Invincible

  Wang Hu ran back again, and anxiously said to Wang An: "Hundred-man commander, I led 40 soldiers there, but the enemy actually sent 400 soldiers to fight Zhao Long. As soon as they saw us coming, they rushed towards us, and our soldiers were immediately surrounded and beaten. I hope you can think of a way quickly!" Wang An said: "How did you come back?" Wang Hu said: "I told them, brothers, hold on, I'll go find reinforcements, and then ran back." Wang An looked down on this soldier, thinking that he was really shameless, and ordered the soldiers: "Remember, we will beat him with 100 military clubs later." Wang Hu was so scared that his legs were trembling, thinking: "I'm really unlucky. Such a noble person is also beaten, this is truly a reversal of black and white." Jiang Cai also sighed: "Using 400 soldiers to surround and beat our 40 people, such a shameless thing should only be done by Wang An, but now someone is even more shameless than Wang An. We must see what happens next."

  Wang An immediately shouted loudly: "Brothers, get the gear ready, let's give those guys who bully the minority a good beating!" Wang An's army followed Wang Hu and headed towards the scene of the incident.

  When Wang An arrived at the scene, he immediately took a cold breath. It turned out that the other side had 2,000 soldiers, far exceeding Wang An's army. Wang An scolded Wang Hu: "How can you always lie about military information?" Wang Hu said: "The opponent just had 400 people, I won't be wrong." Wang An thought to himself: So the enemy must have added a lot of reinforcements, this is shameless! Fighting our 40 men with 2,000 men, such a shameless thing can only be done by these bastards.

  Wang Hu looked at the enemy army and said to Wang An, "Centurion, they are truly shameless, taking advantage of their numbers to bully us. Don't worry, I'll go find someone right now." Wang An looked at Wang Hu in shock, thinking to himself, "How shameless can one be? Such a shameless person is indeed hard to come by."

  Jiang Cai flew into a rage and said, "You dare to abandon your superior officer and attempt to flee? Someone, come and behead him!" Li Li also spoke up, saying, "All our troops are here, inside the city of Yu Yang. We have no friendly forces nearby, but the enemy is numerous. If you go find the various Defense Commissioners and the Jiedushi, they will certainly send troops disguised as other armies to surround and attack us. After all, this is a perfect opportunity for revenge - how could they possibly let it slip away?"

  Wang An shouted loudly: "Stop, is there no king's law in the city to fight and beat people arbitrarily?" Those soldiers were shocked by Wang An's words and immediately let go of several beaten soldiers. These soldiers had their noses blue and faces swollen, while Zhao Long's injuries were a bit more serious, after all, he was the one who had been beaten from start to finish.

  The opposing team split in the middle, and two people walked out from the middle. Wang An took a closer look, one was Wu Ge, and the other person he didn't recognize. Wu Ge said: "Wang An, you are a hundred-man commander, don't you know to pay respects when seeing a superior officer?" Wang An disdainfully said: "You may be a thousand-man commander, but you're not in charge of me, what right do you have to control me?" Jiang Cai asked the stranger: "Who are you? Why did you beat up our soldiers?" Jiang Cai thought to himself: Wu Ge's troops only had one thousand people, so which team did the other thousand people belong to?

  That man said: "I am Zuo Shan Diao, the captain of a thousand-man team of militia", Wang An said: "You are a militiaman, how dare you beat up an official soldier? Are you not afraid of being beheaded?", Zuo Shan Diao said disdainfully: "We have killed officials before, what's the big deal about beating them up? Who are we afraid of?" Wang An immediately shouted loudly: "I order the soldiers from Yu Yang to take down this man who dares to kill official soldiers!" Wang An's army immediately prepared for battle, while Wu Ke's army was at a loss. Wu Ke secretly scolded in his heart: "In order to gain fame in this martial arts competition, I had no choice but to collude with this bandit and disguise him as my militiaman to participate in the competition. Who would have thought that he would be so uncooperative and reveal our secret?" Zuo Shan Diao was still astonished and asked Wang An: "How did you know I'm a bandit?" Wu Ke's sweat dripped down, thinking to himself: "These idiots are really useless, they can't even keep up the act. If the governor finds out that I colluded with bandits to enter the city, he will definitely not let me off."

  Wu Ge's eyes sparkled with a hint of light, and his mind was constantly thinking of ways to silence him. It was common for officials and bandits to collude, as the saying goes: "officials and bandits are one family". Some officials even kept bandits because when the birds are gone, the good bows are stored away. Without bandits, the imperial court's attention to officials would decrease.

  Wu Ge's heart was filled with malice, thinking that the officials and bandits were colluding, this was an unspoken rule, many people were doing it, but absolutely could not be openly said, otherwise they would become the target of public criticism, and in the end die without a place to bury their bodies. Today, since Wang An already knew, then he would take him down together.

  Wu Ge said: "We all came to participate in this martial arts competition, I really want to know how strong Wang Daren's army is, let's compare notes", after finishing his army surrounded Wang An's army. Wang An calmly said: "Good, we also want to learn about Wu Daren's military prowess, our two sides will send someone for a one-on-one duel". Wu Ge and Zuo Shan Diao sneered together: "One-on-one duel, okay, you can choose between one-on-one duel and group fight. One-on-one duel is one of yours against one of mine, group fight is one of ours against one of yours, you choose", Jiang Cai was furious and said: "Shameless! You are even more shameless than Wang An". Wang An kept rolling his eyes and thought to himself: "Am I really such a shameless person?" Wang An continued to try to reason with them using words: "This is bullying the minority, if it gets out it will be ridiculed. In my life, I hate people who bully the minority the most", Wu Ge sneered: "Today's matter will absolutely not get out". With a wave of his hand, Wu Ge's army and soldiers immediately surrounded Wang An's army.

  Wu Ge thought to himself, "Today is the day I'll take a risk and kill Wang An. Even if others find out and report it to the Jiedushi, Du Lin and other defense officials will still protect me. Today, I must not let this guy who has repeatedly humiliated me get away."

  Wang An's army knew that today was a day of great danger, but they were still well-prepared. Most of them were crossbowmen, not skilled in close combat, and now they were too close to the enemy, once the battle started, they would be at a disadvantage, but these soldiers did not show any fear, ready to fight to the death.

  Wang An continued to shout: "Everyone, don't be impulsive, we have no deep grudges that can't be resolved. Moreover, everyone is a civilized person, so let's not use knives and guns to solve problems. Let's sit down and negotiate, without resorting to violence or rough tactics." Wu Ge sneered at Wang An, thinking to himself that this guy was making futile efforts.

  "Wu Ge waved his hand and said, 'Eliminate them for me.' The soldiers immediately charged forward. Their faces revealed a ferocious expression, while Wang An's soldiers showed a resolute expression. In their hearts, they thought, 'We are Wang An's soldiers. There is a saying that under the command of a strong general, there are no weak soldiers.' The bravery and fearlessness of the old veterans still flowed in our blood."

  Suddenly, a distant sound came from afar, and an army was approaching. This army did not wear regular military uniforms, nor did they have regular military weapons. One hand held a wooden board, the other held a broadsword, and their mouths shouted: "Yu Yang Pu Pi!" Both armies stopped in their tracks, unsure of what this strange troop wanted to do.

  The Pu Pi quickly surrounded Wu Guo's army, and from within the troop emerged a leader who said to Wang An: "I report to General Wang An of Nan Cheng, what are your orders?" Wang An replied: "Nan Cheng's army has already disbanded, you don't need to follow my commands." The Pu Pi leader said: "Once in the military, forever a soldier. We will always be your subordinates, come, prepare for battle."

  The Pu Pi formed their ranks and prepared to attack. Wu Guo saw that this ragtag army had some semblance of order and was taken aback, but he immediately said: "Wang An, do you think these few Pu Pi can save you? You're dreaming, we'll annihilate you all together! Come, attack at once!" Wu Guo's army prepared to attack, dividing into two parts: one surrounded Wang An's troops, the other surrounded the Pu Pi.

  Wu Guo's army charged towards Wang An and the Pu Pi, and Wang An's soldiers knew their situation was extremely dire. They steeled themselves for the worst and prepared to fight to the death.

  At this time, a thousand-man team from afar ran towards here, their footsteps were neat while running, and they kept shouting: "Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!", The army gradually approached.

  As Wang An looked closely, he found that this army was not wearing uniforms, but ordinary clothes. The weapons they used were also varied and not uniform. This army came forward and said to Wang An: "The militia of the hunting households in Yuyang has arrived to report to General Wang." These were originally the troops who had blocked the Xiongnu with Wang An and advanced towards Yuyang, and later participated in the Battle of Yuyang's defense, killing the Xiongnu. They originally had several thousand people, but after the war, the army was disbanded, and they returned to the outskirts of Yuyang City to continue hunting. These gathered hunters were people who came to the city for various reasons today, and as soon as they heard that their old leader was surrounded, they immediately gathered together and rushed here to kill.

  Both sides had equal numbers of troops, and Wang An immediately became arrogant, saying: "Wu Ge, put down your weapons now, and I will give you a way out." Wu Ge was furious: "Wang An, don't be so arrogant. Although our military strength is equal in scale, the quality of my army is superior to yours. What do you have to be proud of? Once we fight, although the price I pay may be higher, I can still eliminate you."

  At this time, a team of 500 people arrived nearby and surrounded Wu Guo's army. The leading soldier shouted: "Hundred Captain, your old troops have arrived today to destroy the strong enemy with you." Wu Guo's heart tightened, thinking that these were Wang An's old troops who had been through many bloody battles and had great combat effectiveness. Now that they had come, things would not go well.

  Wu Go was still weighing the odds of winning once the war began, when a troop of nearly 10,000 men came running from afar and quickly completed their encirclement of Wu Go.

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