Xiahou's wonderful talent!

  Guan Yu was certain that Xiahou Dun would definitely die, but he was unexpectedly rescued by Li Dian, who led his troops to kill their way out. Guan Yu's anger was uncontrollable, and he coldly watched as Xiahou Dun fled to Li Dian's side. With a cold snort, Guan Yu thought to himself: "What am I worth?"

  Guan Yu urged on his horse, and Red Hare let out a loud whinny as it galloped towards Xiahou Dun with all its might, like a rainbow flashing across the sky.

  Li Dian and Jia Xu consulted each other, then Li Dian led the remaining 1,000 soldiers to rush over immediately. On the way, they met Xiahou Yuan, who was supposed to be in Xuchang. Li Dian couldn't help but admire Jia Xu's intelligence and wisdom, and secretly admired Xiahou Yuan's military ability.

  Li Dian and Xiahou Xuan made a plan, deciding that Li Dian would lead 3,000 troops to meet up with Xiahou Dun, while Xiahou Xuan would lead the army in guarding the return route.

  Li Dian saw that Xiahou Dun was unharmed, and the great stone in his heart also secretly fell to the ground. Without saying anything else, Xiahou Dun's relationship with Lord Cao couldn't be explained in just a few words. If Xiahou Dun really died here, it's likely that Cao Cao would be enraged and personally lead the main army to come, which is not impossible.

  As soon as Li Dian saw the red shadow behind Xiahou Dun, carrying a green-robed general, he fixed his eyes and suddenly cold sweat broke out on his chin. He shouted loudly to Xiahou Dun: "General Xiahou, be careful..."

  Before the two words "behind" were finished, Xiahou Dun didn't wait for Li Dian's reminder and had already felt a strong and fierce killing intent from behind. Xiahou Dun was on high alert, and just as a loud and intense breaking wind sound came, Xiahou Dun drew out his precious sword from his waist and blocked it with the back of his hand.

  "Bang......"

  Xiahou Dun's treasured sword fell to the ground, and he himself suddenly flew off his horse, like a thrown rope, landing near Li Dian.

  Xiahou Dun's Tiger Mouth was shattered in his previous clash with Guan Yu, and this time he again clashed hard with Guan Yu, instantly bloodied...

  In an instant, a loud crash was heard. Xiahou Dun fell to the ground, his left hand propping him up on the earth, trembling as if he wanted to get up. But then he fell again and lay motionless, his life or death unknown.

  Guan Yu saw Xiahou Dun block his Spring and Autumn knife technique, but then he fell to the ground unable to move. However, in an instant, Guan Yu saw Xiahou Dun fall to the ground, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

  A group of red hare horses walked slowly towards the place where Xiahou Dun had fallen, as if to see whether Xiahou Dun was dead or alive.

  "Guān Yǔ, spare Lord Shàhóu's life..."

  A loud shout came, and it was Li Dian riding swiftly on horseback, wielding a long spear that flashed left and right like the cold gleam of ten thousand stars. Guan Yu saw him and swept his gaze over with a hint of disdain - compared to Xiahou Dun, Li Dian was far inferior.

  But then Li Dian approached, and some of Cao's soldiers also approached Xiahou Dun, seemingly wanting to secretly rescue him. Guan Yu angrily shouted, his crescent moon blade flashing like a cold moon wheel, mercilessly chopping down at Li Dian. His power was immense.

  Li Dian's face changed, although Li Dian was not as brave as Xiahou Dun, he felt that his martial arts were not inferior. Suddenly, Li Dian calmed down the anxious mood of his good horse, looked at the cold moon that was about to behead him, took a deep breath, let out a loud shout, and his long spear swept across like a giant wave, colliding with Guan Yu's Cold Moon.

  Bang!

  A loud bang!

  Guan Yu's momentum was halted for a moment, and when he looked back at Li Dian, he saw that the latter had retreated seven or eight steps with his horse, clearly revealing their disparity in strength.

  Li Dian gazed at Guan Yu with a look of shock and horror, his heart churning with waves of emotion. Guan Yu's bravery was now terrifying, perhaps even rivaling that of the war god Lü Bu? Li Dian glanced back to see his soldiers carefully helping Xiahou Dun retreat slowly, and he let out a sigh of relief.

  Guan Yu also saw it, Li Dian was trying to delay himself and let Xiahou Dun escape with his life!

  Without warning, another loud roar, Chi Tu Ma flashed by like a rainbow, Yan Yue Dao seemed to be a blue-green lightning bolt, seemingly there and not there. Li Dian's pupils contracted, seeing Guan Yu getting closer and closer, looking back at Xiahou Dun who had yet to merge with the main army, his heart hardened.

  At this time, Li Dian cannot retreat and must not retreat. If he retreats, Xiahou Dun will surely die. If Xiahou Dun dies, he might be able to save his own life. But if he returns to Xuchang? He's afraid of facing Lord Cao's thunderous wrath....

  Why not give it a try?

  Li Dian let out a mouthful of turbid air, gazing at the cyan light that was even more dazzling than sunlight. For the first time, Li Dian's heart surged with an unparalleled sense of combat intent. Li Dian was not a brave general, but a good one!

  Li Dian rarely took the field himself and engaged in close combat with enemy generals. Li Dian considered that to be the behavior of a low-ranking martial officer.

  A truly great general is like Han Xin, one of the three heroes of the early Han dynasty. What about Xiang Yu, the Overlord? Wasn't he defeated by Han Xin's hands as well?

  Now, facing Guan Yu's overwhelming momentum with one knife, Li Dian wished to have a fierce battle with him for the first time. Perhaps this is what "martial artists" call "battle intent".

  "Drink......" Li Dian raised his gun again, pointing it at the green light in the distance.

  In an instant, Li Dian's grey-white spearhead burst forth with endless cold light, and clashed fiercely with Guan Yu's green spearhead.

  "Rumble..."

  Li Dian only felt a surge of energy coming from the gun tip, and the tiger's mouth suddenly burst open. His chest also felt a suffocating sensation. Li Dian's eyes shone brightly as he stared at Guan Yu, who was looking at him with surprise not far away.

  Li Dian burst out laughing: "Haha, Guan Yu, Lord Guan, you're nothing more than this! Come on, Li Dian will meet with you..."

  Having said that, he did not retreat but instead advanced forward. The long spear in his hand shone like a starlight, yet it hid endless killing intent aimed at Guan Yu.

  Guan Yu heard Li Dian's slightly sarcastic words, his anger rose to the top of his head, he let out a loud shout, and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade was like a giant dragon with its head held high and its tail swishing back and forth, striking directly at Li Dian...

  In the next moment, Starlight and Cyan Mangekko collided again. Guan Yu, or perhaps stimulated by Li Dian, swung his crescent moon knife left and right, like a green dragon rushing wildly, and Li Dian could only defend himself at this time...

  Li Dian struggled to support himself, watching Guan Yu unleash his mighty aura, each sword strike seemed to carry an overbearing air. Li Dian suddenly realized that Guan Yu had not used his full strength from the start, Li Dian secretly smiled wryly to himself, thinking that he was ignorant of his own mortality and still dared to challenge him... Ah!

  "I was a martial artist too..." Li Dian let out a soft sigh, and then said with some regret: "My lord, I'll take my leave first..."

  Guan Yu saw Li Dian's spirit was not focused, his left and right flanks were in disarray. He gave a cold smile, and a thread of murderous intent flashed across his eyes. The crescent moon blade rose and fell, and Li Dian crashed to the ground, flying off his horse!

  "Die now..." Guan Yu snorted, his crescent moon blade flashing down in a green arc, intent on beheading Li Dian beneath his horse. Just then, an unexpected iron arrow suddenly appeared, striking Guan Yu's crescent moon blade and deflecting it. Li Dian had been waiting for the fatal blow, but only when Guan Yu struck did he realize just how close to death he was.

  Guan Yu's phoenix eyes suddenly opened wide, gazing at the iron arrows flying through the air. With a swift motion of his crescent moon blade, he swept them away. His gaze roamed around and locked onto a robust general riding a yellow stallion about 100 meters away.

  "Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Miao Cai!" Guan Yu saw through the identity of the newcomer at a glance.

  Xiahou Yuan shot several iron arrows in a row, and Guan Yu closed his Danfeng eyes slightly, waving the Yanyue knife to create layers of knife curtains.

  "Ding ding ding......"

  Xiahou Yuan's iron arrow was swept away, and as Guan Yu looked on, Li Dian had already climbed up onto his horse and retreated.

  Guan Yu also saw Xiahou Yuan's intention and couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart: "Does he think that by doing this, he can save them?"

  Guan Yu no longer paid attention to Xiahou Yuan in the distance, his crescent moon blade dancing straight at Xiahou Dun and Li Dian. Li Dian saw that Xiahou Dun was unconscious and had lost all combat strength, gritted his teeth secretly, turned around and clashed with Guan Yu again, stubbornly fighting on.

  Xiahou Yuan's loud voice echoed from afar, and Li Dian hastily led his troops in a retreat...

  "Manchester, take my brother away quickly, Guan Yu will come to deal with..."

  Li Dian hastily retreated on horseback, without a moment's hesitation. He looked at his right hand with a bitter smile, his right hand was already numb and paralyzed, and the long spear had long since disappeared.

  Li Dian glanced at Xiahou Dun, who was "unconscious" beside him, and smiled wryly to himself before retreating outward.

  Guan Yu saw Li Dian retreat and was furious, wanting to chase after him. Just then, several more loud whistling sounds came from afar.

  The Green Dragon Crescent Blade was swung again, and several iron arrows fell to the ground. At this time, Li Dian and Xiahou Dun had also retreated into Xiahou Yuan's army...

  Guan Yu secretly seethed with anger, his eyes flashing with cold light as he stared at Xiahou Yuan, hating that he couldn't swallow him alive.

  They just stared at each other for half a day.

  Xiahou Yuan seemed to have no intention of starting a fight. Suddenly, Guan Yu saw Xiahou Dun mounting his horse with the help of his guards, his right hand wrapped in bandages, his face pale as paper, clearly having suffered internal injuries!

  Half a month of recuperation is not enough.

  Guan Yu's face was exceptionally gloomy, how could Guan Yu not be angry? First, Zhang Fei was ambushed by Xiahou Dun, resulting in injuries, and it is still unknown how severe the wounds are. Although he himself also heavily injured Xiahou Dun, at a critical moment, he was disrupted by Li Dian's men, allowing him to escape. Li Dian was also rescued by Xiahou Yuan's timely arrows.

  "Cloud brother, we will meet again...". Xiahou Yuan burst out laughing and with a wave of his hand, the army slowly retreated in an orderly manner. Guan Yu could only watch as Cao's army withdrew slowly, unable to do anything.

  There was no way, previously Guan Yu dared to rush into the Cao army commanded by Wang Er Gou, because the Cao army only took care of one side, and was captured by Guan Yu first, capturing Wang alive.

  Xiahou Yuan is not some mediocre goods, Guan Yu dares to say that if he were to charge alone, at most he could kill a hundred or so before being cut down by Xiahou Yuan's commanded Cao army...

  Moreover, Xiahou Yuan himself was not bad at martial arts, and he was particularly skilled in archery.

  Guan Yu thought that his martial arts were strong and unmatched in the world, but he didn't think that he was invincible either. Moreover, his main army was still in the rear, holding captive the surrendered Cao troops.

  Looking at Xiahou brothers and Li Dian getting farther and farther away, Guan Yu couldn't care less about anything else, hurriedly rode his horse back to see how his third brother's injury was.

  When Guan Yu returned, Zhang Fei was in a furious state, and judging from his appearance, his injuries were not too severe. Guan Yu's heart, which had been lifted with concern, slightly eased.

  "Second Brother, have you killed that scoundrel Xiahou Dun?" Zhang Fei asked with a gleam in his eye as he saw Guan Yu return.

  Guan Yu's face sank at these words, and he fell silent for a moment before muttering: "Let's go."

  "What, gone! Second brother, how did you let Xiahou Dun escape..." Zhang Fei said halfway and seemed to think of something, consciously closing his mouth and no longer speaking.

  "Hmph, next time I meet Xiahou Dun, I will definitely not spare him." Guan Yu's eyes gleamed with a cold light.

  "My lord."

  "Father."

  Zhou Cang and Guan Ping, two generals, stepped forward, clasped their hands together in respect, and bowed towards Guan Yu.

  Guan Yu looked at the two with a slightly improved expression, and asked Zhou Cang and Guan Ping: "How many casualties did our army suffer this time, and how many Cao troops were captured?"

  Zhou Cang and Guan Ping exchanged a glance, and Guan Ping spoke cautiously: "Father, our army has suffered nearly six hundred casualties, and we have captured over two thousand Cao troops. The rest of the Cao troops took advantage of our unpreparedness and escaped..."

  Guan Ping's voice was slightly low and humble, with his head bowed in shame, waiting for Guan Yu's rebuke.

  "Sir, it's no wonder General Xiahou is suspicious. Our troops are too few in number and can't keep up with the enemy's movements. If General Xiahou hadn't discovered this in time, Cao's army would have had a mutiny..."

  "Hmm..." Guan Yu nodded slightly and smiled warmly at Guan Ping: "My son did very well."

  Turning to look at Zhou Cang, Guan Ping said: "You two lead a thousand soldiers to escort the Cao army prisoners back to the city!" After a pause, he said again: "Third brother, quickly get the officers and men in order, one incense later, follow me into battle..."

  Zhang Fei, Zhou Cang, and Guan Ping were somewhat perplexed. Why did they still need to go into battle? Hadn't the plan already been accomplished? Had the plan changed?

  "Second brother, has the plan changed?" Zhang Fei asked with some hesitation.

  Guan Yu stroked his beautiful beard, and a hint of cold light flashed in his eyes: "Xiahou Yuan led the army to this place, I'm worried about Zi Long, Chen Dao has danger..."

  Hmmm... Zhang Fei's eyes also flashed a hint of sharpness. So, this means he has the chance to settle scores with Xiahou Dun?

  "Brother Two is absolutely right!" Zhang Fei exclaimed excitedly, loudly echoing in agreement: "Let's do it just as Brother Two said!"

  Zhou Cang and Guan Ping exchanged a glance, smiled wryly and shook their heads in silence.