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When they found out the day before yesterday that Gongsun Zan was about to personally lead the army to the south, Liu Bei and his team urgently ordered the army that was stationed in Xiao Pei to rush to the Eagle's Castle. After that, Liu Bei handed the matters of the Eagle's Castle over to Yuan Shu, he himself brought 35,000 troops to this place that the s of the south had to pass through, and without stopping, he built a temporary camp, he did not expect to actually capture Gongsun Zan's army.

When Gongsun Zan sent the scouts out of the enemy camp, Liu Bei's sentries noticed army of Youzhou and quickly returned to report. Liu Bei who had just slept did not dare to be slow in his sleep. He quickly got up and put on his armor, went up the watchtower and looked outside, just in time to hear Sixth Brother's shouts from afar.

Liu Bei was startled, why did that familiar voice just ask him and give up? Were they planning to start a war?

Behind the camp's gate, the Xuzhou Army soldier who had just answered laughed out loud and said, "Haha, a group of cowards actually ran away like that!"

Liu Bei realised and could not help but laugh bitterly to himself. This fellow's Xuzhou accent was so obvious, as long as the person in front of him was not an idiot, he would be able to guess who he was facing. If there were no surprises, someone with enough weight would come up to talk to him. Sure enough, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard in front of them. They stopped a hundred steps away.

Liu Bei opened his eyes wide, it was a pity that he could only see the shadow of her, but he was immediately shocked, because the moment she spoke, she had already revealed her identity.

"I am protecting Academy Officer Wu Huan, White Horse Camp Commander and subordinate, Academy Officer Zhao Yun. Are they facing Xuzhou Liu Xuande?"

"Zi Long!" Liu Bei could not help but let out a cry as he extended his right hand to grab Zhao Yun's arm the same way he used to. However, he immediately reacted and withdrew his hand, shaking his head dejectedly.

Initially, when Liu Bei had temporarily shielded himself in the Youzhou, he had followed Gongsun Zan's orders to lead the troops to the south and fight against Yuan Shao. Because Gongsun Zan did not trust Liu Bei, he only had a few hundred cavalrymen with him, and the commander of this cavalry was Zhao Yun. Although the war did not last long, Liu Bei and Zhao Yun had built a good friendship.

After a short while, Liu Bei left the Youzhou. The thing that he regretted the most was not being able to persuade Zhao Yun to join him. So he sent Mi Fang to persuade Zhao Yun to come and join them. Unexpectedly, Mi Fang, who was chasing after Yue Ye, was also killed by Gongsun Xu, who was also chasing after Zhao Yun, bringing Zhao Yun and his older brother Zhao Feng back to the Ji County. They were also entrusted with heavy duties and had many meritorious military exploits, and had become the cavalry generals of the White Horse Camp, their statuses second to Gongsun Xu and Guo Jia.

Now, every time Liu Bei thought of Zhao Yun, he would regret for not being able to make it in time. He silently cursed himself for not being decisive enough at that time, and if he had recklessly used a method, Zhao Yun would have long ago become his subordinate.

Now that he suddenly heard Zhao Yun's shout, mixed emotions filled Liu Bei's heart for a moment, and he actually didn't know whether or not he should reply.

Seeing that their master did not speak, the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army did not dare to speak carelessly. The ten thousand plus Huainan Army s did not have anything to do with them, and they all maintained their silence. In just a short period of time, the temporary encampment with over 30,000 people was completely silent.

Seeing that no one replied, Zhao Yun raised his voice and asked again: "This one is White Horse Camp Yue Shan, and the other party is Xuzhou Liu Xuande?"

Liu Bei took a few deep breaths, steadied his emotions, and shouted loudly in front of him: "Zi Long! Liu Xuande is here! "

"It really is Liu Xuande!" Suddenly hearing Liu Bei's voice, Zhao Yun was also unable to calm down. Back then, when he went to war with Liu Bei, he had highly respected and thought that was a very benevolent person, that he held the people of the world in his heart and was a rare wise man. That was why he was prepared to bring his brother to the Xuzhou to seek refuge.

Although he was extremely satisfied with everything that had happened since then and Gongsun Xu had placed great trust in him, he still felt that he was slightly sorry for Liu Bei. It was only when Liu Bei persuaded Yuan Shu to renege on the alliance with the Youzhou, that both sides joined hands and heavily injured Lv Bu and Bingzhou Army, and then trapped Gongsun Xu within the Eagle's Castle did Zhao Yun suddenly realize what was happening. It turned out that Liu Xuande did not want to be as benevolent and righteous as he had imagined, and he could not help but secretly rejoice several times over it.

Liu Bei saw that Zhao Yun did not speak, and shouted: Zi Long, long time no see, how have you been? Is your brother in good health? "

Zhao Yun regained his senses at this moment, and shouted coldly: "Liu Xuande, you and I are enemies and not friends, let's not talk about old times! I come under the orders of the Marquis Jin to ask Sir, is General Gongsun Xu safe and sound? "

Liu Bei's face sank, he had originally thought that Zhao Yun would care about his old friendship, and would be able to obtain some useful information from him just like that, but he never expected that Zhao Yun would not give him any face at all! He then coldly said, "Since Uncle Gongsun is here, why didn't you personally come up to speak?"

Before Zhao Yun could reply, Gongsun Zan rushed over on his horse and roared: "Liu Bei, you are a cruel and unscrupulous person, what face do you have to talk to this old man! At that time you had nowhere to go, it was I who took you in and gave you many troops and horses, instead, you did not want to repay me, you just took them and went down to the Xuzhou, where you took them from the hands of that old fool, Master Tao, and took the Xuzhou away. This time, your clever words have bewitched Yuan Shu, and secretly attacked my son. You are truly despicable! "I just want to ask, how is your son and daughter doing?"

Liu Bei was furious in his heart, he could tolerate any other words, the only thing he could do was to 'steal the Xuzhou from Tao Qian'. A few days ago, Gongsun Xu had instigated such rumors, to the point that there were even some gossip in the army.

He was just about to retort, but he suddenly changed his mind. This kind of matter would only get worse the further he went, since Gongsun Xu was still trapped in the Eagle's Castle, and he himself was already in an invincible position, there was no need to waste his breath! He immediately shouted, "Uncle Gongsun, I won't argue with you about the right thing to do. We both have our own debts in our hearts. If you swear in front of everyone that you will retreat from Jizhou and never lead your troops south, I promise that I will send this son of mine back to Youzhou with no injuries at all! "

When Gongsun Zan heard that Gongsun Xu's life was in danger, he immediately heaved a sigh of relief and shouted: "Pui! How could this old man be coerced by someone!? Liu Xuande, if you are to obediently let your subjects return, this old man will let you go. If you insist on doing so, just wait for this old man's Steel Cavalry to raze Xuzhou to the ground! "

Liu Bei shouted angrily: "Gongsun Zan, don't even think about giving me face! Gongsun Xu was already at the end of the strong crossbow. Yuan Du would only need to increase his offense, and in the blink of an eye, he and Lv Bu would both become ghosts under the blade! Because of that brotherly relationship from the past, I will give you one last chance. If you continue to be unrepentant, tomorrow morning, I will let you see Gongsun Xu's head! "

Gongsun Zan was furious, he bellowed: "How dare you threaten this old man! Zi Long! Pass down the order, the entire army will attack! "

"Here!" Zhao Yun cupped his fists in reply, but he did not urge his horse to leave, and instead advised: "Master Hou, the enemy forces have many people, and they are relying on the protection of the camp, if we do not have the tools to attack, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to attack the camp! Liu Xuande is probably hoping for us to directly attack! "

Gongsun Zan said angrily: "Could it be that we will just watch as Liu Bei blocks our way and watch our citizens get into danger and not save us? Zi Long, quickly give the order to attack! Even if the entire army dies, we still have to rush to the Eagle's Castle to save our citizens! "

Zhao Yun immediately cupped his fists: "Master Hou, please hold back your anger. This lowly general has a way, it should be able to successfully assist General Gongsun in escaping from the encirclement!"

"Oh?" Gongsun Zan's anger was slightly suppressed, and asked anxiously: "What method? Hurry up and tell me! "

"Master Hou, since that Zhao An was able to escape from the back mountain of Eagle's Castle, it's impossible for General Gongsun to not be able to do this! It would be better to send someone to climb up from the back mountain of the Eagle's Castle and contact the General Gongsun overnight, asking him to bring Lv Bu and the others to leave the Eagle's Castle. As long as the General Gongsun is free, how are Liu Xuande and Yuan Du going to threaten the Marquis?! "

"En, not bad!" Gongsun Zan's anger completely dissipated. He stroked his beard and nodded: "Zi Long is right, why didn't this old man think of this? This old man knows his people's abilities very well, escaping from the back mountains of Eagle's Castle should be extremely easy, the reason why I'm not willing to leave, I'm afraid it's because I want to protect Lv Bu and the rest's lives! "

Zhao Yun nodded and laughed, "Master Hou is right! According to what Zhao An had said, and Yuan Shu had previously sent out several troops to patrol around the back mountain of Eagle's Castle, to the point that the General Gongsun only dared to send Zhao An alone to seek help! Now that our army has arrived, the enemy's patrol team will definitely disappear, so it shouldn't be a problem for General Gongsun to bring Lv Bu and the others to escape from the rear mountains! "

"This is a desperate plan! Since that's the case, Zi Long, I shall leave this matter to you to handle personally! " Gongsun Zan immediately made his decision, he looked at the camp in front of him and sneered: I will stay here and deal with Liu Bei slowly!

"Here!" This lowly general will go and prepare! " Zhao Yun cupped his fists in respect, he then picked up a few of his men, and urged them on.

Hearing Gongsun Zan's order to attack, Liu Bei was shocked, he anxiously ordered his subordinates to prepare their defenses, but did not expect that after waiting for a long time, they would still not move, he was confused, just at this time, Gongsun Zan's voice sounded out again.

"Liu Bei, this old man can consider agreeing to your request, but this old man must first see that my people are safe and sound, then I will swear to retreat in front of everyone!"

When Liu Bei heard it, he was overjoyed. Although Gongsun Zan's personality was rough, but he had never taken advantage of others, he would definitely do what he said. Right now, he had already promised tens of thousands of people to retreat, at that time, he would definitely not go back on his words! The only problem was that Gongsun Xu was still trapped in the Eagle's Castle, and it was extremely difficult for him to meet Gongsun Zan. After all, he did not dare open up a path for Gongsun Zan to cross over, and it was also impossible for Gongsun Zan to agree to bring a small amount of soldiers and horses to head towards the Eagle's Castle. After thinking left and right, he couldn't come up with a solution to the problem. Suddenly, he started to sweat profusely.