When Yuan Shu ran all the way to Nieyang, he found that Lu Bu was not chasing after him, so he breathed a sigh of relief. When he was about to enter the city, he saw a commotion behind him.

"My lord, there's a team behind!" A general came to Yuan Shu and shouted loudly.

Yuan Shu was ambushed all the way and was beaten by Lu Bu. He was suspicious of his life. Hearing this, he didn't dare to say more, and he quickly brought people to Niyang City.

At this moment, a banner representing the imperial court suddenly lit up on the city of Niyang, followed by a rain of arrows that shot down from the head and cover the face. Zhang Ji is here, he will not dismount and accept surrender!"

At this moment, Yuan Shu was most afraid of Lü Bu's sudden attack from the rear. How dare he stop to attack the city. Besides, he didn't know which group of men and horses appeared in the rear. He could only run around the city to Wancheng under the protection of Qiao Rui and others.

When he ran to Wancheng overnight like this, he saw that the flag of Wancheng had also been changed, and Yuan Shu was heartbroken.

"Think of me Yuan Shu. After being famous, Wei Jia Hai has been humiliated by that man several times!" Yuan Shu looked at the big Han banner at the top of Wancheng City, and his forehead was full of blue veins. Thinking of these days, the ancestor Lu Bu broke three times in a row. Lu Dajun was driven out by Lu Bu all the way from the Qinling Mountains. It was a hard journey. When you were thirsty, you didn’t even have a mouthful of honey and water. When you were hungry, you could only eat some dry food!

Since he was born, he has never had such a day. He has been running around for days, and he has long been exhausted. Looking at the flag of the king of Wancheng, he felt discouraged for a while, and when he looked at the sword in his hand, there was a certain desire to die in his heart.

The recruit threw the sword across his neck and said sternly, "What face is left in the world!?"

"Master!" Lei Bo, Qiao Rui, and Liu Xun hurried up to stop him. If Yuan Shu died, what should they do?

While everyone was arguing, they saw the gate of Wancheng wide open, and a group of men and horses rushed out of the city. The leader was a young man, armed with a long spear, and came on a horse. Before anyone came, the mad voice had already arrived: " Xiliang Ma Chao is here, which is Yuan Shu? Leave the head!"

Yuan Shu was furious when he heard the sound, especially when he saw that Ma Chao was only a teenager, he was even more angry, and roared, "You dare to bully me today, who took this person's head from me!?"

"My lord, wait for a while, I'll be here at the end!" Seeing that the other party was just a young man, Lei Bo shouted loudly, got on his horse and faced Ma Chao.

After he finished speaking, he shot Ma Chao with his horse and spear.

"Good job!!" Ma Chao has been under Gao Shun's command for many years, and he has learned all about joint strikes and military formations. It's not that he's bad, but he doesn't have the kind of heroism and pleasure of riding a thousand troops. At this moment, there is finally a decent person who dares to fight against him. Overjoyed in his heart, out of respect for his opponent, he will do everything in his blood.

But seeing the long spear like lightning and the horse like a dragon, in Lei Bo's eyes, it was like a flash of lightning rushing. Before there was any response, he felt a gust of wind rushing in, followed by a flash in front of his eyes. It was actually picked up from the horse by Ma Chao with a shot.

The two went up and down and looked at each other in the air, both of them were blank.

Lei Bo's grim expression carried a remorse, is this the fighting power that a young man should have? Thinking back to the figure of another young man in my mind, in the end there was only helplessness and a wry smile...

Ma Chao was also at a loss. Compared with the previous fight against Lu Bu, he met Hua Xiong first, then Zhang Liao, and even the few around Lu Bu were quite capable.

After returning to Chang'an with Lu Bu, first being bullied by Dian Wei, and then being beaten by Gao Shun, the generals under Yuan Shu before him felt...weak.

With a flick of his hand, Lei Bo's lifeless corpse was thrown to the side and rolled for a few laps and then stopped moving. Ma Chao took a deep breath and shouted sharply with the spear in his hand, "Kill!"

Yuan Shu's complexion turned pale. Lei Bo was already a great general. If he was instantly killed by Lu Bu, then Yuan Shu would recognize it. After all... is this normal?

But Lu Bu's subordinates ran out inexplicably and a young man killed Lei Bo in an instant. Yuan Shu really couldn't accept it, but now it's obviously not a matter of accepting it or not, but Ma Chao has already come to kill him.

No one can stand a shot like that at random.

Yuan Shu forgot that he was thinking of committing suicide not long ago. Looking at Ma Chao, who was aggressively killing him, he chose to run for his life ashamed. As for the suicide...let it go.

In fact, there were not many men and horses that Ma Chao brought out of the city. However, Yuan Shu's men and horses escaped for several days in a row. Not to mention the lack of people and horses, their morale had already dropped to freezing point. Their general was assassinated by Ma Chao. His own soldiers were sold.

Seeing this, Ma Chao was not polite. He chased him all the way for 20 miles until another Yuan army horse appeared in the back. Seeing that the opponent's lineup was relatively neat, Ma Chao tried to charge, but was shot back by a shower of arrows. There were many forces, but the morale did not collapse. Ma Chao could only withdraw his troops and return to the city in the end.

"My lord, are you all right?" After Ji Ling repelled Ma Chao, he hurriedly greeted Yuan Shu with his men and horses. Seeing Yuan Shu's embarrassed appearance, he dismounted and saluted, "It's too late, please forgive me, lord!"

"No offense, General Ji is here!" Seeing Ji Ling, Yuan Shu almost didn't cry. If he hadn't listened to the nonsense of those generals and separated from Ji Ling, how could he have been bullied so far.

Looking at it now, Chen Lan's front army has almost completely collapsed, and Qiao Rui's rear army is not much left now. Only Ji Ling's middle army, although disgraced, compared with the other two armies, it appears to be much more complete .

"As long as the lord is safe, the last commander has sent scouts to investigate. Although Wancheng and Nieyang are now occupied, the rest of the county will not be captured by Lu Bu. My lord, even if we lose this battle, our army can still retreat to Luyang to regroup. , and then compete with Lu Bu!" Ji Ling bowed.

Luyang is in the north of Funiu Mountain, next to Yingchuan County. If Lu Bu catches up there, it will be Yuan Shu's base camp, and he will not be able to be arrogant.

Even Ji Ling dared to conclude that as long as he retreated to Luyang, Lu Bu would never gain an inch. With Lu Bu's men, he could eat more than half of Nanyang. If he wanted to eat Yingchuan, he would only die!

Yuan Shu didn't speak when he heard the words, and was bullied several times by Lu Bu. Although he hated Lu Bu more, he didn't want to provoke Lu Bu. He didn't want to continue beating Yuan Shu. Say it again.

"Okay, just let General Ji lead the troops." Yuan Shu took a deep breath and let Ji Ling lead the troops, bypassing Wancheng and retreating to Bowang on the other side, without stopping after crossing the river, and headed straight for Luyang. .

It took five days for Yuan Shu to return to Luyang with the remnants of the defeated generals. When he counted, the original 150,000 army was less than 30,000 when he returned. Among them, there were many who died, surrendered, and escaped. foot.

Thinking about how majestic the Five Route Army was in supporting Nanyang at the time, but now being beaten by Lu Bu like a bereaved dog and hiding in Tibet, I feel an inexplicable sadness in my heart.

"My lord!" Ji Ling hurried back with Liu Xun and bowed to Yuan Shu.

"How was the battle in Nanyang?" Yuan Shu hurriedly asked.

Ji Ling and Liu Xun didn't look good, bowed and said, "My lord, after Lu Bu captured Wancheng, he did not concentrate his forces like last time, but divided his troops into three routes to attack the city, and now Yuyang, Huyang, and Chaoyang Jiyang and other places have already been captured by Lv Bu, in addition to this, Liu Biao of Jingzhou also dispatched troops to conquer Xinye, Dengxian and other places."

"You bastard, how dare Liu Biao come to provoke me!?" Yuan Shu's expression changed and he scolded sharply.

Ji Ling sighed inwardly, how much more than Liu Biao? After this battle, Yuan Shu's prestige has been lost, and I am afraid it is not only Liu Biao. If Yuan Shu continues to stay here and decides to fight against Lu Bu, the other princes will come and take a bite. By then, Yuan Shu will really become the target of public criticism!

"In addition, General Zhang Xun was also guarding Wuyin, but the battle situation was in jeopardy. Many Nanyang troops were recruited by Lu Bu. General Zhang also hoped that the lord would send reinforcements!" Ji Ling bowed.

Yuan Shu slapped the table ruthlessly. Before he set off on the expedition, he never imagined that it would end up like this!

"My lord!" Liu Xun came in from the door and bowed to Yuan Shu.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Shu's expression was a little ugly, most likely it wasn't good news?

"Sun Ce brought troops and horses to help, and wants to ask to see the lord!" Yuan Shu bowed and said.

"Sun Ce?" Yuan Shu's expression finally softened a little after hearing the words. Finally, this is not bad news~lightnovelpub.net~ But thinking about how Sun Ce had persuaded him not to go out several times before the expedition, Sun Ce's words have come true. Not to make fun of yourself, right?

"Let him come in!" Although he was upset, he couldn't let his heart down at this time. After all, people came to support him in such a situation, and they should not avoid seeing it out of reason.

"Here!" Liu Xun agreed and bowed to leave.

After a while, two teenagers stepped in. The leader, who was walking like a tiger, was in high spirits while looking forward to it. The one who was a little behind was more refined, but his brows were so heroic that people couldn't help but praise when they looked at them: "Beautiful boy" !

Yuan Shu actually liked Sun Ce quite a bit, but thinking of Sun Ce's ruthless words before, he snorted coldly, "General Sun's words have come true now, and this general should not send troops!"

Sun Ce clasped his fists in a salute and said, "Yuan Gong's words are wrong. What the young general said in the past was nothing but speculation. The young general had a grudge against Lu Bu for killing his father. The young general was the one who most wanted Yuan Gong to send troops. , I also hope to do my best for Duke Yuan, and have no other intentions."

"It's rare that you have this intention." Yuan Shu calmed down and said, "At this time, you are here to retreat from all my troops?"

"Yes or no!" Sun Ce bowed.

"Oh?" Yuan Shu frowned and looked at Sun Ce. He didn't like this way of speaking.

"It's natural to retreat, but if you retreat like this, how will the world see Duke Yuan? So if you want to retreat, you have to fight, and at least you have to win a battle before you can retreat!" Sun Ce said solemnly: "If Duke Yuan is willing , I would like to fight this battle for Duke Yuan at the end!"