Chapter 241: Skills vs skills! Let Cao Cao hold on and don't die under Yuan Shao's sword! You actually killed Cao Gong's eldest son?
Cao Ang died.

Until the moment his head fell to the ground, he didn't have time to reveal his identity and name.

Guan Ping was too lazy to think about who he had beheaded. He just hung Cao Ang's head on the saddle, turned his horse around, and leaped back to the shore.

The bloody knife was raised and the killing began again.

And just a few dozen steps away.

Dian Wei was still fighting fiercely with Xu Chu, and the two were fighting to a standstill.

While fighting to the death, Dian Wei glanced towards the pier and saw that the flagship had already left the pier. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"The eldest son should have escaped danger by now. There is no need for me to continue to tangle with this Xu. I will take his head another day..."

Dian Wei's thoughts turned, and he immediately swung out his two halberds to block Xu Chu's long sword.

Then he seized the opportunity, turned his horse around, jumped out of the battle group, and ran towards a merchant ship that had not yet left.

"Don't leave until the winner is decided!"

Xu Chu was so angry that he would not let Dian Wei escape like this. He roared, spurred his horse and chased after him with his sword.

The two of them, one in front and one behind, headed straight for the pier.

Dian Wei couldn't help but frown when he saw Xu Chu chasing him relentlessly.

If Xu Chu were to entangle him and follow him onto the merchant ship, the ship would not be able to leave the pier in time. If Liu's soldiers also rushed onto the ship, wouldn't he be trapped on the shore?

Even if he didn't die at the hands of Xu Chu, he would have to die in the chaos of the army as two fists were no match for four hands.

"You bastard, you won't let go of me. I'll let you taste the power of my flying halberd!"

Dian Wei cursed inwardly, held on to his double halberds, and calmly reached into his bag for a small hand halberd.

He took a deep breath and threw the halberd backhandedly.

A flash of cold light rushed straight towards Xu Chu's face like lightning.

Xu Chu, who was in pursuit, had never expected that the opponent actually had a unique skill of flying halberd, and he was completely unprepared.

When the hand halberd reached him, his face changed and he dodged with the instinct of a warrior.

The hand halberd passed by his face, and although it was not fatal, the tip of the halberd left a bloody cut on his face.

Xu Chu felt pain and instinctively slowed down his horse.

Dian Wei took advantage of the situation to distance himself from him, and then threw out the second, third, and fourth halberds like lightning.

Xu Chu finally became alert at this moment. He didn't care about the pain on his face. He dodged left and right, and blocked all the incoming hand halberd attacks with the long sword in his hand.

However, as the horse dodged and blocked, its speed slowed down and Dian Wei left it further behind.

Dian Wei took advantage of this opportunity, left Xu Chu far behind, and galloped onto the last merchant ship.

"Set sail, set sail immediately!"

As soon as Dian Wei got on the boat, he jumped off his horse and shouted to the soldiers on both sides.

However, most of the soldiers on this ship were from Xiliang and they only obeyed Ma Dai's orders.

One of the lieutenants pointed to the shore and shouted:

“General Dian, my General Ziyue has not yet boarded the ship. We have to wait for him to board!”

Dian Wei looked carefully and saw that not far away, Ma Dai was still fighting hard and rushing towards the ship.

It turned out that although Ma Dai had taken the lead just now, he was ambushed by Liu Jun's army and his retreat was cut off.

At this time, all the ships had left the pier, leaving only this one. Ma Dai could only rush towards this last hope of escape regardless of everything.

Dian Wei hesitated for only a moment before shouting:

"No need to wait for him, start the boat immediately, start the boat immediately!"

The soldiers on both sides were all shocked.

By sailing away, you are abandoning our General Zi Yue on the shore. How can we do this?
The lieutenant hurriedly reminded with a bitter face: "General Dian, our General Ziyue has not yet boarded the ship, so we can't--"

Before he could finish his words, Dian Wei raised his halberd and chopped off the lieutenant's head, which fell to the ground.

The soldiers on the boat were terrified. They never expected that Dian Wei would kill his own people.

"Crack!"

Dian Wei crushed the lieutenant's head with one foot and shouted:
"I want you to drive the boat, so drive the boat. If anyone dares to make noise again, this will be the end of you!"

The soldiers were so frightened that they naturally did not dare to hesitate any longer. They hurriedly rowed, raised the sails, and untied the ropes.

Those soldiers who had not boarded the ship rushed to the ship, holding on to the edge of the boat and refusing to let go.

Seeing this, Dian Wei said nothing and started slashing around with his iron halberd.

Screams rang out one after another, more than a dozen pairs of arms were cut off, and the merchant ship, no longer burdened, slowly sailed away from the pier.

It was not until this time that Xu Chu rode his horse and rushed to the pier.

However, Dian Wei had already left the shore on his boat and was more than ten steps away.

Dian Wei glanced over from afar with a mocking look, pointed his iron halberd at Xu Chu and said loudly:
"My last name is Xu, and I am Dian Wei. Please remember your grandfather's name."

"If I run into your Grandpa Dian again, I will chop off your head!"

Seeing that he had completely gotten rid of Xu Chu, he relaxed and became complacent, and started to talk nonsense to Xu Chu on the shore.

Looking at Dian Wei's sarcastic and arrogant look, and then touching the wound on his face, Xu Chu became furious and was extremely angry.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind.

Xu Chu pretended to turn his horse around, but his hand quietly reached into the leather bag at his waist and grabbed a stone.

Glancing at Dian Wei, Xu Chu suddenly swung his tiger arm and a stone flew away.

With a sound of breaking through the air, the stone traveled over ten steps and headed straight for Dian Wei's face.

Dian Wei never expected that he was not the only one who had the unique skill, but Xu Chu also had the skill of flying stones.

When I heard the sound of breaking air approaching and reacted, it was too late.

"Crack!" The flying stone hit Dian Wei's mouth hard while he was talking nonsense.

A pig-slaughtering scream was heard, Dian Wei's mouth spurted blood, he stumbled back three steps, and fell on the deck.

He looked down and saw a stone had fallen to the ground. He touched his mouth and found it was smashed to pieces.

The two front teeth were actually broken by the flying stones!

Although the flying stone was powerful, it was not as powerful as the hand halberd and had limited lethality. Although it hit Dian Wei in the face, it failed to take his life.

Even so, Dian Wei was injured so badly that his mouth was rotten, his teeth were broken, and his appearance was in a miserable state.

"Xu Chu~~"

A wild beast-like angry roar emanated from Dian Wei's leaky mouth.

As the strongest general in Cao's camp, he boasted that his martial arts were the best in the world and could rival Lu Bu.

Not only was he unable to kill Xu Chu, he was also beaten and forced to flee in embarrassment. In the end, he even had his front teeth broken by a small stone from the other party. This was such humiliation that it could not be over!
What a shame...

Dian Wei didn't care about his mouth injury, he jumped up, and with blood spurting out of his mouth, he cursed at Xu Chu on the shore:
"Xu Chu, you bastard, I will make you pay tenfold for the humiliation I inflicted today!"

"I, Dian Wei, swear here that I will tear you into pieces to avenge the humiliation you inflicted on me today~~"

ashore.

When Xu Chu heard the name "Dian Wei", he realized that Cao Cao had sent all his personal guards to attack Yangquan.

Facing Dian Wei's harsh words, Xu Chu pointed his long sword and said proudly:
"Dian Wei, go back and tell Cao Cao that when my lord goes north to fight against the enemy, I, Xu Chu, will cut off your head along with his!"

"Tell him to hold on in Guandu and stay alive. Don't let him die under Yuan Shao's sword!"

Dian Wei on the boat was so angry that his lungs almost exploded after hearing Xu Chu's wild words.

His neck turned red, and when he wanted to curse back, the pain of rotten teeth and broken teeth finally came.

He could no longer curse, and fell down on the deck, covering his mouth and howling.

The Huai River was stained with blood, and nearly 4,000 Cao's soldiers lost their lives at the ferry.

The 3,000 surviving Cao troops were all still frightened and had to flee to the Yingshui River in fear.

Around noon, the sounds of killing finally died down.

Lu Xun rode out of the city and arrived at the ferry, where he met Guan Ping and others.

"Bo Yan, your plan of attacking them halfway across the river is really a brilliant idea!"

"This battle was a great pleasure!"

Guan Ping patted Lu Xun on the shoulder and continued fighting, with an excited smile on his face.

Lu Xun did not dare to boast of his achievements, but said modestly:

"Military Advisor Xiao was so good at predicting the future that he calculated that Cao Cao would definitely send troops to attack Yangquan. If it weren't for Military Advisor Xiao's beacon tower plan, how could we have known in advance that Cao's army was coming?"

Guan Ping agreed with it deeply and nodded repeatedly, looking towards Shouchun with admiration.

"But there is one thing I don't understand. Cao Cao is clearly already stretched to the limit in terms of military strength. Where did he get these 7,000 soldiers from?"

A hint of doubt appeared on Lu Xun's face again.

Xu Chu clapped his hands and said:
"I just captured an enemy general alive. He seems to be a high-ranking official. Bring him up for questioning and we'll know."

As he said this, Xu Chu gave an order to bring the captured general forward for questioning.

After a while.

A young general with disheveled hair and a disheveled look was dragged in front of the three men.

"Who are you? Tell me your name."

Guan Ping pointed his sword at the captured general and shouted sternly.

The young general raised his head, stared at the three people in front of him, and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:

"I am Ma Dai, and the former general of the Han Dynasty is my uncle!"

Ma Dai?

Former general of the Han Dynasty?
Guan Ping and Xu Chu looked confused and were unable to come to their senses for a while.

However, Lu Xun's eyes lit up and he suddenly realized.

"The emperor once issued an edict to appoint Ma Teng as the general. This man's name is Ma Dai. He should be Ma Teng's nephew."

"It turns out that Cao Cao used some means to persuade Ma Teng to send troops to help us, and transferred soldiers from Xiliang from Guanzhong to help him attack Yangquan."

"I guess that in addition to the Xiliang soldiers, the attacking enemy should also include some Xudu garrison troops."

"That makes sense. No wonder Cao Cao could conjure up 7,000 soldiers and horses."

Lu Xun was so wise that he figured out the origins of Cao's army based on just one sentence from Ma Dai.

Guan Ping and Xu Chu suddenly realized what was going on.

Xu Chu pointed his blade at Ma Dai and said angrily:

"My lord, you have no grudge against Ma Teng, but he dared to help Cao Cao and become my enemy. Should I kill him as well?"

Ma Dai's body stiffened and he suddenly became nervous.

After Lu Xun paused for a moment, he said:

"Ma and my lord have no deep hatred. I think Ma Teng is just following Cao Cao's orders. Whether to kill him or not, send him to Shouchun and let my lord deal with him."

Xu Chu thought this made sense, so he gave up his murderous intention and ordered Ma Dai to be escorted away and immediately sent to Shouchun in prison.

Ma Dai breathed a sigh of relief at having saved his life, but he did not resist and just let himself be carried away.

Just as he turned around, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the head hanging under Guan Ping's saddle, and his face changed instantly with horror.

"Master Zixiu?"

"You actually killed Lord Cao's eldest son. You actually killed Cao Ang!"

(End of this chapter)