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Yuan Shu and Liu Bei rode side by side, the two of them talking while riding, looking extremely relaxed. Around them and behind them were an army of more than forty thousand soldiers. Flags fluttered in the air, swords and spears could be seen everywhere, covering a distance of five to six miles in a formidable array.

Lv Bu had escaped with heavy injuries, but Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were finally relieved. They were not worried about Lv Bu escaping back to the Xiao Pei because since the entire army of the Bingzhou Army had already been annihilated, even if Lv Bu managed to return to the Xiao Pei successfully, he would still die.

Yuan Shu stroked his beard, and said proudly: "Looks like I can drink the celebratory wine in Xiao Pei City tonight!"

"There's definitely no problem!" Liu Bei nodded his head and laughed: "I heard that Lv Bu has good wine and has collected a lot of good wine. It's a pity that he doesn't have any luck and can only benefit from us!"

Yuan Shu laughed and was just about to ridicule Lv Bu when he suddenly saw the group in front become noisy and he immediately looked up. His face immediately darkened as he saw Yuan Fu leading a small group of people to rush over, they were not dressed properly, and looked to be in a very sorry state. Yuan Shu did not need to ask to know that they had failed in their attempt to kill Lv Bu.

Liu Bei was also stern, but there was a flicker of joy in his eyes, as long as Lv Bu could escape from their pursuit, Guan Yu would have the chance to take away the glory of killing Lv Bu. If Guan Yu killed Lv Bu, he would have more confidence to negotiate with Cao Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in the future.

Yuan Fu quickly arrived in front of him. He jumped down from the horse and knelt on the ground, then kowtowed again and again: "Master, this humble one is useless and let Lv Bu run away!"

Yuan Shao bellowed: "A bunch of useless bums! Two thousand men, you can't even deal with a group of defeated soldiers, what do I want you to do? Someone come, let's drag it down and kill it! "

Yuan Fu was scared out of his wits, he could only kowtow and beg for forgiveness, but he forgot to explain himself.

Two of Yuan Shu's guards stepped forward, with Yuan Fu on both sides ready to drag him to the side.

"Hold on!" Liu Bei shouted in time before he turned his head towards Yuan Shu and said, "Gong Luxiong, logically speaking, it is simply impossible for Lv Bu to escape with his life from the pursuit of the two thousand elite cavalry s. "Why don't you ask them clearly before deciding on their punishment?"

Yuan Shu snorted, and waved his hand for them to let go of Yuan Fu, and berated: "You idiot, did you hear what Xuan Dexiong said? Hurry up and tell me the details! "

"Thank you, my lord, for not killing me!" Yuan Fu kowtowed a few more times, then prostrated on the ground and said: "My lord, we were initially surrounding Lv Bu and Chen Gong, and just as we were about to kill them, Gongsun Xu, who was at the back, suddenly brought his men over to stop them. They are all wearing heavy armor along with their horses and horses, and also carrying a type of crossbow that can be continuously released.

"Gongsun Xu dares to personally cut off the back!" Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were both shocked. Gongsun Xu did not have many troops, so how could he be so daring as to cut off the rear for Lv Bu? If he was able to bring Lv Bu along and escape, wouldn't Xuzhou Army and Huainan Army lose all face?!

"Where's Gongsun Xu now?" After Yuan Shu recovered from his shock, he immediately asked.

Yuan Fu trembled as he replied, "Reporting to my lord, after he killed Fen Wu and the others, he quickly retreated with Lv Bu. I had wanted to follow him, but from time to time, Gongsun Xu would lead his troops and charge forward to kill them, and every time, we would lose a lot of brothers. I was unable to get close, so I came back to report to my lord!"

"Idiot!" Yuan Shu was furious after hearing what he said, he kicked Yuan Fu away and said angrily: "Truly a useless thing, it's fine if you can't beat him, but you don't even dare to follow him, what do I want from a cowardly idiot like you! Drag it down and cut it! "

Yuan Fu pleaded bitterly, with blood flowing out of his forehead.

Liu Bei advised again: "Gong Luxiong, I heard that Gongsun Xu has a troop of heavily armored elite cavalry s. Gongsun Xu brought Lv Bu and the handicapped veterans, they would definitely not be able to move fast enough, we will immediately speed up and catch up, we cannot let Gongsun Xu escape! As for Yuan Fu, there is no harm in letting him earn a meritorious deed. If you are still unable to satisfy Gong Luxiong, it will not be too late to behead him then! "

"Since Xuan Dexiong is pleading for mercy on behalf of this idiot, then I shall let you go!" Yuan Shu angrily agreed, and then fiercely kicked Yuan Fu a few times, and shouted: "Hurry and thank Xuan Dexiong for his mercy!"

"Thank you, Envoy Liu, for your great kindness, this lowly one will never forget it!" Yuan Fu hurriedly kowtowed to Liu Bei, thanking him, but then he kowtowed to Yuan Fu again, "Thank you for your magnanimity, this humble one will definitely leave Gongsun Xu's head!"

"Get up!" Yuan Shu bellowed, and when Yuan Fu stood up, he remembered that he did not inquire about the situation earlier, hence he asked angrily: "How many of the two thousand of us we brought with us were killed?"

Yuan Fu swallowed his saliva with much difficulty, and said fearfully: "We lost more than four hundred people!"

"Why are there so many?!" Yuan Shu was shocked and angry at the same time. Yuan Fu and the others had not even harmed a single hair on his head, yet he had actually lost so many people! The Huainan did not give birth to horses either, when he tried to get a war horse from Gongsun Zan, he had spent a lot of time and effort.

Liu Bei was also surprised, but was secretly gloating in his heart. Almost all of his cavalry was lost to Lv Bu, and he couldn't wait to see Yuan Shu's troops suffer heavy losses. But he was very curious about how Yuan Fu had lost so many men, so he asked: "Yuan Fu, tell me about Gongsun Xu's group of cavalrymen, and how they fought!"

Yuan Fu's eyes flashed with fear. If he had a choice, he would rather face the ferocious beasts than face the terrifying heavy cavalry! His own weapon could not cut through the opponent's armor, but the opponent's attack could not be blocked. Especially those armored horses, the momentum behind their charge was too terrifying, it was impossible to defend against.

Yuan Shu saw that Yuan Fu was silent, and shouted impatiently: "What are you standing there for! Hurry up and answer Xuan Dexiong's question! "

Yuan Fu was startled by the loud shout, and immediately explained the situation between him and Gongsun Xu just a moment ago. )

Yuan Shu and Liu Bei were deep in thought while listening, after hearing everything their expressions became heavy, if Yuan Fu did not lie, Gongsun Xu's cavalry soldiers were truly hard to deal with, unless they were encircled by ten times or even more, it would be hard to defeat them in a direct battle.

Yuan Fu said while feeling anxious, afraid that Yuan Shu would be furious again.

Yuan Shu did not get angry after hearing this. Instead, he asked: "How many people did Gongsun Xu bring?"

Yuan Fu thought back to it and replied uncertainly, "About four or five hundred people!"

"Four hundred people," Yuan Shu muttered, and shook his head: "Xuan Dexiong, although that bastard Yuan Fu is a little foolish, he would definitely not lie to me on this kind of thing. Gongsun Xu's group of cavalrymen are so strong, if we want to capture him alive, it will be extremely difficult!"

"Indeed!" Liu Bei slightly sighed, and said respectfully: "But no matter how difficult it is, you still have to try! Only by capturing Gongsun Xu alive can we force Uncle Gongsun to retreat to the Youzhou, otherwise, we would have to pay a huge price to save Yuan Benchu! Rather than fighting with Gongsun Boyu till the death, why not just send a large amount of elites to the continent right now and keep Gongsun Xu here at all costs! "

"Xuan Dexiong is right!" Yuan Shu nodded his head, if his own men lost too much, wouldn't that mean that Yuan Shao would take advantage of him for nothing? What Liu Bei said was right, there were still hundreds of miles before Gongsun Xu could return to the Qinghe County. As long as he continued to chase after him, no matter what, he would be able to capture him alive.

Liu Bei thought for a while, then said respectfully: "I have a group of elite walking soldier, named Bai'er Soldier, with a total of 1200 people, everyone can fight one against ten, in the beginning, this team is not finished training, but I am afraid the loss in battle was not small, but at the moment, it is urgent, I do not care! Gong Luxiong, I shall send the Bai'er Soldier to battle, brother, do not hide anything, let the most elite troops come out!

Yuan Shu nodded his head, he had long known about Liu Bei's training of the Bai'er Soldier, it was said that their fighting strength was comparable to that of the first three groups, so Yuan Shu placed great importance on this team, but since both sides were always in a hostile state, the spies he sent to the Xuzhou City were unable to get close to the Bai'er Soldier's camp. Hearing that Liu Bei had taken the initiative to mention the Bai'er Soldier, he was immediately interested. He wanted to see if this group of people were truly elites, and then consider whether or not he should send out his last trump card.