Chapter 1166: Fighting Zhang Fei!【1】

Rumble~

Rumble~

On the plain under the night, nearly a thousand riders held torches and rushed along the road.

Those refugees scattered on the road, walking the slowest and separated from the main force, hurriedly dodged to the sides of the road.

And those who couldn't dodge in time, or were dragged down on the road by hunger and fatigue, were trampled by the galloping horse hooves.

At the very front of the cavalry, Cao Ren and Xia Houdun were in the lead.

Although a day of fighting had exhausted both of them, the moment they thought of the person who killed their brother being ahead, their hearts felt as if they were being roasted on a raging fire.

Their brother's body was not yet cold; how could they watch the enemy slip away from under their eyelids?

Even Dian Wei, who was seriously injured, fought fiercely for a day before falling into a coma.

What reason did they have not to continue chasing?

However, just as the two led the cavalry to chase forward on the official road, rows of torches lit up on the official road not far away.

"Zixiao!"

Xia Houdun pointed forward.

Cao Ren had a look of alertness.

At this moment, night had already fallen, like a huge and thick black curtain covering the earth.

There was not a trace of starlight or moonlight in the sky, as if it had been swallowed by darkness without a trace. Only the torches they held tightly in their hands emitted a weak but firm light, illuminating a small area in front of them.

However, the area reached by this light was limited to a section of the official road, while the sides remained endless darkness, like a bottomless black hole.

"Slow down, be careful of an ambush," Cao Ren immediately issued an order.

The large number of cavalry behind slowed down their horse speed immediately after the order was issued.

Subsequently, Cao Ren and Xia Houdun looked at both sides cautiously.

Although the Huang Jin army in the wild was vulnerable when facing their iron cavalry, the number of Huang Jin soldiers was large enough.

And it was dark at this time; if there was an ambush, it would likely affect the speed of chasing the enemy.

But as the distance closed.

Cao Ren and Xia Houdun both saw the situation in front clearly.

Blocking the official road was not any Huang Jin army, but a burly man with a leopard-like head and round eyes, riding on a black horse and holding a long spear.

Zhang Fei!

Liu Bei's third brother, Zhang Fei!

Cao Ren recognized Zhang Fei blocking the road at a glance.

Cao Ren had met Zhang Fei once when Cao Cao talked to Liu Bei outside Nanwuyang City before.

With Zhang Fei's special appearance, Cao Ren naturally remembered.

"It's Liu Bei's third brother, Zhang Fei!" Cao Ren frowned and said.

Beside him, Xia Houdun, holding a long spear, was seeing Zhang Fei for the first time.

However, he had heard Zhang Fei's name before; that was when Duan Yu fought Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in Jizhou.

"Zhang Fei, why are you blocking the road here!"

At a distance of twenty or thirty meters, Cao Ren pointed the large saber in his hand at Zhang Fei.

And Zhang Fei, riding on his horse, was holding a huge gourd in his left hand and pouring it into his mouth, not knowing if it was wine or water, and holding the serpent spear in his right hand.

Behind him, over a thousand Xuzhou soldiers formed a square formation.

At the very front were shield-bearers holding shields.

Behind the shield-bearers were rows of long spears.

Further back were some archers.

Hearing Cao Ren's words, Zhang Fei put down the wine gourd in his hand unhurriedly, and then glanced at Cao Ren with the light of the torches.

"What, your Grandpa I am willing to be here, does it concern you? Is this your home?"

"You..."

Xia Houdun was about to curse, but was stopped by Cao Ren reaching out from the side.

Cao Ren, looking at Xia Houdun, shook his head: "More trouble is worse than less trouble; the current priority is to avenge the elder brother, we don't need to mind him."

"General Zhang!"

Cao Ren took a deep breath, calmed his mood, and said: "Since General Zhang has nothing to do, then please move aside and let us pass; we have important matters to attend to. Cao Ren thanks General Zhang here."

If it were normal times, Cao Ren would certainly not be so polite.

This was the territory of Taishan Commandery, belonging to Yanzhou.

And Zhang Fei, although an imperial official, had no right to march in this Taishan territory.

However, even though Cao Ren's posture was very low, Zhang Fei remained unmoved.

"Your Grandpa I am tired, I don't want to move today, I will stay here. If you want to pass, you can wait until tomorrow morning; after your Grandpa I have rested enough, I will naturally leave."

"You!" Xia Houdun was angry.

This Zhang Fei was clearly blocking the road on purpose.

"Zixiao, don't talk nonsense with him; he is deliberately blocking the road here. Watch me kill him!"

The hot-tempered Xia Houdun, holding a long spear, struck his horse and charged toward Zhang Fei.

"Yuanrang, be careful!"

Cao Ren shouted, and then followed closely with his large saber.

Zhang Fei, not far away, gave a grim smile, and a trace of ferocity instantly appeared in his eyes.

"Brother didn't let me fight with them, but they delivered themselves to my door."

"Good courage, see how your Grandpa Zhang cleans you up."

Zhang Fei let out a loud shout and held the serpent spear to meet Xia Houdun.

"Rebel, arrogant!"

Xia Houdun let out a violent roar, and the long spear in his hand carried a whistling wind as he made a flat thrust, straight toward Zhang Fei's chest.

Zhang Fei, with an excited look on his face, flicked the serpent spear upward, hitting the tip of Xia Houdun's spear exactly.

Clang!

The sound of metal collision rang out, and the splashing sparks were extremely dazzling in the night.

"It's your Grandpa I's turn!"

After flicking away Xia Houdun's thrusting spear, Zhang Fei's serpent spear stabbed toward Xia Houdun's chest.

"Yuanrang, don't panic, I'm coming!"

At the critical moment, Cao Ren rode his horse over, and the large saber in his hand slashed directly at Zhang Fei's serpent spear.

The serpent spear was struck by the large saber in Cao Ren's hand and deviated.

Taking this opportunity, Xia Houdun, who had adjusted, let out another violent roar, and the long spear thrust out.

"Well done!"

Zhang Fei let out a loud shout, his body on the horse dodged to the side, and then he quickly grabbed the long spear Xia Houdun thrust over.

Xia Houdun instinctively wanted to pull it back, but he couldn't pull it with force.

Zhang Fei looked at Xia Houdun and chuckled: "Give it to me!"

Under a violent roar, Xia Houdun only felt a burst of burning pain in his hand, as if it were being scorched by a raging fire.

When he looked down, the skin on his palm had been worn away, and even the web between his thumb and index finger had split and was bleeding.

"Yuanrang, retreat quickly!"

Cao Ren let out a loud shout, and then raised his saber to meet Zhang Fei with a strike.

Zhang Fei blocked Cao Ren's strike with the serpent spear in one hand, and with the other hand, he turned the long spear he had snatched from Xia Houdun and threw it at Xia Houdun.

Instantly, the warhorse under Xia Houdun let out a neigh of sorrow.

And Xia Houdun was also overturned from his horse and rolled down to the ground in a mess.

Cao Ren, terrified, also retreated rapidly.

Xia Houdun's personal guards immediately stepped forward to protect Xia Houdun, who had fallen from his horse.

It happened in the blink of an eye.

The three of them fought for only a moment.

But in just this moment, Cao Ren and Xia Houdun were defeated. ===== CHAPTER 1168 =====