Mountains and Seas

Chapter 27: Xue Atan

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After the pleasantries, they discussed how to deal with Fu Wenda. Although Fu Wenda had few soldiers, he took a defensive stance. A rough estimate was that Fu Wenda had 43,000 to 44,000 men. Although the rebel suppression army was twice as many as the enemy, it would not be easy to defeat the enemy in one bite.

A day of discussion yielded no results.

The next day, the Weizhou coalition forces began to attack Fu Wenda’s stronghold. They attacked frantically for a whole day, but the results were not ideal and the losses were heavy.

Then everyone stood together to discuss, but still couldn't find a good solution. Fu Wenda was like a turtle, standing still. Three or four days passed like this.

The reinforcements sent by Li Keyong of Daizhou arrived, and there were more than 30,000 people at once, and several generals were traveling with them. When Wu Dao saw this situation, he secretly cursed these Jiedushi, governors and others in private, saying that they were stupid and could only do bad things.

If Fu Wenda had been defeated before Li Keyong's reinforcements arrived, the situation would definitely have been different. But now, even though there is a huge gap in strength between them, it is almost the same. It seems that a tough battle is inevitable.

The next day.

Before the coalition army could go to the battlefield to curse, a general came to the city of Weizhou. He was strong and powerful, with a slightly drunk face. He held a large iron rod in his hand and led a large blue horse. He came to the city of Weizhou with a few thousand Yue cavalrymen and shouted, "Xuzhou Zhu Li, listen up, come out and die quickly, your brother Xue is here, and he has come to take your life."

When the people standing on the city wall saw someone coming to challenge them, their expressions became subtle and they all had their own thoughts.

Wu Dao stood beside Zhu Li, looking at the general who claimed to be surnamed Xue under the city wall, and whispered to Zhu Li: "This is a master who has broken through the heavens. If you fight him, the outcome is unpredictable."

Zhu Li frowned slightly when he heard this, and replied calmly: "Since the other party has specifically asked me to fight, how can I avoid it?"

As he said this, he was about to ask Li Keju to go meet the Shatuo general surnamed Xue. Unexpectedly, before he could open his mouth, Li Quanzhong shouted to Li Keju: "Protector General, I have a brave general under my command named Zhang Cun, who is also braver than ten thousand men. Although Xue looks good, he is definitely no match for Zhang Cun."

"Well, the brave generals under Quanzhong are itching to fight, but the one they are challenging is Zhu Li. If we let them go into battle, I'm afraid they will be accused of stealing the credit, right?" Li Keju glanced at the other party and said indifferently.

"The Protector General is wrong." Li Quanzhong insisted, "Suppressing the rebellion is everyone's business. We can't let Zhu Li do everything. Otherwise, we will just be useless."

He spoke very loudly, not afraid of being heard by others. In this way, if Li Keju still insisted on letting Zhu Li fight, it would make people feel that he was unfair in controlling his subordinates.

"Okay, let Zhang Cun fight." Li Keju glanced at him calmly and said without a trace of emotion.

Zhang Cun was a general who looked very fierce. As agreed by Li Keju, Zhang Cun glanced at Zhu Li provocatively when he passed by him. Zhu Li had no reaction to this, which made him feel bored, so he quickly left.

The war drums sounded, and Zhang Cun, dressed in full armor, rushed out with a spear in hand, surrounded by thousands of mighty soldiers, and ran straight towards the Shatuo general named Xue. From a distance, the general named Xue shouted at him, "Who is coming? Is it Zhu Li?"

"If I'm not Zhu Li, can I not fight you? I am..." Zhang Cun hadn't finished his words when the Shatuo general named Xue suddenly changed his expression and shouted:

Since you are not Zhu Li, I don't need to know your name. Just give me your life."

He rode his horse up, his iron stick piercing the sky, and with such swiftness and invincibility, he rushed in front of Zhang Cun before he could reply. With a "puff", Zhang Cun and his horse were smashed into a meat pie by the Shatuo general named Xue with just one blow.

He didn't even put up a decent resistance and died under the opponent's iron rod before he could even finish his words.

General Xue cut off Zhang Cun's head, put it on an iron rod, and shouted towards the city of Weizhou: "Zhu Li, you dare not come out, but let these people come to die. Do you look down on me, Xue Atan?"

His voice was so loud that it could be heard far away on the city wall. Everyone who heard the voice looked at Li Quanzhong at once. Zhang Cun was so vulnerable. Everyone was not blind and saw it with their own eyes. Is this the courage that you, Li Quanzhong, were talking about that is unmatched by ten thousand men

Li Quanzhong's face flushed red at this time. He wanted to explain, but when he saw the angry eyes of the crowd, he swallowed his explanation awkwardly and just kept cursing Zhang Cun in his heart.

He didn't expect that he had worked hard to put pressure on Li Keju, which gave him the opportunity to fight. He thought he could easily win the first credit, but he ended up in a complete defeat and was laughed at for nothing. How could he not be annoyed

"Hmph..." Seeing Li Quanzhong's face turn purple, Li Keju snorted in dissatisfaction. He turned back to look at Zhu Li and was about to signal Zhu Li to fight to save his face.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the Daizhou governor Zhu Mei spoke up: "Mr. Li, it seems that not all the generals in Fanyang are powerful. Why not let everyone see the power of our Daizhou generals in this battle? Yang Biao, go meet that Xue Atan."

"Yes," a huge and sturdy man stepped out of the crowd and bowed in response.

"Hurry and bring up Xue Atan's head. This governor just needs a good wine jar. You can use his skull as a wine jar for me." Zhu Mei instructed Yang Biao in a serious tone, looking around with a proud look on her face.

"Yes." Yang Biao cooperated very well, picked up a pair of sledgehammers, and quickly walked down the city wall, apparently going to take off Xue Atan's head.

However, Yang Biao did not notice how strange Zhu Li's expression was when he saw him. This Yang Biao was none other than the scoundrel who wanted to cook and eat Zhu Li and his sister. Unexpectedly, he now ran to Zhu Mei's army. The funny thing was that Zhu Mei also said that she wanted everyone to see how powerful the Daizhou general was. Yang Biao was clearly from Xuzhou.

Although there have been many outstanding people in the state since ancient times, if you take a person from Xuzhou and let people see how powerful the generals of Daizhou are, aren't you afraid that the martyrs of Daizhou will be so angry that they will jump out of their graves

With Yang Biao's departure, everyone's attention was once again cast on the battlefield. The war drums sounded again, and Yang Biao rode out on his horse with a hammer in hand. When Xue Atan saw Yang Biao, he did not even ask any questions this time. He rode his horse and swung his stick to kill him, because according to intelligence, he knew that Zhu Li was a general who used a spear. The hammer in this man's hand was so obvious, why waste time asking questions.

He exploded suddenly. Yang Biao, who had just arrived on the battlefield and had not yet had time to introduce himself, only had time to hastily raise the sledgehammer. With a loud bang, Xue Atan only hit him with one blow, and the sledgehammer in Yang Biao's hand was blasted away. The enormous force instantly cracked his knuckles. His arms could no longer support themselves, and his whole body seemed to be shaky on the horse.

Regarding his situation, Xue Atan raised the corner of his mouth.

With a sneer, when the two sides met, Xue Atan faced the unarmed and horrified Yang Biao, and just hit him with a stick. Yang Biao's huge body, like a mountain of flesh, fell to the ground with a "bang", and only a pile of rotten flesh was left.

Everyone in Weizhou city was shocked when they saw this scene, and then they looked at Zhu Mei with strange expressions. Just now, he confidently ordered Yang Biao to chop off Xue Atan's head, and even shamelessly wanted to use the other party's head as a wine jar. But now, in just one round, Yang Biao was killed by the other party. Could it be that Yang Biao's skills are the confidence of you, Zhu Mei, as the governor of Daizhou.

Although no one said anything, the vague glances at her were enough to make Zhu Mei's face turn purple and she felt extremely ashamed.

Two defeats in two battles still couldn't stop everyone's greed for credit. There are many people in this world who don't know themselves, and no one thinks that he is incapable. After Zhu Mei, there were Wang Chongying, Li Xiaochang, Li Wenli, and finally even Helian Duo. They all sent out their own generals, who were said to be invincible, and rushed out to grab the credit.

In a quarter of an hour, Xue Atan challenged seven generals of the coalition forces, causing all the military governors, provincial governors and others on the city wall to fall into silence.

Looking at Xue Atan again, he was still calm and composed, as if he had just brushed away a few flies. This scene shook everyone's confidence. Li Tao was the first to speak. He said bluntly: "Forget it, take those brave generals of yours home to be kings. Apart from giving away heads and boosting the morale of the other side, what else can they do? I think it would be best to invite Lieutenant Zhu Li, Lieutenant Li's favorite general, to fight."

If Li Keju was unhappy about Li Quanzhong stealing the credit, then he was secretly happy when those unwilling people sent their subordinates out to die one after another.

He was even jumping for joy with malicious intent in his heart, Go, go, the more you die the better, and when you can't hold on any longer, I will send Zhu Li to fight, and only then will I be able to show the power of my generals.

Finally, Li Tao thought of Zhu Li, and the others stopped interrupting. Li Keju also felt that the time was almost right, so he turned around and said to Zhu Li: "Zhu Li, since it was Duke Li's suggestion, you should go meet Xue Atan."

"Yes." Zhu Li had been ready to fight, but had always been overtaken by others. Now he was ready. He promised and immediately took Wu Diao and led more than a thousand Yue cavalrymen from his own army and rushed out of the city gate.

At the foot of Weizhou City, Xue Atan was at ease when he suddenly saw the gate of Weizhou City opened again. A general wearing a black helmet and steel armor, carrying a sword and a spear, was seen. He was not very old and was exactly the description of Zhu Li in the news he had received.

Seeing the general dressed like this, Xue Atan was shocked. He rode forward and bowed to Zhu Li and asked, "Is this Zhu Li from Xuzhou?"

"It's Zhu. Didn't Brother Xue specify that he wanted to fight me? How come you don't know me?" Zhu Li looked at him carefully. This was his first time fighting against a heavyweight general of this era. Wu Dao had reminded him before, and he had heard a little about the history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, so he didn't dare to underestimate him.

Everyone knows Li Cunxiao, especially those who like brave generals, who know him very well. If you understand Li Cunxiao, you must know Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu. These two are the two generals around Li Cunxiao, so it is hard not to know them.