clang!
There was a loud bang.
The iron rod blocked the two swords.
The two tiger generals had doubts on their faces when they saw the iron staff that suddenly appeared.
in.
The man with a face like cast iron shouted and asked: "Who are you?"
"I, Mai Tiezhang, are following my lord to Daxing City. Just now, my lord saw that these two are highly skilled in martial arts and couldn't bear to kill each other, so he sent me to persuade them."
Mai Tiezhang slightly raised his hand and said to the two of them.
Upon hearing this.
The two of them put away their swords and stopped fighting.
Their eyes turned to the more than a hundred cavalry not far away.
"Who is your master?"
After a while.
The fierce general with a face as red as a chicken asked.
"My lord is the governor of Jizhou and the general of Zhenbei, Wang Ke and Wang Yanzhong!"
Mai Tiezhang heard the fierce general ask this question, with a proud look on his face.
"It turns out that Wang Zhenbei has arrived!"
"Brother, please introduce me to us!"
When the two fierce generals heard Wang Ke's name, their faces showed excitement.
See this situation.
Mai Tiezhang didn't say much, and led only two people to the front of Wang Ke.
"Excellent sword skills from these two strong men! Don't you know your name?"
Wang Ke looked at the two of them with admiration in his eyes and asked.
The man with a face that looked like pig iron was the first to hold his hand and said: "I am Guo Kai, a native of Huazhou. He practiced swordsmanship with Gongsun Rui, the Sword Immortal, since he was a child. He was nicknamed the Golden Sword. Later, because of his dark complexion underneath, he became Also known as the Black-faced Golden Sword!”
"What a black-faced golden sword! Did Gongsun Rui's sword skills come from the White Emperor Gongsun Shu?"
Wang Ke raised his eyebrows slightly and asked immediately.
"Exactly!"
Guo Kai nodded and said.
"Since Guo Zhuangshi also learned Gongsun Shu's sword skills, can he recognize Wang Bo?"
Wang Ke heard this and asked next.
"Wang Bo is my senior brother. I studied under the same master before. My master said that he was greedy for life and had great ambitions, so he never taught his complete sword skills for fear that he would bring harm to the world."
Guo Kai nodded and said truthfully.
"I see……"
Wang Ke nodded slightly.
Subsequently.
He turned to another fierce general with a face like chicken blood, and asked: "What is the name of this strong man?"
This man with a face like a chicken's blood raised his hands and replied: "I am Cen Wei, a native of Nanyang."
"Nanyang...Cen family...could it be that you are the successor of Cenpeng, the general of the Later Han Dynasty who conquered the south and the Marquis of Wuyang?"
Hear this last name.
It was also learned that this person’s ancestral home was Nanyang.
Then think of Guo Kai, who just learned the sword technique from Gongsun Shu.
Wang Ke was slightly stunned and asked immediately.
"General Mingjian! My ancestor is none other than Marquis Wuyang!"
Cen Wei cupped his fists and raised his hands, and replied.
"Hahahaha! You two, one is a disciple of Gongsun Shu's descendants, and the other is a direct descendant of Wuyang Hou. It seems that you are destined to meet here... I wonder how the two of you started fighting?"
Wang Ke laughed out loud after hearing Cen Wei's words, and then asked.
When Cen Wei heard this, his face turned slightly red, so he told Wang Ke exactly how the two had their grudge.
turn out to be.
This incident is exactly the same as the story between Lu Fang and Guo Sheng against Yingshan in Water Margin.
This Cen Wei has been living in the green forest since he was a child. After many years of hard work, he finally managed to gather an army and prepare to open a mountain in Qinglongpo.
Unexpectedly, it was less than a month since our soldiers and horses established the mountain stronghold.
In the Baihu Valley on the opposite side, a group of soldiers and horses also came to open a mountain and set up a cabinet here.
Naturally, the soldiers and horses from Baihuyu were under Guo Kai's command.
This Guo Kai said goodbye to his master and went down the mountain a year ago.
He went all the way north, preparing to seek refuge with the Ming Lord. However, if he went alone, he would be laughed at by his colleagues, so he simply gathered a group of troops and prepared to accumulate strength before defecting to the Ming Lord.
The place where he was going to station troops was Baihu Valley, which was only separated from Cen Wei by an official road.
The confrontation between the two armies naturally gave rise to countless frictions.
so.
After negotiations failed.
The two families immediately went to war.
Cen Wei and Guo Kai each showed their talents, wielding their swords, and fought in the wilderness for seven consecutive days, but neither of them could win or lose.
Until today.
The two of them were pulled away by Wang Ke to persuade them.
After hearing about the grudge between the two.
Wang Ke smiled slightly, looked at the two of them, and said: "I just saw that the two of you are extremely skilled in swordsmanship, but you are so capable and you have to surrender to the green forest. Isn't it true that your pearl has been covered in dust? Now I am about to go to Daxing City for business. If you don't dislike it, You might as well come with me to Daxing, and when you return to Jizhou in the future, I will make you two independent generals!"
"If the general does not give up, the general will be willing to follow the general!"
After Guo Kai heard Wang Ke's words, he immediately raised his hands and said without thinking.
This Guo Kai originally wanted to find his master and serve him, but when he met someone who knew what he was doing, he naturally wanted to seize the opportunity.
"Brother Cen, what do you think?"
Wang Ke bowed his hands and returned a salute to Guo Kai.
Then, he turned to Cen Wei and asked.
"this……"
After hearing this, Cen Wei felt moved, but he hesitated, with a troubled look on his face.
"Brother Cen, are you in trouble?"
Wang Ke frowned slightly and asked in a low voice.
Cen Wei cupped his hands and said: "Thanks to the general for taking care of me, I just have an old relationship with Brother Shan from Erxianzhuang, and I can't bear to go against my will!"
Upon hearing this.
Wang Ke suddenly realized.
Cen Wei had been in the green forest for a long time, so he naturally got to know Shan Xiongxin.
Shan Xiong's Xinyi and Bo Yuntian have naturally won the hearts of many green forest heroes.
Some days ago.
Wang Ke had a conflict with Shan Xiongxin outside Tiantang County. Although this incident was not serious, it was widely heard in the green forests of the North.
so.
Seeing that the forces that were in conflict with his elder brother wanted to coopt him.
Cen Wei was so confused that a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"Thank you so much, General, for staying with Master Shan for a long time. I can't bear to abandon you. Please forgive me, General!"
After pondering for a moment.
Cen Wei finally made a decision.
He cupped his fists and raised his hands, and said to Wang Ke in a deep voice.
When Wang Ke heard this, not only was he not angry, but he took a higher look at Cen Wei's personality.
"Brother Cen, don't worry too much. The world is far away. We will definitely meet again in the future. It won't be too late to make a decision when the time comes!"
Wang Ke laughed, took Cen Wei's hand, and said quietly.
Say it.
He said goodbye to Cen Wei.
Afterwards, many soldiers and horses rested together in Guo Kai's Baihuyu mountain stronghold.
After staying one night.
Wang Ke and other 150 elite cavalry, plus the 300 black armored cavalry led by Guo Kai, a total of 450 people, marched slowly towards Daxing City.
From now on.
The journey was uneventful.
About six or seven days later.
The soldiers and horses arrived near Lintong Pass.
Come under such a powerful pass.
Wang Ke ordered his soldiers and horses to be stationed on the plains outside the city, so there was no need to enter the city to disturb the local officials.
but.
Everyone has just finished setting up camp.
Wang Tianyou, who was in charge of patrolling and guarding outside, quickly came in to report that Taiyuan was left behind and Tang Gong Li Yuan led his entourage to visit.
"Li Yuan!"
Hear the name.
Wang Ke's heart skipped a beat.
"If Li Yuan comes, will that man be with him?"
While thinking in his mind, he took steps forward and followed Wang Tianyou to the outside of the camp gate.
"Hahahaha! General Wang is young and promising, and I, Taiyuan Li Yuan, are so polite!"
Outside the gate.
Dozens of cavalrymen were loosely lined up.
The leaders were five men and one woman.
Among these five men, a man with a majestic appearance in plain robes cupped his hands and spoke.
