"Kill me!" Yuan Shu shouted loudly as cold sweat rolled down his forehead. He glared at the chaperone in front of him with eyes filled with resentment.
chaperone hurriedly threw away the arrow in his hand and prostrated on the ground respectfully: "Reporting to my lord, this little one has already taken out the arrow and applied some medicine. My lord, Hong Fu Tian, the arrow is undamaged and should be able to recover soon!"
Yuan Shu regained some strength and shouted sternly: "Hurry up and help me up, you blind fool!"
The guards quickly supported Yuan Shu, but they were secretly cursing in their hearts. If you did not speak, who would dare to help you up? If he were to come across a wound, would he really lose his life?
In order to divert Yuan Shu's attention, a guard leader pointed ahead and asked carefully, "Master, Gongsun Xu is currently fleeing, would you like to order the army to chase after him?"
"Gongsun kid!" Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and shouted. Looking towards the direction the man pointed, he saw Liu Bei leading a large group of people and chasing after him, two to three hundred steps in front of Liu Bei, the person he hated to the bones, bringing along his group of heavy cavalry.
Seeing that, Yuan Shu was enraged, he pointed his halberd at Gongsun Xu's back and bellowed: Pass the order, all Wan-Sheng Camp attack, we must keep Gongsun Xu here, otherwise we will execute the military law!
The Wan-Sheng Camp was an elite team that Yuan Shu had single-handedly created. There were one thousand five hundred of them, and every single one of them was a fierce soldier that was extremely loyal to Yuan Shu, a team that was the most mysterious in the Huainan Army. Because after their creation, they had never formally entered the battlefield. Other than those with high status, such as Yan Xiang, Ji Ling and the others, 99% of the people in the Huainan Army had never heard of him before.
Originally, he was prepared to use it as a key chess piece during the critical moment of the great battle. However, before he could even see the shadow of the army of Youzhou, he was enraged beyond belief and ordered for the Wan-Sheng Camp to attack.
Yuan Shu's orders quickly reached the central troops behind them. A squadron that was originally walking slowly suddenly broke away from the line and rushed forward frantically.
This team wore gray clothes and pants, did not wear any armor, and carried five four feet long spears on their back, and held five feet long and a wide palm-sized Zhanmadao in their hands. They looked like ordinary light cavalry, but their eyes were extremely vicious, and when they looked at others, it was as if they were looking at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
After Yuan Shu established the Wan-Sheng Camp, he encouraged all the soldiers in the camp to fight with each other. As long as there were heavy rewards for the victors, as long as no one died, he would rarely pay any attention to them, and would frequently pay a lot of money and women to bribe the hearts of the Wan-Sheng Camp soldiers. At the same time, he used strict punishments to protect his dignity.
Wan-Sheng Camp quickly rushed to Yuan Shu's back and respectfully cupped his fists and bowed.
Yuan Shu pointed at the back of Gongsun Xu who was already 300 steps away, and shouted sternly: Capture or kill Gongsun Xu alive, if not, we will execute the military law!
The one thousand five hundred Wan-Sheng Camp soldiers answered in unison as they spurred their horses and galloped away.
Liu Bei stared at Gongsun Xu who was still in hot pursuit, when one of the guards beside him suddenly shouted: "Master, Yuan Shijun has also dispatched a team to chase after him!"
Liu Bei quickly turned his head around. He was also an experienced general, and could tell that there was something special about the Wan-Sheng Camp with a single glance. He estimated the number of people there slightly and silently cursed Yuan Shu for hiding the number of people in this team, but he forgot that he did not mention the exact number of people in the Bai'er Soldier at that time. He suddenly became furious. The convoy charging over did not have any intention of slowing down, and if he did not want to be attacked by the enemy, other than speeding up his pursuit of Gongsun Xu, the only other option was to give way.
"Get out of the way, let them pass!" Without hesitation, Liu Bei gave the order to retreat. Since these guys were in a hurry to fight Gongsun Xu, why should he block them? As for whether or not he would lose face by making way, he did not care. If he could lose a few men, then what did a mere face count!
The Bai'er Soldier disciples who were in pursuit of Liu Bei all looked unsatisfied, but they still stepped aside to make way for him.
When the Wan-Sheng Camp's soldiers passed by Liu Bei and the rest, they all revealed looks of disdain. The leader was a tall and sturdy man with a sinister appearance. He smiled at Liu Bei as if he was a beast ready to pounce and kill its prey at any time.
Liu Bei's expression did not change, and only after the Wan-Sheng Camp had rushed to the front did he ask in a low voice: "Who is that fellow?"
Behind him, an ordinary looking soldier came over and whispered: "Reporting to my lord, that person seems to be Yuan Shu's trusted subordinate, General Li Feng! This little one has lurked for more than a year and has only seen this person twice from afar. Usually, he would stay in the Wan-Sheng Camp's army camp to train his soldiers. "
"Li Feng!" Liu Bei repeated the name, and the killing intent in his eyes flashed.
"General, the enemy cavalry has caught up again!" Gongsun Xu's group had already completely penetrated through the pursuers Yuan Shu had sent out before. Just as they had charged a dozen steps forward, a guard reported loudly to them.
Gongsun Xu turned his head to look and could not help but be somewhat surprised. The one who had chased after him just now was still Liu Bei, why did he suddenly change teams? However, when he saw clearly the attire of the Wan-Sheng Camp's soldiers, he could not help but be shocked. Although the opponent did not wear armor, he could not help but feel that it was not because they did not have any armor to wear, or perhaps they were not afraid of death! No matter which possibility it was, they were not what Gongsun Xu was willing to see. He did not have enough people on him, if he brought a thousand heavy cavalry s, he would definitely not be afraid of this team that was chasing after him.
In addition to that, the road here was relatively wide and there were tens of thousands of soldiers chasing after him. Gongsun Xu simply did not dare to get entangled with them! He immediately ordered: "Gather the troops and advance at full speed!"
At the moment, Gongsun Xu still had more than three hundred and thirty people left. They quickly moved closer to Gongsun Xu, urged their war horses to gallop forward.
Seeing that, Li Feng snorted, he used all his strength to whack his horse, and ordered his troops to speed up their pursuit.
The one thousand five hundred men madly spurred their warhorses forward, and their speed suddenly accelerated once again as they followed closely behind.
Both sides fled and chased one another, and very quickly, they were already three to four miles away, leaving the Huainan Army and his main forces far behind.
Under the escort of the guards, Yuan Shu walked in front of Liu Bei and asked complacently: "Xuan Dexiong, can my Wan-Sheng Camp be considered elite?" He saw the scene of Li Feng rushing over and forcing Liu Bei to get out of the way. He felt that Li Feng and the Wan-Sheng Camp had given him face and he was extremely happy in his heart, even the pain in his shoulder seemed to have lessened a lot.
"As expected of an elite!" He is much stronger than my Bai'er Soldier. I'm so impressed! " Although Liu Bei's mouth was filled with admiration, he was actually furious in his heart, and swore to himself that he would settle the score with Yuan Shu sooner or later.
Yuan Shu laughed out loud: "Xuan Dexiong has eyes indeed, my Wan-Sheng Camp can be considered the strongest soldier in the world. Xuan Dexiong only needs to watch, in a while, Li Feng will definitely capture Gongsun Xu and offer him to us!"
"Then let's wait and see!" Liu Bei responded with a fake smile, then raised his head again, and realized that the two riders in front had already disappeared.
Gongsun Xu and the rest were all wearing heavy armors, even though the horses were good mounts that were one thousand miles long, they could not sustain running fast for a long period of time. After running for four or five kilometers, all the horses started to pant heavily, white foam forming at the corner of their mouths. Everyone looked at Gongsun Xu, everyone knew, they could not continue running like this, if not, before the enemy could catch up, their war horses would die from exhaustion, and at that time, they would be at the mercy of their pursuers.
"Go that way!" Gongsun Xu quickly looked around, and took the lead to rush to the side of a small path, and everyone followed closely behind.
Gongsun Xu originally wanted to rush into the forest and escape using the cover of the trees, but he did not expect to go deeper into the small path to discover that the trees in his surroundings were extremely sparse. Forget about hiding hundreds of people, it was difficult even for a few people to hide inside. The armor on the heavy cavalry was not afraid of ordinary weapons, but facing the powerful and heavy Zhanmadao, even if the armor could withstand the onslaught of the sword, the powerful force would still cause serious internal injuries. All of these heavy cavalry s were his flesh and blood, and would not fight to the death with their enemies unless absolutely necessary.
"General, this is bad! There's a river ahead!" One of the guards suddenly shouted, waking Gongsun Xu up from his momentary contemplation.
Gongsun Xu raised his head to look, and let out a cry of pain in his heart. He saw a river appear two to three hundred steps ahead, and the river surface was approximately thirty meters wide. There were many rivers in the Xuzhou, so it was normal for him to encounter a river or stream. However, this type of river gave Gongsun Xu a lot of trouble. He turned around and saw that there was dust flying two or three miles away. The face of the pursuers could be vaguely seen. If he did not find a way out of this predicament, he would have to turn back and fight bitterly.
"General, look over there!" At this moment, a person suddenly pointed downwards and shouted.
Gongsun Xu looked towards the direction of the voice and was immediately overjoyed. He saw that on the surface of the river more than five kilometers away from him, there was actually a wooden bridge that was one to two meters wide! The wooden bridge looked very simple and crude, it was only constructed using logs that were tied together. But to Gongsun Xu and the others, the appearance of a wooden bridge was the blessing of the heavens, they couldn't care about anything else!
"Cross the bridge!" Gongsun Xu waved his spear, and immediately rushed to the wooden bridge.