Han Xiang

Chapter 529 Zhang Yide is a brave and talented person

The distance from Tongguan to Huaili was hundreds of miles. Liu Bei was shocked that Zhang Fei had arrived so quickly, and wondered whether his third brother was working day and night?
Just as he was about to go up to him and ask for details, Zhang Fei first stopped Ma Chao who was sizing him up.

"Are you Ma Chao? Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Fight with me until dark."

Ma Chao and Pang De looked at each other, as if saying that this black guy should be Zhang Fei, but it is not appropriate to challenge him now.

If they accept the challenge, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun have been fighting for a day, and Zhang Fei has obviously taken advantage of him.

If he doesn't fight, Ma Chao is afraid that his image in the minds of the soldiers will be greatly damaged, because his slogan is to compete with Guan and Zhang, and not fighting at this time will be suspected of showing cowardice.

Pang De saw Ma Chao's hesitation and was about to refuse, but Liu Bei beat him to it.

Liu Bei urged his horse to approach Zhang Fei and reminded him seriously:
"Third brother, don't be rude. General Ma and Zilong have just finished fighting. They fought hundreds of rounds in two days. Now they are already exhausted. Isn't it taking advantage of others' danger to invite a fight at this time?"

"Have you fought Zilong for hundreds of rounds? Well, well, well. It seems that you are really capable. It's worth my efforts day and night."

Zhang Fei looked excited, his brain circuit was not the same as that of Liu Bei, so angry that Liu Bei increased his tone, "Yide!"

After Liu Bei's second reminder, Zhang Fei grabbed his chin and nodded with a smile, and asked Ma Chao in a negotiating tone.

"I won't take advantage of you. I'll let you go back and change your horse to rest. Do you dare to fight at night for an hour?"

"Want to fight at night? Just what I like."

Ma Chao did not discuss with Pang De at all, but directly accepted Zhang Fei's invitation to fight, and said harshly: "Black guy, wash your neck and wait, let's go."

After receiving Ma Chao's answer, Zhang Fei happily greeted Liu Bei.

"Big brother."

"What's going on with you? If you didn't guard Tongguan well, why did you come to Huaili? And why did you come so fast? It will take a few days for the battle report to be transmitted from Chang'an, right?"

Faced with Liu Bei's barrage of questions, Zhang Fei scratched his face and looked naive.

"My eldest brother was slow to send troops, and I only had a dozen or so horses to follow. I rode very fast along the way and changed horses twice in the process, so I could catch up."

After hearing this, Liu Bei's face became gloomy and he continued to question: "Where is Tongguan? You left your post without permission. Are you really not afraid of punishing your brother?"

"I ordered Lei Bo to guard the pass. I think there is no problem. Cao Xiu only sent out sentries occasionally to conduct reconnaissance, but he didn't have the guts to come and seize the pass. It's really boring for me to guard there."

When Zhang Fei was explaining, he caught a glimpse of Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang walking towards him, and deliberately pointed at Zhao Yun and made a suggestion: "Zilong can fight with his eldest brother. He can fight comfortably with Ma Chao. I have no one to compare with in Tongguan. Why don't you let me switch with him?"

Zhao Yun smiled and chatted: "Third brother, Ma Chao is not very old. His marksmanship and riding skills are both top-notch. I can't get any benefits. You have to work hard all the way to saddle the horse. Be careful in the night battle."

"I'm fine." Zhang Fei patted his chest confidently, then leaned forward and asked softly, "Zilong, you didn't give in on purpose, did you?"

"How could it be? How many pairs of eyes were watching."

Zhao Yun didn't know what Zhang Fei meant, so he quickly denied it in front of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

In fact, Zhang Fei asked this question because he and Long Xiang were "playing match-fixing" and mistakenly thought that Zhao Yun was also letting Ma Chao go.

In Zhang Fei's impression, Zhao Yun's martial arts skills were on par with him, and he thought to himself, how could there be so many enemies in the world?

Seeing Zhao Yun's excitement, Zhuge Liang quickly spoke to Liu Bei and suggested:

"Since we are going to fight at night later, my lord, let Yide rest first. Besides, Tongguan is guarded by Lei Bo, so there shouldn't be any problems."

"Yeah." Liu Bei nodded slightly, "Lei Bo is from Hefei, and he was chosen by Yunqi, so I can rest assured, let's go, let's go to the city to rest first."

Liu Bei and Zhang Fei had a deep brotherhood. Zhang Fei was not angry when he was thrown into Xuzhou, so he just pretended to be brave and scolded him before returning to the city with everyone.

An hour later, the sky was already pitch black.

The soldiers of both armies braved the night wind and lit torches outside the north gate of Huaili to watch the night battle between Zhang Fei and Ma Chao.

The drums sound and the horses gallop.

Ma Chao was like a shooting star in the dark night, while his opponent could only see his white teeth because he was carrying a torch.

Vision is poor at night, and shooting with a gun depends on feeling, but both of them are good spearmen, stabbing, picking and other moves with ease, and the onlookers cheered loudly after a few rounds, and Zhang Fei became more and more excited as he fought.

After traveling for more than ten minutes, Zhang Fei saw that Ma Chao's marksmanship was superb, so he deliberately sold a loophole during a hedge.How can a master make a mistake when trying to make a move?Ma Chao saw the opportunity and raised his spear to stab Zhang Fei like a dragon.

Zhang Fei was well prepared. He didn't use the snake spear to block. Instead, he dodged sideways and held the handle of the spear directly with his left hand.

Ma Chao couldn't advance or retreat. At this time, Zhang Fei held a spear in his right hand and stabbed back as planned. Ma Chao was so shocked that cold sweat broke out from his back, and the soldiers who were originally shouting for support also held their breath and concentrated.

I said in my heart that Zhang Fei is really a bold man with high skills.

When Pang De's heart was in his throat, Ma Chao in the formation also imitated Zhang Fei to dodge, and used his left hand to grab the snake spear.

The spears and spears were held by each other, and the two began to wrestle on horseback.

Under the light of the fire, Ma Chao's face turned red, and Zhang Fei's dark face also showed its outline, no longer just a set of white teeth moving wildly.

Zhang Fei was in his prime at this time and had a natural advantage in strength. Ma Chao persisted for a long time and gradually felt a little strenuous.

If he continues to struggle like this, he may be exhausted first. Ma Chao foresees the result and has to change his mind.

Suddenly, Ma Chao's horse started to neigh, and seemed to be running wildly.

It turned out that he exerted force between his legs and the horse's belly, and the huge force made the horse unbearable, while Ma Chao took advantage of the horse's loss of control and swung his hands to the right.

"Third brother!"

"Meng Qi!"

"General Zhang!"

"Major General!"

Concerned voices rose one after another from all around. Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fell off their mounts and rolled around, still maintaining the posture of grabbing their guns immediately.

"Hahaha"

"Ha ha."

First, Zhang Fei laughed out of nowhere, and Ma Chao laughed in agreement without showing any sign of weakness, and couldn't help but praise him.

"Zhang Fei, you are very strong."

"Ma Chao, you're not bad either."

Although the two of them were confirming each other, their grip on their hands still remained. Ma Chao gritted his teeth and widened his eyes. He wanted to quickly determine the winner.

At this critical moment, Liu Bei suddenly ordered people to call Jin.

Zhang Fei pushed forward hard, let go and said openly: "Brother called me, just now it was a tie, we will change horses later and continue."

"Alright."

Men can't say no. Although Ma Chao was exhausted, he still refused to give up.

When the two of them went to get their spears, Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, and Pang De all stepped forward to help them.

"Yide, Meng Qi."

Liu Bei pointed to the sky and said: "It's getting late today. I think this is the end. If you are not satisfied, it will not be too late to fight again tomorrow."

Zhang Fei hadn't had a good time, but Ma Chao was already too tired. He got on his new horse and immediately asked Liu Bei to resign with his hands clasped together.

"You have so many powerful generals under your command. Ma Chao has been lucky enough to learn from them these past two days, so there is no need to compete with them anymore. I have been away from Longyou for a long time, so I will say goodbye."

"That's fine, send my respects to your father."

"Farewell."

Ma Chao said this without looking back, reined in his horse, turned around and left slowly.

(End of this chapter)