Chapter 419 Zuo Lengchan VS Hua Dang
On the second day, Hua Dang had recovered almost everything after a night's rest. Under the protection of four great masters, Tang Yingye, Zhong Zhen, Gao Kexin and Bu Chen, he went to the temporary competition arena in Funing City.

Along the way, he looked at the happy faces of the people on both sides of the street and couldn't help but sneered.

If he were given another half a day, he would be able to capture this place.

By then, even if Zhu Shou and Qiu Yue led a large army to support him, he would be able to fight and move at the same time, and would not give the other side a chance to entangle him.

It's not like now, once I'm entangled, I can't get away at all.

He turned his head to look at Tang Yingye and asked, "Is Zuo Wuchen considered a powerful master in the Ming Dynasty?"

Tang Yingye remembered what Senior Brother Zuo had said, so he replied ambiguously, "He's not the best either. Back then, even when he teamed up with the four great masters, they still couldn't defeat a single person in the martial arts world."

Hua Dang frowned slightly, feeling doubtful. Although he looked down upon the military power of the Ming Dynasty, the IQ of those people would definitely not be so low.

He stared at me and said silently: "So they are playing hard to get? They are indeed cunning Ming people. I should be more careful."

After making up his mind, Hua Dang arrived at the arena. He looked around and found that the audience in the inner field were all his subordinates, while the audience outside were the Ming people.

Hanadang didn't think Mingren would be so generous as to let his people take such a good position.
As he walked through the audience, his subordinates were silently watching him with different expressions.

When he walked to the center of the arena, Zuo Lengchan walked slowly over with an Embroidered Spring Sword in his hand. As he got closer, the Ming audience on the sidelines burst into thunderous cheers, the sound was so loud that it made the Mongolians present feel their scalps tingling.

When Zuo Lengchan walked to the opposite side of Hua Dang, Qiu Yue came up with two deputy generals.

He glanced at the two of them, then looked towards the audience and shouted, "Today, the two sides in the duel are Hua Dang, the governor of the Duoyan Guard, and Zuo Lengchan, a military officer of the Shenji Camp! If Zuo Lengchan wins, the next three generations of the Duoyan Guard will all be loyal to the mighty General Zhu Shou! If Hua Dang wins, he can challenge the general, and if he wins, he can save the lives of his entire clan."

"Do you have any objections, both of you?"

Although there were rumors last night, when the bet was actually heard by everyone, it still caused surprise and uproar.

Immediately afterwards, the emotions of the Ming people were instantly ignited. They cheered loudly and cheered for Zuo Lengchan one after another, with waves of voices coming one after another.

The Mongols looked at Hua Dang with some confusion, and only a few of them cheered loudly for Hua Dang. When the others saw that the Ming people did not respond, they gradually joined in and made the cheers louder.

"No objection." Zuo Lengchan said calmly as he listened to the cheers and encouragements around him.

"Me too!" Hua Dang also responded.

Qiu Yue turned around and looked at Zhu Shou who was sitting on the high platform, and said with a bow, "General, both sides have no objection to this battle, can we fight?"

"Yes!" Zhu Shou looked down and shouted excitedly.

“Yes!” Qiu Yue responded, standing between the two men, and warned: “Remember, regardless of life or death, only victory or defeat. Let’s begin!”

Hua Dang roared and rushed towards Zuo Lengchan, punching him in the face.

At the moment when his right fist was about to reach his face, Zuo Lengchan grabbed his fist with his right hand and grabbed his forearm at the elbow with his left hand, then bent it inward and immediately broke his elbow in the opposite direction.

The set of movements was smooth and flowing, it was the 36 Shaolin grappling techniques: breaking the wrist and lifting the elbow!

Hua Dang's face darkened, and his left hand turned into a knife and chopped down. Zuo Lengchan had no choice but to let go of his left arm to block the attack.

Hua Dang took the opportunity to grab Zuo Lengchan's wrist and used the Tata style from Mongolian wrestling, trying to take advantage of Zuo Lengchan's weakness and pull him down.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Lengchan broke free from Hua Dang's restraints with a side flip in the air, and took advantage of the situation to grab his right hand and throw him back.

Hua Dang also dodged by rolling sideways, and swept his leg with the momentum, trying to knock down Zuo Lengchan, but the opponent jumped up to avoid it. Seeing this scene, Zhu Shou couldn't help but admire: "This Hua Dang is worthy of being the commander of the Duoyan Guard. I have never seen a better Mongolian wrestling than him. Even I am not as good as him. However, I have learned more than Hua Dang thought. Now I have five methods to deal with his move."

Peng Ze, who was standing by, resisted the urge to roll his eyes when he heard this. This kid was as confident as his great-grandfather.

Just then, a strong wind blew, and the splashed sand flew into Hua Dang's eyes.

Hua Dang panicked and backed away while waving his arms to prevent Zuo Lengchan from getting close. The Mongolians at the scene also slowed down their heartbeats. If Zuo Lengchan took the opportunity to attack, Hua Dang would surely lose.

Seeing Hua Dang's panic, Zuo Lengchan withdrew his hand and said calmly: "Since it is a duel, we should be fair. Your eyes are narrowed by the wind and sand, and I will not take advantage of you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he tore off a piece of his clothes and covered his eyes with it.

When the Mongols around saw this scene, they first breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt admiration for him. This man was upright and honest, a real man!
The Ming people cheered loudly, and the shouts of "real men" spread throughout the border town until Qiu Yue stood up and signaled everyone to be quiet.

Hua Dang vaguely saw Zuo Lengchan's actions. He wanted to launch a sneak attack on him and then tell him that this is called deception in war.

But after hearing the shouts of "Batulu" again and again, he knew that he could not launch a sneak attack, otherwise his subordinates would dislike him.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and tear off a piece of cloth, and cover his eyes as well, and the two sides began the second round of sound fighting.

After the two fought for several rounds, Zuo Lengchan wanted to use a shoulder throw after grabbing Hua Dang's left arm, but was unexpectedly defeated by Hua Dang who held his waist.

Hua Dang kicked Hua Dang's calf and pulled him back, trying to knock Zuo Lengchan down, but Zuo Lengchan kicked him in the head from mid-air, causing him to fall into a dizzy state.

Zuo Lengchan took the opportunity to turn around and used the Great Songyang Palm to continuously hit Hua Dang on the left and right chest and abdomen, sending him flying backwards.

"Good!" Zhu Shou couldn't help but applaud when he saw this scene.

The soldiers below were no longer suppressed and cheered loudly.

Qiu Yue looked at Hua Dang who was struggling to get up and asked, "Hua Dang, do you want to admit defeat?"

"deny!"

Hua Dang took off the cloth, blinked his eyes, and after he adjusted himself, he said, "I want to challenge you in a battle of weapons!"

Zuo Lengchan also took off the cloth strip, chuckled, and said with one hand behind his back: "I, Zuo Lengchan, am no weaker than anyone else in the world in terms of weapons! Today, I will hold the sword in one hand and let you witness the profoundness of the Central Plains swordsmanship."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked. Isn't this a bit too arrogant?
Hua Dang was also amused and said coldly: "How arrogant!"

The two soldiers presented their weapons respectively. Hua Dang used a long sword, while Zuo Lengchan held an Xiuchun sword.

After looking at each other for a while, Hua Dang suddenly rushed forward and used a move to split Huashan head-on. Zuo Lengchan stepped aside and easily avoided the move.

Hua Dang quickly made two more slashes, both of which were easily resolved by Zuo Lengchan. Hua Dang slashed upwards, and Zuo Lengchan hit the hilt of his sword hard, causing Hua Dang to use too much force and fall backwards. But he did not give up, and instead lifted his legs off the ground and used the Mongolian wrestling kick.

However, Zuo Lengchan predicted Hua Dang's move. He simply took a step back to avoid Hua Dang's attack. Then he quickly stepped forward and used the Songshan sword technique to attack directly, forcing Hua Dang to roll over in a panic to avoid it.

After Hua Dang quickly stood up, he slashed upwards and then slashed in the face, each move was extremely fierce.

But Zuo Lengchan predicted his move again. He dodged in advance without waiting for Hua Dang's attack to end, and when the door behind Hua Dang's sword was opened, he slashed at him with a knife.

"Ouch!" Hua Dang couldn't help but cry out in pain. He felt a burning pain in his back. When he turned around and looked at Zuo Lengchan, his eyes became more solemn.

Everyone present saw clearly that in terms of moves alone, Hua Dang and Zuo Lengchan were not at the same level.
(End of this chapter)