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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> Zhuge Liang Foresees The Huarong Valley Episode; Guan Yu Lifts His Saber To Release Cao Cao -> 5

正走間，背後一軍趕到，大叫：「曹賊休走！」火光中現出呂蒙旗號。操催軍馬向前，留張遼斷後，抵敵呂蒙。卻見前面火把又起，從山谷中擁出一軍，大叫：「凌統在此！」曹操肝膽皆裂。忽刺斜裏一彪軍到，大叫：「丞相休慌！徐晃在此！」彼此混戰一場，路望北而走。忽見一隊軍馬，屯在山坡前。徐晃出問，乃是袁紹手下降將馬延，張顗，有三千北地軍馬，列寨在彼；當夜見滿天火起，未敢轉動，恰好接著曹操。操教二將引一千軍馬開路，其餘留著護身。操得這枝生力軍馬，心中稍安。馬延，張顗二將，飛騎前行。不到十里，喊聲起處，一彪軍出。為首一將，大呼曰：「吾乃東吳，甘興霸也！」馬延正欲交鋒，早被甘寧一刀斬於馬下。張顗挺槍來迎，寧大喝一聲，顗措手不及，被寧手起一刀，翻身落馬。後軍飛報曹操。They had gone but a short distance when they were overtaken by a small party of the enemy, and a voice cried, "Cao Cao, stop!" It was Lu Meng, whose ensign soon appeared against the fiery background. Cao Cao urged his small party of fugitives forward, bidding Zhang Liao defend him from Lu Meng. Soon after Cao Cao saw the light of torches in front, and from a gorge there rushed out another force. And the leader cried, "Ling Tong is here!" Cao Cao was scared. His liver and gall both seemed torn from within. But just then on his half right, he saw another company approach and heard a cry, "Fear not, O Prime Minister, I am here to rescue you!" The speaker was Xu Huang, and he attacked the pursuers and held them off. A move to the north seemed to promise escape, but soon they saw a camp on a hill top. Xu Huang went ahead to reconnoiter and found the officers in command were Cao Cao's Generals Ma Yan and Zhang Zi, who had once been in the service of Yuan Shao. They had three thousand of northern soldiers in camp. They had seen the sky redden with the flames, but knew not what was afoot so dared make no move. This turned out lucky for Cao Cao who now found himself with a fresh force. He sent Ma Yan and Zhang Zi, with a thousand troops, to clear the road ahead while the others remained as guard. And he felt much more secure. The two went forward, but before they had gone very far, they heard a shouting and a party of soldiers came out, the leader of them shouting, "I am Gan Ning of Wu!" Nothing daunted the two leaders, but the redoubtable Gan Ning cut down Ma Yan. And when his brother warrior Zhang Zi set his spear and dashed forward, he too fell beneath a stroke from the fearsome sword of Gan Ning. Both leaders dead, the soldiers fled to give Cao Cao the bad news.

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