One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 73
Cao Cao also got up early today.

He had to spend the night at the Sheriff's Mansion for a banquet yesterday, but he always had his army in mind, so today he wanted to go out of the city to the barracks.

As soon as the bundle was finished, Cao Hong came to look for him.

"My lord, come with me quickly, Miaocai is going to compete with Qin Yi in archery." Cao Hong said impatiently as soon as they met.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes: "What, Miaocai wants to compete with Tianyu in archery? How did the two of them get mixed up?"

Cao Hongdao: "Miaocai just went back to his room to get his bow and arrow. He said that he met Qin Yi in the martial arts arena. He was angry at Qin Yi's switch to Sun Jian, and proposed to compare arrows with Qin Yi in order to humiliate Qin Yi."

"This wonderful talent is really nonsense!" Cao Cao became impatient when he heard that, "Tianyu is a great talent, not only outstanding in martial arts, but also brilliant in combat. This kind of talent, it's too late for someone to win him back now, wonderful talent To think of humiliating him is really stupid!"

Cao Hong was startled for a moment: "My lord, Qin Yi is somewhat capable, but he's not as powerful as you said, right?"

Cao Cao glared at Cao Hong, and said, "You know, Xu Rong was assassinated quietly by Qin Yi in the camp. Sun Wentai took advantage of this and succeeded in attacking Xu Rong's camp at night. The Battle of Xingyang , it was also Qin Yi who advised Sun Wentai and personally sneaked into Xingyang City, opened the city gate, and let Sun Wentai's army enter the city."

Cao Hong was shocked: "How... is this possible?"

The feudal lords only knew a general idea about the battle of Liang County's battalion attack and the battle of Xingyang, but they knew nothing about the inside story.Cao Hong couldn't believe Cao Cao's inside story now.

Cao Cao said: "These inside stories were all obtained from Yuan Shu during the banquet last night. Yuan Shu is the master of Sun Wentai, so Sun Wentai naturally wanted to report the details of the two battles to him. According to Yuan Shu, he originally I wanted to win over Tian Yu, but Tian Yu didn't appreciate it, and made Yuan Shu sulky for nothing."

When Cao Hong heard the words, he stood there dumbfounded.He really couldn't figure out how Qin Yi, a living man, sneaked into the military camp where tens of thousands of people were stationed and assassinated Xu Rong. Could it be that all the soldiers in Xu Rong's camp were blind?He even couldn't figure out how Qin Yi opened the gate of Xingyang City and let Sun Jian's army enter the city with his own strength.

"Zilian, why are you still standing there? Follow me to the martial arts arena!"

Cao Hong didn't recover until he heard Cao Cao's reminder, and immediately followed Cao Cao out of the room.

When Cao Cao and Cao Hong arrived at the martial arts arena, Qin Yi and Xiahou Dun were already in place.The two of them, one holding a crossbow and the other holding a bow, stood in the middle of the martial arts arena.

Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zu Mao and others stood on the side of the martial arts arena, looking at the arena attentively.

Sun Jian's four generals were notified by Sun Ce. They were all military generals. When they heard that there was a martial arts competition, they all came to watch the excitement.

"Miao Cai, stop quickly!" Cao Cao shouted at the field as soon as he appeared.

Everyone in the field heard the sound and looked at Cao Cao and Cao Hong.

Sun Jian turned to face Cao Cao, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Meng De is here too?"

Cao Cao hurriedly returned a salute, then said: "Brother Wentai, it's all because of Miao Miao who was reckless, I made you laugh."

Sun Jian was startled, and immediately understood Cao Cao's meaning. He smiled slightly and said, "Meng De's words are serious. It is the most common thing for people in the army to compete with each other. Tianyu and General Miaocai's archery competition is just for learning. That's all, nothing else, Meng De must not think too much."

"This……"

Sun Jian blocked what Cao Cao wanted to say, and he didn't know what to say.

"Brother Meng De came just in time, let's take a good look at this competition with Sun." Sun Jian said again.

Cao Cao had no choice but to nod.Then he shouted at Xia Houyuan and Qin Yi: "Miaocai, Tianyu, swordsmen have no eyesight. You two must not lose your temper, just compete in the simplest way."

In the arena, Xia Houyuan and Qin Yi looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

Sun Jian smiled, and whispered to Cao Cao: "Meng De, you and I are the ones watching at this moment. Let them discuss how Tian Yu and Miao Cai will compete."

Cao Cao had no choice but to nod again and stopped talking.

In the field, Xia Houyuan asked Qin Yi: "How do you want to compare?"

"Whatever you want!" Qin Yi replied lightly, "Qin will let General Xiahou set the rules."

Xia Houyuan thought for a while, then suddenly walked towards the weapon rack placed on the edge of the martial arts arena.Nearby, he drew out a long halberd and walked back to Qin Yi.

"How about it, how about you and I shoot the twigs of the halberd?" Xia Houyuan suggested.

Qin Yi looked at the halberd in Xia Houyuan's hand.

This is an ordinary halberd. The head of the halberd is in the shape of a "divination", which can be stabbed, pecked, or hooked. It is somewhat similar to the hook and sickle spear of later generations.The twigs mentioned by Xia Houyuan are the point on the right side of the word "Bu", about fifteen or six centimeters long and five centimeters wide.

Shooting a halberd?Isn’t this what Lu Bu did later?Qin Yi suddenly thought of the story of shooting a halberd at the gate.Lu Bu, it seems that if you want to shoot a halberd in the future, you will follow in the footsteps of Xia Houyuan and me.

"How far is the distance?" Qin Yi asked.

"How about fifty steps?" Xia Houyuan asked.

Fifty steps, that should be fine for me. "Okay, just follow the general's suggestion!" Qin Yi readily agreed.

"Wait a minute! I still have something to say." Xia Houyuan said again, "You and I, stand with this halberd in hand and let the other party shoot."

As soon as this remark came out, Qin Yi frowned: This is not only a competition of archery skills, but also a competition of psychological quality!

Those watching from the sidelines were also shocked when they heard Xia Houyuan's words.Cao Cao immediately wanted to stop Xia Houyuan's proposal, but he saw that no one else made a sound, especially Sun Jian, who seemed to have nothing to do with him. He didn't want to be disadvantaged, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

In the arena, Qin Yi thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Then let's start, who will shoot first?"

Xia Houyuan smiled playfully: "How about showing your ugliness first?"

Seeing Xia Houyuan's extremely treacherous smile, Qin Yi couldn't guess what he was thinking: He clearly wanted to test my courage.Hmph, you got the wrong idea, buddy, when I was a soldier in the 21st century, I used to play the game of passing ignited dynamite packs, now it’s just to let you shoot with a halberd, what’s the big deal.

"Okay!" Qin Yi took a step forward and took the halberd from Xia Houyuan.

Xia Houyuan didn't expect Qin Yi to agree so happily, so he was slightly taken aback.

"General Xiahou, please move forward."

Qin Yi stood upright, holding the halberd in his right hand and standing on the ground.The halberd sticks close to the body.Moreover, he intentionally made the twig of the halberd head face him, and the tip of the twig protruded above his head, only about [-] centimeters away from his head.

He was also deliberately embarrassing Xia Houyuan and risking his own head.I still don’t believe it, you really dare to shoot me in the head!

(End of this chapter)