Ma Teng shook his head and sighed in his heart, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, no matter whether they were rich or poor, they all paid great attention to their appearance, even ordinary people, before going out, they would carefully tidy up to make themselves look more glamorous, such behavior was regarded as the most basic etiquette. This was true of the common people, not to mention the high-ranking princes.

Appearance is the surface, people often know each other through their faces, if they are handsome and beautiful, it is easy to win the other party's preconceived appreciation. However, if they are ugly, or untidy or crippled, they will often be unreasonably despised and underestimated.

Just like the world-famous phoenix Pang Tong in the future, Pang Shiyuan. At that time, the battle of Chibi was in the midst of the development, and Pang Tong avoided the chaos in Jiangdong and recommended Zhou Yu for Lu Su. At that time, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang had already come up with a fire attack strategy, but Cao Ying's ships were scattered in the river, and the boats were far apart. If you attack with fire, I am afraid that you will be able to burn very little. Zhou Yu was thinking hard about this, Pang Tong was brilliant in resourcefulness, and he saw Zhou Yu's worries at a glance, and immediately said a shocking plan and a series of plans. Zhou Yu was shocked, and the contempt that had arisen because of Pang Tong's ugly appearance was immediately put away, and he praised Pang Tong many times.

Later, Pang Tong entered Cao's camp to offer a series of plans, at that time Cao Cao was also worried about the soldiers' unsuitability to the water and soil, and listened to Pang Tong's plan, and chained the ships, so that the ships were connected, as if walking on the ground. Cao Cao was overjoyed, believed it and used it, and sure enough, as Pang Tong said, after all the ships were connected with chains, the signs of the soldiers' unsuitability improved greatly.

Later, because of Pang Tong's serial schemes, Zhou Yu was able to defeat millions of Cao troops in a fire attack, and achieved the glory of the Battle of Chibi. Pang Tong has made a lot of contributions to this battle, and it can even be said that without Pang Tong's serial plan, there would be no shocking battle of Mei Zhoulang burning Chibi.

Relying on this series of tricks alone, Pang Tong's superb wisdom is not inferior to Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong. Unfortunately, after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu soon fell ill and died, and as soon as Zhou Yu died, Pang Tong's status in Jiangdong immediately plummeted. Lu Su, who succeeded Zhou Yu as the governor, once admonished Sun Quan to use Pang Tong. Unexpectedly, Sun Quan was not only not reused for him because of Pang Tong's ugly appearance, but was snubbed many times. Pang Tong was depressed in Jiangdong and finally had no ambition. Later, he was invited by Zhuge Liang to go to Jingzhou to seek refuge in Liu Bei, although Pang Tong had a series of shocking moves, but Liu Bei was still light because of Pang Tong's ugly appearance, and even let Pang Tong, a peerless talent, go to receive the order of a county.

Sun Quan and Liu Bei are both world-famous heroes, and they are still snubbed by talents, not to mention ordinary people.

And Li You not only looked ugly, but his body was even more disabled, but Wen Han did not despise him at all, but worshiped him as Sima Sacrificial Wine and promised him a heavy position. It's no wonder that Ma Teng feels like this.

The Xiliang army and the Yongshou defenders fought until night, night fell, although the Xiliang army gradually gained the upper hand, and the Yongshou city wall was in tatters, but it took a sustained onslaught to break through this Yongshou. Ma Teng saw that the soldiers were tired after a long attack, and then a hard attack would only cause more unnecessary casualties, Ma Teng also had a deep study of the way to use troops, and knew that at this time, it was either a time to be strong, or to order the withdrawal of the army.

As the horn of Mingjin's troops blew, the Xiliang army retreated. Pound and Zhou Cang killed from dawn to night, the two still did not distinguish the winner, and today's fight, at the beginning Pound has always had the upper hand, the offensive forces pressed Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang can only wait, see the opportunity, once Pound appears empty, he will defend for the attack, but they are all blocked by Pound. Later, the two of them already knew a lot about each other's knife styles, and there were very few gaps exposed.

However, Zhou Cang has a pair of scuds and a pair of iron feet, and when he used to pick and sell illicit salt, he used to travel hundreds of miles a day, and his staying power is beyond ordinary people's imagination. As the two fought for a longer time, Zhou Cang's strong advantage in staying power gradually came into play, and the two of them fought until noon, and Zhou Cang's team of scuds could still walk as fast as flying, on the contrary, Pound's footsteps were a little messy.

When it was dark at night, Zhou Cang had a slight upper hand, and Pang De was horrified by Zhou Cang's scud and staying power. Pound showed fatigue, and at this time, the horn of Mingjin's troops sounded again, and Pound wanted to withdraw. However, Zhou Cang's evil eyes were full of evil, and the seven-foot big knife was slightly flattened, and as soon as Pound retreated, he immediately slashed away with the knife.

Pang De's eyes froze, and he suddenly stepped forward, not retreating, holding the knife in both hands, and slashing Huashan with one move, the knife type of Huashan suddenly slashed towards Zhou Cang's head. Zhou Cang didn't expect Pang De to advance instead of retreating, and hurriedly raised his knife to block. Suddenly, the lion-headed machete was forcefully hit on the seven-foot broadsword, and Pound flicked it with his strength, and his body floated away, and then his heel landed on a city wall. Several soldiers of the civilian army were around Pound, but they did not dare to advance, but retreated in terror.

"Pang Lingming, it's not a good man who escaped!"

Zhou Cang raised his knife and chased after him, shouting loudly. Pound looked cold, jumped to the ladder, and said in return at the same time.

"Zhou Ding's public holiday must be arrogant, if it is not for the military order to be violated, I will fight with you for another 300 rounds!!"

When Zhou Cang chased after him, Pound had fallen on the ladder, and Pound quickly ran down. Zhou Cang's spirit was relaxed, and then he realized that there was a violent paralysis in his hands, and his arms were even more vibrating, and the muscles and bones of his arms seemed to be screaming.

Pound's offensive is extremely strong, and his arm strength is more than 1,000 catties, and Zhou Cang was attacked by Pound for nearly half a day, and his arms are also fast to the limit. If Pound hadn't retreated and killed him again, it was still unknown who would win and who would lose.

Yongshou City was attacked by the Xiliang army for two days, and both sides attacked and defended each with casualties. Of course, as the attacker, the number of soldiers killed by the Xiliang army was naturally much more than that of the Yongshou defenders. However, the Yongshou army also paid a lot of price, and the Yongshou city wall had many holes, and there were several holes, and it was even as big as three people. If it is attacked by the Xiliang army for a few more days, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Yongshou to hold on.

The fierce attack of the Xiliang army for two consecutive days almost exhausted the physical strength of every soldier, and Ma Teng knew the truth that tired soldiers should not fight, so he ordered the soldiers to rest for three days and give the soldiers enough time to recuperate.

After three days of eerie silence in Yongshou City, three days later, Ma Teng led a large army to attack Yongshou. The offensive of the Xiliang Army is like the tide of the sea, wave after wave, and each wave of attack is much more fierce than the previous wave. The Xiliang army was killed from morning to night, and it was like this for two days in a row, and Yongshou City was attacked to tatters and was full of desolation.

Ma Teng saw that the attack on eternal life was just around the corner, and he didn't feel happy. However, Ma Teng did not dare to be careless in the face of Li You's terrifying opponent, and in the past two days, whenever Ma Teng saw that the soldiers were slow to attack and showed more fatigue, he ordered the army to retreat and never did much entanglement.

Li You saw that Ma Teng used his troops in a good way, and he was also amazed.

"When attacking and retreating, do not take advantage of the moment, and know the fatigue of the soldiers. No wonder this Ma Shoucheng can dominate Xiliang, if he wasn't deceived by this world-wide scam this time, it would be impossible to destroy his forces in three or five years! ”

The Xiliang army attacked for two more days, and saw that Yongshou City was about to be breached, which greatly increased the morale of the Xiliang army. At this time when the victory was about to be decided, Ma Teng did not rush to attack again, and ordered the soldiers to rest for three days, wanting to break through eternal life in one battle!

The Xiliang army is resting, or because the city is about to break, but Yongshou City is terrifyingly quiet, as if it is harboring an unknown storm.

One day, in the camp of the Xiliang Army.

Pound's eyes were bright and excited, and it seemed that something great good had happened. There are two things that make Pang De happy, one is that he has fought with Zhou Cang in the past few days, which can be said to make him more addicted, after all, Zhou Cang and his martial arts are only between the best, and Zhou Cang's Spring and Autumn Eight Methods are very exquisite, Pang De is also a martial arts idiot, and he is quite curious about Zhou Cang's knife skills. In the battle between the two, Pound found that his martial arts had improved slightly, which surprised Pound. It can be known that if a military general at his level wants to be further promoted, it is possible unless he experiences one or more life-and-death battles, or he may learn peerless martial arts, understand its subtlety, learn its moves, and suddenly have an epiphany. The battle of life and death is to fight with your life, and if you are not careful, you will even take your own life, and peerless martial arts can not be found. At this point, it is difficult for a super-first-class military general of this level like Pang De to ascend to the sky if he wants to improve.

And it is that Zhou Cang and Pang De's martial arts are equal, Pang De was greatly compelled, so Pang De stimulated the potential in his body, and because Zhou Cang's Spring and Autumn Eight Methods were unfathomable, Pang De fought fiercely with him day after day, so it is not impossible to comprehend his sword skills. Combining the above two factors, it is also quite reasonable to explain Pound's breakthrough.

Martial arts promotion is one of them, and the other is about Zhou Cang.

It is said that Pound and Zhou Cang fought fiercely for many days, the two were like fire and water from the beginning, and then respected each other later, and then the relationship between the two was a little wonderful, the two seemed to be fighting for their lives, but every time they reached the limit of the two, the two still had a tacit understanding to stop and never kill again.

This kind of relationship is like friend and foe. A few days ago, when the Xiliang Army launched the last wave of offensives, Pang De saw that Yongshou was difficult to defend, so he retreated in Zhoucang and killed in a small area.

Pang De suddenly said something amazing, on the grounds that eternal life is difficult to keep, and then made some righteous words, saying that Wenhan was treasonous, and Ma Teng was loyal to the country, and he wanted to persuade Zhou Cang to defect. And Zhou Cang also seems to find it difficult to hold on to eternal life, but he has many hesitations. Seeing this, Pang De did not force it, but after analyzing the situation in front of Zhou Cang, he retreated freely.

It's just that Pang De didn't expect that Zhou Cang had been waiting for the opportunity to deceive. It's just that there has been no suitable opportunity, and I am afraid that Ma Teng will be suspicious if he rushes to invest. At the moment, Pound's persuasion can be said to have given Zhou Cang an excellent excuse.

After the second day, Zhou Cang sent an entourage to secretly sneak out of Yongshou and rush to the Xiliang military camp to find Pang De. When Pang De heard that someone was looking for him, he was immediately overjoyed, and guessed that this must be someone sent by Zhou Cang to reply to the defection.

Pound hurriedly greeted Zhou Cang's entourage, and the attendant told Pound what Zhou Cang meant. Zhou Cang's reply made Pound laugh on the spot. Because Zhou Cang has decided to come to Ma Teng, and made an appointment to be in the city as an internal response at the beginning of tomorrow, and when the Xiliang army arrives, he will immediately open the city gate, and respond with it inside and outside, and capture Yongshou!

After Pound gave Zhou Cang's retinue a slight reward, he ordered him to return. Then Pound hurried to Ma Teng's tent to find Ma Teng.

I saw that the lights and candles on the tent were brilliant, and Ma Teng sat with a few dangers, his face was heavy and happy, and his eyes were shining brightly. When Ma Teng saw Pound walk in, he called Pound in a very good mood, and then asked Pound what was the matter so far at night.

"Hahahaha! Lord, happy event, great happy event! ”

Pound's face turned on his face and he burst out laughing on the spot. Pound is usually moody, but rarely like this, Ma Teng couldn't help but be a little strange, and raised his eyebrows.

"Oh? Where does the joy come from? ”

"Does the lord know that Wen Bufan is the commander of the cavalry, Zhou Dinggong?"

Ma Teng was slightly stunned, there are many famous generals under Wen Han's command, but the name of Dinggong is rarely heard of. However, Ma Teng's face soon changed, and Pound was so happy, this person must have something to do with him.

Suddenly, Ma Teng's mind unconsciously rose to the fierce general who had been fighting with Pang De in these days. Ma Teng was very fond of him, and once asked Pang De about his name, which seemed to be Zhou Dinggong.

Then Ma Teng thought that Yongshou was about to be broken, and suddenly Ma Teng stared, as if he had guessed something.

"Ling Ming, but Zhou Dinggong wants to come to my command!"

"The Lord is like God, and that's exactly what it is! Zhou Dinggong and I met on the battlefield, although it was hostile, but he and I respected each other, two days ago, I had known the righteousness with him, persuaded him to surrender. At that time, Zhou Dinggong was quite skeptical, but fortunately, he was a handsome man who knew the current affairs, and today finally came to reply! ”

"Can Zhou Dinggong be in the camp? Ling Ming, hurry up and lead me to see me!! ”

Ma Teng was overjoyed, and seemed to be eager to see Zhou Cang and accept him under his command, Ma Teng stood up as soon as he 'Teng', grabbed Pound's hand and wanted to rush outside the camp.

"Don't worry, Zhou Dinggong is not in the camp. He only sent his retinue to reply, and did not go to the camp in person. ”

"Oh. I heard that Zhou Dinggong wanted to come to vote, and I was overjoyed, and I wanted to see his dignity, but unfortunately he was still in the enemy camp and could not see him. ”

Ma Teng's face was full of disappointment, but Pound smiled.

"My lord, Zhou Dinggong knows your righteousness and surrenders with all his heart, like a baby looking at his parents, how can he not want to come to see him as soon as possible. There is a natural reason why he is still in the enemy camp. Lord, don't look at the reckless appearance of Dinggong this week, in fact, he has a delicate heart inside, he asked his entourage to tell me, he wants to vote for the lord, if there is no merit, I am afraid that the lord will be of great use.