In the first round, the two men recognized each other's strength and no longer dared to underestimate each other. The battle became more thrilling and cautious.
As the saying goes, the gun is the most powerful of all weapons. Yang Zaixing took the technical and fast route. Although his strength was not inferior to Li Hanzhi, his Yang family gun skills were swiftly wielded out, like an east wind blowing at night and thousands of flowers blooming.
But Li Hanzhi was different. He learned from Buddhism, and his moves were grand and majestic. He held an iron rod in his hand, and wielded it freely, just like Buddha's golden staff, sweeping away the eight directions.
On the battlefield, there was a scene of flying grass and rolling soil.
The fierce fighting, accompanied by the flashing of spears and iron rods, made the guards on both sides feel shaken and shout loudly.
The two men used all their skills and fought with wits and courage for more than two hours, but there was no winner. In their excitement, they even skipped lunch. As their horses were not in good condition, the two men changed horses and fought again. This battle lasted from noon to the sunset.
In the end, even Chen, who had been hiding in the camp and dared not show his head, was attracted by such a wonderful battle. Finally, he had a general who could rival Li Hanzhi under his command. This corrupt official was overjoyed and excited.
On the first day of the fight, the two were tied, so they agreed to fight again the next day, and Chen naturally agreed.
As soon as he returned to the camp, he immediately promoted Chen Gong to the rank of Zhechou Duwei and Yang Zaixing to the rank of Guoyi Duwei. He also specially selected a good horse for Yang Zaixing. Although it was not a famous horse, it was also a rare good horse. In Xuzhou, such a horse was worth a fortune.
On the second day, Li and Yang fought for a whole day, but there was still no winner. The fierce battle infected countless people. The morale of the Xuzhou Reform Army also rose little by little to a high state with the battle.
Finally, an unrivaled general appeared in Xuzhou. Even Li Hanzhi, who was so brave, could not defeat him. For these guards who were born in the local area, as fellow villagers, they were all proud of it.
This battle lasted for five days. For five whole days, neither side could defeat the other, and neither was willing to submit to the other. They fought with long weapons, then short weapons, then bows and arrows, and then fought on foot, fought shirtless, and so on. There was no clear winner and neither was evenly matched.
At this point in the battle, both of them were really angry and neither of them would give up until the winner was decided. This gave Zhu Li other ideas.
That night, after a day of fighting, Yang Zaixing returned to the big tent.
In Chen Gong's tent, Zhu Li, Han Zhi, Yang Zaixing, Chen Gong, Shen Ji, and Xu Kan were all there. Zhu Li suggested, "Zaixing and Li Hanzhi are really fighting, I plan to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Li Hanzhi's camp."
When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up. Han Zhi said, "General, this is a great idea. Since Li Hanzhi is entangled with General Yang here, the camp must be unprepared. If we take the opportunity to attack and kill them, we can easily destroy the enemy's camp in one fell swoop."
"But our camp is only thirty miles away from Li Hanzhi's camp, and a fast horse can arrive in half a quarter of an hour. If Li Hanzhi hears the news and comes back to support, with Cao's army having several times more troops than mine, I'm afraid we will not be able to end up well." Shen Ji spoke up and raised his doubts.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Li said directly, "No problem. Chen Gong, Shen Ji, the two of you follow Zaixing to challenge him. Zaixing can use some tricks to lure Li Hanzhi away and keep him as far away from both camps as possible. Then we can take advantage of the situation and attack."
Everyone nodded silently after hearing this. Xu Kan said worriedly, "But no matter how good our plan is, if Chen doesn't send troops, we will
It can’t be accomplished.”
This was indeed a problem. With only more than a thousand guards under Chen Gong's command, even if Zhu Li personally led the troops to attack the camp, they would not be able to end up in trouble. The other side had nearly 30,000 troops, 5,000 of whom often followed Li Hanzhi into battle. In the camp, there were at least 20,000 guards garrisoning. It was a thousand against 20,000, and they were still attacking the camp. Zhu Li was not a god, and he dared not be so arrogant.
Yang Zaixing listened silently, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "We have been fighting continuously, and Chen has been talking about celebrating, but there has been no action. How about tonight, I will use the celebration as an excuse to get him drunk, and then take the opportunity to kill him and control the nearly 10,000 guards here."
"It doesn't matter whether we kill him or not now. The key is to get his fish seal. As long as we have the fish seal, we can mobilize the army." Han Zhi pointed out the key point.
"Okay, Zaixing will be responsible for getting Chen drunk and stealing the fish seal, and the others will prepare to attack." Zhu Li decided immediately without further delay.
If Li Keyong waited until Li Hanzhi led his troops to defeat Huang Chao, Li Hanzhi would most likely defect to Zhu Wen, and it would probably be impossible to win over Cao's troops by then.
Zhu Li's plan was to wipe out Li Hanzhi's troops before Li Keyong defeated Huang Chao.
That night, Yang Zaixing went to meet Chen and said that as long as Chen was willing to appoint him as the commander of the army, he would be loyal to Chen from now on. Of course, he only expressed his intention in this regard but did not say it out loud.
Yang Zaixing's hint made Chen quite excited. After all, Yang Zaixing was also under Chen Gong's command, and there was always a layer of separation between him and him. Now that Yang Zaixing intended to become his trusted general, how could he not be excited.
He immediately appointed Yang Zaixing as a general, making him even more powerful than Chen.
This is also the method that superiors usually use to select trusted generals. They promote them to higher positions than their original general positions. They don't believe that these subordinates, whom they value, will be ungrateful.
Moreover, the important general was transferred away from his original boss, and his status was reversed. How could the original superiors and subordinates not feel dirty? Chen believed that most people would feel dirty, after all, only a few people know how to be grateful.
Yang Zaixing was so grateful that he insisted on drinking with Chen. There were other generals in the camp, so there was no need to worry about the safety of the garrison. Chen certainly didn't mind drinking with Yang Zaixing.
Yang Zaixing's alcohol tolerance is no exaggeration. You have to know that this guy used to hang around in the streets. In today's words, he came from the underworld. How could his alcohol tolerance be bad? While pushing and shoving each other, he got Chen drunk and he passed out.
Yang Zaixing took off the fish talisman that Chen had hung around his waist, thought about it, and decided not to kill the other person. Zhu Li knew that this man was a corrupt official, but Yang Zaixing didn't know that. So he helped him to the back tent to rest and then walked out of the big tent.
That night, Zhu Li, Han Zhi and Xu Kan took the fish seal and led their troops to set off. In the big camp, only the thousand guards commanded by Chen Gong were left, pretending to be ten thousand people. As for Chen's two thousand guards, they had no chance of getting involved. The rest, more than eight thousand former Chen's direct soldiers, were all deceived away by Zhu Li using the fish seal.
Zhu Li took these people and hid in a valley in Dinggong Mountain, which was relatively close to the Cao army camp. They would take action as soon as Li Hanzhi left.
The next day.
Li Hanzhi led his men to challenge Yang Zaixing again. After fighting with him for a while, Yang Zaixing changed his gun to a bow, shooting while running. Li Hanzhi thought that Yang Zaixing wanted to compete with him in archery again, so he put away his stick and took off the bow without hesitation, and fought with Yang Zaixing.
They galloped on their horses, arrows flying at them.
The two of them galloped and shot at full speed, and before they knew it, they had left the camp far behind, heading east, and were so engrossed in the competition that they forgot everything else.
At the gate of the Ganhua Army's camp, only Chen Gong and Shen Ji were left, with their thousand men confronting Li Hanzhi's five thousand men. However, neither side launched an attack, as they all knew that they were just supporting roles.
At the same time, Zhu Li, Han Zhi, and Xu Kan learned that Yang Zaixing had led Li Hanzhi away, and immediately led 8,000 Ganhua Army guards to rush to the Cao Army camp.
Hundreds of meters away, two scouts on the arrow tower of the Cao army camp quickly discovered them.
But before they could sound the alarm, Zhu Li took out a bow and drew two arrows. Two faint lights flashed, and the two sentries immediately widened their eyes and tried to cover their necks with their hands. Their bodies slowly went limp, and it was obvious that they were no longer alive.
After killing the sentry who was looking from afar to prevent the other side from raising a warning, Zhu Li put away his bow and took out his spear, and swung the spear. Before the Cao army could figure out what was happening, he suddenly rode his horse high into the sky, with the spear raised, and smashed towards the gate of the Cao army camp like a pillar of heaven collapsing.
"boom"
The huge gate of the Cao army camp was smashed by his spear. Amidst the flying wood chips, Zhu Li swung his spear, which was as fast as light, and took the opportunity to push away the barricades behind the gate. He took the lead and attacked Huanglong.
Han Zhi was so frightened by such a violent scene that his eyes twitched. With his memories of two lifetimes, he had only seen King Xiang Yu of Chu possess such power. He did not expect that this lord whom he recognized from the bottom of his heart actually had such a powerful force. This really convinced him.
Zhu Li is not Xiang Yu. After spending several months together, Han Zhi feels that Zhu Li is proficient in wisdom and military strategies, and is kind and good at accepting advice. Compared with Xiang Yu, Zhu Li is slightly less domineering and fierce, but in other aspects he is several times better than Xiang Yu.
Although Zhu Li does not have the domineering attitude of Xiang Yu who hated the sky for not having a handle and the earth for not having a ring, nor the martial power that looks down on the sky and dominates the world, he is still not weak.
After seeing Zhu Li in action, Han Zhi knew that even if Zhu Li was not as good as Xiang Yu, the gap was not that big. You know, this young master just turned seventeen this year and has plenty of time to grow.
As soon as Zhu Li rushed into the Cao army camp, he immediately shouted wildly: "Li Hanzhi is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed."
Han Zhi and Xu Kan, who were following Zhu Li, immediately echoed without a second thought: "Li Hanzhi is already dead, so we won't kill him if he surrenders."
The three generals all shouted wildly, and the guards of the Influence Army were even more quick to shout in unison: "Li Hanzhi is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Li Hanzhi is already dead, so those who surrender will not be killed"
... ... .
Suddenly attacked, countless terrified Cao army guards were stunned when they heard the news that Li Hanzhi was dead. How could the god-like general in their hearts die
Although they were skeptical, they changed their minds and thought, if General Li was not dead, why would the Ganhua Army fight here
Just as they were in a state of confusion, a general rode out from the chaotic army and shouted, "Don't listen to his nonsense. The general must be fine. Gather together and defend the camp. As long as the general gets the news that the camp is under attack, he will definitely come back to help us."
The general wore an iron helmet and armor, held a silver spear, and rode a big black horse. He looked very mighty. He was none other than Yang Shihou, a general trusted by Li Hanzhi.