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Under the afternoon sun, Guan Yu was standing with his hands behind his back, looking at the walls of Xiao Pei City, his face was pale white, his slumbering eyebrows were tightly knitted, and he looked extremely worried.

It was one thing for the plan to attack the Xiao Pei accidentally to fail, but with the number of people outnumbered the other party by ten times, yet they were still humiliated repeatedly by Gongsun Xu's unimaginably strong cavalry, and they were also severely injured by Gongsun Xu as well. Yesterday, evening, Gongsun Xu took Lv Bu's family members and left the city. Since the people at the north side of the city had suffered heavy losses, his anger had reached its peak, and he swore in his heart that after he broke through the Xiao Pei, he would stay in the city for three days to quell the hatred in his heart.

Guan Yu raised his head and looked at the sky. The sun had already set in the west, and it had already been several hours since Gongsun Xu had descended from the south, but there still had not been any news. He once again shifted his gaze onto the city walls, where Bingzhou Army soldiers were constantly patrolling back and forth, staring fixedly at the outside of the city. At this time, his subordinates were about to faint from hunger, even if they built a lot of ladders, they would not be able to attack the city.

'I can't wait like this any longer! ' Guan Yu muttered in his heart, and shouted: "Someone come!"

"This little one is here!" One of the personal Junior head s cupped his fists and asked: "What orders do you have for me, General?"

Guan Yu pointed to the direction that Gongsun Xu and his group went in, and said solemnly: "Immediately bring fifty cavalrymen to follow the road that Gongsun kid took to the south, and report back once you discover anything strange!"

"Here!" "Yes!" the person replied. He turned around and prepared to transfer the troops.

Right at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar. Guan Yu was shocked, thinking, could it be that the Gongsun kid had returned again? He quickly turned his head to look in the direction of the sound. Not long later, a dozen or so cavalrymen appeared in his line of sight, causing Guan Yu's anxious heart to be at ease. The person who came was the subordinate he had sent to Xuzhou before to request for reinforcements and fodder, but then he started to worry.

The 10 odd cavalrymen quickly rushed in front of them, and after dismounting from their horses, they saluted Guan Yu.

"Hurry up and speak!" Guan Yu waved his hands impatiently. Without waiting for them to stand up, he asked urgently, "What's the situation over at brother's side?"

"Reporting to the General Guan, Master's plan to drown Lv Bu's army has failed. We encountered a terrible defeat last night, but this morning, Duke and Huainan's Yuan Shijun teamed up and set up an ambush. Lv Bu lost a large portion of his troops and horses, Master and Yuan Shijun have already led their troops to chase after Lv Bu, I think there will be good news coming soon!"

When Guan Yu heard the words' suffered a terrible defeat last night ', his face greatly changed and his body also swayed, almost causing him to fall to the ground from anger. Fortunately, he had heard the good news next, so he was barely able to stabilize his body. Since most of Lv Bu's troops had already died, and their brother had joined forces with Yuan Shu, how could the tens of thousands of soldiers not be able to do anything to a few thousand handicapped veterans!

Guan Yu glared at the man who just spoke. This fellow was breathing heavily from his words, it was extremely hateful. He shouted angrily, "Tell me the details!"

This man still did not know that Guan Yu had already set his sights on him. Hearing General Guan's angry tone, he was momentarily at a loss, but he still told him everything in detail.

Guan Yu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. Yuan Shu had actually sent out such a huge army of forty thousand. Lv Bu definitely did not have any chance to escape! Then, he suddenly remembered that Zhang Fei was injured, and anxiously asked: "Is my third brother injured?"

The man hesitated for a moment, then said honestly: "General Zhang's injuries are not light, and you even fainted yesterday!"

Guan Yu was shocked, she grabbed onto the man's collar and bellowed: "Is there any danger?"

"There is no danger! However, the doctors said that General Zhang's injuries will be difficult to heal within a month. "

Guan Yu released his hand and muttered: "It's fine as long as there's no danger to my life, but where are the food this general asked for?"

"Reporting to the general, after the general and the others discussed the matter, they immediately enlisted 3,000 tribesmen and 2,000 elite soldiers to deliver the food and fodder. They should be arriving tonight!"

Guan Yu frowned, the soldiers under him had long been starving and the food could only arrive in the middle of the night, which was a little too slow. However, he knew that this speed was already pretty good, so he did not bother about it anymore and continued to ask: "Did Jian Yong and the rest send any messages to this general?"

"This is a personal letter from Guardian Long. Please take a look, General!"

Guan Yu took the letter and looked at the seal carefully. Seeing that the fire wax was undamaged, he opened the letter. Jian Yong's letter was very short, and he repeatedly reminded Guan Yu to continue besieging the Xiao Pei. If he was unable to take over the city, then he should not act rashly, and only wait for the arrival of Liu Bei's great army. At the end of the letter, Jian Yong proposed for Guan Yu to split a portion of his troops to block Lv Bu and ensure that Lv Bu and the others had a path back to the Xiao Pei. Of course, the prerequisite was that Guan Yu had to ensure that the city remained sealed, and the Bingzhou Army inside could not escape from the encirclement.

After Guan Yu finished reading the letter, without any hesitation, he prepared to lead the troops south himself. Gongsun Xu had already gone south, so it was impossible for the Bingzhou Army in the city to have the power to charge out of the city. At the same time, his subordinates did not have the ability to attack the city, so rather than wasting their time, it would be better to bring a small troop of cavalry south.

"Men, get the Fire Headmen to slaughter the injured warhorses and have all the cavalrymen gather at the south side of the city!"

Guan Yu did not have many cavalrymen left, and half of them died by Gongsun Xu's hands. Currently, there were only around two hundred cavalrymen left. This group of people simply could not compete with Gongsun Xu's group of riders. Guan Yu had drawn another 2000 elite walking soldier s, equipped them with enough bows and arrows, and gave everyone a small piece of cooked horse meat. Then, he led this group of people to chase after Gongsun Xu's group which was on the road south.

Gao Shun had been staring at the outside of the city from the top of his city gate tower the entire time. When he realized that Guan Yu had left with the General Flag, not only did he not feel the slightest bit of happiness, he had instead sunk into a deeper worry. When Gongsun Xu was making his way south, he had already sent a message to Gao Shun, and had already confirmed Lv Bu's defeat, so he brought the defeated troops to the Qiao County. When he thought that Lv Bu and a group of defeated soldiers were very likely to be surrounded and annihilated by Yuan Shu and Liu Bei's huge army of tens of thousands of soldiers, his heart had always been on tenterhooks.

It was a pity that Gao Shun could only do his job anxiously, and did not dare to bring xianzhen camp down to rescue Lv Bu at all. He knew very clearly that if he were to leave with the xianzhen camp, Liu Bei's spies in the city would definitely take this opportunity to cause trouble. At that time, the city would not be attacked by the enemies but would instead fall into the hands of the enemies outside of the city. He sighed deeply. The only thing he could do was wish Lv Bu a smooth return in his heart.

Guan Yu led the group to the south, and after walking for more than five kilometers, they did not find even half a White Horse Camp or a single Bingzhou Army soldier. From the tracks on the horses' hooves, Gongsun Xu's group was walking towards the south, and did not stop at all along the way. From this, it could be seen that Gongsun Xu definitely knew something. Maybe he already knew that Lv Bu had lost miserably, which was why he was planning to go to rescue him.

After walking forward for another four to five kilometers, Guan Yu suddenly heard the sound of galloping horses in front of him.

They had all seen how powerful the White Horse Camp could be, and at this moment, most of them were feeling uneasy, afraid that the person who was coming was that terrifying horseman. Fortunately, their worries were unnecessary. A small squadron quickly appeared in front of them, it was the group of scouts that Guan Yu had sent out earlier.

The group of scouts rode their horses over and shouted from afar, "General Guan, a few miles away, a group of enemies has appeared. They are charging towards us!"

Guan Yu quickly asked, "Did you clearly see who it was?"

"That damned cavalry! But there are still a few Bingzhou Army s among them, there are less than two hundred of them! "

"There are really less than two hundred people in Bingzhou Army?" Guan Yu went south to rescue Lv Bu's men, so they definitely wouldn't give up on any of the Bingzhou Army soldiers easily. At the moment, there were less than two hundred Bingzhou Army soldiers, and the highest possibility was that the entire Bingzhou Army was wiped out, leaving only this many people out among the ten thousand people!

"I can see clearly that there are less than two hundred defeated soldiers in Bingzhou Army!"

"Good!" "Alright!" Guan Yu cheered as he laughed, "Have you seen that fellow Lv Bu before?"

"Reporting to the general, we have not seen Lv Bu himself, but his banner is in that group!"

Guan Yu pondered for a moment, then asked with a deep voice: "Have you seen your brother and Yuan Shu's pursuers yet?" The moment he asked that question, he shook his head. Even if his brother and Yuan Shu's army had caught up to them, with Gongsun Xu's group in between, how could the scouts discover them?

Sure enough, the person who answered shook his head: "No!"

Guan Yu looked around, it was very open, and not a good place to block. He carefully thought back to a place that he had just passed, the road was much narrower, and on both sides were lush forests, it was about three or four miles away, if he were to ambush there right now, he would be able to make it in time. He immediately ordered his troops to turn around and sprinted back the way they came from.