A vacant land was vacated under the city of Hezhou, and Li Hong and Lu Dongzan each led 5,000 iron cavalry and looked at each other. △ In the top novel, the cavalry around the two is in the shape of a fan, enclosing the space for the duel in a semicircle. This open space is not large, but it is very flat, and it is very suitable for duels. Moreover, Li Hong and Lu Dongzan had a tacit understanding to lead five thousand iron horsemen to watch the battle, which also showed the sincerity of the two sides to this duel, and neither of them thought of taking this opportunity to kill the other party.

Of course, the two are not kind-hearted people, they are both black-bellied people, and it is impossible to say that they didn't think about killing each other in their hearts, they just didn't show it.

Lu Dongzan and Li Hong looked at each other, and after a long time, Lu Dongzan laughed and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, where are your warriors, and where are your bets?" You won't say yes, but you're not sincere at all, are you? ”

Lu Dongzan is deliberately satirizing Li Hong, just to put pressure on Li Hong, a person in this position at his age no longer cares about how much he takes advantage of his tongue, and pays more attention to how to hit Li Hong and the soldiers around him in his heart.

"Where are the warriors of the Great Minister, and where is the bet of the Great Minister?" Li Hong also asked rhetorically, not at all frightened by the momentum of the bet that Lu Dongzan said just now, but showed a very calm and relaxed appearance.

Lu Dongzan was stunned for a moment, he still saw a hairy boy who was about to destroy himself and his 200,000 iron horsemen in the mouth of the crotch and still had such a calm and calm side. However, because of the influence of his previous preconceived ideas, even if Li Hong's current performance surprised him, he didn't think about it, and only thought that Li Hong was just pretending to be calm.

"Your Highness doesn't need to think about it." Lu Dongzan snorted coldly, and nodded slightly to the captain of the guard beside him, Sambas nodded slightly, and signaled to one of the generals beside him, this tall and mighty Tubo warrior like a wild bull rode into the gladiatorial arena.

Immediately, Lu Dongzan nodded to the first warrior beside him, Gran, who understood, and with an order, he saw a thousand Tibetan elite horsemen slowly walking out to the edge of the gladiatorial arena.

"This is the bet of the true phase, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still satisfied?" Lu Dongzan asked defiantly.

This thousand Tibetan spirit riders are burly and fierce, with a murderous look, and they are a hundred battle elite horses at a glance. Lu Dongzan took this thousand people as a bet, as long as Li Hong won him, these thousand people could be killed by Li Hong. This can't help but say how confident he is in Zhuo Wang's strength, and how much he despises Li Hong and the generals of the Tang Dynasty.

"Lone is very satisfied!" The corners of Li Hong's mouth rose slightly and smiled, "Being able to easily kill such a thousand people, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?" ”

Lu Dongzan's face turned green when he heard Li Hong's words, and he asked in a cold voice, "May I ask His Royal Highness the Prince, don't you send your warriors now?" ”

Lu Dongzan was enraged by Li Hong's words, and he couldn't wait.

Li Hong ignored Lu Dongzan's question, but nodded to Zhao Zhongyong beside him, Zhao Zhongyong took the order, and rode out into the gladiatorial arena alone.

Zhuo Wang looked at Zhao Zhongyong with murderous aura in the gladiatorial arena, and when Zhao Zhongyong walked only ten steps away from him, the murderous aura on his body instantly exploded, and he was about to ride a horse to rush towards Zhao Zhongyong, but he was stopped by Zhao Zhongyong, "Your Excellency, this is your duel method?" Isn't that too boring? ”

Zhao Zhongyong showed contempt when he said this, which made Zhuo Wang very angry.

"How do you want to duel?" Zhuo Wang asked fiercely, his eyes about to erupt with fire. Zhao Zhongyong sneered, "Do you dare me to get off the horse and fight?" Fight with your hands or with weapons. ”

"Why don't you dare!" Zhuo Wang replied coldly, and then fell off the horse and jumped off the horse. Zhao Zhongyong saw that Zhuo Wang agreed to him, and he also jumped off the horse and walked towards Zhuo Wang step by step.

Zhao Zhongyong's figure is very burly, but he is still a little thin compared to Zhuo Wang, and Zhuo Wang's weapon is a big axe, Zhuo Wang belongs to a strength-type general, although Zhao Zhongyong's strength is good, but he is still much weaker than Zhuo Wang, his weapon is a scimitar, which is a scimitar made of the material of the embroidered spring knife that Li Hong instructed the ordnance supervisor.

Zhao Zhongyong walked to a stop when he was only ten steps away from Zhuo Wang, and he slowly took off his helmet, revealing a swarthy face.

Zhuo Wang was stunned when he saw the face of this Tibetan man.

Lu Dongzan, who was watching the battle, was also a little surprised when he saw Zhao Zhongyong's face, and he suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Hongdao, "His Royal Highness the Prince, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Hong dared to use the Tubo people to replace the Tang generals around him as warriors and duel with his warriors, which made Lu Dongzanhe angry.

"Do you think there's anything wrong with the prime minister?" Li Hong asked.

"Isn't there no warrior in the Tang Dynasty under His Royal Highness the Prince? In this case, let us Tubo people work for you. Lu Dongzan said coldly and sarcastically. Li Hong smiled indifferently and said, "After saying it, in the eyes of Lone, as long as a person is truly obedient to the Tang Dynasty, he is a Tang person, a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no difference between a Tubo and a Tang person." Otherwise, there would be no brave generals like Zhao Zhongyong and Heizhi Changzhi who were willing to die on the battlefield for the Tang Dynasty. ”

"I'm afraid this is your wishful thinking, Your Royal Highness, right?" Lu Dongzan retorted, seeing Zhao Zhongyong in front of him, he didn't know if Zhao Zhongyong could win Zhuo Wang, but he felt that if he could persuade Zhao Zhongyong to rebel against Li Hong, would it be that killing Zhao Zhongyong in front of Li Hong would shake the military heart of Li Hong's army even more? Thinking of this, Lu Dongzan had an idea in his heart, he wanted to plot against Zhao Zhongyong.

"If you don't believe it, you can ask Zhao Zhongyong in person, but don't delay too much time, you don't have the leisure to chat with you here." Li Hong said casually.

Lu Dongzan ignored Li Hong's words, but moved his gaze to Zhao Zhongyong and asked, "Are you from Tubo?" ”

Zhao Zhongyong shook his head slightly and said, "I'm not from Tubo, I'm from the Tang Dynasty, and I'm Zhao Zhongyong, the guard of the Prince's East Palace." ”

"You-" Lu Dongzan was angry for a while, no one in Tubo dared to talk to him like this, not even the king of Tubo, but thinking of the rebellion plan in his heart, he forcibly held back the anger in his heart, and said in a calm tone, "Before, you were from Tubo? Why do you want to surrender Datang and follow Datang's lackeys? ”

"Yes, I was a Tibetan slave before, but now I have become a Tang person, and I have been freed." Zhao Zhongyong looked directly at Lu Dongzan and said, this is to be put in the past, dare to look at the prime minister of his country like this, this is something he can't imagine, but now he has done it, and he feels very cool, at this moment Zhao Zhongyong is even more proud of his identity as a Tang person, "Also, I am not a dog of the Tang people, I am a member of the million-strong army of the Tang Dynasty, I am a man of flesh and blood, affection and righteousness." ”

"What did Li Hong give you?" Lu Dongzan tried his best to hold back the feeling of wanting to kill Zhao Zhongyong and asked, "This appearance can be ten times more for you." ”

"Freedom." Zhao Zhongyong said simply, "You can't give it." ”

Lu Dongzan said angrily, "Nonsense, just freedom, how can the true appearance not give you?" ”

"Because there are many people like me in Tibet, and there are many people like you, you are not willing to give up your high power and luxurious life, what can you give us slaves?" Zhao Zhongyong replied coldly, "In your eyes, we slaves, pigs and dogs are not as good, but in Datang, we are the people of Datang, the people of the Son of Heaven, and we are a part of this country." ”

Zhao Zhongyong's words were sonorous and powerful, completely revealing that he felt respect and the free life he enjoyed as an ordinary person in Datang. And it was the first time he was able to talk to people so freely, and the person he reprimanded was still a high-ranking figure in Tubo.

"You're looking for death!" Lu Dongzan was furious and ordered Zhuo Wang, "Zhuo Wang, kill him for Prime Minister Ben." ”

"Yes."

Zhuo Wang took the order, he licked his lips with his tongue, revealing a bloodthirsty and cruel appearance, holding a battle axe in both hands, and approached Zhao Zhongyong step by step.

Zhao Zhongyong was calm, he was not intimidated by Zhuo Wang's step-by-step pressing, but restrained the murderous aura on his body, slowly pulled out the scimitar on his waist, and waited for it.

"Woo-woo-woo-"

At this time, the Tibetans in the gladiatorial arena sounded their horns, and the sound of the horns was desolate, but there was a sense of vigor.

"Knock knock-knock-"

The war drums of the Tang Dynasty also came from the tower of Hezhou City, and the war drums were sonorous and powerful, just like the iron horses of the Tang Dynasty, beating in the hearts of everyone, which seemed very heavy.

The onlookers began to whisper cheers for their companions, and as the atmosphere in the arena grew more solemn, everyone's whispered calls turned into loud roars.

Zhao Zhongyong and Zhuo Wangbi in the gladiatorial arena are too weak in terms of momentum and killing, but no one dares to ignore Zhao Zhongyong's existence, because as long as everyone looks at Zhao Zhongyong's eyes, they can see that his unusually calm eyes reveal a cruel light, and his eyes are like a demon god who has escaped from hell.

"Kill—"

The Tibetan elite horsemen who followed behind Lu Dongzan roared and cheered for their warrior Zhuo Wang. As Tubo people, they know how strong Zhuo Wang's strength is, and they are very confident in Zhuo Wang, so they dare to shout so loudly and unscrupulously.

"Datang will win!"

Chen Gong, who was beside Li Hong, shouted loudly.

Immediately, the five thousand soldiers behind Li Hong also shouted, "Datang will win!" ”

The Tubo people cheered for their companions, and the Tang soldiers did not lag behind. Lu Dongzan and Li Hong looked at each other, and the faces of both sides showed the smiles that a victor should have. Lu Dongzan's self-confidence stems from his trust in Zhuo Wang's strength and his contempt for the generals around Li Hong, and Li Hong's self-confidence comes from Zhao Zhongyong's record of winning 36 consecutive victories in the gladiatorial arena.

Li Hong knows very well how strong the gladiators in the gladiatorial arena are, and how cruel the duel in the gladiatorial arena is, Li Hong knows even better, and he can win thirty-six consecutive victories in such a strong place where the fierce ones are like clouds and the fighting is fierce.

What reason does such Zhao Zhongyong have not to win in the face of the Tibetan warriors?