Chapter Fourteen: Reinforcements

  I remember a movie from my past life had this line: A single arrow piercing the clouds, and thousands of horses and soldiers come to meet.

  Of course, Yuan Shang's arrow did not have such great ability and appeal. The effect of this emergency shot was at most using a dead horse as if it were alive to treat an illness, saving one's life in an emergency, and making a desperate move when things are critical.

  With a "whoosh" sound of the arrow, the sharp arrow shot by Yuan Shang was like a cloud swallow that had been dormant for a long time, flying back to its prey at an extremely fast speed, pulling out a loud whistle in mid-air, pleasant and lyrical.

  With a "thud" sound of the arrow piercing the flesh, instantly accompanied by a heaven-shaking scream, it was seen that the arrow shot from the string accurately hit its target, or rather, with a slight deviation from the target.

  The arrow shot onto Xu Chu's... butt.

  "Ahhhhh!!!!!!"

  Xu Chu let out a thunderous roar, the anger and resentment in his voice enough to shake the heavens, causing soldiers on both sides to be shocked, staring at this giant of a man as he let out wave after wave of thunderous roars.

  "You scoundrel, how dare you! Today I will skin you alive and swallow your flesh!"

  Xu Zhu turned around, and the flames of hatred shot out from his copper bell-like eyes almost burned Yuan Shang to ashes, extremely frightening.

  After speaking, Xu Chu turned around and pulled out an arrow from his buttocks, pulling down a large piece of skin and flesh.

  Xu Chu is indeed a tiger general, he regards the blood and flesh in his hand as nothing, opens his mouth wide and directly bites the arrowhead into his mouth, chews and swallows his own flesh. The bright red blood vessels in his eyes are visible to the naked eye, like a demon god descending, holding the tiger-headed war knife and continuing to kill towards the mountain, his momentum is even more overwhelming than before.

  One arrow failed to kill Xu Chu, but instead thoroughly offended him, and Yuan Shang's intestines were filled with regret.

  Only regret that their archery skills are really limited, if they had known earlier, let Guo Yuan shoot it, why bother to take the lead, and get stuck in the middle...

  That arrow was clearly aimed at the head, how did it end up shooting into the butt with a "poof"? Was that arrow poorly made or did the arrowhead have a crook?

  Guo Yu saw Xu Chu pull out the arrow and swallow it along with the blood and flesh, and although he was shocked and frightened in his heart, he also felt a great deal of admiration. He turned to Yuan Shang and said: "Third Master, in the past at the Battle of Xuzhou, Cao Jun's general Xiahou Dun was shot in the eye by an arrow from Cao Xing, pulled out the arrowhead and swallowed it, stunning both sides. Today this Xu Chu also pulled out the arrow and swallowed the flesh, not much inferior to Xiahou Dun. How many fierce generals does Cao Jun have?"

  Yuan Shangbai gave Guo Yuan a glance, shook his head and said: "I don't agree with what you just said. The thing Xiahou Dun pulled out back then was an eyeball, the essence of one's parents cannot be discarded, eating it is also considered normal... But today, Xu Chu pulled out buttock meat, and he carelessly put it in his mouth, how can this be compared to Xiahou Dun? It's completely two different levels!"

  Guo Yuan was taken aback, staring blankly at Yuan Shang for a long time, but in his heart he couldn't figure out whether the Third Master's words were reasonable or not.

  After a long while, Guo Yuan finally came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Xu Chu who was still fighting fiercely. He felt a chill in his heart and asked: "Third Master, Xu Chu has been hit by an arrow but is still fighting with even greater ferocity than before. Third Master should quickly hide on the mountain, I will lead men to block him!"

  Yuan Shang had been observing Xu Chu for a long time, and upon hearing this, he revealed a wicked smile, shaking his head and saying: "Hiding is completely unnecessary, that Xu Chu just now took an arrow to the buttocks and legs, pulling out a big chunk, his right leg injured tendons and bones, limping along with each step, still constantly bleeding, it's simply the last gasp of a dying ember! Guo Yuan, lead the brothers armed with long spears to surround him, don't attack anywhere else, use the long spears to target this scoundrel's lower body, either stabbing or sweeping or hooking, just focus on his thighs and buttocks with all your might! I'll see how long he can hold on!"

  Guo Yuan heard this and secretly sighed in his heart. The three gentlemen's successive plans, although effective, were all despicable and dirty to the extreme, without any of the main lord's demeanor. To be honest, they were somewhat similar to Cao Cao.

  Do you think this is good or bad?

  Ideas are just ideas, but orders must be followed. Seeing Guan Yu rushing towards Yuan Shang, he nodded his head and said: "Yes!" Then he led an army to go and battle Xu Chu.

  Xu Chu's heart was filled with hatred, wanting to swallow Yuan Shang whole. Just as his killing intent was rising, a sudden gust of cold wind swept across the lower part of his body. Xu Chu's heart skipped a beat, and he hastily pulled his injured leg back to take cover.

  As he looked up, he saw that Yuan's army had somehow appeared with a pair of long gunners, and they formed a line, their hands holding cold lights. These people faced Xu Chu, without saying a word, and directly used the spears in their hands to poke at Xu Chu's lower body, one spear after another, not stopping for a moment.

  If it were in normal times, Xu Chu would not be afraid of them. However, he had just been shot in the buttocks and when pulling out the arrow, he was too excited and used too much force, injuring the tendons and muscles of his right leg. At this moment, walking is already a great effort, how can he withstand the opponent's fierce attack on his lower body?

  His gaze swept up to the mountain, and he saw Yuan Shang smiling at him with a calm smile on his face, still holding the bow that had just shot him, handsome and elegant, with an outstanding demeanor.

  Xu Chu was furious, gritting his teeth and shouting at Yuan Shang in a loud voice: "You shameless thing! Do you still want to have any face? You actually resorted to such a despicable trick, it's really detestable..."

  So, people can't be distracted. As soon as they are distracted, something bad happens. Just then, Xu Chu's words were not yet finished when a long spear suddenly pierced the root of his thigh, and fresh blood splattered everywhere.

  Xu Chu was in pain, let out a loud roar to the sky, and fell backwards down the mountain slope. In an instant, he rolled down the mountain with a rumbling sound, like a giant snowball, sweeping away several of Cao's attacking soldiers.

  Cao Cao was shocked at the foot of the mountain and hastily shouted loudly: "Quick! Quickly respond to General Hu!"

  Cao's soldiers got the order, and they swarmed forward. With a loud crash, Zhang Fei charged into the Cao army, sending several rows of soldiers tumbling down. Only after he had knocked over three to five waves of Cao soldiers did he finally come to a stop under the blocking of a group of heavily armored Cao soldiers.

  At this moment, Xu Chu's lower body was covered in blood, his whole body was stained with grass and mud, his whiskers and face were scratched by the mountain trees, looking particularly disheveled.

  Although it was so, Xu Chu still saw his teeth clenched and angrily stood up, pointing at Yuan Shang on the mountain in the distance, shouting loudly: "You heaven-sent little thief, if you have the guts, come down and fight a decisive battle with me!"

  Yuan Shang stood still on the mountain, upon hearing this, he slightly raised an eyebrow, his mouth curled into a slight sneer, and with disdain, he spat a wad of saliva down the mountain, saying to Xu Chu in a refined manner.

  "You're no match for me, scram."

  Xu Chu's head was about to explode with rage, this little thief was really too arrogant, not even daring to fight face-to-face, and yet he said I wasn't his match?

  Taking a deep breath, Xu Chu spoke again: "You little thief, shooting people with hidden arrows is not heroic!"

  "Get out!"

  Xu Chu flew into a rage: "You little scoundrel! You're taking advantage of our numerical inferiority, you shameless rascal!"

  "Get out!"

  "Deceived by my leg injury, attacked from below, winning with shame!"

  "Get out!"

  "You... you... little thief!"

  "Stop nagging and get out!"

  As he said this, Xu Chu's five internal organs churned with rage, and with a snort, he spat out a large amount of fresh blood. His eyes rolled back, and he instantly fainted.

  Cao Cao was shocked at the sight and hastily waved his hand, saying: "Quickly, escort Huo Hou to the rear army, don't let him talk to that little thief again!"

  "Promise!"

  The officers hastily sent Xu Chu down, Cao Cao calmly raised his head and looked at Yuan Shang on the mountain, a killing intent flashed in his eyes, and he pointed at Yuan Shang and said: "You little thief are so rude, today I must kill you to avenge Zhong Kang's death..."

  The words had not been spoken yet, when suddenly Yu Jin galloped to Cao Cao's front, saluted him with a bow and said urgently: "My lord, there is a troop of Yuan's army coming from the east, with a large number of soldiers and horses, and they are approaching very quickly. I'm afraid they will arrive in no time!"

  Cao Cao was startled at once and frowned: "Can you see clearly who is leading the military flag?"

  "Who led the vanguard without a clear view, only scouts could recognize the flag in the army, with four big characters on it: Hejian Zhang Jing!"