Chapter 17: Kill me then

  "Yes." Zhang Ren loudly responded, thinking that scolding people was indeed ruthless, and after scolding for half a day, the barbarians rushed down the mountain.

  On the open field, Zhang Ren charged out on horseback with his spear, while Shamoke shouted loudly: "Where is Liu Zhong's little boy? When did I ever offend your little sister? Come out and explain to me, ah!"

  Shamoke saw the general coming out of the formation and immediately swung his iron lotus to kill him. Zhang Ren held up his spear to fight, but before five rounds were over, he retreated together with those soldiers who had been cursing. Shamoke saw that Zhang Ren was no match for him, and his anger could not be dissipated. He chased after him on the spot. Zhang Ren turned around to fight again, but ended up retreating once more.

  Shamoke chased after Zhang Ren for two miles, and Zhang Ren was defeated three times. Suddenly, countless soldiers from Yizhou emerged from the mountains on both sides, surrounding Shamoke. Zhang Ren turned back to fight again, and Shamoke bravely charged forward, hoping to take down a major general of Yizhou before the ambush arrived.

  But Zhang Ren was the king of guns, Tong Yuan's big disciple, the master of the Hundred Birds Returning to the Phoenix Gun, and when they really fought, Sha Mo Ke was no match for him. The two men fought more than twenty rounds, and Sha Mo Ke was captured by Zhang Ren. The other barbarians were also surrounded by the Yizhou army and taken prisoner.

  Shamoke was tied up with five flowers and taken into the central military account, Liu Zhang slapped the commander's case and stood up, coldly shouting: "Good Shamoke, dare to fight with the heavenly army, are you willing to surrender?"

  Shamo Ke spat, and said loudly: "Liu Zhang you little boy, you sullied my younger sister's purity. I, Shamo Ke, hate that I fell into your hands. Whether to kill or to chop me up, it's all up to you."

  Liu Zhang snorted and said: "Ignorant barbarians, unaware of the great Han dynasty's heavenly power. Take them away, behead them at noon tomorrow."

  "Ah, Liu Zhang you little scoundrel, despicable and shameless, you've tarnished my younger sister's innocence. I, Sha Mo Ke, will haunt you as a ghost if I don't get revenge on you!" Sha Mo Ke was dragged out forcibly.

  Yang Huai saw that Samo Ke, who had been captured with great difficulty, was about to be killed by the lord. Just as he was about to intercede, Zhang Ren stopped him and whispered: "If the lord wants to kill someone, will he wait until noon tomorrow?"

  "Oh." Yang Huai suddenly recalled those dozen or so human heads in Fu City and was enlightened.

  The Yizhou soldiers continued to scold at the foot of the mountain, but no matter how harsh it was, Xiao Furen couldn't hear it anymore. From the curses of the Yizhou soldiers, she heard that Sha Moke would be executed at noon today. Xiao Furen's heart was burning with anxiety, and she had grown up with Sha Moke since childhood. How could she watch Sha Moke go to his death?

  Yesterday, Xiao Furan was following behind to cover Shamoke's back, but unexpectedly Shamoke was lured by Zhang Ren and went deeper and deeper, eventually getting captured. Xiao Furan had no way out and spent the whole night blaming herself for not protecting Shamoke well.

  As the noon hour approached, Xiao Furen couldn't care about that much anymore. He led hundreds of barbarians down the mountain, holding up red long spears and shouting at the soldiers of Yizhou: "Call out Liu Zhang's scoundrel! As the governor of Yizhou, how can he use treacherous means to capture my brother Shamoke? If you don't quickly release him, the Five Streams tribe will never give up on Yizhou. We must make the southern part of Yizhou forever without peace."

  Liu Zhang sat on the small mountain platform, looking far away and laughing loudly: "These barbarians are really interesting, they actually came down the mountain, General Zhang is watching you."

  Zhang Ren bowed his fist and said: "Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely capture that barbarian woman alive."

  Liu Zhang nodded, eating his egg pancake while continuing to watch.

  Zhang Ren rode out on horseback, facing Xiao Furan and laughing loudly: "This female general, I think you'd better go back to embroidering flowers. You don't even understand the principle of 'soldiers not being tired of deceit', yet you dare to come out and challenge me. However, my master said that as long as one of your Wu Xi barbarians can defeat this spear in my hand, we will return Samoja to you."

  Xiao Furong's red spear moved slightly as she said in a delicate voice: "Are these words true?"

  "One word is as good as nine tripods."

  "You can't capture me with deceitful plans."

  Zhang Ren: "......"

  Liu Zhang on the stage heard Xiang Fu Rong come up with such a sentence, and the tea water that had just been drunk was all sprayed out. Is this girl here to fight?

  Xiao Furen was also helpless, with only a few hundred barbarian soldiers, how could they be a match for the enemy's over 10,000 soldiers, and could only say this with a huff.

  "Alright, no need for tricks." Zhang Ren replied.

  "The thief will look at the gun." Zhang Ren had just finished speaking, when Xiao Furen suddenly shouted and immediately urged her horse to charge towards Zhang Ren. Zhang Ren did not expect Xiao Furen's temper to be so explosive, seeing that her opponent's attacking posture was elegant and refined, he dared not be careless and carefully parried.

  Zhang Ren's Hundred Birds Morning Phoenix Gun had both offense and defense, attacking like a raging storm, defending like wind and rain that couldn't penetrate. On the other hand, Xiao Furen's gun was light and agile, always hovering outside Zhang Ren's offensive range, occasionally finding an opening to strike. After more than 50 rounds of fierce battle between Zhang Ren and Xiao Furen, he still couldn't take her down.

  Liu Zhang on the platform looked at her in astonishment, where did this barbarian woman come from, and she actually had such skills.

  Xiang Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun studied together, but even if Zhao Yun didn't use his Seven-Star Snake Lance, it would still take him over 300 moves to defeat Zhang Ren. Only when Zhang Ren was exhausted could Zhao Yun gain the upper hand. Zhang Ren can be considered one of the few fierce generals in the Three Kingdoms period, but because he didn't have a strong backing, and his first battle against an enemy happened to be against the second most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Yun, his name was not well-known.

  But now he can't even subdue a female barbarian, Liu Zhang couldn't help but stand up and carefully observe the disheveled woman wearing a padded jacket in the middle of summer.

  Zhang Ren secretly lamented in his heart, vainly claiming to be the number one gun in Xichuan, yet entangled with a barbarian woman for so long, his reputation was ruined, and he had lost face for his master Tong Yuan.

  But Zhang Renben was not a reckless person, although he felt that entangling with a woman would be humiliating, but he also knew that he had met his match, and couldn't help but become even more cautious.

  Xiao Furen, however, was not as patient as Zhang Ren. In the five creeks, whether it was guns or swords, no one could match her. The so-called number one brave warrior, Sha Mo Ke, relied on brute force and couldn't last fifty rounds under her hands. If they weren't just sparring, but actually fighting to kill, Xiao Furen believed she could defeat Sha Mo Ke in twenty rounds.

  But now, after exchanging more than eighty moves with Zhang Ren, they were still evenly matched. Xiang Fu Rong's anxiety grew, and her light and agile spear technique turned fierce, with increasingly rapid and numerous attacks.

  Zhang Ren saw that Xiao Furan's moves were getting faster, and he secretly smiled, his tightly clenched heart finally relaxing. The Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix spear began to fully transition into a defensive stance. No matter how fiercely Xiao Furan stabbed and slashed, she couldn't even touch Zhang Ren. After a hundred exchanges, Zhang Ren spotted an opening in Xiao Furan's defense, and with a long thrust of his spear, he knocked her off her horse at the waist. The surrounding soldiers immediately swarmed forward, ten or more spearheads aimed at Xiao Furan's throat.

  Xiao Nang, Zhang Ren didn't use any deceitful tricks, did he?

  Xiao Furen angrily threw away her red tassel spear and said with hatred, "I've lost, kill me now." After that, she closed her eyes and waited for death.

  Zhang Rendao said: "I can't decide your life or death, it's up to Governor Zhou to make the decision. Come, take him away."

  Xiao Furan was brought before Liu Zhang, who had a large pile of delicious food on his desk. As he ate, he said casually, "So you're Xiao Furan?"

  Xiao Furan tilted her head: "What's it to you? Kill me or slice me up, I don't care, just...". Xiao Furan suddenly lowered her voice: "Just, please let Samo Ke go."

  Liu Zhang looked up and glanced at Xiao Furan, seeing her trying to hold back her temper and plead with him, which was somewhat cute. However, his tone remained cold as he said: "You've already lost the fight, what qualifications do you have to negotiate with me? You're currently under arrest, this official..."

  As soon as Liu Zhang said the three words "take him away", it caused a burst of snickering from the surrounding soldiers. Xiao Fu Rong looked around and immediately thought of those unmentionable curses from the Yi state soldiers, her pretty face turned bright red with rage, and she shouted: "Liu Zhang you scoundrel, kill me if you dare!"

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