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When the sky started to brighten, Deng Hu kept yawning and slowly walked forward. He was so bored that he almost fell asleep. He was a military lord of the Wan-Sheng Camp, and was sent to patrol around the mountain range at the back of the Eagle's Castle to prevent the people at the back of the mountain from escaping. After continuously patrolling for nearly two hours, apart from the occasional wild beast, he didn't even see a single person. It was truly boring.

Deng Hu was surrounded by fifty Knights. They were not laughing or laughing like before, but they were also looking listless, hoping to finish their patrols and go back to eat something to have a good rest.

The person who asked laughed: "The mountain behind Eagle's Castle is extremely steep, it is impossible to come down from there! "I don't know why you insist on us …"

"Shut up!" Deng Hu interrupted the man and scolded him in a low voice: "You dare to talk about your master behind his back, do you not want to live anymore? Brothers, let's go back! "

Everyone smiled and agreed. They were no longer dispirited and turned their warhorses in preparation to return to the camp.

At this moment, Deng Hu's eyes suddenly focused as he shouted in a low voice, "All of you, stop talking!" He turned his head to the front and listened carefully.

Everyone was startled, they all held their breaths and listened intently, just like Deng Hu.

As expected, there was an abnormal sound coming from the front. Everyone was a cavalry soldier who had been in the army for many years. They were very familiar with this sound and it was the sound of horses galloping. Moreover, it didn't sound like a lot of people riding at most five or six horses.

"Hide!" Deng Hu pointed to the woods at the side and gave the order in a low voice. At this time, the people coming from the north were definitely enemies, not friends!

Just as they hid into the forest, six fast horses galloped over. From the attire of the riders, five of them were the legendary Youzhou Army, the other one was dressed in clothes that Deng Hu and the rest were very familiar with, they were the subordinates of Gongsun Xu, whom they hated and feared.

Deng Hu was overjoyed, from a glance, he could tell that these people were messengers, his side had too many people, if he could capture them alive and offer them to his master, he would definitely receive a generous reward!

Although Yuan Shu was usually a stingy person, he was generous to his military merits. If he could capture a few Youzhou Army s, forget about having to pay, ten thousand each should not be a problem.

Deng Hu raised his right hand, just as he was about to give the order to attack, the six people who were rushing over stopped in front of the forest. He quickly lowered his hand to hear if they would say anything important.

"Everyone, the Eagle's Castle's rear mountain is up ahead!" The subordinate pointed at the mountain peak ahead and introduced it to the others.

"What a steep mountain!" One of them sucked in a breath of cold air and said in admiration, "Brother Zhao is truly worthy of being trained by the young duke himself. He's indeed skilled. He can even descend such a steep mountain!"

That subordinate of Gongsun Xu laughed indifferently: "Brother Li, you flatter me. Every personal guard under the general has done this! "However, I was a hunter in the past and was good at climbing mountain peaks. That's why I was sent back to report."

Deng Hu was shocked, from the meaning of his words, he had long since snuck down from the back mountain, and was even rushing back to inform Gongsun Zan! He had even sent people to patrol around the mountain peaks behind the Eagle's Castle day and night, but the other party had already spread the news! After the shock, his heart was set ablaze. This was an important piece of news. As long as they could capture these people and offer them to their lord, they would live the rest of their lives without worry! He once again raised his right hand, preparing to give the order to attack, but the following sentence that Gongsun Xu's subordinate said made him give up on this idea.

"Yuan Shu and Liu Bei will send people to patrol around the mountain continuously. If we ride on horses, it is very possible that we will be discovered. To be safe, we will abandon our horses here and climb up the mountain on foot!"

"Hehe, how laughable that Yuan Shu and Liu Bei had even sent people to patrol uninterrupted, how could they have known that Brother Zhao had already sent the news to the Marquis! Brothers, did you all hear Brother Zhao's words? "Quickly hide your warhorses and go up the mountain to meet the young duke before the sun shines!" The man surnamed Li was the first to jump off the horse, pulling the reins towards the forest.

The rest of the group also laughed as they jumped off their horses and followed him into the forest.

Waiting until the six people were seven or eight steps away from the forest, Deng Hu shouted, "Attack!"

Deng Hu's subordinates rushed out and quickly surrounded the enemy.

The six men turned pale with fright. They hurriedly got on their horses to fight.

Deng Hu shouted loudly: "I urge you not to move, otherwise you will not be spared!"

The six of them looked at each other, jumped onto their horses without a word, picked up their weapons and started on their way to kill.

Deng Hu sneered. Wan-Sheng Camp did indeed suffer a loss at Gongsun Xu's hands, but it did not mean that Wan-Sheng Camp was only mediocre. It could only be said that Gongsun Xu's group of heavy cavalry were too powerful. Wan-Sheng Camp was also an elite that was one in a hundred, if they let these people escape even under the situation of ten to one, everyone would be so ashamed that they would wipe their own necks!

"Capture them alive!" Deng Hu raised his spear high up and shouted as he shot towards one of the people's shoulder.

The other fifty men also rushed forward, and all sorts of weapons were aimed at the place where the enemy would not be killed on the spot.

Although the six of them were brave men, the difference in numbers was too great. After a hundred breaths, four of them were killed on the spot and two of them were heavily injured. They were the one surnamed Li and the one surnamed Zhao.

Deng Hu pointed his spear at the Li person's ribs and asked fiercely: "Is Gongsun Zan coming?"

"Bah!" A mouthful of blood flew out.

Deng Hu anxiously turned his head and shouted: "You're courting death!" He then thrust the spear forward, stabbing half of it into the opponent's ribs.

"Li San!" The other person who was pressed to the ground was unable to move. When he saw this scene, he could not help but let out a sorrowful cry.

Deng Hu slowly pulled out the spear, the spear tip still pointed at the opponent's chest, and coldly said: "You're called Li San right? He looked like a man! I'll give you another chance. If you don't answer honestly, I can only hand you over to my lord's torture team. At that time, even if you're an iron man, you'll still have to speak up! "Damn it!"

The man surnamed Li held onto his throat as blood gushed out like a spring from his wound. Then, he slowly collapsed to the ground. So it turned out that while Deng Hu was caught off guard, he actually took the initiative to smash his throat into the spear tip.

Deng Hu pulled back his spear, pointed at the man with the surname Zhao, and shouted: "Watch him! Take him to the lord immediately, and don't let him die! " He had been hoping to get some useful information so that he could ask for a reward in front of his lord. He did not expect this fellow to be so unyielding, to the point that he did not dare to ask another person about it.

Seven or eight people pulled out their belts and used them as ropes to tie this person up. In order to prevent him from biting his tongue to commit suicide, they even tied a piece of cloth to his mouth. After a moment, Deng Hu and the group of people, together with the captives and the six captured war horses rushed towards Eagle's Castle.

In the tent outside of Eagle's Castle, the heavily injured Yuan Shu was lying on the bed sleeping soundly. It was already the second day after the army had surrounded the back of the mountain. Because they were holding onto the thought of killing Gongsun Xu and Lv Bu, the Huainan Army and the Xuzhou Army did not launch any fierce attacks, but only made some noise from time to time, forcing the enemies on the mountain to be constantly on alert.

At this moment, Yuan Shu woke up. He rolled over, and was about to continue sleeping when he suddenly heard Li Feng's voice from outside the tent.

"My lord!" My lord! This subordinate has an urgent military report! "

Yuan Shu rubbed his eyes, but he did not agree in his heart. Could it be that Gongsun kid and Lv Bu had made their move? He casually sat up, his face suddenly changing greatly. Could it be that Gongsun Zan had sent his great army south? He did not dare delay any further and immediately called for Li Feng to come in to speak.

Li Feng's injuries were much worse than Yuan Shu's. After entering, he knelt down with much difficulty and greeted, "This general greets Master!"

"Exempt!" Quickly tell me what kind of urgent military situation it is! " Yuan Shu shouted, and without waiting for a reply, she anxiously asked: "Could it be that Gongsun Zan's army has come?"

"My lord is wise!" Li Feng was a little surprised in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The patrol team that I sent out earlier had encountered six Youzhou, and five of them resisted and were killed, and one of them was captured alive. According to what they said, Gongsun Zan had already received the news that Gongsun Xu was besieged, and would probably send his army over soon!"

"As expected …" Yuan Shu sat on the bed, feeling anxious and angry, when did Gongsun Xu actually send people to ask for help? Once Gongsun Zan's army went south, the current army would probably not be able to hold them off!

"Bring the person you captured here! Then, quickly go and invite Envoy Liu over for a discussion! " Yuan Shu was after all the ruler of a region, and he quickly recovered his composure as he gave his orders.

Gongsun Xu's subordinate was immediately escorted in by Deng Hu himself, and then, pressed firmly onto the ground.

Deng Hu knelt on one knee and reported loudly: "Master, this is the person Gongsun Xu has sent to report.

But at this time, he was extremely anxious, how could he have the mind to bother about a small figure like Deng Hu. Looking at the man who was pressed on the ground, he shouted sternly: "Hurry and remove the cloth in this fellow's mouth, otherwise how would this old man continue to talk!"

Deng Hu quickly answered: "Reporting to my lord, this is to prevent him from committing suicide! Originally, one of them committed suicide on the spot after capturing two people alive! "

Yuan Shu was startled, she looked at the man on the ground carefully, and realized that although he was covered in blood and looked to be in a sorry state, he had a determined look on his face, and could only helplessly wave his hand: "Drag it out and hand it over to the torture team for interrogation, make sure they say what they want!"

Deng Hu agreed, then suppressed his disappointment and left with the captives.

Yuan Shu ordered everyone to have a cold water, they hastily washed their faces and waited for Liu Bei to arrive. He didn't have to wait long before the guard's report came from outside the tent.

"Reporting to my lord, the Envoy Liu has arrived!"

Yuan Shu suddenly stood up, and walked to the side of the tent to welcome them.