Chapter 8 Single-handedly Zhang Liao
Sun Shao was about to stab the iron halberd into Zhang Hu's body, and suddenly saw Zhang Hu's trembling body of the war horse out of the corner of his eye, he had a flash of inspiration, and he didn't even think about it, and let go of the iron halberd that he held tightly between the electric light and flint, and the halberd stabbed on Zhang Hu's halberd, and a strong force came, Zhang Hu's arms were numb, and he could no longer hold the war horse, and he turned over and fell to the ground. Sun Shao swept past him empty-handed.
As soon as Zhang Liao saw Zhang Hu turn over and fall off the horse, he thought that he was stabbed to death by Sun Shao, his eyes suddenly turned red, and Cao Ying's order was also thrown out of the clouds. Sun Shao was empty-handed and couldn't parry, so he had to urge the horse to gallop, and Zhang Liao chased after him.
The two of them rushed forward and one after the other, running along the front of the formation.
Lu Yi and Gan Hao were shocked, they were happy when they saw Zhang Hu fall to the ground, but in a blink of an eye, they found that Sun Shao was chased and killed by Zhang Liao with his empty hands, and they were immediately frightened.
Fortunately, Sun Shao's horse is fast, although Zhang Liao's war horse is not bad, but it is still inferior to this horse, although he ran with all his strength, but he never caught up with Sun Shao, the two of them circled in front of the battle, Zhang Liao's troops saw it, and was about to come forward to block it, but saw Zhang Hu who fell suddenly turned over and stood up, and shouted: "Ah Weng, Ah Weng, don't chase!" Stop chasingβ"
Everyone was stunned, and the noisy front suddenly quieted down, and everyone looked at Zhang Hu, who was chasing after him on foot, and didn't know what was going on. Although Zhang Liao felt that the front of the battle was a little quiet, but now he only had Sun Shao in his eyes, and he couldn't care about anything else, until he turned the horse and came back, and when he saw Zhang Hu jumping around, he was taken aback, grabbed the reins of the horse, rushed to Zhang Hu, and shouted in surprise: "You...... Not dead? β
Zhang Hu stepped forward and pulled Zhang Liao's reins, and said with a happy smile: "Ah Weng, it was Sun Jun who spared my life, it was he who let go in time, I was just knocked down, and I was out of the way." β
Zhang Liao suddenly realized, looked up to find Sun Shao, but found that Sun Shao had already picked up the halberd, looked at him from a distance, and laughed loudly: "The general has become a famous hero, and he chases me with a sharp blade to chase a junior with his bare hands, it seems that he is not very kind." β
Zhang Liao's old face turned red, lightly lifted the war horse, and slowly stepped forward, until he was about ten steps away from Sun Shao before he stood still, hugged his fists with both hands, and said loudly: "Thank you Sun Jun for sparing the dog's life just now, Zhang Liao was offended just now, please Sun Jun Haihan." β
"Hey, hey, hey......" Sun Shao said with a smile: "It's a good thing to lose the horse given by my father-in-law, otherwise I would have died unjustly today." General Zhang, Ling Lang is just a lack of horses, not defeated, gentlemen do not take advantage of people's danger, although the kid is not a gentleman, he does not disdain to do such things. β
Zhang Liao listened, but said with some surprise: "Your horse was given by Brother Yun?" But the bloodline of that red rabbit? β
Sun Shao glanced at Zhang Liao with some surprise, and said with a smile: "General Zhang is well-informed, he even knows this?" Yes, this is the bloodline of the red rabbit, whose name is also Red Rabbit, and its father has passed away the year before last. β
"Ah......" Zhang Liao was a little gloomy and speechless for a while. Lu Bu's horse is also dead, and there is no trace of him in this world. Lu Bu among the people, the red rabbit among the horses, it is a pity that he was such a heroic person back then, but he ended up with such a fate. He glanced at Sun Shao opposite, and suddenly sighed with some emotion, could it be that this young man named Fengxian had anything to do with him?
"Sun Jun has been fighting for a long time, it's better to rest for a while and fight again, lest someone say that I, Zhang Liao, will take advantage of the danger of others."
Sun Shao put the iron halberd across the horse and laughed: "Even if the general doesn't say it, I also want to rest for a while." Although the kid was rebellious, he didn't dare to ask the general to hold him up, just recuperate, and then ask the general for advice. β
"In this way, please rest before the battle." Zhang Liao also crossed the iron halberd, turned the horse's head, returned to the battle, arranged for someone to fetch some food and water, and handed it over to Sun Shao and the others. Sun Shao did not shirk, he turned over and dismounted under the gaze of hundreds of Cao Jun, and sat on the spot with Lu Yi and Gan Pi, drinking water and eating calmly.
Lu Yi gave Sun Shao a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Sun Jun, admire, admire." Gan Pei's eyes looked at Sun Shao a little strangely, but he couldn't pull this face to talk to Sun Shao, so he had to turn his face to the side. Sun Shao ignored him and ate by himself.
Cao Ying watched from a distance on the platform, and felt very interesting, and when he saw Yang Xiu standing far away, he shouted loudly: "Dezu, come close." Yang Xiu hurriedly walked over, and Cao Ying pointed to Zhang Liao and Sun Shao in front of the battle: "Today's battle is also quite ancient, you are quick in writing, but you can have poetry to help you play?" β
Yang Xiu smiled: "If you want to think about it, how can the minister compare to the Marquis of Linjiang." β
Cao Ying raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt a little unhappy. Cao Zhi's thinking is good, he used to care about Cao Zhi for ten minutes before, but Cao Zhi was informal, a little debauched, the last time he went to the east, let Cao Zhi guard Yecheng, but he made things almost out of control, so this time he let Cao Pi stay. Recently, there are many people who have supported Cao Pi in front of him, and his original thoughts about some activities have gradually come to mind, and Yang Xiu is still saying good things for Cao Zhi at this time, so he can't help but be a little unsure.
Yang Xiu saw that Cao Ying didn't answer, so he didn't dare to say any more, and said with a smile: "The poem is done, but it needs to be pondered for a while, and I ask His Highness for permission." β
"Hehe, when did you become so wise? Could it be that I've been thinking too much lately? Cao Ying smiled quietly and waved his hand to signal Yang Xiu to retreat. Yang Xiu was drenched in cold sweat, his heart palpitated, and he retreated aside.
Half an hour later, Sun Shao finished resting, got on the horse again, Zhang Liao hit the horse and went out of battle, no longer talking nonsense, the two of them each raised an iron halberd and fought in one place. In the face of Zhang Liao, Sun Shao didn't dare to be careless, he was engrossed and went all out. Although Zhang Liao had a good impression of him and was grateful to him for letting Zhang Hu go just now, this matter was related to the morale of both sides, and he did not dare to release the water easily, so he cheered up and attacked Sun Shao. The two of them, one old and one young, circled and fought in front of the battle, which was thrilling and exciting.
Zhang Liaosheng is experienced and has a strong killing method, while Sun Shaosheng is tall and big, with first-class speed and strength, and fast reaction, even if he is a little lacking in experience, he can also make up for it in time.
Heads-up this ancient way of martial arts has been rarely used in this era, there is only one historical record in the Three Kingdoms, that is, in Chang'an City, Lu Bu and Guo Duo heads-up, that time ended with Lu Bu stabbing Guo Duo's arm with a halberd, in fact, after a very fast, the real fight is a round of things, many people may not see it at all. And now the vast majority of people present have not seen this kind of hearty scene, one by one to watch with relish, inadvertently forgetting that Sun Shao is the enemy's person, whether it is Zhang Liao or Sun Shao, but they use a beautiful trick, or dodge a seemingly killer attack of the other party, it will cause a burst of applause, the originally murderous military camp, but now it has become a martial arts field.
Cao Ying also watched it very happily, looking at the young man who was fighting with Zhang Liao in the distance, as if he saw his son Cao Zhang, and he had a good impression.
In the blink of an eye, one hundred and ten rounds passed, Zhang Liao was a little impatient, ready to go all out, knock Sun Shao off the horse with one move, and solve the battle, he picked up the iron halberd with both hands and rushed towards Sun Shao, and the halberd stabbed him head-on. Sun Shao didn't dare to slack off, shook his hands vigorously, pushed the iron halberd away, returned the halberd with his hand, Zhang Liao held the halberd, and the two staggered by. However, at the moment when he staggered with Sun Shao, Zhang Liao turned the halberd head violently, put it on the halberd between Sun Shao's hands, and pulled it hard.
Sun Shao didn't expect him to use this trick, it was too late to change the move, but if the halberd was pulled off by him, then it would be planted, he didn't think twice, clenched the halberd with both hands, shouted, and pulled back with all his might.
Zhang Liao originally thought that although Sun Shao had great strength, but after all, he was a southerner, and his riding skills could not be compared with the northerners after all, he had been fighting on the horse for thirty years, and the strength of his legs was far from being comparable to Sun Shao, plus he was prepared to attack unprepared, even if Sun Shao had the strength in his hands and could not let go, but his leg strength must not be able to support it, and it would be the same as Zhang Hu being knocked under the horse by him, and he was dragged off the horse, so that he could win without hurting him, and he could be regarded as completing the task.
But he never thought that Sun Shao's saddle and stirrups were specially made, although Sun Shao's upper body was indeed dragged by him, but with the help of the power of Takahashi saddle and stirrups, he still sat firmly on the horse's back, coupled with the strength of the red rabbit horse, under this force, Zhang Liao failed to drag Sun Shao down, but he was almost dragged off the horse, thanks to his leg strength, clamped the horse, which avoided falling off the horse, but his horse was not so lucky, the two forces rushed, this poor war horse neighed, was dragged away from the direction by Chitu, plopped, flipped to the ground, and pressed one of Zhang Liao's legs under him.
So the result that everyone saw was that Sun Shaolian led the horse to stand up, but Zhang Liao turned on his back.
Everyone was stunned.
Zhang Liao is one of the best generals under Cao Ying's account, and only Cao Ren can stand shoulder to shoulder with him, and even Cao Ren is not sure to defeat Zhang Liao, as brave as Cao Zhang, he does not dare to say that he can defeat Zhang Liao, coupled with the battle in Hefei the year before last, Zhang Liao has become a symbol of the undefeated god of war, in the minds of some older veterans, his limelight is faintly close to Lu Bu of the year. But no one expected that Zhang Liao would be defeated by a young man who was only nineteen years old in front of everyone, and he was so embarrassed.
The soldiers of the Cao army were stunned, looking at each other, no one dared to believe their eyes, not only did they not say anything about cheering, but even the drummers forgot to move, and there was a dead silence in front of the noisy formation.
"Pick!" Gan Xuan jumped up and applauded loudly, but Lu Yi was stupid there, with a frightened look on his face.
"Why don't you cheer, Captain Sun defeated Zhang Liao, Captain Sun defeated Zhang Liao, didn't you see it?" Gan Pi stretched out his hand and shook it again and again in front of Lu Yi. Lu Yi smiled bitterly, his voice trembling: "I know, I know he won, but I don't know if we can have the life to go back to Jiangdong and report the news to the Supreme." β
When Gan Pi heard this, he suddenly realized, and his face suddenly turned like ashes.
Zhang Liao's subordinates were the first to react, and without waiting for Zhang Hu to greet him, more than a dozen horsemen rushed out of the queue and rushed towards Sun Shao with a loud shout. The distance of a hundred or so steps was in the blink of an eye, and before Sun Shao could speed up, they had already rushed to Sun Shao's horse. Sun Shao was furious, did not retreat, but advanced, snatched the halberd in his hand, roared, and the halberd slammed into the neck of a soldier who rushed to the front, knocking him off the horse on the spot, and fell to the ground and died. Sun Shao struggled to urge the horse, the red rabbit neighed, rushed straight without hesitation, and rushed between the two horses.
Immediately afterwards, he exerted all his strength, and the halberd in his hand was like a divine help, stabbing three people in a moment, and he himself was also stabbed twice in the arm, thanks to the iron armor to protect his body, so he was not injured.
More than a dozen horses rushed over, Sun Shao was still sitting on the horse, the halberd was immediately on the horse, glaring angrily, and the more than a dozen war horses that rushed over were a lot empty on their backs, and five soldiers were shot down by Sun Shao between gasping, falling to the ground and moaning in pain, and the other had died.
"Stop!" Zhang Hu roared, stopped the troops who wanted to rush over together, and rushed to Sun Shao, protected Sun Shao, and shouted at the soldiers who came back from the circle and were about to rush again: "Get off the horse for me and help the general up!" β
The soldiers saw that Zhang Hu was protecting Sun Shao, and they didn't dare to be verbose, several soldiers turned over and dismounted, and helped Zhang Liao, who was holding down the legs of the war horse, to help him up, Zhang Liao stood up, shook his hand and gave everyone a loud slap, and scolded loudly: "When did I become so embarrassed by the state iron horse?" It's just that the skills are not as good as others, but they still bully more and less? β
The remaining few people also hurriedly rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, stood in front of Zhang Liao with their heads down, and let him be beaten one by one motionlessly, and the loud slaps were endless. It wasn't until he kicked the leader to the ground that Zhang Liao returned to Sun Shaoma angrily and clasped his fists with both hands: "Zhang Liao's discipline is not strict, which really makes Sun Jun laugh." β
Sun Shao came back to his senses at this time, just now he was furious, and he had no time to think about it, but now the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, he didn't mention the speed of his horse, if it wasn't for Zhang Hu who stopped the rest of the people, and then rushed over a dozen, even if he had stirrups and saddles to help, he would only be knocked off the horse and trampled to death. Taking advantage of Zhang Liao's lesson to his subordinates, he had already calmed down, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and returned the salute: "The general does not need to blame himself, your department is worried about the safety of the general, it is out of loyalty, and it is understandable." It was Sun Shao who was rude, and he defeated the general with brute force, which was really ashamed and ashamed. β
Zhang Liao listened, glanced at Sun Shao, and saw that he had no intention of falsifying, but he didn't care, stroked his beard and sighed: "It's also the will of God, I received art from Lu Jun Fengxian back then, and today I was defeated by Sun Jun Fengxian's men, and the two Fengxian ...... It's providential. β
Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, and then he came back to his senses: "Sun Shao is an ignorant boy, how dare he compare with Wen Hou, the general really killed the boy." β
"A good young man, not arrogant or impatient, rare and rare." Zhang Liao patted Sun Shao's shoulder and said a little lonely: "Zhang Liao is old, it will be your young man's world in the future, don't leave it at that, Zhang Liao is waiting for Sun Jun to become famous in the world." β
Sun Shao took two steps and bowed to Zhang Liao: "General, dare to ask the general to introduce you, Sun Shao has a word to face the Prime Minister." β
"You want to see the Prime Minister?" Zhang Liao was a little surprised.
"It's a matter of the world, and I ask General Zhang to fulfill it." Sun Quan said with a straight face.
"So serious?" Zhang Liao stared at Sun Shao's face for a moment, nodded and said, "You wait, I'll go to meet the prime minister, whether I see it or not, but it's beyond my control." β
"Thank you, General." Sun Shao hurriedly thanked him.
Zhang Liao smiled kindly, and left with the guards, and soon Sun Shao was left alone and one horse on the battlefield that was still noisy just now. Sun Shao saw that Zhang Liao and the others had returned to the camp, so he said to Lu Yi and Gan Pi who had caught up: "It's here, Gan Pei, you go back quickly to report the news, just say that I, Sun Shao, have fulfilled my mission and defeated Zhang Liao by luck, please rest assured." β
"That'...... What about you? Gan Pi's face was flushed with excitement, but he hadn't fainted yet, "What about you and Bodao?" β
"Bodao and I want to stay in Cao Ying, we have something to do, after you go back, immediately ask the Supreme to send a boatload of wine."
Gan Pi thought it was funny: "You want to bribe Cao Ying?" β
Sun Shao raised his head and said with a deep face: "If you move the sword soldiers, there will be countless casualties, and I will do my best to persuade Cao Ying to retreat." Bo Dao, would you like to accompany me on a trip? β
Lu Yi hesitated for a moment, and immediately said generously: "The captain has such good intentions, how dare Lu Yi not praise one or two." β
"Wonderful." Sun Shao patted Lu Yi's shoulder, and then walked aside with his arm around Gan Pei's shoulder, Gan Yi's body stiffened for a moment, and then relaxed again, looking at Sun Shao casually. Sun Shao looked at him and said quietly: "I am very grateful for your adventure to accompany me, no matter whether we are friends or enemies in the future, now we have two grievances." I promise never to reveal your business, and you don't bother that person, I will guarantee his safety. Your father killed the murder first, so it's no wonder that anyone else. If you dare to hunt him down, don't blame me for not giving you face, and play with you to the end. β
Gan Pi gritted his teeth and thought about it, and nodded vigorously: "Okay, I'll believe you once." β
"That's fine." Sun Shao smiled and pushed him towards the river, where there was still a small boat parked in Jiangdong: "Go, if you are interested, you might as well come and see who the world-famous Prime Minister Cao Cheng is." β
"Okay." Gan Pi nodded and said, "If the Supreme sends the wine over, I will definitely come again." He led the horse for two steps, stopped again, and turned around: "Cao Ying has killed countless people, you should be careful." β
"Thank you." Sun Shao waved his hand and motioned for him to leave quickly.
Gan Pi quickly boarded the boat, and the ship that had been waiting for him shook the oars and sailed towards the dock.
Sun Shao turned around and stood proudly facing Cao Ying. Lu Yi led the two horses and followed closely behind him. After a short time, a person who looked like a scribe walked out of Cao Ying, walked quickly in front of Sun Shao, and bowed: "Sun Jun, the prime minister invites you to enter the tent." β
"Thank you." Sun Shao breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded at Lu Yi, who looked a little nervous: "Let's go." β
The three of them walked towards the camp and entered the heavily guarded Cao Ying camp, Lu Yi was a little out of breath, he looked at Sun Shao, but found that Sun Shao ignored these at all, just whispered and laughed with the scribe, and couldn't help but admire it very much. This person is really incomparable, don't look at himself who has been in Sun Quan's account for so long, he can be regarded as having seen a lot of the world, but in terms of courage and knowledge, he is much worse than Sun Shao.
In fact, he didn't know that Sun Shao was more nervous than him now, but he was used to acting, although he was nervous, he didn't let people see the slightest bit. He tried hard to make his steps appear calm, with a reserved smile on his face: "Dare to ask Your Excellency's surname." β
"Don't dare, in Xia Hongnong Yang Xiu, the cursive word Dezu."
Sun Shao's eyebrows jumped, looking at Yang Xiu, who was not amazing, and laughed softly: "Could it be the Hongnong Yang family of the fourth and third dukes?" Therefore, Taiwei Yang Gong is Your Excellency's ......"
"That's my father." Yang Xiuluo smiled a little proudly.
"Then you and Yuan Yao are cousins?"
Yang Xiu's footsteps froze for a moment, and he lowered his voice and said, "Exactly." Are they in Koto? β
"Hmm." Sun Shao glanced at Yang Xiu and said ambiguously.
Yang Xiu's mother is Yuan Shu's sister, who is Yuan Shu's nephew and Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao is a real cousin. After Yuan Shu's defeat, his relatives were in exile, most of them did not know their whereabouts, Yuan Yao was in Jiangdong, Yuan Yao's sister was Mrs. Sun Quan's Yang Xiu's family did not know, and suddenly heard Yuan Yao's news, Yang Xiu was really surprised. His mother, Yuan Shike, shed a lot of tears for them, and if she knew the news, she didn't know how happy she would be. He was about to ask for some more details, but he had already walked to Cao Ying's Chinese army tent, and hurriedly swallowed it back, and said with a smile: "Sun Jun, the prime minister is waiting inside, you better go in first." β
"There is labor." Sun Shao didn't say much, stood still at the door, and reported loudly: "Therefore, the son of the rebellious general Sun Ce, the general of the chariot and cavalry, Sun Quan, the captain of Chenglie, visited the prime minister and His Royal Highness the King of Wei." β
"Hahaha......" There was a hearty laugh: "Sun Lang, come in and let the old man listen, what kind of big things do you have to report to the old man." β
Sun Shao smiled, glanced at each other with Lu Yi, strode into the tent, and saluted Cao Ying, who was sitting on it. Cao Ying looked at Sun Shao with great interest, seeing that he was heroic, his eyes were bright, his figure was tall and well-proportioned, and the whole person was full of spirit, very satisfied, and turned his face to Zhang Liao on the side and said: "Wenyuan, you can lose to Yun Chang this time, he has a good son-in-law." β
Zhang Liao nodded with a smile: "What His Royal Highness said is very true, although the minister has no daughter, but the minister's son is indeed inferior to Captain Sun." β
Sun Shao smiled: "The general praised it falsely. The young general is heroic, how can a boy dare to compare. General Guan married his beloved daughter to a boy, not because the boy has the quality to be carved, but because he made a sacrifice with an eye on the general trend of the world, which is a blessing for the boy, but it is a loss for General Guan. β
"Hahaha......" Cao Ying couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw that Sun Shao was talking funny and not rude, which was quite in line with his temper. Although his figure is not tall, his laughter reveals a heartiness and pride that others can hardly match.
(To be continued)