Guan Ping pursued Lu Yi all the way to Xiakou waters.

The journey was smooth, and Guan Ping and Huang Zhong both showed good water battle scheduling capabilities. The Wu army did not dare to resist, so Guan Ping arrived at Xiakou smoothly.

Huang Zhong knew Guan Ping's background. He stood beside Guan Ping, and laughed lazily, "What a young hero, I just don't know what to do when I got here?"

Guan Ping cherished his troops along the way, and could not come here to order his soldiers to attack Xiakou.

I just don’t know whether Guan Ping, a powerful general in Wei, led his subordinates directly into Xiakou to surrender, or ordered everyone to attack the city and was defeated in a crushing defeat.

Guan Ping was quite confident. He directed his warships to cruise in the waters near Xiakou for a week, but did not allow the sergeants on the ship to land.

"Change and go to Jiangbei!"

Shiyang and other places across the river from Xiakou were already issued an edict when Cao's army headed south.

But to the north of Shiyang is Tongbai Mountain, Dawu Mountain, to the east is Dabie Mountain, and to the west is the famous Suizao Corridor (at this time it was still a large mountain and mountain), which is basically a pattern of three sides and one side of water, and it is not convenient to mobilize a large amount of grain from the distant Central Plains.

Therefore, although Cao Cao had the idea of ​​sending Wenpin to restrain Liu Bei in this garrison, Wenpin was beaten half to death by Cao Hong. The relationship between the Jingzhou Army and the Northern Army was so stalemate that Cao Cao was too lazy to continue his layout here.

Therefore, before, Liu Bei seized the opportunity and sent a general Ren across the river to occupy this place, forming a siege. If Cao's army breaks through Zhou Yu's defense in Lukou, at least this place can be barely considered the last line of defense.

Guan Ping explained to everyone that he would attack Shiyang first when he hit Xiakou, just like attacking Fancheng first when he hit Xiangyang. He had to break through the important areas of Jiangbei to avoid being surrounded by the enemy from behind like Cao Ren before attacking Xiakou.

At the same time, Guan Ping also believed that Liu Bei's army had many soldiers and generals, and it was a very unwise choice to attack Xiakou with just a few people. When occupying Shiyang, he would hoard enough troops and food. When the Cao army came, he could naturally attack together and win calmly.

This idea is very consistent with the military strategy. The generals of the Cao army were convinced and believed that although the captain Yun was young, the method of planning and dispatching was quite exquisite. If he was in the future, he would definitely be a famous general. So everyone no longer hesitated and expressed that they obeyed Guan Ping's arrangements and attacked Shiyang, Jiangbei.

"General Huang." Guan Ping respectfully said to Huang Zhong, "I think Liu Xuande will not give up and should send a large army to rescue him. General dares to guard the rear for us and block the army under Liu Xuande's command."

Huang Zhong laughed loudly and whispered to Guan Ping:

"If you are not afraid of this child, why are you afraid of me? I have heard for a long time that everyone under Liu's envoy has excellent martial arts skills. I want to see who dares to fight Huang!"

Guan Ping grinned and whispered:

"Then please ask General Huang, uh, your subordinates to show mercy."

The one who stationed in Shiyang under Liu Bei's order was Su Shiren.

This person is from Guangyang County, Youzhou, and was one of the first teams to follow Liu Bei to fight. Although he is not a powerful general, he has been with Liu Bei for many years and is one of the important veterans.

He heard that Cao's army was about to land on the river, and he was about to close the door and stayed in Shiyang and waited for support.

Guan Ping led the crowd to walk to Shiyang City. From a distance, he saw Shi Ren on the top of the city watching and shouted loudly:

"Listen to the general on the top of the city, we come to take over the city by the emperor's order. If there is a great battle, there will inevitably be many casualties in the city.

For the sake of his subordinates, can the general dare to leave the city and decide with someone? If the general wins, I will lead the army away. If the general is unfortunately defeated, please call his subordinates to surrender, and don’t cause unnecessary casualties.”

Shi Renxin said that I was stupid when I came down. I had strong city defense, and there were lords and Jiangdong navy on the other side. If you have the ability, you can attack the city and see who can persevere until the end.

He was about to insult him loudly, but suddenly he felt that the sound was extremely familiar and couldn't help but stare at the distance.

The more he looked at the figure, the more familiar he looked, and he couldn't help but tremble all over.

ah?

This...this...

What, why is Aping?

Guan Ping held back his laughter and raised his sword and said sternly: "I am the Han general Yunshan, and I am ordered to take the city! Please don't fight against the destiny of heaven!"

Shi Ren stood at the top of the city and looked again and again, confirming that the boy was indeed Guan Yunchang's son. When he saw Guan Ping standing majestic with a knife, he suddenly understood something.

"Ha, how dare I be called destiny in vain? I dare to fight me for three hundred rounds!"

When the generals of Liu Bei's army saw that the commander suddenly became angry, they didn't know what to do for a moment. Although many of them had met Guan Ping, how could they think that Guan Yunchang's son actually joined Cao's army and came to attack Shiyang.

They tried hard to hold Shiren, and told Shiren not to be impulsive, but Shiren insisted on his own and had to give up the solid city defense and compete with the young general.

The personal soldiers around him were anxious and stretched their necks and cursed:

"Who is the bird man under the city? Your parents... um um um um general, why are you covering my mouth..."

Guan Ping thought that if he shouted a few times, Shi Ren would understand his ideas and leave the city, so they would naturally be able to occupy this place easily. When the Cao army came out in full swing, he would invite Zhao Yan and others into the city to capture them.

But I never expected that something unexpected happened - the soldiers who could follow Liu Bei's army to escape from Changbanpo were all fierce men who were as deep as the sea of ​​hatred towards Cao Cao and extremely firm in their will.

Shiren was about to go out of the city to fight Guan Ping, so they simply covered Shiren's mouth with all their might. Everyone stood at the top of the city to prepare bows and arrows, kept yelling insults, and ordered Guan Ping to attack the city, causing Guan Ping to freeze on the spot.

It's over, how could this happen?

Siege the city, and you will hit your own people, that's all.

Don't attack the city...

Why would I come here if I don’t attack the city?

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Huang Zhong led the navy to wait for Guan Ping's performance very leisurely.

He had no good feelings for Cao Jun. While ensuring the safety of his family, he did not mind turning around and beating those stupid thieves who were in a difficult position with him.

The young Jiangdong general retreated into Xiakou and should have told Liu Bei and others what happened this time. As long as Huang Zhong cooperated well, we should not reveal the situation.

But before the Xiakou city gate opened, the few ships parked on the shore had already begun to move and drove towards Huang Zhong.

Those were several fighting ships. Huang Zhong didn't think he was coming to him. After all, there were many warships of all sizes on the river. Even if Liu Bei's army cooperated with Guan Ping to do the show, he should have dispatched more warships. Moreover, there seemed to be not many soldiers on the fighting ship, only a few sailors were rowing lazily, as if they were here to investigate Huang Zhong's reality.

But he looked far away, and a feather arrow suddenly flew from the distance. Huang Zhong was shocked and hurriedly dodged. The arrow flew past Huang Zhong's cheek, which made Huang Zhong sweat all over.

"Hahahaha, a young man, how dare you offend my borders? Do you recognize me, Yiyang Wei Yan!"

Amid the rampant laughter, Wei Yan picked up a hard bow and shot arrows at Huang Zhong.

Not only him, but a dense row of archers suddenly emerged from behind the female wall of Wei Yan's fighting ship. They were already ready to shoot arrows at Huang Zhong together.

Although Wei Yan was rampant, he was not crazy enough to lose his intelligence. When he saw Cao's army chasing Lu Yi, he hurriedly prepared to turn around and attack Shi Yang. He thought to himself that these Cao troops must be the main force of the Cao army. If he took the lead and used heavy damage, he could show his power, which would be very awesome to the enemy.

So he mobilized all the archers and prepared to take the opportunity to sneak attack to see if he could shoot the local generals.

Seeing that the general in that place was actually an old man, Wei Yan was even more secretly happy.

But he never expected that the old man who had a casual and peaceful posture before was not afraid of the arrow rain. Seeing the arrow rain hit, Huang Zhong bent down quickly and rolled on the boat board. The arrows kept falling, but they did not hit Huang Zhong at all.

Wei Yan was still stretching his neck to observe Huang Zhong's position carefully, but he saw that the old man who was in extreme embarrassment just now suddenly jumped up. He took a big bow from somewhere, took an arrow from the air, raised his hand and shot Wei Yan!

"ah!"

Wei Yan hurriedly dodged, but unexpectedly, the arrow actually calculated Wei Yan's dodging position and shot heavily on Wei Yan's chest. The sharp arrow penetrated the iron armor. Wei Yan frowned in pain.

If it weren't for his armor that had been worn with a layer of leather armor, this arrow would probably have caused him a lot of damage.

"Don't make me angry."

The rolling just now made Huang Zhong's head full of white hair dissipated. The elder who had been smiling stood with his bow, and his ferocious and violent look on his face made Wei Yan tremble involuntarily.

"Who are you?"

"Who am I? You go and ask the King of Hell first!"

Huang Zhong shouted loudly and shot Wei Yan repeatedly. The navy under his command shouted in unison and rushed over with the warship. Wei Yan missed a blow and quickly ordered his subordinates to retreat, but Huang Zhong's ship was fast and he had caught up in an instant.

The Jingzhou Killing God was angry by Wei Yan's surprise attack just now, and he roared like an angry white-haired lion. Today he vowed to divide the villain who sneaked into two.

The boat was flowing through the water, and his boat hit Wei Yan's fight ship. Wei Yan staggered and fell to the ground. The steel knife in his hand also slid to the distance with the tilting of the hull. Seeing Huang Zhong jumping onto the ship quickly, he secretly complained in his heart.

This is Old Gui, who is so powerful and majestic!

Wei Yan's arrogance and frivolity were washed away by fear. Seeing Huang Zhong roaring and rushing up, his mind was blank, and he completely forgot how to resist!

"Die for me!"

Huang Zhong danced the long sword like a full moon, and a strange silver light lit up on the edge of the cold blade, completely covering Wei Yan's body.

Huang Zhong tried his best to kill Wei Yan immediately, but in the flash of lightning, a figure suddenly flashed beside Wei Yan.

The man stood still, raised his knife and blocked it. The crisp sound of the two swords collided heavily and shocked everyone around him to cover their ears. Huang Zhong's sword, which he tried his best, was blocked by life.

He was a tall warrior with a red face and long beard, a parrot green battle robe, and not a armor-piercing one.

He stood beside Wei Yan, like a silent mountain, the water on the river and the wind on the shore seemed to be blocked and condensed by this majestic figure, as if he was the only one in the world and one sword.
Chapter completed!