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Chapter 524: A single spear defeats two spears, the chevaux de frise

Zhang Ren holding two guns at this moment seems like a different person. If the previous Zhang Ren was more introverted, the current Zhang Ren can be described as aggressive.

Zhang Ren tapped his two spears lightly in his hands, making clear and pleasant sounds. In fact, his spear had two ends and could be separated in the middle, but Pang De attacked the place where they were connected, which cut the spear made of fine iron in half and forced Zhang Ren to use his two spears.

"Since I was able to use my dual guns, you can die without regrets."

Zhang Ren snorted coldly. He originally wanted to hide his true strength, wait until he defected to Cao Cao, and then make a big splash and gain Cao Cao's favor, so that his official career would be smooth and his future would be bright.

But it’s not a bad idea to use it now. After all, Pang De is a general under Liu Bei. Being able to take his head back will also make Cao Cao look at him differently.

Although Pang De was a little surprised, when he thought about it, this was normal. Tong Yuan had three disciples, the eldest disciple Zhang Xiu, the second disciple Zhang Ren, and the youngest disciple Zhao Yun. Zhang Xiu became famous early and was driven out of Xiliang by them. It would be better to say that Zhang Xiu left on his own initiative rather than being driven out.

The young disciple Zhao Yun is now like a fish in water under Liu Bei's command. He has become an indispensable general under Liu Bei and has also demonstrated his extremely powerful fighting power. Pang De has had a lot of contact with Zhao Yun and admires him very much.

Among the three disciples, two have become famous all over the world, but only the second senior brother is mediocre. He has only been given the title of the Western Spear King, but has no battle record to prove his strength. It is really unusual. Why would Tong Yuan accept such an incompetent disciple?

Now it seems that everything makes sense. Zhang Ren had just been hiding his abilities. Now that his life is in danger, he has to show his strength.

"Oh, it's just a one-gun-to-two-gun thing. So what? Take your grandfather's blow first!"

Pang De showed no fear. He swung his sword forward. The sword energy shot out, creating a white rainbow above the flat ground. He brought out a sharp sword light and slashed forward with unparalleled power.

Pang De's sword was as powerful as a rainbow, and Zhang Ren's twin guns were like swimming dragons, agile and swift.

With just a slight shake of his body, Zhang Ren cleverly avoided Pang De's knife. At the same time, he fired both guns, one at Pang De's throat and the other at his heart.

Pang De leaned sideways and clamped his legs against the horse's belly to prevent himself from falling off the horse. Zhang Ren took advantage of the situation and attacked with two guns more and more fiercely, one up and one down, one left and one right. The attack methods were so diverse that Pang De was exhausted to cope with.

Pang De retreated, trying to distance himself and buy himself some breathing time. However, Zhang Ren would not give him this opportunity. He followed closely behind him, and his two guns were like a net, trapping Pang De firmly in his gun skills.

The two fought back and forth, with swords flashing and guns flying, and the battle became more and more intense. Pang De tried many times to break through Zhang Ren's offensive, but Zhang Ren's two guns seemed to have life, extremely agile, and always able to resolve Pang De's offensive at the critical moment.

"Damn, I really regret not studying hard."

Pang De couldn't help but swear. Before, during his free time in Qingzhou, Zhao Yun had taught them a method of defeating two guns with a single gun. Although Pang De used a sword, the essence of the method remained the same. Using a sword would definitely be effective. But at that time, Pang De felt that the famous people in the world did not use two guns, so it would be useless to learn it, so he just took a quick look.

Now that he thinks about it, Zhao Yun should have known that his second senior brother was under Liu Zhang's command, and he also knew that Zhang Ren was actually using double guns. However, it was too late to say anything now. Pang De could only rack his brains to recall the spear skills that Zhao Yun demonstrated to them at that time, and then integrate them into sword skills.

It is impossible to pursue the similarity in spirit, so now we can only try to pursue a little more similarity in appearance.

When Pang De was trying to deduce the sword technique, Zhang Ren came again with two guns. This time Zhang Ren attacked from the front and back. This suddenly gave Pang De some more memories. At that time, Zhao Yun had told them that when the two guns attacked from the front and back, it was the weakest time.

Pang De gritted his teeth and now he had no choice but to force the issue. Pang De went to face Zhang Ren according to the spear skills that he remembered from Zhao Yun.

Although Pang De's swordsmanship was not as exquisite as Zhao Yun's spearmanship, he integrated the method of breaking double spears taught by Zhao Yun into his own swordsmanship. Although his movements were stiff, they also showed some power. He actually directly deflected the front spear and also shook the back spear off the original attack route.

Zhang Ren's face changed when he saw this. It turned out that Pang De also knew the method of breaking double guns with a single gun. Although it was a bit awkward when performed with a big knife, it was indeed a method of breaking double guns. Zhang Ren's face looked extremely ugly. He immediately changed his attack method. It was no longer one front and one back, but left and right, with the tip of the gun pointing directly at Pang De's vitals.

Pang De was shocked, but did not panic. The most taboo on the battlefield is to lose your composure. Any hesitation may become a fatal weakness.

Pang De took a deep breath and calmed himself down as quickly as possible. Then he quickly reviewed Zhao Yun's spear skills in his mind and transformed them into sword skills, using the sword instead of the spear and using force to defeat cleverness.

After the attack, Pang De suddenly discovered that although he was only somewhat similar to Zhao Yun at that time, he was able to effectively restrain Zhang Ren's double-gun method.

"One gun defeats two guns, where did you learn that?"

Zhang Ren asked with a serious expression, and Pang De spat fiercely on the ground.

"No one taught me this. I figured it out on my own to beat you. Die!"

The fight between the two became more and more intense. Although Pang De's swordsmanship was not as agile as Zhang Ren's dual-gun skills, he relied on his extraordinary strength and combat experience, plus the gun skills he learned from Zhao Yun, to resolve Zhang Ren's attacks one by one.

Although Pang De's gun-to-sword technique was simple, it had a sense of returning to nature, making it difficult for Zhang Ren to find flaws in his double guns. Pang De's offensive was repeatedly broken, forcing him to retreat step by step.

But after a while, Zhang Ren realized that something was wrong, because Pang De just used the same set of sword techniques to break his attack, and it was very stiff, obviously copycat. After Zhang Ren made some guesses in his mind, he immediately changed his attack method. He no longer used the classic double-gun attack, but instead used a quick and decisive method to cut the Gordian knot.

Just as Zhang Ren thought, Pang De was unable to defend himself as soon as he changed his attack method. This made him more certain of his inner thoughts. Pang De learned some tricks of single-break-double from somewhere, which was why he seemed so stiff. After he made some slight changes, Pang De's swordsmanship was not very effective.

Pang De soon discovered that his swordsmanship seemed to no longer be able to play a big role, because Zhang Ren had broken his countermeasures many times in a row, and a smile reappeared on his face.

"Heh, you've only learned the basics. You're not qualified to break my double guns!"

Zhang Ren roared and attacked with both spears at the same time, like a poisonous snake coming out of a hole, as fast as lightning. Pang De no longer used Zhao Yun's spear skills. After breaking Zhang Ren's attacks several times, Pang De had grasped the essence of using one to break two.

The reason why dual guns can restrain single weapons is that dual guns can attack from different directions and at different times. And unlike two attacks, this is a person, and the coordination between his left and right hands must be more tacit than with other people.

If you want to defeat a double attack with a single attack, you need to prevent the opponent from launching a second attack, or block the second attack while blocking the first attack. In addition, there is a most violent and best way, which is to break all methods with brute force. After figuring it out, Pang De also smiled.

"Zhang Ren, you have been hiding your abilities for more than ten years. If you had died just when you wanted to show your talents, hahahaha, I can't imagine what a funny joke it would be, hahahaha."

When Pound said this, his whole body was trembling slightly.

Zhang Ren's face was gloomy, and the smile he had just had disappeared. Pang De's words were tantamount to humiliating him, so Zhang Ren continued to attack.

"Pound, you need to survive first!"

Before he finished speaking, the two men started fighting again.

At the same time, Yangzhou's Wujun was also in chaos.

After Sun Quan took over the command, he only rested for an hour before launching another encirclement and suppression campaign against Zhang Liao. Lu Xun was appointed as the vanguard by Sun Quan, leading 10,000 cavalrymen to set off first, and the remaining 11,000 or so cavalrymen were on standby at any time under the leadership of Sun Quan.

Although Sun Quan did not believe in Lu Xun's so-called theory of dealing with Zhang Liao, the fact was that he only let Lu Xun lead 10,000 people this time. After Lu Xun had fought enough, he would lead the remaining people to encircle Zhang Liao. At that time, he would definitely cut off Zhang Liao's head with his own hands.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan could not help but clench his fists. This general, who had been pressing on him like a mountain since a few years ago, would soon be destroyed in his hands. The more Sun Quan thought about it, the more excited he became, and finally he laughed out loud.

"The heaven has never blamed me! Hahahaha!"

Lu Xun, who had already left the city, naturally heard Sun Quan's roar, and then shook his head solemnly. Sun Jian had never restricted them like this. This was the first time Lu Xun fought under such circumstances. Although he was dissatisfied, Sun Jian was not in Wujun now, and he had no way to complain to Sun Jian. Moreover, even if he complained to Sun Jian, Sun Jian would most likely let him listen to Sun Quan's advice. After all, they were father and son, and it was impossible for them to turn against each other for him.

In recent years, as Sun Jian became increasingly powerful, the four major families in Jiangnan had been getting weaker and weaker. If he had not joined Sun Jian's army, the Lu family would probably have been devoured step by step by Sun Jian like other families.

Lu Xun was in a state of panic and soon arrived at the military town. The city gate was wide open and the kite that had been lurking nearby had been waiting here long ago when they arrived.

"General, an incense stick ago, Zhang Liao led several thousand men under his command and headed north from here."

"Is anyone following?"

"Yes, our kite troop is following them. There are sixteen of us in total. Fifteen of us except me are all following behind them. Every two miles, a kite will leave a trail to show the way or leave a mark."

"it is good."

Lu Xun nodded slightly. This so-called Harrier Force was an intelligence force exclusive to Jiangdong. It was founded by Sun Jian and was directly under the command of Sun Jian. Even Zhou Yu did not have the right to command them.

Following the direction pointed out by the kites, Lu Xun led 10,000 cavalrymen and charged towards the direction where Zhang Liao left. After chasing for sixteen miles, they came to a mountain stream. The remaining kites were waiting outside the stream.

After seeing Lu Xun and others coming, one of them quickly stepped forward and came in front of Lu Xun.

"General, this mountain stream is called Tiger Leaping Gorge, and it has only one exit. Zhang Liao led more than 3,000 enemies and they have all entered it and have not yet come out."

Hearing this, instead of looking happy, Lu Xun frowned.

"Cutting off your own retreat? What's your intention?"

Zhang Liao didn't seem like the kind of uneducated general. It was impossible for him to make such a mistake and not even leave himself a way out.

Lu Xun stroked his chin, his eyes dim and unclear. After a long time, Lu Xun slowly spoke.

"Go in and have a look."

Last time, ten thousand people almost forced them into a desperate situation. If Sun Quan had not interfered, they might have captured Zhang Liao. This time, there was no worry, and the other party had blocked their retreat for unknown reasons. In this situation, it was worth a try even if there was an ambush.

The mouth of the mountain stream is extremely long and narrow, more than 200 meters long, and can only accommodate five war horses moving forward abreast. If there are more, it will affect the combat effectiveness. The horses cannot stretch their legs, and the soldiers cannot swing their spears, which may easily injure friendly forces by mistake.

Lu Xun specially selected a group of the most elite cavalry, all of whom were veterans who had participated in more than one war. They took the lead and rushed into the mountain stream.

As the leading warhorse began to charge, the others followed. The distance of more than 200 meters was only a few breaths of time for the warhorse that had gathered speed. Even with this slow acceleration, it only took a dozen breaths of time to rush into the mountain stream.

Just as Lu Xun thought, at the entrance of the mountain stream, Zhang Liao was leading the remaining cavalry and was on full alert. Those at the front of the cavalry were holding not spears but halberds.

If Sun Jian were here, he would definitely be able to recognize that those were the hundreds of fine iron spears that he had intentionally collected and placed in the military town's armory. No one else knew about this, which led to the sailors being so busy transferring food and fodder that they left these hundreds of fine iron spears behind in the military town.

Zhang Liao followed the principle that a thief never leaves empty-handed, and put all the hundreds of fine iron spears into his own pocket. Those who could get a spear at this moment were all famous and powerful men, and those with less physical strength could not use such a powerful weapon at all.

Seeing that the enemy was only a few dozen steps away from entering the mountain stream, Zhang Liao gave the order.

"Form a formation, and use chevaux de frise!"

Nearly a hundred people at the front rushed to the exit in an instant and formed a semicircular spear formation. Three long spears formed a row, one row was held horizontally, one row was slightly raised, and one row was held high. The three rows together formed a chevaux de frise formation.

(End of this chapter)