Chapter 103: Zhou Cang Goes to Battle

Guan Yu, whose expression had relaxed, thanked Ma Teng sincerely:

"This matter is thanks to the General, otherwise, Guan would have had to slaughter them today!"

"Yunchang is too polite; we are all working for His Majesty, so we should help each other; don't be like this in the future!"

Hearing Guan Yu's polite words, Ma Teng immediately pretended to be displeased and said.

"It is this General who was somewhat pretentious; please don't blame me, General!"

Seeing Ma Teng displeased, Guan Yu immediately apologized.

Seeing Guan Yu say this, Ma Teng immediately said with a smile: "That's right."

"General, it is still early, and waiting like this is not a solution; in my opinion, why don't we send someone to challenge them to a duel?"

"If Che Liji dares to come out of the city to fight, that would be the best!"

Guan Yu saw that it was still too early for the third watch, so he suggested to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng thought for a while, and for a moment, he didn't know who to send.

He immediately looked at Guan Yu with a troubled expression: "Yunchang's words are right, but who do you think is best to send?"

Guan Yu saw Ma Teng asking him, and he wanted to go himself, but he thought that he was the main general now.

He estimated that Che Liji would not dare to come out of the city to fight after seeing him go to battle.

And Ma Chao was even less suitable; the two great generals of the Qiang tribe, E He and Shao Ge, were both killed by him, and Che Liji would be even more afraid to fight after seeing him.

As for Zhang Fei, Guan Yu looked at Zhang Fei's image and shook his head slightly.

Forget it! With Zhang Fei's appearance, Che Liji probably wouldn't dare to fight even if he saw him.

Subsequently, he set his sights on Pang De and Zhou Cang; after looking at the two for a while, Guan Yu decided to let Zhou Cang go to battle.

Pang De had just started cultivation, and his cultivation was still at the First-rate Martial General realm, while Zhou Cang, due to his long cultivation time.

Was already at the Postnatal First Heaven realm, and Zhou Cang had few opportunities to go to battle and was not known to the outside world, so it was best for him to go to battle.

After making up his mind, Guan Yu said to Ma Teng: "General Ma, I think it would be best for my subordinate Zhou Cang to go to battle."

Regarding Zhou Cang's strength, Ma Teng had also learned about it these days, clearly knowing that he was already at the Postnatal First Heaven strength, so it was naturally foolproof for him to go to battle.

And he and Pang De and the others only started to teach them cultivation after Guan Yu arrived.

Due to the late start of cultivation, they had just entered the door and were still a few days away from breaking through.

Among these people, the strength of Ma Teng and Pang De was relatively high.

Ma Teng originally did not have high strength, only the strength of a Second-rate Martial General; after cultivating the "Heaven and Earth Creation Martial Canon", he was now about to break through to a First-rate Martial General.

And Pang De originally had the strength of a First-rate Martial General; after cultivating the martial arts technique, he had now reached the peak of the First-rate Martial General realm and could break through to the Divine General realm at any time.

Then there was Ma Dai; Ma Dai originally had the strength of a Second-rate Martial General; after cultivating the martial arts technique, he took the opportunity to break through to the First-rate Martial General realm.

Among Ma Teng's sixty thousand troops, the talent of these three was considered relatively high, while the talent of others was relatively ordinary.

Ma Teng, who had come back to his senses, nodded to Guan Yu, his expression also becoming somewhat solemn, and he said to Zhou Cang:

"Then this first battle will trouble General Guan!"

Guan Yu stroked his long beard, nodded confidently to Ma Teng, and shouted in a deep voice to Zhou Cang:

"Zhou Cang, you will go to battle for this fight; do you dare to accept the challenge?"

Zhou Cang heard this, his body shook, and he shouted loudly to Guan Yu while cupping his fists:

"Please rest assured, General; this General doesn't even take these mere foreign people seriously!"

"Good, General Zhou truly has great spirit; then this General wishes the General to kill the enemy and return in triumph!"

Before Guan Yu could speak, Ma Teng, seeing Zhou Cang having such spirit, shouted loudly.

"General Ma, General, this General is going!"

After bowing to Ma Teng and Guan Yu, Zhou Cang immediately headed toward Linqiang City.

Watching Zhou Cang's back as he left, Ma Teng couldn't help but sigh:

"I really envy General Guan for having such a tiger general!"

Seeing the envious look on Ma Teng's face, Guan Yu also said modestly to him:

"The General praises me too much! The great generals under the General are also rare talents; compared to the General, I am still far behind!"

Although Guan Yu's face and tone were full of modesty, the pride that flashed in his eyes was still captured by Ma Teng.

He immediately muttered to himself: "He can really act!"

Subsequently, he also said modestly to Guan Yu: "What is General Guan saying; they are all guys who can't be brought to the table!"

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled with tacit understanding.

At this time, Zhou Cang had already arrived under Linqiang City; looking at the tightly closed city gate, he shouted loudly to the people in the city:

"I am Zhou Cang, under the command of Colonel Guan Yu of the Great Han Empire's Xiliang Army; who in the city dares to come out and fight?"

Zhou Cang's voice was very loud, and most of the Qiang soldiers in the city heard his voice.

They all looked at Yue Ji, wanting to see how he would respond.

Seeing everyone's eyes looking at him, Yue Ji was also somewhat troubled for a moment.

This was clearly a conspiracy of the Han army; now, going out of the city to fight, let alone whether he could win.

If the Han army took the opportunity to seize the city gate, Linqiang City would be in danger.

Seeing that no one in the city responded, Zhou Cang continued to shout:

"You foreign people, don't you always boast of your powerful strength? Why don't you even have the courage to face this General today!"

"Could it be that your strength is all talk?"

"Or is it that the Qiang tribe has declined to the point where no one dares to fight!"

As Zhou Cang's words became more and more unpleasant, a look of anger appeared on the faces of the Qiang soldiers in the city, and their expressions were terrifyingly gloomy.

If it weren't for Yue Ji not speaking, they would have all gone out to kill this Han general who dared to insult them so much.

Seeing that the soldiers' expressions were somewhat gloomy, Yue Ji knew that he couldn't let Zhou Cang continue to curse, otherwise it would be a big blow to morale.

Yue Ji immediately came to the city tower and looked down; he saw a black-faced Han general riding a black war horse, shouting at the city tower a hundred paces away.

This person was Zhou Cang, and not far behind him, seventy thousand troops were lined up.

The seventy thousand troops were neatly arranged, wearing uniform standard armor, holding weapons, and their morale was soaring.

The flags were flapping in the wind; facing such a powerful army, to be honest, Yue Ji's heart also sank to the bottom.

Apart from despair, at this moment, he had no other extra emotions.

And at this time, Zhou Cang also saw Yue Ji who appeared on the city tower.

However, he didn't know Yue Ji's identity yet, he could only distinguish that he was a general from his attire.

He immediately shouted at Yue Ji: "You on the city tower, are you someone who can speak?"

"If not, retreat quickly and tell your Great King to come out and die!" ===== CHAPTER 104 =====