Chapter 13: The Struggle Between Mao Yi and Wang Hu

  "Shut up, you insolent child! A group of rebels wielding hoes are still daring to insult General Mao in front of me. I advise you to leave quickly and wash your neck clean, we'll come to behead you soon! Hmph!" General Mao directly cut off Wang Hu's words, scolding him furiously.

  "Huh? So General Mao's meaning is that it's not possible? Or are you considering it?" Wang Hu asked again with a gloomy smile.

  At this time, Mao Yi directly pulled out the sword in his hand and pointed at Wang Hu, scolding him: "Get out, don't say more! If you talk nonsense now, I'll kill you on the spot and take your head back to claim credit!"

  "Hum! Toasts are not to be refused, refusal is punished with a drink! Alright, next year's today will be your memorial day! Brothers, take care of this ungrateful guy!" Wang Hu also became urgent, directly raised his cavalry spear from the horse and swung it.

  The two sides immediately clashed and started fighting, Lin Feng felt that something was off. If it was just a matter of numbers, Wang Hu wouldn't stand a chance. On one side were the rebel peasant army, whose equipment wasn't very advanced. On the other side were regular troops who had received formal military training and had excellent equipment. Moreover, they seemed to be elite cavalrymen! In such a confrontation, even if Wang Yi's forces outnumbered Wang Hu's by three times, he would still be invincible, at least able to escape unscathed!

  As soon as the two sides clashed, the result was immediate. On Wang Hu's side, seven were killed in one round, and two more lay on the ground, apparently losing their combat effectiveness. In contrast, only four of Wang Yi's men suffered minor injuries! This camel is indeed bigger than a horse! People say that the Imperial Guards have not fought for a long time and are almost useless, but where can this be seen? These peasant soldiers are just too weak, no match for the government troops!

  Wang Hu was really anxious now, it seemed he hadn't expected the gap to be so big! But things had already reached this point, and retreating was no longer possible. Wang Hu turned his horse's head, swung his silver spear, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, today let's take down that ungrateful guy Mao Yi together and go back to receive our reward! Brothers, charge!" After finishing speaking, he urged on his horse with his legs and led the charge towards Mao Yi's side.

  While Mao Yina, on the other hand, turned his horse's head together, revealing a contemptuous smile: "Do you really think that our Shen Ce army is just eating dry rice? Even if we're not doing well, we can still handle you easily! Hmph, brothers, today let them see the power of our Shen Ce army! Kill! Not one will be left!" After finishing speaking, he also swung his sword and urged his horse forward, charging towards Wang Hu.

  This was just the beginning of the second round, thoroughly intimidating Wang Hu. He himself was attacked by three people and if he hadn't reacted quickly, his injury wouldn't have been a mere stab wound on his left arm, but rather a fatal shot to the heart. Luckily, in that critical moment, he managed to react swiftly and used his waist strength to dodge, thus only getting stabbed in the left arm. As for his subordinates, there were only eleven or twelve people left on horseback.

  Wang Hu looked at the situation and didn't think it was right, so he slapped his horse's buttocks with the gun and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to retreat!" As he spoke, he directly galloped towards Chang'an without stopping, which was the direction where Mao Yi and others came from! Behind him were the remaining scattered soldiers, of course, as well as the fallen comrades who were either dead or injured on the ground.

  "Haha, this King Tiger can only carry a hoe and plant crops! Still learning to fight? Haha! In just a few moves, they scared themselves into fleeing without a care for the road, and actually ran towards our main camp! Brothers, the opportunity to make merit has come! Follow me to take down King Tiger's head! Charge!" With that, he led the charge in pursuit of King Tiger and his men, leaving the remaining soldiers on the ground unattended.

  Lin Feng watched all this in the dark, secretly sighing. Alas, this is what war was like in ancient times when cold weapons were used. A person who was alive and well could be killed or disabled for life with just a word. But thinking about it, he felt that something was off about Wang Hu. It was clear that it was a suicidal fight, yet he rushed into it without any consideration. There must be some hidden scheme!

  Thinking about it, he turned around and patted Xiao Zhou's shoulder, saying: "Let's go, hurry up and take a look. I think that General Mao or whatever has danger! If it's really like that, if we can rescue him, we can also find out where Wang Lao and the others are!" After finishing speaking, Lin Feng pulled Zhou Chen to quickly catch up.

  Just as they had run for a few steps, they heard the sound of killing in front and quickened their pace. When they were still about 100 meters away from that side, they saw in front of them a large group of people, looking like nearly two hundred people! This Wang Hu is quite bold, inviting Mao Yi to come out and discuss things, thinking of using these two hundred people to swallow the opposing general!

  At this time, Zhou Chen followed up and asked panting: "Boss, there are so many people over there, what should we do?" Lin Feng didn't respond, first pulling him to hide aside, then slowly moving forward from the woods, and said to him: "Don't get excited, wait for the situation to act, the rebel army is too numerous, if we rashly take action, it will only lead to unnecessary death!" When they got to about twenty meters away, the two stopped and hid in the woods to observe the outside situation.

  They were quite fierce, thirty people against nearly two hundred, and they killed with ease, as if they were getting more and more excited! On the other side, Wang Hu's arm had been simply bandaged, and he wasn't seriously injured, so it wouldn't affect his combat effectiveness much! All he did was shout loudly beside them: "Brothers, kill for me! Today we'll slaughter that little brat Mao Yi, let him know that in our eyes, the Imperial Guards are nothing to be reckoned with!" While shouting, he also directed this and that.

  "Hey, this guy is really shameless. Two hundred people against thirty, and he says they're not worth mentioning? Even Lin Feng standing next to him felt a little embarrassed for him!"

  It had been about ten minutes since the killing started, and on Miao's side, everyone had already dismounted and was fighting on foot. However, there were only around a dozen people left, with several of them being heavily injured and unable to continue fighting. In reality, there were less than ten people who could still fight, and even they were more or less injured. These men were truly fierce!

  But Wang Hu's side was even more miserable! A team of 200 people, now only about 50 people can stand up! The loss is ten times that of the enemy! Wang Hu is also a bit anxious now, and he probably didn't expect the fighting power of the Shen Ce army guards brought by Mao Yi to be so strong! It's not an exaggeration to say that one can take on ten!

  "Wang Hu shouted loudly in the midst of the chaotic crowd: 'Mao Yi, you ungrateful man! Look at how many people have died because of you alone! Are you still not going to surrender? Do you want all your subordinates to be buried with you?! Since you're so eager to die, I'll fulfill your wish today. Brothers, whoever brings me Mao Yi's head will be rewarded with 200 taels of gold and a promotion of three ranks!'"