In the late autumn of the grassland, it was dark early, dozens of butter candles as thick as children's arms were lit in the marshal's tent, and the Khitan soldiers also lit bonfires around the camp, illuminating the day inside and outside the tent.

All the sergeants in Marshal Yelu's camp learned that there was another warrior in the marshal's camp today, and they were all happy for a while, and the Khitan people had a bold personality and were born to drink, and they lit bonfires on the grassland, singing and dancing, and they were very lively for a while.

The marshal has already set up a banquet in the account, Kulun and Hu Zhenbang sat on the left and right hands of Yelu Kokand, during the banquet, all the generals and commanders in the Yelu Kokand army came forward to congratulate Hu Zhenbang, the Khitan people drank amazingly, all big bowls came to toast, Hu Zhenbang did not refuse, drank dozens of bowls of spirits, but his face did not change, Yelu Hao's rare appearance could not help but be greatly admired.

Everyone was drinking heavily, and suddenly heard the horses' hooves outside the tent, and a horse galloped to stop, stopping in front of the marshal's tent, and the guards outside the tent shouted in unison, "It's the county lord who has returned!"

Before the words fell, he saw a person walking in outside the tent, Hu Zhenbang raised his eyes, and saw that the person who came was wearing a dark color suit, with a slender figure, a black scarf covering his face, and only a pair of big eyes were exposed. It was strange that she was petite, but she carried a behemoth much larger than her on her shoulders.

But as soon as she entered the tent, she threw it into the tent, and everyone saw it under the butter candle that seemed like daytime, and it was a giant wolf that was bigger than an adult, and this wolf had a feathered arrow in one eye, and the arrow had not been half submerged, and only an inch of feathers were left at the end of the arrow, and they saw that they had been shot and killed.

Hu Zhenbang secretly thought, in the bitter cold place outside the plug, the wild wolf has rough skin and thick hair, and it is extremely difficult to hurt it with feather arrows, like this giant wolf, although it was shot into the body by an arrow from the eye, but it has almost no feathers, and it is really amazing, this county lord can really have the courage of Li Guangzhi, the general of Emperor Shifei of the Han Dynasty.

The masked woman threw down the giant wolf, took off the veil, and a cloud-like black hair poured down, reflecting a pretty face that was white and red, under the moth eyebrows, her eyes were shining, and she was charming with a bit of heroism. Hu Zhenbang said secretly, it turns out that this is the county lord.

Yelu Kohan laughed and said: "Aoshuang, you came just in time, you just hunted the wolf king, and it happened that today I have added another fierce general to Daliao, it is really a good thing, come and come, come and see General Hu." ”

Hu Zhenbang hurriedly got up first and saluted the county lord: "In Xia Hu Zhenbang, I have heard the name of the county lord for a long time, and today I was fortunate to see the county lord slaughtering the wolf triumphantly. ”

Yelu Aoshuang stepped forward and saluted back, and said with a smile: "I have heard a long time ago, General Hu, who was strongly recommended by Prince Suo, defeated my twelve Khitan masters in a row, no wonder I can come to the marshal's tent, I must be a hero in the world, I am really fortunate to see it today, I will definitely ask General Hu for advice." ”

Yelu Kokand smiled at Hu Zhenbang on the side: "General Hu is smiling, the little girl has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she has fought with me in all directions. He turned to the county lord and said, "Aoshuang Hugh is going to mess around." ”

Hu Zhenbang said with a smile: "The county lord is heroic, the women don't let the eyebrows, I have heard about it in the morning, I am fortunate to see it today, it is really a blessing for three lives, but today the county lord returned from hunting, and he is tired, why don't the county lord go to the table and drink first, and then ask the county lord for advice another day?"

He said this very appropriately, not only showing his admiration for the county lord, but also showing that he was unwilling to compete with the county lord, and even Jelu Kokand secretly praised it in his heart.

Unexpectedly, this Yelu Aoshuang sneered and let out a chuckle, and said unrelentingly: "How can this General Hu speak so literately, it's just hunting, and it doesn't take much effort, why do you need to change the day, I think it's going to be a competition today." Come, I will first toast General Hu with three bowls of wine, and then ask for advice." As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Hu Zhenbang to speak, he picked up the three bowls of spirits in front of the case and drank them with his neck up.

You must know that the Khitan people's wine glass is big, like the Han people's sea bowl, the wine is poured three bowls, just half a jar, and the Khitan bitter cold place, the wine is extremely strong, the guards saw her so drunk, they couldn't help but be stunned, and shouted loudly. Only Yelu Kokand knew that the county lord had a rough temper and was willful, and once he made up his mind, it would be difficult to change it, but under the current situation, he could only frown and say no more.

Hu Zhenbang secretly thought that this competition could not be avoided, so it was better to show some skills, so that the county lord would not look down on himself, and he had made up his mind, so he looked at Yelu Kokand.

Yelu Kokand knew his daughter's temperament very well, so he immediately pushed the boat down the river and said: "General Hu doesn't have to scruples, since the little girl is determined to ask for advice, you will show your real skills, so that she can be convinced." ”

Yelu Aoshuang saw him looking at the marshal, thinking that he was cowardly in his heart, and wanted to signal the marshal to come forward to stop him, but seeing that his father actually agreed to his challenge, he immediately said excitedly: "General Hu, since the marshal has agreed, do you have any scruples?"

Hu Zhenbang smiled slightly: "That's not true, I don't know what the county lord wants to compete?"

Yelu Aoshuang said, "What kind of weapon do you use? How about we compare weapons?"

Hu Zhenbang said: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

Yelu Aoshuang smiled: "I use a mandarin duck knife, you can do whatever you want." But seeing that her voice did not fall, her wrist flipped as fast as lightning, and I don't know when, there was already a long and a short knife in her hand, one gold and one silver. Her move attracted applause from the audience. The Khitan people are good at martial arts, and it is common to test the force at the banquet, so all the soldiers under the marshal applauded.

Everyone present had only seen Hu Zhenbang's ability to identify Qimen weapons not long ago, and for the scene of Hu Zhenbang's consecutive victory over twelve Khitan masters, they only heard the big marshal and Kulun talk about it without seeing it with their own eyes.

"If General Hu doesn't bring weapons, I can borrow your mace here. ”

"I have a golden wire nine-ring knife here, and General Hu can use it to play with it. ”

"General Hu, would you like to try the spear I captured from the Song army?"

Hu Zhenbang reached into his arms, took out a brush, and said with a slight smile: "Today I came to the Shuai Mansion, and I didn't carry my usual Changhong sword, so I temporarily used this wolf pen as a weapon to discuss with the county lord." ”

There was an uproar all of a sudden, and even Yelu Kokand was slightly stunned, and said in his heart, "This Hu Zhenbang is so big, could it be that he doesn't know that Aoshuang has my true inheritance, although his internal strength is slightly insufficient, this mandarin duck knife method is a first-class good hand in Liao." He looked at Cullen on the side, and said to himself, "I wonder if this pen in his hand has a hidden mystery, an extraordinary weapon?"

Kulun on the side seemed to understand the meaning of the handsome, and a pair of eagle eyes stared at the wolf hair in Hu Zhenbang's hand, but saw that this pen was about seven inches long, and the pen barrel was made of bitter bamboo in the extremely cold region of the northern land, which was yellow-brown, and the front end was gray-black wolf hair, and there seemed to be nothing abnormal on the outside.

It is necessary to know that among the Qimen weapons of the Han people, there was originally a short weapon called the "judge's pen", the pen body was mostly made of stainless steel or brass, and both ends were made of black iron into a pointed pen shape, which was specially used to point out the key acupuncture points when fighting, and it was also a weapon that should not be underestimated. The pen in Hu Zhenbang's hand in front of him is unremarkable, light as a feather, and obviously nothing special. So he bowed his head to Jerod Kokand, meaning that this pen was ordinary, not unusual.

Seeing that Hu Zhenbang actually took out a wolf pen to make a weapon, he sneered and said: "General Hu is so contemptuous, I think it is a master of art who is bold, then he will understand it!" Before the words fell, she deceived forward, with the left knife in front and the right knife in the back, making it a move "Shuangyan into the forest", as fast as lightning to stab the opponent.

Hu Zhenbang saw that she was coming quickly, her body was slightly sideways, let go of the silver knife, and saw that the golden knife on the right side was coming, he did not dodge or dodge, the end of the pen was reversed, and he attacked the opponent's right arm Quchi acupoint, if the opponent continued to hand the knife, it was bound to be exhausted when the tip of the knife had not touched his body.

Yelu Aoshuang saw that he had a clever trick, and he didn't wait for a move to get old, his left foot touched the ground, and he jumped up, and he was in mid-air, with three knives on the top, three knives on the bottom, three knives on the left, and three knives on the right. Everyone was dumbfounded, and they all said in their hearts, "The county lord has such a sharp sword technique, how can this General Hu be the enemy." ”

But seeing Hu Zhenbang's figure flickering left and right, running around the county lord, fluctuating, like a small boat in the ocean storm, in a knife light, only a few "clanging" sounds were heard, and the county lord's double knives were stirred away.

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't see the fame, and they didn't know why this voice came from, but Yelu Aoshuang was very surprised, you need to know that her flying sand and rolling stone twelve style knife technique makes it extremely fast, every knife stab, Each knife is both ruthless and accurate, and there are three or four changes hidden in each style, more than forty-eight moves can be used in an instant, and her double knife or stab or chop or chop or pick or sweep, the trick is never old, the opponent can actually rely on a little wolf pen in his hand, in the stormy knife technique, grasp the gap between the electric flint, her double knife surface lightly, with internal force to shake her double knife open, seemingly understated, it is really accurate, wonderful to the peak.

Yelu Aoshuang was in good spirits at the moment, and he didn't dare to underestimate his opponent, the two knives were staggered, with a bang, from attack to defense, and the knife momentum slowed down, so that it was the trick in the Bagua knife, trying to brake quietly.

Hu Zhenbang saw her change moves, and at the moment he also changed his moves according to her rhythm, an ordinary brush to attack instead of defending, just waiting for Yelu Aoshuang to reveal the flaws, and then used the pen to attack the opponent's vital acupoints.

From an outsider's point of view, the offense and defense were exchanged, and the two seemed to fight as if they had changed from a sudden wind to a light breeze. It's just that the county lord can't attack for a long time, and he has attracted General Hu, so he slows down, lest he hurt him. But Yelu Kokand saw it clearly, although Hu Zhenbang was holding an ordinary brush, his tricks were exquisite, and his internal strength was far above the county lord, it seemed that Hu Zhenbang was already merciful to the county lord's subordinates on such an occasion.

He thought in his heart that he had a good impression of Hu Zhenbang again. While he was thinking about how to stop this competition, he heard a commotion outside the tent, and a Khitan guard stumbled into the tent and shouted: "Dashuai, it's not good, there are wolves attacking!"

Yelu Kokand said angrily: "Why panic and mess up the morale of the army!"

Although Hu Zhenbang competed with Yelu Aoshuang, he listened to all directions and heard that there was a difference outside the tent, so he immediately jumped out and said to Yelu Aoshuang: "Your Excellency the county lord, the current situation is urgent, why don't you try again next time?" ”