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Wei Xu turned and attacked back, the xianzhen camp soldiers beside him also followed suit and rushed forward bravely.

The surrounding Xuzhou Army had been doing their best to obstruct Wei Xu and the others from advancing. It was at this time that the other party suddenly turned around, and they were instantly caught somewhat unprepared. In the blink of an eye, Wei Xu had led several dozen of his subordinates and rushed back several steps.

"Thief, don't leave!"

Right at this moment, Wei Xu suddenly heard a loud shout from behind him, followed by a muffled sound breaking through the air. He did not bother to turn his head to look, and hastily pounced forward to avoid the attack. Unfortunately, this strike was powerful and extremely fast. Even though his reaction was quick, he was still unable to dodge in time! In the next moment, a blade light flashed by, and in the next moment, Wei Xu's gigantic head flew up, the blood at the location of the severed head gushed out for more than three metres.

Guan Yu struggled to retract his blade, gasping for breath, his head spinning, stars shining in his eyes. He bore heavy injuries on himself and relied on his courage to kill Wei Xu with a single slash. However, he himself was almost burnt out and could only barely ride on his horse.

Seeing Wei Xu suddenly being killed, the soldiers of the xianzhen camp were both shocked and angry, as they rushed towards him.

Just then, Guan Yu's guards rushed over in time to fight fiercely with the dozens of xianzhen camp's soldiers.

Gao Shun shook his head dejectedly. Wei Xu was considered an outstanding individual, he did not expect that he would actually be killed by Guan Yu with a single slash. It was truly a pity. He originally wanted to give the order to retreat temporarily, but suddenly discovered that Guan Yu was on the verge of collapsing, his eyes immediately lit up, and he spurred his warhorse to charge at Guan Yu. As long as he could kill Guan Yu, Xuzhou Army would definitely surrender!

Guan Yu shook his head, just when he had woken up a little, he saw Gao Shun rushing towards him. He snorted coldly, turned his horse around and retreated. If it was at his peak, he and Gao Shun would definitely fight to the death, but since the situation was not as good as theirs, he could only choose to avoid battle. Furthermore, the Xuzhou Army had the upper hand at the moment. It was only a matter of time before Gao Shun and the others lost, so there was no need for Guan Yu to keep insisting on this fight with Gao Shun.

Seeing that Guan Yu had actually retreated, Gao Shun sighed regretfully, and quickly led his men to rescue his subordinates who were trapped, and without further hesitation, he rushed towards the besieged heavy cavalry. At this moment, he was no longer confident enough to rush out of the encirclement. He only wanted to rescue some of his trapped subordinates or allies, and endure for as long as he could. He firmly believed that no matter whether it was Lv Bu or Gongsun Xu who ignited the flames of war, they would all rush over to rescue him!

Guan Yu retreated back into the crowd, looking at the battle in front of him, he frowned his eyebrows slightly, he still had a elite shield of two thousand people, whom he did not use. If he sent this team, he would have the confidence to annihilate all of Gao Shun's troops, but he was also a little worried about the people who would come from the back and so he hesitated.

Just as Guan Yu was in a dilemma, a few fast horses galloped over. The riders on their backs had small red flags stuck on their backs.

A guard accidentally turned his head and saw the newcomer, he hurriedly reported, "General Guan, the lord's messenger!"

Guan Yu quickly turned his head to look, and saw that the few messengers were calm, and his heart immediately calmed down.

A few messengers approached and Leader dismounted from his horse. He ran over and handed a letter with both hands: "Reporting to General Guan, my lord's urgent message!"

Guan Yu bent down to receive the letter. Without caring about the pain from his wound being torn, he checked that the fire paint was undamaged and quickly opened the letter.

His injuries were severe and Lv Bu had fainted. He was then carried away by Chen Gong, and we were in the middle of a pursuit. Tonight, the army will arrive at Xiao Pei City. If second brother is unable to attack the Xiao Pei, he only has to seal the city and wait for the arrival of our great army.

Lv Bu couldn't help but laugh out loud after reading the letter. Since Lv Bu had been completely wiped out, the life and death of Gao Shun and the others weren't that important anymore. However, they still had to seize the Xiao Pei City as soon as possible. It was just that he did not know where Gongsun Xu had gone to, and whether he could meet up with Chen Gong? Was the fire earlier caused by Gongsun Xu? Carrying these questions, Guan Yu asked the messenger.

This letter was written by Liu Bei after he destroyed Lv Bu's army. At that time, Gongsun Xu had not reached the battlefield, so the messenger did not know about the situation that followed. He could only shake his head at Guan Yu's questioning.

But when Guan Yu asked about the fire beacon, the messenger thought for a moment and answered: "Reporting to General Guan, I saw the fire beacon from afar, so I did not dare to get close, and took a detour to come over, but I think I saw Lv Bu's flag!"

"It's actually Lv Bu! He's actually not dead yet! " Guan Yu muttered in surprise, but he was not too worried. Since Lv Bu had been completely annihilated, even if he were to return to the Xiao Pei City, how could a small number of veterans be able to reverse the tide of the battle?

To be safe, Guan Yu continued to ask: "Have you seen Gongsun Xu's men before?"

The messenger firmly shook his head. "No!"

"Looks like Gongsun Xu should have missed out on Lv Bu and the others!" Guan Yu was completely relieved when he thought of this, and waved his hand: "Go and rest, I will bestow heavy rewards upon you when we get back!"

"Thank you, General Guan!" A few of the messengers bowed in thanks and were brought back to rest.

Guan Yu waved his hand and shouted: "All troops attack, annihilate the enemy!"

Hearing the noise, the two thousand blade and shield soldiers that were behind him moved, shouted loudly and passed Guan Yu, quickly rushing towards the battle group in front.

When Gao Shun saw another group of Xuzhou Army s charge towards him, he could not help but secretly complain. He spent a great deal of effort to just barely save half of the surrounding heavy cavalry, and was then surrounded by even more enemies. He looked around him. Only three hundred xianzhen camp were left, and of the five hundred heavy cavalry that Gongsun Xu had left, only a hundred were left. He turned his head to look behind him, seeing that Song Xian and the rest were rushing over, but unfortunately for them, they were led by a group of frail and handicapped people, easily being blocked by the Xuzhou Army, and it was impossible for them to come here to rescue Song Xian and the rest.

A personal guard anxiously asked, "General Gao, what should we do?"

No matter how brave and courageous Gao Shun was, he was unable to push back ten times the enemy that was being surrounded. He shouted: "Retreat your defense, wait for reinforcements!" In this case, the only way was to surround them and defend against the enemy's attacks, then wait for Wen Hou or the General Gongsun to rescue them. Only then would they have a chance of survival.

The rest of the xianzhen camp soldiers and warriors quickly moved towards Gao Shun. They fought and retreated slowly towards the back.

Lv Bu had already been completely annihilated. If he could completely annihilate Gao Shun and the remaining Bingzhou Army, then he could claim complete victory in this battle! The only regret was that Gongsun Xu had gone missing, if he could capture Gongsun Xu alive, then everything would be perfect.

"Someone, come!" Thinking about it, Guan Yu called for people.

"What is the general's command?" A leader of personal guards hurriedly clasped his fists and asked.

"Divide into five hundred man team to search the surrounding forty kilometers of Xiao Pei. If you discover any trace of Gongsun Xu, quickly report!" Guan Yu ordered in a low voice, his heart looking forward to finding Gongsun Xu's whereabouts.

"Yes," the leader of the personal guards said as he turned around to leave.

Guan Yu spurred his horse to a place that was around 30 to 40 steps away from the army and watched calmly as his subordinates attacked the enemy from all sides. The Xuzhou Army's encirclement was constantly shrinking. Gao Shun and the others were compressed into a small region, and from the looks of it, the situation was in a precarious situation. If it was possible, he would prefer to personally go up and kill Gao Shun. Unfortunately, his injuries were too severe, killing Wei Xu had already exhausted the last of his strength.

Although they had also caused heavy casualties for the Xuzhou Army, everyone could tell that they were just trying to put up a last-ditch effort.

Several guards cupped their fists and smiled, "Congratulations General Guan, the enemy is about to be annihilated!"

Guan Yu stroked his beard in a reserved manner. Ever since he stormed into the Xiao Pei a few days ago, this was the time when his mood was the happiest.

"General!" General! Something terrible had happened! A large number of enemy cavalry soldiers are coming from behind! " Just when Guan Yu was at his happiest, a terrified cry suddenly came from behind.

Guan Yu turned pale with fright, and anxiously looked back, only to see a heavy cavalry two hundred steps away with a murderous aura flowing out, a Leader with a black helmet and black armor, and a tall stature, it was the Gongsun Xu he hated to the bones! His mind was in a mess, he had already sent all his men to attack Gao Shun, with only dozens of guards by his side, how could he defend against Gongsun Xu's charge?

"Retreat!" Get back! Block Gongsun Xu's attack! " In a blink of an eye, Guan Yu woke up from his panic and anxiously ordered the guards to retreat.

It was a pity that the soldier who used the shield and blade technique was eager to give him credit. He had rushed up too fiercely just now, and now, he was already fighting with the Gao Shun team.

Just as Guan Yu was feeling extremely anxious, yet helpless, Gongsun Xu had already brought the remaining troops dozens of steps away. When he saw Gao Shun, who was still desperately defending within the encirclement, he immediately calmed down.

"Assault Team, save General Gao Shun and our brothers!" Gongsun Xu waved his hand and gave the order to attack!