Volume 1: White Body Cold Gate Chapter 9: Three Moves Pei Yuanshao

  "Pei Da is a fierce warrior. Let's retreat and fight again!" Yang Dian saw Pei Yuanshao's momentum was strong, so he hastily pulled the reins of his horse and retreated back to the formation.

  "Haha! My sons, follow me and kill the enemy. Let the soldiers of Jie County know the power of Heifeng Stronghold!"

  Bai Yuanshao saw Yang Dian fleeing and immediately led his men from behind to cut them off.

  Yang Dian's troops had long been prepared for withdrawal and retreated in an orderly manner.

  "You cowardly rats! If you dare to come again, I will take your heads!" Pei Yuanshao led the men and horses from the stronghold in pursuit for a while, but when they couldn't catch up, he angrily shouted and then retreated back to the mountain stronghold.

  On the other side, in the barracks of the Jie County soldiers and horses.

  Yang Dian recalled the ferocity of Pei Yuanshao from earlier and felt a wave of fear afterwards, stumbling off his horse and patting his forehead to calm himself down.

  "General Yang, are you alright?" Wen Han jumped off his horse and quickly walked to Yang's side.

  "Alas. I underestimated the heroes of the world. Who would have thought that Pei Yuanshao was so brave! If it weren't for your flying knife, I almost capsized in the gutter!"

  Yang Dian let out a bitter laugh. In the previous battle, Yang Dian did not think highly of Pei Yuanshao's strength at first. If he had fought with a proper stance against Pei Yuanshao, perhaps he wouldn't have lost so miserably.

  "Heh heh. Knowing shame and then being brave isn't a bad thing either. Next time, Yang Ya won't underestimate you again, Pei Yuanshao."

  Wen Han, having read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", had an innate advantage in recognizing people. Before the battle, he also reminded Yang Tian several times to beware of Pei Yuanshao's ferocity. Unexpectedly, Yang Tian didn't take it seriously, so Wen Han secretly paid attention and saved Yang Tian at a critical moment.

  "Who has seen a ghost and isn't afraid of the dark? Wait a moment, let your follower Li Qiang make a detour to the side, I don't want to risk my life."

  Yang Dian was not the kind of person who didn't know good from bad and forced himself, knowing that Pei Yuanshao's martial arts were several times better than his, he quickly suggested to Wen Han that he should let 'Li Qiang' take over.

  "Alright! After the troops are assembled, I'll see how powerful Yang Men and Li Qiang are."

  Wen Han revealed a satisfied smile, he was just afraid that Yang Tian would not know the good and want to fight alone with Pei Yuanshao. After today's lesson, next time they meet, Pei Yuanshao will definitely be on guard against Yang Tian's escape. He wants to cut down Yang Tian under his horse. But if Li Qiang is around to disrupt the formation, the problem won't be big, at least escaping smoothly is still possible.

  At noon, the scorching sun shines down. The entire Black Wind Mountain is shrouded in a white mist, as if being in an oven.

  In the Black Wind Stockade, Pei Yuanshao was wearing a sleeveless shirt, drinking and having fun with some of his small subordinates, celebrating their victory that morning. Originally, in the hearts of these black mountain bandits, they had always thought that the imperial court's soldiers were sacred and inviolable.

  Who would have thought that after a bout, it would end up like this. This couldn't help but make the Black Mountain bandit feel proud and arrogant, as if he could go anywhere in the world. Especially Pei Yuanshao, seeing that Yang Dian was useless, the original tension dissipated, and his confidence in his own martial arts skills became even stronger.

  "Report. Pei Da is the head of the household, and Yang Dian has led his troops to attack again, boasting that he was not prepared before, but this time he must take the head of the head of the household."

  Bang.

  Pei Yuanshao slapped the wine table with a loud bang, and the wine table cracked in response. The dishes and food were scattered all over the floor.

  "Alright. This Yang Dian really doesn't know life from death, daring to come here and send himself to his own demise! I'll definitely take your head this time, and separate it from your body!" Pei Yuanshao grabbed the large knife placed aside and strode out of the camp with a fierce momentum.

  "Wait a minute. The great general, the soldiers and horses of Jie County are coming one after another, I'm afraid there's a trick."

  Li Er stood up, frowning and saying that he seemed to have sensed something, but couldn't grasp the crux of the problem.

  "Oh, is there a trick? Then Mr. Li, can you tell me where the trick is?"

  Pei Yuanshao's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and the effect of alcohol made him more prone to anger. He stared coldly at Li Er, although it was hot in the mountains at this time, but it made Li Er feel like he was in an icy abyss.

  Timid Li Er was so frightened that his heart almost burst, and he stuttered: "Th-th-this... I didn't realize."

  "Shut up for me!" Pei Yuanshao shouted loudly, the entire mountain stronghold seemed to be shaking, Li Er's legs softened and he was so frightened that he fell to the ground. The mountain bandits in the stronghold burst into a loud laughter.

  Pei Yuanshao snorted coldly and revealed a disdainful expression. With a wave of his large hand, he led his men out of the mountain stronghold.

  After a while, a burst of shrill killing shouts came from Black Wind Mountain, piercing through the clouds.

  Yang Dian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, glanced at Li Qiang not far away, and his eyes seemed to say 'wait and see how I will deal with this fierce man later, don't let him kill me'.

  "The defeated general, how dare you come to offend the Black Wind Fortress again. This time, I will have your head!" Pei Yuanshao rode his black horse like a whirlwind, rushing over quickly. Yang Dian hastily suppressed his fear and rode out to meet him.

  The two men stood frozen, you with a gun and I with a knife, colliding with a crisp sound. Yang Dian used all his strength, for the time being still able to fight evenly with Pei Yuanshao.

  "Hmph. Not bad, let's see how I use my strength!" Suddenly, Pei Yuanshao exerted himself and his large knife came crashing down. Yang Dian hastily raised his spear to block it, and with a loud crash, Yang Dian felt his wrist crack, and his arms went numb.

  Pei Yuanshao's eyes flashed with a fierce light, seizing the opportunity, his large knife was raised again and fell fiercely, as if he wanted to split Yang Dian's body in two before stopping.

  "Bandit, spare Yang Ya's life. Li is here to meet you." At this time, Li Qiang, who was sweeping the array on the side, saw that Yang Dian's situation was not good and hurriedly drove his horse over. He grasped the iron hammer in his hand, quickly lifted it up, and blocked it in front of Yang Dian.

  Pei Yuanshao's big knife and iron hammer collided violently, instantly a burst of sparks flew out.

  Li Qiang was born with great strength and loved heavy weapons. This pair of iron hammers weighed over 50 kilograms, and Wen Han and Yang Dian searched for a long time in the Linzhou armory before finding this suitable pair for Li Qiang.

  "Good sword! Good man!"

  Pei Yuanshao gazed at Li Qiang in front of him and couldn't help but let out a sigh of amazement at his tall and robust six-foot frame.

  "Li Qiang, don't talk to that thief anymore. We'll besiege him!" Yang Dian came back to his senses and saw Li Qiang's bravery, he was overjoyed. Instantly, his confidence greatly increased.

  "Haha! Alright, alright! Today I'll take on the two of you alone and make it a thrilling fight!" Pei Yuanshao charged forward instead of retreating, swinging his large blade with both arms, his muscles bulging as he launched a fierce attack on Yang Dian and Li Qiang simultaneously.

  The three of them fought in front of the formation for a while, Yang Dian retreated first due to exhaustion, Li Qiang fought alone with Pei Yuanshao for more than ten rounds, and took advantage of an opening revealed by Pei Yuanshao to gallop away.

  "Thief, the sun is scorching hot, dare you fight again tonight?"

  Li Qiang casually found an excuse and invited Pei Yuanshao to fight again tonight.

  "Hmph! Don't make excuses, you two are evenly matched. If that coward Yang didn't flee, I would have cut him down on the spot."

  Pei Yuanshao shouted loudly, seeing Yang Dian and Li Qiang both retreated back to the formation, feeling extremely pleased in his heart. In his mind, he increasingly looked down on this team of Xie County soldiers and horses.

  Afterwards, Pei Yuanshao led the thieves to chase and kill the fleeing soldiers of Xie County for a while. Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away, and adding that the sun was indeed poisonous, several weak-bodied thieves fainted from heatstroke. Pei Yuanshao had no choice but to stop here and withdraw his troops back to the camp.

  On the other hand, Wen Han and Zhou Lun led three hundred soldiers to set up an ambush with boulders in a certain mountain pass. When Wen Han returned to the camp, he heard Yang Dian tell about the noon duel and let out a hearty laugh.

  "Haha. After two battles, Pei Yuanshao and Heifeng Zezi will definitely be frustrated in their hearts. Tonight, we'll go to challenge them again, and Pei Yuanshao will definitely bring a large group of people to surround and kill us. We've been humiliated and suffered for a long time, but tonight is the time for us to reap what we've sown."

  It was nightfall, inside Hei Feng Zhai.

  Pei Yuanshao wiped his big knife, with a fierce killing intent in his eyes. The other bandits were also clenching their fists and waiting for the county soldiers to come and challenge them.

  Just now, Pei Yuanshao had already made up his mind to mobilize all the troops in the camp tonight. After Yang Dian and Li Qiang were defeated by Pei Yuanshao, the 800 bandits would launch a joint attack, determined to turn the entire Black Wind Mountain into a river of blood!

  Li Er felt the strong murderous aura that permeated the camp, and he didn't dare to say another word. The nature of this group of bandits was extremely barbaric, and if they were provoked again at this time, Li Er dared to guarantee that he would be chopped into minced meat by them!

  However, Li Er, who always felt that something was fishy, had decided to sneak back to Xie County after Pei Yuanshao and the others came down from the mountain. He would report this to Huang Zhangshi and remind him to make preparations.

  Huang Le is not like Pei Yuanshao, he's the kind of general who easily gets carried away by anger and doesn't listen to others' opinions. What if these bandits really fell for that young man's plan and Pei Yuanshao was captured? The plot between Heifeng Fortress and Huang Zhangshi would be exposed, and both he and Huang Zhangshi would be doomed!

  Li Er thought more and felt inexplicably anxious, secretly glancing at Pei Yuanshao whose rationality was occupied by anger, hoping to get down the mountain and return to Xie County as soon as possible.

  "Report! The soldiers and horses of Jie County have arrived!" A mountain bandit scout's arrival awakened Li Er from his thoughts.

  "Alright! My lads, tonight on Black Wind Mountain, we'll spill the blood of every dog in Linjiang County!!!!!!"

  Pei Yuanshao sprang to his feet, the snow-bright great sword emitting a frightening glow. With large strides, he stepped out of the mountain stronghold amidst the cheers and applause of the mountain bandits.

  The whole mountain stronghold was in an uproar, with many bandits rushing out of the gate, each and every one of them bursting with energy, as if they couldn't wait to rush into battle and cut down the soldiers from Lian County alive.

  When Pei Yuanshao led his horse to the front of the formation.

  Saw Yang Dian and Li Qiang who had been waiting for a long time, Pei Yuanshao sneered continuously, without saying a word, raised his big knife and rushed up.