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"No!" Gongsun Xu screamed as he suddenly sat up from the bed, gasping for breath, his entire body drenched in cold sweat.

"General, what happened?" The anxious voices of the personal guards came from outside.

He murmured, "I hope that what I see in my dreams will never become a reality!"

After settling down the troops, the tired Gongsun Xu casually found a room, threw himself onto the bed and fell asleep. He dreamt of a vast grassland, and he, who was alone, was surrounded by the Xuzhou Army and the Huainan Army. Although he fought back with all his might, in the end, he still could not recover from his injuries, and just as Yuan Shu and his father, Gongsun Zan, was about to be decapitated with a hideous smile on his face, his father, Gongsun Zan, suddenly rushed over and began a fierce battle with the enemy. In the end, in order to block the fatal blade for Gongsun Zan to die, he was chopped into mincemeat by the blade.

When Liu Bei took his sword and chopped at Gongsun Xu's head again, he immediately woke up from his nightmare.

Gongsun Xu looked at the night sky, frowned and muttered: "This dream does not bode well! Could it be a sign of something? " Before his rebirth, he was a mercenary and didn't believe in these things. But now, he believed more than half of it, so he was very nervous right now.

"Someone, come!" He pondered for a moment before calling out to the outside.

A personal guard on duty outside the door asked respectfully, "What orders do you have, General?"

"Go tell Gao Shun to be careful, and put the sentry five kilometers away!"

"Here!" The personal guard outside answered and then heard the sound of footsteps in the distance.

Gongsun Xu turned around and lay on the bed. Even though he was clearly exhausted, he couldn't fall asleep, and couldn't help but think of that nightmare. He strongly shook his head, and forced himself to think about other things. Unexpectedly, this way, he would be even less able to sleep, and his parents, Er Yu, Liu Ninger, Mo Bingmei, and many other people's faces, faces, and smiles continuously appeared in his mind. He put on his clothes and prepared to patrol the city wall.

Gongsun Xu pushed the door open, and the guards outside immediately bowed: "General!"

"Let's go to the city wall and take a look."

"Here!"

A few guards surrounded Gongsun Xu and walked towards the city wall that was not far away.

Gao Shun was leaning on the ruined city wall, his eyes staring at the road outside the castle, holding onto a small wine gourd, he occasionally touched his lips and took a sip.

Gao Shun arranged five patrol teams, with ten people each, to patrol the five to six Li long city wall continuously.

"Greetings General Gongsun!" A patrol team noticed Gongsun Xu and immediately bowed down.

"No need for formalities!" Gongsun Xu waved his hand and asked: "Where is General Gao Shun?"

Gao Shun quickly stood up and cupped his fists: "General Gongsun, this lowly general is here!"

Gongsun Xu nodded and quickly walked over.

Gao Shun went up to welcome him and asked puzzledly: "General must be extremely tired, why didn't you rest up and instead come to the city wall?"

"I can't sleep! I might as well come and chat with General Gao! " Gongsun Xu sighed softly. He did not want to tell Gao Shun about that nightmare just now.

Gao Shun smiled and said: "This general is honored!" He pushed a sack that he was sitting on to the front of Gongsun Xu and extended his hand out, "General, please sit!"

Gongsun Xu did not stand on ceremony, he sat cross legged and made a gesture for Gao Shun to sit and speak.

Gao Shun ignored the dust on the ground and followed Gongsun Xu's example and sat cross legged.

Gongsun Xu asked for Gao Shun's wine gourd. After drinking a mouthful, he returned it to the other party and said in a deep voice, "General Gao, I have always felt a little uneasy. Do you think Liu Bei and Yuan Shu will lead a large army and chase here overnight?"

When they left the Xiao Pei at that time, Guan Yu's side was completely powerless to stop them. Logically speaking, it was impossible for Guan Yu to send people to follow them, because the Eagle's Castle was located in a remote area, and because they were extremely careful when they came over, it was impossible for their whereabouts to be seen through.

Gongsun Xu was silent for a little while, and then said in a low voice, "This place is only a few dozen kilometers away from Xiao Pei. Although this place is easy to defend and hard to attack, we don't have any food or water, and we lack a lot of manpower. Once we are surrounded by the enemy, it would be very difficult to break out! In my opinion, it would be better to leave this place and return to the Qinghe County overnight! "

Gao Shun sighed: "General is extremely prudent, I am impressed! It was just that the soldiers had been through fierce battles and had traveled for a long time, so they might not have the energy to continue their journey. If it's really as the general had guessed, Liu Bei and Yuan Shu would catch up to us in the middle of the night. Furthermore, Feng Xian was still unconscious, if they were to bring him on a night march, it would worsen his injuries! If the general is unable to rest at ease, why don't we wait another four hours for the soldiers to recover some of their strength and leave at dawn? "

Gongsun Xu hesitated and slowly nodded. Gao Shun's words made a lot of sense. Moreover, he was only nervous because of a nightmare, so he guessed that Liu Bei and Yuan Shu would chase after him through the night without any reason to convince him. He changed the topic and started to chat with Gao Shun.

Unknowingly, they had chatted for an hour already. Gongsun Xu's fatigue surged, and his eyelids kept on opening and closing, feeling heavy in his head.

Gao Shun saw Gongsun Xu's exhaustion, and stood up smiling: "General, please go back and rest, leave this to this general, this general guarantees that nothing will happen!"

"Alright then!" Gongsun Xu nodded, he supported himself with his hands and stood up, and chatted with Gao Shun for a while, the uneasiness in his heart had already dissipated by more than half. He looked at the forest and the wilderness outside the city walls. Under the gentle night breeze, everything seemed very peaceful. Perhaps he was really being overly suspicious. He patted the dust off his hands, turned around, and walked down the city wall.

Gao Shun watched Gongsun Xu gradually disappear into the distance. He shook his head lightly and leaned against the city wall once again, sipping the strong alcohol without taking a single sip.

It was completely silent now. The chirping of the insects outside the castle had stopped, and the occasional roar of a wild beast could be heard from the forest in the distance. Other than that, the only sound that could be heard was the footsteps of the patrolling soldiers.

Gao Shun drank a little less than half a gourd of strong alcohol and a sense of tiredness slowly assaulted him. He instructed the patrolling team to be more vigilant as he pulled on the cape on his body and gradually closed their eyes.

After an unknown period of time, the drowsy Gao Shun suddenly heard a few 'kacha kacha' sounds. He suddenly opened his eyes, and looked towards the direction of the sound. Under the bright moonlight, they saw a few wild beasts running out of the woods about two or three miles away. They walked towards the city wall and seemed to have noticed someone on it.

"So it's a few wild animals!" Gao Shun laughed self-deprecatingly, he felt that his body was a little cold, so he reached out to wrap his cloak around himself. Only then did he realize that the patrolling troops were also sleeping soundly against the city walls. He frowned and walked over and kicked them awake.

The patrolling soldiers were all from xianzhen camp. They were too exhausted, and because they felt that this place was safe, they unknowingly fell asleep. Now that Gao Shun had given them a kick to wake them up, they all jumped up as if their butts were on fire, grabbed their weapons and continued to patrol.

Gao Shun scolded in a low voice: "A bunch of bastards! If it weren't for the fact that you had to put in a lot of effort, you would have been taught a good lesson! If you don't go and continue patrolling, if you don't have someone slacking off, you will be punished by the military! "

Although they were being reprimanded by, but no one was dissatisfied, and no one dared to speak up, everyone continued to patrol the city walls holding their weapons.

Gao Shun stretched a little and raised his head to look at the sky to the east. He realized that the Tai Bai Star was already hanging high in the sky. He thought about what he had said to Gongsun Xu before, and decided to go see Lv Bu first. If Lv Bu woke up, he would immediately rush there, and if Lv Bu was still unconscious, he would leave here for another two hours, waiting for the sky to brighten.

Just as Gao Shun turned around, he once again heard the sounds of tree branches snapping coming from outside. This time, the sounds were continuous, and not only did he hear it, the patrolling soldiers also heard it. They hurriedly moved closer to the city wall and looked outside. With just a single glance, Gao Shun's face changed drastically. The others also turned pale with fright, and from the forest three to four miles away, groups of people were continuously walking out, and then, they started to gather on the road.

Other than Liu Bei and Yuan Shu's people, there was definitely no one else who could make the appearance of a large group of people at this time and place!

Gao Shun whispered: "Don't spread the news! Follow me and quietly guard the castle gates! Sun Hu'er, hurry up and report this matter to the General Gongsun! " Then, he took his weapon and crept down the wall.

The Eagle's Castle was easy to defend but hard to attack. As long as they could defend the gate, no matter how many enemies there were, it would be difficult to break through quickly, unless they used ladders and other things to climb up the city wall. However, Gao Shun determined that the enemy that was chasing them could not possibly carry siege equipment, so he decided to guard the city gate without thinking.

Dozens of people gripped their weapons tightly and followed Gao Shun to the back of the door.

The gate of the castle was already dilapidated, but after the group entered, Gao Shun ordered for them to cut down trees and build two new doors on the spot. The two doors were simple and crude. The only advantage they had was that they were thick enough. Unexpectedly, they could be used at this moment.

The sounds of dense footsteps outside the castle became louder and louder. Gao Shun looked through the gap in the door and saw a figure in front of him with pupils. He estimated that there were no less than ten thousand people!