Sun Ce held the reins of the horse, his body fluctuated with the war horse, and his mind fluctuated.

He understood what Zhou Yu meant. Coming to save Yuan Shu is fake, taking the opportunity to invite fame and gaining the trust of Yan Xiang, Yang Hong and others, especially Yuan Shu's two daughters, is the key. When Yuan Shu dies and Yuan Yao hangs up, he can use the "loyalty" of Yuan Shu to welcome Yuan Shu's youngest daughter, inherit Yuan Shu's inheritance, and occupy Nanyang.

This is also what he has always thought of - in addition to Yuan Shu's daughter, now is also a good opportunity. Although there is a resentful Nanyang Haoqiang inside, and there are Xiliang soldiers who are eyeing him outside, but the vicissitudes of the sea show his true heroic qualities, and this is the time for him to show his courage and intelligence. As long as Nanyang is kept, Nanyang is his, and no one can snatch it away.

What's more, he also has a famous general dad to help out, and he actually only has to deal with Xu Rong. It is true that Xu Rong is a famous general, but he has a military pass to defend, and he has the ordnance built by Huang Chengyan's father and daughter, even if Xu Rong comes, he may not be able to do anything to him.

It was reasonable and perfect.

But he always felt uncomfortable in his heart. I can't say for any reason, it's just uncomfortable.

Soon after leaving the camp, he saw two knights who had fallen behind. The knight said that Yuan Shu chased very fiercely, almost at the expense of horsepower, and their mounts were too physical to keep up and fell behind. Hearing this news, Sun Ce's heart was even more uneasy. Yuan Shu has lost his mind, and even the most basic truth has been forgotten, thanks to which he has also been a captain of Changshui, and he is no stranger to cavalry.

Cavalry is faster than foot soldiers, but war horses cannot run at full speed for a long time, otherwise it is easy to lose strength, and in severe cases, they may even die. According to his chasing method, even if he catches up with Cao Cao, it is useless, Cao Cao waits for work, abuses him as much as he wants, and may even solve the problem with a charge.

Of course, it is more likely that before he could catch up with Cao Cao, the war horse ran to his death. If that's the case, he's safe.

Sun Ce was uneasy in his heart. He ordered to speed up. Cao Cao set out in the middle of the night, and according to the pace of the foot soldiers, he should be between fifty and one hundred and fifty miles ahead at this moment. If Cao Cao had planned to ambush Yuan Shu, it would have delayed some time. If he was bent on fleeing for his life, he might go farther, which made it difficult for him to calculate Cao Cao's location, and he didn't even have time to send scouts, so he could only arrange more than ten horsemen to guard in front to avoid sudden encounters.

Qin Mu took the initiative to take this responsibility and led his troops to walk in front, separated from Sun Ce by about a mile.

The further he went, the more knights he left behind, and the more uneasy Sun Ce's heart became. He didn't know whether to speed up and try to rescue Yuan Shu, or follow the regular speed and wait for Yuan Shu to die before collecting the body. If he does this, no one can blame him, after all, this is the most reasonable marching speed, Yuan Shu is not called marching, it is called death.

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Yuan Shu chased down the hillside and heard the screams of the knights beside him, and then noticed that there were ambushes on the left hillside.

Cao Ren took the lead, and while galloping on his horse, he pulled out his bow and shot a Ming Di, pointing directly at Yuan Shu. The knights behind him pulled out their arrows one after another, and a rain of arrows whistled and pounced on Yuan Shu.

Suddenly attacked, Yuan Shu was a little flustered, but as soon as he saw the big flag on the hillside and the five short figures under the big flag, he was furious, pulled out the Qiyao knife on his waist, and shouted loudly: "Shorty, Nai Gong is here, come and die." He turned his horse's head and rushed up the hillside.

The arrows galloped, and they shot in front of them in an instant, and the two knights fell off their horses with arrows, and Yuan Shu was the focus of attention, and even people and horses were hit by more than a dozen arrows. He has a thin armor body, which is not fatal, but the war horse can't bear it. Galloping all the way here, the war horse was exhausted, and he was hit by seven or eight arrows at once, his feet were in a mess, and he had no strength to adjust his pace, so he fell to the ground and threw Yuan Shu more than a dozen steps away.

Yuan Shu fell and his nose was swollen and his eyes were swollen, covered in mud, and he even took off his long knife, but he also accidentally avoided the collision of the two knights. Cao Ren and the others accelerated their charge from the hillside, and it was difficult for the war horse to adjust its direction, seeing that Yuan Shu was just a few steps away, but he couldn't reach it, so he could only turn around and shoot a few arrows, and continue to rush down the hillside.

Yuan Shu got up, picked up the long knife, and while running up the hillside, he pulled a ribbon from his arms, passed through the knife ring, and wrapped it around his right wrist, tying a dead knot.

Cao Cao stood on the slope of the horse, looked at Yuan Shu, who was running closer and closer, with a fierce face, and shook his head. "It's really troublesome, how could it be you. I didn't want to kill you, but you just caught up and sent you to death. With a flick of the whip in his hand, several knights came out in response and galloped towards Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu stared at the knights who were getting closer and closer while running, and when the war horse was about to rush in front of him, he suddenly jumped out to the left front, and the long knife in his hand rose back.

The knight held the reins in one hand and the knife in the other, and slashed with the other.

The two knives intersected, and with a crisp sound, the long knife in the knight's hand broke in two. The knight was taken aback, but he didn't have time to change his moves, and watched as the Seven Yao Knife slashed head-on and cut off his arm with one sword. The knight screamed in pain, and fell off his horse.

Yuan Shu roared angrily and killed one more person, but he was also hit by a war horse, fell to the ground, and rolled down the hillside. The two knights trampled on the horse, Yuan Shu dodged left and right, very embarrassed, but still could not escape, was trampled on the thigh by a war horse, "click", the thigh was broken, Yuan Shu screamed in pain, waved a knife, cut off a horse's hoof, and another knife, hacked the knight who fell to death.

Several guards rushed over, dragged Yuan Shu between several boulders, and then formed a circle in front of Yuan Shu.

More knights rushed over, shooting with arrows, ramming with horses, slashing with knives.

In an instant, there were only two guards left in front of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu dragged his broken leg, gritted his teeth and stood up, brandished the Qiyao knife, joined the battle circle, and relied on the knife to cut down the two of them one after another. The corpses of men and horses were more and more numerous, and blood flowed all over the ground, and the knights were afraid that the horses would lose their hooves and gallop any longer, so they dismounted and fought on foot, or attacked with bows and arrows from a distance.

In the two charges, Yuan Shu's personal guards and knights lost most of them, and only about thirty people escaped and rushed to Yuan Shu's side. Yuan Shu waved his knife and slashed, and said loudly: "Resist Naigong, reinforcements will arrive soon, I must chop that dwarf today and rescue my son." ”

"General, are there any reinforcements?" A knight of the guard asked in a trembling voice.

Yuan Shu wiped the blood and sweat on his face, paused, and said loudly: "Of course there is, Sun Lang will be there in a while." Do you remember the last time, Sun Lang and Dian Wei killed Cao Cao and seriously injured his son. ”

The knights exchanged a look, miraculously calmed down, and roared loudly to cheer themselves up.

"Live up to the general, live up to Sun Lang."

"Live up to the general, live up to Sun Lang."

Cao Cao shook the reins, and the war horse under his crotch walked with a relaxed step and came to Yuan Shu. Hearing the roar of Yuan Shu and the others, Cao Cao's heart trembled, and he subconsciously looked up at the distance, and couldn't help but smack his lips, and his spirits lifted.

On the horizon in the distance, there was a faint cloud of smoke and dust, and another cavalry came.

"Summons Xiahoudun and stands up at the bottom of the slope."