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Chapter 523: The situation has not been reversed yet, Pang De is promoted to a famous general

Take the hundreds of thousands of existing soldiers for example. Each of them was transformed from a Taishan tiger thief and retained the characteristic bonus of Taishan mountain people, a full 1200% attack power bonus. This alone may not be a big deal, but if any other type of soldiers had this 1200% attack power as a foundation, it would be different.

More importantly, there are no other requirements. One only needs to be transferred from the Taishan Tiger Bandits. This allows Gu Rubing to effortlessly train all the soldiers to become Taishan Tiger Bandits, and then transfer them to other types.

In this way, the entire army will have an additional 1200% attack power and 500% pursuit attributes. Until today, Gu Rubing let Zang Ba show up, and he also brought three generals under his command. Now the four of them have reached the level of first-class generals, and Zang Ba has even become a quasi-famous general.

And the army of 50,000 people were running at a speed no slower than horses at this moment, and their way of joining the battle from the side brought their pursuit attributes to the fullest extent.

"This Liu Bei is really a rat. He can hide until now."

Cao Ren couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the tens of thousands of people rushing over from afar, as well as Zang Ba and his four companions who were at the forefront. Xu Chu swung the Pifeng Knife in his hand.

"When an enemy comes, we must fight him with our generals; when a flood comes, we must block it with earth. This is what my lord taught me. Le Jin, Yu Jin, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen, the four of you go deal with Zang Ba and his men. Xiahou Shang and Li Dian, you assist us in attacking Zhang He and Taishi Ci."

As Xu Chu spoke, the Pifeng Knife in his hand fell to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust. His Tiger Crazy characteristic was now almost stacked to the highest level. The Pifeng Knife was dragging on the ground. Xu Chu had abandoned his horse and started walking. The dragging Pifeng Knife was also preparing for his Chaos Cloak Sword Technique.

"Leave Zhang He to me. The three of you fight Taishi Ci. If you can't defeat him, I'll come to support you!"

Before Xu Chu finished speaking, he suddenly jumped up and began to perform the Luanpifeng sword technique. Xu Chu's aura was further enhanced. Xu Chu, who had been a little listless due to the injury, became lively again.

Zhang He sighed lightly. Although Zang Ba's joining effectively eased their current situation, it was only able to attract four people. Moreover, among the four of them, only Zang Ba was a quasi-famous general, and the others were just ordinary first-class generals. They were destined to not be able to stop Le Jin and the others for too long.

By then, their situation will be even more dangerous.

Taishi Ci was now surrounded by three people. Although the double halberds were more than enough to deal with Cao Ren, with the addition of two quasi-famous generals whose combat power was equally high, he was a little overwhelmed. The disadvantages of the short halberd were also fully exposed. It could not block multiple attacks at the same time like a long spear. He could only use the double halberds to resist the attacks of three people at close range.

He also tried to keep some distance, but Cao Ren knew that after doing so, it would give Taishi Ci the opportunity to use his bow and arrow. He did not want to miss this hard-earned opportunity, so he stuck to Taishi Ci at the risk of getting injured and did not give him the chance to keep some distance.

Xiahou Shang and Li Dian followed closely behind. As long as Taishi Ci made any mistakes, they would take advantage of the opportunity to attack him. They would never fight to the end and would retreat immediately after an attack, not giving Taishi Ci any chance.

"Are you guys bastards?"

Taishi Ci gave a bitter smile and at the same time pressed down with both halberds to block Cao Ren's upward thrust. Xiahou Shang, who had sneaked up to Taishi Ci's side at some point, also stabbed out with a spear at a tricky angle, aiming directly at Taishi Ci's head.

Taishi Ci raised his head with great effort and just managed to avoid the attack, but was knocked back by Cao Ren's instantaneous force and fell off his horse. At the same time, Li Dian appeared from behind Cao Ren and kicked Taishi Ci in the abdomen with both feet, causing him to fly further backwards.

"It's so annoying."

Although Taishi Ci was knocked away, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Cao Ren immediately thought to himself that this was not good. They were so focused on attacking Taishi Ci that they did not notice that their attack actually sent Taishi Ci back more than ten feet, giving him time to change his bow and arrows.

After changing to a bow and arrow, Taishi Ci mounted his horse again, made a gesture of wiping the neck to the three men, and then shot three arrows at once, rewarding each of them with an arrow. He then rode away without looking back, and occasionally turned his head to shoot an arrow, attracting them to chase him and not giving them the chance to besiege Zhang He.

Taishi Ci's archery was as accurate and deadly as a meteor chasing the moon. Cao Ren could handle it easily, but Xiahou Shang and Li Dian were different. Although they were quasi-famous generals and had the level of top-notch generals, they had to temporarily avoid the sharp edge under Taishi Ci's arrows.

Although the three of them were not hit directly, the power of the three arrows left them with lingering fear and they dared not approach easily.

Taishi Ci rode on his horse, the bowstring sounded and arrows rained down. He used his speed and the advantage of the bow and arrow to constantly harass the three pursuers.

At the same time, although Zhang He failed to gain the upper hand against Xu Chu's chaotic cloak and sword technique, he did not show any weakness.

His spear danced like a dragon, and every time it collided with Xu Chu's Pifeng Sword, a deafening metallic collision sound was heard.

On the other side of the battlefield, Zang Ba led his Taishan Tiger Bandits, like a tiger descending from a mountain, unstoppable. Their pursuit attribute made them like ghosts on the battlefield, and they could quickly move from one side of the battlefield to the other, causing great pressure on the enemy.

Moreover, the fighting power of these 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits is no weaker than that of Cao Cao's subordinates, and their reckless spirit makes them particularly brave on the battlefield.

The combat power of Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, Le Jin and Yu Jin was far higher than that of Zang Ba and his four companions. Yu Jin suppressed Zang Ba alone, while the other three were forced into a disadvantage by Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and Le Jin in a very short time. They had to gather together, back to back, to resist the attack of each other.

After these quasi-famous generals joined the battlefield, the situation on Zhang He's side took a sharp turn for the worse. Even though Ma Chao successfully seriously injured Xiahou Yuan, it did not have much impact.

Because during the time when he was angry, the Xiahou brothers left dense wounds on his body. At this moment, it was a bit difficult for him to fight Xiahou Dun alone, let alone help others.

The entire northeastern battlefield was caught in a huge dilemma.

Compared with the northeastern battlefield, although there was only one general, Pang De, in the western battlefield, the situation had improved. This was all because Pang De had just become a famous general in the battle.

All this is thanks to Zhang Ren. If Zhang Ren hadn't added fuel to the fire at the last moment, Pang De would not have been able to be promoted to a famous general.

Half an hour ago, Ma Chao left the western battlefield to support Zhang He and his men. Then Zhang Ren, the strongest man under Liu Zhang in the western battlefield, would definitely have to be handed over to Pang De, the strongest man.

But Pang De was only a quasi-famous general after all. Although he temporarily blocked Zhang Ren's crazy offensive with his superb swordsmanship, a famous general is still a famous general after all. Without the ability of Zhao Yun's Desperate Dragon's Fury that could greatly enhance his combat power, it is impossible for him to attack a famous general with a first-class general.

Soon Pang De was forced into a desperate situation by Zhang Ren's "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" spear technique.

It was at this time that Zhang Ren suddenly went crazy for some reason and asked two of his top generals to join the siege of Pang De. Pang De had already been a quasi-famous general, and his fame points were only a few points short, otherwise he would not have been able to stop Zhang Ren for so long. Under Zhang Ren's fierce attack, Pang De originally planned to withdraw from the battlefield temporarily to rest, but when he saw the two top generals joining the battlefield, he came up with a plan. Except now, there would be no chance to kill top generals at other times.

Thinking of this, Pound made a plan.

The big knife in his hand suddenly became fierce. After repeated attacks, Zhang Ren was forced to retreat several feet away. Pang De also took this opportunity to pounce on the two first-class generals, wanting to use their lives as a stepping stone to become a famous general.

The two first-rate generals were both Liu Zhang's old subordinates. They had both become first-rate generals through the passage of time. Now they are not even quasi-famous generals. The gap between them and Pang De is much greater than the gap between Pang De and Zhang Ren.

With Pang De's full-force attack, it took less than five breaths to cut off the head of one of them.

At this time, Zhang Ren finally arrived, but it was too late. Pang De had already completed the transformation from a quasi-famous general to a famous general. Zhang Ren even wanted to die.

He asked these two people to join the battlefield in order to capture Pang De faster, so as to capture the western battlefield as quickly as possible, and then rush to Cao Cao for support. All this was because Zhang Ren wanted to defect to Cao Cao, so he wanted to use the result of this battle as his token of surrender and defect to Cao Cao.

When he was just a first-rate military general, he had no idea of ​​joining others. If someone came to him and asked him to join others, he would definitely sneer at it, because under Liu Zhang, he was second only to the emperor, and he would never get such treatment anywhere else.

However, it was not until Liu Zhang was conquered by Cao Cao that Zhang Ren realized that being second in a flock of chickens could never compare to being the last in a flock of phoenixes.

Therefore, after he became a famous general, he began to think about defecting to Cao Cao.

But who knew that he would end up making things worse, because his eagerness for quick success and instant benefits led to Pang De being promoted to a famous general.

Without giving Zhang Ren much time to think, Pang De chopped off the head of another first-class general with one sword, then rushed towards Zhang Ren, waving his own beheading sword.

Just now, Zhang Ren suppressed him with the help of his famous generals, which made Pang De feel very aggrieved. Now that the opportunity for revenge is right in front of him, how could Pang De let it go.

Pang De's swordsmanship came like a violent storm. Zhang Ren no longer had the arrogance he had just had. He was defeated by Pang De's sudden outburst and had to temporarily avoid the attack.

"Don't think you're going to win!"

After being repelled by Pang De again, Zhang Ren roared in anger and used his most powerful spear technique, "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix". Before his promotion, Pang De suffered a great loss from this spear technique and was injured by Zhang Ren. But now the situation is different, and the offense and defense of both sides are different.

Every blow of Pound's beheading sword was a full-strength blow, with the determination to kill.

Zhang Ren’s mistake gave him an opportunity, and he would never let this opportunity slip through his fingers, nor would he make the same mistake as Zhang Ren.

Pang De's swordsmanship was getting faster and faster, and each attack was aimed at Zhang Ren's vital points. Although Zhang Ren tried his best to resist, he was ultimately unable to completely resolve Pang De's offensive.

Under Pang De's continuous fierce attack, Zhang Ren's physical strength began to decline, and his spear skills gradually lost their accuracy. Pang De seized the opportunity and slashed at the tip of Zhang Ren's spear, forcing him to retreat, but Pang De would not miss this good opportunity. He held Zhang Ren tightly with his big knife and slashed at Zhang Ren's spear again and again.

Finally, after a crisp sound, the spear in Zhang Ren's hand, which could not bear the weight, broke with a bang. The spear made of fine iron could not withstand Pang De's fierce attack and was cut in half.

Pang De looked at Zhang Ren with an expression of disbelief, his eyes revealing a trace of contempt, and a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Zhang Ren, ah Zhang Ren, your senior brother Zhang Xiu was driven out of Xiliang by the young master and I. Your second junior brother is much inferior to your senior brother back then."

Zhang Ren did not comment on Pang De's ridicule. He just stared blankly at the spear in his hand that had been neatly cut off, without any reaction.

He and Zhang Xiu had never met before. Zhang Ren had always been unwilling to listen to this elder brother who only existed in the mouths of his master and others. But today, he went against his usual practice and listened to what Pang De had to say.

"Are you stupid? It doesn't matter. You won't live much longer anyway."

Pang De sneered, raised the sword in his hand, and started to charge again.

Zhang Ren, who had been in a daze, finally seemed to wake up. He took out a gun head from the cloth bag on his waist, and then stuck it on the fallen section of the gun barrel. What was originally the tail of the gun now became the new gun head.

Zhang Ren's weapon also changed from a long spear to two short spears.

The next moment, Pang De's broadsword came in front of Zhang Ren, and Zhang Ren raised his two guns to resist. At the moment when Pang De's attack weakened, Zhang Ren changed the two guns in his hands, one gun raised up to knock the broadsword away, and the other gun suddenly stabbed forward.

Soon both of them took a few steps back. Pang De took a look at the armor on his lower right abdomen. There was a small hole on it. That was the mark left by Zhang Ren's gun on his body.

If Pound had not reacted quickly and retreated violently at the moment of contact, creating some distance, then this small hole would not only appear on the armor, but also on the wound on his abdomen.

Zhang Ren laughed out loud as he watched Pang De's attack fail.

"You know that my senior brother is Zhang Xiu, and you also know that I am a disciple of Tong Yuan. Don't you know that my teacher will not teach the same spear skills to his disciples? Hahahaha..."

Zhang Ren laughed so heartily. What he had been learning from the beginning to the end was not the Bainiao Chaofeng Spear, but the Double Spear Technique.

The Bainiaochaofeng Spear was just something Zhang Ren learned from Tong Yuan during his last years of schooling. Now, Zhang Ren was finally forced to use his original skills.

(End of this chapter)