Chapter Kong Xiu repays his teacher's kindness with his life

Just as Guan Yu hangs a seal and seals gold, and rides alone from Hebei to return to Chenliu to pick up Liu Bei's two wives, Hua Xiong is ordered by Wu Fan to lead 500 Qingzhou fighters out of Yecheng, heading west along the Yellow River to Luoyang, and intercept Guan Yu.

In the important town east of Luoyang, the person guarding the town is Huaxiong's disciple, Kong Xiu, the Fenwei School Captain. This person has obtained Huaxiong's personal martial arts, and he has achieved a little success in martial arts. On the other hand, his martial arts have also been greatly improved, from the original 76 points to 8o points.

On that day, Kong Xiu was training with 300 soldiers from his subordinates on the school ground. Suddenly, a Qingzhou fighter commanded the troops to come suddenly. The horse was sweating all over and gasping, which was obvious that it was caused by long-distance running.

Seeing this, Kong Xiu hurriedly walked forward, and after the messenger was sent to the soldiers to get rid of the horse, he said to Kong Xiu:

"The order of General Hua is passed on to order General Kong to guard Dongling Town strictly. Once Guan Yu enters the town, be sure to keep him in the town until General Hua arrives."

After saying that, he handed over a letter written by Hua Xiong. There was nothing written in the letter. The purpose of a few simple sentences was to let Kong Xiu know that the words of the commander soldier were true according to Hua Xiong's handwriting and content. Kong Xiu glanced at the letter and solemnly said to the commander soldier:

"Please promise your master that as long as Kong Xiu has breath, he will never let Guan Yu be inseparable from Dongling Town."

The messenger nodded, then turned around and turned back.

Kong Xiu held Hua Xiong's personal letter tightly in his hand, looked at Chen Liu in the east, and said with a firm look:

"Master, my apprentice will never let you down."

The day after receiving the letter from Hua Xiong, Kong Xiu received information: On the way Chen Liu came to Luoyang, Han Fu and Bian Xi, two generals guarding the pass, were killed by Guan Yu one after another because they prevented Guan Yu from passing the pass.

When he received this information, Kong Xiu was wiping the arc knife in his hand, and his face was expressionless. After finishing his speech, he swallowed and said:

"Sir, Guan Yu is very amazing. I'm afraid that our Dongling Town can't stop him at all."

Kong Xiu was still expressionless, put the knife into the sheath, stood up and said:

"Get my armor."

Someone next to him quickly took Kong Xiu's armor, which was different from the heavy armor of ordinary generals. Kong Xiu's armor was light armor. Although his arms, big tuǐ, and even his belly were all naked, his weight was much lighter than that of ordinary armor, so he naturally became more flexible.

After wearing a piece of armor, a headscarf was tied on his head. At this time, a soldier patrolling in front of the town reported that Guan Yu had already brought the convoy to the entrance of the town.

Kong Xiu immediately ordered someone to ride a fast horse and report Hua Xiong, and he took the arc sword and strode out of the barracks, leading his soldiers to the entrance of the town.

Kong Xiu had never seen Guan Yu before. At this time, he came close to Guan Yu. When he saw Guan Yu's strength and the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, he knew that this person would be much braver than him. Even so, Kong Xiu was not afraid at all. He smiled and hugged the arc knife in his hands and said:

"You are General Guan Yu and General Guan Yun? In the lower Kong Xiu, he was ordered by the command of the Governor of Wu to guard this Dongling Town. I wonder where General Guan came here?"

The checkpoints in front of Han Fu and Bian Xi were guarding were Chenliu territory, which is the territory of Cao Cao's First Legion. At present, Dongling Town is the territory of Cao's Second Legion and Wu Fan.

When Guan Yu heard that the person in front of him was Wu Fan's subordinate, he immediately looked despised and hummed:

"Yù to Hebei, go find your brother"

Kong Xiu said:

"Yuan Shao, Hebei, is at war with Lord Cao Cao. If the general leaves, he will receive the documentary of Lord Cao Cao. Please let Kong take a look."

Guan Yu said:

"I was in a hurry before leaving and never asked for documents from Mr. Cao."

Kong Xiu said:

"Since there is no document, I can only let it go after I send someone to report to Lord Cao Cao."

Guan Yu said with a straight eyebrows:

"It delayed many trips after going back and forth"

Kong Xiu smiled and said:

"This is what the law is bound to be. If General Guan holds the documents, he will not have to go through this trouble."

Guan Yu shouted:

"Don't you allow me to pass through this town?"

Kong Xiu was still kind and said:

"If General Guan forcibly passes through this town, he must take the two wives in the car as hostages."

Guan Yu was furious and swung the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and slashed at Kong Xiu. Kong Xiu dodged to the side and dodged the knife. At the same time, without Kong Xiu's order, the three hundred soldiers standing behind him rushed towards Guan Yu.

Guan Yu danced the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand and the sword was shaking. Half of the three hundred soldiers died in a moment under the Guan Yu sword. Kong Xiu and his soldiers were with each other day, eating and living together, and they were as close as brothers. Seeing this scene, Kong Xiu shouted angrily, jumped over Guan Yu's head, drew his sword and chopped

Seeing this, Guan Yu hurriedly tilted his knife upwards, blocking the arc knife in Kong Xiu's hand. Kong Xiu was very fast, and when he saw the Yanyue knife coming towards him, he actually retracted the arc knife, grabbed the knife rod with one hand, and waved the knife with the other hand and slashed it all the way down the knife rod with the other hand.

This is the flexibility of short weapons. In close combat, long-handed weapons are often hard to defend against.

If it were ordinary people, in order not to be killed with both hands, they had to give up their weapons, and the weapons would be taken away by Kong Xiu. However, Guan Yu was not an ordinary person after all.

Guan Yu quickly let go of his hands, avoided the blade, and at the same time, his right hand fisted and hit Kong Xiu's left xiong, blasting Kong Xiu several meters and slamming it on the ground. At the same time, Guan Yu had already held the Yanyue Blade firmly in his hand again, and continued to swing the knife to kill the soldiers around him.

Kong Xiu supported the arc knife to the ground with one hand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and suddenly rose up. The arc knife in his hand swung towards Guan Yu three times in the air, and three blue blades attacked Guan Yu radially. At the same time, Kong Xiu jumped up again, and his body rotated around in the air for a while, shouted angrily and slashed towards Guan Yu.

Seeing that the blade attacked, Guan Yu could not turn the horse for a moment, so he had to use the Yanyue knife to break the blade. At this time, Kong Xiu had already cut it in the air. Guan Yu didn't care about the war horse, and kicked it back and jumped off the back of the war horse. The war horse was cut from the saddle by Kong Xiu with one knife.

Guan Yu was furious and made three martial arts. Then he rushed forward and fought with Kong Xiu.

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About ten minutes later, all three hundred soldiers under Kong Xiu were killed in battle.

Even though Kong Xiu had the advantage of short weapons in close combat, his strength was ultimately inferior to Guan Yu. After being hit by Guan Yu several times, he finally slashed on his left shoulder with one knife, cutting off his left shoulder with one blow. Kong Xiu endured the huge pain. When his body turned around, he slashed at Guan Yu with one hand, but Guan Yu carried it under his feet. He swung it out and cut off Kong Xiu's double tuǐ.

"Kong Xiu, you are asking for trouble. If you didn't block my way, how could you end up like this?"

Guan Yu looked at Kong Xiu crawling on the ground with his right hand under his feet, and said in a cold and arrogant tone of a superior.

Because Kong Xiu only had his right arm in his limbs, he naturally could not pull out the arc knife that was trampled by Guan Yu. At this time, he gave up the arc knife and crawled forward with his right hand on the ground. Finally, he came to Guan Yu's feet, stretched out the remaining right arm, hugged Guan Yu's right tuǐ tightly, and said in his mouth:

"Xiu, I have no way to repay you by General Hua's kindness. Now, with this flesh and blood body, I will leave you in Dongling Town for a long time, and I will show my wish."

When Guan Yu heard this, he knew that Kong Xiu was referring to Hua Xiong, and Hua Xiong would soon come to Dongling Town. Although Guan Yu did not take Hua Xiong seriously, he had to be much more concerned about escorting Liu Bei's two wives. Therefore, he hurriedly raised his left foot and stepped hard towards Kong Xiu, intending to make Kong Xiu unable to bear the pain and let go of himself.

After stepping down five feet in a row, Kong Xiu's mouth and nose bleeding continued, but not only did he show any sign of letting go of Guan Yu's right arm, but he hugged him tighter, and saw this, Guan Yu hurriedly waved his knife and cut it down three times in succession. Blood rushed over. Kong Xiu finally lost his blood and died at Guan Yu's feet...

However, although Kong Xiu died, his right arm was still holding Guan Yu tightly.

Guan Yu leaned over and took some effort to break Kong Xiu's right arm away from the tuǐ. He looked around and saw that there were all the bodies of Cao's army. Dongling Town could not leave, so as not to be stopped by Hua Xiong's troops, so he had to look for the barren mountain road.

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About three hours later, Hua Xiong led 500 Qingzhou fighters to Dongling Town hurriedly.

When he arrived at the entrance of the town, Hua Xiong was shocked and had an unknown premonition. When he looked at the center of the many corpses, he saw a piece of corpse with only the upper body and one right arm, leaning there. Hua Xiong's vision was blurred and he shouted "Kong Xiu" in absent voice.

He fell off his horse and stumbled all the way to the front. Seeing Kong Xiu's familiar face that was still determined and decisive before his death, Hua Xiong turned his back and knelt in front of Kong Xiu, crying bitterly.

"I harmed you, I harmed you..."

Hua Xiong looked up to the sky and cried in tears.

Instead, Hua Xiong saw a red rope hanging around Kong Xiu's neck. He picked it up and saw a wooden sword with simple workmanship but seemed familiar under the red rope.

Hua Xiong stared at the wooden sword for a while, and suddenly remembered that this wooden sword was made with a sword when he was teaching Kong Xiu's martial arts and military skills. After Kong Xiu practiced all the martial arts he learned, he saw that the wooden sword in Hua Xiong's hand was very fond of, so he asked Hua Xiong for it. Hua Xiong did not take the wooden sword to heart, but he forgot it afterwards, but Kong Xiu hung it in front of him all the time, which shows Kong Xiu's respect for him.

Thinking of this, the more sad Hua Xiong was: his master was really not competent enough. After Kong Xiu became a disciple, he didn't even prepare a decent souvenir, but only this wooden sword was taken by Kong Xiu as a treasure. Hua Xiong still remembered that when he recommended Kong Xiu to come to Dongling Town to Wu Fan, Kong Xiu was not very willing at first. When he said that he was training him, when his official position was promoted and he could fight with him, Kong Xiu immediately accepted the appointment happily.

In fact, Hua Xiong lied at that time. He saw that Kong Xiu was not very strong at 76 points and could not follow him to attack, so he recommended such a position to him. Since Kong Xiu came to Dongling Town to take office, it was basically impossible for the two to meet again in their lives.

At this time, in order to live up to his master's order, Kong Xiu spared no effort to fight Guan Yu with his life at the cost of his life. This made Hua Xiong, who was already ashamed of Kong Xiu, not hurt and heartbreaking.

"Kong Xiu, I am ashamed of you..."
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