Chapter 100: Self-defeating
"Tao Kee! Stop! Keep still!! β
Roaring like a wounded beast, the Galaxy shooter surnamed Cao strode in front of Tao Ying's only cousin and the first ace gentleman in Xuzhou, Tao Ji, grabbed Tao Ji's right wrist full of bowstrings, and roared unceremoniously in front of countless Xuzhou soldiers, "How many times have I told you?" You are not left-handed, the arrow must be on the right side of the bow, the thumb clasps the bow arrow, and the index and middle fingers clip the tail feathers! Why do you still put your arrow on the left side of your bow? You said yourself, put the arrow on the left side, can your index and middle fingers completely clamp the arrow?! The arrows are unstable, how can you effectively hit the target?!! β
Facing the defeated generals of Xi Yue's subordinates who were like crazy, Tao Ji, who was reprimanded in public, did not have the slightest anger, and replied with low eyebrows: "General Cao's lesson is that the last general has forgotten the general's teachings, and the habit he has developed over the years, and he put the arrow on the left side, and the last general will definitely correct it next time." β
"Habit? Habit again?! The surname Cao did not give up at all because of Tao Ji's confession, and roared even louder: "The one who taught you to learn arrows back then, what was that idiot?" Don't even understand the most basic truth of using a bow? Paint the left side of your bow with shit and let the shit remind you of what's right! What's wrong! β
Tao Ji, who was scolded by the surname Cao, didn't even have the courage to refute, and obediently went to do according to the order of the surname Cao, not far from the general on the stage, the family of the same sect surnamed Cao, and the honorary number one general in Xuzhou, Cao Bao, was a little embarrassed, because whether it was a potter, Tao Ying or Tao Ji, he was the apprentice he brought out hand in martial arts, but after the surname Cao came to be an instructor for the Xuzhou army, he proved that the things taught by Cao Bao were all wrong and all shit!
"Look!" The surname Cao roared again, picked up a bow and gave it to the gentleman soldier again to practice in person, while demonstrating the action, he shouted: "Listen carefully to me, open the bow angrily, and release the arrow in anger!" Hold the bow, tie the arrow, raise the bow, draw the bow, aim, release the arrow. Each step begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale! After inhaling, gently send the breath down, then hold it for a while before exhaling as slowly and evenly as possible. Wait a minute, then take a quick breath. One breath and one breath, continuously, it will slowly form a rhythm! β
Roaring, the surname Cao suddenly let go of the bowstring, and the feather arrows on the bow came out of the string, whistling and flying towards the arrow target one hundred and fifty steps away, accurately hitting the red heart on the target, and the gentlemen's army team present suddenly resounded with thunderous applause and heartfelt cheers. But the surname Cao didn't care at all about the applause from these former enemies, and just roared loudly, "Rabbit cubs, don't just applaud, pay attention to my posture and pay attention to your breathing!" Hold the bow, tie the arrow, raise the bow, draw the bow, aim, release the arrow, six movements and six breaths, give me 300 exercises each! β
"No!" The gentleman and soldier who humbly sought progress agreed neatly and began to practice according to the requirements of the surname Cao, but the surname Cao muttered very dissatisfied: "The mother's gentleman's arrow, even the most basic archery method is sparse, I really don't know how you fought so many victories before?" β
"General, I'm not afraid you'll laugh when I say it." Tao Ji, who had just painted the bow with canine grains and reincarnation, happened to hear it, and said with an unsubtle wry smile: "In the past, we needed at least twenty arrows to kill an enemy on the battlefield, and for this, we were also scolded by the second brother almost every day. However, the second brother's martial arts are not good, he only knows that we are wrong, but he doesn't know that we are wrong. β
"Twenty arrows to kill an enemy?" The surname Cao gasped a little, and muttered that after all, Xuzhou is still rich, if anyone under the command of this general dares to waste precious feather arrows like this, Lao Tzu would have kicked him to the auxiliary team to work as a coolie. Then the surname Cao roared again, "What are you doing?" Go and give me practice! Don't think that if you are the cousin of the envoy, I will not dare to punish you! β
Tao Ji agreed repeatedly, and hurriedly climbed over to practice archery. The surname Cao added another sentence in his stomach, "Idiot! If it weren't for Tao Yuanjun's gold, silver and beautiful women, General Ben would not have bothered to teach you stupid apprentices! β
In fact, the attitude of the teacher surnamed Cao is already very good, on another field in the distance, Gao Shun, who guides the infantry combat skills of the Xuzhou army, is whipping people, or in front of Chen Zhi, the commander of the Xuzhou army, and it is not a Xuzhou soldier who is whipped, but a whole row of Xuzhou soldiers, while smoking mercilessly, while roaring angrily, "Didn't you eat?" How many times have I said it, the knife technique should be heavy and powerful! Open and close! There is no going back! Don't put on a show, don't put on a good look, go down with a knife, make the enemy on the opposite side frightened, and dare not have the idea of counterattacking! Fools like you, when you go to the battlefield, you will die in vain! β
The Xuzhou soldiers in the first row, who were full of fifty people, were whipped one by one, and Gao Shunyi whipped the soldiers in the camp next to him and shouted: "Fifty people!" Straight line! β
Fifty soldiers in the camp lined up neatly, lined up in front of the ranks of Xuzhou soldiers, and Gao Shun pointed at the fifty Xuzhou soldiers who had just been whipped by himself with a horsewhip, and shouted: "Draw your sword, go over and cut them!" β
"Go over and cut them?" The fifty Xuzhou soldiers looked at each other, a little unable to believe their ears, and Chen Zhi, who had always been not good-looking, was also a little flustered, and hurriedly asked, "General Gao, are you really joking?" This is an iron knife, not a wooden knife! β
"Not a joke, of course!" Gao Shun replied loudly: "Go over and cut!" I'm responsible for hacking and slashing, and it's none of your business! They also only parry, do not fight back! β
"What are you doing? Go and cut! Use your best tricks, use your greatest strength, and cut me! β
In Gao Shun's thunderous roar, fifty Xuzhou soldiers who were drawn with blue noses and swollen faces with a belly of fire, drew their knives and strode forward, roaring or cutting horizontally or straight, and attacked fifty soldiers who were trapped in the camp according to the order, but what made the Xuzhou soldiers present dumbfounded was that the soldiers who had been stuck in the camp in front of the knife suddenly pulled out their knives at an unimaginable speed, and some people simply couldn't even pull out the knife, and directly used the scabbard to frame the iron knife cut by the Xuzhou soldiers, and the sound of gold and iron collision on the school field was endless. The fifty soldiers trapped in the camp were unharmed, and they resisted the attack of the Xuzhou soldiers in various postures.
Seeing this scene, thunderous applause naturally sounded inside and outside the school field, and Chen Zhi, who had always kept a straight face, was also a little moved, but Gao Shun was expressionless, and shouted: "Okay, now it's time for Xuzhou soldiers to parry, your knife can be unsheathed, and you can take any pose in advance." Trap the knife back to the sheath, slash straight at the head, and prepare for ββ! β
With Gao Shun's password, the fifty Xuzhou soldiers who failed to attack hurriedly put on a parry posture, and many people simply raised their knives above their heads, and when the Xuzhou soldiers put on a posture, Gao Shun then roared a word, "Kill!" β
"Kill ββ!"
Fifty soldiers in the camp roared neatly, as if a spring thunder exploded on the ground, fifty iron knives were unsheathed together, neatly like a sound out of the sheath, the blade slashed at the Xuzhou soldiers on the opposite side without hesitation, the knife was not in place, the strong wind brought by the iron knife had wrapped in a fierce murderous aura enveloping the whole body of the Xuzhou soldiers, feeling the murderous aura that touched the soul, I don't know how many Xuzhou soldiers screamed, and I don't know how many Xuzhou soldiers squatted down with their heads in their hands, jumped back to dodge, and some people were so panicked that they didn't know what to do, their hands trembled, The iron knife of the trapped camp soldier knocked the weapon away with a single sword, and Chen Zhi's heart also beat violently, knowing that this time he didn't know how many of his own soldiers would die in training.
Fortunately, the mouth is soft, every soldier in the camp here has enjoyed the hospitality of the Xuzhou army, so the soldiers in the camp are all merciless, the iron knife chopped the weapons of the Xuzhou soldiers, the blade continued to go down, and when it was about to touch the forehead or body of the Xuzhou soldiers, all of them contained the knife momentum, only the two soldiers in the camp did not control the strength, and the foreheads of the two Xuzhou soldiers were split through the skin, and the bones were stopped, although it was not fatal, but it also made the two Xuzhou soldiers bloody and frightened, I sat on the ground and trembled all over, and I couldn't stand up for half a day.
Seeing this scene, there was naturally a burst of thunderous cheers and applause inside and outside the school field, Chen Zhi, who was still not convinced, was finally convinced, and Xu Chu, the number one general of the Xuzhou army, also nodded again and again, and said: "Yes, this is called cutting people, not like our soldiers, it is called killing chickens." β
"See clearly what it means to cut someone? Stand up for me! The strict teacher roared again, "Return to the team, all of you will split three hundred times, and every time you cut straight, you have to give me the strength to feed, you have to put your mind on the knife, and put your spirit and spirit on the knife!" Imagine being able to cut the enemy on the opposite side in two with a single sword! Trap the camp to move independently, enter the team, and if you find anyone who is lazy and perfunctory, you will call me! β
"No, no, no." The frightened Xuzhou soldiers agreed one after another, but Chen Dao, Xu Chu and Xu Sheng and other Xuzhou generals roared, "Answer neatly, answer strongly, do according to General Gao's instructions, lazy and perfunctory, you are not allowed to eat today!" β
"No!" The Xuzhou soldiers' answers were finally neat and powerful, and they hurriedly returned to the team according to Gao Shun's requirements, and re-practiced the most basic knife movements, while the soldiers in the camp behind Gao Shun moved freely, and went deep into the interior of the Xuzhou army, supervising and inspecting the chopping movements of the Xuzhou soldiers, and found that they were not right or pointed, or punched and kicked, roared and scolded, and did their best to help the Xuzhou army improve the training effect.
At the same time, on the stage, Lu Su, Chen Qi and his son, Zang Ba and Cao Bao, who were accompanying Tao Ying to watch, sighed, Zang Ba sighed: "I always thought that my Langya soldiers were already strong soldiers in the world, but when I saw the camp today, I knew what it means to sit in a well and watch the sky, what is a real strong soldier, Langya soldiers, it is still far away." β
"It's worth it, the money and food that the lord used to trap the camp is worth it." Cao Bao also sighed: "The lord was so kind to the camp before, and the last general still didn't understand and was not convinced, but today the last general finally understands the lord's hard work." β
"Actually, compared to the trapped camp, I admire our lord more below." Chen Deng, who rarely makes sycophants, said sincerely: "I only learned today that the lord can use these Xuzhou soldiers to win so many battles, and how difficult it is to beat the surrounding princes one by one without losing a battle." β
Tao Ying finally spoke, and sighed with a wry smile: "Yuanlong has won the prize, if it weren't for the unsolvable tactics of the Junzi Army to contain the strong enemy, I wouldn't have lost many times." I always thought that the Xuzhou army might be a second-rate army, but today I realized that I was wrong again, and the Xuzhou army was already very good if it could be counted as a second-rate army. β
"Don't be too discouraged, my lord." Lu Su interjected and said: "The key is that the trapping camp used to compare with our Xuzhou army is too strong, I have a general understanding, the trapping camp under the command of Lu Wenhou is only more than 700 and less than 800 people, all of them are the elite of the elite drawn from various armies, and a small half of them are still the first strongest infantry soldiers under Dong Zhuo back then, the old pawn of the Flying Bear Army, who has participated in hundreds of battles of all sizes, and I don't know how many times I have crawled out of the pile of dead people, there is only one such elite soldier in the whole world, Naturally, it is far superior to the ordinary soldiers of our Xuzhou army. β
Tao Ying nodded silently, admitting that Lu Su's words were true, and gritted his teeth and said: "Why can't such an elite soldier be used by me?" How nice would it be if I could have such an elite army under my command? β
Sighing at this, Deputy Director Tao naturally couldn't help but muttered in his heart again, "Old man, why are you still unwilling to swallow your breath?" If you kick your legs, with Gao Shun's loyalty to you, you will definitely lead the trapped camp and your elite to protect your wife and children to join me! β
At this time, Yang Hong, a new upstart in Xuzhou who was arranged by Tao Ying to be responsible for entertaining the trapped camp, hurriedly ran to the point of general, and hurriedly came to Tao Ying to salute, opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but stopped, Tao Ying was very puzzled and asked: "Mr. Zhongming, why are you so anxious?" β
Yang Hong didn't answer, just looked at the people left and right, Xuzhou Wenwu knew what he meant, and knew that Tao Ying admired him very much - or that kind of appreciation from the heart, so he took the initiative to get out of the way, leaving Yang Hong with Tao Ying to talk alone, Yang Hong was overjoyed, and asked Tao Ying's consent, and whispered to Tao Ying's ear: "Lord, the big thing is not good, when Weichen personally went to purchase pigs, sheep, fish and geese and other ingredients for the friendly soldiers in the camp, he suddenly heard some rumors about Xuzhou in the market. β
"What rumors?" Tao Ying was a little confused and nervous.
"It is rumored among the people of Xuzhou that the lord will give full support to Lu Wenhou to get rid of the old thief Cao Ying, and Xuzhou's grain will be sent to Yanzhou in an endless stream, so the price of grain in Xuzhou will rise." Yang Hong said mysteriously: "The rumors say that you have a nose and eyes, and it is also said that the lord you have made up your mind to support Lu Wenhou to occupy a foothold in Yanzhou, in exchange for Lu Wenhou to help our army train and eliminate Cao Ying, you still have to support Lu Wenhou to kill Liu Bei and fight against Yuan Shao!" even said that the lord you may personally lead the troops to the north and join forces with Lu Wenhou to eliminate the biggest enemy in Xuzhou, Cao Ying, and destroy the thief! β
Tao Ying's expression was a little strange, seeing that Yang Hong didn't speak immediately, Yang Hong was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and said in a low voice: "Lord, this is the top secret of our Xuzhou Assassin Mansion, the night before yesterday, you were in advance in front of the ministers, and today it has been spread in the mouths of everyone and spread in the market, lord, you must investigate how this rumor leaked out?" β
"It's still a little stupid in the end, but it's okay, if such a person is too smart, he won't be at ease to use it." Tao Ying smiled in his heart, and was about to explain to Yang Hong, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his mind, nodded and said: "What Mr. Zhong Ming said is extremely true, this matter must indeed be thoroughly investigated, Mr. Zhong Ming can go to Cao Hong, the general of the internal guard, and ask him to help you investigate this matter and see what the rumors leaked from there." By the way, I will refute the rumors, that is, Xuzhou has been repeatedly warned, and urgently needs to recuperate, and in a short period of time, the history of this assassination has no plans to use troops abroad, so that the people of Xuzhou can live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no need to worry that there will be new wars in Xuzhou. β
"No." Yang Hong was overjoyed and agreed, and hurriedly went down to establish meritorious deeds. Leaving Tao Ying alone on the platform, pulling the sparse mustache on his chin and thinking, "Ah Hide, big ears, at the beginning, you must believe this rumor - if you don't hurry up and join forces to kill my good father-in-law, maybe I will really make up my mind to help my good father-in-law take down the entire Yanzhou." After all, compared to you slippery thieves, my father-in-law may be easier to deal with on the battlefield. β
β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦ Sometimes being too loyal is not necessarily a good thing, our Lord Yang may not have dreamed that he led the internal security agents of the Xuzhou Assassin Mansion, and after catching the people who spread rumors in the market with great fanfare, and then publicly spreading the rumors, it turned out to be self-defeating, this rumor that has just been circulating for a long time has attracted the attention of more people, especially those princes who are lurking in Xuzhou City, and they also quickly transcribed this rumor into a document, and sent it out of the city through various channels and sent it to their respective masters. and Mi Zhu, who has always been lurking in Xuzhou City, also immediately instructed his sister Mi Zhen and ordered Mi Zhen to use the opportunity of contact with Cao Ling to try to verify the truth of this rumor!
The first to receive this news was, of course, LΓΌ Bu and Lu Wenhou, and after learning from Gao Shun's letter that Tao Ying did have this intention in his words, LΓΌ Wenhou was of course overjoyed, and while replying to the letter instructing Gao Shun to do his best to assist Tao Ying in training, he was relieved to send the 50,000 Hu emergency military rations supported by Xuzhou to the front line, and personally led the army to escort him to Puyang City, an important town in Dongjun, determined to take Puyang City at all costs and open up contact with another hardcore ally, Zhang Yang. Although Chen Gong advised Lu Bu to be cautious and make Lu Wenhou's scheming son-in-law uneasy and kind, but where could Lu Wenhou, who was on the rise, listen to it?
The news continued to go north, and was soon sent to Boss Cao's new base camp in Juancheng City, and together with Boss Cao, there was also the conclusive news that Lu Bu had sent Gao Shun and Cao surnamed Cao to lead two hundred traps to the south to assist Tao Ying in training troops. Hearing these two news, Boss Cao, who was being restrained by Lu Wenhou and uncomfortable, was of course shocked, so much so that he blurted out: "If this matter is true, then I will rest!" Tao Ying's thief's abundant money and food, coupled with the invincible hypocrite army of the plains, plus Lu Bu's army of tigers and wolves, how can I parry? β
"Tao Ying's thief is extremely cunning, would he do such a stupid thing to raise a tiger?" Deputy Director Tao's old friend Guo Jia was deeply suspicious of this, coughed and said: "Lu Bu is a jackal, capricious, after Tao Ying supports him to destroy our army, a new enemy immediately appears on his side of the couch, or is it a more dangerous and difficult enemy to guard, Tao Ying thief can't weigh such a weight?" β
"Mr. Bonghyo, forgive me, are you taking it too seriously?" Xun Yu frowned and said: "It is mentioned in the rumors of Xuzhou that after Tao Ying thief supports Lu Bu to eliminate our army, he will also use Lu Bu to fight against Yuan Shao - maybe Tao Ying thief thinks that Yuan Shao also has a grudge against Lu Bu, if our army is destroyed, Yuan Shao can still make Lu Bu dare not start a ......war against Xuzhou." β
"Uncle is right, and I really can't rule out this possibility." Xun You was also a little worried that this rumor was true, and warned: "Ming Gong, at present, there is no war on Tao Ying's southern front, I am not afraid that Lu Bu will suddenly turn his face, and he and Lu Bu have their own needs, Tao Ying needs the strong soldiers under Lu Bu to help him improve the combat power of the army, Lu Bu needs Tao Ying's money, food, weapons and weapons to support the army to fight, and the two thieves have their own needs, and it must not be ruled out that they will work together to eliminate our army for the time being." Moreover, Tao Ying repeatedly lent grain to Lu Bu, and Lu Bu also sent veteran generals to the south to help Tao Ying train his troops, showing signs of concerted efforts. β
Boss Cao is a responsible person, and he did not regret again that he didn't cut off Deputy Director Tao who deserved to die at the beginning, but after a little calculation, he shouted: "Send someone to Jizhou immediately, tell Yuan Shao the news, and let this puppet know that if I am killed by Tao Ying Lu Bu, what will be the situation on his southern front!" The erection is not enough, I promised to borrow my 30,000 troops and no longer go south when I reach Liyang, I only think about preserving my strength, so that I and Lu Bu will be defeated, but I haven't thought about it at all, if Tao Ying annihilates the thief and Lu Bu join forces, how can I parry?! β
"Ming Gong, in the letter to Yuan Shao, don't say that this matter is just a rumor." Xun Yu reminded in a gloomy voice: "Ming Gong can tell Yuan Shao, just say that this is the accurate news that my army has spied on." β
Boss Cao nodded with a cruel smile, and immediately asked Guo Jia to use his beautiful writing to draft a letter for himself, at this time, Cheng Yu, who has always been silent and known as the most despicable, vicious, and unscrupulous in Cao Boss's think tank, is good at kidnapping other people's families and likes to use human flesh as military rations, and finally spoke, and said to Boss Cao: "Don't worry, Duke Ming, according to my opinion, no matter whether Tao Ying thief intends to join forces with Lu Bu to destroy our army, Tao Ying's so-called alliance with Lu Bu is vulnerable. There is a plan, which can make the Tao and Lu families turn against each other, Lu Bu Pifu is isolated and helpless, and the public can also take the opportunity to try it. β
"Mr. Zhongde, if you have any plans, please come quickly." Cao Ying said with great joy.
"Mr. Zhongde, Tao Ying's thief is cunning, and if he uses tricks against him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed." Xun Yu warned and poured cold water.
"Mr. Wen Ruo's instructions are right, but he didn't dare to expect Tao Ying to destroy the thief, this plan was used on Lu Bu." Cheng Yu smiled, and said to Cao Laoda: "Ming Gong, our army has made a clear report, Tao Ying thief in order to make Gao Shun, Cao surnamed and others fully help him train his troops, and treat Gao Shun, Cao surnamed and Gao Shun's trapped camp soldiers very well, if Ming Gong makes people infiltrate Lu Bu's army and spread rumors, it will be said that Tao Ying thief treats Gao and Cao well, not to make Gao Cao and Cao help him train, but to take the opportunity to buy Gao Shun and Cao and other soldiers to make them their own use, and also said that Gao Shun and Cao are greedy for glory and wealth, has secretly taken refuge in Tao Ying's thief, and is ready to buy more soldiers under Lu Bu's command for Tao Ying's thief. β
Speaking of this, Cheng Yu smiled again and said, "Then after Lu Bu heard about it, how could he not be suspicious...... β
Boss Cao laughed and said, "Good, you can do it quickly." β
(To be continued)