"What is this?" Xiahoudun wondered.

Ma Chao smiled: "The general will know when he opens it!" ”

Xiahou ordered someone to open it, and suddenly a stream of blood that was several times stronger than the summary just now instantly spurted into his nose, and in the box was a bloody human head, and the blood stains had not long dried up, and the smell of blood was extremely strong.

"This is Guo Yuan's head?" At a glance, Xiahoudun definitely has six points of similarity, but it is not easy to be sure.

After a person dies, blood loss will cause certain slight changes in various parts of the body, and the appearance will also change, which is exactly the case at this moment, plus the blood stain of this head at this moment, Xiahoudun is not sure for a while.

"That's right! It is Guo Yuan's head. It was beheaded by my subordinate general Pang De, and it was sent to the general today, which can be regarded as a little sincerity for my Ma Chao to maintain the union of the two families! Ma Chao spoke this time, but he was right, without the slightest hint of smiling.

Xiahoudun and Xu Shu glanced at each other, nodded and said: "Okay, this gift will be accepted, south of Yishi County, I will be stationed temporarily, but I am not strong enough to protect the entire east of the river, and the rest of the territory will be bothered by Meng Qi to seek peace!" ”

Both of them expressed their sincerity, and they were very satisfied, and they talked for a while, and they turned around. Ma Chao returned to Anyi, and Xiahoudun wrote a letter to Cao Cao according to Xu Shu's strategy, and he crossed the river to Chang'an with the box containing Guo Yuan's head.

Knowing that Xiahoudun had returned to Chang'an, Zhong Miao hurriedly went out of the city to greet him, but in addition to eagerness, there was more of a deep sadness in his eyes, and even his son Zhong Yu beside him clearly felt it.

"Father, is my cousin really gone?" Although he is only twelve years old now, he is extremely intelligent and advocates martial arts to occupy a county alone, and when he learned that Guo Yuan was besieged and killed by Ma Teng and Xiahoudun, he was also worried for a long time.

Zhong Xuan didn't speak, just looked straight at the group of people from Xiahoudun and others who were galloping over.

"Huh~~" When Xiahoudun waved his hand to stop the horse, Zhong Xuan instantly saw a wooden box hanging on the back of a pro-soldier horse next to Xiahoudun, and immediately felt weak, his eyes were black, and he was about to fall to the ground when he staggered. Fortunately, Zhong Yu next to him kept paying attention to this father and held him up: "Father, father, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhong Yu's words also made the people next to him look over, and hurriedly helped Zhong Yu up.

When Xiahoudun saw Zhong Xuan's appearance, he knew that he had already guessed the result and came to greet him, on the one hand, out of courtesy, and on the other hand, he still had a trace of luck or an obsession in his heart that he was unwilling to accept reality.

Xiahoudun took the wooden box from the hands of his own soldiers, handed it to Zhong Xuan, and said helplessly: "Lord Zhong, please mourn!" ”

Zhong Xuan took the wooden box with trembling hands, a wooden box weighing only a few catties was dead in Zhong Xuan's hands at the moment, Zhong Xuan's hands took the wooden box as if they were holding a mountain, and it was difficult to move his face.

"Father, this ...... Here is the table ...... Cousin? Zhong Yu was also a little incredulous.

Zhong Xuan nodded and said sadly: "Yes, it's your cousin Guo Yuan, he's gone!" He's gone! ”

"Help-" Zhong Xuan cried bitterly on the spot, his voice was extremely sad, and he actually cried and fainted on the spot after a while.

As a feudal official who has been in charge of Chang'an for many years and has great power, he has always been indifferent to people's life and death, but today he is out of shape in front of so many people, which also surprised countless people.

Someone guessed that the wooden box was Guo Yuan's head, and was about to clap his hands, but as soon as Xiahou waved his hand, he was grabbed by several of his elite soldiers and thrown to the person and beaten violently.

Back to the house, Zhong Xuan ordered someone to find a good coffin to put Guo Yuan's head in it, and someone carved the body with wood, decorated the burial, Zhong Xiang sat quietly in front of the coffin for a whole night, and the next day let Zhong Yu take a letter to the court to send it to Cao Cao, and the whole person fell ill, and this illness was a month.

However, in this month, the senior cadres in Huguan in Bingzhou can be said to be anxious, first learned that Guo Yuan rashly crossed the river, and expected that something big would happen, but in less than a day, he received Guo Yuan was killed by Xiahoudun and Zhong Xuan, and the general Tang Cheng spilled blood.

Originally, he thought that Guo Yuan would be able to hold Anyi well, but who knew that Guo Yuan sent troops to chase and kill Pang De was defeated again, Puban City was lost, just a few days later, the news of the loss of Anyi City came, Gao Gan was completely disappointed, Guo Yuan was killed by Pang De in Taihang Mountain, and the whole army was annihilated. Then Hedong Peng Weigu was killed, his general Zhang Sheng was killed by Xiahoudun in Mianchi, and Zhang Yan was killed by Han Sui in Xihe.

Cao Cao is in Huguan City put on a posture of not breaking the pass and not retreating, Hu Yanquan heard that Guo Yuan died in battle, and also had the intention of retreating, and did not say hello to Gao Gan and Han Sui signed a truce agreement, and led his troops back to the grassland, Han Juzi stubbornly held on to the end, and was also besieged and killed by Han Sui's several generals, killed on the spot, Yanmen County was lost, Yan Jing was attacked by Ma Chao, suffered heavy losses, and took the remnants of more than 1,000 people and horses to fight desperately out of the encirclement, and rushed to Huguan, but he was also seriously injured, and it was difficult to kill the enemy in a short time.

At this moment, the only territory that Gao Gan can control is Shangdang and Taiyuan, but Taiyuan County, under the siege of Han Sui and Ma Chao, is estimated to not last long. There were only 50,000 men and horses left in his hands, and the good situation quickly melted away like snow in the sun.

"What to do? What to do? "The senior cadres who have always thought they are smart and unique in the world have no way at the moment, they only feel that the alarm clock is buzzing, but they can't think of any way to break the game.

"Lord, we must not be in a hurry about what is happening now, otherwise we will be in trouble if we are not careful." Zhao came in from the outside, and sighed when he saw Gao Gan's appearance.

"Zijing, you have always been resourceful, tell me, what should you do now?" Seeing the move, Gao Gan hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the hand of the puller like a drowning man grasping a life-saving straw and asked.

He pondered for a moment and said: "Lord, now Cao Cao's men and horses are buckled, and the general Xu Huang is on the side, he can't be defeated, and he must not go out to meet the enemy!" The fall of Taiyuan County is imminent, and it must not be defended, only this party can support a period of time, but it is expected that it will take half a year at most. For today's plan, we must find a strong reinforcement, otherwise, there is no hope of victory. ”

"Reinforcements? Now that the state has become a place of four wars, where is there any strong reinforcement, and the face of Hu Yanquan has also withdrawn, and there are ...... Liu Yong, Zijing, do you mean Liu Yong? Gao Gan suddenly thought of a person.