Chapter 48: Autumn Water VS Guan Zhang

  The two of them quickly withdrew their weapons, and the spearhead protruded. Clang! The moment the blades touched, they felt a suffocating sensation in their chests, and their hands lost all feeling. With a "pffft" sound, both of them spat out a mouthful of blood at the same time.

  But that's not all, after seeing the blood, a cold light appeared in Qiū Shuǐ's eyes. In the instant when the two sides crossed, she swung her hand back and forth, and Huà Jǐ appeared behind the two people, as if it was too fast, like two Huà Jǐ, stabbing into each other's backs.

  Bang! Bang!

  Two bodies fell to the ground with a thud, and for a moment the entire battlefield fell silent.

  Boom! After a moment, Dong Zhuo's army sounded the earth-shaking drumbeat, as if to shatter the entire sky.

  "Western Cool Autumn Water is here! Who else dares to fight a battle!" Facing the army of eighteen vassals exceeding six hundred thousand, Autumn Water's gaze swept around after surveying the world with an air of disdain, then let out a loud roar, momentarily rendering the soldiers and generals of the vassal army speechless.

  "Hoo-ah! The mighty roar of the tiger god! The mighty roar of the tiger god!" First, it was the three thousand cavalry led by Qiū Shuǐ, then nearly three hundred thousand Western Liang troops at Tiger Trap Pass who shouted in unison.

  "Hahaha! With a divine general like Autumn Water, even if all eighteen vassals or the entire world's vassals come to conquer our family, we can absolutely make them understand what death looks like." Dong Zhuo burst into maniacal laughter as he gazed at Autumn Water's majestic figure on the battlefield.

  Li Ru beside Dong Zhuo saw the excited profile of Dong Zhuo and couldn't help but reveal a hint of bitter smile, thinking to himself: My lord, my lord, this autumn water is now in Xiliang Army with even higher prestige, and there's also Lü Bu from Pingzhou who has a close relationship with him. The combined forces under these two men are at least around 200,000!

  On the observation platform of the vassals, Cao Cao said with a gloomy face: "Everyone, now you can't hide or dodge anymore. Now my army's morale is greatly discouraged, while the enemy's morale is high. If this continues, we will be defeated at Tiger Trap Pass!"

  After hearing Cao Cao's words, the vassals looked around and saw that their own soldiers were depressed, while the enemy soldiers were like howling wolves, knowing that they could not hold on any longer.

  After seeing the majestic Autumn Water on the battlefield, looking down on all the heroes as if they were nothing, some of the proud and arrogant people in the Allied Army could no longer hold back their anger. Suddenly, a thunderous roar erupted from the Allied Army: "Western Liang's Sick Tiger, don't be so arrogant! Yan's Zhang Fei is here to fight you! Wow! Zha! Zha!"

  Zhang Fei, who had been watching Qiu Shui's valiant performance on the battlefield, could no longer restrain himself. He broke free from Liu Bei's grasp and rode a black stallion towards Qiu Shui.

  Each of the vassals had just gathered their own generals, preparing to discuss going to war against Lü Bu. Unexpectedly, a general suddenly charged out from among the allied forces. From his voice alone, one could tell who it was - his voice was like thunder! Turning around for a look, ah! He had a leopard-shaped head and ringed eyes, a swallowtail beard and whiskers, a voice like a bronze bell, and an aura like a raging storm. He wielded a 9-foot-long snake-headed spear, and on his black face he wore a suit of black armor, riding a black stallion that seemed to come alive in the darkness, enough to scare someone to death.

  "Cloud is long, quickly go to sweep the array for Yide." Liu Bei saw Zhang Fei rush out and hurriedly led Guan Yu to the front to sweep the array for Zhang Fei, fearing that Zhang Fei would suffer a loss. After all, he had just seen the extraordinary bravery of this Xiliang fierce tiger.

  The princes originally felt familiar with him. After seeing Liu Bei hastily throwing it away, they suddenly realized that this was not Liu Bei's sworn brother!

  Qiu Shui originally had a certain appreciation for Zhang Fei's type, but after hearing his words, her heart was filled with anger and she shouted: "You black rascal, speaking wildly, don't just know how to wag your tongue, wait and see if someone won't come to assist!"

  He galloped! Autumn Water slapped the red rabbit, holding a halberd in both hands and charged towards Zhang Fei. This time, Autumn Water was really furious. This Zhang Fei was truly tactless.

  Clang! A fierce spark flew out from where the two people's weapons intersected.

  "Hiss! After the two horses crossed, Zhang Fei only felt his arms go numb, his chest slightly suffocated, and he looked down at his hands in disbelief. His tiger mouth had been shaken open in the first round. Zhang Fei's eyes widened as he stared at Qiu Shui, who was turning around, and heard Yuan Shao say that the opponent was known as the world's number one martial general. He didn't believe it himself, and if his older brother hadn't held him back, he would have come out earlier. But he didn't expect to be completely at a disadvantage in the first round."

  Zhang Fei would never admit defeat so easily, swinging his somewhat numb hands, holding the black zhangba snake spear, he charged at Qiu Shui again on horseback.

  Indeed, he is a mighty general in history, truly extraordinary! However, I won't be inferior to you either! Autumn Water felt his whole body filled with fighting spirit, urging on the Red Hare horse, raising the spear in his hand and fiercely slashing at the opponent.

  The spear technique of Autumn Water was like a deer hanging its horns, and it suddenly changed to a thrust in the moment of chopping. Zhang Fei saw this and his eyes widened in shock. This move that went out had changed its style temporarily, with at most only 80% of its power, showing that the opponent not only had great strength but also spear technique that was no worse than his own, or even better. At this time, Zhang Fei had a feeling that it would be difficult to surpass him.

  However, Zhang Fei was still Zhang Fei, living up to his historical reputation as a fierce warrior. In an instant, he swept aside his thoughts and focused on fighting Autumn Water with all his might.

  Clang! The continuous sound of colliding weapons rose, and the two men fought together, with dust flying everywhere on the battlefield, showing just how fierce their battle was.

  Qiu Shui's painting halberd changed and transformed, leaving no trace to be found, making Zhang Fei exhausted from responding. In an instant, after fifty rounds had passed, Zhang Fei had already become the target of a strong crossbow, only able to passively defend himself.

  In the military camp, seeing Zhang Fei being at a disadvantage after only fifty rounds, Guan Yu took a cold breath. He was deeply aware of Zhang Fei's martial arts, which were not inferior to his own, but now...!

  "Haha! Satisfying, you black rascal! Weren't you just yelling that I'm a sick tiger? Now look at yourself, you've become a soft-shelled shrimp! Haha!" Autumn Water is now fighting more fiercely, while Zhang Fei's face turned beet red with rage after hearing the mockery. He gritted his teeth and swung his snake spear to barely fend off the opponent's attacks, unable to even find time to counterattack.

  Suddenly, Qiū Shuǐ felt a chill wind coming from behind, and he quickly withdrew his halberd and swung it towards the rear.

  Clang!

  Hiss! Guan Yu had just gone through an intense battle with Hua Xiong, and since he was using a heavy guandao, his strength hadn't recovered yet. However, the previous slash he made was executed to perfection, but unexpectedly, it was easily parried by his opponent. Guan Yu's eyes widened in astonishment, filled with incredulity.

  At this time, Qiū Shuǐ's heart was filled with shock and horror, her back broke out in a cold sweat, while her heart was filled with indignation. The opponent had launched a sneak attack; if she hadn't reacted quickly, she would probably have lost her life today.

  "Ah! Despicable, base red-faced thief, to actually launch a sneak attack from behind. Today I will definitely cut you down with my spear! Red-faced thief, take my spear!" Autumn Water's furious hands grasped the spear, while simultaneously circulating the internal energy within his body, greatly increasing the strength in his hands, and fiercely slashing at the opponent.

  "Second brother, be careful!" Zhang Fei shouted as he saw Guan Yu in danger and thrust his snake spear at Qiu Shui.

  Guan Yu naturally saw the opponent's attack, but after hearing the opponent's scolding, his face turned red with shame. Being scolded in front of all the soldiers, how could he not be angry? He raised the Qinglong Yanyue knife in his hand and fiercely counterattacked the opponent's weapon.

  The two of them are now attacking Autumn Water from the front and back at the same time. Autumn Water's powerful spear struck Guan Yu's weapon with a loud clang! The collision of their weapons emitted a metallic ringing sound. Autumn Water's spear, after coming into contact with his opponent's weapon, instantly changed its move and swung backwards towards Zhang Fei.

  Clang! Autumn Water's sudden change of move withstood the pincer attack from both men.

  Guan Yu's face turned beet red, a thread of blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth, and the tiger's mouth on his hands holding the knife was cracked. His eyes widened in incredulity as he stared at his opponent, wondering how his strength could suddenly increase so much! Could it be that his opponent hadn't used his full strength from the beginning?! Guan Yu's heart was shocked to the extreme.

  "Red-faced bandit, only knows how to launch a sneak attack from behind. I thought you had some real ability, but it turns out you're just a lowly scoundrel!" Qiu Shui cursed at Guan Yu during the brief moment of emptiness.

  Guan Yu is now truly ashamed and humiliated, being scolded in front of so many people. How can he not be angry? But the fact is that he was indeed ambushing from behind.

  Guan Yu originally saw Zhang Fei fighting with Qiu Shui, so he rode his horse and took advantage of Qiu Shui's back facing him. He suddenly rushed out, swung the big knife in his hand, and wanted to cut it down directly. At that time, how could he be ridiculed? Instead, he would make a name for himself, and even get the reputation of being the number one in the world.

  Unfortunately, his sneak attack was seen through by the enemy, and now he was being scolded in front of hundreds of thousands of troops. How would people all over the world view him from now on?

  At this thought, Guan Yu's anger surged, his red eyes staring at the opponent, shouting: "You villain! Today I will behead you under your horse, see how you dare to be so arrogant!"

  "Haha! You're getting angry now! Sneaky thief, what did I say to you earlier when we were fighting? Originally, I was just helping out, but I didn't expect you to launch a sneak attack from behind. Are you guys even worthy of being heroes of the world? You're just a bunch of petty people!" Autumn Water looked at Guan Yu and said, "You almost got killed by me earlier, and now you're getting angry."

  Zhang Fei heard the other side's insults and his dark face turned bright red, fortunately, his face was originally quite dark, so others couldn't tell, and he didn't dare to open his mouth. Seeing Guan Yu attacking the enemy, he feared that his second brother would suffer a loss, so he hastily rode his horse to join Guan Yu in surrounding Cao Cao's forces.

  Ding ding!

  The three of them instantly became entangled in a fierce battle, with dust flying everywhere. The two of them took turns attacking each other, one defending and the other attacking.

  Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are indeed brothers who have been sworn together for many years, and the two of them actually cooperate so tacitly. The combination of these two is not equal to two, and their cooperation has reached its peak.

  Qiu Shui's face turned cold, and he secretly thought to himself: These two people are fierce in their attack, and having known each other for many years, they have a deep understanding of each other's martial arts. In terms of coordination, they surpass that of other generals. However, his own physical strength was boundless. Heh heh, I'll just drag this out until you two exhaust your energy, and by then, you won't even have the chance to escape.