Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 624 God's Will Is So
Xun You and Chen Qun had calculated everything, but they had not considered that Yuan Shang would lead the troops out of the city in person. The absence of the coach would have a huge impact on morale!
At this moment, Cao's army, which was ill-prepared, had to face the well-prepared and highly-motivated Jizhou army, who had already set up an ambush on the other side!

Seeing the two armies locked in a melee, Xun You and Chen Qun were heartbroken. Could it be that the intelligence was wrong and that Yuan Shang was also a hidden figure?

It's impossible. If everyone of the Yuan family's children is so scheming, then it's a no brainer!

.But they couldn't help but think too much, because the Jizhou army, led by Gao Lan, had already launched an attack on the middle of Cao's army.

Although Shi Huan is not well-known outside Cao's camp, he is actually willing to go beyond the forbidden areas. Otherwise, there are a few extremely capable generals with foreign surnames who would not be given the important task of defending the camp.

Seeing that the situation was critical, he did not hesitate immediately. He roared, raised his halberd, and rode towards Gao Lan to meet him. As soon as the two sides fought, they used all their strength and started rolling and fighting.

Shi Huan saw that Gao Lan's spear was flexible, and the iron spear was flying around his halberd like a spiritual snake spitting messages, waiting for an opportunity to burst in from the range of his halberd. He did not dare to be careless, so he braced himself to deal with it.

The two sides rolled and rolled for more than ten moves, but the weapons on the two sides never collided until Shi Huan discovered that Gao Lan had revealed a flaw in half of his moves, and decisively grabbed the gap between the spears and stabbed Gao Lan straight in the chest with the halberd.

Gao Lan was forced to turn his gun back and twist the weapon. The weapons on both sides crossed. Shi Huan swayed, but he saw Gao Lan tilting his body and the barrel of the gun tilted out. Shi Huan was also a man who had experienced battles for a long time. When he saw this, he immediately knew what Gao Lan was doing. He is fierce in appearance, but his strength is far less than what he appears to be!
Combined with the rumors that Le Jin shot and injured Gao Lan the day before yesterday, Shi Huan was certain that Gao Lan must have not recovered from his injury!
His confidence suddenly increased, and he roared, making several circles on his head with his halberd, and then slammed it down. Gao Lan raised his gun to block it. The two soldiers collided, but his body was shaken by the force of the rebound.

How could Shi Huan let go of this opportunity? He immediately attacked Gao Lan's vital points like a halberd blowing the wind. Gao Lan gradually became exhausted, and the two horses fought against each other before heading towards the Jizhou army's formation.

Gao Lan also felt aggrieved. There were only a few generals in Yecheng. Wen Chou and Zhang He had already left the battle, Chunyu Qiong was more seriously injured than himself, and Yuan Shang's extraordinary force was very important and must be commanded by experienced generals.

Gao Lan understood that if he stayed out of the matter at this time, he would not be worthy of the name of the Four Court Pillars, so he asked Ying to go out to fight. Yuan Shang actually did not know the extent of Gao Lan's injury, but seeing that Gao Lan was full of confidence, he was the most reliable among the remaining people. , agreed immediately.

Now he was struggling to resist Shi Huan's offensive. The wound on his back that had just been cleaned and sutured by Hua Tuo the day before yesterday was almost completely broken. The blood was soaked in his inner clothes. He even felt that his internal organs were being violently shocked by the opponent. It has to be broken apart.

But Gao Lan must not retreat now. If he retreats into the formation, Shi Huan will take the opportunity to lead his troops to rush in with him. The Jizhou Army's formation will be completely chaotic, and the advantage of sneak attacks will be lost!

Yuan Shang also discovered something was wrong at this time. It was originally a good situation for an ambush, but the opponent's command responded properly. Under the orders of the Chinese army, Cao's soldiers were desperately fighting back against the Jizhou army, saving the situation bit by bit.

In particular, the fight between the two generals greatly affected the morale and formation of both sides. Now that Gao Lan is retreating steadily, he can see that the advantage of the Jizhou Army is gradually being lost!

Xun You and Chen Qun, who were commanding the central army in Cao's camp, looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

And help!
The situation can still be saved!

As long as he wins this battle, he can rush to Xiahou Dun's aid. If he can even kill his opponent Yuan Shang, Yecheng will be completely in chaos!

Yuan Shang's fingers were trembling slightly. He unceremoniously took off the long bow hanging on the saddle and tried to pull the bowstring.

Although he had practiced archery for a long time and was highly praised by the generals of the Jizhou Army, he had never personally drawn a bow to kill anyone. Even when he led troops on two expeditions, he only sat in the middle of the army and did not shoot arrows himself. Opportunity.

Now that he saw Gao Lan at a disadvantage, he suddenly wanted to shoot an arrow.

But the inexplicable fear made him feel that the long bow in his hand was extremely heavy, and he could not lift it with his arms.

He took a few deep breaths, then raised his long bow and drew an arrow from the quiver beside him.

The arrows are very good, they are the best batch made by Jizhou craftsmen. The arrow body is smoked from boxwood, and the arrowhead is made of fine iron. It is shaped like a willow leaf and is designed to break armor.

Yuan Shang slowly raised his hand, put the arrow on it, and began to pull the bow open with force, but the force was too strong. He was weak in the second half and his wrist was soft. He almost failed to pull the bow open, but in the end he gritted his teeth and succeeded. .

He put his eyes behind the arrow and aimed at Shi Huan, who was fighting with Gao Lan dozens of steps away.

Yuan Shang's heartbeat was very strong, and he felt that his eyes were starting to turn black. Can he really hit the target?
What should I do if I accidentally injure Gao Lan?
At this moment, he suddenly thought of a few words Yuan Xi said to him casually the day before yesterday.

In a country far away from China, there is a pair of brothers. The older brother is very good at shooting, but the younger brother only knows how to shoot arrows.

The older brother was killed by an invulnerable warrior, but in the end it was the younger brother who shot the warrior.

Yuan Shang didn't know why, so Yuan Xi patted his shoulder and smiled: "Actually, this story is just a story."

"But what I mean is to advise you not to think too much. Although your martial arts skills may not be as good as those of a general, as long as you do your best, you will always be rewarded."

Yuan Shang knew that Yuan Xi was trying to persuade him that although he was not as good as Yuan Tan in fighting, there was still something he could do!
This is why Yuan Shang decided to lead the army in person. He suddenly realized that he had lived too comfortably before, and this was the reason for the current rotten situation in Ye City!

If only I could be more vigilant and able to fight more, how could Yecheng be taken advantage of by outsiders?
Thinking that Yuan Shao might have been poisoned by himself, Yuan Shang felt extremely guilty. His father appreciated him so much, but he failed his father!
And sooner or later, this kind of thing cannot be concealed. If I can't wash away this humiliation, will I be able to hold my head high in the future?
As a lord, if he cannot lead his troops to conquer the world like Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, even if he gains Jizhou, he will lose it sooner or later!

So he was cruel this time and personally led his troops out of the city to raid Cao Jun's retreat, just to prove to the world that he was qualified to inherit the Yuan family!Thinking of this, his trembling fingers stabilized, and the arrow slowly turned, aiming at the two people fighting fiercely.

At this time, Gao Lanshi and Huan were fighting inextricably. The two men were staggered and swapped positions at all times. The archers on both sides did not dare to fire arrows for fear of hurting one of their own.

This is also a tacit understanding between the two of them who are rich in experience and deliberately guard against cold arrows. Otherwise, as long as they separate a few positions, the other party's cold arrows will be shot at them. When the time comes, they will die in suffocation and even more embarrassing.

After all, if a small soldier kills an enemy general, he can be promoted to at least three levels in a row!

The only person present who was not under such psychological pressure was Yuan Shang.

In his eyes, the highest priority is to kill the enemy general and allow himself to win.

As for whether Gao Lan would be accidentally injured, it was not within the scope of Yuan Shang's consideration. After all, a general who could not kill the enemy general was of no use.

Now, in Yuan Shang's eyes, only Shi Huan's figure was visible, and the arrow point began to slowly adjust as Shi Huan moved.

Shi Huan didn't realize it. Seeing that Gao Lan was out of breath, he knew that the decisive moment had come. He roared and used his halberd to drive the tip of Gao Lan's spear away.

Gao Lan couldn't draw his gun in time and saw the halberd flicking towards his face. He had to subconsciously lower his head to dodge. At this moment, there was a crash from behind.

As soon as he heard this sound, Gao Lan Shihuan subconsciously ducked and dodge, and at the same time cursed in his heart, what kind of thing with no eyes can be so close to him, so he is not afraid of shooting his own people?

Yuan Shang shot incorrectly.

It was his first time to shoot such a far target, so when he saw the arrow falling, until the arrow flew out like this, it would probably hit the opponent's armor, and it would not cause much damage at all.

Then he was stunned to see the arrow falling in an arc and hitting Shi Huan's cheek, who was lying on the horse and leaning to dodge.

The arrow grazed the lower eaves of the iron helmet, entered Shi Huan's left cheek, and penetrated his right cheek, causing blood to spurt out instantly.

Shi Huan yelled and almost threw away the halberd. He subconsciously bit the tip of his tongue to stay awake, but found that the arrow had penetrated his tongue!
At this moment, Gao Lan keenly seized this fleeting opportunity. He was more than ten feet away from Shi Huan and it was too late to arrive. He roared and threw the spear with all his strength!
Shi Huan looked up in a daze, and saw an iron gun shooting at him!

He couldn't dodge, and with a roar, it pierced into his face.

Shi Huan staggered, fell off his horse, and died immediately.

Gao Lan passed by on horseback, leaned down to hold the gun barrel, and suddenly pulled it out. He raised the blood-stained gun head high and shouted loudly: "General Cao Jun is dead!"

After hearing this, the Jizhou army roared angrily, "General Cao Jun is dead!"

"General Cao Jun is dead!"

Cao's army, which was already at the end of its war effort and was relying on its strength to support itself, was immediately thrown into chaos upon seeing this. The morale of the Jizhou army was greatly shaken. They took the opportunity to rush forward and instantly smashed Cao's army into pieces. Cao's army was slashed and stabbed by the Jizhou army. Wailing and falling to the ground dead.

Xun You and Chen Qun who were in the rear army couldn't help but close their eyes in pain when they saw it.

lost!

Shi Huan, who originally had the advantage, was unexpectedly attacked by the enemy's hidden arrows!

Chen Qun hurriedly said to Xun You: "Gongda, God's will is like this, we can only find a way to remedy it!"

"On the one hand, hurry up and tell General Xiahou about our defeat. This army will definitely take advantage of General Xiahou's retreat!"

"On the other hand, we must also find a way to retreat, otherwise we will all die here!"

After Xun You heard this, he bit his lip until it bled. Why was he defeated time and again by the Yuan family's children? Is it really God's will as Chen Qun said?
Is this Yuan family really protected by destiny?

So what does Mr. Cao mean?
He dared not think about it any longer.

In front of Xun You, Cao's army was rapidly disintegrating. This strange soldier, who was the last trump card, was the first to fall on this battlefield.

(End of this chapter)