Chapter 421: Get Ahead of Guan Yu
Luo Jiu thought, without Yuan Shao's military order, he couldn't go to reinforce, so why not go secretly?
She returned to the house and told Feng Qi and Fu Bao to quietly leave the city to rescue Sun Jian and his troops.
Although the two reinforcements are not many and cannot change the overall situation, they are a token of gratitude from the Chang'an army.
So Feng Qi and Fu Bao sneaked into the moat at night and rushed to Sishui Pass.
The two were wondering if they could find the place in the dark without navigation. But they soon saw smoke and fire rising from the woods not far away. Hua Xiong, the general of Dong Zhuo, was leading his troops to hunt down Sun Jian and others.
Feng Qi quickly told Fu Bao: "Your second mother said that Hua Xiong cannot be killed. He will have to appear tomorrow. Let's save him and leave."
Fu Bao nodded repeatedly, "Remember, I will just give him a light beating."
As they spoke, the two men covered their faces with scarves and rode forward on their horses.
A stray arrow shot towards Sun Jian, but was shot down by Feng Qi with a single blow. "General Sun, hurry up! I'll cover your retreat!"
Zu Mao was trying to buy time for Sun Jian to retreat and fight Hua Xiong, but Hua Xiong was Dong Zhuo's fourth general and was very powerful. Zu Mao was no match for him.
After several rounds, Hua Xiong stabbed at him with a knife. Zu Mao knew that he had nowhere to avoid it and closed his eyes in despair.
At this moment, there was a loud "clang" sound, and a silver spear appeared out of nowhere and deflected Hua Xiong's sword.
Zu Mao looked and saw that it was a masked young general with red eyes, who shouted at him, "General, hurry up! I'll stop him!"
Hua Xiong was shocked by Fubao and his arm became numb. Seeing her standing in front of him, he rushed over again.
Fu Bao was really in a dilemma. It was not difficult to kill Hua Xiong, but he couldn't kill him because he insisted on getting ahead.
Fu Bao was afraid that if he hit too hard, he would not be able to play tomorrow and delay the plot. So he put his gun behind his back, waited for Hua Xiong to come over, snatched the sword with his bare hands, took away his precious sword with one move, and slapped him in the face with his backhand.
Hua Xiong was slapped and fell off his horse. He covered his face and doubted his life.
What kind of fighting style is this? Why didn't you just stab me to death after taking my knife?
While I was dazed, I heard the man on horseback whispering a warning: "Don't chase me anymore, or I'll give you a swollen face."
Is it a woman? Hua Xiong suspected that he was dreaming.
Fubao threw his knife to him and rode away on his horse.
After a while, Fubao caught up with Zumao, and took Zumao to find Feng Qi, Sun Jian and others.
Seeing that the pursuers had not come up, Sun Jian hurriedly dismounted, led his troops to kneel down and bowed, saying: "Thank you two heroes for your help."
Feng Qi and Fu Bao quickly helped them up, took off their scarves and said, "Old General, please stand up quickly. We are Luo Jiu's subordinates in the Chang'an Army. My mistress heard that Yuan Shu was withholding food and grass, and she was afraid that there would be civil unrest. She was afraid that the enemy would take advantage of the situation to attack your army, so she ordered us to come to help."
Sun Jian was touched and said, "General Luo is very thoughtful. I will thank you in person later. The people of Dongwu will remember this great favor and will never forget it."
Feng Qi said, "Don't do that. Leader Yuan didn't order reinforcements. We came out secretly. If you tell, I'm afraid our Chang'an Army will be charged with disobeying military orders. My mistress said that saving the general is for the greater good, so there's no need to thank us. Chenliu is not far ahead, you should go back and rest."
Sun Jian asked hurriedly: "What about you?"
Feng Qi said: "We have our own way to go back."
Feng Qi and Fu Bao watched as Sun Jian led the remaining troops to attack the pass and then sneaked back through the moat.
Early the next morning, Yuan Shao urgently summoned all the princes, saying that Sun Jian had been defeated and injured, and asked everyone to discuss countermeasures as soon as possible.
Luo Jiu rolled his eyes silently. How shameless! Why did he lose? Didn't he know what was going on?
As everyone was discussing, a spy came to report, "Leader, Hua Xiong, a subordinate of Dong Zhuo, led 50,000 soldiers and is challenging us at the pass."
Yuan Shao hurriedly asked: "Generals, who will go to fight?"
Feng Qi was about to stand up when Luo Jiu quickly held her back. "Wait, these people are unwilling to accept the defeat. Even if you kill Hua Xiong, they won't respect you. You have to let them know how powerful Hua Xiong is first, and then you can go up."
Sure enough, as soon as Yuan Shao finished asking, a brave general named Yu She came out from behind him and asked to fight Hua Xiong.
Yuan Shao was very happy, thinking that he was an honor to have Yu She on his side, so he immediately sent Yu She there.
In the blink of an eye, someone came to report: "General Yu She fought Hua Xiong for less than three rounds and was killed by Hua Xiong."
Everyone was shocked, and the governor Han Fu said, "I have General Pan Feng, who can kill Hua Xiong."
Yuan Shao then sent Pan Feng back. After a while, another report came in: "Pan Feng was killed by Hua Xiong again."
Everyone in the hall was shocked, and the princes present sent two more generals forward.
Luo Jiu expected that these two would also die, so he whispered to Feng Qi: "When the messenger of death comes later, no one will dare to send anyone easily. Then you should time it well and rush in before Guan Yu."
Feng Qi nodded repeatedly. In the original novel, it was Guan Yu's job to kill Hua Xiong with warm wine, and now he had to take it over.
Liu Bei and Luo Jiu had the same idea at this moment, which was to let others be cannon fodder first and then let his own people show up.
Liu Bei was waiting for the opportunity, and Luo Jiu was also waiting.
She whispered a few words into Chen Gong's ear and made some small arrangements.
After a while, the soldiers came to report, "Both generals... were killed by Hua Xiong."
"Oh no!" There was a cry of grief in the hall.
Yuan Shao was so anxious that he threw his hands away. "What a pity! My generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou are not here. If one of them were here, would they still be afraid of Hua Xiong? Generals, is there anyone who dares to fight?"
Just as Liu Bei was about to turn around and talk to Guan Yu, Chen Gong immediately interrupted him and said, "Uncle Liu, can I have a word with you?"
Liu Bei hurriedly asked, "Brother Gongtai, what's the matter?"
Chen Gong said, "My mistress is hosting a banquet at noon, and I would like to invite Uncle Liu and the two generals to come along."
Liu Bei was still thinking that Chen Gong was ill, why couldn't he invite him to dinner at any other time? Why did he have to ask for it now? Just as he was about to agree, Feng Qi had already requested to fight.
"General Feng Qi is willing to go to the front and kill Hua Xiong."
Yuan Shao took a closer look and saw that it was a female general from the Chang'an Army. He could not help but said with disdain, "We have so many brave and skilled generals, but none of them could defeat Hua Xiong. Do you want to fight? Don't send yourself to death. Retreat quickly."
Feng Qi made a "tsk" sound, and Cao Cao hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, leader. Look at the two axes in General Feng's hands. They weigh more than 100 pounds. She has the power to split a mountain. Why not let her fight Hua Xiong?"
Yuan Shao said helplessly: "Meng De, if we send a woman to fight, won't Dong Zhuo laugh at us for having no one in the army?"
Feng Qi hurriedly said, "What's wrong with being a woman? Don't blame me for being harsh. Anyone here can beat me. Why are you talking to me about women and men? Aren't you just afraid that I will lose? I can issue a military order.
If I cannot defeat Hua Xiong, you must kill all six of us from the Chang'an Army."
Chen Gong was walking towards Luo Jiu. When he heard this, his legs went weak and he almost fell.
He knelt down and said with concern, "Madam, isn't General Feng's military order a bit too big?"
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