Soon, the two armies rushed together outside the city.

Cries of killing, screams, and the sound of swords and halberds striking each other, accompanied by the sound of war drums, resounded through the sky.

Slowly, a smile appeared on Tian Yu's face, which was still a little nervous.

"I have long heard that General Guan is good at leading troops, and what I saw today is that he is indeed so!" Tian Yu said happily.

"There are no weak soldiers under a strong general! Look, General Guan has rushed to the front, and the enemy soldiers dare not get close." Liang Lu pointed to the outside of the city and replied.

Tian Yu nodded, stopped talking, and stared outside the city.

Guan Yu wielded the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, slashing left and right. There was a lot of blood on his body and beard.

When the enemy soldiers saw Guan Yu, they all retreated involuntarily, while the soldiers following Guan Yu advanced step by step.

Xia Houyuan found that his troops were at a disadvantage and slowly retreated. If he continued fighting like this, he would definitely lose. He had to find a way to turn defeat into victory.

The best way is to kill the enemy general.

He looked at Guan Yu, raised his sword and patted his horse away.

When Guan Yu saw Xia Houyuan rushing towards him, he was secretly happy and shouted softly: "Seeking death!"

After smoothly knocking down three approaching enemy soldiers, he mounted his horse to greet Xia Houyuan.

"Hahaha... the enemy general is seeking his own death!"

Liang Lu watched from the city and couldn't help laughing.

In Liang Lu's eyes, Guan Yu was invincible, perhaps only Zhang Fei could equal him.

Tian Yu also has a general understanding of Guan Yu's military power and has great confidence in him: "If Xiahou Yuan fights with General Guan, I'm afraid he won't survive. If this is the case, I'm afraid..."

Liang Lu felt that Tian Yu was worried and asked doubtfully: "What are you afraid of?"

"I'm just afraid that the people of Pengcheng will suffer!"

A worried look appeared on Tian Yu's face.

Liang Lu didn't quite understand Tian Yu's words and looked at him doubtfully, trying to make him explain more clearly.

"The relationship between Xiahou and Cao Cao is extraordinary. If he dies in battle and we retreat, Cao Cao will definitely massacre the people of Pengcheng to satisfy his hatred!"

"Then let's let all the people in Pengcheng leave." Liang Lu said.

"It's easier said than done for everyone to leave!"

Tian Yu is now worried that Xia Houyuan will die.

"They fought together."

Liang Lu looked outside the city. Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan had rushed together and were fighting.

However, Xia Houyuan was not an ordinary general. After fighting Guan Yu for more than ten rounds, he still showed no defeat. This surprised Liang Lu. He originally thought that Guan Yu could kill Xia Houyuan in just a few rounds.

While other soldiers and horses were still charging at each other at this time, Xia Houyuan's fight with Guan Yu also boosted the morale of his soldiers and withstood the opponent's offensive.

Watching Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan fight for more than thirty rounds, it was obvious that Guan Yu was gradually gaining the upper hand, while Xia Houyuan was increasingly struggling to parry.

"Xia Houyuan is about to be defeated." Liang Lu said.

"Liang Lieutenant, you immediately lead 3,000 people out of the city, advance from the side, and help General Guan. If you want to win, win completely. After Xia Houyuan is beheaded, you can lead your troops to pursue the enemy soldiers for thirty miles.

Cao Cao knows how powerful we are."

"promise."

Liang Lu accepted the promise, immediately climbed down the city wall, and led 3,000 people out of the city.

At this time, Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan fought for more than sixty rounds.

The more Xia Houyuan fought, the more frightened he became. It turned out that the legend of Guan Yu's bravery was not a lie. If he continued to fight, he would be defeated.

Xu Ding was killing the enemy soldiers. When he saw that Guan Yu was losing the battle with Xiahou Yuan for a long time, he quickly rushed over to help Guan Yu.

Guan Yu saw Xu Ding approaching and shouted: "Don't come near, his head is mine!"

When Xu Ding heard the shouts, he knew that Guan Yu was a man who wanted to save face, so he did not dare to step forward to attack Xia Houyuan, but stood behind him, resisting and killing the enemy soldiers.

Although Xu Ding did not attack Xia Houyuan, Xia Houyuan had to guard against him. When resisting Guan Yu, he often had to pay attention to Xu Ding behind him.

Liang Lu led his troops out of the city and rushed from the left. When the enemy soldiers saw reinforcements coming out of the city, they became even more frightened, and many people began to flee to the back.

At this moment, Guan Yu suddenly shouted: "Suffer death!"

He saw that Xia Houyuan had his head chopped off, and his body fell off the horse.

Tian Yu couldn't help but shout: "Okay!"

Although he shouted good things on his lips, he was still worried about the safety of the people in Pengcheng in his heart.

As soon as Xia Houyuan died, his troops no longer dared to fight anymore and fled behind him.

Xu Ding shouted: "Hurry up and chase them, don't let them escape."

Take your troops and horses and go to chase them.

Liang Lu led his soldiers and horses to pursue them all the way, even running ahead of Xu Ding and others.

Guan Yu didn't rest either, so he clapped his horse and led his troops to pursue him.

After chasing for more than ten miles, Guan Yu stopped, but Xu Ding and Liang Lu continued to chase with their troops. The two of them seemed to be competing to see who could pursue farther, and neither of them wanted to stop.

The enemy soldiers ran very fast. After running for more than 20 miles, they thought there would be no pursuers behind them. When they looked back, they were shocked to see that the enemy soldiers were still chasing after them.

Helpless, many people could no longer run and had no choice but to kneel down and beg to surrender.

Xu Ding and Liang Lu led their troops to pursue them for nearly thirty miles before stopping. At this time, very few enemy soldiers could escape.

Guan Yu returned to the city carrying Xia Houyuan's head, and Tian Yu greeted him in the city.

"Guorang, what do you think of us sending Xia Houyuan's head to Cao Cao?"

Guan Yu threw Xia Houyuan's head in front of Tian Yu and said.

Tian Yu was shocked: "No, if this is the case, it will anger Cao Cao even more, and he will definitely massacre my people in Pengcheng to satisfy his hatred."

"Huh, the enemy generals are nothing like this, but I want to stay in Pengcheng and wait for Cao Cao's army to arrive." Guan Yu said with his head held high.

"General Guan, although the enemy general is weak, there are many enemy soldiers. Our troops are too small and we are afraid of being outnumbered! We'd better follow the Lord's order and retreat to Xiapi." Tian Yu said hurriedly.

Guan Yu thought about it. Cao Cao came with an army of 100,000 people, and now he only has 20,000 people. His chances of winning are really slim.

"Then hang Xia Houyuan's head outside the gate of Pengcheng, so that Cao Cao can come and see with his own eyes what will happen to Xuzhou if he offends me."

"General Guan, in my opinion, it is better for us to bury Xia Houyuan's body. Maybe we can temporarily assuage Cao Cao's anger and avoid harming the people of Xuzhou," Tian Yu said.

"If Guorang says so, then it's up to you."

Tian Yu started following Liu Bei when he was still following Gongsun Zan, and he was quite familiar with Guan Yu, so Guan Yu was quite polite to him.

If it were anyone else, Guan Yu probably wouldn't be so polite.

After Xu Ding and Liang Lu returned with their troops, they counted their troops and found that they had suffered more than a thousand casualties, but they had killed more than 6,000 enemy soldiers and captured more than a thousand prisoners.

Most of these captives were from the Chen State, and they all expressed their willingness to surrender. Guan Yu dispersed them into the army.

Tian Yu and Guan Yu buried Xia Houyuan and began to prepare to leave with the people.

Cao Cao soon received the news that Xia Houyuan had been beheaded and his entire army was almost wiped out.

"What?!"

Cao Cao was riding on his horse. After hearing the report, his body shook a little and he was about to fall off the horse. Qu Wei, who was behind him, immediately jumped off the horse and ran to Cao Cao's horse in two steps to hug the fallen Cao Cao.

"Ming Gong!"

Guo Jia and others were shocked and quickly dismounted and gathered around.

"Put me down." Cao Cao said softly as he was unable to move in Dian Wei's arms.

Dian Wei let Cao Cao stand on the ground.

"Ming Gong, be careful with your health!" Guo Jia advised.

"Wonderful talent, if this revenge is not avenged, I, Cao Cao... I, Cao Cao... swear to destroy Liu Bei and kill Guan Yu's head to sacrifice you!"

Cao Cao burst into tears and gritted his teeth.

Xiahou Dun also shed tears at this time and cried: "Ming Gong, we must avenge Miaocai! Give me 10,000 horses, and I will immediately kill Guan Yu and avenge Miaocai!"

Cao Cao shook his head: "Don't worry, Guan Yu can't run away. Send an order to the whole army to speed up."

"Ming Gong, even if Guan Yu wins, he will definitely retreat. We have too many people and horses, and the march is a little slow. It is better to let Xiahou Yuanrang and Xu Gongming lead 10,000 horses together, and rush to Pengcheng with Cao Zixiao to hold Guan Yu off. In this way, perhaps

You can hold Liu Bei back and prevent him from escaping."

Guo Jia believed that Liu Bei would definitely give up Xuzhou and retreat to Guangling or Jiangdong. If he could hold back Liu Bei's most trusted confidant, Guan Yu, he would not run too fast.

As long as Liu Bei is held back, he can be completely defeated and no big trouble will be left in the future.

Cao Cao believed that Xiahou Dun was definitely no match for Guan Yu, but if Cao Ren and Xu Huang were together, they might be able to defeat Guan Yu.

Xu Huang, in particular, was not easily defeated in a fight with Guan Yu.
To be continued...