Chapter 223: Old people are getting stronger

Just as Huyang was facing a crazy attack from 100,000 Cao soldiers, Cao Ren led 50,000 elite troops to cooperate with the left army to launch an attack in Xinye City, the main pass leading to Wancheng, which led to Xiangyang.

On November 1, Cao Ren's chief and deputy pioneer Zhang Xiu and Cai Mao walked around Bowangpo and took Xinye City from the small path.

Zhang Xiupan was in Wancheng for several years. He had relied on Liu Biao to fight against Cao Cao three times, while Cai Mao was an old member of Liu Biao. Over the years, he had enough of the cowardly living under someone else's roof. Now, the time to change his destiny has finally come.

The extremely tragic siege battle under Huyang City was very different. Whether it was Zhang Xiu, who was the attacking party, or Huang Zhong, who was guarding Xinye, they all had full confidence in their martial arts.

A one-on-one challenge determines the outcome——This decision that is more or less a personal heroic tone makes every soldier watching the battle excited.

The Wujin life-seeking spear was still shining in Zhang Xiu's hands.

Zhang Xiu is full of confidence in his own shooting skills.

"The general's head is the only general!" Among the heroes of Xiliang who were circulating in the Central Plains in the past, Zhang Xiu was definitely outstanding. Just like today, even in the Cao Cao's army full of talents, only Xu Huang and others could compete with Zhang Xiu.

What's more, today's opponent is just veteran Huang Zhong, who is over 50 years old.

At the age of fifty, although there is a saying that old age is getting stronger, after all, time is unforgiving. Zhang Xiu is convinced that he has already surpassed the world's invincible marksmanship and can be able to pick Huang Zhong in front of the two armies.

Outside Xinye City, two formations were facing each other. Zhang Xiu ordered Cai Mao to suppress the formation. After the three-way formation was urged to urge the horse to thrust the gun and curse the formation. Huang Zhong had long heard of Cao's troops coming in. He yelled loudly these days, and he crossed the horse and grabbed the sword and rushed out of the city.

"Huang Zhong, you should have retired at this age. You are still alive in your old age. Why do you want to show off your strength in front of the battle to die?" Zhang Xiu has been admiring Huang Zhong for a long time. Now, when he sees Huang Zhong's hair and hair are gray. Although his face is rosy, his forehead is filled with wrinkles. He can't help but secretly underestimate the enemy.

Huang Zhong heard Zhang Xiu's words contemptuously and said, "Although Zhong is sixty, his arms still have the power to open up the mountain. I see that although the Gun King's face is the same as before, his skills have been much more stagnant. Could it be that he has lost the essence for the wine and color?"

After Huang Zhong said this, he raised his sword and lit a sword light and laughed out loud.

Zhang Xiu was so angry that he shouted: "Old man, since you are deliberately seeking death, don't blame me for being ruthless in shooting!" After drinking, he rode his horse and shot Huang Zhong straight.

The gun was like lightning, and the black gold-like luster emitted a dazzling halo under the sunlight. In front of Zhang Xiu's sting like a butterfly, dozens of sharp spear heads formed and attacked Huang Zhong's throat, chest and double thighs. The gun was like a dragon, and Zhang Xiu's spear technique was inherited from his uncle Zhang Ji. Zhang Ji's ancestors once followed General Huo Qubing, who was in power in the north of the Mo to expedition to the Huns. The gun technique that had been guided by a generation of hero Huo Qubing was naturally not a fictional airing.

In an instant, Huang Zhong's whole body was shrouded in the gun force.

The gun is the ancestor of all soldiers, with all kinds of changes unpredictable.

He stabbed, shot, and swept across the gun tricks. Those who were not familiar with the changes often started to tell at the beginning that if Zhang Xiu's actions were placed a few years ago, Huang Zhong would probably suffer some secret losses. But now, Huang Zhong, who has experienced several large-scale battles, is not afraid of Zhang Xiu's threat.

"Clang!" After a sound of gold and iron clashing, several phantoms dissipated, and Huang Zhong's knife was steadily mounted on the body of the Wujin Spear.

Zhang Xiu was shocked. The instant collision alone made his tiger's mouth ached faintly. Unexpectedly, the old guy was so strong. It seemed that head-on battles were not enough.

After such a calculation, Zhang Xiu quickly drew his horse and retracted his gun. After calming down for a while, he rushed forward again. Seeing Zhang Xiu coming again, Huang Zhong, who had taken a little advantage, was naturally not showing any weakness. The two fought in this battle, and after more than twenty rounds, they still had no choice but to win or lose.

"Beat the drum—!" The battle formation was full of swords and guns, and the dangers made Cai Mao, who was watching the battle behind, feel frightened.

At the critical moment, both sides used the sound of connecting drums to inspire the morale of the main generals. Amid the thunderous shouts, Huang Zhong and Zhang Xiu used all their martial arts, steady sword techniques and gorgeous gun moves to play again and again, making the soldiers in the forefront of the army on both sides dazzled and almost sat down to the ground.

After another confrontation, Zhang Xiu's gun technique, which was not strong enough, gradually became scattered. Without the physical strength as a guarantee, even the Gun King could not exert his full combat power.

After joining Cao Cao, although Zhang Xiu also made great achievements in the process of the Northern Expedition of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, without being eliminated, Zhang Xiu's body was no longer as good as the heroic martial arts he had in Wancheng.

A generation of heroes finally fell into loneliness, and Zhang Xiu is no longer the gun king Zhang Xiu who defeated Cao Cao three times in Wancheng.

Realizing that there was no hope of winning again, Zhang Xiu flicked a shot and drew his horse to retreat to the back formation. However, his defeat seemed to be panicked, but his speed was not very fast.

"Where to go?" Huang Zhong became so angry that he shouted and took a knife to chase after him.

Seeing Huang Zhong chasing him, Zhang Xiu was secretly happy. While looking at Huang Zhong’s distance with him coldly, he quietly held the black gold life-seeking gun in his hand.

"Take a life and flies!" When Huang Zhong chased him to the ponytail, Zhang Xiu shouted and used a series of gun moves of succession.

The name of Flying Spin comes from the serial killer moves of the old man. Among the tassels of the Wujin Life-Seeking Gun, Zhang Xiu also hid three thorns as small as a needle. As long as Zhang Xiu pressed the mechanism at the handle of the gun, the three thorns would fly out and pierced into Huang Zhong's throat in the shape of a "Pin".

This kind of thorn is a triangular edge made of fine iron. The sharpness is no different from the blade and the tip of the gun. Zhang Xiu will not use this last killing move unless it is absolutely necessary.

Because, using hidden weapons in a single challenge is not an open and upright move. Once discovered by the enemy, Zhang Xiu's famous general will be destroyed by the lifetime of King Zhang Xiu's spear.

Fortunately, no one has escaped Zhang Xiu's unexpected blow so far.

But this time, Zhang Xiu's plan failed.

There are many changes in guns. When Zhao Yun rushed west to Liangzhou, he had a discussion with generals such as Zhou Yu, Huang Zhong, and Taishi Ci in Xiangyang. Among them, he discussed the gun king Zhang Xiu's life-seeking spear technique. At that time, Zhao Yun once said: Zhang Xiu's gun is beautiful but not real and not worth fearing, but if he is deceiving, he needs to be more precautions.

Now, Zhang Xiu pulled out his horse and retreated before he was defeated. It was exactly the deceitful defeat that Zhao Yun said. While chasing, Huang Zhong was secretly careful while taking off the Yangyou bow from his back and pulling three carved feathers on the string.

"Ha!" Almost as Zhang Xiu used his life to fly, Huang Zhong's eagle arrow also shot out at the same time.

The first arrow shot out, like a meteor, heading straight to Zhang Xiu's back, but was almost avoided by Zhang Xiu who was turning around.

In an instant, three spiral thorns flew out of the spear tassel.

"Clang, Clang—" Two echoes, and two thorn lights were shot down by Huang Zhong with arrows.

The third thorn light circled a strange trajectory, approaching Huang Zhong's earlobe from the side. The earlobe was the weak point of the helmet protection. If this thorn light hits the solid, Huang Zhong will lose consciousness in an instant.

In desperation, Huang Zhong was so short that he leaned tightly on the horse. The thorn light was nailed into Huang Zhong's helmet with a "puff". He actually broke the helmet tassel made of fine iron. Fortunately, he was more careful and was plotted against Zhang Xiu. How could Huang Zhong's breath be smooth? He quickly abandoned the bow and grabbed the knife, and slashed it straight down with a knife.

The miscalculation of the stabbing light made Zhang Xiu panic. When he saw Huang Zhong's big sword falling down like a god, he was immediately scared to death. His arms, which raised the gun to meet him, were even more trembling.

The sword is gone, the gun is broken—.

The Wujin Life-Seeking Spear, which Zhang Xiu relied for his fame, was cut into two pieces under Huang Zhong's heavy blow.

If it weren't for the tenacity of the Wujin Life-Seeking Gun, Huang Zhong's sword could have split Zhang Xiu in half.

escape--.

The gun king Zhang Xiu never dreamed that he would end up in such a terrible way.

However, in order to save his life, he no longer cared about his demeanor, appearance, reputation, etc.

"Kill!" Huang Zhong raised his sword and topped the head. At this moment, under the respectful eyes of many soldiers, Huang Zhong was like a god who could never be defeated, causing the city to shake the walls and causing the Riyin Star to sneak into, and even the heaven and earth seemed to be about to retreat under his sharp edge.

Cao's army was defeated, Zhang Xiu and Cai Mao retreated for more than ten miles in a hurry, and Fang Zi stabilized his position. After Huang Zhong chased and killed him for a while, he was worried about Xinye's safety and ordered to return to the army.

On November 2, Cao Ren and Yu Jin led the main force to the city of Xinye. Cao Ren and Huang Zhong had confronted each other several times, and knew each other well. He learned from Zhang Xiu's lesson of underestimating the enemy and did not show off his courage. After a little rest, Cao Ren then led his troops to fight for Xinye.

The fierce battle to strangle soldiers' lives like Huyang began in Xinye.

In Fancheng, general Xu Sheng, who was invaded by the enemy, rushed to reinforce from Xiangyang. After receiving the battle reports from Huyang and Xinye one after another, the Grand Governor Zhou Yu urgently ordered the entire army to mobilize, while actively organizing forces to reinforce Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci.

Xu Sheng's mission was to help Huang Zhong defend Xinye City, while Zhou Yu himself led his personal guards and temporarily recruited more than 10,000 Jingxiang Rebel Army to Huyang.

"Wen Xiang, you are here!" Huang Zhong was overjoyed when he saw Xu Sheng coming to reinforce.

In the past two days, Cao Ren has been like a mad dog, desperately attacking Xinye regardless of casualties. With a five-to-one military advantage, he, who is the commander of the right-wing army, hopes to take Xinye and attack Xiangyang before Cao Cao on the left.

"Hansheng, the Grand Governor learned that the new field battle situation was urgent and asked me to come and reinforce!" Xu Sheng said loudly.

"Du, it's not a problem. With Cao Ren's ability, he can't get Xinye even if he gives him another five days." Although the casualties are increasing little by little, and although there are not many arrows and rocks left in the city, Huang Zhong still remains bold.
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