Sun Shao has always said to Cao Pi that among the brothers of the Cao family, he admires Cao Zhang the most, of course, this has the element of fooling Cao Pi, he hopes that Cao Pi can put his energy into foreign wars, but he must also admit that he is somewhat sincere - Sun Shao has always admired Cao Zhang, a yellow beard, and wants to make friends with him, so he received him so warmly.

However, this in front of him let him know that he had a hot face and a cold ass - Cao Xianran was not interested in being friends with him, he was here to find him. Cui Qian is his cronies, if you don't count the former general Su Thick Legs, who is still in a state of stealth, Cui Qian is his first thug, and Cao Zhang's provocation to him is equivalent to provoking him Yue Wang Sun Shao.

Cui Qian's sign is not used to pluck out his ears, it is to urge his life, Cao Zhang wants to see his sign, which is equivalent to giving him a life and death battle letter, either you urge my life, or I will take your life.

Although the Han Dynasty has been advocated by Emperor Guangwu for 200 years, the pride hidden in the blood has not yet dissipated, not to mention that it is unacceptable to be insulted in person, even by his family. Sun Shao crossed the river to challenge Zhang Liao because of Gan Ning's insult to Sun Ce, there are still some elements of conspiracy in it, but others don't have so much thought, and now the Wei general Xiahoudun became famous because someone insulted his teacher, and he pulled out a knife to kill people in a fit of anger.

There are countless examples of this, and it is not unusual, but it is not uncommon to be insulted and swallow it.

What's more, Cui Qian was originally a pirate who was happy to take revenge.

"The king, please ask the king for permission, and allow the ministers to fight with this fang." Cui Qian took off his helmet and put it under his armpit and bowed down.

Sun Shao's brows were squeezed into Sichuan characters, he looked at Cao Zhang, who was disdainful, and the smile on his face was gone. He lowered his face and looked at Cao Zhang, who was standing proudly: "Are you challenging Cui Qian, or are you challenging me to cross the country?" ”

Cao Zhang shook his head: "The foreign minister just wants to compete with General Cui in martial arts, and he doesn't have the courage to provoke a fight between the two countries." ”

Sun Shao pursed his mouth and sneered: "It's okay, although my Yue Kingdom has not been established for a long time, I am not afraid of anyone's challenge." If you have an idea, I, Sun Shao, can follow it at any time. ”

"The minister really doesn't have that idea." Cao Zhang couldn't bear it a little, he didn't expect Sun Shao to be so arrogant and actually want to expand the situation. He has opinions about Sun Shao, firstly, because Sun Shao disrupted Cao Ying's overall plan, which made Cao Ying very unhappy, and secondly, Sun Shao went back and forth between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, obviously with bad intentions. And although he is the same mother as Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, because of his surname, he prefers Cao Zhi, who is less scheming, and does not like Cao Pi, who is too gloomy. When Sun Shao and Cao Pi got close, he classified Sun Shao as an enemy, not to mention that Cao Shao sent him to Youzhou to prevent Sun Shao.

However, prevention is prevention, he has not yet caused Wei and Vietnam to fight each other, although Wei is still the strongest, but there are many internal and external troubles, can not fight with Yue, Cao Ying's order is to prevent China and Canada to win over, not to declare war.

So no matter how bold Cao Zhang was, he didn't dare to say that he was challenging Yueguo, no matter how Sun Shao forced him, he couldn't admit this crime.

"In that case, leave my ship." Sun Shao said a very annoying sentence: "I don't have cheap things here, you can't afford to pay for them." ”

Cui Qian was calm, took off his helmet, took off the seal of General Zuo on his waist, said that he was the one who should fight now, and then went out with a war knife in his hand. Cao Zhang, too, handed the helmet and seal ribbon to Tian Yu's hands, ignored Tian Yu's repeated eye hints, picked up the war knife and followed Cui Qian off Sun Shao's boat, and came to a horse that had just been prepared.

The horse is a small boat, only ten steps long and two steps wide, the boat is thin and thin, and the stability is naturally poor, and the white waves of the sea beat against the side of the boat, blowing the horse boat to a shaky way. Cui Qian's legs were slightly apart, his hands were clasped in front of his chest, his head was slightly tilted, his chin was raised, and he looked at Cao Zhang, who looked obviously uncomfortable, with contempt: "Cui Qian is a pirate, and the ship is my territory. ”

Cao Zhang really didn't feel very comfortable, he didn't feel anything when he was on Sun Shao's boat, and as soon as he got on the boat, he immediately felt a little weak - the feeling of not being able to stand on his legs was very bad. However, according to the rules of the challenge, since you have come to the door, the location is of course someone else's territory, do you still want people to follow you to the location you chose? Just like Sun Shao went to challenge Zhang Liao, he could only go on horseback, if Zhang Liao wanted to duel with him, it would be a joke.

Cao Chang often challenged, but this time he overlooked a problem, the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom were all pirates, either overtly or secretly, and their territory was on the water, which was not the same thing as the environment he was familiar with. And now, he somewhat understands why Sun Shao just now wants him to confirm whether he is challenging Cui Qian himself or challenging Yue Guo, challenging Yue Guo, they can be on Sun Shao's boat, and challenging Cui Qian, you can only follow Cui Qian's choice, small boat.

Sun Shao's scoping made him lose all the opportunities and put him in a very disadvantageous position. Cao Zhang gritted his teeth with hatred, he had long known that this kid was insidious, but he didn't expect him to be so insidious, no wonder Tian Yu was desperately glancing at him just now.

It's too late to regret it, not to mention that Cao Zhang didn't think that Cui Qian would be able to win him on the boat. He settled down, raised the knife with both hands and raised his eyebrows, slowly pulled out the scabbard and held it in his left hand, played a knife flower with his right hand, pointed the tip of the knife obliquely upward, retreated half a step, bent his knees into a sitting horse pose, and said loudly: "Cao Zhang, Qianjun, challenge the general." A bear-patterned ring knife, six feet three inches long, weighs ten pounds and eight taels. ”

Sun Shao frowned when he saw Cao Zhang's saber. The ring-headed knife is usually four feet long and weighs about three catties, and some of the armed forces can be as long as five feet, of course, there are longer ones, but the longer the weapon, the higher the requirements for strength, Cao Zhang's saber is not only six feet three inches long, but also weighs more than ten catties, which is twice as heavy as an ordinary knife, indicating that his knife is not only long and thick, but also may be made of meteoric iron, in this way, the role of the new war knife in Cui Qian's hand will be greatly reduced.

Although Cui Qian's martial arts are good, in the face of Cao Zhang, Sun Shao does not think that he can gain the upper hand.

Cui Qian's slender eyes narrowed, smiled faintly, and also raised the knife: "Nanhai Cui Qian, at the challenge of Cao Zhijun, the standard thief ring knife is four feet one inch long, and weighs three catties and eight taels." ”

"Please." Cao Zhang was not in the mood to argue with Cui Qian, holding the knife in one hand, the tip of the knife pointed directly at Cui Qian, and standing firmly on the boat with his slightly separated legs, showing his master's demeanor - if you don't consider the dilemma that he has to brake quietly.

Cui Qian threw away the scabbard, held the knife with both hands, slowly took a step, and slowly pressed towards Cao Zhang, and when the two were less than three steps apart, Cui Qian, who had been acting very cautious, suddenly let out a long roar, flew up, and slashed the knife with both hands to lower his arm. Cao Zhang smiled indifferently, waved the knife with one hand, and the two knives intersected, "choking-" The sound was like a dragon roaring and a tiger roaring, sparks shot everywhere, and the people next to him were all stunned. Cao Zhang's arm strength is amazing, although he holds the knife with one hand, Cui Qian does not take any advantage, he only feels a strong force, his arm is numb, and he almost can't hold the knife. However, he had already heard Sun Shao say that Cao Zhang was the best one among the three brothers of the Cao family, and it was said that he was strong enough to fight with lions, so he did not panic, and with the power of Cao Zhang's long knife to fight back, the long knife drew half a circle in the air, slashed horizontally, and went straight to Cao Zhang's waist and abdomen.

Cao Zhang was not panicked, the long knife flipped over, protected his waist, and the two knives slashed again.

Cui Qian slashed out thirteen knives in one go, but Cao Zhang stood still and didn't move, just waved the long knife to block Cui Qian's attacks one by one, and he was as relaxed as a leisurely stroll, he even put his left hand behind his back and dealt with Cui Qian with only one hand. There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were full of cat and mouse contempt.

Cui Qian slashed thirteen knives, and when he saw that he couldn't do it, he withdrew and retreated. Cao Zhang was already waiting for this opportunity, his eyes lit up, and he followed like a shadow, and the six-foot-three-inch-long bear pattern ring knife unfolded, rolling towards Cui Qian like a raging storm. Cui Qian didn't feel much about the weight of his sword when he was attacking, but now that it has become defense, he immediately came under great pressure.

Every knife Cao Zhang slashed out was like a heavy hammer smashing into his knife, making his arm numb, and then his whole body numb. He couldn't resist it, so he could only retreat in order to unload Cao Zhang's powerful power like a bear and a tiger.

Cao Zhang slashed seven times in a row and took seven steps forward, not only forcing Cui Qian back to his original position, but also slashing Cui Qian sweating profusely, scattering the knife light, and showing a defeated appearance.

Seeing this, Cao Zhang's subordinates danced one by one, and even Tian Yu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. Although Cao Zhang was not used to boats, he first attacked with defense, braked quietly, and then counterattacked with all his strength when Cui Qian was changing strength, not giving Cui Qian any chance, this opportunity was too good.

Tian Yu glanced at Sun Shao with some smugness, but was a little surprised. Sun Shao and the few people around him were very calm, and did not show nervous or worried expressions like the others, on the contrary, he was still talking and laughing, and was talking to a beardless general standing next to him.

Tian Yu was a little puzzled for a while, he turned his gaze to Cao Zhang again, but saw that Cao Zhang had already forced Cui Qian to the bow of the boat, and was slashing with an earth-shattering knife. The knife was raised high, and the sound of the snow reflected the dazzling sunlight, and then it slashed down with the wind. Cui Qian stood at the bow of the boat, there was no way to retreat behind him, and all the space in front of him was sealed by Cao Zhang, there was no way to avoid it, and he was about to be cut in half by Cao Zhang's arm.

"You can't." Tian Yu shouted. It's okay to defeat Cui Qian, if you really want to kill him, Sun Shao will definitely not give up.

However, this call was too late, and all Cao Zhang's attention was focused on this knife, and he didn't hear his words at all.

Even if you hear it, it's too late.

Almost everyone let out a scream.

However, at this moment, Cui Qian, who seemed to be exhausted, suddenly showed a sneer, and the long knife hanging in front of him suddenly burst into a cluster of knife light, and he met Cao Zhang's six-foot long knife without hesitation, and what was even more surprising was that he actually jumped up.

Tian Yu was taken aback, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Cui Qian jumped up, obviously trying to escape by diving with the power of Cao Zhang's knife, but was knocked into the water by Cao Zhang, and it was certain that he would lose some face, but death was unlikely.

What Tian Yu didn't expect was that Cui Qian jumped up from the boat, the hull of the boat just shook a little, but Cui Qian fell down again, and stomped on the already somewhat upturned bow fiercely, and more importantly, he took a step to the side with the strength of the knife and Cao Zhang's sword, deviated from the original position, and stepped on the side of the boat fiercely.

The horse shook violently, and Cao Zhang, who rushed to the bow of the boat, shook his feet, and subconsciously sat on the horse, trying to stand firm, but Cui Qian didn't give him this opportunity, shouted angrily, and flew into Cao Zhang's shoulder. Cao Zhang stretched out his left hand to block Cui Qian, but Cui Qian's timing of the collision was to grasp the advantage, and when he stepped on the rebound of the boat after sinking, the rebound power of the seawater, coupled with the weight change when Cui Qian jumped, the shaking amplitude of the hull suddenly became two or three times larger, and the heaven and earth in Cao Zhang's eyes shook instantly, coupled with Cui Qian's full force, he didn't have time to react at all, so he tilted his body and fell into the water with Cui Qian.

With a "plop", the water splashed everywhere, splashing Tian Yu's face.

Tian Yu was dumbfounded, and after a short crash, he threw away the helmet and seal ribbon in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Save people!" ”

"Two to one?" Chen Hai suddenly took a step in the stabbing and stopped in front of Tian Yu, gritting his teeth, revealing his white teeth that marked his surname, and the half-cut battle knife complemented each other: "I will accompany you." ”

Tian Yu gasped. He glanced at the unkind faces of the Yue soldiers next to him, and hurriedly turned around and arched his hand to Sun Shao: "Your Highness, the victory and defeat have been divided, please give your Highness the order to save people." He paused, and was about to cry: "My family envoy doesn't know how to water." ”

"Tian Jun, don't worry." Sun Shao waved his hand calmly: "General Cui will be measured, he will not die without help." ”

Of course, Cui Qian will not see death without saving, but he did not spare Cao Zhang, when he was on the boat, he was pressed and beaten by Cao Zhang, and almost cut half of his body unconscious, this is his world in the sea, grabbed Cao Zhang's hair, pressed him in the water and drank a full stomach of water, he was satisfied and dragged Cao Zhang up, and said to Sun Shao apologetically: "King, he is so heavy that I almost can't lift him." ”

Tian Yu knew that Cui Qian was doing evil, but he was helpless, so he and his subordinates rushed up to save Cao Zhang. After spitting out a stomach full of astringent seawater, Cao Zhang finally sat up, originally only his beard was a little yellow, but now even his eyes were a little yellow. Without waiting for Tian Yu to rejoice, Cui Qian pushed everyone away and squeezed over again.

"Cao Yuanjun, you fell into the water just now, we haven't decided the winner yet, you change your clothes, and we'll come back."

Cao Zhang's eyes rolled angrily, and he didn't know what to say. Tian Yu and the others were also stunned, this pirate is too shameless, he just poured Cao Zhang's stomach with seawater, and it was so easy to wake up, and he still wants to fight? Tian Yu turned his gaze to Sun Shao, but Sun Shao shrugged: "Don't look at me, this is a private matter between the two of them, since it is a challenge, then we have to divide the victory and defeat." If Cao Yuanjun admits defeat now, of course he doesn't have to fight, if he doesn't admit defeat, then he will continue to fight. He smiled, looked at Chen Hai and the others, and said, "Until you get dressed, you say yes?" ”

"Of course, if you want to fight, you can fight until you serve." Chen Hai and the others echoed in unison. They were all annoyed by Cao Zhang's arrogance and ignorance. The king of my family is so polite, you actually kicked your nose in the face, and didn't give you any benefits and harms, how can I go to the country in your eyes.

"Are you convinced?" Cui Qian condescendingly looked at Cao Zhang, who was sitting on the deck, with some bitter bile water hanging on the corner of his mouth, and a pair of big feet were swaying leisurely on the deck.

Although Cao Zhang was dizzy, he was willing to admit defeat, he insisted on getting up, standing on the deck staggeringly, and hissed: "Obey your ancestors, there is a kind of coming again, see if Lao Tzu doesn't live to split you little Nanban." ”

"Dead nephew." Cui Qian was the most annoying and said that he was a barbarian, as soon as he heard this, he fought up, Cao Zhang grabbed him, picked up his fist and beat it, but he was poured a stomach full of water, and only 30% of his strength was left, which was on par with Cui Qian, who had a sore arm. This time, the two first hugged each other, and then fell and rolled around on the deck, and the image was not a little bit worse.

This is like two masters, clearly two scoundrels.

Tian Yu couldn't cry or laugh, and wanted to surround them and separate them, but Chen Hai, Yue Hai and the others gloated, and stopped them to the death, and they must be separated until the winner is divided. The deck of the originally majestic Yue Throne ship suddenly became as lively as the vegetable market, and the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom, starting from Sun Shao, did not have the grace to shout.

Sun Deng stood on the Flying Tiger next to him accompanied by Zhuge Jin's father and son, Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi, Sun Shangxiang held on to the railing and shouted, eager to jump over the boat to kick Cao Zhang's feet, and the lady's appearance was not a shadow at all. Sun Deng and Zhuge Jin looked at each other, they both smiled bitterly and shook their heads, the monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom don't want any demeanor from top to bottom, although they have established a country, they are still a group of pirates. It's not easy to deal with such shameless people and take advantage of them.

"Hit! Beat until he is served. Sun Shao jumped up and down, happy as if it was the New Year.

"Brother, let them stop." Sun Tai pleaded with a bitter face. Sun Shao, who was excited, was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Cao Zhang was not an outsider, he was the son-in-law of the Sun family, and he was really going to be broken, and his sister, who couldn't remember his face, would have to be a widow. Only then did he nod, strode forward, grabbed one with one hand and separated them, brought them to the side of the boat, let go of both hands, threw both of them into the sea, then turned around and clapped his hands, and said to Tian Yu: "Go down and save people, change his clothes and come to see me again." ”

Tian Yu was dumbfounded, Cui Qian was of medium stature, and his physique didn't look very strong, but Cao Chang knew that his weight was far more than that of ordinary people, Sun Shao had one in one hand, and he was as easy as if he was carrying a child, not to mention his martial arts, with this strength, I am afraid it was no worse than Cao Zhang.

"Look at it, if you don't save people, you will really drown." Sun Shaoyi frowned and said angrily.

Tian Yu came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to jump into the sea to catch Cao Zhang, who was splashing in the water, and send him to a cabin arranged by Sun Shao to rest. Cao Zhang was thrown into the sea twice in a row, and had a vicious fight with Cui Qian, this time he really wilted, lying on the bed that still smelled of fresh wood, his eyes were blank.

The door creaked, and a petite figure stood in the doorway, blocking out some of the harsh midday sun. Tian Yu, who was worried, turned his head and hurriedly bowed to the ground: "Foreign minister Tian Yu, meet Mrs. Yue Wang." ”

Xiahou Hui couldn't see a trace of a smile on her white face, she waved the silk handkerchief in her hand to cover her nose, and ordered lightly: "You all go out, I'll say a few words to Uncle." ”

Tian Yu hesitated, got up and exited the cabin with the people. Xiahou Hui sat in front of the door, with a thin finger, a middle-aged medical craftsman carrying a medicine box hurriedly walked to the bed, gave Cao Zhang a pulse, and looked at his eyes, then retreated to Xiahou Hui, and whispered: "Madam, Cao Yuanjun is strong, although he drank some water, he is fine, as long as he rests for a day or two." ”

"Got it, you can go out too." Xiahou Hui nodded, and the doctor came out of the cabin, and she slowly paced to the bed, lowering her head to look at Cao Zhang, who was weak. Cao Zhang glanced at her gaze and twisted his head to the side in embarrassment. Xiahou Hui's father, Xiahou Shang, was Cao Pi's best friend, and Cao Zhang had nothing to do with their family, so it was really not a good time for Xiahou Hui to visit him in this situation.

"Uncle, His Royal Highness sent you to Youzhou to fight with King Yue's men?" Xiahou Hui sat sideways, carefully wrapped his skirt, glanced at his feet exposed outside the skirt, his face turned red inexplicably, and he carefully received his feet into the skirt. Cao Zhang lay on the bed and didn't see it, Xiahou Hui didn't wear foot clothes, he was wearing a pair of strange-looking clogs on his feet, a few slender leather strips fixed the clogs on the white and small feet, and the five delicate toes were painted with bright Danko, red and white, beautiful and delicious - these are Sun Shao's masterpieces, the clogs were designed by Sun Shao himself, and the danko was directly painted by Sun Shao himself.

Cao Zhang's throat gurgled and did not speak. He remembered Cao Ying's instructions and was ashamed. As soon as he and Sun Shao met, they messed things up, not only failed to suppress Sun Shao's momentum, but lost face. I don't know what my father Cao Ying and brother Cao Pi will think when they hear the news. Father must be angry, but brother probably laughs to himself, right?

"King Yue doesn't like Uncle Zihuan, but Brother Zihuan can become his friend, King Yue appreciates you, but you fight with his men." Xiahou Hui's voice was crisp and cold, always making people feel too calm and wise, not like a child who was only eleven years old. Her expression also seemed to be mature, which made Cao Zhang invisibly become a little inferior, even what an eleven-year-old child could think of, why didn't she figure it out? Although his father asked him to be wary of Sun Shao, he knew that his father had always admired Sun Shao, Sun Shao was also good to his father, and his father's head wind disease was cured by Sun Shao's dedication to chasing the wind, although they were enemies, they were enemies who appreciated each other, and his father asked him to come to Youzhou, and he never let him fight with Sun Shao.

"Yuanrong, King Yue...... Aren't you angry? Cao Zhang licked his lips and said embarrassedly.

(To be continued)