Chapter 167: The Yellow River Ferry Intercept Guanyu

"Kong Xiu, for your teacher, I will use Guan Yu's head to commemorate you."

After burying Kong Xiu's body, Hua Xiong stood in front of the grave with a serious expression.

A Qingzhou fighter had already found out from the residents of the town that Guan Yu drove a carriage and searched for a path to the barren mountain to the north.

Hua Xiong then led 500 Qingzhou fighters to catch up. However, the group chased after them for a long time. It was already night and there was still no Guan Yu and the carriage. Hua Xiong was anxious and had no intention of turning back to carefully explore the missed forks or hills. He only urged the five hundred Qingzhou fighters to go straight north and rushed straight to the north. No matter which path Guan Yu took, he would have to cross the Yellow River in the end. He would have to guard the Yellow River ferry, and he would not be afraid of not waiting for you to come to Guan Yu.

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Two days later, Wu Fan, who was sitting in Yecheng, received a messenger sent by Hua Xiong to report to him that he had discovered Guan Yu on the western front and had arrived in Dongling Town.

During this period, Wu Fan learned that Cao Cao had sent Cheng Yu to return to Chenliu with the customs clearance document he had written and handed the document to Guan Yu. Cao Cao even specifically instructed Cheng Yu: If Guan Yu had left Chenliu, he would catch up with Guan Yu and must hand the document to Guan Yu.

Fortunately, Cao Cao decided to let Guan Yu go, and did not gather everyone to discuss it. Instead, he was silent for a long time after learning that Guan Yu had left. He made this decision. In addition to asking Cheng Yu to send documents to Guan Yu, he did not inform everyone.

In other words, Wu Fan could have pretended not to know about this.

Therefore, after learning that Guan Yu appeared on the western front, Wu Fan immediately decided not to disturb anyone and rode alone to intercept Guan Yu.

Before leaving, Wu Fan temporarily handed over the military and political affairs of Yecheng to Zhang Liao, saying that he had some things to do, so he rode his horse out of Yecheng overnight and looked directly at the Yellow River Ferry Crossing on the west line.

One day later, in the evening, Wu Fan arrived at his destination in advance under the force of Jaw Huang Feidian, which was the Yellow River Ferry on the route Guan Yu was on.

The person guarding the ferry was the apprentice of Zhaoxin's captain Qin Qi and Xiahou Dun. He also registered for the official position because of the "Recruitment List" by Cao Cao. After being appointed by Puyang Prefect Xiahou Dun and was appointed by Cao Cao at this Yellow River Ferry.

In other words, this ferry belongs to the First Army of Cao Cao and directly belongs to the Puyang territory under Xiahou Dun. The Yellow River ferry at the Luoyang territory is here to Mengjin Port, more than a hundred miles west of it, and sent heavy troops to guard it. Wu Fan predicted that Guan Yu would not go there, so he rushed to the ferry directly.

At this time, Qin Qi was leading two hundred crossbowmen to check the passing ships at the ferry. Wu Fan hired a passenger ship alone, carrying himself and Zhu Huang Feidian at the same time, and docked on the south bank. When Qin Qi saw it, he led the soldiers forward to investigate. Wu Fan took out the token of the governor in his arms and shook it. Qin Qi was so shocked that he quickly took a step back and bowed to Wu Fan and said:

"It turned out to be Governor Wu. He was a little ignorant and offended the Governor. He also asked Governor to forgive him."

At this time, Hua Xiong, who was leading Qingzhou fighters waiting here on the bank dike, saw Wu Fan and hurried down the river dike to welcome him. After the two walked together, Wu Fan saw the grief on Hua Xiong's face at a glance and asked:

"Why is my eldest brother sad?"

Hua Xiong had just calmed down in the past two days, and he became cramped again, with red eyes, and told Wu Fan that his disciple Kong Xiu died tragically under Guan Yu.

When Wu Fan heard this, he was furious

Like Cao Cao, Wu Fan was also very protective of his son. He learned that his subordinates were wronged and could not rest assured. Cao Cao had the ambitions of the world. Sometimes he was very heartbroken, but he had to compromise for the overall situation, but Wu Fan did not have such concerns. At this time, he learned that Kong Xiu was killed by Guan Yu, and Wu Fan was furious, especially when Kong Xiu was still the apprentice of his elder brother Hua Xiong, which made Wu Fan feel angry and the veins on his forehead jumped.

On the way, Wu Fan was still repeatedly considering whether it was appropriate to kill Guan Yu with Cao Cao on his back. With Boss Cao's IQ, he must have known that he deliberately pretended not to know that he had let Guan Yu go and took action first and then reported. Although he was full of confidence, Cao Cao would not do anything to him afterwards, it was not good to disobey the boss's intentions.

Now, Wu Fan has nothing to hesitate: Guan Yu, you kid are just urging me to death. How dare you kill my subordinates? Okay, very good, I want to see how you can pass my qualifiers.

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Another day later, Wu Fan and Hua Xiong were drinking in the ferry barracks, drowning their sorrows and comforting Hua Xiong.

At this time, Qin Qi's soldiers came to report to the two, saying that they found Guan Yu and his group at the ferry.

Wu Fan and Hua Xiong immediately stood up and left the tent, leading five hundred Qingzhou fighters to the ferry.

From a distance, I saw Guan Yu wearing a green robe very conspicuous. Not only was there a caravan behind him, but there were also hundreds of soldiers wearing yellow clothes.

As he got closer, Wu Fan used his ability to check and learned that these people were Yellow Turban Party that gathered in the mountains and forests, and there was another leader named Liao Hua.

It turned out that Guan Yu had traveled about twenty miles north of Dongling Town, and then he met Liao Hua and Du Yuan, leading his Yellow Turban bandits to block the way. After telling each other about his surname, Liao Hua learned that Guan Yu was escorting the wife of the emperor's uncle Liu Bei, and he respected him very much, so he invited Guan Yu to go up the mountain to have a drink. Guan Yu has been working hard for several days, and the two wives in the car were the same. At the same time, he was afraid that Hua Xiong's pursuit troops would arrive soon, so although he looked down on these Yellow Turban bandits, he finally went to the village with everyone.

It was at this time that Hua Xiong led 500 Qingzhou fighters to pass by the foot of the mountain, and naturally he could not find Guan Yu.

However, Du Yuan, who was the leader of the thief with Liao Hua, had no respect for Guan Yu. Instead, when he learned that the two women in the caravan were Liu Bei's wife, he suddenly felt sorry for him. He discussed with Liao Hua: Kill Guan Yu and robbed these two wives, and one of us brothers, wouldn't it be wonderful? Liao Hua refused and argued with Du Yuan, but he drew his sword to kill Du Yuan, and told Guan Yu about the incident, expressing his willingness to follow Guan Yu in front of him and horses and work hard.

With Guan Yu's heart, it is actually difficult to tolerate Liao Hua under his command. Even if he destroys his relatives for justice, it is not enough to give him a letter to his superiors. However, at this time, Hua Xiong, the main general under Wu Fan, learned that his apprentice was beheaded by him, would inevitably lead elite soldiers to pursue him. With his bravery, it would be very difficult to resist Hua Xiong in the chaos. How could he protect Liu Bei's two wives?

Therefore, in order to protect Liu Bei's two wives, Guan Yu agreed to Liao Hua's request. Therefore, more than 500 thief soldiers in yellow were added around Guan Yu.

Qin Qi was talking to Guan Yu at this time:

"Yuan Shao, Hebei, is at war with Lord Cao Cao. If there is no official document from Lord Cao Cao, I will not be allowed."

Guan Yu shouted:

"I am not controlled by Cao Gong, what official documents do I have?"

Qin Qi said:

"I am ordered by General Xiahou to guard this place. I don't care about others. Only you, Guan Yu, can't even think of this ferry if you don't have any official documents."

Guan Yu was furious:

"Do you know I'm killing the interceptors all the way?"

Qin Qi also said angrily:

"You have only killed the nameless person, how can you show off in front of me?"

Guan Yu did not answer again, drove the horse and raised the sword to take Qin Qi straight. Qin Qi jumped, avoided the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in Guan Yu's hand, took off the crossbow bow from behind, and took three arrows at a time, gathered a faint blue light and shot towards Guan Yu's back heart.

At the same time, Qin Qi's two hundred crossbowmen also blew the arrows and shot at Guan Yu, Liao Hua, and the 500 Yellow Turban bandits.

However, the number of Yellow Turban bandits is much larger than these crossbowmen, and as infantry, it has a strong effect on crossbowmen. After a round of crossbows was shot out, the Yellow Turban bandits rushed up before they could rush up the arrows and immediately lost their positions.

Wu Fan waved his hand, and the five hundred Qingzhou fighters behind him understood and rushed forward together. The weapons used by the Yellow Turban bandits were just ordinary swords, like toys in front of the 1.8-meter-long sword of the Qingzhou fighters, and they rushed down in one round. About four-fifths of the Yellow Turban bandits were killed and injured, and the rest fled.

Afterwards, the Qingzhou fighter robbed the carriage and returned to Wu Fan.

At this time, Qin Qi, who was fighting with Guan Yu, had already shown obvious weakness and was fighting and retreating. Guan Yu was still in the chaos and was still unknown to the great changes that took place later.

Wu Fan said loudly at this time:

"Captain Qin, please retreat, Guan Yu can give it to us."

Qin Qi was just unable to resist Guan Yu, and when he heard this, he quickly jumped to the side. Guan Yu was shocked when he heard the voice of Wu Fan behind him. When he turned around, he saw Wu Fan and Hua Xiong standing side by side in front of the caravan, he was stunned for a while.

Qin Qi then quickly came to Wu Fan to thank him. Wu Fan waved his hand and said to Qin Qi:

"You can take your soldiers to the south to stop ten miles of the official road. If you encounter a civil servant wearing official uniform and long-shaped body, be sure to stop him and ask if he is Cheng Yu. If it is Cheng Yu, try to get entangled with him, delay his arrival at the ferry, and send a fast horse to repay me. Do you understand?"

Although Qin Qi didn't know what Wu Fan meant, she still said solemnly:

"Don't worry, Governor, Qi will live up to his mission"

Wu Fan nodded, and then Qin Qi immediately led his crossbow soldiers to the south along the official road.

Wu Fan did this because he knew very well that Hua Xiong hated Guan Yu and would definitely ask him for his orders to fight Guan Yu first, but he could not be inaccurate. With Hua Xiong's bravery, he might not be able to kill Guan Yu. Then, he would take the time limit of Cheng Yu's arrival ten miles south of the official road and get the reward of Qin Qi's troops, and he immediately took action to fight with Hua Xiong to fight Guan Yu.

If Guan Yu can come to Cheng Yu, it means that you, Guan Yu, have the ability, survived by his real ability. I, Wu Fan, can't say anything. Otherwise, I can only say that you, Guan Yu, should be blamed for being the ultimate in this, and you blame you for brutally killing my elder brother's apprentice

In fact, it was because Kong Xiu died tragically under Guan Yu's sword that he strengthened Wu Fan's idea of ​​killing Guan Yu.

At this time, only Liao Hua was still following Guan Yu. Looking around, there were all the corpses of the Yellow Turban bandits in yellow clothes. Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a little surprised: the combat power of the Qingzhou fighters is really strong.

Withdrew his gaze, Guan Yu pointed at Wu Fan with a knife and said:

"Wu Fan, you are just a famous person. If you hadn't relied on the large number of people, how could you dare to face me?"

Guan Yu still wanted to play the general trick at this time, and he was angry that Wu Fan fought with him one-on-one.

Although Wu Fan was angry, he was unmoved. The reason was that Wu Fan's calmness was difficult to be angry and he lost his mind; on the other hand, he knew that Hua Xiong would immediately ask him to fight Guan Yu.

Sure enough, as soon as Guan Yu finished speaking, Hua Xiong said to Wu Fan:
Chapter completed!