It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Zhang Fan was too reckless. He only brought a dozen personal guards with him, but the other side had a thousand archers.

Arrows fell from the sky like raindrops.

He launched the first wave of arrow attacks, but was quickly followed by the second and third waves.

In the end, he was shot with arrows in many places and fell off his horse.

"General..." The personal guards shouted and rushed to save him at all costs, but it was too late and the personal guards were also seriously injured.

Zhang Fan fell to the ground, blocking several arrows, but many arrows still pierced his body.

He just felt like a punctured ball, with air leaking from all over.

"Shield man..." Wei Hu rushed over and shouted.

The shield bearers rushed forward, blocking Zhang Fan on all sides and surrounding him.

Wei Hu rushed in regardless of everything and picked up Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan vomited blood and his eyes wandered

He held Wei Hu's hand tightly.

"I should have listened to you. I was careless."

Wei Hu hugged Zhang Fan tightly in his arms, "Don't say those discouraging words. I will rescue you and I will definitely be able to save you."

Puff, puff, followed by several sounds of vomiting blood.

Zhang Fan's entire body was stained red with blood.

"I know, I can't do it."

Wei Hu burst into tears, feeling so heartbroken as if his heart was being cut into pieces by a thousand knives.

"Don't say such discouraging words. We agreed that brothers should accompany the girl to conquer the world together."

"You are the Azure Dragon on the left, and I am the White Tiger on the right. Together, we will protect the girl and help her ascend to the throne of God and accomplish great things."

"How can you leave early? You can't..."

Wei Hu was in great pain.

Zhang Fan smiled sadly. "I thought so at first, but I was too narrow-minded. I thought the girl favored you, so I wanted to make a contribution and get quick success. God's punishment for me was to expose my little thoughts."

"I'm jealous of you, so I'm going to pay with my life."

"Why are you so stupid? You envy me, and I envy you too."

"I envy you for being bold in what you say and do. I envy you for saying whatever comes to your mind, and I envy you for living a carefree life."

"I envy you for having such a miserable childhood, yet still having a cheerful personality and living happily in this world."

"Why are you so stupid? Tell me and I'll give it all to you."

"I'm sorry, brother. I have to go first. You are the only one who can complete what we agreed to do as brothers."

"Sorry……"

Zhang Fan's hands dropped gently, but his eyes were open.

Wei Hu let out a painful wail.

He didn't need to chase King Chen at all, because Ma Chao had already blocked King Chen's way with his troops.

Both King Chen and the soldiers he was going to take away were all killed by Ma Chao.

Wei Hu picked up Zhang Fan, did not ride the horse, and walked step by step towards the direction where Lu Xingchen was.

When Lu Xingchen saw Wei Hu walking alone with someone in his arms, his heart seemed to be pierced by a sharp sword.

She knew that Zhang Fan was in trouble.

This is a very accurate sense.

Her body shook violently and she almost fell to the ground.

Ling Xiao dragged her from behind with a sad expression on his face.

No one wants to see such an outcome. Their careers have just started and they have achieved only a little success.

Zhang Fan's future was limitless, but it was a pity that his shining star fell here.

Wei Hu held Zhang Fan in his arms and came to Lu Xingchen, then knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

Tears welled up in Lu Xingchen's eyes.

Every time before she gave an order, Zhang Fan would always say a few words first. He always wanted to take the lead and be the pioneer.

But she never hated him.

He is the most cheerful and lively one among Lu Kui's adopted sons.

When she was little, she often lay on Zhang Fan's back. Zhang Fan carried her on his back and ran wildly on the grass and had fun in the fields...

Zhang Fan is her older brother, who takes care of her and protects her.

But at this moment, he has become a corpse. His life is slipping away and will slowly become cold.

He had just gotten married and his wife was waiting for him to come home.

His wife is still pregnant.

Lu Xingchen felt as if her heart was being torn apart. She didn't know how to explain this matter to Madam Chen.

"Girl..." Feixue hugged her and cried bitterly.

It was common for soldiers to die wrapped in their horsehide.

But no one wants such a thing to happen to their relatives and friends.

But this is war. This is a brutal fight where life and death depend on a split second.

Look at the corpses all over the ground. What difference would having one more Zhang Fan make?

It seems reasonable. No one is blessed by God in war.

We are all mortal beings and can lose our lives here.

Ma Chao came to Lu Xingchen holding King Chen’s head.

Seeing Zhang Fan's body in front of him, he showed an expression of disbelief and his face was full of sadness.

They have also been working together for more than a year, fighting side by side on the court, and they are brothers.

But isn't this kind of thing common in war?

Before the fight, the two brothers were still discussing having lunch together after the fight, gambling together, and talking about women together.

But when the war was over, he was the only one left, his brothers were dead.

Lu Xingchen was sad in her heart, but she didn’t feel sad for long. She was the head coach and she had to act like a head coach.

She wiped her tears and said to Wei Hu.

"Find someone to clean him up, change him into clean clothes, find some ice to cool him down, and send him back to Yuzhou..."

She is the commander-in-chief. It's not that she is unworthy of emotions, but she is not qualified to appear too weak and helpless in front of so many soldiers.

In this battle, not only Zhang Fan died, many soldiers also died in the process of defending Shazhou.

Wei Hu nodded and agreed.

"General, I will personally lead the troops to capture Yuzhou City."

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly, "Okay, after you finish dealing with Zhang Fan's matter, you will lead your troops to attack Yuzhou City..."

Zhang Fan was cleaned up, changed into new clothes, surrounded by a lot of ice, and then placed in the carriage.

"Brother, thank you for taking the trouble to go to Yuzhou." Lu Xingchen said to Lu Feng.

You can't just find someone to send Zhang Fan back.

Only Lu Feng is suitable and qualified.

Lu Feng nodded in response, "I understand."

Everyone has sadness, Ling Xiao, Lu Feng, Lu Yun, Wei Hu...

They grew up together and have a friendship since childhood. How can it not be painful to lose one of them?

But everyone has already restrained their emotions.

At this moment, they seemed to understand that there was no luck on the battlefield, and death might befall one of them at any time.

In the process of pursuing great ambitions, there are mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Along the way, I may lose many brothers, and perhaps myself among them.

Watching Lu Feng and Zhang Fan heading towards Yuzhou, Lu Xingchen turned around and returned to Shazhou.

Lu Xingchen reorganized the troops, and they now have 20,000 soldiers.

The troops left Shazhou and headed for Yongzhou City.

Prince Chen died in battle, and the one guarding Yongzhou City was Prince Chen's son Xiao Qiyuan.

The news of King Chen's defeat had already spread back to Yongzhou City.

The people in Yongzhou City were in panic, and a large number of them no longer wanted to resist and were ready to surrender to Lu Xingchen.