Boom!
The deafening crash kept reverberating through Liu Yu's mind. He truly thought he had misheard.
In disbelief, Liu Yu asked his son Liu Shen, "Has Yuan Shao turned his army back to attack again?"
"It's Gongsun Zan!"
"Father, it's Gongsun Zan!"
Liu Shen's face was filled with profound hatred. If Liu Yu found it unbelievable, how much more so did Liu Shen, who had witnessed it all with his own eyes?
When the Youzhou Iron Cavalry under Gongsun Zan suddenly charged at him, Liu Shen had been utterly dumbfounded. He could rack his brains to pieces and still could not understand why.
With a great enemy before them, why would Gongsun Zan do such a thing?
Liu Yu took two steps forward. Waves of tightness suddenly gripped his chest, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood in his fury. Yet even coughing up blood brought him no relief.
With the faint taste of blood in his mouth and his eyes almost instantly bloodshot, Liu Yu wished he could seize Gongsun Zan and kill him on the spot.
But he knew he could not. He could only say savagely, "Gongsun Zan truly deserves to die. Lead the troops to resist him!"
Despair filled Liu Shen's face as he said, "Father, our army's earlier losses were simply too great. There is no way we can hold off Gongsun Zan.
"The Youzhou Iron Cavalry under his command suffered very few casualties. Within two hours at most, our army will be defeated."
Even if we flee into a city, we cannot hold it.
Liu Shen did not voice that final thought, but Liu Yu naturally understood. Something suddenly occurred to him, and horror filled his eyes.
Gongsun Zan's assault came swift and fierce. The White Horse General who had once swept