After Lu Meng finished speaking, Liu Ye saw Zhang Xiu's expression and knew something was wrong.
And this relationship itself is unsolvable...
Liu Ye had no choice but to say from another angle: "The Prime Minister is already willing to take this step, doesn't General Zhang not want to take any risks?"
"There will be no risk in accepting the recommendation of the Cheqi General Mansion." Zhu Zhi said at this time.
"There will be no internal risks." Liu Ye emphasized.
Indeed, in the final analysis... the only ones geographically capable of sending troops to Wancheng are Cao Cao, Liu Biao and the princes of Guanzhong. Whether Bai Tu sends troops or comes for reinforcements, they have to pass through several counties along the upper reaches of the Huaihe River where Yuan Shu's old troops are stationed.
"Is Mr. Liu threatening someone?" Zhang Xiu asked angrily.
"No, I'm just sorting out the pros and cons for the general." Liu Ye insisted.
Just when Zhang Xiu and Liu Ye were looking at each other, the woodcutter, who had been silent until now, suddenly said: "Cao Cao, a man who causes trouble with his troops. If you want to surrender to him, how can you stand on your own in the world?"
The woodcutter's rash intervention shocked both Lu Meng and Zhu Zhi - they were obviously wearing a woodcutter's suit, how could they say such rotten words?
What Cao Cao did in Xuzhou was criticized by others. This was not just a corrupt scholar's opinion, but...using this point to attack Cao Cao during negotiations would have any other effect besides making Zhang Xiu disgusted?
Can we really expect that Zhang Xiu will reject Cao Cao because of this? Not everyone is Bai Gong...
"Who are you? Why are you here?" Zhang Xiu asked angrily before Liu Ye did.
"The nameless woodcutter is here to scold someone who deserves to be scolded." the woodcutter said matter-of-factly.
Zhang Xiu was even more annoyed - Hezhu, are you just scolding me?
Zhu Zhi on the side wanted to say "I don't know this person"... Now he couldn't understand whether the Lord sent this woodcutter to make it more difficult for him!
"How brave! Are you really afraid of killing someone?" Zhang Xiu said angrily.
"I'm not here as an envoy." The woodcutter said calmly, ignoring Lu Meng who was winking at him.
"Okay! Since you are not the envoy of the Cavalry General's Mansion, then...here comes someone!" Zhang Xiu wanted to take him out now.
"Come here? Have your own hands deteriorated? Then why are you using a gun?" the woodcutter said scornfully.
At the same time, the guards coming from outside were shaken away by the invisible energy as soon as they approached the woodcutter!
Zhang Xiu looked at the woodcutter, his eyes a little glazed over. He didn't know whether it was because of what Zhao Yun said or because of the way he just shook off the guards.
"Who...are you?" Zhang Xiu's tone changed a bit.
"Woodcutter," said the woodcutter.
"Oh, the woodcutter in the Cavalry General's Mansion also has such superb marksmanship?" Zhang Xiu obviously didn't believe it.
Marksmanship? Didn’t you see the gun? The invisible energy just now was not coming from the gun. Lu Meng looked at the woodcutter with some doubts, and even stared at Xia San Road vulgarly, until the woodcutter glanced at
She glanced at him before looking away.
"The skill of the spear is the skill of the heart... If the heart is broken, even the spear king of the North will only be a monster in the spear." The woodcutter said.
"The Spear King of the North" is Zhang Xiu's nickname. Guns are very common weapons nowadays. The fact that he can be called "The Spear King of the North" without being killed shows his skill in marksmanship.
The woodcutter's sarcasm made Zhang Xiu angrily laugh and say: "Dirty? My heart is dead... What about you? Is your heart dead? What is your gun? The dead bones in the gun?"
Then, as if to cover up his guilty conscience, and somewhat to verify something, Zhang Xiu stopped the guards who were about to surround him outside, but stared at the woodcutter and said: "In that case, let's see... whether your marksmanship is qualified to fight against
I made irresponsible remarks!"
"Lord..." Jia Xu called him softly from the side.
Usually, Jia Xu would directly call his cousin "Bo Yi", but in front of outsiders, he would call his lord.
(No reliable source has been found for Zhang Xiu’s name, so he originally wrote “Bo Yi”.)
This time, Zhang Xiu just looked back at Jia Xu and said, "Wen He, don't stop me this time."
When Jia Xu heard this, he didn't show any unusual or regretful expression, and just nodded.
Zhu Zhi also didn’t understand why he was clearly here as an envoy to persuade people to surrender, so how could things unfold like this in the end?
Not only do you have to bring the woodcutter to do this kind of thing, but... now the woodcutter also has to fight with the target to persuade him to surrender?
But now that the matter was over, he had no choice but to take one step, look one step at a time, and together with Lu Meng, came to the martial arts field in the backyard - not even Jia Xu could stop Zhang Xiu, and certainly no one else could.
After arriving at the martial arts arena, Zhang Xiu took out the military talisman and covered his body with armor.
Zhang Xiu's battle armor is mainly dark in color, mainly black, supplemented by dark gold patterns. The dark gold helmet part looks very simple, making Zhang Xiu's long hair spread out, making it look very flamboyant.
The weapon is naturally a long spear, which is somewhat similar to the long spear that Chen received before. Both are very slender - most of the weapons of generals will become wider after being loaded onto the armor...
However, Chen Dao, who fought against Ji Ling before, and Zhang Xiu now, both have long and slender spears. In addition to adapting to the armor and making them look extra slender, they are not wide in proportion.
It's just that Zhang Xiu's spear is not silver-white, but has a dark golden barrel with a pure black head and no tassel, making it look very simple.
It can be seen from the overall style of the battle armor that Zhang Xiu is already a golden general, and from Lu Bu's judgment, he should be stronger than Ji Ling now!
Even in the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion, only Lu Bu and Sun Ce were able to defeat Zhang Xiu. As for Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, Gan Ning, Chen Dao... rather than being at best among brothers, Gao Shun was probably even weaker.
"Then let me see the spirit of the 'little junior brother' who is so enamored by Master!" Zhang Xiu said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, which was still full of anger.
"Junior brother?" Lu Meng looked at the woodcutter in surprise.
Zhang Xiu actually has the same master as a woodcutter?
And when the two first met, Zhang Xiu obviously didn't realize this. In other words... the two of them probably didn't learn the art at the same time, so Zhang Xiu only knew that there was such a "little junior brother" until the woodcutter moved invisible
Qian Jin, coupled with what he said... made Zhang Xiu realize his identity.
At the same time, Lu Menghan is about to come down - tell me, why don't you buy a new military talisman? Are you too lazy?
Just when Lu Meng was thinking about whether to discuss with Zhang Xiu and let the woodcutter go to Wan Ji's place to replace the military talisman first, he saw that the woodcutter had walked to the side of the martial arts field and took down a weapon from the decorative weapon rack.
Long spear with wooden handle.
No matter how you look at it, it's just the most ordinary spear, not to mention... the woodcutter doesn't even mean to wear armor!
Generally, the weapons loaded on the battle armor are "ordinary weapons", but they will show special forms and special abilities due to the influence of the battle armor.
Of course... for generals with some status, their armors and weapons must be treasures before loading.
For example, this decorative wooden gun was used to load armor, but now the woodcutter looks like he wants to challenge Zhang Xiu with this gun!
"Where is your military talisman!" Zhang Xiu said angrily.
"It's lost," the woodcutter said matter-of-factly.
"Very good... Since he is a piece of trash that can even throw away military symbols, it seems that I may have to clean up the house today!" Zhang Xiu said, and his mood gradually calmed down.
Or rather...
From the moment Zhang Xiu raised his gun, his will began to focus on the gun, and external interference was gradually eliminated.
The woodcutter also raised his gun slightly.
Although one is in an armored state two or three meters tall, and the other is a mortal body holding a wooden gun, at this moment, even a layman can see that the starting postures of the two are almost the same!
"Are you from the same sect?" Lu Meng muttered.
In the perception of the woodcutter and Zhang Xiu, the breathing of the other party, as well as the mysterious and mysterious changes in Qi movement, are gradually adjusting to the same consistency.
The next moment, I saw the two of them rushing towards each other in no particular order...
In terms of size, the woodcutter without armor is several times smaller than Zhang Xiu, but in terms of strength and speed... the same is true!
After all, Zhang Xiu is a golden and jade general. He was even promoted earlier than Ji Ling's golden jade armor, and his development was more solid.
Among the generals in the world, the only one who can compete with him in terms of pure strength and speed without armor is probably Lu Bu. Even Dian Wei, without appearing to be a saint, can only compete with him in terms of strength at most.
Stalemate.
As for defensive power, even if Lu Bu is not showing off his holiness, it is impossible to be stronger than the golden jade armor...
As soon as the two of them fought against each other, there was an immediate difference in their style. The Woodcutter was at a disadvantage in terms of strength and speed. Even the wooden gun could not fight with the opponent's dark gold black beak gun, so he could only use clever force.
The son guides from the side.
At first glance, it looks like a rabbit fighting a lion, and the winner can be determined the next moment, but... in the blink of an eye, twenty or thirty have passed, and the two are still fighting!
If there were martial arts masters present, they would find that there was no armored woodcutter. At this time, only in terms of momentum, he was not inferior to Zhang Xiu. Even... Zhang Xiu's momentum was completely unable to shake the woodcutter.
Seeing an unarmored opponent holding more than forty pieces of armor under his cloth, Zhang Xiu's face darkened, he feinted with a shot, retreated, and stood up again: "No wonder Master said, your qualifications are stronger than
Second Junior Brother and I are the only gunmen who can surpass his old man..."
The woodcutter remained unmoved and continued to point his gun at him, as if waiting for Zhang Xiu to make a move.
"But...brother, I want to see how much of my master's special skills you have learned!"
As Zhang Xiu spoke, waves of sand and dust rose up around him where he stood. Just like when the woodcutter knocked away the guards before, Zhang Xiu's whole body also burst out with invisible spear power.
With the appearance of Gun Jin, the dark golden lines on Zhang Xiu's armor gradually flickered, the frequency of flashing became faster and faster, and the Gun Jin became more dense and powerful. Gradually, the sound of Gun Jin rubbing against the air sounded like
The sound of birds chirping spread like wildfire.
When it reaches a certain frequency, it can be vaguely seen that the dark gold lines on Zhang Xiu's armor seem to be a phoenix with its head held high and its wings spread.
Then I saw Zhang Xiu shaking the dark gold black beak gun in his hand, and countless invisible spears instantly took on a dark golden luster, and at the same time, like moths flying into the flame, they attacked the woodcutter...