Chapter 116 War is not just about fighting and killing
The next day, Jin Mao pretended to be sick and needed to rest for a few days. Sun and Zhang did not suspect anything.

three days later.

The martial arts arena reopened, and the gambling match between Jin Mao and Sun Jian began. During this period, Jin Mao avoided Zhang Tie.

"Junior brother, you are too weak." Sun Jian pretended to be concerned and said, "You have built such a huge fortune, please don't die young."

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother." Jin Mao said with a fake smile, "Senior Brother, be careful. Don't lose too badly today."

"Haha! How could that be?" Sun Jian said confidently, "I'm not bragging, among the few people under you, only Dong Xi and Dong Yuandai are worthy of your attention, the others are not worth mentioning."

During this period, Sun Jian was not idle. He asked his men to constantly fight with Jin Mao's men, and he thought he had already figured out the details.

Is this really the case?

Jin Mao smiled mysteriously and said, "In that case, Senior Brother, you have to give in to me."

"It's easy to talk about."

Facing the carefree Sun Jian, Jin Mao took the opportunity to ask, "How about we follow the rules of my system in this competition?"

The rules are very simple, just like Tian Ji's horse racing, each player competes one by one. As for who goes first and who goes later, both sides decide on the spot, which is like opening the blind box.

Sun Jian thought about it carefully and found no conditions that were disadvantageous to his side, so he nodded and said, "Let's do as you say!"

Before the fight began, both sides agreed to fight with real swords and guns, regardless of life or death.

There is nothing much to say about this, but Jin Mao was in a dilemma when it came to choosing the referee. His own generals were not enough to begin with, not to mention that there were no powerful people with exceptional combat power.

"This is a simple matter!" Sun Jian said, "If you are confident, I will be the referee."

"That's great!" Jin Mao was also very curious about how powerful Sun Jian was.

The upcoming duel will not be much different from a duel between generals in battle, and real anger will surely be involved. I think Sun Jian will definitely show off his skills.

Both sides returned to their respective teams.

Jin Mao had no moral principles and had asked Xi Zhicai and Gu Yong to predict the order in which the other party would appear, and then arrange the troops.

This was also something Sun Jian did not expect.

Xi Zhicai and the other two speculated that Sun Jian was so powerful that he would definitely not resort to deception, and the first general would be the strongest among his subordinates.

The only four people under Jinmao who could take action were Dong Xi, Bai Shi, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

Among them, Bai Shi is the weakest, followed by Jiang Qin, then Zhou Tai, and the strongest is Dong Xi.

The first battle was between Bai Shi and Cheng Pu.

Originally, Cheng Pu was going to fight on horseback, but Sun Jian saw that Bai Shi was not good at horseback fighting, so he asked Cheng Pu to dismount and fight.

Even so, Cheng Pu's martial arts were amazing, and Bai Shi could not gain the upper hand just by relying on his ruthlessness. When they were about to die together, he was pinned down by Sun Jian with one hand.

"Come back, Bai Shi. You have already lost."

This was the first time Jin Mao saw Sun Jian take action. He was surprised by his incredible strength. Bai Shi was as immobile as a child under Sun Jian's hands.

I silently compared Dong Xi with him in my heart and felt that Dong Xi was still far behind.

"As expected of a figure whose name will be remembered for thousands of years, he is so terrifying!"

After winning the first battle easily, Sun Jian realized that he had fallen into the opponent's trap, so he sent Han Dang to deal with it in the second battle.

Among the four generals, Han Dang was quite brave, had extraordinary arm strength, was good at using a one-handed halberd, and ranked second in overall martial arts strength.

"Do you think I would fall into the trap and send out the weakest response? I won't!" Sun Jian was complacent.

Xi Zhicai and the others had already anticipated this, knowing that Jin Mao was on the third floor.

The person who appeared this time was Zhou Tai. In view of the fact that Han Dang had strong explosive power but lacked endurance, Jin Mao assigned Zhou Tai the tactic of staying up late.

Wait until Han Dang runs out of strength before launching an attack.

Moreover, Han Dang was better at cavalry combat, and was not necessarily much stronger than Zhou Tai in infantry combat.

Jin Mao was certain that a man as proud as Sun Jian would not be so proud as to ask Han Dang to fight on horseback against infantry.

really!

"A mere trifle!" Sun Jian did not allow Han Dang to fight on horseback, and warned: "Lord Yi, be careful, the other side is insidious and cunning, and is good at using tricks."

Han Dang smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, my lord. I know."

Sun Jian patted Han Dang on the shoulder and said, "Of course I trust you. Go ahead and win another victory for me!"

"Here!"

This time Zhou Tai was different from last time. He was wearing armor, holding an iron shield in both hands, and carrying a sword on his back.

Han Dang was experienced and knew Zhou Tai was going to defend himself. He said, "Be careful, kid. My halberd weighs 40 kilograms. If you get hit, you'll die. If you get a rub, you'll get hurt."

Zhou Tai was not affected and countered: "If it's a cavalry battle, I'm not as good as you. In terms of foot combat, I only respect Grand Marshal Sun!"

"How arrogant of you!" Han Dang raised his halberd above his head and used the "Taishan Pressing Down the Head" move first.

Zhou Tai's figure was hidden behind the shield, making it difficult for Han Dang to see his figure clearly.

"Oh!"

The halberd hit the iron shield, sparks flew, and smoke filled the air.

With a flash of cold light, Han Dang's right hand left the halberd and rolled backwards to avoid it, but Zhou Tai abandoned his shield and hit him from the side. "Great!" The referee Sun Jian did not stop him and looked at Zhou Tai with admiration in his eyes.

Han Dang stood up, looking somewhat embarrassed, and drew out the short knife from his waist, saying, "Good boy, you are quite capable!"

"Look at the knife!"

However, Zhou Tai did not get entangled. He stepped back to the vicinity of the iron shield, hooked the halberd with one foot, and kicked it towards Han Dang.

"Clang!" Han Dang blocked it with his knife, then reached out and grabbed the halberd again.

At this time, Zhou Tai hid behind the iron shield again. Even though Han Dang's previous attack had deformed the iron shield, it could still block Zhou Tai's footsteps.

Han Dang didn't think much about it and tried again.

Zhou Tai hid again.

The two fought back and forth for more than twenty rounds, with no winner decided. However, Han Dang was panting like an cow and Zhou Tai was sweating slightly.

At this time, Han Dang also understood Zhou Tai's tactics and knew that he could not go on like this, so he exposed a flaw, but he did not expect Zhou Tai to be fooled at all.

Han Dang simply stopped attacking and rested with his spear in hand.

Seeing this, Zhou Tai pressed forward with his shield, and Han Dang had no choice but to continue attacking with his halberd.

This time Zhou Tai chose to hold on with his shield, occasionally striking out with his sword. Han Dang was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, feeling himself in danger.

After another thirty rounds of fighting, Han Dang was exhausted and was defeated by Sun Jian.

One to one!

Although Jinmao did some tricks, Sun Jian is not someone who can't afford to lose.

Next, Dong Xi defeated Zhu Zhi.

Jiang Qin was defeated by Zu Mao.

2-2 draw!
Jin Mao pretended to give in and said, "Brother, you are better. I admire you. I lost this game."

"I don't like what you said!" Sun Jian said arrogantly, "I am Sun Wentai, and I am not someone who cannot afford to lose. If the first match is a draw, there is still a second match!"

Suddenly, Sun Jian came up with a plan and said, "However, Junior Brother set the rules for the first round. For the sake of fairness, how about I set the rules for the second round?"

As soon as he arrived in Nanchang County, Sun Jian rushed to seize territory. In his opinion, Jin Mao was just a puppet of the eunuchs, and it would be a waste of talent if he did not take it.

After the first round of competition, Sun Jian realized that Jin Mao was not the puppet he imagined, because a straw bag did not deserve to have such outstanding subordinates.

Even if Jin Mao used a trick to achieve a tie, in Sun Jian's eyes, this was also part of his strength.

There are never weak winners in war, luck is also part of strength!

However, Sun Jian's grand ambitions cannot be shaken by the change of circumstances, and what should be done must be done!

"A hundred people are too few to fight!"

Sun Jian suggested: "How about this? I bring a thousand men with me. Let's compete with each other in marching, killing bandits, and seizing spoils?"

Jinmao prepared for so many days, but in the end Sun Jian changed his mind at the last minute?
But the stakes were too high, and Jin Mao didn't believe that a man like Sun Jian would go back on his word.

To put it another way, Jin Mao seemed to have never met an opponent in the items that Sun Jian competed in.

Jin Mao pretended to hesitate: "It's no problem to exchange a hundred men for a thousand, but to kill the enemy and seize the spoils, do we have to fight across borders?"

Sun Jian said nonchalantly, "Why is it so?"

"Is there still no bandits in Yuzhang County? Let's set a time limit of ten days to see who kills more bandits and wins!"

Yuzhang County is Jinmao's territory. In Sun Jian's view, this proposal is only beneficial to Jinmao and generally speaking he will definitely agree to it.

At that time, Sun Jian's plan to recruit soldiers locally can be put into action, and...

But Sun Jian never expected that there were no large bandits in Yuzhang County, and the current bandit problem was so severe that it was difficult for a hundred-man team to compete.

"How is this possible?" Sun Jian was shocked and suggested, "I heard that there are many Shanyue people in the south of Yuzhang County. Brother, I will go and fight them for you. How do you think?"

Not only Jin Mao had a strange look on his face, but important generals like Xi Zhicai also had similar expressions.

Finally, Jin Mao pushed Bai Shi out and said, "Brother, you know that he was originally from a branch of the Minyue tribe."

Jin Mao smiled bitterly and said, "Now I have already merged with Baiyue. Believe it or not, as long as I give an order, within ten days, the Baiyue army will be able to gather 50,000 elite soldiers for me!"

Sun Jian was shocked again. He thought he had overestimated the other party enough, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated him.

At the same time, he also refreshed his understanding of the composition of Jin Mao's army. Although there seemed to be 9,000 elite soldiers, in fact most of them were Baiyue troops. He thought that the combat effectiveness of Jin Mao's army must have dropped significantly.

With a pull and a tug, Sun Jian suddenly calmed down, and the confidence he had when looking down on his opponent returned to him.

"I didn't expect that Junior Brother would have such great talent. I admire him."

"In that case, then the second match will be conducted according to what Junior Brother said!"

This time it was Jin Mao's turn to be dumbfounded. He just wanted Sun Jian to pay a higher price, but he didn't expect the other party to back down directly.

If they really did what Sun Jian said, Jinmao felt that there was no point in winning. At that time, why would anyone send their son over obediently?

In fact, Sun Jian was also gambling. Although he didn't know where Jin Mao learned about his son Sun Ce's reputation, his instinct told him that Jin Mao wanted Sun Ce very much.

It depends on who loses patience first.

As for fishing, who doesn’t know how?
　There is another chapter to be posted later
　　
　
(End of this chapter)