Chapter 164 Guan Yu's First Team Leadership Experience

Sheyang County, Guangling County.

In the first month of the year, Jin Mao led his army to station here and suppressed the Yellow Turban bandits in the surrounding areas without harming the common people.

From then on, they formed a good relationship, but it also made the powerful families look down on them even more.

Now that Guan Yu, Huang Gai and others had arrived in Sheyang County, they did not have to put in much effort to learn about all the industries of the two clans from the people.

Huang Gai promised the people on the spot: "We will hire the villagers to cultivate all the land seized this time. My adjutant will tell you the specific income."

Huang Gai was not unaware of the current situation, but he believed that Jin Mao could overcome the danger.

if not?
Now that you have acknowledged the Lord, is there any way back?
Guan Yu didn't think so much. Although he responded to Zhang Fei nonchalantly, he actually cared very much in his heart.

Among the three, Guan Yu is the oldest, Liu Bei is the second oldest, and Zhang Fei is the youngest. The three were not arranged in order of age when they became sworn brothers.

Therefore, in addition to being afraid that Liu Bei would cry, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also competed with each other in private.

Take this time for example, if Guan Yu didn't care, he wouldn't be so petty as to pick the biggest fish.

The members of these two big clans in Sheyang County still don't know how much trouble their clan leader has caused in Huaiyin County.

They will not take the initiative to run away, which is equivalent to standing and waiting to be harvested for their military merits, just like a farmer harvesting rice, whoever harvests faster will have more military merits.

Guan Yu was very confident in his own martial arts skills, and was also confident that he could win Zhang Fei's warhorse.

For military generals, war horses are equivalent to supercars in later generations. Even the naval commander Huang Gai was very envious and wanted one.

Who wouldn't be happy to get a war horse for free?

Guan Yu is no exception.

Twenty miles north of Sheyang County is the place where the descendants of Liu Shou, King Jing of Guangling, moved to. After several generations of efforts, this branch of the Liu family no longer looks like a descendant of the royal family, but more like a noble family.

Although not all members of the Liu clan were good people, they were better than the gentry in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Treat the people better, at least give most of them a chance to survive.

But it was different for the Liu family in Sheyang County. All the people within a five-mile radius became tenants and slaves of the Liu family.

There were a total of 200 people who were leading the encirclement and suppression of the Liu family in Sheyang County, led by Guan Yu.

Huang Gai went to encircle and suppress another family in Sheyang County.

This was the first time Guan Yu led a team. In the past, he either followed orders from Liu Bei or served as a scout for others.

Considering that Guan Yu was a cavalry general, Huang Gai specially ordered 200 of his most elite sword and shield soldiers to follow him.

These two hundred people were familiar with Guan Yu. Every time Huang Gai was beaten, they were basically there. Naturally, they knew how powerful Guan Yu was and obeyed his orders.

The sun is high.

It was a little sunny at noon in late April. Guan Yu wiped the sweat from his cheeks, not wanting the sweat to stain his beautiful beard.

The two hundred swordsmen and shieldmen behind him are ready for battle.

The terrain around Sheyang Lake is flat, and visitors can see the faces of the people on the fort at a glance. Similarly, the people in the fort had already discovered Guan Yu and others, and they all fled back to the fort and waited in battle formation.

Guan Yu secretly thought it was a pity, if he had gone alone, he might have been able to launch a surprise attack and break in, but with two hundred men he would easily be exposed.

In recent years, the Yellow Turban Rebellion has not had much impact on the gentry.

The Liujiawu Fort in Sheyang also had only a thin earthen wall two meters high, with four simple wooden corner towers at the four corners, an earthen building at the front door, and the back door backed by Sheyang Lake.

After observation, Guan Yu realized that as long as he could deal with the wooden corner towers at the four corners, it would be very easy to break into the fortress.

"Give me the oil can."

Guan Yu ordered the sword and shield soldiers to be divided into three groups, with one hundred people blocking the main gate, and the other one hundred people to be divided into two groups, with 50 people each blocking the left and right sides. Only the back door was left unblocked.

He himself took the flaming oil can, rode his horse around in a circle, and burned down the four corner towers.

"Whoosh!"

When Guan Yu approached the first corner tower, the archers inside shot arrows.

Guan Yu held an oil can in his left hand and an iron shield in his right hand. With a slight block, the arrow deviated from its direction.

When they got closer, Guan Yu could clearly hear the sound of the guards in the corner tower frantically loading arrows.

He hurled it hard, and flames engulfed the entire corner tower. Soon, terrifying screams were heard from inside.

Guan Yu had a blank expression on his face. He put his shield behind his back to protect himself from arrows and returned to the formation.

"Captain Guan is so mighty!" The soldiers cheered for Guan Yu.

In fact, Guan Yu did not become a colonel. This was a common practice in Jinmao's army. Soldiers would call some people who were about to be promoted to colonel-level rank but had no official position as colonels.

During his last trip to Yandu County, Guan Yu was a fourth-level lieutenant. In the eyes of the soldiers, this time Guan Yu would definitely be able to go one step further and would most likely become one of the first colonels.

So, let’s arrange the title first.

Guan Yu was secretly delighted and lit up another corner tower.

The two screams in the flames completely aroused the fear in the hearts of the Liu family in the fortress, and civil strife was about to break out.

When Guan Yu set all four corner towers on fire, the sword and shield soldiers pressed forward.

"Hah!" He shouted with every step he took, as if he was driving a mouse out of a hole.

This trick really worked. Guan Yu, who had been watching the battle from the side, immediately discovered that the road behind Liu's family was wide open and someone was trying to escape.

"Leave half of the team to guard the front door, and the other half will follow me to attack the back door!"

"Team two, team three, climb over the earth wall."

"attack!"

Giving orders, Guan Yu experienced the joy of being a commander for the first time.

I saw the first row of sword and shield soldiers on both sides squatting down and putting their shields on their shoulders, while the sword and shield soldiers in the back row ran forward, stepped on the shields, and with the push from their feet, they easily climbed over the earth wall and rushed into the inner courtyard.

The shouts and screams stimulated Guan Yu to clamp his legs tightly against the horse's belly. The horse ran very fast in pain, leaving behind the fifty swordsmen and shieldmen behind him.

He led the way and arrived at the back door. At this time, the backyard was wide open, and the Liu family members pushed and shoved each other, vying to be the first to board the boat, but no one succeeded, and everyone was arguing at the dock.

Guan Yu acted decisively and rode his horse into the backyard gate.

"kill!"

He swung the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in a semicircle, drawing an inverted arc, and beheaded one man with one blow! Another man was cut in half!
He switched his left and right hands, and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade circled around Guan Yu's body, cutting off four or five more heads.

By the time Guan Yu reached the back door of Liu's house, more than a dozen people had already surrendered.

The Liu family members finally reacted and screamed, trying to escape from this ruthless murderer.

Suddenly, there was chaos outside the gate. The warriors inside the gate were trembling with their legs, holding their swords, spears and guns, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

Guan Yu stood in the middle of the gate, holding a sword and a horse, looking around with disdain. His free left hand held a shield at his side, guarding against hidden arrows.

It was not until 50 sword and shield soldiers arrived in neat formation that Guan Yu said, "Split into two teams. One team will chase and kill the people who escaped from the fort, and the other team will follow me to kill them!"

"Here!"

Soon, the sword and shield soldiers consciously divided into two rows, and one row followed Guan Yu into the fort.

Another column of five people was divided into five groups, chasing the fleeing Liu family members in five directions. These people cooperated very well, two of them held shields to attack, two of them held knives to chop people, and the last one passed by and finished off the enemy.

the other side.

Guan Yu rushed into the courtyard on his horse, but soon discovered that the space was too small for his horse to maneuver.

He immediately jumped off the warhorse, tied up the horse, and changed his long sword to a short sword, as short weapons are best for street fighting.

"Conical array!"

With a loud shout, Guan Yu came to the front, holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand. The other 25 people followed closely behind him, forming a group of five to protect him on both sides.

"kill!"

Guan Yu was good at using a long sword, but was not very familiar with a short sword. He did not know how to control the distance well, and each time he attacked, he could not kill the enemy. The enemy fell to the ground and wailed a few times before he was killed by the sword from behind.

By this calculation, the military merit is reduced by half.

In just a cup of tea, Guan Yu led his men to kill everyone and arrived at the main gate.

On the main gate building, Liu Yu, the son of the current head of the Liu family, did not understand what was going on and shouted angrily, "As the government troops, you are not going to wipe out the Yellow Turban bandits, but are coming to kill the good people. Are you going to rebel?"

Guan Yu held the shield above his head with his left hand and shouted: "You are colluding with the Yellow Turbans. We are here to eliminate the rebels!"

"If you are wise enough, come down and die quickly, and you can avoid the disaster of extermination of your race!"

While replying to the people upstairs, Guan Yu ordered his men to quietly climb up the wall from both sides.

This earth building is built on a three-meter-high stone wall. The walls of the house are also made of clay mixed with bluestone. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is considered the most difficult point to conquer in the entire fortress.

At this time, the sword and shield soldiers on both sides had all rushed into the dock, and screams continued to be heard.

Liu Yu knew he would die today, and angrily said, "I am a Yellow Turban? This is ridiculous!"

"My Sheyang Liu family has been diligent and law-abiding for generations, but we have been branded as traitors!"

"How ridiculous! How pathetic! How lamentable!"

Guan Yu would not indulge these self-righteous nobles, and loudly questioned: "Law-abiding? I don't see how they abide by the law?!"

"Seize the people's land! Force the people into slavery!"

"This is what you call abiding by the law?!"

Liu Yu in the building laughed and said, "Without my Liu family, how can these untouchables survive?"

“I’m saving them.”

"You are stubborn!" Guan Yu saw his men climbing up the earth walls on both sides and gave a decisive order: "Kill them all!"

suddenly!

"Whoosh whoosh!"

In the gate tower, several crossbow arrows were shot from both sides.

Fortunately, these were elite soldiers who blocked the attack with their shields.

However, these crossbow arrows were extremely powerful and were not able to be blocked by a wooden shield wrapped in only a layer of iron sheet. People who were hit by crossbow arrows had their arms pierced, their feet became unstable, and they fell off the earth wall with screams.

Fortunately, the earth wall was not high, otherwise there would be greater casualties.

"attack!"

Seeing that the sneak attack failed, Guan Yu immediately ordered an attack. Loading the heavy crossbow was even more troublesome and could not be operated without two people. This was the perfect time to attack.

Suddenly, the swordsmen and shieldmen rushed forward and tried to break in through the doors and windows, but found that the doors and windows on both sides were extremely strong.

Helplessly, Guan Yu climbed up himself, took a run and kicked the ball.

"Crack!"

The wooden door broke, and the people behind the door fell to the ground screaming. Guan Yu rolled inside.

The knife flashed, and within a few breaths, more than a dozen people in the room were breathing out more than breathing in.

Guan Yu was too lazy to finish off the opponent and walked out of the door covered in blood.

"Captain, you are mighty!"

"Captain, you are mighty!"

Guan Yu enjoyed this moment very much. This achievement was enough for him to be promoted to the fifth-level lieutenant, and he might even be able to touch the rank of colonel.

Turning around, I found that these sword and shield soldiers did not even spare the children and wanted to kill everyone.

"stop!"

(End of this chapter)