Chapter 23: Guan Yu's Old Friends
Chang'an, east of the city.
Looking at the Ye-like flag floating on the top of Chang'an City, Wei Ji felt very dazzling. Thirty thousand troops lined up behind him, but did not attack. Ji Ling's army arrived in the morning and just caught Wei Ji's attack on Chang'an City. Therefore, Ji Ling did not enter the city and led his army out from behind. The Hanoi army was caught off guard, and the direction of the south gate almost collapsed, which also made Guan Yu and Wei Yan, who were guarding the city, breathed a sigh of relief.
Three thousand men were able to concentrate their forces to raid into Chang'an, but if they were used to defend such a large city, three thousand men would be a little insufficient. Wei Ji obviously also saw the shortcomings of the opponent's insufficient manpower and adopted a strategy of surrounding three que 1 to disperse Guan Yu's troops to the greatest extent, leaving the advantage of the elite troops of the Shu army without any advantage.
Even though Guan Yu and Wei Yan kept running around the city to boost morale, the battle in the past few days would have only suffered a lot of losses. If it weren't for the support of five hundred vine armored soldiers, even with the elite of the Shu army, the Chang'an City would have been destroyed long ago.
Ji Ling's arrival was definitely a timely rain for Guan Yu.
"Boom~" The gate of Chang'an City suddenly opened. Guan Yu led Wei Yan and Ji Ling to lead three thousand troops out of the city. He looked up at the army in front of him, pointed the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, and said loudly: "I am Guan Yu, the Grand Marshal's tent, who are you, how dare you invade my city!?"
"Hedong, Wei Ji!" Wei Ji hugged his fists and looked at Guan Yu. He always felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment and frowned and said, "When did Chang'an City become Ye Zhao's city? Our army will be determined to win this time. If you know what, you should withdraw from Chang'an immediately to avoid losing your life!"
"The people of the Wei family are still so arrogant!" Guan Yu stroked his long beard with his hand, looked at Wei Ji, and his eyes narrowed, without any concealing his murderous intent. He suddenly laughed loudly: "Do you see the flag that represents my commander on the city?"
Wei Ji looked up and glanced at the handsome flag representing Ye Zhao. He blinked and looked at Guan Yu in confusion. He wondered what he wanted to say?
"As long as this handsome flag is on the top of the city, it will be the city of my lord, where the flag is located, and the princes avoid it." Guan Yu said proudly: "Your Hedong Wei family is huddled in a small place, how can you have the face to bark under my lord's flag?"
Huh ~
Wei Ji's anger suddenly rose uncontrollably. If he was facing Li Jue, Guo Si and others, even if the other party greeted his ancestors for the 18th generation, Wei Ji just thought the other party was farting, but for some reason, facing Ye Zhao's army, Wei Ji could not suppress the anger in his heart.
The grudge between the two sides is hard to explain clearly. At first, Wei Xian made things difficult for Ye Zhao, but in fact he had little to do with the Wei family. Later, because of the marriage between the Cai Wei families, Wei Ji went to Hanoi to visit Cai Yong who was in Hanoi at the time. Then, with Wei Xian's request for help, Ye Zhao was considered to be a shame.
Given Ye Zhao's physical condition at that time, being exiled to the frontier was definitely a life-and-death situation. For the Wei family, Ye Zhao was an ant that could be killed at any time. Because of Cai Yong's relationship, Wei Ji did not take direct action against Ye Zhao, which led to the growing grudge between the two families.
In terms of the result, Wei Ji actually helped Ye Zhao. If he hadn't accumulated for three years, Ye Zhao would not have such high merits. He was transferred to the Central Plains and served as the county magistrate. Naturally, he would not have the chance to stand out from the Yellow Turban Rebellion and come into the sight of the emperor.
However, until the end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, even if both sides have grudges, they will not be considered a life-and-death grudge.
But the meeting in Luoyang that shouldn't have happened, and the guard was taking the initiative to stab the matter out, angering Ye Zhao, causing Ye Zhao to shoot Wei Zhongdao, who came to prepare for the wedding with an arrow. Although there was no evidence, it was Ye Zhao's move, including Cai Yong.
It was also from then on that the two sides had completely reached the opposite side. Wei Ji was forced to become an official, He Jin, and he was entrusted to He Jin's command, but he did not rise to the top. At that time, He Jin was surrounded by too many scholars, and the Wei family in He Dong was no longer as strong as before. Moreover, Wei Ji had passed the opportunity when He Jin needed talents urgently. If he entered the official position, he could only start from the grassroots level. This was also the reason why Wei Ji was unwilling to become an official at that time. The timing was wrong.
Ye Zhao's great victory with the Yellow Turban even surpassed Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, two famous generals in the world, first served as the Luoyang ruling, and then even became a cheater when he entered Luoyang. He was first ranked as the Nine Ministers, and then Muye rescued the lord, and was even more awarded a marquis as he was weak. There were not many Han people who were awarded a marquis at this age.
When Liu Hong died, he thought that Ye Zhao's good days were over, and no matter who supported him as the emperor, there would be no good results. Unexpectedly, Ye Zhao retreated and watched He Jin's intrigue with the party members. Until Dong Zhuo entered the capital, Ye Zhao was the most important of the princes in the world when he was in Hanzhong. In less than a year, he took over the land of Bashu, married Cai Yan as a fair wife, and even invited all the princes in the world.
That should have been his wife of the Wei family, but eventually became Ye Zhao's woman. This was definitely a very slap in the face for the Wei family.
In terms of strategy, Wei Ji asked himself that he was not inferior to Ye Zhao. In terms of background, he was even more than ten streets away from Ye Zhao, but the situations of both sides were completely opposite.
Wei Ji did not surrender to any princes, but developed silently in Hanoi, and there were also reasons for being stimulated by Ye Zhao. Ye Zhao was just a good son, but he could become a prince who could not be ignored by the princes of the world and treated him equally. But his own background and talent and knowledge are not inferior to him, so how could he be willing to be inferior to others?
Simply put, Wei Ji developed a jealousy towards Ye Zhao. The original humble gentleman is now determined to compete with Ye Zhao, so he is the most unpredictable thing for Ye Zhao. Now, not only Ye Zhao is crazy, but even one of his generals is so rampant. Wei Ji's anger naturally rises.
Before Wei Ji could speak, two generals rushed out behind him. They were tall and wide, with large and round waists. They were famous warriors in Hedong. One of them used an axe and the other used axe. One of them laughed loudly and said, "Guan Changsheng, do you still remember Jie Yuan in Hedong?"
Another laughed and said, "I don't expect that the thief who was in the past was in a down-and-out and red-faced manner could actually be the head coach today. It seems that there is no one under Ye Zhao's command!"
"Do you know that Guan Yu?" Seeing this, Wei Ji frowned and looked at a military general beside him. The man was named Jie Hong, and he was a compatriot with two other two mothers. He was a famous ranger in Hedong in his early years. Later, after Wei Ji returned to Hedong, he recruited soldiers and horses. The two joined the Wei family. With their extraordinary martial arts, they won the favor of Wei Ji.
"What Guan Yu?" Jie Hong sneered: "This man is called Changsheng. I'm afraid he was named Guan Yu himself. He was my fellow villager. He made a living by selling dates in his early years and often clashed with us. Later, he killed a good family and was wanted by the government. He was wandering around in the world. He didn't expect that he would become a general in Shu now. In this way, no one under Ye Zhao's command was available!"
Wei Ji frowned slightly. Although Ye Zhao was not allowed to seek refuge in the scholars, as far as Wei Ji knew, there were many good generals under his command. How could Guan Yu be so useless if Ye Zhao could be attracted to what Jie Hong said?
On the other side, after Guan Yu saw the two, Danfeng narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I don't want to meet an old friend today. If you are willing to surrender, Guan will not blame him!"
"Haha, let's not blame me?" Jie Yuan sneered: "I want to see how you can let me go. Come out quickly and let your second master teach you how to be a human being. Don't think that if you miss a general under Ye Zhao's command, you will be superior. Today, your second master will tell you that the Central Plains and Shuzhong are different!"
"Rareless!" Wei Yan admired Guan Yu the most. At this moment, he heard the other party insulting Guan Yu and was furious and wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Guan Yu's sword.
"General!" Wei Yan looked at Guan Yu and said in confusion.
"This is my personal grudge. I should settle it myself. You should not interfere!?" Guan Yu silently raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand.
To put it bluntly, except for a few, most of them do nothing all day long and oppress the gangsters in the village. Before Guan Yu wandered, he was a date dealer who was a real jujube merchant, and his reputation as Changsheng also showed that his status was not high. Both sides were oppressed and oppressed. If they had a friendship, only enemies were left. Now that the enemy met, how could Guan Yu pretend to deal with others?
"Here!" Wei Yan retreated as he said.
Guan Yu stepped on the stirrup and sat down and took a slash of steps out of the formation. Guan Yu's mount was a red horse that Ye Zhao personally ordered to buy from the Western Regions. It was a kind of sweat-blooded horse. It was red all over, like a flame. It looked a little similar to Lu Bu's red rabbit horse. Although it was not as good as the red rabbit horse, it was not much worse. In the whole of Shu, only the dark clouds and snow that Ye Zhao got from outside the border in his early years, but Ye Zhao's already an old horse. Ye Zhao never wanted to change it. Guan Yu's red horse can be said to be the best war horse under Ye Zhao's command.
Jie Yuan was also a person who knew the goods. When he saw Guan Yu sitting down on the war horse, his eyes lit up and said, "But it is a good horse, it's going to be the second master today."
He ranks second among the three brothers and often calls himself the second master.
Guan Yu took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly became sharp. Without seeing how the red horse exerted force, he had already rushed out, like an arrow from the string. In an instant, he had rushed to the front. With a swing of the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, the soldiers watching the battle felt a tightness in their chests.
"Puff~"
Jie Yuan didn't even have time to react, so he was slashed from the forehead by Guan Yu, and his whole body was directly slashed.
"Second brother!" The other man reacted at this moment and roared: "Give me back my second brother..."
"Puff~"
A green light flashed, the head flew up, Guan Yu rode his horse away from the splattering blood, his eyes slightly opened, and the red horse burst out with amazing speed again. When he was shocked by the soldiers inside, he had already rushed to the front. The Qinglong Yanyue Sword rose from the ground and rushed straight to Jie Hong's neck.
"Lord, be careful!" A general holding an axe hurriedly pulled Wei Ji away.
Jie Hong also reacted and raised his sword to greet him.
"Bang~"
Amid the thunderous explosion on the flat ground, Jie Hong's weapon broke down, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife continued to move, passing through his throat, and his head soared into the sky.
Guan Yu held the head of the man, turned the horse's head, and turned around and left.
It was not until Guan Yu ran dozens of steps that the Hedong soldiers realized. The sparse clusters of arrows shot out, but they lost their correct heads. Guan Yu knocked a few of them open, and the others were shot elsewhere.
Seeing Guan Yu carrying the heads back to the two armies, he threw Jie Hong's heads next to Jie Yuan's body. It was not until this time that the soldiers on both sides reacted.
Chapter completed!