The Central Plains is full of fires, wolf smoke is raging, the people can not farm well, and the scholars can not concentrate on reading, but it is based on this situation, there are some people with lofty ideals, can no longer hold back the pride in their hearts, at that time the troubled times are also the time to make contributions, why not take this opportunity, out of the seclusion to the outside world to take a look, first of all, in a certain academy in Jingzhou, no math students have come out.

A young man with a rather delicate appearance, almost fourteen or fifteen years old, at this moment he looked into the distance, his eyes seemed to be full of infinite anticipation, and at this moment, he deliberately looked quite strange-looking young man, and walked in front of him with drooping eyelids.

"Troubled times, although terrible, but also a powerful good time, what are we scholars for, nothing more than to learn a lifetime of skills and serve the country, I have told my uncle, I am ready to travel, and he agrees!"

After hearing this, the handsome-looking young man looked a little surprised: "Oh, Pang Degong's education has always been strict, and he actually allowed you to go out by yourself this time, what a great miracle?" ”

"Hehe, that old guy won't let me go out again, I'm about to be wasted, so he has to agree if he doesn't agree this time, I'm ready to go, what about you!"

The young man who looked quite delicate looked at this strange-looking young man and smiled, and then said lightly: "I'm not going to leave here, I want to take a good look at the situation in the world here, this great river and mountain, you can also lie down and watch, right?" ”

If others must think that what this handsome young man said is a bit whimsical, how to watch the world's major events if he doesn't go out for a walk, but this strange-looking young man did not object because of this, but muttered for a long time, and finally nodded.

"You have your way, I have my way, it doesn't matter if the way we do things is different, but I believe that we will end up on the same path, but I hope that when we come together again, it is better not to meet on the battlefield!"

"Haha, look at you, you always think about the situation so badly!"

However, the strange-looking young man didn't care what the good-looking young man said, he just flicked his sleeve robe, and said with a rather strange temper: "I'm leaving, this place where birds don't, you can go play by yourself!" ”

At this moment in Jiangdong, a young man about 20 years old, with a lupine scarf, majestic hair, gently shook the folding fan, and came to the riverside in a small boat, but as soon as he came ashore, a young man with a rather heroic appearance greeted him excitedly.

"Gongjin, I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you're finally willing to come out! I've been waiting for a long time! ”

"Hehe, Bo Fu, it's been a long time! But I'll talk about it first, I've already made it clear to you before, I'm not here to help you, but to walk around our Jiangdong to increase my knowledge, and I don't plan to go to your mansion to become an official! ”

"Hey! Gong Jin, I said how can you be so stubborn, now the world has become like this, when will you stay if you don't go out of the mountain at this moment! ”

"Hehe, Bo Fu, you are always too optimistic and think about everything in a good direction, but I also have to think about it for myself, I have seen your uncles and uncles, they are all brave and resourceful, with them here, there is no need for us juniors to interfere, so I better take a look first!"

To the north, a young man who looked to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, was carrying a bottle of wine in his hand at the moment, and was walking crookedly while swinging in the field, his face was full of drunkenness.

Maxima often has, but Bole is not often, this young man's eyes seem to flash a trace of loss, so he can only drink every day for pleasure, and he drinks in a mess I don't know why, but he does this, which deepens the impression of others on him, this is completely a drunken maniac, it is better to stay away from him.

However, this young man doesn't care about the eyes of others, he still does his own thing, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling every day, but today he is walking, but he suddenly feels that something is wrong, he looks up at the sky and snaps, the wine bottle actually fell to the ground, he looked at the sky, raised a finger, kept pinching, and suddenly at a certain moment his nerves jumped suddenly.

"Oh, I didn't expect that the princes of the world would be a king, this day has completely changed, and the fortune has come!" When the young man said this, the smell of wine on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by a look of confidence, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up a smile, and he looked to the north, which was where Yecheng was.

"Forget it, I'll stay with you, you just care about my daily food and drink, on the surface Corporal Lixian, but in fact, you don't want to look at me at all, I stay with you, every day is muddy, mistaken by others for a drunken maniac, it's better to leave you than to do nothing like this, it's okay, I'll go elsewhere!" With that, a smile appeared on the young man's face, and he took steps, singing a song of triumph, and slowly walked towards the west.

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People with lofty ideals in the world have mobilized, but these people with lofty ideals are still young, and Cao Xing doesn't know where they live at the moment, let alone what they think at the moment.

Therefore, Cao Xing naturally can't find out about their existence, but Cao Xing now has a more important thing, that is, to send troops to the west to prepare to take Chang'an, after all, the Si Li generation is not complete, only one Luoyang can be said, like Chang'an is the main seat of Xianyang in the Qin Dynasty in the past, and he Cao Xing must be attacked in one go in order to justify his name.

Cai Yan and Xiao Man packed their luggage for Cao Xing, Cao Xuan appeased the two of them and then set off on the expedition, this time Cao Xing neither Cai Yan nor Xiao Man took it with them, because Cao Xuan had to take down Li Dao with the power of thunder.

Cao Xing brought a whole army of twisted thousands to attack Chang'an this time, which can already be said to be Cao Xing's relatively big stroke, I thought that it should not be difficult to defeat Chang'an, after all, a person like Li Dao can only be regarded as a third-rate general, so there is nothing to worry about, but what Cao Xuan didn't expect was that he had just left Luoyang and hit Tongguan, and he encountered obstacles.

Luoyang is close to the Yellow River in the north, and the cards on both sides are guarded, which can be said to be full of natural dangers, easy to defend and difficult to attack. But Chang'an, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, was once brilliant, how could he not have a checkpoint to protect it.

And to Cao Xing's surprise, Li Dao has now arrived here with his army and is ready to defend.

The vanguard was led by Chen Hu himself, and Chen Hu personally led more than 20,000 people to kill Tongguan, but he didn't expect to be defeated at the touch of a button, and Chen Hu was beaten back.

Cao Xing was a little surprised, Chen Hu was learning the art of war every day, and he was constantly practicing his martial arts, according to reason, Li Wei was a third-rate general, where was his opponent.

Cao Xuan directly arrested Chen Hu and asked again and again. In the end, Chen Hu just sighed helplessly, told all the things in front of him, and Chen Hu told Cao Xuan about his army this time. That's a lot of casualties.

He asked his soldiers to fetch an arrow, and then handed it to Cao Xing.

"Lord, I originally thought that Li Dao would not have much combat effectiveness, so he took the soldiers and horses to approach Tongguan unscrupulously, but I never expected that when our soldiers and horses only walked to three hundred steps, they ushered in random arrows, and these random arrows were shot at the soldiers' bodies, and the soldiers immediately fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, I pulled all the wounded soldiers back, and wanted to treat them in time, but they were powerless to return to the sky. So this time, my vanguard can be described as a heavy loss! ”

"What!" When Cao Xing listened to this, the whole person was surprised, Chen Hu's words were very informative.

First of all, what kind of arrow can shoot at the target from 300 paces, Cao Xing thought about it, only the kind of bow and arrow he improved could do, but when did it run into Li Wei's hands.

In addition, is this Li Dao also a little too insidious, he actually smeared poison on the sword, and immediately made a series of deployments, so that Zhang Ji hurried over from Luoyang, and at the same time sent Jinyi Wei to investigate thoroughly, what is going on?

Zhang Ji and Che Wu basically came over at the same time, Zhang Ji first looked at the poisoned arrows, then scraped off the powder on them, and finally, he told Cao Xing that this was a kind of poison in the world. See blood seal the throat.

Once the arrow is ingested into the body, it will come into contact with the blood, and the venom will flow into the blood, although it will not cause any venom to touch the blood, and the whole person will die immediately, but the toxicity is very great.

If you are shot by this poisoned arrow on the battlefield, there is only one way to survive, and that is to take out the dagger immediately and cut off the flesh of the arrow, so as to prevent the spread of the venom.

And this venom is also very rare, according to Zhang Ji's judgment, this venom should come from the north, and it will only grow in perennial wind and snow.

And at this moment, Che Wu's report also came out, he told Cao Xing that he investigated the source of these bows and arrows with a range of 300 paces, and finally he got the information from a war in the middle of the Central Plains, that is, the war between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu and others were the spear kings of the North, and the pikemen he trained were invincible, Cao Cao fought a tough battle with him, and was defeated.

But later Cao Cao changed his combat strategy, no longer sending troops to rush forward, but standing in the distance and shooting continuously, and the bow and arrow in Cao Cao's hand had reached a range of three hundred steps. As for Cao Cao's subordinates, who made this kind of bow and arrow, Che Wu also investigated it clearly, and it is said that it was a person named Liu Ye.

Connecting the information of Che Wu and Zhang Ji, Cao Xing's mind instantly cleared.

First of all, this kind of bow and arrow 300 steps away, Cao Xing only provides technical guidance, and the final technical core is still completed by a skilled craftsman like Ma Jun, but Ma Jun is not the only skilled craftsman in this era, for example, there is a very powerful craftsman on Cao Cao's side at all times, his name is Liu Ye, and it is said that he is also a member of the Han family, but he is dedicated to Cao.

The trebuchet in the Three Kingdoms period is said to have been invented by this Liu Ye first, but in this world, it was Cao Xing who invented the trebuchet first, but Liu Ye's level is not bad, and Cao Xing took the lead by virtue of the prophet of history, so he imitated it, so when this kind of bow and arrow with a range of 300 steps came out, Liu Ye began to continue to study, and finally researched it and provided it to Cao Cao's army.

Of course, this kind of technology must be kept secret, but it will definitely be used during the war, so Cao Xing didn't report much, hoping that this technology will be preserved forever, and sooner or later it will be leaked out, but Cao Xuan didn't expect that this Liu Ye would be copied so quickly.

This is not mentioned for the time being, but one thing that Cao Xuan can be very sure of now is that this Li Dao He De can make this kind of bow and arrow, which is clearly provided to him by Cao Cao.

As for saying that the kind of toxin smeared on his arrow grows in the north, in the end, Cao Xing aimed his eyes at Yuan Shao, because this strange poison only grows in Bingzhou and Jizhou, as well as Youzhou, then the situation is clear, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are actually indirectly helping this Li Dao.

Not only the support of weapons, it is estimated that a lot of funds and money are also funded, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have only one purpose, they know that Cao Xing is ready to crusade against Li Dao, so they secretly fund Li Dao, Li Dao has to drag Cao Xing's pace no matter what, once Cao Xing's pace is delayed, once the war is fought for longer and longer, then Cao Xing, whether it is strength or fame, will decline rapidly, this is what they are most willing to see.

And Li Dao was a trapped beast and was on the verge of collapse, but he never expected that when he was desperate, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu were willing to secretly help and sent so many good things, Li Dao also knew that now that he had a weapon, if he wanted to save his life, he must raise a high degree of confidence, so in this case, Li Dao also temporarily cheered up, let his subordinates resume training, and issued excellent weapons, just to prevent Cao Xing's surprise attack.

After figuring out all this, Cao Xing couldn't help but shake his head in his heart, this Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are really not fuel-efficient lamps, and this time they have created such a big trouble for him.

Now it's okay, Li Dao has regained his strength, even if he only has the level of a third-rate general, but Cao Xing's side is the attacker, and Li Dao's side is only the defender, generally speaking, the attacker wants to capture the city, and the price paid is much more than that of the defender, even if Li Dao only has 40,000 soldiers and horses now, but according to the proportion, Cao Xing's 60,000 soldiers and horses still can't enter Tongguan.

Therefore, Li Weide only needed to stand on the head of the city and use their sophisticated weapons to continuously carry out rounds of archery against Cao Xing, and Cao Xing and the others would never be able to get close to Tongguan.