Since Hu Cheer joined Zhang Xiu, he has always been with him and has always followed Zhang Xiu. Although the two of them are not as siblings, they also have a sense of mutual appreciation.

In panic, Zhang Xiu almost died under Huang Zhong's sword. Fortunately, Hu Cheer arrived in time and delayed Huang Zhong's offensive, which gave Zhang Xiu a chance to breathe.

When Zhang Xiu retreated to the battlefield, in a short time, he saw that Hu Cheer was already injured by several knife wounds and was fighting with Huang Zhong with his life. If Zhang Xiu mustered up the courage to fight Huang Zhong with Hu Cheer, then maybe Huang Zhong would have given up fighting with the two of them for the most comprehensive situation and chose a strategic detour.

However, Zhang Xiu was shocked by Huang Zhong's beating. In his eyes, Huang Zhong was an invincible existence. Anyone who fought with him would be ruthlessly killed by Huang Zhong. Even though Zhang Xiu was famous in Liangzhou and had few opponents, he was also panicked at this time and just stared at the fight between the two in a daze.

Just as Hu Cheer was about to be defeated, Zhang Xiu turned his horse and fled in a hurry without thinking, regardless of Hu Cheer's situation. Zhang Xiu's move really made the soldiers around Liangzhou feel cold, but he had no choice but to follow Zhang Xiu and escape.

Zhang Xiu ran to the central army tent in panic, but saw that Zhang Ji had summoned more than 10,000 soldiers.

Seeing Zhang Xiu's face was covered in dust, his eyes were full of panic, and his mood was restless, Zhang Ji quickly asked, "Xu'er, why are you? Did you fail? Where is Hu Che'er?"

Zhang Xiu's lips shook and replied tremblingly: "Just...I just met Huang...Huang Zhong, almost died under his knife. Fortunately, Hu Cheer arrived in time, so he dragged Huang Zhong."

After hearing this, Zhang Ji frowned and then asked in a deep voice: "How many soldiers and horses does Huang Zhong have?"

Zhang Xiu replied honestly: "The lights are unknown, but it can be roughly seen that there are thousands of people."

Zhang Ji was angry and asked, "You and Hu Cheer's soldiers together, but there are more than 10,000 people, how could you still not compete with Huang Zhong? And why did you run back alone? Where are Hu Cheer's people?"

Zhang Xiu replied unsteadily: "I am still fighting with Huang Zhong. Huang Zhongshi is so powerful. We can't fight. Father, why don't we... let's run!"

"Bang!"

Zhang Ji was so angry that his face was full of anger. If Zhang Xiu had not been his adopted son, the only continuation, Zhang Ji might have ordered the killing of the bastard who escaped in the face. In desperation, Zhang Ji still slapped Zhang Xiu hatefully.

Zhang Xiu covered his face, not understanding why. Although he didn't understand why his father beat him, he didn't dare to ask.

Looking at Zhang Xiu's aggrieved look, Zhang Ji said hatefully: "Xu'er! You are confused, you are really confused. Hu Che'er and you are a friend of life and death. He is not only your subordinate, but also your brother. When you are in danger, Hu Che'er ignored the danger and went to help you rescue him. But because you were afraid of Huang Zhong, you ran away without permission and abandoned your subordinates. Do you know that doing this will make the soldiers feel cold. Who else will really work for you in the future?"

Zhang Xiu replied aggrievedly: "But...but Huang Zhongzhen is very powerful, I am the only one who can beat me!"

Zhang Ji looked so sorry for his bad intentions and thought to himself, what was wrong with his child? Where did the energetic Zhang Xiu go before? What was Huang Zhong's amazing thing? It made Zhang Xiu so afraid? Could it be that he had three heads and six arms? Even when facing Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu never had such emotional fluctuations.

Zhang Xiu became a famous master when he was young, and later turned to Zhang Ji's corps. Dong Zhuo was a powerful man in Liangzhou. When Zhang Ji defected to Dong Zhuo, it was the peak of Dong Zhuo's life. At that time, Zhang Xiu was naturally the pride of heaven. He had never experienced such a situation? Even when he fought in Liangzhou before, how could the Qiang, Hu and barbarians be the opponents of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry? Therefore, Zhang Xiu was smooth sailing. Although his martial arts were demonstrated, he had not experienced too many twists and turns. It can be said that he was a smooth journey and smooth time.

This made Zhang Xiu develop a arrogant idea of ​​being arrogant and arrogant. But later, the Yang family army suddenly moved south. First, Gan Ning fought bloody battles on the bridgehead, and the heroic spirit of not retreating shocked Zhang Xiu's heart; then Huang Zhong, a cavalry, fought alone, and the power of a thousand troops, harshed Zhang Xiu's arrogant heart with hatred.

After all, it is a young man, and he will be confused after a little twists and turns. This is also a common human being. What's more, this kind of battle on the battlefield and the important matter that matters that matter to human life made Zhang Xiu feel scared and nightmare. He has been surrounding Zhang Xiu's heart, which made him dare not go forward when he could have joined forces with Hu Cheer to defeat Huang Zhong, but he chose to escape.

Seeing Zhang Xiu look like this, Zhang Ji felt both distressed and helpless.

But just when Zhang Ji was about to persuade Zhang Xiu, Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci had already arrived, which forced him to temporarily put down his thoughts and quickly let his soldiers line up.

Huang Zhong rushed forward, and when he saw Zhang Ji's appearance, he asked, "Are you the only one Zhang Ji?"

Zhang Ji was not afraid of danger and replied loudly: "It's me, who are you?"

Huang Zhong laughed and said, "I finally found the main master. Huang Zhong, a certain family, you are in danger of assassinating our master. Now you are ordered to go south to capture you. At this time, your defeat is determined. Should you surrender or resist stubbornly?"

After hearing this, Zhang Ji's expression changed slightly. Since ancient times, the princes fought and robbed cities and land. This was a common thing, not to mention that they would be punished for crimes. Although he sneered at Huang Zhong's words, Zhang Ji still defended himself: "I have never been to Hongnong since I was the prefect of Hongnong, so how could I say that Yang Piaoqi was assassinated?"

Huang Zhong and others used this as an excuse to plot against the Sili realm, so they naturally would not admit it now. They said in a tough tone: "I don't know this. The order my department received was to ask you."

Wei Kang said coldly: "The number of people on both sides is similar, and the outcome is not decided. You are really arrogant. At this time, let Prefect Yang stop the army and surrender!"

Taishici sneered: "Since you don't surrender, then fight!"

"If you don't surrender, you will fight!"

As soon as Taishici finished speaking, more than ten thousand dragon and tiger guards behind him all took a step forward, and a fearless aura rushed towards the Xiliang army formation.

When the two armies face off, momentum is the most important, and momentum comes from confidence. The basis of self-confidence is closely related to combat skills, equipment, commander, etc. It can be seen that in these aspects, the Yang family army is much better than the Western Liang army.

At this time, the food and grass were burned, the horses entered the joint camp, the surrendered soldiers mutiny, the situation was chaotic, and the bad news came one by one, which made Zhang Ji's heart sink and sink again and again. Even the soldiers behind him became depressed and at a loss.

After seeing this, Huang Zhong laughed and said, "Zhang Ji, if you surrender, I can recommend you to serve in our army. How about it?"

Taishi Ci also laughed and said, "You don't have the power to be a hero. Why do you make mistakes again and again for those illusory things? If you surrender, we can still be fellow comrades. If you don't surrender, you will be life and death toll tonight."

Zhang Ji's eyes were gloomy and his face was dark. He didn't know the situation at this time. If he continued to delay, his soldiers would probably have exhausted their courage to raise weapons.

Just as Zhang Ji was hesitating, Zhang Xiu suddenly shot out, and saw him crossing his chest with a spear and shouting angrily at Huang Zhong: "Huang Hansheng, do you dare to come forward and fight to the death with me. If you win, my father will lead his army to surrender to you. If I luckily win a move and half a move, then you have to let us go, what?"

Huang Zhong was stunned when he heard this, then turned to look at Zhang Ji, waiting for his reply, which showed that Zhang Xiu was less than Zhang Ji's weight in his eyes.

Zhang Ji looked ugly. After seeing Zhang Xiu's firm eyes, he had to sigh and said, "What Xiu'er said is what I said, but since it's a gambling battle, just click it, and you can't fight to the death."

Huang Zhong smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will show mercy."

Huang Zhong slapped out, held the sword upright, and smiled and said, "Zhang Xiu, you have good martial arts skills, but you are entangled with the inner demon. I wonder if your inner demon is this general?"

Zhang Xiu snorted coldly and said, "You are so arrogant that you deserve to be the inner demon of our general, look at the gun."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Xiu slapped his horse and rushed towards Huang Zhong, stabbing Huang Zhong's chest with a spear in his hand.

Huang Zhong was sitting quietly on the back of the horse, accumulating momentum. When Zhang Xiu came to the front, Huang Zhong stared at Zhang Xiu with his tiger eyes, and his aura burst out.

"ah...."

Zhang Xiu was already afraid of Huang Zhong, and at this time he saw Huang Zhong release his murderous aura without reservation, which made him feel like he fell into an ice cave. He couldn't even have the courage to get a weapon, and he fell to the ground at some point.

Zhang Xiu seemed to face the demon in hell, and in an instant, he felt a sense of death. After death, Zhang Xiu suddenly woke up.

"Bang!"

Before Zhang Xiu could react, he was knocked down by Huang Zhong with one move.

At this time, even though the tip of the knife was on his throat, Zhang Xiu did not feel the fear of facing Huang Zhong at that time. It can be seen that he had already re-recognized himself.

Since Huang Zhong naturally would not sacrifice his life to fight with him. However, Huang Zhong took great pains to get Zhang Xiu to remove the demons in his heart. Otherwise, such an excellent general would have stopped here.

Huang Zhong took back the golden sword and said with a smile: "How can a general be afraid of death? However, there are only a handful of people in the world who can truly be fearless of death. Only those who are brave enough to step forward and know that they are defeated, they must dare to fight. This is the heart of a strong man. Zhang Xiu, you have a good foundation and a famous teacher to guide you. With a little time, you will definitely become one of the few powerful generals in the world."

Taishi Ci also laughed and said, "Han Sheng said so much. Zhang Xiu, you are very good. I think of you!"

Only then did Zhang Xiu feel that even when facing a powerful general like Huang Zhong, it was no big deal. Even if he died, what if he died? As the saying goes, generals are the soul of the three armies. Whether an army can fight depends on whether the generals who lead the troops are powerful.
Chapter completed!