and left, starting to return to Wuchao.
Especially Wuchao, which is Yuan Shao's granary, must be taken good care of.
The rest of the army headed directly towards Guandu. As long as they passed Guandu, they could directly capture Xuchang!
Yuan Shao's eyes lit up, as if victory was right in front of him.
After all the nearly 300,000 troops crossed the river, looking at Xuchang in front of them, the expressions of these 300,000 people changed dramatically.
In Guandu, there were actually 200,000 troops waiting for them quietly.
Moreover, all these 200,000 troops were wearing armor, plus Chen Liu's garrison.
What does this mean? It means that all of Cao Cao's elite soldiers are in Xuchang, waiting for Yuan Shao to attack!
Yuan Shao's face turned pale and he shook his head slightly.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Qingzhou clearly has an army of nearly 100,000 people. How can there be soldiers here!"
"Even if Cao Cao made these 100,000 people travel day and night, he would never return to defense so quickly!"
Dian Wei in front of him also showed no mercy. He stepped forward and said with a big smile: "Haha, I've been waiting for you for a long time. You bunch of cowards, you just ran away before I had enough fun last time."
Got it!"
On Yuan Shao's side, not only him, but also Guo Tu, Xu You and even Liu Bei behind him all had drastic changes in their expressions.
"You can't have so many soldiers here!"
Yuan Shao murmured.
Jushu, who was behind him, took a step forward and said: "Lord, withdraw your troops!"
Jushou had already felt that something was wrong before, but he couldn't explain it. Only now did he realize that Cao Jun was playing a big game!
His face didn't look good at this moment. It was obvious that they had entered someone else's chess game, and every move was planned by someone.
"kill!"
The soaring momentum spread out, directly breaking everyone's thoughts, and Dian Wei came directly with his army to kill!
Zhang He and Gao Lan also showed shock. This Cao Cao's use of troops was really cunning and completely beyond common sense.
There must be a real military strategist involved behind this!
"Lord, what should we do!"
Yuan Shao showed a trace of unwillingness and shouted loudly: "Withdraw the troops!"
Three hundred thousand troops? Facing the withdrawal of two hundred thousand troops, this was completely different from what they expected. Xuchang, which was supposed to have no troops, actually had two hundred thousand elite troops!
"Everyone, chase me!" Dian Wei showed excitement, and at the same time, Xu You said next to Yuan Shao:
"Lord, we can just use the excuse of withdrawing our troops to pretend to attack Chenliu!"
"If we capture Chen Liu, it will also greatly alleviate our current predicament."
However, Yuan Shao shook his head, wondering if he had any offensive ideas.
