Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 994: Another Estrangement
Although Xiahou Dun's martial arts were much better than the other three, he was after all fighting one against three. Liu Zheng and the other two grew up together and practiced martial arts together, so they naturally had a tacit understanding with each other. Therefore, after fighting for dozens of rounds, although Xiahou Dun had the upper hand, he could not do anything to the opponent.

This made Xiahou Dun more and more frightened as he fought: "How can these three kids, who are so young, have such martial arts? Especially the man with the spear, his spear skills are very superb, and are almost the same as mine and my brother Yuan. Moreover, his spear seems to be of extraordinary quality. Where did these three weird boys come from?"

Out of curiosity, he thought more and more, and his mind was distracted, so his attack inevitably weakened.

"Good opportunity." Liu Zheng's eyes lit up, and the Liuguang Hanyu Spear emitted a silver light and pierced towards Xiahou Dun's throat.

"What a fast shooting skill." Xiahou Dun secretly exclaimed, and at the same time raised the spear in his hand to block Liu Zheng's shot.

"What about us?" Guan Ping and Cheng Yang shouted at the same time, and attacked from both sides with swords and halberds.

Xiahou Dun hurriedly used force to push away Liu Zheng's spear head, then leaned back on the horse's back and thrust his spear forward suddenly, aiming at Liu Zheng's thigh.

He fired the shot almost instantly. When Liu Zheng just reacted and had no time to defend himself, Xiahou Dun's spear tip had already pierced his thigh.

However, what happened next was far beyond Xiahou Dun's expectations.

I saw that the gun tip only penetrated half an inch deep and then stopped immediately. No matter how hard I tried, it could not penetrate any further.

"This...this is..."

Just as he was extremely surprised, Guan Ping and Cheng Yang's attacks came again. Xiahou Dun had to quickly draw back his spear and resist the attacks of the two.

Cheng Yang seemed extremely excited. While fighting, he shouted, "Haha, big brother, third brother, this Xiahou Dun, he boasted such a big name, hey, it turns out he's just like this."

"Of course. These mighty generals of Cao's army are just boasting. How can they be compared with our fathers and uncles?"

Guan Ping seemed particularly proud when mentioning this.

"Come on, come on. We all know that Second Uncle is a very brave warrior. You don't have to talk about him all the time, right?"

Liu Zheng joked.

Xiahou Dun looked at these three kids, who were still joking while fighting with him, and he immediately became angry.

"Well, you three ignorant brats, how dare you be so arrogant? Do you really think that I, Xiahou Dun, am easy to bully? This general will show you what a famous general who has fought many battles in the past is like, and what iron-blooded tactics are like."

After saying that, Xiahou Dun thrust out his spear, and Liu Zheng hurriedly dodged to the side, while Guan Ping and Cheng Yang's attacks also reached Xiahou Dun.

Xiahou Dun was not in a hurry. He freed his left hand and drew the sword from his waist with lightning speed. A white light flashed, and after two "ding-dang" sounds, the weapons of Guan and Cheng were knocked aside.

"Wow, you're really strong. You almost knocked my and my fourth brother's weapons away."

Guan Ping exclaimed.

Xiahou Dun ignored him, and after deflecting the attacks of the two men with his sword, he quickly stabbed at Liu Zheng.

"Brother, be careful..."

With the spear and the sword attacking from both sides, Liu Zheng had no way to avoid it.

Just when Guan Ping and Cheng Yang were scared pale, Liu Zheng smiled slightly. He poked the butt of the Liuguang Hanyu Spear suddenly on the ground, and veins popped out on the backs of his hands.

He used both hands at the same time and managed to catch the gun barrel and push himself up from the horse's back.

"What?" Xiahou Dun was slightly surprised, but he was a veteran who had fought on the battlefield for many years. How could he be frightened by such a trivial trick?

"See if you can dodge this attack."

He raised his spear and sword at the same time and stabbed Liu Zheng again.

Liu Zheng did not dodge or evade. He held the gun barrel tightly with both hands, turned his whole body on it, and kicked towards Xiahou Dun's chest with his legs quickly and fiercely like two steel whips.

"Want to fight to the death? Well, I'll help you. Let's see whether your legs are stronger or my weapon is sharper."

Xiahou Dun gritted his teeth and did not try to dodge Liu Zheng's legs. Instead, he poured all his strength into his spear and sword and stabbed them fiercely.

"Brother..." Guan Ping and Cheng Yang exclaimed.

"Bah..."

"Bang bang..."

Xiahou Dun's two weapons directly pierced Liu Zheng, and the huge force knocked him away.

Liu Zheng's legs also kicked Xiahou Dun, who was kicked backwards and almost fell off the horse.

"Hey, fortunately, General Ben..."

Xiahou Dun managed to keep his body steady, and was about to rejoice when he was stabbed in the left and right shoulders by two weapons at the same time.

"Ah..." Xiahou Dun cried out in pain due to the huge pain.

He endured the pain and attacked with his spear and sword at the same time, forcing Guan Ping and Cheng Yang to retreat, while he himself stepped on his horse and quickly retreated to the side.

"What a cruel little thief...hiss..."

Both wounds were pulled, causing Xiahou Dun to gasp.

Guan Ping and Cheng Yang no longer cared about him at this moment. They quickly ran to Liu Zheng with panicked looks on their faces.

"Brother, how are you?"

"Boss, you can't be in any trouble, otherwise...otherwise my father will beat me to death, big brother..."

Xiahou Dun looked at the expressions of the two men and could not help but feel proud. "Hehe, they are just three young boys after all. Even though they have been practicing martial arts since childhood, their combat experience is still a little shallow. It's ridiculous to try to shake a tree with a mantis. "

"Oh? Really?"

A familiar voice sounded, and Xiahou Dun's smile froze on his face.

Liu Zheng, who should have been dead, now slowly stood up, holding the gun barrel.

"Brother, are you okay?"

"That's great, my life is saved, hehe."

Xiahou Dun stared at Liu Zheng in disbelief. Although there were two bloody holes on his chest and he was still bleeding, this young man actually stood up.

"You...how could you..."

Liu He raised his lips and said, "You are a clown who only knows the world from a well. How can you know the secret of my treasure? But you should be proud of yourself. My armor is invulnerable to swords and spears. There are only a handful of people in the world who can pierce it. But it's a pity that if you were as strong as my father, that blow might have been enough to take my life. But you are still too weak after all."

Xiahou Dun was so shocked that he could not help but take two steps back: "You...you you you...who are you?" Liu Zheng laughed and said, "Who am I? You are not qualified to know. But...hehe, if you have a chance to meet General Cai Mao, ask him, maybe he will tell you."

"Yes, brother, what Cai Mao said is really true. This Xiahou Dun is mediocre in ability. If it weren't for his surname being Xiahou, how could he have been the first general of Cao's army?"

Cheng Yang also uttered a few sarcastic remarks in a loud voice.

"Cai Mao?" Xiahou Dun was shocked: "Could these three kids have any connection with Cai Mao? Three boys... three boys... Could it be..."

He suddenly remembered the news that Cai Mao had a night meeting with Pang Degong and three young men in the general's tent not long ago. He looked at the three people carefully and felt more and more that they were very similar to the three young men described in the news.

"Are you the ones who went to General Cai Mao's tent with Lord Pang De at ten o'clock in the night a few days ago? Tell me, what conspiracy did you have with Cai Mao?"

Xiahou Dun shouted.

"Hey, you want to know? Let me tell you, Cai Mao, that guy, he wants to..."

When Cheng Yang was about to speak out, Liu Zheng sternly rebuked him: "Fourth brother, don't talk nonsense, you've leaked the secret. As the saying goes, hit the dog when it's down. Xiahou Dun is already injured. Let's fight together and kill him."

Liu Zheng took a deep breath, jumped on his horse, and attacked Xiahou Dun again. Guan Ping and Cheng Yang followed closely.

When Xiahou Dun was about to accept the challenge, the severe pain in his shoulder made it almost impossible for him to lift his arms.

"Damn it... We can't stay here for long. From the Thirty-Six Stratagems, let's move."

Although he was extremely angry, he had not completely lost his mind. Without waiting for the three men to rush to him, he pulled the reins, patted his horse, turned around and ran back quickly.

"Don't run away, old thief, get off your horse and get killed..."

Liu Zheng and his two companions were chasing after them relentlessly.

"The woods here are dense, and it is late at night. I will just go through the woods and see how you pursue me."

Xiahou Dun was confident that he had been through many battles and had extensive experience, so he was able to identify directions in such a forest, so he kept changing directions.

This method really worked. Not long after, the sounds of the three people chasing behind him became smaller and smaller, until they finally disappeared completely. Xiahou Dun finally ran out of the woods.

"Huh..." He glanced back in shock, "These three guys are really scary. In time, they will definitely be a big threat to our army. It's a pity that I can't kill them today... Ouch..."

After a fierce run, the wound was torn again, making Xiahou Dun grimace in pain.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from afar, which made Xiahou Dun alert: "Could they be chasing us?"

He looked in the direction of the voice and found that there was only one person, and he seemed to be wearing the armor of his own soldiers. He then breathed a sigh of relief and took the initiative to greet him.

When the man saw Xiahou Dun, he was overjoyed and asked, "General, where have you been?"

"This general was ambushed by a few thieves, so he ran away. What's the matter? Has the war situation changed?"

The man said anxiously, "You disappeared suddenly for more than an hour. Without a leader, how can the army not be in chaos? Cheng Liang opened the city gate and took the initiative to lead the troops to attack. Our army lacked orders and was... was broken through by Cheng Liang..."

"What? Useless trash!" Xiahou Dun shot the man off his horse.

"General..." The man seemed a little aggrieved, but did not dare to refute.

Xiahou Dun looked at his expression and then sighed, "Well, never mind. This matter is not your fault. It's all my fault that I was too eager to kill the enemy and ran too far. Otherwise, it wouldn't have come to this. Fortunately, although Cheng Liang escaped, the city was finally captured. Now, hurry back to the city so that we can meet the lord's army when they retreat here."

"As ordered."

The two men immediately rode their horses and ran quickly towards the city gate.

In the woods, Liu Zheng, Zhuge Liang and three others looked at Xiahou Dun's departing back through the layers of trees.

"Brother, I was just about to exaggerate the relationship between Cai Mao and us so that Xiahou Dun would be more suspicious and hate Cai Mao. Why did you stop me?"

Cheng Yang's face was full of confusion.

Guan Ping was also somewhat puzzled and said, "Yes, to alienate the relationship between the troops of Jingzhou and Yuzhou, wasn't this something that the eldest brother and the second brother had discussed before?"

Liu Zheng said: "Of course we need to sow discord. But sometimes, half of the story is more effective than the whole story."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Cheng Liang became more and more confused.

"Haha..." Zhuge Liang suddenly laughed: "Brother, you are extremely smart. I have overlooked this point. It's brilliant, really brilliant."

"Haha, it was all my second brother's idea. I just added one more thing, just the icing on the cake. It's nothing."

More than 20 miles outside the city, Cheng Liang and Dameng led the army and stopped by a small river.

At this moment, almost all the soldiers, including the two of them, were covered in blood, and there were countless injured. The only dozen or so military doctors were bandaging them and applying medicine to them one by one.

"Bah... Master Cheng has been in power for more than ten years, and I have never been as cowardly as I am today. Damn it, Xiahou Dun, Cao thief, I will not be a human being if I don't avenge this."

Cheng Liang looked at the army he led, which was so miserable at the moment, and couldn't help but feel angry.

Da Meng, on the other hand, was carefree. He took out a piece of beef jerky and ate it with big mouthfuls of water. The several wounds on his body had been bandaged, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

Cheng Liang suddenly thought of something at this time: "Hey, it's strange, why did Xiahou Dun suddenly disappear?"

He was on the city wall at the time, more than a hundred steps away from Xiahou Dun. In the darkness, he naturally could not see Xiahou Dun being led away by several sharp arrows. He could only see that he suddenly rode away on his horse for no apparent reason and never came back.

"Yes, General. If Xiahou Dun hadn't left, the enemy would have lost their command and we would have no chance of breaking out."

Many military commanders also looked puzzled.

"Hahaha, of course we were the ones who led him away."

A loud voice was heard, and Cheng Liang turned his head quickly, only to see four people riding horses in the dark, walking towards him along the river.

"Who?" Cheng Liang raised his weapon in an instant and looked at the four people warily.

"Uncle San, how come you don't even recognize us?"

Liu Zheng brought three people and quickly walked in front of Cheng Liang.

Cheng Liang was surprised and delighted: "Zheng'er, Ping'er, Yang'er? Why...why are you here? And who is this..."

He had been in Shenyang City and had only heard about Liu Zheng becoming sworn brothers with a young man from the Zhuge clan of Langya. He also acknowledged that man as his second brother, ranking before his own Cheng Yang. For this reason, Cheng Liang was depressed for a long time. However, he had never seen Zhuge Liang in person, so he did not recognize him.

Liu Zheng said: "Don't worry, Third Uncle. I will tell you about this slowly..."

(End of this chapter)