Ling Cao is a native of Yuhang, and he came to Wucheng to be like-minded with Li Huai. Both of them are a bit chivalrous, Li Huai is not a follower, and Ling Cao is not a good citizen. In the Wuhui area, there are many such people, and Sun Ce's father Sun Jian is like this. It's just that most of these people don't have a high level of cultural quality, and they can only mess around at the bottom, and it is difficult to get mainstream appreciation. If there are no unforeseen circumstances, it will be difficult for them to rise out of the ranks and make it to high society.

Li Huai came so actively because he saw an opportunity: Sun Ce wanted to suppress the bandits, and Yan Baihu had just fought with Sun Ce's subordinates. Ling Cao rushed to Wucheng from Yuhang, and he also wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make meritorious service and fight for a background. Sun Jian was made a marquis with his military merits, which did not greatly affect a family like Lu Kang, but he was an example for people like Ling Cao. It is too difficult for them to be able to enter the ranks, but it is easier to make military achievements.

They are all martial artists who don't read much, and they are all aggressive people, and it is inevitable that there will be sparks when they meet. The literati talked about poetry and fu, and the martial artists naturally learned martial arts. As soon as he saw Sun Ce's eyes, Gan Ning "understood" and immediately said, "Ziwei, if you try to compete with Li, I will greet this Ling Jun." ”

Ling Cao arched his hand and said, "Dare to ask the high name." ”

"Bajun Ganning." Gan Ning puffed up his chest, triumphant, and was ready to accept the compliment.

Ling Cao was insensitive. "Is the foot also one of the best warriors around General Sun?"

Gan Ning was embarrassed and looked at Sun Ce with a weak heart. He is indeed very fierce, but he doesn't dare to be one or two by Sun Ce's side, and it's almost the same as three and four. Seeing Gan Ning's expression, Ling Cao was a little disdainful. Gan Ning suddenly became angry, and protested: "Although the martial arts are low, it is more than enough to deal with the foot. ”

Ling Cao's eyebrows immediately raised, and he pulled out his knife from its sheath. "It's better to be humble in Ba County, and it's better to be humble in my Wu County. If you don't have talent, you are willing to be wise. ”

Seeing that Gan Ning and Ling Cao were about to do something if they didn't agree, Sun Ce was startled. This Ling Cao was shot to death by Gan Ning in history, this can't be fate, right? However, Gan Ning opened his mouth, and this Ling Cao was eager to try, so he couldn't stop it directly.

"It's fun to compete in martial arts and learn from each other, but everyone has no grievances, and you don't have to fight with your life. Xingba, you can't bully people with the edge of the sword, you can't win without martial arts, change the knife. ”

Gan Ning laughed, pulled out the long knife at his waist and put it aside, and took a knife for practice. Sun Quan and Lu Yi are still young, but martial arts practice must inevitably be practiced, so Sun Ce specially created two unedged ring knives for them. Gan Ning took a bite and showed it to Ling Cao to show him not to take advantage of him. Not to be outdone, Ling Cao also put his knife aside, picked up the other bite, and came face to face with Gan Ning.

There is never a shortage of people watching the excitement, and when you look at the posture here, not only the people around Sun Ce have come around, but even the people on the boat next to you have stopped in the boat to watch. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Gan Ning and Ling Cao took a stance, turned around twice, and Ling Cao took the lead in attacking, swinging his knife and slashing.

Gan Ning fought back strongly.

The two of them slashed in front of Sun Ce, although the knife did not open, when it hit, it splashed everywhere, sonorous, not inferior to the real knife at all. Ding Dingdang's voice was endless, mixed with the shouts of the two. Usually speaking, everyone speaks official language as much as possible, and when they fight, they speak all dialects, and no one understands them, only that they know that they are not good words.

The two of you come and go, and they fight each other in an instant. Sun Ce could see that Ling Cao was very brave, but he was slightly inferior to Gan Ning in terms of physical fitness and martial arts. He can be regarded as a warrior, but he is not professional enough, and his usual training intensity is far less than that of Gan Ning. At first, he could still rely on the courage of blood, but after more than ten moves, his strength kept up with him.

In the competition, if the gap between the levels of the two sides is relatively large, the winner can usually be divided within three or five combinations, and the importance of endurance cannot be seen. Endurance is very important if you are on par. Once the strength is not sustained, the action will be deformed, and the difference will be a thousand miles.

Ling Cao was obviously aware of this, and he took the opportunity to adjust his breathing while taking a defensive position as he retreated towards the springboard. Sun Ce's boat was a big ship and could not be docked directly, and Li Huai and Ling Cao stepped on a four-zhang long springboard when they got on the boat. The gangplank is three feet wide and can only accommodate one person to stand. Ling Cao retreated to the springboard, waved his long knife, and sneered: "Since you come to Wu Land, can you dare to fight in the water?" ”

Sun Ce couldn't help laughing, the onlookers also laughed, and Gan Ning was even more speechless. He untied the coat, stirred his arms, stirred it into a ball, threw it to the guards, and then untied his armor, took off his robes, kicked off his boots, and left only a bull's nose robe, and jumped into the water, and when he reappeared, he was already a few feet away.

"Let's fight!"

Seeing this, Ling Cao understood why Sun Ce and the others laughed, not to be outdone, and also took off their coats, leaving only a cow's nose robe, plunged into the water, and fought with Gan Ning again. The two of them appeared and disappeared in the water, not only fighting with knives, but also fighting with water, making the water splash, and even the river was muddyed by them. When the fight was fierce, I saw the water churning, but I didn't see them showing their heads.

"It's a good way to the water." Sun Ce praised.

Li Huai echoed: "Ling Zhongde is not only good in water, but also loyal and brave, but unfortunately the scriptures are unknown, and he has been stumbling so far. ”

Sun Ce looked at Li Huai and knew that he was talking about himself through Ling Cao. In fact, with Li Huai's age, it is not easy to be a Wucheng Xiang. Without the support of family background, without the cover of teachers or magnates, no matter how good an ordinary person is, no matter how strong his ability is, he will be very strong in his life and climb to 2,000 stones. Analysis of Chang Guan Nan and Yang Xian Chang Ge Sheng are all examples. In this era when traffic depends on legs and public opinion depends on mouths, the network of people is the biggest resource, and it is difficult for people outside the circle to survive.

But any circle, no matter how open it once was, will always have a tendency to close.

"Alright, let them stop, it's just raining, and the water is dirty."

Guo Wu and Li Huai stepped forward, knocked on the boat gang, beckoned Gan Ning and Ling Cao to stop, the two separated, emerged from the water, stared at each other unconvinced for a moment, and then laughed again.

"Yes, there are athletes in Jiangdong, and there are many heroes in the general's hometown." Gan Ning patted Ling Cao's shoulder. "I'll compete again when I'm free."

Ling Cao wiped the aquatic plants on his face and laughed: "Today is a good fight, you can use both land and water, admire, admire." ”

Guo Wu stretched out his hands and dragged one person with one hand. "Ling Zhongde, you took advantage of it today, Gan Xingba is a mixed river dragon, and he is majestic when he reaches the river, this river is too shallow for him to show." As he spoke, he lifted the two of them up with ease. Gan Ning was nothing, Ling Cao was taken aback, stood still on the boat, and looked at Guo Wu. "With so much strength, no wonder Li Cunren said that you are the number one warrior under General Sun."

Guo Wu was taken aback. "You can talk nonsense, how dare I call it the first, if I can enter the top five, I will be satisfied."

Ling Cao was completely stunned. "Top five? How many masters are there under General Sun? ”