Not long after entering the city, they saw a group of people training on the main street.
They don't train during the day, they don't train at other times, but they're training now, right on the main street, which happens to block Yue Fei's army's path.
All that could be heard was the Imperial Guards shouting and drawing their swords, hacking and slashing.
Zhang Jun's expression immediately turned cold. He glanced at Zhou Chuanli and asked what this meant.
Deliberately making things difficult for the new recruits?
The new army is His Majesty's new army; Cao Xingyun is really bold!
Zhou Chuanli was immediately annoyed. He had long expected Cao Xingyun to use some tricks, at most making things difficult for a young man like Yue Fei at the dinner table.
But unexpectedly, Cao Xingyun was so bold as to directly station a troop of imperial guards here under the guise of training, otherwise Yue Fei would have to go.
Yue Fei was the emperor's trusted and beloved general!
If the new army were to take a detour now, they would inevitably be ridiculed by the Imperial Guards, and the morale of the new army soldiers would also be damaged.
Zhou Chuanli immediately spurred his horse forward and ordered the Imperial Guards to retreat before the new army arrived.
Who is training troops up ahead?
"I am Zhu Shizhong!"
Zhou Chuanli knew this Zhu Shizhong. He was one of Cao Xingyun's trusted and beloved generals, and the commander of the Imperial Guards of Guangnan West Road.
He was a notorious tyrant in the Imperial Guard, with a violent temper and a tendency to whip soldiers at the drop of a hat. He was ruthless and very difficult to get along with.
I never expected Cao Xingyun to send him here. This is really something to stir up trouble!
However, Zhou Chuanli was a transport commissioner, and in terms of rank, he was on the same level as Cao Xingyun, but they were not subordinate to each other.
The military commissioner was in charge of both military and civil affairs, and his actual power was higher than that of the transport commissioner.
However, Zhou Chuanli could completely disregard Zhu Shizhong.
"So it's you! The new army commander Yue Fei and the military commissioner Zhang Jun are here. Make way at once!"
“Zhou Cao, with Jiaozhi pressing in on our borders, I am here on orders to train troops and dare not be negligent in the slightest. Please forgive me for not being able to grant your request!”
"You!" Zhou Chuanli's expression turned cold. "How dare you! I am the Transport Commissioner, and I order you to make way immediately!"
"Sir Zhou, I am a soldier. Soldiers must abide by military law, and I follow Commander Cao's military law!"
"You mean you're not allowing it?"
"No way!"
Zhou Chuanli was rebuffed and hurried back.
"Shangguan Zhang, Commander Yue, how about we change our route?"
Zhang Heng chimed in, "I also believe we should change course!"
Zhang Jun's face turned ashen; Cao Xingyun was trying to give him and Yue Fei a hard time!
But then Yue Fei said, "Yang Zaixing, listen to my command!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
"Go ahead and make them make way!"
When Wang Gui saw that Yue Fei had directly called out Yang Zaixing, he immediately knew that Yue Fei was going to take a hard line.
Who is Yang Zaixing?
The fiercest general under Yue Fei!
Yang Zaixing received Yue Fei's military order and rode forward.
Yang Zaixing said, "Brothers ahead, please allow me passage!"
His words only made things worse, as they ignoring the Imperial Guards' shouts and their ferocity grew even louder.
Zhu Shizhong seemed not to hear him at all, not even turning his head.
Yang Zaixing raised his voice: "Brothers in front, please let me through!"
Zhu Shizhong then turned around leisurely, glanced at Yang Zaixing, and his eyes were full of disdain.
At this time, Yang Zaixing's military rank was only that of a commander, while Zhu Shizhong was a military commander, which was one rank higher than Yue Fei, who was a military commander, and two ranks higher than Yang Zaixing.
In Zhu Shizhong's eyes, the commander didn't even give him a second glance.
"Who do you think you are, daring to speak to me like that!"
A slight smile appeared on Yang Zaixing's lips; Zhu Shizhong's words made his blood boil instantly.
You want to fight, huh!
"I am Yang Zaixing, a commander under Yue Pengju!"
"Who gave your scoundrel the right to call me 'I'?"
Are you going to let me have this dish or not?
Zhu Shizhong laughed and said, "We are training here, why should we give way! However, since Yue Pengju has come, we should still give way. As long as Yue Pengju can defeat me in a one-on-one fight, I will give way!"
Yang Zaixing laughed loudly, "You fat, stupid pig, why would Yue Peng need to lift a finger? I'll just step on you!"
Zhu Shizhong was furious. The imperial guards behind him roared as if they wanted to devour Yang Zaixing when they saw their commander being insulted!
Yang Zaixing, however, was fearless, carrying a silver spear. His fighting spirit grew stronger and stronger, and he seemed to be transforming into a god of war.
Zhu Shizhong's face twisted in a ferocious grimace: "A mere commander, he's courting death!"
Seeing Zhu Shizhong approaching with a horse-slaying saber, Yang Zaixing dismounted.
With a bang, Yang Zaixing inserted the silver spear into the crack in the bluestone floor, and the ground seemed to tremble.
Yang Zaixing then walked straight forward, like a wolf walking towards a fat pig.
"You asked for it!"
Zhu Shizhong brandished his saber and slashed at Yang Zaixing.
He was very fat and muscular, with a face full of fat, and looked very strong.
Countless people had died under his sword, but not enemies, but ordinary people and his own soldiers.
He doesn't even blink when he kills someone.
But what he didn't know was that when Yang Zaixing killed someone, not even a hair on his face would twitch.
His broadsword drew an arc in the air and swept horizontally towards Yang Zaixing.
Zhu Shizhong didn't see clearly how he avoided the blow, but Yang Zaixing managed to dodge it.
Then, in the blink of an eye, they were already standing in front of each other.
Yang Zaixing shouted and grabbed Zhu Shizhong's neck with one hand, clamping it like an iron clamp. Then, he lifted Zhu Shizhong up with one hand and slammed him to the ground with force!
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