Cao Pi and Cao Zhang came to the outside of Xudu City, and found that Cao Chun had been waiting by the horse with ten tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers, in addition to Cao Chun and the tiger and leopard cavalry, there were also fourteen prisoners blindfolded and dressed in prison clothes, all of them were tied with their hands, kneeling on the ground, lined up. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the ground, there were bows and arrows, halberds, halberds, and ring-headed knives and other weapons, Cao Chun saw the two of them appear, first saluted, and then said: "The two sons, at the end of today, I will be ordered by the lord to grant the two sons the way of killing, before that, I should explain the method of my tiger and leopard riding to practice the way of killing." ”

Cao Pi said: "Uncle Zihe, please speak." ”

Cao Chun said: "In my tiger and leopard riding, there are many Cao clans, Xia Hou clansmen, tiger and leopard riding is the elite of the Cao army, and the method of training is also very different from others, but where the killing of the training is the best way is to slaughter civilians, but how can the slaughter of the city be done often?" It is usually to restrain the subordinates with military law, fight on the battlefield, and practice the heart of killing with battle, but this is not the case with my tiger and leopard cavalry sergeant, because most of the children of the Cao clan's Xia clan are people who have not been on the battlefield, so before joining the tiger and leopard cavalry, it is necessary to practice the heart of killing, and then practice riding and martial arts! ”

Cao Zhang asked, "How to cultivate the heart of killing?" ”

Cao Chun pointed at the prisoners and said: "These people are some homeless bandits, their ears have been pierced, their tongues have been cut, their ears cannot hear, their mouths cannot speak, my tiger and leopard riding is to use these people to practice murderous intentions." ”

Cao Pi asked, "Do you want to kill them directly?" ”

Cao Chun replied: "Definitely! To practice the method of killing, you should stand in the place of seven steps and shoot one person with the technique of controlling the strings, then throw one person to death with a halberd in the fifth and sixth steps, kill one person with a halberd in the third and fourth steps, and kill one person with a ring head knife in the last step. ”

Cao Zhang and Cao Pi glanced at each other, and Cao Zhang asked, "What if that person didn't die for a while?" ”

Cao Chun said: "Then let's die, otherwise we can't go further." ”

Cao Zhang and Cao Pi have never practiced the art of throwing halberds, but they are afraid that they will have to get it, what is the difference between this and torture and killing? Seven steps! No wonder Cao Pi and Cao Zhi said in history that they killed him if they couldn't make a poem within seven steps, could it be that this tradition comes from the training method of tiger and leopard riding?

Cao Chun asked, "Which of the two sons came first?" ”

Cao Pi immediately looked at Cao Zhang, Cao Zhang sighed and said, "I'll come!" After saying that, he took a bow and a barrel of arrows, and stood in front of a man, seven paces apart.

With Cao Zhang's archery, you can shoot wherever you want at this distance, so Cao Zhang bent his bow and took the arrow, and shot the person in the throat, and after the person was hit by the arrow, he only made a "ho" sound from his throat and fell to the ground convulsively, and the blood continued to flow from the throat to the ground, and Cao Zhang's heart trembled in his eyes.

Cao Chun said: "This person is not dead, please continue, third son." Cao Zhang had no choice but to shoot another arrow into the man's forehead, and when the arrow passed through, the man was silent.

Cao Chun said: "Third son, please change the halberd and take a step forward." ”

Cao Zhang's technique of throwing the halberd is not very good, but the victory is short distance, his own strength is great, the first one was thrown on the man's head, but the blade did not cut the man's head, only left a deep cut on the face, the man immediately rolled to the ground, let out a pig-like howl, and one of the tiger and leopard cavalry guards gave Cao Zhang a halberd.

Because the man kept rolling, Cao Zhang threw more than ten times in a row before he killed the man, smashing the man's whole body with flesh and broken flesh all over the ground, at this time Cao Zhang was numb, and Cao Pi, who was watching from the side, had vomited.

After a further step, he threw it more than ten times before killing the person with a halberd, and then it was much more comfortable to use the halberd Cao Zhang, because he was afraid of hearing the man's miserable howl, Cao Zhang pierced the person's throat at once, and then twisted it, crisply and neatly, Cao Zhang now feels that killing people is much simpler.

At the last step, the man and Cao Zhang were only one step away, the breath could be heard, the man also felt something, and poked his head forward blankly, Cao Zhang held the ring knife in both hands, and cut off the man's head with a single blow, blood splashed, making Cao Zhang's body red.

Cao Zhang didn't dare to breathe at all now, because he was afraid that he would vomit to death when he smelled the pungent smell of blood, so he silently walked to the side and breathed carefully, and suddenly found that the smell of blood didn't seem to be so unbearable, killing people, it seemed that it was nothing more than that, Cao Zhang thought secretly.

"Second son, please!" Cao Chun said.

Cao Pi's performance was much inferior, shooting three times when archery, throwing halberds no less than thirty times each, and in the end Cao Pi himself was going crazy, yelling, saying "Throw you to death!" "Not dead yet!" "Give me death!" Something like that, when it came time to take the halberd, Cao Pi went up directly and poked it violently, and after poking one without Cao Chun's reminder, he went to poke the other, and at the last Cao Pi forgot to change the first knife, and went up to poke it with the halberd, and it also stained his clothes with blood.

After the last person didn't move, Cao Pi stood dumbfounded, smirking all the time, and in this way, the two learned to kill.

In the days that followed, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang had to go out of the city every day to kill seven people, each time they killed like this, at first the two often had nightmares, and then gradually got used to it, and then they even began to discuss whether to untie the rope that bound those people, and then kill blindfolded, and finally began to discuss where to cut where the person died faster.

In just over a month, the two of them have regarded murder as a very common thing, and they are no longer bothered by it, one day in February of the fourth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao asked the two to go to Sikong Mansion to discuss matters.

It turned out that at this time, Yuan Shao had already broken Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Chan died, and within ten days of Yuan Shao breaking Gongsun Zhan, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang died at the hands of the general Yang Chou, this Yang Chou originally wanted to take refuge in Cao Cao, but before Cao Cao was happy for a few days, another Zhang Yang general Gu killed Yang Chou and led Zhang Yang to join Yuan Shao, Guo Jia speculated that there must be a Hanoi clan Sima clan in the middle of the ghost.

At this point, the boundary of Hebei has been in the hands of Yuan Shao, and the battle between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao is imminent.

The main body of today's discussion is Yuan Shu, who is still lingering in Shouchun, at this time Yuan Shu has been exhausted, and the soldiers are scattered, Guo Jia is sure that he will take the jade seal to find Yuan Shao, and now he is discussing who to send to intercept Yuan Shu.

Xun You said: "Xuzhou Assassin Chen Deng, Runan Taishou Li Tong, the captain is full of favors and the troops will definitely intercept Yuan Shu on the bank of Huaishui!" There is no need to send additional troops. ”

Cao Chun suddenly spoke: "Lord, the two sons can already kill the enemy, why don't they let one go to Li Tong and the other to find Chen Deng, one to pass the order, the other to supervise the army, and the third to prepare for the next big war!" ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Wonderful, that's exactly how it should be!" Pi'er, you go to Xuzhou, Zhang'er, you go to Runan! ”

Cao Pi and Cao Zhang agreed: "No! ”

Cao Cao said: "You should remember, only pass the general's order, if Yuan Shu crosses Huai, to Xuzhou, then Zhang'er and Li Tong attack Shouchun, if Yuan Shu goes to Runan, then Pi'er and Chen Deng attack Shouchun, everything should be based on Li Tong and Chen Deng, you and others are just in the name of the prison army, observe it!" For the father's association, one person will send 400 tigers and leopards to protect your safety, if there is an enemy, you should take the tigers and leopards to ride first! ”

"No!" Cao Pi and Cao Zhang replied.