After killing Zeng Tu, Wu Song and Yang Zhi pressed on without stopping.
Elsewhere, when Zeng Nong saw his eldest son's corpse, grief and fury overwhelmed him. He smashed the teacup in his hand and roared, "How dare they kill my son! If I do not avenge him, I swear I am no man! Instructor Shi, muster the men. I want the villain who killed my son taken alive, then sliced into a thousand pieces as an offering to my son's spirit in heaven!"
Shi Wengong nodded. "Rest assured, Lord Zeng. The villain cannot have gone far. I will take him alive."
Then Shi Wengong led the four surviving members of the Zeng Family Five Tigers and five hundred private soldiers in pursuit of Wu Song and Yang Zhi.
Half a day later, they intercepted the two men.
The sight of their enemies filled them with fury. Wielding a three-pronged sky-supporting fork, Zeng Suo charged straight at Wu Song and Yang Zhi. Wu Song was about to act when Yang Zhi said, "Brother, why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken? Let me handle him."
He spurred his horse forward, leveled his steel spear, and rode out to meet Zeng Suo.
As their horses drew close, Yang Zhi flicked his steel spear, its tip blossoming into several dazzling feints before thrusting straight at Zeng Suo like a striking dragon.
Zeng Suo blocked with his three-pronged sky-supporting fork, and the two began to fight.
Zeng Suo was a skilled fighter, but he still fell short of Yang Zhi.
After twenty-odd exchanges, Zeng Suo could no longer hold his own.
Seeing this from the rear, Shi Wengong shouted, "Zeng Suo, fall back! Watch me capture this villain!"
At those words, Zeng Suo made a feint, wheeled his horse around, and returned to