Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 720 A Powerful Arrow

A man beside Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei and others with anger on his face.

"You dare to hurt me, big brother. Capture Liu Bei and Taishi Ci alive and let me torture them to vent my hatred!"

Cao Cao looked at his second brother, who still had a bandage on his shoulder. He should have followed Cao Ren into Pengcheng and had a good rest, but he insisted on following him and witnessed Liu Bei and others being captured. It can be seen how strong the resentment in his heart was.

He only has this one younger brother, who has made many contributions since he started the army. It would be difficult for Cao Cao to refuse this small request.

"In that case, you should capture Liu Bei and Taishi Ci alive. It's fine as long as they are alive. If they resist stubbornly, let them suffer a little. Even if they lose an arm or something, it won't matter."

"If you want to catch my big brother, you have to get past me first!"

Zhang Fei was furious. Under his 10-foot-tall snake spear, corpses of Cao's soldiers were scattered all over the ground.

However, as the battle became more and more stalemate, even though Zhang Fei was a god, his strength was exhausted. Moreover, the wound on his left arm was torn again, and blood gushed out, which made things even worse.

"Circular formation!"

Jiang Huan shouted, and the soldiers brought from Pengcheng quickly moved around. After a short while, they formed a circular battle formation, surrounding Liu Bei, Tao Qian and others in the middle, providing layers of protection.

Cao Cao raised his eyes and said, "Hmm? This second brother of Liu Bei is quite capable. At this moment, he can still make the soldiers retain some fighting spirit and set up a battle formation. It can be seen that he has trained his soldiers well. It's a pity that he can't be used by me."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the soldiers under his command immediately launched a more fierce attack.

The two sides fought for a while, and the soldiers at the outermost edge of the circular formation died one after another. Seeing that they were about to collapse, Jiang Huan shouted again: "Change!"

As this military order was shouted, the soldiers in the second row of the circular formation quickly stepped forward, and their spears suddenly pierced through the soldiers in the first row, killing many of Cao's soldiers who came to attack at once.

Xiahou Yuan said: "Meng De, this guy is quite good at using troops. If this continues, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Why don't we let someone attack with bows and crossbows for a while, and we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy."

Cao Cao nodded: "Yeah, that's fine."

Xiahou Yuan took the order, took a few steps forward, stopped his horse, and a team of archers ran over and stood on both sides of him.

"put!"

A rain of arrows came, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of gaps appeared in the circular formation. Although these gaps were quickly filled as the formation shrank, Liu Bei and others were still anxious.

"Xiahou Yuan, it's him again. I swear to compete with him today."

Taishi Ci put away his halberd, took out his longbow, ran forward a few steps, and shot an arrow at Xiahou Yuan.

"Well done!" Xiahou Yuan shouted and shot back an arrow.

The two arrows actually collided with each other in the air, and the metal arrowheads produced sparks.

"Come again!"

Taishi Ci shot another arrow. Xiahou Yuan leaned back, and when the sharp arrow flew over him, he suddenly reached out, snatched the arrow, put it on his own bowstring, and shot it back.

"What a great Xiahou Yuan! He is truly amazing." Taishi Ci secretly admired.

The two of them shot back and forth, with sharp arrows flying everywhere, it was really exciting.

Taishi Ci's archery skills were originally better than Xiahou Yuan's, but after fighting for a long time and exhausting his physical strength, he could not gain the upper hand at all.

When the two men were fighting, the archers commanded by Xiahou Yuan kept shooting, and the circular formation commanded by Jiang Huan was shrinking smaller and smaller, and the situation became more and more critical.

Seeing that he was unable to defeat Taishi Ci for the moment, Xiahou Yuan suddenly had an idea. He took a few steps forward and shot an arrow at Liu Bei.

Taishi Ci was shocked: "My lord, be careful!"

He threw himself forward and stood in front of Liu Bei, and the sharp arrow hit his right chest.

"Ziyi!" Liu Bei hugged Taishi Ci tightly, and looked at the blood flowing from his right chest, and immediately felt distressed. "Ziyi, why did you do this? If you die for me, how can I live in this world with dignity?"

Taishi Ci tried to hold back the severe pain: "My lord... My lord has been very kind to me, and he has been very kind to my mother. I can... I can die for you, which is only natural and righteous... It's a pity that a man of honor was born into the world, but he didn't have the chance to use his three-foot-long sword to achieve great things. It's very... very regrettable... cough cough..."

"Ziyi, stop talking, stop talking. If I can escape death today, I will heal you no matter what."

At this time, Xiahou Yuan's voice came from behind him: "You don't have this chance, watch out for the arrow!"

A sharp arrow shot towards Liu Bei's back.

"Brother!" Zhang Fei and Jiang Huan cried out in surprise, but they were farther away from Liu Bei and could not rescue him in time.

Tao Qian and others were also extremely anxious, especially Tao Qian. Facing such a tragic defeat, he was going to die, but he also implicated so many people to be buried with him, which made him feel extremely regretful.

"The big thing has been settled." Cao Cao raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

At the critical moment, another sharp arrow suddenly shot out from the darkness in the distance. Although it was fired later than Xiahou Yuan's arrow, it arrived first. It flew through the circular formation and hit Xiahou Yuan's arrow, then split it in half and continued to rush away.

Xiahou Yuan was horrified and hurriedly tried to block the arrow with the longbow in his hand. However, the arrow broke his longbow on the spot. Xiahou Yuan dodged his head and the arrow hit an archer behind him.

You must know that although his bow and arrow are made of wood, the arrowhead is made of iron. The opponent's arrow was shot and he was able to split the iron arrowhead in half. It still had such power. His archery skills were so high that it was simply horrifying.

At the same time, Liu He, who was far away in Luoyang, also heard a prompt sound in his mind.

"System prompt: Ye Xiang's Archery skill is 99, the Cloud Breaking Bow increases his Archery skill by 2 points, triggering the special skill 'Good Archery': Archery skill increases by 4 points instantly when shooting an arrow, and when leading an archery unit, the archers' Archery skill increases by 1 point collectively. Ye Xiang's overall Archery skill is 105 points, and Archery skill replaces Force when shooting an arrow, so the current overall Force is 105 points."

Liu He looked very satisfied: "Yuan Qing has been practicing archery for more than ten years, and not long ago he finally figured out this special skill related to archery. His years of hard work have finally paid off. This is his chance to become famous."

Among the first few people who followed him, Guan Yu and his four sworn brothers, as well as Gao Shun, have now become famous and well-known. Although Ye Xiang is also famous, because the Shenji Battalion is a supporting force, the impression known to others is naturally not as good as the charging troops such as the Thunder God Cavalry, and the large-scale fighting troops such as the Golden Sword Battalion and the Han Wuzu, so Liu He has always wanted to promote his nominal "apprentice".

Everyone was so shocked by the arrow that they were speechless for a long time, so that the fighting around the circular formation stopped for a moment.

Encountering such a sudden change, Cao Cao was shocked, but his heart was not in a panic. He looked ahead and said in a deep voice: "Who are you, master? Please show yourself to me."

Cao De, who was standing beside him, was naturally furious when he saw that the person he wanted to capture was saved by an unidentified guy. He shouted in the direction where the arrow came from, "Where did you come from, you sneaky little rat? How dare you interfere in the affairs of my Cao family? Come out and die!"

Everyone's eyes were focused on the darkness.

At this time, a burst of laughter came from inside: "Hehe...hehe..."

The laughter was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly. There was neither anger nor fear in the laughter, but rather... a hint of mockery.

Cao Cao instinctively became alert: "Who are you? I am Cao Cao from Yanzhou. You are an excellent archer, rare in the world. I admire you very much. May I see your true appearance?"

The voice came again: "I often heard Master mention that all the princes in the world have their own strengths, but the one who can take the top spot is none other than Cao Mengde. This man has a strong character, a broad mind, and acts decisively and ruthlessly. If he harbors other intentions, he will become a major threat to the court in the long run. Seeing him today, I know that what Master said is true."

When everyone heard that this man's archery skills were so astonishing, and he also had a master, what kind of extraordinary person he must be. Zhang Fei and other generals couldn't help but feel yearning and wanted to meet this hermit master.

Cao Cao was very shocked. The master this person was talking about actually knew him so well. If he could not recruit such a person for his own use, he must find a way to get rid of him, otherwise he would not be able to sleep or eat well.

Liu Bei finally came to his senses and shouted to the darkness, "Thank you for your help, sage. I am Liu Bei, the governor of Donglai. I don't know your name, but I will visit you someday to thank you for your kindness."

After listening to this, Jiang Huan nodded secretly. To such a great person, one must naturally visit him in person. Not only would it show courtesy and sincerity, but it would also allow him to meet the mysterious master he mentioned.

At this moment, a "crunching" sound was heard, as if someone was stepping on dead branches and leaves on the ground.

Then, a figure appeared in front of everyone.

"The Han general who conquers the west, Ye Xiang is here."

(End of this chapter)