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Volume Two: Unpredictable Chapter 581: The Surrender of Zhou Cang

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    >Ma Teng shook his head and sighed in his heart. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, people, no matter rich or poor, paid great attention to appearance. Even ordinary people would tidy up before going out to make themselves look more glamorous. This way  Conduct is considered the most basic etiquette.  This is true for ordinary people, not to mention high-ranking princes.

    "Appearance is the basis of appearance. People often get to know each other through their appearance first. If you are handsome and beautiful, it is easy to win the other person's preconceived appreciation."  However, if someone is ugly, or has a disheveled appearance or a defect, he or she will often be looked down upon and looked down upon unreasonably.

    Just like Fengchu Pang Tong and Pang Shiyuan who will become famous all over the world in the future.  At that time, the Battle of Chibi was in progress. Pang Tong avoided the chaos in Jiangdong and recommended Lu Su to Zhou Yu.  At that time, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang had come up with a fire attack plan, but the ships of Cao's camp were scattered across the river, and the ships were far apart.  If it were attacked with fire, I'm afraid it would only burn very little.  While Zhou Yu was thinking hard about this, Pang Tong was extremely resourceful and could see what Zhou Yu was worried about at a glance, and immediately told him a shocking plan, a serial plan.  Zhou Yu was so shocked that he immediately put aside his contempt for Pang Tong's ugly appearance and praised Pang Tong many times.

    Afterwards, Pang Tong entered Cao's camp to propose the chain plan. At that time, Cao Cao was also worried about the acclimatization of his soldiers. Hearing Pang Tong's plan, he chained the ships so that the ships were connected and as if they were walking on flat ground.  Cao Cao was overjoyed and believed it and used it. As expected, as Pang Tong said, after all the ships were chained together, the signs of the soldiers' acclimatization were greatly improved.

    Later, it was precisely because of Pang Tong's chain strategy that Zhou Yu defeated millions of Cao's troops with a fire attack, making the Battle of Chibi a glorious one. Tong made a lot of contributions to this battle. It can even be said that without Pang Tong's chain strategy, there would be no Meizhou.  The shocking battle of Lang Huo burning Chibi.

    Based on this chain of tactics alone, Pang Tong's superb resourcefulness was not inferior to Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong.  Unfortunately, after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu died of illness soon. As soon as Zhou Yu died, Pang Tong's status in Jiangdong plummeted.  Lu Su, who succeeded Zhou Yu as governor, once advised Sun Quan to reuse Pang Tong.  Unexpectedly, Sun Quan, because of Pang Tong's unattractive appearance, not only did not reuse him, but instead ignored him many times and stayed in Jiangdong, depressed and frustrated.  Later, at the invitation of Zhuge Liang, he went to Jingzhou to join Liu Bei. Although Pang Tong performed a series of shocking actions, Liu Bei still dismissed Pang Tong because of his ugly appearance, and actually let Pang Tong, a peerless talent, receive the order of a county.

    Sun Quan and Liu Bei are both world-renowned heroes, but they neglect talented people because of their appearance, let alone ordinary people.

    But Li You was not only ugly in appearance, but also physically disabled. However, Wen Han didn't despise him at all because of this. Instead, he worshiped Li You as Sima Jijiu and promised him an important position.  No wonder Ma Teng feels this way.

    The Xiliang army and the Yongshou garrison fought until nightfall. As night fell, although the Xiliang army gradually gained the upper hand, there were many broken parts of the Yongshou city wall, but it would take a sustained and fierce attack to break through Yongshou.  Ma Teng saw that the soldiers were exhausted after attacking for a long time. If they attacked hard again, they would only cause more unnecessary casualties. Ma Teng also had a thorough understanding of the use of troops. He knew that this was either a momentary show of strength, or he ordered the withdrawal of troops.

    As Ming Jin's horn sounded to withdraw his troops, the Xiliang army retreated. De and Zhou Cang fought from dawn to night, but the outcome was still undecided. In today's fight, Pang De had the upper hand at the beginning.  The attacking forces were overwhelming Zhou Cang, so Zhou Cang could only defend and wait. Once Pound showed up, he would counterattack and attack, but he was blocked by Pang De.  Later, the two of them had a good understanding of each other's sword styles, and there were very few gaps exposed.

    But Zhou Cang has a pair of scuds and a pair of iron feet. When he was selling illegal salt, he once traveled hundreds of miles a day, and his endurance was beyond ordinary people's imagination.  As the two fought longer and longer, Zhou Cang's advantage of strong endurance gradually came into play. The two fought until noon. Zhou Cang's team of scuds could still move as fast as flying, while Pound's footsteps were a bit messy.

    When it was dark again, Zhou Cang had a slight upper hand. Pound was horrified by Zhou Cang's speed and endurance. His virtue was revealed. At this time, the horn sound of Ming Jin's retreat sounded again. Pound wanted to  To be removed.  However, Zhou Cang kept glaring with evil eyes, and the seven-foot sword was slightly flat. As soon as Dayou Pangde stepped back, he immediately slashed away with the sword.

    Pang De's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly stepped forward, instead of retreating, he advanced with both hands holding the sword, and with one move, he slashed towards Zhou Cang's head with a powerful sword-like move.  Zhou Cang did not expect that Pound would advance instead of retreating, and quickly raised his knife to block Wu. The lion-headed machete hit the seven-foot machete with great force, and Pound took advantage of the force and jumped.  , the body suddenly floated away, and then his heels landed on a city wall.  Several civilian soldiers were surrounding Pang De, but they did not dare to move forward. Instead, they retreated in fear.

    "Pang Lingming, the one who ran away is not a hero!"

    Zhou Cang raised his knife and chased after him, shouting loudly. With a cold look on his face, De jumped towards the ladder and shouted back at the same time.

    "Don't be arrogant, Duke Zhou Ding. If you can't disobey military orders, I will fight you for another three hundred rounds!!"

      When Zhou Cang caught up with him, Pang De had already fallen onto the ladder. Pang De quickly ran down.  Zhou Cang relaxed, and then he noticed a severe numbness in his hands, his arms were shaking, and the muscles and bones of both arms seemed to be screaming.

    Pang De¡¯s attack was extremely strong, and his arm strength was more than a thousand kilograms. Zhou Cang was attacked by Pang De for almost half a day, and his arms were also as fast as the limit.  If Pang De had not retreated and killed him again, it was still unknown who would win and who would lose.

    Yongshou City was attacked by the Xiliang Army for two days. Both sides suffered casualties during each attack and defense.  Of course, as the Xiliang army was the attacker, the number of soldiers killed in the battle was naturally much higher than that of the Yongshou defenders.  However, the Yongshou Army also paid a lot of price. There were many breaches in the Yongshou city wall, and there were several holes, which were even as big as three people.  If they are attacked wildly by the Xiliang army for several more days, I'm afraid Yongshou will be unable to hold on.

    The Xiliang army's two-day violent attack almost exhausted the physical strength of every soldier. Ma Teng knew well that tired soldiers should not fight, so he ordered the soldiers to rest for three days, giving them enough time to recharge their batteries.

    Yongshou City experienced three days of eerie silence. Three days later, Ma Teng led his army to attack Yongshou.  The Xiliang army's offensive was like a tidal wave, one wave after another, and each wave of attacks was much more violent than the previous wave.  The Xiliang army continued to kill from early morning to night, and this happened for two consecutive days. Yongshou City was attacked to a state of ruins and was covered with desolation.

    Ma Teng saw that the victory over Yongshou was just around the corner, and he couldn't help but feel happy.  However, Ma Teng did not dare to be careless in the face of Li You, a terrifying opponent. In the past two days, whenever Ma Teng saw that the soldiers' offensive was slow or exposed, he would order the army to retreat without any further entanglement.

    Li You was also very impressed when he saw Ma Teng's skill in using troops.

    "When attacking and retreating, don't achieve temporary gains until your troops are exhausted. No wonder this Ma Shoucheng was able to dominate Xiliang. If he hadn't been deceived by this world-wide scam this time, it would have taken less than three to five years to destroy his power.  Time is impossible!"

    The Xiliang army attacked for two more days and saw that Yongshou City was about to be breached, which greatly boosted the morale of the Xiliang army.  When the victory was about to be decided, Ma Teng did not rush to attack again, and ordered the soldiers to rest for three days, hoping to fight and defeat Yongshou in one battle!

    The Xiliang army was resting, or because the city was about to be destroyed, but Yongshou City was eerily quiet, as if an unknown storm was brewing.

    One day, in the camp of Xiliang Army.

    Pang De's eyes were bright and bright, and he was in high spirits. It seemed that something great had happened. There were two things that made Pang De happy. The first was that he had played against Zhou Cang in the past few days.  His martial arts skills were only between the two, but Zhou Cang's Eight Arts of Spring and Autumn Period were extremely exquisite. Pang De was also a martial arts fanatic and was quite curious about Zhou Cang's sword skills.  During the fight between the two, Pound found that his martial arts had improved slightly, which surprised Pound.  It can be seen that if a military commander at his level wants to improve further, it can only be possible by experiencing one or more life-and-death battles. It may also be possible to learn peerless martial arts, understand its subtleties, learn its moves, and suddenly have an epiphany ¡ú  A fight to the death involves life and death. If you are not careful, your own life will be in danger. Unparalleled martial arts skills are hard to come by.  Here, it can be said that it is difficult for a super-class general like Pound to reach the sky if he wants to improve.

    Perhaps it was because Zhou Cang and Pang De were equally skilled in martial arts, and Pang De was under great pressure, so Pang De stimulated the potential in his body, and because Zhou Cang's Eight Methods of Spring and Autumn were unfathomable, Pang De and Pang De  After days of fierce fighting, it is not impossible to understand his sword skills. It is not impossible to combine the above two factors to explain Pound's breakthrough, which is quite reasonable.

    Improving martial arts is one of them, and the other is about Zhou Cang.

    It is said that Pang De and Zhou Cang fought fiercely for many days. The two were incompatible with each other at the beginning, then respected each other, and then the relationship between the two became slightly strange. The two seemed to be fighting for their lives, but they often reached their limit.  , but the two of them still had a tacit understanding that they would stop there and never try their best to kill again.

    This relationship is like an enemy and a friend.  A few days ago, when the Xiliang Army launched the last wave of offensive, Pang De saw that Yongshou was difficult to defend, so he retreated to Zhoucang and fought to a less crowded area.

    Pang De suddenly made a shocking statement. On the grounds that it would be difficult to live forever, he made some righteous remarks, Yan Wenhan's theory of treason and Ma Teng's loyalty to the country, in order to persuade Zhou Cang to defect.  Zhou Cang also seemed to find that Yongshou was difficult to hold on to, but he was hesitant. Seeing this, he did not force him. He just made some analysis of the situation in front of Zhou Cang and then retreated.

    But how could Pound have expected that Zhou Cang had been waiting for the opportunity to fake a surrender?  It's just that there has never been a suitable opportunity, and I was afraid of making Ma Teng suspicious if I invested rashly.  Pang De's persuasion to surrender could be said to have given Zhou Cang an excellent excuse.

    On the second day, Zhou Cang sent a follower to sneak out of Yongshou secretly and rushed to the Xiliang military camp to look for Pang De. When De De heard that someone was coming to look for him, he suddenly burst into joy and guessed that this must be someone sent by Zhou Cang.  , to reply?? things.

    Pang De hurriedly greeted Zhou Cang¡¯s entourage, and the entourage informed Pang De of Zhou Cang¡¯s intentions.  Zhou Cang's reply made Pang De burst into laughter on the spot.  Because Zhou Cang has decided to surrender Ma Teng, and has made an appointment to serve as an internal response in the city at the first update tomorrow. When the Xiliang army arrives, he will immediately open the city gate, respond to it internally and externally, and capture Yongshou!

    After Pang De briefly rewarded Zhou Cang's entourage, he ordered him to return.  Then Pang De hurried to Ma Teng's tent to look for Ma Teng.

    ??????????????????????????????: The tent is brightly lit with candles. Ma Teng's face was dark and happy, and his eyes were shining brightly.  When Ma Teng saw Pound walking in, he called Pound in a great mood, and then asked Pound what was important so late at night.

    "Hahahaha! Lord, happy event, great happy event!"

    Pang De's face changed, and he burst out laughing on the spot. Pang De usually showed no emotion or anger, but it was rare for him to be like this. Ma Teng couldn't help but feel a little strange, and raised his eyebrows.

    "Oh? Where does joy come from?"

    "My lord, do you know Wen Bufan's Cavalry Commander Zhou Dinggong?"

    Ma Teng was slightly startled. Wen Han had many famous generals under his command, but the name of Zhou Dinggong was rarely heard of.  However, Ma Teng's expression soon changed. Pound was so happy, so this person must be related to him.

    Suddenly, the fierce general who had been fighting Pound during these days appeared in Ma Teng's mind.  Ma Teng liked him quite a lot and once asked Pound his name. It seemed that he was called Zhou Dinggong.

    Then Ma Teng thought that Yongshou was about to break through, and Ma Teng suddenly stared, as if he had guessed something.

    "Ling Ming, Duke Ding of Zhou wants to come and join me!"

    "My lord knows things like a god, that's why! Zhou Dinggong and I met on the battlefield. Although we were enemies, he and I respected each other. Two days ago, I told him about his righteousness and persuaded him to surrender. At that time, Duke Zhou Dinggong was quite  I have doubts, but fortunately, he is a talented person who understands current affairs, and the answer finally came today!¡±

    "Is Mr. Zhou Dinggong in the camp? Order Ming to take me there quickly!!"

    Ma Teng was overjoyed, as if he couldn't wait to see Zhou Cang and accept him as his subordinate. Ma Teng stood up, grabbed Pang De's hand and rushed out of the camp.

    "My lord, don't be anxious, Zhou Dinggong is not in the camp. He only sent his entourage to reply, but did not go to the camp in person."

    "Oh. I heard that Zhou Dinggong wanted to surrender, and I was overjoyed. I wanted to see his majesty, but unfortunately he was still in the enemy camp and I couldn't meet him."

    Ma Teng¡¯s face was full of disappointment, but Pound smiled.

    "My lord, Duke Zhou Ding knows your righteousness and has surrendered with all his heart. He is like a baby looking to his parents. How could he not want to see you as soon as possible? There is a reason why he is still in the enemy camp. My lord, don't look at the rude appearance of Duke Zhou Ding.  In fact, there is a delicate heart inside. He asked his followers to tell me that he wanted to vote for the lord. If he didn't make any contribution, he might lose his usefulness.
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