When Cao Hong saw Liu Yuan and was about to receive Ma Chao, he immediately felt a strong sense of frustration in his heart.

Could it be that even if they lost Zhang Xiu's life, they would not be able to take off the head of any general of the Jizhou Army?

At this time, he suddenly heard Cao Ren beside him whisper to him:

"Zilian, listen to my orders clearly, and remember that there can be no hesitation! Get ready ~ Roll off the horse! ”

Cao Hong was still thinking, why did Cao Ren say that?

But when he heard Cao Ren say that he would roll off the horse, the conditioned reflex formed by the unconditional obedience to his eldest brother in the previous decades made him choose to obey his eldest brother's orders for the first time.

Cao Ren and Cao Hong rolled off their war horses like two rolling gourds, and rolled towards both sides of their war horses.

At the same time, those strong crossbowmen who were in Cao's camp also shot out the crossbow arrows in their hands for the second time, and nearly a hundred crossbow arrows flashing with cold light once again wrapped Liu Yuan and Ma Chao in it.

This situation made countless people present grow their mouths, and the people on the coalition side did not expect that there would be such an unexpected gain today.

If this burst of random arrows can shoot Liu Yuan and Ma Chao to death together, then let alone die a single Zhang Xiu, even if it is worth dying a few more famous generals.

As long as Jizhou Mu Liu Yuan can be shot to death, the Jizhou army will immediately be on the verge of collapse.

It is even possible that at the moment of Liu Yuan's death, the entire Jizhou will become a plate of loose sand.

At this time, many people's senses for Cao Cao have changed greatly.

Some coalition generals who thought he was a cold-blooded hero before actually had a strong admiration for him at this time.

Especially the two generals Zhang He and Gao Ran under Yuan Shao.

Since the two of them were defeated by Zhou Yu, because of Yuan Shao's unfair attitude towards them, they had long had the intention of defecting.

The reason why they have not defected until now is because they have not yet found a suitable lord.

In itself, Liu Yuan is the best choice, but Zhang He and Gao Ran know that with the skills of the two of them, even if they defect to Liu Yuan's men, they will not be able to reach a high position at all.

Such a defection is tantamount to no benefit, they have their own ambitions, and they also want to shine in this troubled world.

This time, the princes of the Six Roads crusaded against Liu Yuan, and Zhang He and Gao Ran had already secretly discussed, and once they found a lord who could convince them, they would immediately defect to the past.

They did have a crush on Cao Cao before, but just now because Cao Cao ordered Zhang Xiu to be shot, they felt that Cao Cao was not a good choice.

But now, because Cao Cao ordered Zhang Xiu to be shot, the entire coalition army has taken a turn for the better.

This made them feel apprehensive about Cao Cao, but also had a strong sense of admiration.

After the two of them looked at each other, they both understood that the other party had made a decision, and after this battle, they would immediately choose to defect to Cao's side.

Cao Cao didn't expect that after he gave such an order, he would be able to get the allegiance of two generals because of a blessing in disguise.

At this time, Cao Cao had already focused all his attention on Liu Yuan and Ma Chao.

He had just ordered Zhang Xiu to be shot, but he didn't expect such a good thing to happen in the future.

The reason why he would give such an order was entirely because of his unfavorable hatred for Zhang Xiu's rescue of Xiahou Yuan.

But his subordinate Cao Ren actually smelled a once-in-a-lifetime fighter plane, which made Cao Cao a little dumbfounded.

But while he was dumbfounded, great hope also rose in his heart.

At this moment, Cao Cao became an extremely devout believer, as long as he could shoot Liu Yuan, he was willing to pay any price!

On the other hand, the generals of the Jizhou Army were all red-eyed by the scene that happened in front of them.

They immediately abandoned their opponents and rushed in the direction where Liu Yuan and Ma Chao were.

The four generals Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, and Gan Ning all made up their minds at this moment.

In case their lord really has three longs and two shorts, even if they fight for this life, they will take off Cao Cao's head!

However, even if they can take down Cao Cao's head now, it is useless, after all, they are still a long way from Liu Yuan and Ma Chao at this time.

In the eyes of Guan Yu and the others who were almost desperate, nearly a hundred crossbow arrows shrouded Liu Yuan and Ma Chao again, and this scene almost made Guan Yu and the others directly paralyzed to the ground.

However, at this time, Ma Chao made a move that Guan Yu and others deeply admired.

When the crossbow arrow was about to reach his body, Ma Chao made his own choice, and he stopped his war horse.

Then he directly used his body to block Liu Yuan behind him, and in the face of the threat of death, Ma Chao's choice was to exchange his life for Liu Yuan's life.

Looking at the crossbow arrow that was about to hit his body, Ma Chao closed his eyes helplessly, and he silently said to his deceased parents in his heart:

"Daddy, mother! The child is incompetent and can't avenge your second elder with his own hands! Fortunately, Zhang Xiu has been killed now, otherwise the child really wouldn't have the face to go down to see your second elder! Don't worry, Daddy, the child believes that there is a lord, and your second elder's enemy will avenge the child sooner or later! ”

After Ma Chao said this silently, he kept closing his eyes and waiting for death to come, but suddenly there was a rapid jingle sound in his ears.

Ma Chao was shocked at that time, he knew too well where this jingle sound came from, and at this time, there was only the lord Liu Yuan by his side.

If Liu Yuan was hiding behind him, then when the crossbow arrow pierced his body, it should have made that slightly dull sound.

But now that such a crisp sound is sounded, then there is only one possibility, it must be his lord Liu Yuan, who has begun to block the crossbow arrows that are flying quickly.

This made Ma Chao both moved and worried, and was moved that his lord was able to choose to face it with him instead of hiding behind him when he was in danger.

What worries is that his lord must not make any mistakes, but if the lord is a little wrong, then he Ma Chao will not become a sinner in Jizhou through the ages!

Thinking of this, Ma Chao immediately opened his eyes and prepared to block those crossbow arrows with Liu Yuan.

But just as he opened his eyes, most of the crossbow bolts had already passed by the two of them!

Ma Chao looked at Liu Yuan in front of him in horror, and he clearly saw that there were three crossbow arrows trembling on his lord's body.

Two of the crossbow arrows hit the lord's left and right thighs respectively, and one crossbow shot into the lord's lower abdomen, and Ma Chao immediately reached out to help his lord.

At this time, Cao Ren and Cao Hong, who had just rolled off the horse, didn't know when they came out from the side, and their target was Liu Yuan, who was not lightly injured at this time.

After Ma Chao saw this scene, he was trembling with anger, and he lifted his tiger head golden gun with some difficulty, and yelled:

"My lord, go away! Two shameless bastards, today the master will die with you! ”