Chapter 42: The Bow and Crossbow
The short man won the equestrian competition, excitedly maneuvering and cheering for his horses, while the tall man was behind, shouting that this was not another set.
Seeing his buddy playing so happily, Cao Xing was also happy to laugh in the back, and Bingzhou is a bitter cold place, but it is also rich in horses, so it can be said that men in Bingzhou are born to ride horses.
Cao Xing couldn't help but think of Cao Liusun's three-point world, why was Cao Cao able to obtain such a large territory in the north? There is a very important reason that because Cao Cao has a large number of cavalry in his hands, and on the plains, the cavalry is far stronger than other types of troops in terms of mobility, attack and even impact, which can be said to be the tank of this era, so Cao Cao can be so powerful.
At this moment, Cao Xing was thinking in his heart whether he should also form a cavalry with strong mobility in case of emergency.
But just when this thought just rose in Cao Xing's mind, Cao Xing's nerves jumped suddenly, and his eyes quickly looked at the surrounding mountains and forests, which was a natural instinct.
Cao Xing has been a hunter since he was a child, and he is extremely sensitive to the wind and grass in the mountains and forests, this kind of grass is a sign of grass movement, in Cao Xing's previous opinion, there is definitely a fierce carnivorous prey, during the hunting in the mountains, when he sees such movements, he should immediately avoid it, but now this kind of grass transmission seems to be more than one, but many places.
"Be careful!" Cao Xuan shouted, and his men, as well as Chen Hu, immediately beat a spirit. But the two guys who were far away from Cao Xing, they didn't seem to hear Cao Xing's words clearly, and they were still standing in place without knowing why, and at this moment, three evil men with yellow scarves on their heads, wearing yellow clothes, and holding knives jumped out of the grass.
The three villains jumped out without saying a word, and the first villain with a scar on his face kicked over the shorter guy directly, and then held the Pu knife high and shouted loudly at Cao Xing and the others.
"I drove this road, I planted this tree, if you want to cross this road, leave the money to buy the road!"
As soon as the villain's words were finished, more than 20 people immediately rushed out, surrounding Cao Xing and his men.
Seeing this, Chen Hu hit a spirit, and immediately jumped his horse to Cao Xing's side, and directly took out an axe from his arms, protecting Cao Xing's life, while the other guys were stunned one by one because of the suddenness of the incident, but looking at their appearance, although they were a little scared in their hearts, they still forced to keep their composure.
Looking at the costumes of these people, Cao Xing couldn't help but think of three words in his mind, that is, the Yellow Turban Army.
Wearing a yellow cloth and wearing a yellow robe, this is the symbol of the Yellow Turban Army, although the Zhang Jiao Uprising failed, but there were a large number of people who followed the Yellow Turban Uprising at that time, so there are countless remnants of the Yellow Turban left in Kyushu in the world, and today Cao Xing they met one of them.
At this time, from the Yellow Turban Army with a scar on his face, a person also walked out indifferently behind him, that person's dress was different from other Yellow Turban Army, although he was wearing a yellow robe, but he did not wear a forehead guard, and there was a thin layer of armor on his body, holding a big knife, it seemed that he should be the leader.
As soon as this man came out, he immediately aimed his eyes at Cao Xing, who was sitting on a tall horse, and he could see that Cao Xing should be the leader here, so he pointed at his long knife and shouted: "Leave all your money to me, uncle, I can let you go!" ”
Listening to the voice of the leader, Cao Xing laughed twice, and then asked nonchalantly: "Dare to ask this brother, but he is from Jiuyuan County!" ”
As soon as he heard Cao Xing's words, the leader raised his eyebrows, and it seemed that he was really said by Cao Xing, but he didn't bother to care so much, and said again: "You kid, I let you take the money, where is so much nonsense, if you dare to say more, I will cut you into meat sauce now!" ”
The black-faced man's words were so arrogant, which naturally caused Chen Hu's displeasure, Chen Hu used his axe to protect Cao Xing's body, and then said to Cao Xing: "Big brother, I think this black charcoal head has some ability, just leave it to me later!" ”
However, Cao Xuan just smiled indifferently, laughed at him and patted Chen Hu's shoulder, signaling Chen Hu not to be nervous, Chen Hu didn't react to why, Cao Xuan suddenly raised one hand into the air and shouted: "Ready!" ”
Cao Xing's command, like a preparation before the battle, sounded in the ears of the other guys, and the other guys also reacted, they quickly took out something from their arms, put it on their chest, and looked at the enemy in front of them with a vigilant face.
Although I don't know what kind of thing Cao Xuan and the others are holding in their hands, but seeing that Cao Xuan and their group in front of them still dare to resist, it caused the dissatisfaction of this group of Yellow Turban Army at that time, and the Yellow Turban Army with a scar on his face, looking at the short guy in front of him, dared to glare at him, and he was not happy at that time.
"You little man, it looks like I'm going to bleed you a little today! You know how many pounds and taels you have! ”
Saying this, the yellow turban army with a scar on his face held his big knife and wanted to step forward to kill the short guy, but the short guy took a deep breath, as if adjusting his mentality, when the yellow turban army was only ten steps away from him, he suddenly pulled the trigger, and a whooshing sound sounded in the air.
Bite!
A sharp arrow, with countless blood, was heavily stuck in a big tree, but this arrow passed through the throat of the Yellow Turban. Finally, it was fixed on the big tree behind him.
The Yellow Turban Army with a scarred face, the appearance on his face was still extremely rampant at the moment, as if he thought that the guy in front of him was too short to be his opponent at all.
However, this was just the expression on his face, but in his pupils, there was a lot of fear, full of fear, full of incredulity, and finally a trace of despair.
At its throat, there was a small hole that kept gurgling blood, and finally the yellow turban soldier with a scarred face fell to the ground.
And the short guy immediately took out an arrow from his arms, and at the same time kept retreating, and in the process of retreating, the tall guy who had just competed with him in equestrianism also immediately walked up, took the weapon in his hand, and aimed at the Yellow Turban Army in front of him.
After the short guy loaded the arrows, he immediately stood side by side with the tall guy, and with the bow and crossbow in his hand, he aimed at the Yellow Turban Army in front of him.
"You'd better not move, or I'll be able to pierce your throats!"
When the Yellow Turbans saw this scene, they were all startled, and at this moment they finally focused their eyes on the thing in the hands of those guys, which they were somewhat familiar with, but also somewhat unfamiliar, it seemed to be called a bow and crossbow.
In fact, there was such a thing as a bow and crossbow in the Qin Dynasty, but in the Han Dynasty, the army was uniformly equipped with bows and arrows, which gradually replaced things like bows and crossbows, and the craft of bows and crossbows was gradually lost.
A few days ago, Cao Xing had already felt a deep sense of crisis, so he asked Ma Bo to build something like a bow and crossbow, and the bow and crossbow were quite reluctant at first, but he was finally persuaded by Cao Xing.
Cao Xuan looked at these Yellow Turban soldiers and seemed to be about to move, so he directly waved his hand and shouted: "Shoot!" ”
More than 30 guys got Cao Xing's order, and without saying a word, they immediately aimed their bows and crossbows at the Yellow Turban Army in front of them, and then pulled the trigger, whoosh, countless sound of breaking the air sounded, and one by one sharp arrows directly hit these Yellow Turban Army without warning.
Seeing that the situation was reversed in an instant, Cao Xing's men faintly felt a sense of excitement in their hearts, looking at the Yellow Turban Army who fled in the wilderness, where were they willing to let go, they immediately took steps, and at the same time loaded the bow and crossbow in their hands with arrows again.
And the leading Yellow Turban Army looked at his subordinates, one by one fell in front of him, but Cao Xing's subordinates were violently pursuing, and his whole eyes were cracked and he shouted: "I can't spare you bastard, you go die!" ”
The leading Yellow Turban Army directly carried his big knife and leaped towards Cao Xing, and when Chen Hu saw this scene, his whole eyes widened with anger, and he also shouted, driving his horse and rushing up, ready to fight with the general of the Yellow Turban Army.
It's just that Chen Hu was still ten steps away from the general of the Yellow Turban Army, when suddenly a sound of breaking the air sounded in his ears, Chen Hu's whole person was startled, and he hurriedly turned around, but saw the arrow directly in front of his eyes.
There was another sound of bells, and then there was the sound of the Yellow Turban Army general in pain, Chen Hu looked at it again, and the arrow accurately hit the arm of the Yellow Turban Army general.
After the arrow hit the Yellow Turban general's arm, it did not stop, but continued to fly backwards, and finally nailed the Yellow Turban General to a large tree with his arm.
Chen Hu looked at Cao Xuan in the back with a surprised face, Cao Xuan slowly took his hand off the bowstring at this moment, he glanced around, and found that his buddy seemed to have a feeling of addiction, and now he was still chasing these Yellow Turban Army who fled in the wilderness, so he shouted.
"Stop the pursuit, give me all back, if there is a disobedient, it is not my Cao sex buddy!"
Hearing Cao Xing's explosion, these guys reacted at this moment, knowing that they couldn't chase anymore, so they put away their bows and crossbows, and then ran over to this side.