Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1149: Shooting Zhou Yu with an Arrow
Sun Ce, who had been devastated by the croton, was a little exhausted, but now with the addition of Zhou Tai, the two of them worked together and quickly suppressed Liu Zheng, forcing him to retreat step by step.

Originally, Sun Ce was unwilling to join forces with others to fight the enemy, but firstly, he knew the importance of this battle. If Liu Zheng could not be captured, all the fighting for more than a month would be in vain. Secondly, the opponent's trick of using croton powder really made him extremely angry, so naturally he could not care about anything else at the moment.

However, before the two could be proud for too long, Liu Zheng spotted Zhou Yu standing alone on the hillside not far away, and he immediately made a plan in his mind.

"How close do you need to be to shoot Zhou Yu?" He forced Sun Ce and Zhou Tai back with a shot, and asked softly to a crossbowman behind him.

This crossbowman was a captain in the Shenji Camp commanded by Ye Xiang. He was originally a Xianbei man named Qifu Tanggan. Seven or eight years ago, he moved to Yanmen County in Bingzhou with his entire tribe and his family.

Later, these Xianbei and Xiongnu people who migrated inland gave themselves Han surnames according to the places where they settled. Those who settled in Shuofang changed their surnames to Fang, those who settled in Yunzhong County changed their surnames to Yun, those who settled in Yunhai County changed their surnames to Hai, those who settled in Yanmen changed their surnames to Yan, and those who settled further away, such as Taiyuan, which was mostly near Jinyang, changed their surnames to Yang, those who settled in Changshan, Jizhou, changed their surnames to Chang, those who settled in Shangdang changed their surnames to Dang, and so on.

From then on, this man changed his name to Yan Gan. Later, because of his proficiency in archery, he was recruited by the army. With this identity, he was able to marry a Han woman. At the wedding banquet, his then superior, a military garrison commander, changed his name to Yan Xun and encouraged him to make more contributions to the Han Dynasty in the future.

Yan Xun has been in the army for many years. Although he is not as good as famous generals such as Ye Xiang, Zhao Yun, and Taishi Ci, he is also a master of archery with 90 points. Even in the Shenji Camp, he is considered to be at an upper-middle level. He may not be able to shoot an arrow through a target from a hundred paces away, but it is easy for him to shoot a person through the target.

He looked at Zhou Yu's position and said without hesitation: "One hundred and twenty steps. As long as I get within one hundred and twenty steps, I can definitely hit him. However, if I want to hit his vital point and kill him with one blow, I have to be eighty steps away."

Liu Zheng made a prompt decision: "It's fine as long as I can injure him. I will personally clear the way for you to within a hundred steps. If I miss, you will be punished by military law when you return."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will never dare to bring disgrace upon the reputation of the Divine Machine Battalion. If I can't hit the target even at a hundred steps, I will jump into the Mian River to apologize."

Liu Zheng said no more and charged forward again.

This time was different from before. He almost only attacked and did not defend, and every move he made directly hit Sun Ce's vital points, such as the neck, face, and lower abdomen, which lacked sufficient protection, so he could hit them fatally with one blow.

Sun Ce and Zhou Tai took the opportunity to hit Liu Zheng several times at first, but they were unable to pierce his tight golden armor. Although Zhou Tai almost knocked him off his horse with a heavy blow, Liu Zheng was an excellent horseman. The BMW Yu Qilin under his crotch had fought with him for many years and was quite attuned to his master. After sensing that his master was in danger of falling, the warhorse exerted force from its back hooves and actively threw Liu Zheng up, allowing Liu Zheng to use the force to get back on the horse's back.

As a result, Sun Ce and Zhou Tai were left with only the strength to defend themselves and had no ability to fight back. After dozens of rounds, although Liu Zheng was hit several times, causing his internal organs to tremble and his blood to boil, he also stabbed Zhou Tai's left arm and left a bloody mark on Sun Ce's right leg.

"Damn it, this little thief relied on the soft armor to protect himself and fought with us desperately." Zhou Tai felt very aggrieved.

Sun Ce was also furious: "If he wants to fight, then fight him. Can the two of us not defeat him alone? At worst, we will both die together. Anyway, we must take him down today!"

After saying that, the two of them became completely ruthless, and the three of them fought to the death.

"Help me with your bow and arrows!"

Liu Zheng shouted in a low voice, and the military order was passed down layer by layer. Soon, the archers in the middle area of ​​the cone formation put the magic crossbow on their backs and took the bows and arrows.

"Raise two inches and launch!"

At a command, thousands of arrows formed an arc, flew over the heads of the friendly troops in front, and fell into the Jiangdong army's camp.

The mountain path was narrow and the Jiangdong soldiers had no way to escape. A few were pushed into the river in the chaos, and many of the rest were shot by arrows. Hundreds of people were either killed or injured.

"Cum again!"

The second wave of arrows came again.

Just these two waves of arrow rain attacks forced the Jiangdong army to retreat more than twenty steps.

Zhou Yu hurriedly asked the messenger beside him to wave the flag. Afterwards, the Jiangdong army quickly changed its formation, with the soldiers in armor coming forward, while those without armor or wearing only cloth or leather armor stayed behind, also shooting arrows with bows and arrows.

However, the archers of Jiangdong could not compare with those of the Shenji Camp in terms of bows and arrows or the soldiers' own archery skills. What's more, all the soldiers of the Shenji Camp were wearing armor. Therefore, after several rounds of shooting between the two sides, the Jiangdong army suffered heavy losses, but only more than a hundred people fell behind Liu He.

Sun Ce and Zhou Tai instinctively suppressed Liu Zheng, but under the harassment of bows and arrows, they were frequently distracted and were forced to retreat by Liu Zheng again.

Zhou Yu was a little surprised now.

"The enemy army did not have a baggage train this time, so they only had a few arrows with them. They should have used them with caution. But now they are shooting arrows without any scruples. What is their intention? Even if we can force our army to retreat temporarily, it will be a waste of effort when they run out of arrows. After all, our army has the advantage in numbers. Even if they kill two or three thousand people, it will be difficult for them to break through."

Zhou Yu thought about it over and over again, but for a moment he couldn't figure it out.

During this time, Liu Zheng had been approaching step by step under the cover of more than ten consecutive waves of arrow rain, and finally came to within about a hundred steps of Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu suddenly saw that a general behind Liu Zheng suddenly changed the direction of the bow and arrow that was originally aimed forward and aimed it at himself!
"Oops!"

As he hurriedly tried to dodge, a sharp arrow had already broken through the air.

Sun Ce also noticed this and hurriedly gave up attacking Liu Zheng and slammed his spear out with force.

"Snapped……"

With a crisp sound, the end of the feather arrow was hit by the spear, causing the entire arrow to lose balance. After spinning several circles in the air, it quickly fell to the ground.

Sun Ce was relieved at this point, and when he was about to turn around to avenge Zhou Yu, he was horrified to see a second sharp arrow shot out from in front of him!

"Gong Jin!"

Sun Ce wanted to intercept the arrow again, but it was too late.

Zhou Yu had been dodging in a hurry, and he was not careful in the narrow space and nearly fell down. Fortunately, the messenger beside him supported him in time, but now the second arrow was shot at him, and he had no way to dodge it.

"puff……"

The arrow pierced directly through his right shoulder, and a stream of blood spurted out, dyeing the grass and trees around him red.

"Gongjin!" Sun Ce hurriedly wanted to turn around to see Zhou Yu, but he forgot that he was still fighting with Liu Zheng.

"There's a flaw." Liu Zheng aimed his spear at Sun Ce's lower abdomen. The tip of the spear went halfway into the abdomen, and bright red blood quickly flowed out.

"You who dare to hurt my lord will die!"

Before Liu Zheng could continue to thrust the spear deeper, Zhou Tai angrily struck him directly on the left arm.

With a "crack", Liu Zheng's left arm was broken immediately. The severe pain made him break out in cold sweat on his forehead.

(End of this chapter)