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After being shot to death by Gongsun Xu's arrow, Jiang Da and the other ten people were scared out of their wits. They didn't dare to look back at all. They used all their might and crawled forward frantically, fearing that the next arrow would be aimed at them.

Gongsun Xu just smiled indifferently, he casually hung the bow and arrow on the back of his horse and continued to ride his horse, a few insignificant fish were not even worth him taking action.

"Lord Commander, look over there!" Just then, one of the guards beside Jiang Quan pointed outside the city and shouted.

Jiang Quan turned around to take a look. A few torches suddenly lit up in the forest three to four miles away from the city gate, and the torchbearers shook them three times, up and down, exactly as they had agreed upon. He immediately gave up on the thought of retreating. He hastily shook the fire piston, igniting a torch and began to shake it non-stop.

Guan Yu who was in the forest was constantly staring at the city gates, but previously, Jiang Quan was worried about exposing his whereabouts, so he had extinguished more than half of the torches on the city gates. The light around the city gates was extremely dim, he did not know that the city gates had already been opened, and now that he saw the torches flickering, he was overjoyed. With that, he raised his broadsword and took the lead, riding out of the forest.

This time, Guan Yu had brought over seven hundred cavalrymen and over nine thousand walking soldier. Hearing Guan Yu's shouts, they all rushed out of the forest and ran towards the city gate with big strides.

Gongsun Xu was shocked when he heard the sound of heavy footsteps coming from outside the city. This kind of noise must have a minimum of eight to nine thousand people, if this army successfully charged into the city, then no matter how strong the troops were, they would not be able to stop it! The only way to keep the city safe was to close the city gates before the army arrived.

Raising his spear high into the air, he shouted in a stern voice, "Accelerate the charge!"

The six hundred White Horse Camp Cavalry s sped up once again upon hearing the order. In a short thirty to forty breaths, they had already followed Gongsun Xu and rushed to a place twenty to thirty steps away from the city gate. They would reach the city gate in at most another five to six breaths of time, easily defeating Jiang Quan's troops.

The streets of the city were not wide, and could only fit five or six horses walking side by side. If one was even the slightest bit careless, they would collide and cause their horses to fall, and if there were any serious issues, they might even block the entire street. However, Gongsun Xu's group only had six horses galloping side by side, the formation was extremely orderly and there was no chaos at all. From this, it could be seen just how powerful the cavalry was! Master Liu Bei had less than a thousand cavalrymen under his command, and they were usually treated as treasures by Master. Although they were trained strictly from time to time, they could not compare to the cavalrymen in front of him.

'Fortunately, I was prepared for it! ' Jiang Quan muttered in his heart, and shouted at the top of the city: "Do it!"

Tens of human figures suddenly appeared on the city walls. They waved their weapons hard, chopping off a large number of ropes that had been attached to the walls. Not only did it knock the dozens of White Horse Camp's cavalry off their horses, it also blocked a large portion of the streets, causing the momentum of the charge to immediately slow down.

A piece of wood the thickness of a bucket and at least three meters long suddenly fell towards Gongsun Xu's head. This piece of wood had a few half-dried leaves on it. It could be seen that not long after it was cut down, this piece of wood weighed at least five to six hundred pounds.

"General, be careful!" Hou Yong and the others who were behind Gongsun Xu shouted anxiously.

Gongsun Xu roared, he clenched his spear tightly and thrusted the tip of the wooden log hard!

Pfft! The instant the tip of the long spear collided with the wood, there was a muffled sound and the several tens of kilograms of spear shaft instantly bent a little. That heavy piece of wood was forcefully pushed to the side a foot away, and with a loud bang, the heavy end smashed onto the ground, creating a bowl-sized crater on the hard ground, bringing up a large amount of dust.

Gongsun Xu only felt a sharp pain in his hands, the palm holding the spear felt a sticky sensation, he didn't even need to look to know that the part between his thumb and forefinger had ruptured. But he did not care about the small injuries, he bent down and patted the horse's head to comfort it, then raised the reins, while looking for a place to rest, he waved his spear to attack the wood rolling stone that was falling down.

When Hou Yong and the rest saw that the general was rushing forward without caring about their own safety, how could they possibly fall behind? They did not have as much strength as Gongsun Xu, so from time to time, there would be people who would kill or injure their horses. However, none of them would cower, and instead, follow Gongsun Xu as he moved forward step by step.

Seeing this, Jiang Quan could not help but take in a breath of cold air, and quietly sighed: "Gongsun Xu is actually so strong! I'm afraid she's at the same level as Lv Bu! [How could I be his opponent if he rushed over!] I wonder which general outside the city is able to stop Gongsun Xu! "

The people around Jiang Quan had also seen Gongsun Xu's godly prowess, and felt that they were in a battle. One of them asked in a trembling voice, "General, what should we do?"

Jiang Quan turned his head to look, only to see that Liu Bei's army was less than 800 steps away from the city gate, he only needed to endure for a short period of time, and they would be able to successfully enter the city. If they chose to retreat now, it was very likely that they would end up like Yu Yu, and would very likely be beheaded by the general who led the army! He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Follow me and charge forward to stop them. As long as we can hold on for a short period of time, the reinforcements will wipe them out! Kill! "

The others knew that they had nowhere to run, so even though they were extremely afraid of Gongsun Xu, they still picked up their weapons and followed Jiang Quan.

The number of wood rolling stone that fell off from the city walls was not a lot, but they had stopped falling at this time. The streets were in a mess, the bodies of the men and the wood rolling stone were all over the place, and in a short period of time, Gongsun Xu had lost seventy to eighty people.

Gongsun Xu rushed out of the area where the wood rolling stone had fallen. When he looked back and saw that his subordinates had suffered quite a number of casualties, he immediately became furious. The thousand riders that followed him were all carefully selected elites.

Just then, Jiang Quan galloped his horse and arrived. Seeing Gongsun Xu looking back, he was overjoyed.

"A sneak attack!" Hou Yong who was following along exclaimed.

Gongsun Xu snorted, he turned his head and thrusted his spear out, accurately piercing the back of Jiang Quan's blade.

Jiang Quan only felt an incomparable pain in his palm. The big blade in his hand flew out of his hands and spun to the top of the city walls, coincidentally slicing a soldier who was looking out to cut him in half. Jiang Quan was extremely shocked, he did not have any thoughts of stopping him, so he turned his horse and prepared to escape.

Gongsun Xu quickly turned around, and his long spear quickly thrust forward. With a sound of "pluck", it pierced Jiang Quan's back, and the sharp tip of the refined steel spear easily penetrated his chest, revealing a half a foot long section.

Jiang Quan lowered his head and looked at the spear tip at his chest, blood gushing out from his mouth. He raised his hands with great effort, wanting to grab onto the spear tip.

Gongsun Xu's wrist shook and he pulled back his spear. Jiang Quan's body swayed and then fell to the ground.

Those people who had barely managed to muster up the courage to follow Jiang Quan immediately lost their morale, they turned and rushed out of the city gate. Even Academy Officer Jiang Quan was not their opponent, if they were to continue charging, the only outcome would be death!

Gongsun Xu pressed on the horse's belly lightly and quickly rushed to the vicinity of the city gate. With a flick of his long spear, he knocked all the enemies who were blocking his way down the horse. In a short ten breaths, Jiang Quan's men were either dead or fleeing. No one near the city gate could stop Gongsun Xu.

"Quickly close the city gates!" Gongsun Xu turned and shouted at Hou Yong.

Hou Yong cupped his fists and replied, then brought a few dozen people to rush to the top of the city.

Guan Yu was less than fifty steps away from the city gate, upon seeing dozens of people running out, he knew that Jiang Quan had lost control of the city gate! Otherwise, if the other party were to close the city gates again, tonight's surprise attack would be a failure. If they wanted to capture Gongsun Xu, they could only force their way into the city tomorrow, and if they reached that step, the outcome would be hard to predict!

Guan Yu bellowed, and used all his strength to whack his horse, he took the lead and rushed towards the city gate.

Gongsun Xu and the others took some time to close the city gates. If they were unable to stop the enemy's charge, once they were pushed to the front of the city gates by the enemy's army, it would be impossible to close the city gates.

"Gongsun Xu, look at the blade!" Guan Yu had already rushed out of the city gate, seeing Gongsun Xu blocking in front of him, he shouted and raised his blade to attack.

"Come at me!" Gongsun Xu screamed, and rushed forward too.

The two of them were extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, a dozen steps had passed. The two of them raised their swords and spears and collided without any fancy moves.

Clang! After the sound of metal hitting each other, both Gongsun Xu's and Guan Yu's war horses screamed and they couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Such great strength!" The duo sighed in admiration in their hearts.