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At dusk, at the south of Xiao Pei City.

Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Song Xian and the rest were standing on top of the city walls, anxiously looking to the south.

More than two hours ago, under the escort of two thousand elite Xuzhou Army, nearly ten thousand civilians escorted a batch of food to Xiao Pei City. To the thirsty and impatient Guan Yu, not only was he full, he was also gradually recovering from the low morale. When Guan Yu found out that Lv Bu had already lost miserably, he even changed from the depressed state of being humiliated by him several times before. After he was ready to replenish his strength, he immediately went to attack the city, hoping to seize the Xiao Pei before Liu Bei and Yuan Shu's army arrived.

Gao Shun and the others had already constructed enough ladders, cars, and other things. With the help of the living, it was impossible for them to guarantee that the city would not be lost just with the people in the city. It was just that before they received definite information on Lv Bu and Gongsun Xu, they could only defend the city. Moreover, the morale of the Xuzhou Army outside the city had already recovered a little, so even with the help of the heavy cavalry s that Gongsun Xu left behind, it was hard to ensure that everyone successfully exited the city.

Just then, a horse galloped out of the crowd of Xuzhou Army and headed towards the city wall.

A few Bingzhou Army soldiers quickly took out their bows and arrows, preparing to kill the person.

"Have him come over and listen to what he has to say!" Gao Shun stopped them, but he regretted it very quickly, because he told them the news that he did not want to hear.

"On top of the city walls, listen carefully, under the joint ambush of my master and Huainan Yuan Shijun, your entire army of master Lv Bu has been completely wiped out. Lv Bu himself was severely injured and unconscious, Zhang Liao was killed in battle, and the hundred thousand soldiers will arrive Xiao Pei City soon! "If you know what's good for you, then quickly open the city and surrender. Otherwise, after the city is broken, the jade will be broken!" Before he could finish his words, a sharp arrow had pierced his throat, and he fell to the ground with a miserable scream.

Gao Shun kept his longbow, his expression extremely ugly.

Wei Xu and Song Xian looked at each other, not willing to believe what the person had said was true, but reason told them that it was very possible that what he had said was true. Before this, when Gongsun Xu had gone south, he had already revealed that Lv Bu had likely failed, and adding that the person who had arrived had even said that Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu had already allied together, there would be tens of thousands of people in Huainan Army and Xuzhou Army.

It was because Gao Shun thought of this that he went against the usual practice of 'two armies against one another' and quickly shot down the person that came to kill him. But it was still too late. The Bingzhou Army soldiers on the city wall had already heard the words of the person who just arrived, and were currently discussing amongst themselves in a low voice, many of their faces were filled with fear and unease. To these state soldiers who had been following Lv Bu, Lv Bu was the invincible war god in their hearts.

When Guan Yu saw that the person who was sent to spread the message had been killed by an arrow, he could not help but be angered: "Impudent! How dare you shoot this general's messenger! After the city was destroyed, the archer would be torn into ten thousand pieces! "Send the order for the soldiers to eat quickly and attack the city before nightfall!"

A person beside him asked, "General, there are at most two hours until nightfall. Is it possible that the general is preparing to fight by night?"

Guan Yu coldly snorted, "If nothing unexpected happens, Big Brother and Great Army of Road Yuan will arrive tonight. If they see that we can't defeat Xiao Pei City, who has only two to three thousand people defending, then where would our face be?! No matter the cost, he must seize the city before they arrived! Quickly send the order! "

"Here!" Several soldiers responded and quickly mounted their horses to pass the order around.

Guan Yu looked at Gao Shun and the rest who were on top of the city walls, his fists were clenched tightly, the anger in his eyes filling up. Ever since he had become famous, Gongsun Xu was the first person to continuously make him lose face. He hated Gongsun Xu with all his heart, but deep in his heart, he was also secretly afraid of him. That cavalry that could make him wear heavy armor, even if he was as arrogant as he was, he didn't have the confidence to win against that group of heavy cavalry. Taking advantage of Gongsun Xu's absence was the best opportunity to seize the city. If not, once Gongsun Xu rushed back, no one knew what would happen next.

Above the city walls, the discussions of the Bingzhou Army soldiers became louder and louder. Many of them gathered around Gao Shun and the others, trying to get an explanation from them.

Gao Shun pressed his hands together, and everyone quickly quieted down. He loudly shouted: "Brothers, that fellow just now was simply spouting nonsense, his goal was to disrupt our morale! Wen Hou was valiant and invincible, General Zhang Liao was the nemesis of tens of thousands of people, and with the assistance of Mr. Chen Gongtai who had no other tricks, Liu Bei wanting to hurt Wen Hou was simply an idiot's dream! Furthermore General Gongsun Xu has already led the troops to the south, the powerful cavalry soldiers in his hands are all visible to all, with him coming out to assist, Wen Hou will definitely return safely! "

When Gao Shun said the first half of his words, everyone was still a little skeptical, but when he explicitly mentioned that Gongsun Xu brought that group of heavy cavalry down south to support Lv Bu, the nervousness on many people's faces quickly subsided. Gongsun Xu and a few hundred people fought a few rounds in the Xuzhou's army, but the number of casualties were minuscule, it was the first time they had seen such a strong combat strength of Bingzhou Army soldiers! With such an unrivalled troop of cavalrymen going to meet Wen Hou, and under the personal lead of the famous General Gongsun Xu, why would they worry about Wen Hou not returning smoothly?

Gao Shun waved his hands, and said with a stern voice: "Alright, let's get back to work, and remember not to think too much, and not to speak too much, if this general finds out that someone is disturbing the heart of the army, then we must follow the law!"

After being scolded by Gao Shun, the unease in the hearts of the soldiers quickly dissipated, and they all returned to their original positions.

Gao Shun exhaled, and turned his head to shout: "General Wei, General Song!"

"This lowly general is here!" Wei Xu and Song Xian hurriedly cupped their fists and agreed.

Gao Shun said coldly: "The two of you, bring 200 people to patrol the city. If anyone is found to spread rumors or cause chaos, we will immediately kill them on the spot!"

"Here!" Wei Xu and Song Xian nodded seriously, they turned and left quickly.

Gao Shun looked at the corner of the street behind the city gate, there were a few big houses, inside them were the several hundred heavy cavalry s whom Gongsun Xu had left for him. These heavy cavalry were Gao Shun's greatest confidence. Even if the city were to be destroyed by Guan Yu's great army, with the help of these heavy cavalry, he could bring a large portion of people with him to break out of the encirclement with confidence.

An hour later, Guan Yu's army had finished eating, and started to gather under the urging of the battle drums and horns.

Gao Shun who was resting behind the city wall heard the drum and horn, and quickly stood up. He placed his hand on the city wall and looked outside. Squads of Xuzhou Army soldiers started to line up, carrying ladders and pushing carriages. Judging from the number of people out, Guan Yu was obviously determined to win, other than the commoners who had just arrived, almost all of the Xuzhou Army s were gathering.

Besides the south side of the city, there were also the sounds of war drums and horns coming from the other sides. Gao Shun's face turned cold, and immediately understood that Guan Yu was preparing to attack from all four sides, there were only two thousand people in the city, even with the cavalry that Gongsun Xu left behind, they would only be five or six hundred people on the four walls, but they were up against seven to eight times the enemy.

Song Xian gasped as he ran up the wall and asked anxiously, "The enemy is preparing to attack, how does the general plan to respond?"

Gao Shun said coldly: "All of you will be in charge of a section of the city wall's defense. This general will lead the cavalry left behind by General Gongsun to reinforce them everywhere, no matter what, you must persevere until nightfall!"

Gao Shun was very clear in his heart that as long as he persisted until night fell, it was very possible that the Xuzhou Army would return empty-handed. If it weren't for the burden of those old, weak and handicapped people, with the help of those heavy cavalry s, Gao Shun was absolutely confident that he would have been able to kill his way out of the city.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly stared into the distance with his mouth agape.

Gao Shun followed Song Xian's gaze and looked over, and was immediately overjoyed, only to see that five to six miles away, there were nine dense smoke coming out from behind the forest, the smoke rose straight up, and standing on top of the city walls, he could see it clearly. According to the agreement made by Gongsun Xu in his previous letter, igniting nine beacons meant that he was back and was ready to break out of the encirclement.

Song Xian lowered his voice and said excitedly: "General Gongsun Xu is back! I hope the Lord has come back with you! "

Gao Shun smiled and said: "General Song, you can rest assured, previously, General Gongsun had agreed upon a method in his letter, to light nine beacons to show that he and Master are safe and sound, if Master had any mishaps, he would light six beacons, and now that nine beacons have been lit, Master will definitely be back with General Gongsun! Pass the order, get Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and the others to gather their troops, then quickly come to the southern part of the city and attack it together out of the city! "

Song Xian happily cupped his fists and rushed down the city wall.

The Xuzhou Army outside the city had also discovered the nine flames, and someone immediately reported it to Guan Yu.

"Fire!" Guan Yu had been staring at the walls the entire time, and only after hearing his subordinates' warning did he turn his head around and look, only to realize that the nine flames of war had been set ablaze. At this moment, the siege warfare was already on the bow, but suddenly a fire was ignited behind them. If Lv Bu or Gongsun Xu really came back, wouldn't that mean that brother and Yuan Du did not leave them behind?

"General Guan, what should we do?" A person anxiously asked for countermeasures.

Guan Yu thought for a while, then said: "Stop the attack, monitor the movements in the city closely, I will go over to take a look at the fire beacon myself!"