Section 65: Military might is primary

  As he approached the commander's flag of the Pipei army, Zhang Kuang's contempt was withdrawn. Because, he saw a force that made him feel unexpected.

  Cavalry, hundreds of cavalry!

  In the Yellow Turban Army, cavalry had always been a scarce type of soldier. Zhang Kuang had fought in seven or eight battles, big and small, and had only managed to form a cavalry unit of about 100 men after making good use of the warhorses he had captured with great difficulty. The cavalry unit before him now had at least 500 men, which was the largest cavalry unit Zhang Kuang had seen since his transmigration.

  He took a few more steps forward, and Zhang Kuang carefully sized up these cavalrymen. They were fully armored, with high morale, and when facing other infantry, they unintentionally revealed an air of superiority. Clearly, these knights were the elite of the army.

  But little did they know, what kind of riding skills these guys had?

  Zhang Kuang thought so.

  A qualified cavalryman, unless in a forced march or in battle with the enemy, will spare his horse's strength as much as possible. Just like now, these Gan Hui army cavalrymen, not one of them is riding on horseback, all are taking advantage of the marching rest to carefully care for their beloved horses, making a scene of people shouting and horses neighing.

  Passing through the road filled with a strong smell of horse dung, a group of Yellow Turbans with shiny armor came to meet them. The leader, who was over eight feet five inches tall and had a waist circumference of ten surrounds, looked like someone Zhang had seen before - "Xu Chu"!

  However, the memory in Zhang Kuang's mind told him that this robust man over 40 years old was none other than Guan Hai, the leader of the "Kan" department of the "Tai Ping Dao", known as the number one master of Tai Ping Dao.

  Zhang Kuang adjusted his clothes and hat, took a few steps forward, and solemnly performed a grand bow.

  "Disciple Zhang Kuang has seen Master Guan!"

  Although Guan Yu was tall and sturdy in build, he was not a rough man. When he saw Zhang Fei paying his respects, he smiled and helped him up, saying:

  "Seventh Brother [Zhang Kuang, seventh in the family line], it's been months since we last met. I didn't expect you to have such skills. If Great Virtuous Teacher were to hear about this, he would certainly be overjoyed!"

  Having said that, Guan Hai warmly grasped Zhang Kuang's hand and asked:

  "I heard you recently made friends with a 'public enemy', but I don't know who it is?"

  As he spoke, Guan Hai's gaze was firmly fixed on Dian Wei's towering figure. After all, with Dian Wei's height of over nine feet and his robust physique, he shone like a firefly in the dark night, shining so brightly that it was dazzling. On their way here just now, almost no one failed to notice this man who seemed to be full of intimidating power.

  Zhang Kuang was delighted in his heart and said to his subordinates:

  "Zi Lian, Xuan Gao, and also come to pay respects to Master Guan."

  Although the two of them didn't think much of Guan Hai in their hearts, they had to maintain a respectful demeanor due to Zhang Kuang's presence and so they went forward in an orderly manner to pay their respects.

  "I have seen General Guan before!"

  "Hua County's Zhang Ba, has seen General Guan!"

  Guan Hai smiled all over his face and asked:

  "Two strong men, indeed with extraordinary appearance!"

  Although he said so in his words, Guan Hai's heart was somewhat dissatisfied.

  When you were asked to introduce "Wan Ren Di", why did you introduce two subordinates instead?

  It's unlikely that these two people would be "enemies of mankind", isn't it?

  Absurd!

  Guan Hai didn't express his doubts, but one of the soldiers beside him did. A young Yellow Turban officer stepped forward and asked:

  "I'm Zhang Wei, a subordinate of General Guan. I'd like to ask you two, who is the strong person known as 'Enemy of Ten Thousand People'? I'd like to learn from you!"

  As soon as he came out, another little general with a yellow scarf appeared beside him and shouted:

  "What Zhang said is exactly what I wanted to say. I also want to see for myself, just how formidable this 'Enemy of Ten Thousand' really is?"

  "Get out!"

  As for these two reckless men, Gan Hai's face looked quite annoyed. Zhang Kuang secretly thought to himself:

  If it wasn't for Guan Yu's intentional actions, then it was because he didn't strictly command his subordinates and the military discipline was lax. Either way, it seems like neither is a good thing...

  Since someone took the lead in provoking, Zhang Kuang was not a good guy either. He gave a glance at the two of them. Zang Ba deserved to be a future generation's commander, his reaction was faster than Dian Wei's by a notch. He took a step forward and smiled:

  "As you two are great generals under General Guan's command, your martial arts skills must be extraordinary. I, Zang, am not talented, but have just been promoted to 'Enemy of Ten Thousand' by Commander Zhang, so I'll give you a slight lesson!"

  As soon as this was said, not only were Zhang Rao and Lou Yi greatly shocked, but even Guan Hai also took a extra look at Zang Ba. Although Zhang Kuang wanted to show off the strength of his subordinates, he didn't want things to go awry between the two sides either, so he hastily interjected:

  "Let's just forget about it, we're all friends here. Why don't you exchange a few moves with these two instead, and learn from each other?"

  What is referred to as "hand-to-hand combat" is equivalent to unarmed combat in later generations. Since neither side uses weapons, the matter will not escalate.

  He was known as the "Number One Master of the Tai Ping Sect", a man who had become obsessed with martial arts. He saw that Zong Bai and his two generals were eager to try, and also saw that Zhang Yan's heart was joyful, wanting to see the strength of the person who could be called "the enemy of ten thousand people".

  "Since everyone has this intention, why not simply exchange a few moves."

  The people around quickly dispersed, leaving an empty space. Zang Ba entered the empty space and beckoned to Zhang Rao and Lou Yi, who were still arguing over who should go first, saying:

  "Stop arguing. Let's go together! Don't waste time."

  As soon as these words came out, the two generals flew into a rage!

  Not only Zhang Rao and Lou Yi, the two generals, were furious, but also the surrounding generals of the Gan Hai army were stirred up. Although Gan Hai was also angry in his heart, with his experience, he naturally knew the weight of his two subordinates. If Zang Ba was really a fierce general of the "thousand-man enemy" level, it would not take much effort to deal with these two men joining forces.

  "Since it's like this, you two can go up together!"

  Guan Hai could see that Zang Ba's martial skills were not ordinary, and he also wanted to see how powerful he was, so he spoke a sentence. When Guan Hai said this, the two generals, who had been red-faced and thick-necked, suddenly calmed down. The two of them made a fist at Zang Ba, took up their stance, and actually assumed a defensive posture.

  General Guan's martial arts skills are renowned in the present world. Since he spoke, calling both of them to come up together, both of them already understood in their hearts that the other was definitely a strong enemy.

  After all, in front of General Guan, the two joined forces and were defeated without a victory.

  Zhang Rao and Lou Yi were two people who, although somewhat reckless by nature, were not fools.

  Zang Ba saw this situation, somewhat unexpected, but also didn't think much of it. Although he was a "warrior" of the earth system, he had always relied on speed to win. Even if these two joined forces to resist him, under Zang Ba's speed, they could completely become one-on-one. Once one person fell, the other would also be unable to hold on.

  With this in mind, Zang Ba launched a decisive attack.

  Then, in the small circle of battle, a gust of wind suddenly blew up.

  This gust of wind was brought about by Zang Ba's figure.

  With Zang Ba's movement, he could traverse several zhangs of distance in an instant, without startling the small birds foraging nearby. However, this time, he deliberately stirred up a gust of wind, a wild gust that arose under his earth-element "War Qi".

  Stir up strong winds, with the aim of raising dust.

  As the earth-attribute "War Qi", Zang Ba has an innate intuition for fighting in the midst of swirling dust. Even someone as strong as Dian Wei almost fell victim to this move during their battle with Zang Ba.

  In the midst of swirling dust, Zhang Rao and Lou Yi's eyes blurred for a moment, and Zang Ba's figure immediately became indistinct.

  Then, Zang Ba's body turned around and came to the side of the two people. At this angle, not only could Zhang Rao be the only one to fight with Zang Ba, but he also had to turn his body sideways.

  However, since Zhang Rao dared to take the lead in challenging "the enemy of ten thousand people", apart from being fearless like a newborn calf, he also had some real skills. Faced with Zang Ba's extremely swift speed, Zhang Rao did not make a move.

  He kicked.

  Side somersault!

  This kick was a side flip sweep, Zhang had once kicked two people flying one zhang away during a fight with local hoodlums. He also once kicked an enemy who attacked from the side and didn't react in time, hitting him in the lower body and knocking him to the ground.

  Now, Zhang Rao felt that after being pointed out by Guan Hai, the kick he kicked out now had both strength and speed, as well as sufficient suddenness. Even if it couldn't knock down his opponent with one blow, it could still make his opponent suffer a small loss!

  Character: Guan Hai

  In the end, Guan Yu and Gan Ning fought for dozens of rounds before he was beheaded. In the Three Kingdoms series of games, Gan Ning's strength is generally set at 80 or above. From this, it can be seen that Gan Ning's strength should be quite good. The book sets him as the number one master of the Taiping Taoist sect, which really gives Guan Yu a lot of face.

  Person - Zhang Rao.

  A leader of the Yellow Turbans. He once led 200,000 troops from Ji Province to attack Beihai and defeated Kong Rong.

  Lou Yi

  Set as a small general of the Yellow Turbans, later followed the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans to surrender to Cao Cao, and appeared in the Battle of Puyang.

  Lü Bu sent his troops to battle, first using cavalry to attack the Qingzhou army. The Qingzhou army fled, and Taizu Chen was thrown into chaos, galloping wildly with flames erupting, falling off his horse, and burning his left palm. General Lou Yi supported Taizu onto his horse, and they retreated together.