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A moment later, three soldiers of the Yuan Army were pushed in by Gongsun Xu's guards, forcing them to kneel on the ground. Their tattered armors were covered with blood and dust. A few wounds were still bleeding, and there were also some marks of beatings on their faces. It seemed that they had suffered a lot.

Gongsun Xu glanced at Gao Qian, then instructed Zhao Yun: "Zi Long, please rest properly General Gao. You must be well-received."

Gongsun Xu laughed: "Please rest first General, I will continue with what happened earlier in a while."

The three captives had their heads lowered when they came in, so they did not notice that Gao Qian was also there. When they heard Gongsun Xu addressing them as' General Gao ', they quickly looked up, and realised that it was actually Gao Qian, and the three of them revealed shocked expressions. General Gao Qian was Yuan Shijun's nephew, yet Gongsun Xu treated him with such a kind attitude. Could it be that General Gao was already prepared to rely on Gongsun Xu?

He was very clear that Gongsun Xu said this to confuse the three captives. However, he had just suffered a terrible defeat and was worried about the safety of his wife and children, so he was not in the mood to explain anything. He then cupped his hands towards Gongsun Xu and followed Zhao Yun out.

Waiting until Zhao Yun and Gao Qian's footsteps were far away, Gongsun Xu said to the three people in a stern voice: "This general doesn't have much time to waste on you, so this general asked and you replied, did you hear me?"

The three of them had already been trembling with fear, but seeing that General Gao Qian seemed to have truly sided with Gongsun Xu, their last remaining bit of courage and desire to resist … All of his hopes disappeared, and he immediately kowtowed as he said, "This lowly one does not dare to lie, please inquire, General."

"Did Yuan Shao really send you all to the Yanzhou?"

"Reporting to General, the young ones are indeed following Mr. Xin, who is under Yuan Shijun's command, to the Yanzhou."

"Mister Xin?" Gongsun Xu was slightly startled, and asked: "Is it Xin Ping or Xin Pi?"

"It's Mr. Xin Ping."

"Why does Xin Ping want him to go to the Yanzhou?"

The three of them looked at each other, and the older one kowtowed and said, "This young one really doesn't know. Please forgive me!

Gongsun Xu suddenly roared: "Do you really not know?" |

"This little one really doesn't know!" The soldier that answered trembled in fear and replied with a tearful voice.

Gongsun Xu sneered: "Since you don't know anything, what use do you have? Someone, pull him out and kill him! "

Several guards came in and were about to drag the three prisoners out. The three of them struggled to beg for mercy, but Gongsun Xu remained unmoved. He only waved his hands in disgust for them to be taken away.

"Hold on!" Guo Jia suddenly opened his mouth to stop the guards from moving, and cupped his hands towards Gongsun Xu: "Master, these three people seem to all be loyal and honest people, they shouldn't be lying. It looks like they really don't know why Xin Ping went to the Yanzhou. It would be better to ask about something else. If the things that they say are of some value, you might as well spare their lives. "

Gongsun Xu frowned: "Forget it! Just give Feng Xiao face! Let them go! "

"Thank you, mister!" Thank you for not killing me! Please ask the general about something else, this humble one will tell you anything that I know! "

After Gongsun Xu and the other two had kowtowed, they asked coldly: "Last night, when it was just dark, there seemed to be quite a big commotion in the city. Do you all know what happened?"

"Reporting to General, last night, Yuan Shijun ordered the entire city to search for spies, causing chaos within the city."

"Search for spies?" Even though Gongsun Xu had already guessed it, he was still shocked. The father and son duo had sent over a hundred spies into Qinghe County City, all of them were elites chosen from the army. Furthermore, Mo Bingmei had left many Mo Sect Disciple s in the city to deliver news.

"How many people did Yuan Shao capture?" Guo Jia also knew that there were a lot of spies in the city, and immediately asked the question in Gongsun Xu's place.

"About three to four hundred people!"

Three to four hundred people? Gongsun Xu and Guo Jia looked at each other, they were extremely surprised in their hearts, even including those Mo Sect Disciple s, there were definitely not so many people spying on them in the city.

Guo Jia reacted quickly, and immediately asked: "Could it be that many people who are dissatisfied with Yuan Shao have resisted with all their might?"

"What you said, sir, is extremely true. Many of the local rangers have also been captured or killed!"

Gongsun Xu suddenly remembered and asked some other questions, such as the army and food. It was a pity that the three did not know much. Although they did not dare to hide anything, Gongsun Xu could only guess what information they wanted from their words. After interrogating them for the time it takes to boil a cup of tea, until the three of them could not come up with anything new, Gongsun Xu ordered his men to detain them temporarily.

After everyone had left, Guo Jia said in a deep voice: "Originally we thought that Yuan Shao would suffer repeated defeats, and with Cao Cao Cao's unfavorable factors, the morale of the enemy troops in the city would be extremely low. As long as we spread rumors all around, the hearts of the people would definitely collapse! He never thought that Yuan Shao would actually give the order to kill a spy, and send someone else to attack the camp, with complete victory. These two things will once again boost Yuan Jun's morale, seems like the siege warfare will not be so easy after this! "

Gongsun Xu nodded his head, and sighed: "More importantly, the captives already said, the food in the city is very plentiful, and Yuan Shao still has over a hundred thousand soldiers to use, if he is determined to guard the city, before a few months time, we will not be able to take down the city!"

"Yeah, a few months is really too long. No one can guarantee if something will happen or not!" Guo Jia drank a mouthful of tea and said solemnly: "If that really isn't possible, then we can only ignore the casualties and launch a fierce attack!"

"Let's talk about this later, you said that Xin Ping went to Yanzhou and desired it."

"My lord, I have an urgent report!" Before Gongsun Xu could finish his words, he was interrupted by a guard reporting in.

Another emergency? Gongsun Xu rubbed his forehead, and shouted: "Come in and speak!"

A guard walked in and knelt on one knee as he reported, "General, a small squadron of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the city. The patrolling brothers did not notice that they had escaped!"

"In which direction?" Gongsun Xu frowned and asked. Under the situation where Gao Qian had almost lost all his troops, Yuan Shao had actually sent another group of people to rush out of the city, and had even quickly escaped without fighting. It was obviously just to pass the message, but he did not know who else other than Xin Ping, Yuan Shao had sent to the Yanzhou.

"That team is heading south!"

"I understand. You can leave now!" Gongsun Xu dismissed the person and turned to ask: "Feng Xiao, since Yuan Shu in the south can be considered an ally with us, then the only person who can contact and seek help from us seems to be the Xuzhou's Liu Bei right?"

Guo Jia nodded, "That's right! It should be Liu Bei! After occupying the Xuzhou, Liu Bei's strength increased dramatically, and took advantage of the moment when Lv Bu and Cao Cao were fighting for the Yanzhou to fail, to accept Lv Bu and his subordinates. Now that Lv Bu was commanding the Xiao Pei, he had to rely on Liu Bei to provide the money and become Liu Bei's guard dog. If Yuan Shao were to successfully send out people to persuade Liu Bei to lead his army to save us, then I'm afraid that we would have to face Liu Bei and his allies! "

At this time, Zhang Yan, who was on patrol just now, walked in from outside, walked to his seat and said: "That Lv Bu has the courage of ten thousand men, there are very few people in the world who have never heard of him! If he truly comes to save Yuan Shao, I am afraid that he will create a lot of trouble for us! "

Gongsun Xu stood up and gave his seat to Zhang Yan, then walked to Guo Jia's side and sat down.

Zhang Yan stroked his beard and laughed: "Rumor has it that although that Lv Bu is valiant and invincible, he is a mercenary. Since Liu Bei can temporarily suppress him with food, why don't we try to convince him to go against us?"

Gongsun Xu laughed along with him: "Foster father's idea is not bad indeed. In fact, I have long wanted to meet the reputed number one general of this world, Lv Bu! However, when your son heard that Lv Bu was a fickle person, I'm afraid that it would be difficult to convince him to go against Liu Bei! "

"I don't mind giving it a try!" Gongsun Zan's voice suddenly came from outside the tent, and immediately after, the curtain was opened, and he walked in with large strides.

Zhang Yan hurriedly stood up to welcome him. "Why is Bo Guixiong here?"

"Greetings, father (father-in-law)!" Gongsun Xu and Guo Jia also quickly stood up.

"This old man was worried about the situation here, so I came to take a look." Gongsun Zan casually explained and sighed: "Back when I went to suppress Dong Zhuo, this old man had seen Lv Fengxian's strength before. "If we can persuade him to come and seek refuge, it would be equivalent to a huge army of one hundred thousand!"

Guo Jia cupped his hands: "That Lv Bu is a tiger wolf, first he betrayed Ding Yuan, then he betrayed Dong Zhuo, and finally he had a falling out with Yuan Shao, he is truly a fickle villain, I am afraid that he cannot be subdued so easily, please reconsider, father-in-law!"

Gongsun Xu slightly shook his head, he did not quite agree with what Guo Jia had said. He had read some of Lv Bu's descriptions in the history books of the future, and there were many questions regarding Ding Yuan's death. However, he did not want to overturn the case against Lv Bu. He was only extremely curious about this publicly recognized number one general, and was extremely tempted to spar with him. After all, coming to the three nations and not face-to-face with Lv Bu was truly an unforgivable regret.

Gongsun Xu asked unhappily: "That Big Ear Buster (Liu Bei) can even allow Lv Bu to be used for himself, could it be that this old one can't even compare to that damnable Big Ear Buster?"

"This …" Guo Jia hesitated for a moment, then shook his head with a bitter smile.

Gongsun Zan stroked his beard and muttered: "It's just that this old man and Lv Fengxian have only met each other a few times, and none of the people under my command are acquainted with Lv Bu, I wonder who should be sent to meet Lv Bu?"

Gongsun Xu stood up, cupped his fists and said: "Father, your son wishes to go and see Lv Fengxian!"

"You can't!" Before Gongsun Zan could speak, Zhang Yan and Guo Jia spoke in unison to oppose it.