Chapter 17: Mountain Bandits
Live with the anticipation of seeing you again.
Qiao Wan began to eat well, sleep well, eat supplements to nourish his body, and live more seriously than anyone else.
On this day, Huanshu came in with a parrot.
Qiao Wan felt a headache when she saw it, she really hated this kind of chattering animal.
"The Lord said that this parrot is very eloquent, and he specially rewarded the girl with happiness."
“…… Let it go. ”
"Guan'er, Guan'er~" The parrot flapped its wings and shouted.
Qiao Wan frowned, what kind of fairy parrot is this, she can actually call her name, but the feeling of being called by a bird is really ...... It's a little aggrieved.
Huanshu laughed out loud and said, "This parrot was specially sent from Xuchang by the Prime Minister, and it is said to be a very spiritual bird, and you can call the name of the new owner at a glance." ”
Qiao Guan knew in his heart that Bacheng was the previous owner of this parrot and was called Guan'er, and Cao Cao specially came over to make her happy.
Qiao Guan squeezed out a smile, "What a smart parrot." Huanshu, take it down to give birth to it. ”
"Yes!"
Huanshu's worship of the Lord in her heart is like a surging river, surging endlessly. The lord can fight in all directions, Wen can comfort the sad girl, can throw a smile, can warm the blood and stones, and visually this is the rhythm of capturing the hearts of the beauties step by step.
The chirping parrot finally left, Qiao Wan breathed a long sigh of relief, Cao Cao sent things to her for three days, and every time she refused to accept it, and then Cao Cao took it himself and sent it over, and kept grinding until she accepted it. After a long time, she learned to be smart, as long as she accepted it obediently, she didn't have to see Cao Cao again.
At this time, Zhou Yu and his party were dressed as caravans and were on the way to Xuchang.
When I arrived at the Shiting area, the terrain became rugged and dangerous, and due to the heavy rain a few days ago, a landslide occurred and blocked the official road. For now, they will either stay in the city for a few days, waiting for the official roads to be cleared, or they will have to take the rough and difficult paths.
Zhou Yu opened the map, although the path only took a few miles to go back to the official road, but the path was surrounded by heavy mountains, and I was afraid that there would be mountain bandits.
He was concerned about Qiao Guan's safety, but he still decided to take a risk. He ordered one man to guard the pile of goods, and waited for the official road to open before hiring someone to transport it in the city. The rest rode lightly.
After walking a few miles on the path, there is a clamp ditch in front, there is no opening here, it is a complete mountain, with the evolution of the terrain, a crack is split in the middle of the mountain, only one person can pass through, after entering the crack, it suddenly opens up, about a mile or so of an empty basin, surrounded by mountains, but the exit is also the same narrow mountain crack.
A hint of ominous feeling rose in Zhou Yu's heart, this was really the best place to ambush.
As if in response to his conjecture, an earth-shattering shout of killing suddenly sounded around him, and at the same time, countless falling rocks and feathered arrows flew down from the mountain, and they reacted very quickly, quickly jumping off the frightened horses, dodging the falling rocks while drawing their swords and sweeping the arrows that fell overhead.
Zhou Deng, the guard, quickly rushed back to the entrance that was closer, trying to escape from there. But the enemy had already been prepared, and the archers were quickly surrounded by the two exits, and they were extremely cunning, placing arrows at the end of the gap, so that Zhou Deng could not hit them, and they were shot into hedgehogs in the gap.
When Zhou Yu saw this scene, he was extremely distressed and shouted: "Zhou Deng! Come back! At this moment, an arrow flew into his left shoulder.
At this time, Zhou Deng had been killed by random arrows and fell to the ground. Others were also hit by arrows one after another, and if this continues, no matter how high their martial arts are, they are useless heroes. Now they are in a dilemma, the enemy is menacing, and they are bent on shooting them in this clamp ditch.
Zhou Yu's brain spun, quickly swept the surrounding terrain, and quickly hid behind a big rock, with his back against the mountain wall, and there was shade on it, neither falling rocks nor arrows could hit him. He shaved the tail of the arrow off his left shoulder with his sword to avoid getting in the way, and quietly observed the enemy on the hill through the leaves.
These people were dressed like mountain bandits, and they were probably put to death for money. He saw that several mountain bandits were constantly fanning the fat-headed mountain bandit in brocade clothes standing in the middle, offering a flattering smile. Another young bandit in brocade was watching the battle in the ravine.
Zhou Yu took out his bow and arrows, drew the bow, and poked out his head and shot an arrow into the head of the fat-headed mountain bandit on the mountain.
The enemy was in a commotion at once, and they all retreated from the edge of the hill. Zhou Yu took advantage of the gap where there were no random arrows, quickly climbed up the mountain along the mountain wall, and another arrow shot into the heart of the young brocade-clothed bandit.
These bandits are all brainless bandits, seeing that the two leaders were shot, they instantly made a plate of loose sand, and saw that the person in front of them had accurate archery skills and strong martial arts, and a person standing in front of them was calm and unhurried, and his face did not change, and when he pulled up his bow again, they instantly exploded like grasshoppers, and fled for their lives.
Zhou Yu scared away the mountain bandits, and quickly retreated to the ditch to check the casualties of the team, except for three people who were killed on the spot, the remaining seven people were only injured to varying degrees, and they still had to be treated, but the horses had big goals, slow reactions, and heavy casualties, and none of them could still ride.
He decided to go back to the city first, bringing with him a wagon and men to bring the wounded back for treatment.
An hour or so, when Zhou Yu came back, except for the three corpses, the rest of the people had disappeared, and a war horse had a brocade belt inserted in it, and he took it down, only to see that it was written:
Before the hour of tonight, a man will come to the top of the Grey Eagle Mountain to change your brethren.
Guandu, in the Chinese military tent.
The logistics steward trembled on the ground and said, "The grain and grass for support have not arrived for a long time, and the surplus food in the army can only last for another five days at most." ”
Cao Cao smashed his rice bowl and said angrily: "Why did you go earlier?!" Why don't you report it! ”
The logistics steward cried: "The army is depleted very quickly, and the army's grain stock has always been only as much as ten days, but now after five days, the grain and grass transported from Qingzhou have not arrived for a long time, and there are only five days left." ”
Cao Cao was silent for a long time, and then drove the rice on the table back to the bowl with a chopstick.
"This year's drought has not yielded any grain grains, and the millions of stone grain stocks in Qingzhou and Yanzhou have almost been exhausted, and Yuan Shao's soldiers, horses, and grain and grass are ten times that of me. Cao Cao said in a cold tone.
Cao Ren hurriedly ran in, and said hurriedly and heavily: "I just got the news that the convoy transporting grain in Qingzhou was intercepted by Yuan Shao, and all the grain and grass were taken away by Yuan Jun!"
Cao Cao was angry, and instead of being angry, he laughed and said: "The sky is going to kill me Cao Cao!"