Zhang Zhao said: "If the lord wants to have a role in the Central Plains, he must conquer Huainan and one of Xuzhou, thinking that it is a grain production base. However, in this way, our army will be directly under the attack of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry. It is hard to say whether our army can block the military front of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry."

"Although the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is powerful, the lonely Jiangdong elites are not vegetarians!" Sun Jian waved his arm viciously and said ambitiously, "Whether the butcher's Xiliang Iron Cavalry can conquer or the lonely Jiangdong elites are good at fighting, then we can only see the difference on the battlefield."

Xu Shu stroked the willow beards on his chin and said loudly: "Based on time, the young master and Gong Jin should have received the emperor's imperial guards now. In this way, the lord can imitate Cao Cao and obey the emperor to order the emperor to be despised. In less than a few years, heroes in the world will come to join us, and the lord's great cause is expected."

"Report~~" As soon as Xu Shu finished speaking, a minor official rushed in and said in a panic, "Master, something big is wrong."

Sun Jian frowned and shouted, "Why are you panic?"

Xiao Shi replied in a trembling voice: "Young Master~~he~~"

"What's wrong with Bo Fu?" Sun Jian asked calmly, "Has he caused some trouble?"

The so-called "no father" is better than his father. Sun Jian has always been very confident in Sun Ce's martial arts. Among the Jiangdong military generals, only Taishi Ci could draw with Sun Ce. The rest, such as Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, are not Sun Ce's opponents. Obviously, Sun Jian did not expect any accidents to happen to Sun Ce.

The little official said tragically: "Lord, the young master... is killed!"

"ah?"

"What?"

Xu Shu and Zhang Zhao were shocked when they heard this and stood up anxiously.

Sun Jian was stunned. After a while, he came to his senses. He stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Shi's clothes and lifted him up. He widened his eyes and shouted, "What did you say?"

The minor official did not dare to look at Sun Jian's horrifying gaze and said tragically: "Just just now, General Pan Zhang condemned the quick horse and returned the return. Prince Ce has been killed by Ma Chao of Xiliang. Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the navy, was also seriously injured. Life and death are uncertain. General Pan Zhang asked the lord to condemn the general quickly to Qingniu Pass to preside over the overall situation."

"How could this happen?" Zhang Zhao said panickedly, "How could this happen!"

Xu Shu was secretly shocked and asked anxiously: "Where is Guan Yu? Where is the emperor?"

The little official's throat was gradually tightened by his clothes, his face turned red, and he replied with difficulty: "Guan Yu was also killed by Ma Chao. The emperor and all officials were kidnapped by Ma Chao. However, Ma Chao's more than 800 Western Liang cavalry were surrounded by General Pan Zhang and General Taishici's army at Qingniu Pass, and it was hard to fly!"

"Puff!"

Zhang Jian loosened his five fingers, and the minor official had fallen to the ground.

Sun Jian turned around suddenly, knelt on the ground facing the dark night sky outside the hall, and then cried like a child: "Bo Fu, the lonely Bo Fu, howl~~"

Zhang Zhao turned his back and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves silently.

Xu Shu took a deep breath, tried his best to stabilize his emotions, and then stepped forward to support Sun Jian and said, "Young Master has gone, lord, please mourn me."

Zhang Zhao, the minor official, knelt down on the ground at the same time, and said in unison: "Please mourn me."

"Ma Chao!" Sun Jian slowly stood up, with deep hatred in his tiger's eyes, and gritted his teeth and said, "Ma Butcher~~ I vowed not to be with you, and I vow not to be with you!"

Xu Shu said sadly: "Lord."

Sun Jian suddenly turned around and said to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi!"

Xu Shu stepped forward quickly, bowed and said, "What are the instructions for lord?"

Sun Jian said: "Now Bo Fu died in battle, Gong Jin was seriously injured, and his life and death were uncertain. The emperor and all officials were kidnapped by Ma Chao's thieves. Fortunately, Pan Zhang and Taishi Ci successfully trapped Ma Chao at the Qingniu Pass. They decided to set up a large army to fight for the Qingniu Pass to welcome the Emperor Feng, and then kill Ma Chao to avenge Bo Fu's shame. Yuan Zhi thought what?"

Xu Shu said: "The emperor's affairs are big, and Huainan's affairs are small, so this is the case."

Sun Jian said: "Come!"

Two personal soldiers responded and knelt on the ground and said quickly: "What are the lord's instructions?"

Sun Jian said in gritting his teeth: "I beat the drum and raise the tent, and I want to order soldiers overnight!"

A few days later, Xuchang.

Ma Yue came to visit Fang Yue's injuries surrounded by Jia Xu and Li Su. When Ma Yue saw Ma Yue approaching, Fang Yue was about to struggle to get up, but Ma Yue took two steps forward and gently pressed it down.

"Yuan Sheng, if you are injured, you don't have to get up."

Fang Yue had no choice but to lie down and said gratefully: "Thank you for your concern."

Ma Yuejian checked Fang Yue's injuries on the ribs and asked, "Yuanshang, is the injury better?"

Fang Yue said: "It's just some flesh and blood wounds, it's no longer a tough thing."

Ma Yue said: "Yuanshang, please rest assured to heal the wounds. Now Cao's army is trapped in Xuchang and will be destroyed soon. At that time, I will be ordered to capture Zhang Liao alive and tie him to the tent and let you do it. How about it?"

Fang Yue hurriedly said, "Lord, Zhang Liao is very brave and has excellent martial arts skills, and can be regarded as a talented general. If Cao Cao is defeated, I hope that the lord can spare Zhang Liao's life. If he can subdue him, he can add a general under the lord's tent. As for the last general, it is only because of his lack of martial arts skills, so he cannot blame Zhang Liao."

Just as he was talking, General Gao Shun had already stepped in and said to Ma Yue: "Lord, the trenches surrounding Xuchang City have been dug, and now even a mouse can't escape!"

"Okay, build an arrow tower every thirty steps along the trench, and send a sharpshooter to guard it day and night!" Ma Yue said loudly, "I will ask the scouts to strengthen patrols and guard the ground within fifty miles of Xuchang to strictly prevent Cao Cao from digging the tunnel and running away. This time, I am sure to win Cao Aman. I will see people in my life and corpses even if I die!"

Li Su tightened his hands that were stumbled in his sleeves and said flatteringly: "The lord has set up a net of heaven and earth outside the city, and Cao Aman has already put on his wings and can't fly!"

Xuchang.

With the company of Xun You, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and Liu Ye, Cao Cao climbed up the city tower and looked out the situation. He stood on the enemy's tower and looked out. He saw a trench with a radius of twenty miles surrounded by the entire Xuchang City. The trench was about two meters deep and five meters wide, and the ditch was full of sharp antlers.

On the outer edge of the trench, Liang soldiers were busy building arrow towers.

Liu Ye said worriedly: "Lord, if we don't find a way to break the Liang army's siege, just wait for these group of arrow towers to be built, the Liang army's siege of Xu Du will suddenly become a wall of iron. It will be difficult for our army to break through the siege again!"

"Cracking the Liang army's siege skills?" Xun Yu shook his head and said, "It's not easy! Not to mention that the 50,000 surrendered troops in Jizhou have already lost control. Even if the lord can mobilize the surrendered troops in Jizhou, he may not be able to break through the counterattack of the Western Liang Iron Cavalry. In this situation, he can only accelerate his defeat."

Xun You said: "You can't defend the enemy to the death, there is no hope of breaking through, our army is already in a desperate situation!"

"Oh." Cao Cao suddenly sighed softly, and a trace of inexplicable sadness flashed through his eyes. "It would be great if Fengxiao was still there, he would definitely have thought of a solution."

Outside Xuchang City, Liang Army Camp.

As soon as Ma Yue returned to the big tent, Ju Tu quickly stepped into the tent and reported: "Lord, General Xu Chu sent him an urgent report from Runan."

"Runan?" Ma Yue looked moved and asked anxiously, "Have Xu Chu chased the emperor?"

Ju Tu said: "General Xu Chu did not catch up with the emperor, but the major general caught up with him!"

“What’s the result?”

"The major general killed Guan Yu and robbed the emperor and all officials."

"Is that?" Ma Yue said happily, "I did a pretty job, I deserve to be Meng Qi! Ju Tu, where are the people sent by Xu Chu?"

Ju Tu said: "It's outside the tent."

Ma Yue said, "Let him come in."

Ju turned around and waved his hand, and shouted: "Bring it in!"

With the sound of footsteps, Han De stepped down from the tent with Dian Wei and two personal soldiers. When he saw Ma Yue, Han De knelt down on the ground and sang respectfully: "The villain Han De, who is the captain of the personal soldiers in front of the Major General's tent, will meet the Lianghou."

Ma Yue said, "Get up."

"Thank you, Marquis Liang."
Chapter completed!