Yang Xiu was speechless.

Just like when discussing the world situation just now, Sun Ce seemed to be indifferent, but he pushed the trouble to him. Can he let Ma Chao stop? Although he had not been together for a long time, he also knew what Ma Chao's temper was. If Ma Chao had the upper hand now, it would be possible to let him let Xu Chu go. Now he was anxious and insisted on proving his strength, so he would not give up.

There is only one way to end the competition, and Sun Ce ordered Xu Chu to withdraw from the battle. But Sun Ce obviously had no plan, he just wanted to see Ma Chao's joke. Judging from various signs, the current situation may be exactly what he had always expected.

Sweat beads oozing out of Yang Xiu's forehead, and he quickly made a decision and bowed. "General, General Ma is an envoy sent by the court. If there is any loss, I am afraid the general will be blamed. Please order the competition to be terminated so as not to cause any trouble."

Sun Ce snorted and said slowly: "Yang Dezu, if I guess well, in addition to passing the imperial edict, they also have plans to compete with me. If it were me on the court now and Ma Chao has the upper hand, would you stop this competition?"

"Of course, it will. The general is a famous general whom the court has high expectations. He is more important than Ma Chao. How can he be hurt?"

Yang Xiu's answer was so straightforward that Sun Ce was caught off guard. He looked at Yang Xiu and secretly praised him. This kid is a talented person. He said such hypocritical words as if they were real. What will be better in the future? If he was so powerful in history, how could he be fooled by Wu Zhi? It shouldn't be, was it the butterfly effect brought by me, a big butterfly?

Sun Ce couldn't find a reason to criticize Yang Xiu for a while, but it didn't hinder him from delaying time. Anyway, the initiative was in his hands, and if he didn't want to stop, he couldn't stop.

On the field, Ma Chao was about to collapse. He no longer rode his horse to charge, but surrounded Xu Chu, stabbing one spear after another. Without the speed bonus of the war horse, the speed of the spear was greatly reduced, and Xu Chu could handle it easier. He held Qianjun Break in both hands, waved left and right, and resolved Ma Chao's attacks again and again, as relaxed as if he was practicing martial arts with Sun Quan, Lu Xun and others, and was free and freehand. In contrast, Ma Chao was very out of control. He roared, blushed as blood, like a gambler who was desperate, and was like a rogue child, pestering Xu Chu, wanting to bite the other party, but he was powerless and hit his nose and swollen eyes again and again.

Accidentally, Ma Chao took too hard and fell directly from the horse's back. He lay on the ground and threw the spear out. Xu Chu was about to go up to help him, but he jumped up again. Regardless of the dust, he pulled out the long sword from his waist and roared at Xu Chu. He was desperate, but his formation was in chaos and had no rules. Xu Chu easily avoided it and knocked his long sword away with one blow. Ma Chao was extremely angry and ran over to pick up the spear and stabbed Xu Chu. Xu Chu sighed, Qianjun Po fought with his right hand, caught the spear with his left hand, and ran across his body, knocked Ma Chao back.

Ma Chao was unstable and took a few steps back and sat on the ground.

"Zhongkang, stop!" Seeing that the outcome was decided, Sun Ce called to stop in time, otherwise the intention would be too obvious.

Xu Chu stopped in response, held a sword and spear in his hand, bowed to Sun Ce, walked to Ma Chao again, held the spear upside down, and handed it over. Ma Chaoji sat on the ground, as if he was stunned and did not react at all, but just panted heavily. Pang De rushed over, squatted beside Ma Chao, and whispered: "Major General, don't be rude, thank General Sun quickly."

Ma Chao slowly raised his head, his face that was originally flushed and red, was pale, and even his bright red lips had lost their blood. Only a pair of eyes were red. He looked at Pang De foolishly for a while, then slowly turned to Xu Chu, and laughed hoarsely. "I, Ma Chao, call me a hero, now I am defeated, what kind of face can I see the heroes of the world? A real man can kill but not be humiliated, but only die!" As he said that, he reached out and pulled out the long knife around Pang De's waist, placed it on his neck, and pulled it hard.

Pang De was shocked, but he had no time to react. At this moment, Xu Chu took two feet to grab Ma Chao's side, and reached out to hold the blade. The blade cut the skin on Ma Chao's neck, and a drop of bright red blood beads were emitted, less than an inch from the bulging blood vessels. However, Xu Chu's hand was cut by the blade, and blood surged out from the fountain between his fingers.

Pang De was stunned and stared at the knife, not even daring to breathe.

Xu Chu remained calm and said in a deep voice: "Competition of martial arts and skills, victory and defeat are common. Learn from strengths and weaknesses, practice hard and compare again. Why do you have to seek life and death? It's just a laughing moment. Do you think you can clear your shame like this? A real warrior becomes stronger when he meets strong, and he becomes more courageous as he sets down. If you do this, you will only be regarded as a coward."

"If you win, of course you can be generous." Ma Chao roared, grabbing the knife hard, but he couldn't shake it at all. The knife seemed to cast Xu Chu's hand. "If you let go, it's my business to die, what has to do with you?"

"You want to seek death, of course it's your business, but people in the world will laugh at me for being defeated." Xu Chu shook his wrist, grabbed the knife from Ma Chao's hand, and handed it to Pang De. Pang De felt relieved, and quickly cut off a corner of the cloak and bandaged Xu Chu himself. Xu Chu did not refuse, looking at Ma Chao who was in a daze and crying. "You came from thousands of miles away, but failed to rest well, and were exhausted, and could go into battle with all your strength. How could you fight with all your strength? Go back and rest well, and accumulate your energy, and we will decide the outcome at that time."

Ma Chao sniffed and slowly stood up. "I... can I fight you again?"

"Welcome at any time." Xu Chu said again: "You have such martial arts at a young age. It's very rare. Don't waste your talent. But your mind still needs to be tempered, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve a wonderful state. General Ma, Chu dares to assert that if you can be around the general and receive teachings, you will be able to achieve success in less than a year. Although there are many masters in the world and there are many famous teachers, the one who is good at teaching people and is willing to teach people is the general."

"General Sun?" Ma Chao was suspicious and glanced at Sun Ce on the stage.

"That's right, what we are practicing is only martial arts, and only the generals can afford the word "martial arts." After Pang De's bandage, Xu Chu thanked him and reached out to pat Ma Chao on the shoulder. "General is willing to do it himself." He nodded to Pang De and turned to the platform.

Pang De bowed with his fists and shouted: "Thank you Xu Jun."

Ma Chao lowered his head, very embarrassed, and didn't know how to end. Not only did he lose, he also lost so miserably and had a reputation. How could he meet people in the future? Xu Chu said that they practiced martial arts, and only Sun Ce practiced martial arts. He couldn't even win Xu Chu, so how could he have the chance to defeat Sun Ce?

Could it be that I can only stay with Sun Ce and learn martial arts as Xu Chu said? Although I was just the first meeting with Xu Chu, and I just wanted to defeat Xu Chu, I didn’t hate Xu Chu at all. Instead, I admired Xu Chu very much, and had a natural sense of trust and even a little yearning. This is the style that a master should have. If I could spend time with such a master and practice martial arts day and night, it would definitely be a good choice.

Ma Chao made a decision quickly. He raised his head, gritted his teeth, and said to Pang De: "Ling Ming, I want to stay with General Sun and be his mentor and friend with Xu Duwei. Do you think it is feasible?"
Chapter completed!