The Wan-Sheng Camp's soldiers held the absolute advantage, but they were forced to retreat by Gao Shun and more than thirty people. Of course, it was because Gao Shun and the others were not afraid of death, and another important reason was that Wan-Sheng Camp was an expert in horse combat.
Unfortunately, Yuan Shu who was watching the battle from the back did not understand this point. He could only see Wan-Sheng Camp, whom he was proud of, continuously retreating. He greeted Liu Bei, endured the pain on his right shoulder and under the escort of a large group of guards, spurred his horse forward, and sternly ordered the Wan-Sheng Camp soldiers to quickly annihilate Gao Shun's group, otherwise they would be severely punished!
Yuan Shu's anger did not decrease, and he roared: "Kill! "Leave no one alive!"
Hundreds of Wan-Sheng Camp soldiers rushed in, following closely behind Gao Shun and the rest.
Yuan Shu turned to ask Li Feng: "Can you still move?"
Li Feng's ribs were broken, his left shoulder blade was also fractured, he could not use much strength, and when he fell off the horse, he hit his head on the ground, causing him to feel pain all over his body and his mind was dizzy. But he knew Yuan Shu's temperament very well, so he could only clench his teeth and clasp his fist: "I can still move, but master, just control me!"
Yuan Shu's face was slightly pale as he said in a heavy voice, "I'll give you five thousand elite soldiers and I'll hand all of your Wan-Sheng Camp s over to you. You must seize this castle and capture my Gongsun kid!"
"Here!" Li Feng answered loudly. He felt dizzy again as he quickly bit his lips and used his pain to wake himself up. He turned his horse around and prepared to order five thousand elite soldiers to follow them into the castle.
At this moment, there was a sudden uproar in front of them.
Yuan Shu and Li Feng looked up at the same time, only to see that the Wan-Sheng Camp soldiers who had rushed in earlier were panicking and retreating, a group of black armored cavalry soldiers were rushing over crazily, who was it other than Gongsun Xu that was leading them? The pitiful Wan-Sheng Camp soldiers had initially used their own incompetence to fight with the xianzhen camp, but they were forced to retreat one step at a time. Even though they were currently facing a horse battle that they were proficient in, in order to quietly seize the city gates, they did not ride any other horses, but now, they were met with the charge of the Gongsun Xu heavy cavalry. Although Gongsun Xu was only a little over 200 riders, they were still unable to stop him.
Yuan Shu was unable to contain his anger, and shouted at Li Feng: "Is this the Wan-Sheng Camp that I have always been proud of? You damned fool, you disappoint me! "
Li Feng was extremely furious in his heart, he thought to himself, if not for you wanting to snatch the contribution just now, allowing the Wan-Sheng Camp to dismount and seize the city gate, and then being bewitched by Liu Xuande, causing your brothers to face the attacks of the xianzhen camp in chaos, how could they have fallen to such a state before a large group of people entered the city and were chased after Gao Shun by your brothers? However, even though he was dissatisfied, he did not dare reveal it, and quickly cupped his fists: "My lord, please be at ease, I will definitely stop Gongsun Xu!"
Yuan Shu snorted coldly, he turned and left with his horse. He had already lost confidence in Li Feng and Wan-Sheng Camp and was preparing to gather more elite troops to seize the castle.
Li Feng's expression darkened, he knew that even if he won this time, he would lose his position as the commander of the Wan-Sheng Camp s when he returned. However, in order to prevent Yuan Shu from paying him back for his actions, he forced his crippled body to go forward, armed with a horse.
At this time, a few hundred Wan-Sheng Camp soldiers retreated in panic. They squeezed into a circle in front of Da Menfujin, who raised his spear and shouted angrily: "Hold on! Hold on! Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed without mercy! "
The soldiers of the Wan-Sheng Camp were originally very proud, believing themselves to be one of the strongest soldiers in the world, definitely not inferior to a few other famous teams. Who would have thought that tonight, in this tiny little Eagle's Castle, they would suffer a serious setback, injuring two to three hundred people before even being able to enter the castle. Now, however, they were chased away like ducks by Gongsun Xu, the arrogance in their hearts had long since vanished, and was replaced by a deep suspicion towards themselves. When they heard their commander Li Feng's angry shout, they didn't have the courage to turn around and face him. It was only when Li Feng endured the pain of killing the few people who had escaped to their side and warned them loudly that reinforcements would arrive in a blink of an eye.
Gao Shun ran in front of Gongsun Xu while gasping for breath, he bowed and cupped his fists in embarrassment: "This general is useless, the enemy has taken over the gates, General please punish them severely!"
"General Gao, quickly get up!" Gongsun Xu supported him from the horse, and said in a deep voice: "General Gao, with just a mere hundred people, actually blocked the enemy's attack for such a long time, it can be considered a great merit, what crime is this? "General, please get on the horse and follow me back."
"Withdraw?" Gao Shun was startled, wasn't it supposed to be seizing the city gates in one go? Why retreat? Once the enemy forces entered the castle, how could they resist?
Gongsun Xu looked ahead and saw that the enemy was quickly gathering their forces and shouted: "Time is of the essence, there is no time to explain! General Gao, get on your horses!"
Gao Shun did not dare to ask further, he took the reins from a White Horse Camp soldier and jumped onto his horse. Just when he thought that Gongsun Xu would immediately retreat, the latter waved his hand and brought the heavy cavalry s to retreat. Gao Shun was shocked, he did not think much before rushing forward.
"Crossbow!" When he was about 30 steps away from the enemy, Gongsun Xu bellowed, and took the initiative to attack with his crossbow.
The 200 over people followed suit with crossbow arrows, and in an instant, the 200 over arrows flew straight towards Li Feng and the rest.
Li Feng was shocked, he had always been on guard against the assault by Gongsun Xu's cavalry, but had forgotten how terrifying their arrows were. Now that he did not even have a shield, he could only watch as his subordinates were killed by the arrows.
Amidst the continuous screams, more than a hundred Wan-Sheng Camp soldiers were wounded and killed. The morale of the others were also drained, they did not care about Li Feng who was supervising the battle from behind, they turned around and fled. Their self-confidence and pride had received heavy blows over and over again tonight, and there wasn't even a hint of the might of the number one group of Huainan Army. They only wished to leave this sad and terrifying Da Menfujin as soon as possible.
Seeing that, Yuan Shu was so angry that his entire body was trembling, his lips also trembling uncontrollably, he wanted to curse loudly but he was unable to say a word. It had to be said that his military training was extremely lacking. Wan-Sheng Camp was indeed a strong soldier who was proficient in battle formations, but unfortunately his mental state was extremely poor. He could even go with the flow, but would not be able to recover once he encountered a major setback.
Liu Bei saw this scene and was both happy and worried, overjoyed that the Wan-Sheng Camp that Yuan Shu was so proud of was not even worth mentioning, worried that the White Horse Camp of Gongsun Xu was so powerful, and even if they managed to capture him alive and force him to leave the Jizhou, how would the father and son duo be able to go south in the future? A strong killing intent suddenly flashed in his eyes. His two fists were tightly clenched as he frowned in deep thought.
After the first round of crossbow bolts were shot out, Gongsun Xu didn't waste any time fighting and immediately turned his horse around to leave. The two hundred over people followed suit, and quickly left with Gongsun Xu.
It took Yuan Shu a while to recover from his anger. Just as he was about to order his men to help, he saw Gongsun Xu leading his men and quickly turned. He was stunned for a moment and then overjoyed. He hastily shouted for the five thousand elite soldiers he had ordered earlier to quickly rush in. He swore in his heart that after he captured the Gongsun kid, he would let him experience all the torture in the Huainan Army!
Seeing Gongsun Xu suddenly turn around and flee, Liu Bei was also happy in his heart. Gongsun Xu actually gave up on guarding the door, he was simply courting death! Waiting until the army had all slaughtered their way into the castle, how could Gongsun Xu and Lv Bu possibly have any other choice but to surrender and surrender? However, he immediately frowned. Gongsun Xu was not a rash and impulsive person, he knew that it was impossible for him not to understand the terrifying consequences of abandoning the main gate.
Without waiting for Liu Bei to think about it carefully, Yuan Shu shouted from the front: "Xuan Dexiong, please come in!"
Liu Bei suddenly laughed. No matter what backing Gongsun Xu had, in front of the suppression of absolute strength, it didn't matter! He absolutely did not believe that under the assault of over ten thousand elites, with just a mere one thousand people, and in a place like this where he had nowhere to go, Gongsun Xu would be lucky enough to escape.
He waved his hand and laughed: "Gong Luxiong, I'll be there right now!"
Yuan Shu turned around and looked at the bodies and blood everywhere, then looked at Li Feng who was shouting for his subordinates to gather quickly, and sighed in disappointment. No matter what, he must not be so weak like the Wan-Sheng Camp. Even if he could not compare to the Gongsun kid, he definitely could not be that much weaker! The truth was that the Wan-Sheng Camp was not that bad. It was just a pity that due to a series of accidents, they were defeated one after the other without any chance to display their abilities, resulting in their morale to plummet. If it was another opponent, such as Liu Bei's Xuzhou Army or Liu Biao's Jingzhou Army, the Wan-Sheng Camp would also have a chance to establish a miracle.
Gongsun Xu and Gao Shun had already distanced themselves from the main entrance, and were about to enter the castle's inner houses.
Gao Shun turned his head to look at the large amount of flames behind him, and could not help but ask: "General Gongsun, may I ask, why did you give up guarding the door? "We don't have enough forces. Once the enemy forces have attacked, how should we defend against them?"
Gongsun Xu laughed: "General Gao, don't worry. In fact, when I found out that the enemy had attacked us in the middle of the night, I decided to give up on the city walls and gates! Just like what General Gao said, our forces are insufficient. If we were to exhaust our forces near the city walls and the gates, I'm afraid we would not be able to last past daybreak and would be completely annihilated! Therefore, after discussing it with Mr. Gong Tai, I have decided to give up half of the castle and return to the back of the mountain to stand guard and wait for reinforcements! "
With the Eagle's Castle surrounded by three sides, the castle was indeed safe, but as long as they could retreat to the top of the mountain and attack the enemy from above, even if the enemy's strength was ten times their own, holding on for a few days should not be a problem.
The only problem was, how was food and water to solve it?
Hearing Gao Shun's question, Gongsun Xu frowned and sighed: "I have nothing I can do about the food and water, but General Gao need not be too worried, I will force people to climb the back of the mountain later, and I will rush back to Qinghe County overnight to ask for help from my father! If nothing unexpected happens, we only need to endure for two days and my father's reinforcements will arrive! "