The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Even if they lead the army to fight, they are mostly unknown people who win, maybe they really don't have much talent. Later, they just manage the rear, transport food and grass and other things.

Of course, Liu Zheng would not think that Xiahou Dun's martial arts skills are not very good, how can a man who can retreat under Lu Bu and Liu Bei's men, his martial arts skills be rubbish.

Liu Zheng looked at the generals behind him.

On the contrary, some of them really had troubles, and they didn't know who to send to the field for a while.

After all, the military generals under him were severely polarized at this time.

The top combat powers are naturally Dian Wei and Lu Bu. Liu Zheng wants to use these two to deal with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

As for the remaining few people, their strength can only be regarded as quite satisfactory, the newly surrendered Gao Shun, Wu Anguo, and the young general Wenpin.

Although these people are not unknown people, they are still a little weak in strength when they are singled out in front of the battle.

The two generals under Zhang Ning, Chu Yan and Guan Hai, are not bad, but they have a slight chance of winning against Shang Xiahou Dun. Liu Zheng is really hard to say, and he should not be Xiahou Dun's opponent. His eyes were on the two navy generals under him.

Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai.

Jiang Qin's strength is quite satisfactory, and he can only be regarded as second-rate under Liu Zheng, not much different from Wenpin, Wu Anguo and the like.

The only one who can make Liu Zheng feel that he can fight Xiahou Dun is Zhou Tai.

After all, Zhou Tai was the most powerful general in the late Wu Kingdom in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

In terms of personal force, Liu Zheng had also seen that although Zhou Tai was not as good as Tai Shici, he was on par with Gan Ning, enough to fight Xiahou Dun.

"Youping Zhou Tai said, the opponent has dispatched a general, I want you to go out to meet the enemy, do you have confidence?"

Zhou Tai was startled. He never expected that Liu Zheng would let him fight. After all, the navy soldiers and horses have always been under Liu Zheng's command, and their status is not high. Liu Zheng doesn't have many opportunities to use them. Zhou Tai didn't have much contact with Liu Zheng because of the many intersections. Originally, this opportunity to replace Liu Zheng in the battle was not his turn.

But Liu Zheng actually called him, how could Zhou Tai refuse, after all, this is an opportunity to perform in front of Liu Zheng, and he will seize it.

"The last general can't guarantee that he will definitely defeat the enemy, but he will do his best!"

After all, it was the battle of life and death that Liu Zheng spoke of. Zhou Tai was not afraid of death, and fought for Liu Zheng. He was appreciated by Liu Zheng and was willing to fight.

"Okay, You Ping, then this first battle will be up to you. If you kill the enemy, I will reward you with a thousand gold!"

Liu Zheng was quite satisfied with Zhou Tai's answer in this way. Regardless of whether the fight was good or not, at least Zhou Tai's attitude of going all out made Liu Zheng feel good.

With Liu Zheng's order, Zhou Tai would not continue to hesitate here. After all, Xiahou Dun couldn't be kept waiting for too long, so he picked up his long knife and got on his horse.He also ran out quickly towards the battlefield.

In fact, Zhou Tai is not good at riding and fighting. He didn't even know how to ride a horse a long time ago, but after joining Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng followed him.Youzhou brought back a lot of war horses, which gave generals like Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin time to learn how to ride horses.

Although Zhou Tai's riding skills are not particularly good, and his experience in fighting on horseback is not rich.However, Zhou Tai was assisted by the stirrup made by Liu Zheng, which could also make up for some disadvantages of him fighting Xiahou Dun on the horse.

So Zhou Tai didn't have the slightest fear. After riding his horse to attack, the long knife in his hand struck first, rushing to hack Xiahou Dun.

The long knife slashed and brought up a white light, accompanied by Zhou Tai's whole body screaming, he slashed at Xiahou Dun head-on.

Xiahoudun was also well prepared, since he knew that he was going to be singled out on the battlefield, how could he be careless?

When Zhou Tai raised his knife and slashed towards him.He reacted immediately, and held the gun forward with both hands, and the long gun flashed to resist Zhou Tai's attack.

The two were fighting together at this moment.

You come and I work extra hard.They all resorted to their own life skills.The deadly moves were not stingy, and they all hit the opponent's body.

The onlookers in front of the two armies could only hear the intertwining sound of ping-pong-pong weapons in the distance.Zhou Tai and Xiahou Dun.You advance and I retreat, you come and I go, and the fight is fierce for a while.

Chapter 5: The First Battle

It's really hard to say who is stronger between Xiahou Dun and Zhou Tai.The strength of the two is at best between them. After all, although they belong to the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, they are not top generals. They can only be regarded as the ranks of first-class generals.

Zhou Taiqiang is good at fighting on the water, while Xiahou Dun is better at riding. On horses, Xiahou Dun is indeed a little stronger than Zhou Tai.

However, at this time, Xiahoudun didn't have such a thing as a stirrup after all. When he was fighting Zhou Tai on the horse, he needed to be distracted and control the lower half of the horse to control the horse, so he couldn't pay 100% attention to Zhou Tai.

But Zhou Tai is different. With the horse specially designed for him by Liu Zheng, and the stirrups for him to use his strength, although he lacks experience on horses, Zhou Tai can use the magical effect of the stirrups. The fight with Xiahou Dun was [-]-[-], and the two sides could not immediately see the difference and decide the winner.

There were twenty or thirty rounds of fighting between you and me.

Originally, Xiahoudun wanted to quickly resolve the battle, and then show off Cao Cao's military power, but after fighting his opponent, he realized that the opponent was not as weak as he imagined, but a very difficult person.

After a little separation, Xiahoudun scolded loudly and asked Zhou Tai a question.

"Who is coming, do you dare to name him?"

Xiahou Dun was hesitant about the name of the opponent's general. After all, in his opinion, the people who could fight him so inextricably must be some of Liu Zheng's well-known generals, either Xu Huang or Gan Ning and others.

So he wanted the other party to report his name so that he knew who the other party was, and at the same time let Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others formulate a plan to deal with him.

After Zhou Tai heard Xiahou Dun's words, he did not hide his name. Reporting his name at this moment would also make him famous, so why not do it?

"Under Liu Zheng's tent, Zhou Tai, the deputy battalion commander of the navy, wait for the bastards to die quickly!"

Zhou Tai, who was born as a water thief, naturally didn't have the slightest affection for the officers and soldiers. When facing Xiahou Dun, he was determined to die and wanted to fight Xiahou Dun.

After the fight, he saw Xiahou Dun's strength. Although Zhou Tai knew that this person was not easy to deal with, he didn't have the slightest fear. He tried his best to fight Xiahou Dun, but he was able to fight Xiahou Dun evenly. Confidently defeated Xiahou Dun.

Xiahou Dun was a little surprised when he heard that the other party was actually called Zhou Tai, a name he had hardly heard Cao Cao and others mention.

Liu Zheng's subordinate is not well-known, and any general he has never heard of can fight him head-to-head.Xiahou Dun vaguely sensed a hint of crisis.

Those who also felt something was wrong were Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others who stood watching from a distance.

They all thought that the general in front of them was probably a powerful figure like Xu Huang, but they were surprised when they heard that his name was a man named Zhou Tai.

In fact, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others have heard of the name Zhou Tai. After all, they have some information about Liu Zheng and know that Liu Zheng has two naval armies, one of which is led by Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai.

It's just that these two water armies have not been outstanding under Liu Zheng, and Liu Zheng rarely takes them out to fight.

As a result, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others didn't know much about the commander of the navy. Although they had heard of Zhou Tai's name a long time ago, they didn't know much about Zhou Tai's strength.

Now, after seeing Zhou Tai's power for the first time, both Cao Cao and Liu Bei showed solemn expressions.I can't help feeling that there are so many generals under Liu Zheng who are good at fighting.

"I really didn't expect Liu Zheng to have such a powerful general under his command. Judging by his strength, he was able to draw with Xiahou Dun. If the strength is between the two, it will not be a while before he wants to decide the winner. matter."

"It's a pity, it's a pity, such a fierce general, unexpectedly took refuge in that Liu Zheng, why didn't he join the imperial court with the heart of serving the country."

Cao Cao naturally cherishes his talents. After seeing Zhou Tai, he couldn't help but let out a sigh. The same is true for Liu Bei beside him. Apart from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, there are no other talents around him who can be admired.

Although Liu Bei, after defeating Zhang Miao, accepted some aides who were previously subordinate to Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, such as Wang Yu, Wang Kai and others, but these people have mediocre martial arts and ordinary strategies, so they cannot fall into Liu Bei's eyes.

Now seeing Zhou Tai waiting for someone, I can only feel regret.

"Strange, strange."

While Liu Bei and Cao Cao were still regretting, Guan Yu, who was watching the battle, frowned and couldn't help sighing.

"Yun Chang, why did you say such a thing?"

"Brother, although Zhou Tai was good at martial arts, in my opinion, his actions on the horse are no better than General Xiahou. Logically speaking, he should be at a disadvantage, but he can be tied with General Xiahou. There seems to be something tricky in it."

"Ticky? What kind of tricky?"

Cao Cao was also attracted by Guan Yu's words, and immediately asked questions.

Guan Yu stared at Zhou Tai in the distance, his gaze kept scanning, trying to see why Zhou Tai was able to draw with Xiahou Dun, but Zhou Tai's stirrups were all covered by Liu Zheng's horse's cloth armor.

This made Guan Yu know that something was wrong, but he couldn't see through the tricks inside for a while.

Guan Yu could only shake his head.

"I don't know, and I haven't seen where the trick is, but there must be a ghost."

"What about this?"

"According to the fight between General Xiahou and Zhou Tai, within fifty strokes, the two must be on equal footing, but after fifty strokes, General Xiahou's strength will be exhausted, and he will start to appear at a disadvantage. A hundred tricks, unless General Xiahou is risking his life, using the heart of mortalism, exchanging injuries for injuries, and fighting the opponent, then there is a chance of victory."

Guan Yu expressed his views on this battle, which immediately caused Cao Cao's face to be uncomfortable.

Cao Cao originally expected Xiahou Dun to win a big victory first, but now after hearing Guan Yu's words, it seemed that Xiahou Dun could not win this battle, which made Cao Cao a little worried.

He couldn't help but cast his eyes on Xiahou Dun, worried that something would happen to Xiahou Dun.

Xiahoudun on the battlefield was really like what Guan Yu said. In the ensuing battle, he tried his best to attack and fought with Zhou Tai for fifty or sixty rounds. Other than the wound, there wasn't any crucial blow that could determine the outcome.

Chapter 591

When the battle between Xiahou Dun and Zhou Tai reached seventy or eighty rounds, Xiahou Dun obviously began to lose his strength.

As Guan Yu said before, the longer he persists, the more strength he needs to ride the horse, which will make Xiahou Dun's physical strength exhausted too quickly.

Zhou Tai, on the other hand, consumes significantly less energy because of his stirrups. In addition, Zhou Tai, who has been on the river all year round, is familiar with water, and his physical strength is much thicker than Xiahou Dun's.

And because he was much younger than Xiahou Dun, Zhou Tai clearly had some advantages in the second half of the battle.

At the beginning, Xiahou Dun was almost blindly attacking because of his eagerness to perform. As the situation of the battle changed, now he spends most of his time defending.

It's not that Zhou Tai was able to stop Xiahou Dun's attack, but Xiahou Dun's attack did not fight with his life. In Xiahou Dun's view, this was a competition, not a life-and-death battle. Saying that sentence around him made Xiahou Dun let go of his hands and feet and fight regardless of the cost.

It could really make Zhou Tai irresistible, but now, as the battle became stalemate, Xia Houdun felt that the opponent seemed to be superior, and he was vaguely timid, and didn't want to continue fighting Zhou Tai here.

The timid Xiahou Dun had already lost at this moment.

Zhou Tai's broadsword will not retreat because of Xiahou Dun's retreat, on the contrary, it will only attack more fiercely and aggressively.

When he raised his knife and slashed at Xiahou Dun a few times, and realized that Xiahou Dun's defense had become looser, Zhou Tai was already a little surprised.

In the previous battles, Zhou Tai rarely attacked, most of the time he just resisted Xiahou Dun's attack, because Zhou Tai was still in the running-in period because of his lack of experience in fighting on horseback.

But after dozens of rounds, Zhou Tai's offense became more and more proficient, and his self-confidence also greatly increased.

Realizing that his opponent was exhausted, how could Zhou Tai miss this opportunity to defeat him, so he immediately clenched his long knife tightly and rushed towards Xiahou Dun's chest to kill him.

This kind of knife seemed ordinary, but Zhou Tai had already added a little more strength to it. Even if Xiahou Dun wanted to block it, it would be more difficult than before.

The long knife cut across the void, and with a piercing sound, he quickly looked at Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun's face was solemn, and he was still hesitating at this moment. Should he continue to fight here, or follow Cao Cao's words, for self-protection, Pull away.

After thinking about it, Zhou Tai's attack came. Xiahou Dun, who is a strong man, naturally raised his spear immediately on conditioned reflex, and was about to block it.

Although the metal spear was getting heavier and heavier by Xiahou Dun, it still blocked Zhou Tai's attack at this critical moment, but the flames ignited and dragged for a while, causing Zhou Tai's attack and Xiahou Dun's weapon to intertwine. Together, they hit a fierce spark.

The sparks dissipated, but Zhou Tai's attack was not over yet. The long knife that was reflected in the past was lifted up again by Zhou Tai's fierce force, and then fell heavily, slashing at Xiahou Dun.

This continuous attack also surprised Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun tried his best to block Zhou Tai's blow just now, but now Zhou Tai swung his long knife again. This kind of operation will definitely damage Zhou Tai's muscles. A little too much will cause muscle strain, causing the entire arm to lose strength directly.

But in order to win, Zhou Tai didn't care so much anymore. Xiahou Dun's face changed suddenly, thinking how he could block the opponent's attack.

Before thinking too much, Zhou Tai's attack came. Xiahou Dun could only grit his teeth and raise his gun again.

But this time, Xiahou Dun's speed was still slow, and the long knife still landed on his chest.

In the blink of an eye, it passed across Xiahou Dun's chest.Instantly split Xiahou Dun's armor.

On the thick and heavy armor, a black knife mark appeared.

But not much blood.

The defense of the armor was still effective, allowing Xiahou Dun to avoid the fatal point, but Zhou Tai's long knife was cut below the chest, and the armor blocked the strength of Zhou Tai's long knife, so there was not much to let the long knife cut on the body. Strength, the wound is not deep.

Although the wound was not very deep, it would not kill Xiahou Dun with a single blow, but such an attack still made Xiahou Dun break out in a cold sweat.

Xiahou Dun, who was already fearful, finally didn't want to die with Zhou Taibo here.

Zhou Tai didn't have to die, but he, Xiahou Dun, still did.

Gritting his teeth and raising his gun, he feigned a shot and stabbed at Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai took up his long knife and was about to defend. At this time, Xiahou Dun immediately clamped his horse's belly, commanded the horse, rushed forward, turned around and left , ran to where Cao Cao and others were and fled back.

Zhou Tai wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue him, but he saw that Xiahoudun had already fled far away, so it was impossible for him to kill him while he fled back to the army after chasing him.

So Zhou Tai had no choice but to give up the pursuit, but he couldn't lose his momentum, and hastily shouted loudly at Cao Cao and others in the distance.

"Hahaha, dog officer, what about the momentum just now? Why, did you run away if you couldn't beat it? It's useless trash. You are all a bunch of useless trash!"

Xiahou Dun's face was livid after being scolded by Zhou Tai.

However, he was ashamed and dared not speak back. The war horse returned to Cao Cao and the others several times. Xiahou Dun could only express his apology to Cao Cao.

"My lord, the final general is incompetent, please punish him."

Cao Cao's face was ugly at this time, so why would he care about Xiahou Dun at this time, he could only let him go down and rest first.

"Go down."

Cao Cao, who didn't say much, looked at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei also had a bad face. He thought that Xiahou Dun under Cao Cao was at least not low, and he wouldn't be so ugly when he was defeated. The officers and soldiers lost all face.

Seeing this, Liu Zheng was also amused. At this moment, he shouted loudly at Cao Cao in the distance.

"Cao Mengde, this person under your command is too dishonest. He ran away after a life-and-death battle that he had promised. If it was mine, I would kill him on the spot to strengthen the army. It seems that you are still too young Ah. You can’t command an army like this.”

Liu Zheng mocked Cao Cao.