One thing to say, Xu Shu's example is very clever and very convincing. It is much more clever than Deng Ai's direct statement that Guan Yu does not understand "the way of being a general".
But Guan Yu still couldn't listen.
Again, the three views are different, the focus of the discussion between the two parties is different, and they cannot talk together at all.
Guan Yu also admitted that Xu Shu's words were right, but this did not conflict with his promise to challenge Zhang Liao in a duel.
If Zhang Liao took the initiative to challenge him in this matter, then Guan Yu could accept what Xu Shu said and then reject Zhang Liao just like Zhang Liao rejected him before.
But it was Guan Yu who first brought up the subject of single combat. In Guan Yu's heart, he couldn't get over that hurdle.
Another thing is that Guan Yu has always been committed to his faith. Now for the sake of a so-called important matter, it is not something that Guan Yu can do.
This is why Huarong Dao's twist was obviously made up by Luo Guanzhong, but everyone believed that it was something that the second master could do.
After all, this man really gave up his glory and wealth, traveled thousands of miles alone, and defected to Liu Bei, who didn't even have a decent army at the time.
If such a person were really put on Huarong Road, he might really repay his kindness and let Cao Cao live.
Doesn't Guan Yu know that if he doesn't do some things, it will be easier to regain the Han Dynasty? !
Guan Yu actually knew, but there were some things in his heart that he had to do.
Another example is Xu Shu, but there are some problems.
Han Xin is a man who can endure the humiliation of his own crotch for his own ideals, but our second master is really a man who became anonymous because of murder and had to flee his hometown for more than ten years.
The second master, who has been on the move for more than ten years and dare not even reveal his real name, understands Han Xin's situation very well, but he really doesn't have much sympathy for Han Xin's behavior of enduring humiliation and burden.
What kind of thing is this when a real man is in this world, he enjoys grudges, fights on the battlefield, and returns the humiliation to his crotch while being wrapped in horse leather? !
Who says murderers can't make meritorious deeds? !
Another thing, if this is said to Zhuge Liang, then the second master might still have some sense of identity, but you Xu Shu. Let me say, in the early years, you were the one who had to change your name because you wanted to avenge the murder of a friend, right? !
Why didn't you know at that time that you had to bear the humiliation and bear the burden in order to revive the Han Dynasty? !
What Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, can do is really not something that ordinary people can do. Since you yourself think that some things must be done, who are you qualified to persuade me now? !
Therefore, the second master couldn't listen to what Xu Shu said.
There is a saying that Xu Shu is really right about - the only thing that matters in the army is the general's ear.
Guan Yu was the general of the Han Dynasty and the supreme commander of the Jingzhou Front. The war in Nanyang was indeed decided by him alone.
If Guan Yu really decides to do something, even if it is Xu Shu, he can only give tactful advice. If the advice fails, Xu Shu has no good solution.
Therefore, Xu Shu and others could only watch as Guan Yu wrote a reply to Zhang Liao. The two parties agreed that three days later, a duel would take place at the gate of Dazhai.
If you think about it from the perspective of watching the excitement, a duel between two world-famous generals, no matter how long it takes, is an event worth writing about. But for the generals on both sides and the parties involved, this is not a good thing.
This is a crucial battle that affects the outcome of the entire Nanyang war. Whoever wins will have the upper hand in the Nanyang war.
Soldiers who have no idea of the overall situation may still want to watch the fun, but whether they are the Han camp or the Cao Wei camp, the mid-level generals are worried about this matter.
In both camps, there are too many close relatives of the coach. How can people like Guan Ping and Zhang Hu calmly deal with the fact that their father is going to challenge others? !
But Zhang Liao and Guan Yu are both famous generals in the world, and it is impossible to change what has been agreed upon.
Therefore, three days later, the two generals rode out in front of the two armies.
Both of them are wearing full sets of Mingguang armor. The difference is that Zhang Liao wears a black robe under the Mingguang armor, while the second master wears a green robe under the Mingguang armor, not a green robe, but a green robe.
The "green" that is greener than blue is dark blue.
Zhang Liao has a horse chasing the wind on his crotch, a silver spear shining in his palm, his eyes wide open, looking majestic.
The second master has a red rabbit horse on his crotch, a green dragon knife in his hand, and his phoenix eyes are slightly closed, which is frightening.
The two men drew up their positions in front of the two armies. They neither reminisced about the past nor answered each other. They only waited for the two to rein in their horses. They glanced at each other, then in unison, they urged their horses to charge towards each other.
Such a direct duel immediately aroused the hearts of the generals who were watching the battle and were just in case.
When the two horses were crossing each other, Zhang Liao took the lead and chose to attack fiercely. He stabbed out a spear and hit the vital part of Guan Yu's chest. Guan Yu did not panic, raised his knife and knocked away Zhang Liao's spear.
The first round is over.
In this round, both sides were testing, so there was nothing special about it. Zhang Liao's strong attack did not go all out, and Guan Yu's block did not lead to a follow-up move.
After some testing, both of them had an intuitive understanding of the other's current martial arts skills - neither of them was easy to mess with.
Zhang Liao originally thought that Guan Yu's strength would decline as he grew older, but in fact, judging from the course of one round of fighting, even if Guan Yu's strength declined, the decline would be limited.
And Guan Yu also discovered that Zhang Liao had been in a high position over the years, but his martial arts had not declined. On the contrary, he had become more proficient, and his grasp of fighter planes was also much better. Only in terms of strength, he was still behind him after all.
Both sides have the possibility of winning, but equally, both sides have the possibility of losing. Don't be careless.
After this round of testing, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu took a deep breath in unison and tightened their weapons.
Zhang Liao's face was solemn and he didn't dare to be careless at all, but the second master finally opened his eyes.
No one gave orders, but as if they had made an appointment, the two of them roared loudly at the same time, urging the horses to move again, and the two sides fought again.
The war horse under his crotch began to speed up again, roaring towards the opponent.
In the second round, the second master did not give Zhang Liao a chance to attack. Instead, he took the initiative to get in front of Zhang Liao. He held the knife in both hands and slashed down suddenly.
This is about winning with force.
Zhang Liao saw the second master's sword coming, and he immediately did not dare to be careless in the face of Guan Yu's move. Those who dared to be careless have basically gone underground to meet the King of Hell.
Without any hesitation at the moment, he gave up the option of attacking and used his hands to block the attack. With the help of two horses and one horse, he barely blocked the knife, but his arm was a little numb from the shock.
The second round ended here. The two did not rest for a long time. After being separated for a while, they reined in their horses and turned around without stopping, and directly started the third round of competition.
In the third round, Zhang Liao pretended to attack and raised his spear to stab, but the spear failed to come out. It was not until the two horses crossed that he leaned over and thrust out a spear, directly under Guan Yu's ribs.
As for Guan Yu, he didn't hold back any good intentions. He kept dragging the sword but didn't move. Waiting for Zhang Liao to make a move, the two horses crossed each other. Zhang Liao made a stabbing shot. Guan Yu immediately turned around on the horse to dodge. The strength in his waist and abdomen came back, and then he swung out a knife and struck Zhang Liao's back.
Zhang Liao was shocked.
One shot missed, and he had just withdrawn his gun and came back. At this time, after the two horses crossed each other, the door behind him was wide open, and he had no time to turn around and defend.
In desperation, Zhang Liao could only take a gamble. He suddenly jumped forward and hugged the horse's head. He hid his body as slightly as possible and hid on the side of the horse, narrowly avoiding Guan Yu's sword.
There is one thing to say, this move shocked everyone present, whether it was the generals watching or the opponent Guan Yu.
Zhang Liao's move is somewhat similar to the "hiding in stirrups" of later generations. But the problem is that in this era, there were no stirrups.
Playing "hide in stirrups" in an era without stirrups is not only a matter of equestrian skills, but also requires a very high level of a person's core strength.
Even the young people present did not think they could achieve Zhang Liao's level.
You know, Zhang Liao is already over fifty this year.
After this round, Guan Yu did not take advantage of the situation to launch the fourth round of fighting. Instead, he stopped and stood still, praising Zhang Liao, "Wen Yuan is good at martial arts!"
Zhang Liao also quickly took the opportunity to calm down his mood, smiled slightly, and said, "The king has good tricks."
On the one hand, both parties are indeed praising each other sincerely.
Everyone is very old, one is in his fifties and the other is in his early sixties. It is really rare for them to be able to maintain such a level of martial arts.
On the other hand, both of them were taking the opportunity to take a break.
After all, he is getting older. Although his martial arts skills have not declined, his endurance is not as good as when he was young.
There was not much difference in the martial arts between the two sides. Now, under the full strength of the battle, Guan Yu felt a little sore in his arms after only three rounds, while Zhang Liao's arms were still slightly numb and his recovery ability was not as good as when he was young.
Both of them knew that they couldn't fight a protracted war.
If you really want to fight back and forth for dozens of rounds like you did when you were young, once you are exhausted, you will definitely lose, especially Guan Yu. This feeling is particularly profound.
After all, Guan Yu is already in his early sixties. Judging by common sense, Guan Yu believes that his ability to fight for a long time is definitely not as good as Zhang Liao. Fighting for a long time will definitely be very detrimental to him.
And very coincidentally, Zhang Liao thought so too.
Zhang Liao believed that Guan Yu was already in his early sixties and still maintained such strength and martial arts level. If the battle continued for a long time, he might not be able to survive him.
Therefore, after taking a short rest, the two of them made the same decision at the same time - they must make a quick decision.
At the beginning of the fourth round, when the two men urged their horses to fight again, they almost unanimously adopted the approach of attacking. Then both of them were shocked by the other's choice.
This is how round battles are. With the speed of a war horse, the moment the two fight each other takes less than a second, and the changes that can be made are limited.
When both of them choose to attack, it will be very difficult to change their tactics.
At this point, what matters is the adaptability of both parties.
After all, Guan Yu's reaction was a little faster. At the same time, Guan Yu also had an advantage - the horse under his crotch was a red rabbit.
Although it is a second-generation red rabbit horse, it has excellent genes and was carefully bred by Guan Yu. The tacit understanding between one person and one horse is very sufficient.
At this critical moment, Guan Yu clamped the horse's belly hard. After the red rabbit horse understood, it could barely jump more than two feet while sprinting at high speed, trying to help Guan Yu avoid Zhang Liao's shot.
As long as he dodges this shot, Guan Yu will use his horse power to slash at Zhang Liao from a high position. I believe that Zhang Liao will not be able to dodge, and his head will definitely fall to the ground.
As for Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao was really at a disadvantage.
Although Zhang Liao's horse is also known as "Chasing the Wind Horse", this thing is the same as the difference between self-proclaimed and recognized. The horse is also a good horse, but compared with the Red Rabbit Horse, it is a bit inferior.
Zhang Liao couldn't urge his horse to take off while sprinting at high speed.
But Zhang Liao's reaction was not much slower than Guan Yu's.
When Guan Yu tried to leap on his horse to avoid his spear, Zhang Liao knew that today's victory or defeat was decided here.
Or, Guan Yu dodges his shot, but is defeated by Guan Yu's sword.
Either Zhang Liao has no choice but to risk his life.
He clamped his legs tightly on the horse's belly, and he suddenly stood up on the horse. Without any attempt to dodge, he thrust his spear straight at Guan Yu.
As soon as the two horses met, they galloped away.
But immediately the generals fell off their horses and fell on the dust, motionless.
(End of chapter)
