Chapter 52: Obtaining a Fierce General (4)

  The guerrilla team suffered heavy losses this time, but ultimately won the victory. Since joining the guerrilla team, they had long been prepared for a day like this, and now they were sitting together with the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, drinking and chatting. Huang Yuke was already very familiar with Zhao Hailong, and they sat at the same table drinking, while Li Changjiang and others sat beside them.

  "Huang Lian Chang! Thanks for your support, otherwise our guerrilla team would have been done for this time." Zhao Hailong said to Huang Yu Kai as he raised his wine cup.

  "Captain Zhao! You're too polite, we're all one family and shouldn't speak of two households. Now that we've met, how can we not offer our support?!", Huang Yuke also raised his wine cup and clinked it against Zhao Hailong's, everyone followed suit and downed their drinks in one gulp.

  "Right! Brothers! We should raise a glass to the Eighth Route Army brothers!", Xia Lao Wu's rough voice shouted loudly.

  "Cheers!", "Bottoms up!", the guerrilla fighters raised their cups in a toast to the Eighth Route Army soldiers beside them. They called it a wine cup, but actually it was just a large ceramic bowl used by locals for meals, and it was very crudely made. The locals were all farmers who worked the land, how much money could they have? How would they be willing to spend a lot of money on those beautifully crafted ceramic bowls? For them, as long as the tableware could be used, that was enough, no need for so many fancy things. Moreover, these ceramic bowls were all different sizes, let alone the wine in their bowls. Some people drank wine captured from the enemy's stronghold, some drank self-brewed local wine sent by nearby villagers, and the strength of the wine was also different. Regardless of the taste of the wine, the soldiers drank very happily. They toasted each other, chatting joyfully.

  "Hey, brother! How come your knife skills are so good?!", Han Tielin returned to Fengjia Village and found the Eighth Route Army soldier who had saved his life on the battlefield. Sitting at a wine table with him, he frequently toasted him, got drunk and excited, and casually asked about it.

  "Haha! You think his swordsmanship is good?" asked a warrior at the same table, pointing at the other warrior with a smile.

  "What's wrong?" Han Tielin asked with great puzzlement, looking at other warriors in confusion.

  "To be honest with you, all the brothers in our camp are skilled with big knives. My skills are nothing compared to others in the camp, there are many people who are more capable than me." The soldier explained to Han Tielin at this time.

  "This is so fierce!", Han Tielin was shocked by his own words.

  "How did you guys practice? How are you so fierce?", Han Tielin couldn't help but ask.

  "Our company commander and platoon commanders are all skilled knife fighters, but our battalion commander is the number one master." The soldier said with unparalleled pride.

  Huang Yuke and the others sat at a table next to them, Zhao Hailong was also very curious, wanting to know what they were up to, listening to the warrior's words, he too had come out of curiosity.

  "Huang Lian Chang! Is Li Ying's knife skills really that fierce?", "In our three battalions, the battalion commander requires us to learn three things. First, every soldier must practice standing at attention, second, everyone must be proficient in shooting, and third is training with big knives and bayonets." Huang Yu Kai said to Zhao Hai Long.

  "Are all of your training taught by Coach Li?", Zhao Hailong asked.

  "Not bad! Let's have Commander Li first teach the techniques to each company and platoon leader, then they can train their soldiers."

  "Huang Lian Chang! I have a request, I don't know if it's a bit abrupt." Zhao Hailong said.

  "Speak up if you have something to say!", Huang Yuke said generously.

  "Brother, I want to have a try with you on swordsmanship," Zhao Hailong said afterwards.

  "I think I won't need to look at this anymore!", Huang Yuke said evasively.

  "It's like this, Huang Lianchang! I really love swords and when I meet a master swordsman, I always want to learn from them. Today, I saw the warriors using swords and I was very curious. Most of the sword techniques I've seen before, but yours is one I haven't seen, so I wanted to ask for your guidance." Zhao Hailong explained hastily.

  Huang Yu Kai knew he was the kind of person who gets obsessed with certain things, and if he didn't fight him today, he would feel very regretful, so he agreed to his request.

  The warriors stood up to give them space. For fear of accidents during the fight, some warriors found two thick wooden sticks for them to use as swords for the duel.

  Two people stood in the arena, gazing at each other, slowly assuming their stances.

  "Please!", "Please!", they politely yielded to each other for a moment, but neither of them made a move. They knew that the other was an expert in this field, and at this time, even a slight carelessness would be seized by the opponent. After staring at each other for several minutes, Huang Yuke finally chose to take the initiative. He swung his wooden stick down towards Zhao Hailong's head, Zhao Hailong saw such a fierce chop and hurriedly raised his stick to meet it, but Huang Yuke's wooden stick suddenly changed its move midway, changing to a horizontal chop, and Zhao Hailong again hastily used his stick to block.

  "Good!", "Good!", The two men's wonderful duel brought the warriors' continuous cheers, everyone gathered around to watch their duel.

  The two men exchanged dozens of moves, but neither could gain the upper hand. However, Zhao Hailong knew that Huang Yuke was not using his full strength, and some of his moves were only half-executed. Indeed, Huang Yuke had been holding back, fearing he might hurt Zhao Hailong. The moves Li Xinmin had taught them were all lethal techniques, even when using wooden staffs they were extremely dangerous. Each time he made a move, he had to hold back some of his strength, not using his full power. If this were a real fight, it would be hard to say who would emerge victorious.

  The two of them had exchanged more than a dozen moves, and finally Zhao Hailong suggested ending the fight. He knew that his opponent was far superior to him, and continuing would be pointless.

  "Huang Lian is long! Let's stop here! Brother, I'm not as good as you." Zhao Hailong said with a smile.

  "We're even, let's just forget it and go drink!" Huang Yuke said as he pulled Zhao Hailong back to the table to continue drinking.

  "Huang Lian Chang! Are all your moves taught by Li Ying Chang?" Zhao Hailong asked Huang Yuke as he returned to the wine table.

  "Of course! It's all because of our Regiment Commander's teachings!", Huang Yuke replied very confidently. They continued drinking for a while before heading back to rest.

  "Huang Lianchang! Are you awake?" Zhao Hailong asked, sitting beside Huang Yuke.

  Huang Yuke yawned, "Hmm!", turned over and sat up, glancing at Zhao Hailong sitting beside him.

  "Captain Zhao woke up early? This wine is really potent!" Huang Yuke said, rubbing his temples with his hand.

  "These wines are all brewed by the villagers themselves, they smell good, but they're too strong, and those who haven't drunk before can easily get drunk." "Captain Zhao! How about we go out for a walk?" Huang Yuke said to Zhao Hailong.

  "Alright!", Zhao Hailong readily agreed to Huang Yuke's proposal. Huang Yuke put on his clothes and followed Zhao Hailong out of the house, the guards in the courtyard seeing them wanting to go out, followed behind Huang Yuke, but were stopped by him.

  "You just wait here, I'll go out with Captain Zhao and come back." As they spoke, the two of them left the compound and slowly walked out of the village. The two people strolled along the small road outside the village, chatting as they went.