At this juncture, Ma Yan's mind has calmed down. With his strength, he can no longer protect the safety of his lord Yuan Shang. Now he can only fulfill his promise and accompany his lord to death. After hearing Yuan Shang's instructions, Ma Yan felt calm.
Lifting the bow and setting up an arrow, the movement is extremely fast, and an arrow is shot when raising one's hand.
Cao Ang, who was not far away, saw someone on the other side raising an arrow, so he retreated quickly, but Ma Yan fired the arrow very quickly. The arrow pierced the helmet above his head and shot the helmet away. His neck was slightly shorter than that of a normal person.
His head was so big that he held his helmet high. But it saved his life. Although he was thrown off the saddle by the arrow, his long hair immediately fell down, frightening Cao Ang, who was participating in the battle for the first time.
His face turned pale, but luckily he didn't suffer any injuries.
This is also the case for an archer like Ma Yan, because under an unbalanced mentality, the accuracy of an arrow is slightly too high. If it were normal, Cao Ang would still be alive.
"Protect the young master and retreat quickly..."
When the military guards around Cao Ang shouted to protect Cao Ang and retreated, they frequently raised their bows, attached a bunch of feather arrows, and fired towards the stopping place of Yuan Shang and others. Unexpectedly, Ma Yan's string of three feather arrows was already there
Before Cao Jun launched a counterattack, he leaned on the string and fired a shot that was three points faster than him.
Cao Ang, who was dodging under the iron shield, immediately cursed when he saw it: "Who is so powerful at this time that he doesn't give us the time to return the arrow?"
Although the two sides were still about a stone's throw away at this time, the shouts of both sides could be heard clearly. At this time, Ma Yan could not care about Yuan Shang, Chen Lin and others who were lying on the ground shivering.
Hearing Cao Ang's cry, he held back the arrow without firing it, and sneered at the remaining guards and ordered: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow! Even if we die, we still have someone to support us..."
But just as Ma Yan sneered and roared madly, another calm command from behind him said: "Fire the arrow!"
Behind Ma Yan and others, more than a hundred Cao soldiers suddenly appeared on the horizon within a stone's throw of Ma Yan and others. Following the orders of the leading general and the real nephew of Cao Zhi, Cao Xiu, rain of arrows rained down on them.
"Ah!" Ma Yan, who could no longer just focus on firing arrows, shouted angrily. He leaned forward and threw himself on Yuan Shang to cover his arrows. A hail of arrows shot through him and most of Yuan's army, who was flanked at the entrance to the mountain, was dead or wounded.
When Cao Xiu, Cao Ang and others gathered together and rushed in, they saw a pile of dead bodies on the ground. Next to the fallen chariot, Ma Yan, a sharp archer who was still hesitating whether the master he served knew his master, had five or six bullets stuck in his body.
The branch-feathered arrow, with its eyes protruding, should have killed him. The deadliest arrow entered his throat and penetrated his neck.
Yuan Shang, who was still in shock, opened his eyes when the shouts of killing gradually stopped and saw that he was unharmed. He immediately pushed Ma Yan away without mercy and wanted to limp along the river and continue to escape.
At this moment, where else could he escape? However, although Yuan Shang finally defeated his brother and ascended to the position of Lord of the North, becoming more and more powerful, he was actually a young man who was born in a wealthy world, which is not nice to say.
In other words, Yuan Shang's fetal hair has actually not faded away. He has only had the power of life and death for others in his life, and he has never been hunted down.
Today's bloody battle aroused the fearless courage of his men to die, but all the domineering spirit he had accumulated throughout his life was frightened to death in this encounter. In desperation, out of instinct, he just wanted to
He ran for his life, not caring about the life and death of his men, nor caring about the embarrassing state he hated most being seen by others.
A clump of arrows shot down, and he saw that Cao Jun and other pursuers had arrived. Yuan Shang stumbled away for more than ten steps, and suddenly saw a pair of boots in front of him. He raised his head sharply, and saw a pair of complicated eyes in front of him, with some pity and some.
He was staring at him coldly with hatred, some contempt and disdain.
When he saw this man wearing the uniform of Cao Jun, Yuan Shang couldn't help but take two steps back in shock and said in a trembling voice: "I... I am Cao Zhi's nephew. You can't kill me. Please let me go!"
"The Prime Minister's nephew should be taken care of. As for you..." Xu Chu, who was already running and slightly sweaty, looked coldly at Yuan Shang who fell to the ground with no respect at all and said: "Young Master Yuan, you are my family.
It’s true that the lord’s nephew is your nephew, but don’t forget your surname, you don’t believe Cao, hahaha…”
"Ah, you are Xu...Xu Chu..." When he finally saw Xu Chu's scar-like black face, Yuan Shang finally understood that he was in doom. When he met an acquaintance, his lies in an attempt to get through were no longer enough.
"You... you just ask for whatever you want, just ask... you can't kill me, don't kill me!" Yuan Shang kicked his legs to the ground in shock, took several steps back, then suddenly turned around and ran to the other side.
Go. In his opinion, his status is no higher than that of those lowly family generals and soldiers. Under the eyes of everyone, Xu Chu has concerns about coming to attack. As long as they have concerns, there is a good chance that he will be spared his life.
Xu Chu looked at Yuan Shang's limping back and shook his head with a sneer. Cao Xiu, who had already put a sharp arrow on the string to meet him, said loudly to Yuan Shang: "Yuan Shang, don't resist stubbornly anymore. What's going on today?"
I can’t go either.”
Yuan Shang was running with his head lowered. When he heard someone shouting, he subconsciously looked up. What he saw with his eyes was a tall and tall young general standing proudly in front of him, with one hand hanging by his side and the other holding a crossbow. The bow string was like a heartbeat
Trembling slightly.
"Uh..." When Yuan Shang saw the dark arrows aimed at him, he couldn't help but protect his face and the vital points in front of him with his hands. The last thread of survival consciousness in his heart immediately collapsed, and his whole body felt as if his bones had been ripped away.
, his knees softened, and he knelt down on the ground, his head drooped slightly, and his shoulders trembled slightly, as if he was crying softly. Then, as Yuan Shang's shoulders shook more and more fiercely, the sound of crying was like a lonely ghost.
resounded throughout this forest.
#########Water Town Zeguo. Now this word can’t be more appropriate to describe Yecheng. Ten days after Yecheng was immersed in water, the treetops were covered with floating wood, and moss began to grow on the roof beams.
.The people alive in the city have only a small amount of food left to eat, and they have all been gathered into the army. The surviving people have now begun to eat weeds growing on the eaves of bark trees to satisfy their hunger. Half of the people will soon
They may starve to death, but more often due to the cold, they will freeze to death on high ground such as on an uncovered rooftop.
Yecheng was flooded at night. When people woke up from the cold and realized that they were lying in the freezing water, they ran for their lives one after another. When they sought refuge in higher places, they still forgot to bring warm clothes. Now it is getting colder day by day.
, if this continues, without Cao Jun attacking the city, all the soldiers and civilians in the city will die.
But the determined Shen Pei still persisted in resisting to the end. This Yuan family military and political leader, who was the last to embody loyalty and ruthlessness, was still persisting when the city was filled with vast oceans, his food supply was exhausted, and there were many casualties.
There are people dying in Ye City almost every moment, but Shen Pei is still supervising the soldiers to defend the city every day and every night, and he also secretly surrenders Cao Cao every moment, acting as a traitor.
He lives very tiredly!
It was night, and the sky was as clear as water. After Yecheng was baptized by severe cold and war for a day, all the noise finally fell silent after midnight. Entering winter in the North, the rain has decreased significantly. It has not snowed in the past few days, and it is even more so today.
A crescent moon hangs high under the blue sky, which indicates that the sky will clear up tomorrow. However, the biting chill in the air and the fact that Yecheng is immersed in the ocean are still unbearable.
At the top of Yecheng city, the garrison's night watchmen moved slowly like ghosts. From time to time, the groans of wounded soldiers could be heard from under the female wall, on the troop transportation road, and in the cave where soldiers were hiding.
Cao's army's offensives became more fierce each time, and Yecheng was still firmly in the hands of Shenpei. But this was destined to be a hopeless war, and all foreign aid had been cut off. Even their master had fled, but Shenpei was still there.
Promote the news that Yuan Xi's reinforcements from Youzhou will arrive in the near future.
In fact, he knew in his heart that there would be no more reinforcements in Yecheng, and the only result of defending the city would be to make those who wanted to enter the city pay a heavier price.
For the people of this once extremely glorious city, there is no hope. The sun rising every day is dim in their eyes. They are waiting for tomorrow every day, but in their hearts there is no tomorrow.
There are a group of walking zombies moving around there every day. There is not a trace of laughter, and there are not many conversations between people. Yecheng has become silent like a dead city.
Under the city, all Shen Pei and his defenders could see was darkness everywhere. Those huge black blocks were like giant beasts lurking there waiting for opportunities to bite people. They were Cao's army's camps. In addition, there were
There are bright places everywhere, some are as curved as snakes, or some are as round as the moon, shining with a faint and cold light under the moonlight. They are strips of irrigation trenches. It is these things that have forced Shen Pei and his soldiers and civilians to where they are now.
Subfield.
Nearby, under the city, lanterns and torches were everywhere, and piles of bonfires were burning. Cao Zhi's men and horses were going in and out of some highlands day and night. From time to time, teams of people were shouting slogans to transport giant trees.
The huge siege machinery and ships that have been built day and night are being erected and built one after another in the night. The huge figure that is comparable to the city wall makes the defenders at the top of the city breathless.
In the darkness, a short and fat figure with a cloak tied around his shoulders slowly approached a virgin wall in the south city, holding on to the arrow stack that had been ripped open by a stone and looking out. Behind him, there were more than ten people standing quietly with their hands on the hilts of their swords.
, the body, clothes and armor are quite tall and straight, complete with generals and personal guards.
Shen Pei stared silently at the outside of the city for a long time. Standing against the wall, he shook his head and sighed feebly. Then he cheered up again. A cold smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said grimly: "Cao Zhi, you
Do you think you can make me and my soldiers timid by engaging in these battles? No matter how many tricks you try, I will never let you get what you want!"