Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 653: The First Battle of Red Cliff, Old Huang Zhong vs. Sun Bawang
Boom! ! ~~~
Thousands of torches lit up the surface of the river, illuminating the entire river like daylight.

Under the wind, the flames jumped and swayed, stretching the shadow on the river surface infinitely.

Seeing that the surprise attack had failed, Sun Ce stopped hiding and ordered torches to be lit.

This long-planned encounter on the river revealed its true face.

Cao Wei had warships of all sizes lined up in a row, and upon closer inspection, there were no less than a thousand of them. The style of the ships they used was similar to the main warships of Jiangdong two years earlier.

The Jiangdong side only dispatched more than 800 warships, but their ships were larger, carried more soldiers, and had wider decks.

Huang Zhong saw the big banner with the word "Sun" fluttering in the wind and knew that it was Sun Ce himself. He immediately laughed out loud, stroked his white beard and shouted, "Sun family boy, do you want to fight without declaring war?"

declare war?

Only a fool would declare war these days!
After the fall of the Han Dynasty, a new emperor was not established.

Former Han officials like them were immediately downgraded to mountain bandits and pirates. They either surrendered to the Wei Dynasty and waited for Cao Cao's regulation, or supported the new emperor and established a new court.

Anyway, the idea of ​​righteousness is no longer tenable. Why declare a war? Who are we showing the rules and righteousness to?

"Huang Hansheng! I see that you are so old that you can hardly stand on your feet. Surrender immediately and I will not kill you."

Huang Zhong was furious when he heard this. He drew his bow like a full moon, put an arrow on it, and shouted angrily, "You are so arrogant, take my arrow!"

The arrow flew across the river between the two clouds, emitting a long and cold light, like a meteor in the night sky, and flew towards Sun Ce at a rapid speed.

Sun Ce did not dare to be careless and even raised his spear to block.

While I was shooting down the arrow, my arm actually felt a little numb.

What a strong movement, what a strong arrow, what a strong old general.

In such a strong river wind, the arrow remains accurate and still retains such strong power.

This forced Sun Ce to reconsider Huang Zhong.

One of the most powerful generals of Wei, he is indeed extraordinary.

Huang Zhong was also secretly frightened. The darkness obstructed his vision and the river was surging, washing the large ship back and forth. Even in such an unfavorable situation, Sun Ce still easily blocked his full-strength arrow.

The Little Overlord of Jiangdong really lives up to his name.

Name: Huang Zhong

Force: 99
Commander: 82
Resourcefulness: 76
Politics: 54
Skills: 1. Strong Bow: Temporary +4 force when using bow and arrow.

2. Bravery: When fighting in front of the generals, force +20 every 2 rounds, up to +9.

No one can remain prosperous forever. Even though everyone says that Huang Zhong is still strong despite his old age, in fact, Huang Zhong is indeed old.

Even with Zhang Wu's body-strengthening pills, he could only prolong his peak time, but physical aging could not be reversed.

At this time, Huang Zhong's peak martial arts value not only dropped from 100 to 99, but he also returned from being a peerless general to being unrivaled.

The two unparalleled fighting skills have also been weakened to varying degrees.

Otherwise, with Sun Ce's strength and the cover of night, he might not be able to block the fatal arrow.

Name: Sun Ce

Force: 98
Commander: 86
Resourcefulness: 77
Politics: 79
Skills: 1. Little Overlord: Strength +4 when fighting in front of the formation.

2. Leaping Horse Pingjiang: When leading the cavalry, force +3, command +2, when leading the navy, force +4, command +1.

On the other hand, Sun Ce was at the peak of his strength, physique and energy.

Although his overall combat power is still far behind Huang Zhong, he looks stronger and more capable of fighting.

"The original plan remains unchanged. Order the small boat to catch fire and ram the Jiangdong warship. Also, order the main ship to approach."

The deputy general hesitated a little: "General, Ma Fubo is not here right now, but Sun Ce has many brave generals. You..."

Huang Zhong was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "What? You also think I'm too old and can't be used anymore?"

"I dare not." "Come closer, I will kill Sun Bofu myself and clear the last stumbling block for your majesty before he unifies the world!!"

"Got the order!!"

The Jiangdong navy was also not idle, covering their warships and small boats with hay and pouring tung oil on them.

The fire suddenly rose in the wind, and both sides unexpectedly used the same tactics.

Huang Zhong did not look back. As the two main ships got closer, he drew his bow and shot arrows continuously, killing Sun Ce's personal guards.

Sun Ce was good at archery, but not as good as Huang Zhong. Before Sun Ce could draw his bow, the enemy would often shoot four or five arrows at him.

In a rage, he had to urge the warship forward.

Nearly fifty breaths later, there was a loud bang on the river, and the two main ships finally collided.

The soldiers threw away their arrows and picked up their swords, fighting on the board.

Huang Zhong threw down his bow and arrows, holding a broadsword, and rushed towards Sun Ce to kill him. Sun Ce showed no sign of weakness, and picked up his spear to meet him.

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The clash of swords and spears caused pain in the eardrums of the people around them. The unlucky ones who were closer were strangled to death by the two men.

After repeated clashes, Huang Zhong found that he had not gained any advantage at all.

Looking at the unparalleled skills of the two.

Huang Zhong abandoned his powerful bow at this time, and his first skill was difficult to use. He only had his second skill, courage and perseverance, and his peak martial arts value was 108.

Sun Ce is different. His first skill temporarily adds 4 points of fighting generals' martial arts, and his second skill temporarily adds 4 points of martial arts added by commanding the navy. His peak martial arts is 106.

Judging from the peak combat power alone, Sun Ce is still slightly weaker than Huang Zhong.

But Huang Zhong's courage and perseverance is a continuous combat skill after all. It only increases his military strength by 2 points after every 9 rounds of fighting, and he wants to increase it to a maximum of points.

Then one hundred li are needed.

Sun Ce's two unparalleled skills are both triggered combat skills, which immediately provide him with an eight-point bonus.

Fortunately, Huang Zhong was a man who had reached the ranks of the world's greatest with his own martial arts.

Although his physical strength decreased, his unique combat experience as a peerless general was still there, so when he dealt with Sun Ce, he only felt a little bit of difficulty instead of being directly suppressed by the opponent.

"Good boy, if you have some skills, take another blow from me!"

Sun Ce switched his right hand to hold the spear to protect his head, and reached out with his left hand to take the sword in an attempt to stab Huang Zhong in the abdomen.

The advantage he gained from the previous fight made him a little proud. He believed in his heart that Huang Zhong was old and lacked strength.

That's why I dare to deal with it so confidently.

Huang Zhong pretended not to see it, without dodging or evading, and chopped down with the heavy sword as usual.

Sun Ce did not realize that after twenty rounds, Huang Zhong's spirit and energy were not weakened at all. Instead, he became braver and braver, and his strength value had quietly reached 101.

When his sword swept across Huang Zhong's lower abdomen, it only tore open a layer of flesh and did not hurt Huang Zhong's internal organs. On the contrary, the nine-foot-long sword fell suddenly, knocking the iron spear crooked, and then left a long gash on Sun Ce's right shoulder, with blood gushing out.

Fortunately, the iron spear did not slip out of his hand and protected Sun Ce's shoulder, otherwise his entire right arm would have been cut off by this one blow.

After comparing their injuries, Huang Zhong actually had the upper hand.

If Zhang Wu were here, he would definitely applaud and cheer for Huang Zhong.

This is one of the few cases where the weak defeated the strong after the real-time force value difference exceeded 5 points.

Only someone like Huang Zhong, who has a hot temper and refuses to accept his age, would be so resolute as to exchange injuries with a general who is much younger than him.

"My lord!" Zhou Tai noticed something was wrong, and knocked down a Cao soldier in front of him with a sword, then quickly rushed towards Sun Ce.

Sun Ce raised his injured arm and shouted, "Don't come over here!"

(End of this chapter)