Chapter 376

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, and do not be like this in the future!"

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

"It was this subordinate who was somewhat pretentious; I hope the General will not blame me!"

Seeing Ma Teng displeased, Guan Yu also 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 this subordinate's 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 best!"

Guan Yu saw that it was still early before the third watch and immediately suggested to Ma Teng.

Ma Teng, upon hearing this, pondered for a while; he didn't know who to send for a moment.

Immediately, he said to Guan Yu with a troubled face: "Yunchang's words are right, but who do you think is best to send?"

Guan Yu, seeing Ma Teng ask him, had a mind to go himself, but thinking that he was now the main general.

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

And Ma Chao was even more out of the question; the two great generals of the Qiang tribe, E He and Shao Ge, had both been beheaded by him, so 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.

Better forget it! With Zhang Fei's appearance, he estimated that Che Liji wouldn't dare to fight even if he saw him.

Subsequently, he placed his gaze on Pang De and Zhou Cang; after looking at the two for a while, Guan Yu decided to have Zhou Cang fight.

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

Was now at the realm of the Postnatal First Layer, and Zhou Cang had few opportunities to fight and was not yet known to the outside world, so having him fight was the best.

After making up his mind, Guan Yu said to Ma Teng: "General Ma, this one feels that having my subordinate Zhou Cang fight is the best."

Regarding Zhou Cang's strength, Ma Teng had also learned about it over these days and clearly knew that he was already at the Postnatal First Layer, so having him fight was naturally foolproof.

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

Due to cultivating relatively late, they had just entered the door now, 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's original strength was not high, only having 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 a First-rate Martial General 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 realm of a First-rate Martial General.

Among Ma Teng's 60,000-strong army, the talent of these three people could be considered relatively high, while the talent of the others was relatively ordinary.

Coming back to his senses, Ma Teng nodded to Guan Yu, the expression on his face also becoming somewhat solemn, and said to Zhou Cang:

"Then this first battle, I will trouble General Guan!"

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

"Zhou Cang, this battle, you will fight; do you dare to fight?"

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

"Please rest assured, General, this subordinate does not take these mere foreign people seriously!"

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

Before Guan Yu could speak, Ma Teng on the side, seeing Zhou Cang had such spirit, immediately shouted.

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

After cupping his fists to Ma Teng and Guan Yu, Zhou Cang immediately came toward Linqiang City.

Watching Zhou Cang's departing back, Ma Teng couldn't help but sigh:

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

Seeing the look of envy 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, this one is still far behind!"

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

Immediately, he muttered to himself: "Truly can act!"

Subsequently, he also said modestly to Guan Yu: "General Guan, what are you saying; they are all just fellows who can't be brought onto the stage!"

After finishing, the two of them smiled at each other with tacit understanding.

And at this time, Zhou Cang had already arrived under Linqiang City; looking at the tightly closed city gates, 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.

Only to see them all looking at Yue Ji at this time, wanting to see how he would respond.

Seeing everyone's gaze looking at him, Yue Ji was also in a difficult position for a moment.

This was clearly the Han army's conspiracy; now going out of the city to fight, not to mention whether he could win.

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

Seeing no response from anyone in the city, Zhou Cang continued to shout:

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

"Could it be that your strength is only on your lips!"

"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 behead this Han general who dared to insult them so much.

Seeing the soldiers' expressions 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; only to see a black-faced Han general riding a black war horse a hundred paces outside the city tower, cursing at the city tower.

This person was Zhou Cang, and not far behind him were 70,000 troops.

Only to see the 70,000-strong army, with neat formations, wearing uniform standard armor, holding weapons, and morale soaring to the sky.

The banners were flapping in the wind; facing such a powerful army, to tell the truth, Yue Ji's heart also sank to the bottom.

Apart from despair, at this time, he no longer had any extra emotions.

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

It was just that he didn't know Yue Ji's identity yet, only being able to distinguish that he was a general from his attire.

Immediately, he shouted to Yue Ji: "You on the city tower, are you someone who can speak?"

"If not, then retreat quickly and hurry up and tell that Great King of yours to come out and die!"