Intuition made Li Zheng, the president of the Third Guards Army, instantly feel the threat posed by the great thief Huan Hu, and immediately confronted him.
Although he was at the disadvantage of not having a mount to rely on, Li Zheng really didn't expect that the opponent was not inferior to him in terms of wrist strength and martial arts proficiency.
"Qiang——"
"Qiang Qiang——"
The two of them fought for several rounds, but with the help of their mounts, Huan Hu had the upper hand, which surprised the big thief a little.
"It seems that you are not an ordinary guard captain." Huan Hu said in surprise as he glanced at his right hand that was shaking slightly due to the force of the shock.
Li Zheng also moved his right hand that was holding the sword quietly and slightly. His hard work just now made his right hand feel a little numb.
"This guy's accent..."
Li Zheng frowned and recognized Huan Hu's accent. Although he could understand it, it was undeniable that Huan Hu's accent was definitely not from Wei.
"Are you Korean?" Li Zheng asked, squinting his eyes.
Huan Hu looked at Li Zheng in surprise, and said with a smile: "It's rare that your Excellency can recognize the words of Korea... Yes, the uncle is Huan Hu of Korea."
"Korean?"
Li Zheng was a little surprised. After all, the terms "Song Dynasty" and "Han Dynasty" are generally only spoken by foreigners in this way, just like the Wei people only say "Great Wei" or "Wei Kingdom" when they call themselves
”, basically no one would call it “Wei Di”.
However, Li Zheng had no time to think about this relationship in detail. After hearing this, he sternly scolded: "Your country has not declared war with me, the Wei Dynasty, so why are you attacking our territory, the Wei Dynasty?... Is it possible that you want to go to war without declaring it?!"
"..." Huan Hu looked at Li Zheng with some surprise, the back of the sword in his hand gently tapped his back, and said with a mocking look: "Hey, hey, let me tell you, did you make a mistake?... Huan
It’s true that Mr. Tiger is Korean, but it has nothing to do with the ‘Korea’ in your mouth... But having said that, if you insist on thinking that South Korea is undeclared war against you, it doesn’t matter.”
"This...this group of people are "thieves"?"
Li Zheng was shocked when he heard this.
The so-called "thief", from the exact literal meaning, is "a lawless person who is not recognized as a subject by the court of his country, or even a wanted criminal".
In other words, the group of people in front of them are horse thieves who came out of South Korea. If they were attacked by such guys, even if the Wei State lodged a diplomatic protest with South Korea afterwards, South Korea would not accept it.
But this explanation was simply hard for Li Zheng to accept. He had seen with his own eyes that these horse thieves had extremely high combat qualities, and their combat effectiveness was no less than that of the elite cavalry of the Wei State. Such a guy would not be recognized by South Korea.
Thief?
What a joke!
This group of people must be faked by South Korea's elite cavalry, right?
"It seems that you don't intend to tell the truth... It doesn't matter. After Li captures you, I will have time to pry open your mouth." With a cold look in his eyes, Li Zheng did not intend to talk nonsense to him anymore.
"Oh?" When Huan Hu heard this, he lowered the sword in his hand slightly and grinned as if mockingly: "Can you do it?"
As soon as the words fell, the two of them seemed to have a clear understanding of each other. They attacked at the same time, and the weapons in their hands struck each other fiercely.
Even though Huan Hu had just taken advantage of the horse power, now, because he was standing still on the spot, his flexibility was greatly reduced, and he was forced into danger by Li Zheng.
It is hard to imagine that Li Zheng, wearing a heavy armor, could be so flexible, as if the heavy armor on his body was as light as tissue paper.
"Damn it!... I'm so proud! This guy is not easy to mess with..."
Even Huan Hu was forced to panic by Li Zheng.
"Get off the horse!" Li Zheng shouted loudly and quickly rushed behind Huan Hu, slashing hard at Huan Hu's back with the sword in his hand.
At this moment, Huan Hu clamped the horse's belly with his legs. When Li Zheng cut his back with the sharp sword in his hand, he controlled the horse under his crotch and kicked its hind legs back heavily.
Li Zheng was caught off guard and was kicked by the horse's hoof. He was kicked two feet away with a loud bang.
Taking advantage of this moment, Huan Hu hurriedly rode forward, then turned his horse's head and kept a distance from Li Zheng.
He moved the muscles in his back slightly, and felt a stab of pain in his back. However, from the pain, he judged that the sword wound on his back was not that serious.
Obviously, it was his beloved horse that kicked Li Zheng away with its hind hoof in time, so that Li Zheng failed to hit it completely, and it was just a "bruise" at most.
"I almost died...what's the background of this guy?!"
Huan Hu looked at Li Zheng in surprise and uncertainty.
He originally thought that the other party was just the captain of the guard around King Wei, but now it seems that the other party is more powerful than just the captain of the guard?
At the same time, Li Zheng, who was kicked two feet away, had already used a sharp sword to support his body and turned over from the ground. However, because he was kicked by the horse's hoof in the chest, his internal organs were obviously injured, and blood flowed from his mouth.
A trace of blood.
Li Zheng raised his hand to wipe away the blood around his mouth. He looked down at his armor and saw two horse hoof prints clearly visible on the breastplate.
He looked at Huan Hu in disbelief.
"To be able to make a war horse kick back, this..."
Li Zheng, who was unprepared before, couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
You must know that the Wei State does not have cavalry with superb riding skills, but he has never heard of such miraculous riding skills.
In his opinion, war horses are just tools for transportation and strength. When did even war horses become so lethal?
But now, no matter how difficult the opponent is, he cannot tolerate the slightest retreat.
But what shocked Li Zheng was that when he stood up and headed towards the other party again, the big thief named Huan Hu took the initiative to avoid it by riding his horse.
Perhaps noticing the look of shock and anger on Li Zheng's face, Huan Hu licked his lips and said with a smile: "It is not a wise thing to fight with a guy who is stronger than yourself... In fact, I don't
It is necessary to fight with you."
As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at the messy surroundings, with a faint smile on his lips.
Hearing this, Li Zheng's heart skipped a beat, and he looked around nervously, only to realize that the more than a hundred Tiger Guards under his command had killed more than a dozen of the other horse thieves.
How long has it been?
Just when Li Zheng was anxious, he suddenly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves coming from his ears, very close at hand.
He subconsciously turned his head to look, and was shocked to see that Huan Hu had galvanized his horse to come to him at some point. He saw the horse standing on its hind legs, and immediately stepped down heavily with its front legs.
And with the help of this horse power, Huan Hu raised the sword in his hand with a ferocious smile on his face, and struck Li Zheng hard on the forehead.
It was obviously too late to dodge.
At this critical moment, Li Zheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and raise his knife to resist.
There was a loud "clang" sound, and Huan Hu's sword, which relied on the force of the horse's heavy trampling, hit Li Zheng's sword hard. However, when Li Zheng groaned, one of his legs fell to his knees involuntarily.
On the ground, the whole person was trembling under the pressure of this huge force, relying solely on his will to support himself.
"You... you are so despicable!" Li Zheng cursed while gritting his teeth to support himself.
"You're welcome, you're rewarded." Huan Hu chuckled and pressed down hard with the sword in his hand, suppressing Li Zheng to the ground.
Suddenly, he whispered: "That person must also be in this camp, your king of the Wei people..."
"..."
Li Zheng subconsciously shrank his eyes when he heard this, but at this moment, Huan Hu suppressed his right hand and turned the blade, and the blade was flattened towards the five fingers of Li Zheng's left hand that was supporting the blade, as if to cut off the five fingers of Li Zheng's left hand.
Cut off a finger.
Fortunately, Li Zheng reacted quickly, otherwise, the fingers on his left hand might have been chopped off by Huan Hu.
"Does this guy still have half the self-esteem of a martial arts practitioner?!"
Li Zheng, whose face turned red with anger, used up the last bit of strength in his body to flick away Huan Hu's blade that was suppressing him. But just when he was about to counterattack, Huan Hu had already escaped two feet away on his horse.
, not giving Li Zheng a chance to fight back at all.
"This guy is simply..."
Li Zheng felt like his chest was about to explode with anger. He had never seen such a despicable guy.
No, even though the weird thing he just did didn't succeed, Huan Hu still didn't give up using his verbal offensive to break down Li Zheng's psychological defense: "Oh, the situation here doesn't look optimistic. Hey, your people are about to be killed.
My little boys
They have all been killed, but it is a pity that as their leader, you can't help at all... But having said that, where is the king of your Wei people? Hey, please just give it to me, so as not to save me.
How much effort..."
"Are you really here for His Majesty?"
Li Zheng stared intently at Huan Hu in front of him. He didn't even dare to blink, let alone diverting his attention.
To be fair, after just a few fights, Li Zheng had roughly estimated Huan Hu's strength: the opponent's strength was good, but he was not his opponent yet.
But the problem is, the guy in front of him is cunning and despicable, and he uses ruthless tricks time and time again, which makes him, Li Zheng, obviously stronger than his opponent, but he is at a disadvantage.
"what to do?"
A layer of cold sweat gradually broke out on Li Zheng's forehead, feeling a little uneasy.
He couldn't help but start to hesitate, whether he should continue to waste time with the guy in front of him, or give up this person and command the Huben Imperial Guards under his command. After all, the situation of the Huben Imperial Guards was getting worse and worse. They were just passively defending.
But how can we repel these fierce horse thieves simply by defending?
At this moment, a deep shout came from not far away.
"The tiger guards will obey the order, and I, the king, will take over the command... The front team will raise their shields."
"Huh?"
Li Zheng and Huan Hu turned around at the same time, and unexpectedly discovered that a young nobleman wearing a purple brocade uniform, protected by more than ten riders, had rushed to the side of the Huben guards and was instructing the Huben guards to rearrange their positions.
Formation.
"His Royal Highness King Su?"
Li Zheng exclaimed in surprise. He discovered that the noble boy was actually Su Wang Hongrun.
Under Li Zheng's gaze, Zhao Hongrun commanded the Huben guards while boosting their morale, which had been low due to being suppressed by the horse thieves: "Don't worry, everyone, the reinforcements will be here soon. Our colleagues from the Huben army are on their way back to the reinforcements. Wait until they arrive."
, this is the day for the death of these thieves!... They are just some thieves, let me guard them, don't insult the name of my elite Tiger Guards!"
"Whoa whoa--"
As soon as they heard that the people who had been sent out were about to return for reinforcements, the morale of the remaining Huben guards was immediately boosted.
And this also made Li Zheng secretly relieved.
Immediately, he woke up with a start and looked at Huan Hu warily, wary of this despicable guy repeating his old trick and sneaking up on him again.
But what surprised Li Zheng was that Huan Hu did not attack him this time, but looked intently at Zhao Hongrun, who was commanding the Huben guards, with a look of relief and surprise in his eyes.
"Prince Su..." Huan Hu asked with great interest: "Could it be that Prince Su Ji Run who defeated the Chu army of 160,000 with more than 20,000 troops?"
"Ah, it is this His Highness."
Because Zhao Hongrun took over the command, Li Zheng was finally able to calm down and confront Huan Hu. Hearing this, he sneered and said, "The situation has changed... the thief."