One of them had a ruddy face, five long strands of beard, wore a green hat, and held a Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Another general had a leopard-like head and piercing eyes, and his face was as black as charcoal. He wielded a ten-foot-long spear.

Given their striking resemblance, it goes without saying that these two are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, sworn brothers of Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan's old classmate.

Gongsun Zan knew that these two men possessed unparalleled bravery, and although he himself wielded a long spear and roamed freely across Youyan, he knew he was no match for them.

He was focused on getting into the city and had no intention of getting entangled with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"Help me stop them!"

Gongsun Zan hurriedly ordered his guards to intercept Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, while he himself did not turn back and prepared to ride his horse across the drawbridge.

A dozen or so guards quickly grabbed their weapons and surrounded Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"Third brother, leave these guards to me, you go and capture Gongsun Zan!"

Guan Yu shouted, "I have made a military pledge before our lord that if you get lost, Gongsun Zan will be punished according to military law."

After saying that, he swung his Green Dragon Crescent Blade and slashed horizontally at the dozen or so guards.

This strike was powerful and imposing, sending sand and stones flying, and even the snowflakes in the sky trembled.

Seeing the fierce momentum of the attack, the ten guards dared not meet it head-on.

Legend has it that Guan Yu learned his swordsmanship when he encountered a white ape while practicing in the back mountains.

Whatever Guan Yu practiced, the ape would pick up a stick and imitate him, which angered Guan Yu so much that he wanted to kill the white ape.

But little did Guan Yu know that the white ape was incredibly agile. As Guan Yu's swords missed their mark and he was panting heavily, the white ape struck Guan Yu's wrist with its staff, causing Guan Yu to release his grip on the sword in pain.

At this moment, the white ape picked up Guan Yu's longsword and began to wield it with a set of sword techniques.

This whistling sword technique looked as swift as the wind and as fast as lightning, with a fierce power like splitting the sky and earth, which startled Guan Yu.

He felt that this sword technique was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. So Guan Yu memorized the sword technique first, and after the white ape left, he began to study it.

After studying and mastering the sword technique, Guan Yu descended the mountain and found it both incredible and strange.

While studying the Spring and Autumn Annals alone that evening, it suddenly dawned on me that this set of sword techniques came from the sword techniques in this book.

From then on, Guan Yu studied the Spring and Autumn Annals at night to improve and become more familiar with his swordsmanship, which is how the Spring and Autumn Swordsmanship came to be known.

Guan Yu's first three strikes were during his time as a wanderer, when he made a living selling dates.

The key to hitting dates is the first three blows with a stick. This skill has been honed over time and incorporated into the Spring and Autumn Sword Technique, making the first three blows the most powerful.

However, Guan Yu's strike was the first of the three most powerful strikes in his Spring and Autumn Sword Technique, and it was unpredictable and incredibly powerful.

Even though the guards dared not meet the attack head-on, Guan Yu flicked his wrist, and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade suddenly changed direction, from a horizontal slash to a chopping motion.

boom!

One of the guards was immediately cleaved in two by Guan Yu's blade, his intestines and brains spilling out.

The other guards were terrified and stood there dumbfounded.

Then Guan Yu's sword flashed, each strike killing one of the guards in the blink of an eye.

Just as Guan Yu was killing the guard, Zhang Fei had already seized the opportunity to spur his horse and chase after Gongsun Zan from behind.

Since Guan Yu had made a pledge, how could he dare to be careless?

If we let Gongsun Zan go, won't my second brother be punished?

As Zhang Fei chased after him, he shouted, "Gongsun Zan, Zhang Yide of Yan is here! Take this spear!"

The sound was like a lion's roar, deafening.

Gongsun Zan already knew that the butcher had a loud voice, which he had developed from hawking his wares on the street, so he quickly covered his ears.

The warhorses charged onto the drawbridge, where Gongsun Yue led over a hundred soldiers to meet them.

Seeing that Gongsun Zan was about to leave, Zhang Fei remembered his ten heads and Guan Yu's military pledge, so he quickly spurred his horse onto the drawbridge.

"Quickly raise the suspension bridge!"

Seeing that Zhang Fei was in hot pursuit and that Guan Yu had killed ten of his guards in the distance and was also chasing after them, Gongsun Zan ordered the drawbridge to be lowered.

Once the drawbridge is retracted, only Zhang Fei will be left.

Guan Jing, who was on the city wall, saw that Gongsun Zan had already crossed the drawbridge, and immediately ordered the soldiers on the city wall to turn the winch and lower the drawbridge.

The drawbridge creaked and rose, and Zhang Fei engaged in a fierce battle with the soldiers who had come out of the city on the narrow open space between the city gate and the drawbridge.

Even though Zhang Fei was brave, the place was too narrow and crowded, and he could not perform well on horseback, so the situation was critical.

Just then, Guan Yu arrived and was greatly alarmed to see Zhang Fei's army had ventured too far into enemy territory.

The drawbridge was halfway up, and Guan Yu could no longer climb it on horseback.

Guan Jing, on the city wall, directed his soldiers to fire arrows. A hail of arrows rained down, preventing Guan Yu from getting close to the drawbridge.

Guan Yu was extremely flustered, because he was the one who sent Zhang Fei to chase Gongsun Zan.

Zhang Fei is now trapped inside.

They failed to capture Gongsun Zan alive and instead lost a brother. How are they going to explain this to their elder brother?

"Captain Guan, I'm here to help you!"

At the critical moment, Zhang Liao arrived with five hundred Beiwei soldiers. They immediately took out their bows and crossbows and exchanged fire with the soldiers on the city wall. The arrows shot down from the city wall were much weaker.

Guan Yu rode his horse to the drawbridge, suddenly stood up on his horse, and then leaped up, wielding his Green Dragon Crescent Blade to slash at the iron chain.

With a clang of metal against metal and sparks flying, he actually severed the iron chain with a single stroke.

The soldier spinning the turntable on the city wall was stunned and forgot what he was doing.

"Pull it up! Pull it up!" Guan Jing shouted from the top of the city wall.

The soldiers, as if waking from a dream, hurriedly turned the winch.

However, Guan Yu, having gained the upper hand with his first strike, pressed his advantage and, using the same method, severed another iron chain with a single blow.

boom!

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