Chapter Eighty-Five: Betting
Zhong Qi and several other generals in the army stood outside the school grounds, watching Cao Xing train his three hundred soldiers from a distance for a long time, and some officers couldn't help but ask Zhong Qi.
"Brother Qi, what do you say about Cao Xing and their brothers, they are nervous there every day, originally we all practice every week, but I look at Cao Xing's appearance, they are training every day, he is not afraid of getting sick when he practices like this!"
Now that half a month has passed, Cao Xing has stayed in the barracks for half a month, not taking half a step, and conducting drills every day, which is quite a load on soldiers, at least in the current view, because this load has exceeded the training requirements of soldiers in this era.
Because most of the troops practice once a week, but Cao Xing trains every day, and either trains in a queue or high-intensity training every day, at first these soldiers from other places laughed at each other, but in the back everyone didn't laugh much, but looked at the three hundred soldiers with a strange look.
However, Zhong Qi glanced at Cao Xuan and the others, and finally smiled disdainfully and said: "A few of you remember, since the group of guys in Shangtang have abandoned us and thrown us in Bianyun County, then let's stay here, don't think about it, for the order of the dead fat man and the black charcoal head, do whatever you can, don't bother to care about him, anyway, come here, it's better to stay in Shangtang, I Zhong Qi is not convinced!" ”
Hearing Zhong Qi's words, several other officers nodded in agreement, they had similar thoughts to Zhong Qi.
Anyway, Cao Xuan is their superior, Cao Xing can play whatever he wants, as long as he doesn't touch their interests, they can ignore it.
But a few days later, something finally happened in the barracks.
As for the cause of the incident, it is also very simple, that is, those foreign soldiers can't figure it out, why are the soldiers in Bianyun County so obedient to Cao Xing, and Cao Xing conducts such inhumane training every day? Why didn't they complain at all?
On that day, Cao Xing's soldiers returned to their military tents and began to eat, several soldiers from other places passed by, smelled a strange fragrance from inside, and opened the tent curtain to look inside, in addition to white rice, there was a large stack of cabbage next to it, and the most important thing was that next to the cabbage, there was a huge chicken leg placed there, seeing this, the peeping soldiers were completely crazy.
In this era, serving in the army is also a chore, and the low-level officers only eat simple grains and grains every day, which is not much better than the common people, let alone meat, but the ingredients enjoyed by these three hundred soldiers are impressive.
When the news spread throughout the barracks with the momentum of a beacon fire, the barracks were completely blown up, and countless soldiers ran directly to the tents of the 300 soldiers and began to shout incessantly, and the 300 soldiers also went out to confront them without fear, seeing that a mutiny was about to rise.
Just when the soldiers on both sides were about to start fighting, Cao Xing took Chen Hu and Zhou Cang and rushed here, pushed away the group of soldiers, and Cao Xuan walked to the middle.
Cao Xuan looked at the officers and soldiers who came to stir up trouble, there were probably hundreds of them, and now the number is still increasing, and it seems that there are thousands of them. Among them, at the front of these people, Zhong Qi and a few other generals stood there, and it was obvious that they were the ones who took the lead in stirring up trouble.
Seeing this situation, Cao Xuan even smiled, and then shouted at the three hundred soldiers behind him: "Straddle!" ”
At that moment, the three hundred soldiers reflexively carried their hands behind their backs, straddled their feet, and the neatness of their movements made Zhong Qi and the others a little discolored.
Before Zhong Qi and the others could speak, Cao Xuan walked in front of Zhong Qi and asked lightly: "I know why you are gathered here today, but before you express your opinion, I want to ask you a question, what is the army used for?" And what is the most important thing for a soldier! ”
Zhong Qing didn't think about it, and said directly: "Soldiers, the place of death and life, the way of survival." The most important thing for an army is strong combat effectiveness and a good general! ”
Cao Xing laughed twice, but he didn't expect this Zhong Qi to know the art of war.
But this is better, Cao Xuan looked directly at Zhong Qi and said with burning eyes: "If you ask these three hundred soldiers behind me, why they can eat big fish and meat all of them, I can also give you an answer, that is, these three hundred soldiers behind me are stronger than all of you!" ”
As soon as Cao Xing's words came out, many officers and soldiers were in an uproar.
And the corners of Zhong Qi's mouth showed a hint of disdain, he glanced at the three hundred soldiers behind Cao Xing and said disdainfully: "Lord Cao, you were originally subordinate to the civilian officials, so you don't have to point fingers at our military, what you say sounds like a fart to us, if you don't believe it, you can ask everyone!" ”
"Zhong Qi, you talk to Lao Tzu to pay attention!" When Chen Hu heard this, he stepped forward directly, but was stopped by Cao Xuan, who not only lost his anger when he heard this, but a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.
In fact, what he said just now has a certain trap, which means that if you want to eat and drink, you must be strong, Zhong Qi and others just think that the three hundred soldiers behind Cao Xuan are not the so-called strong ones, and their combat effectiveness is not as high as theirs, after all, in the past, these three hundred soldiers in Bianyun County were all bullied by them and excluded by them, so they did not recognize the combat effectiveness of the three hundred soldiers, but subconsciously admitted that if they were strong, they would have a big fish and big meat.
"Good! In that case, tomorrow I will take my three hundred soldiers and have a head-to-head confrontation with your men, how about it! Cao Xuan directly wrote a war letter to Zhong Qi.
When Zhong Qi heard this, he raised his eyebrows and rolled his eyes, he is not one of those ruffians outside, he knows that with his hard fists, he bullies people everywhere, he has lived in the army for many years, and he still knows a lot about the temperament of officers in the army.
As the so-called no joke in the army, Zhong Qi fell in love with Cao Xing, a sly look flashed in his eyes, and then asked: "Lord Cao, since you want to make a bet, it is not impossible, but is there some bet, what if we win!" ”
Cao Xing laughed when he heard this: "Everyone, don't hide it, there is no cabbage in the army, let alone any meat, these things are all the private property of my Cao Xing's family, which is a little compensation for the hardships and hardships I have suffered with these brothers behind me every day, but I, Cao Xing, also put my words here today, if you can defeat the three hundred brothers behind me, you and they can get the same treatment!" ”
Hearing this, all the officers behind Zhong Qi were bright-eyed and could eat meat, what a happy thing it was, seeing that Zhong Qi was about to open his mouth to agree, but Cao Xuan waved his hand and asked.
"I'm not done yet, what if you lose!"
Hearing this, the corners of Zhong Qi's mouth showed a smile again, it seemed to be a mocking smile, he looked at Cao Xuan and said, "Lord Cao." To tell you the truth, I joined the army at the age of fourteen, and it has been six years since then, and I have experienced thirteen battles large and small, each of which is a triumphant return, although you led all the officers and soldiers of Bianyun County to fight against Xianbei is also very shocking, but you have too little experience, are you sure you can defeat me! ”
Cao Xing's face gradually pulled down, he took a few steps forward, and asked word by word, "I just asked you what to do!" ”
Feeling some signs of Cao Xing's anger, Zhong Qi's face also returned to normal, and he said directly to Cao Xing: "If you lose, in the future, this group of soldiers behind me, including me, will watch them all take a detour!" ”
The direction of Zhong Qi's finger was the three hundred soldiers behind Cao Xing, and as soon as he said this, the officers behind him immediately applauded, and the soldiers behind him also applauded.
Detour, this is a manifestation of high and low status in ancient times, and being able to say this is enough to see his determination and confidence.
"It's a deal!" Cao Xuan showed a hint of a smile, and then waved his hand and directly let everyone disperse, go back to rest, and prepare for tomorrow's battle.
On the second day, on the huge martial arts arena, the flags were unfurled, and countless soldiers held high the flags, encircling the entire school field in a grand slam, and their eyes flashed with eager looks. Today's competition really makes them excited, because the big fish and meat they dream of seem to be close at hand.
Chen Hu and Zhou Cang organized order around them, so that the soldiers who did not participate in the competition could stay and watch, and they were not allowed to run to the middle to make trouble, while Cao Xing put on armor and led his three hundred soldiers into the edge of the school field, and then Cao Xuan asked his soldiers to squat on the spot, and he walked step by step to the middle of the school field, where Zhong Qi was already waiting for Cao Xing.
"Master Cao, I don't know what else you need to prepare!" Zhong Qi was wearing heavy armor and holding a seven-foot spear, looking at Cao Xuan majestically.
However, Cao Xuan just looked at the arena, and then pointed in one direction and said: "The weapons that can be used in this game are all in the arsenal next to it, if you still need anything, just go and get it!" ”
The two went head-to-head, but without exception, they both showed one thing, that is, they were all ready.
Cao Xuan beckoned, and his three hundred soldiers slowly marched in a neat queue to the middle of the principal, and Zhong Qi also led a horse and quickly ran to the back of the field, ready to organize his three hundred soldiers to come out to meet the battle.
When the men and horses on both sides were firmly established at both ends, it was the beginning of the battle, but at this moment, Zhong Qi seemed to notice that there was something wrong in his team. Take a look at the latest chapter of "The Strongest Marksmanship of the Three Kingdoms" to read for free for the first time.