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"General, take care!"

"Feng Xian, sister-in-law, Ling'er, take care!"

In the back mountain of Eagle's Castle, Gao Shun's expression was solemn as he bid his farewell to everyone. Other than the unfamiliar Zhao Yun giving an indifferent answer, everyone else had already replied with a solemn salute. Lv Bu even grabbed onto Gao Shun's arm, not wanting to let go for a long time.

Seeing that his father was grabbing onto Uncle Gao Shun, Lv Linger also grabbed onto Gao Shun's clothes and cried: "Uncle Gao, you go with Ling'er!"

Gao Shun let out a light sigh, gently stroked Lv Linger's forehead, and laughed in a low voice with a gentleness that was rarely seen: "Ling'er doesn't need to worry about uncle, you just need to leave with your father first, uncle will find you guys soon!"

"Really?" Lv Linger asked doubtfully.

"Of course it's true!" Gao Shun's smile did not decrease, and he lightly patted Lv Linger's forehead once again.

Lv Linger was a little disbelieving, and asked Lv Bu and Gongsun Xu separately, so the two of them naturally gave her a definite answer. Only then did she stop sobbing, and released Gao Shun from laughing: "Uncle Gao, then it's settled! "Uncle must come back early to find us. Father and Father were still chatting with Mother yesterday, saying that when we get back, we must find uncle a wife!"

Gao Shun could not help but be taken aback. Seeing that everyone started laughing, he quickly turned his head away in embarrassment.

"Shameless!" Yan Shi retorted as he knocked the back of Lv Linger's head.

After being disturbed by Lv Linger, the originally heavy atmosphere immediately eased up. Lv Bu and Gongsun Xu gave some more instructions to Gao Shun and with a wave of his hand, the eight guards climbed down.

Not long later, the eight guards had successfully reached the large rock formation.

Gongsun Xu tied a long rope to a big tree that was as thick as a bucket, pointed at Zhao Yun and smiled: "Ling'er, can this uncle carry you off the tree?"

Lv Linger hesitated for a moment, then turned and looked at Diao Chan and Yan Shi. Both of them nodded, and she said softly: "Alright! "Thank you, uncle!"

"There's no need to be this polite, little lady!" Zhao Yun laughed, then squatted down and carried Lv Linger on his back.

Diao Chan took out a piece of cloth and was about to tie Lv Linger to his body.

"No need!" Zhao Yun waved his hands, with one hand wrapped around Lv Linger and the other holding onto the rope, he quickly slipped down like a nimble ape. After a dozen or so breaths, he and Lv Linger were already at the top of the boulder.

"Good kung fu!" This General Zhao Yun is truly worthy of being called the number one general under the Brother Zimin! " Lv Bu praised: "Even when you're not injured at all, it's still very difficult for you to be so nimble! Brother Zimin sure is blessed by the heavens, to have such a powerful general under his hands! "

Gongsun Xu laughed: "Feng Xianxiong is praising me too much! Mr. Gong Tai, please be careful! "

Chen Gong smiled confidently, and arrived before them.

Gongsun Xu turned his head around and said, "Sister-in-law, please take your leave first!"

Diao Chan nodded, he carried Yan Shi on his back and used both hands to grab onto the rope and slid down. She was weaker than Zhao Yun by a lot, but she was still considered to be quite good. She spent about 40 to 50 breaths of time to safely step onto the cliff.

"Good skill!" Gongsun Xu could not help but praise him, he was extremely shocked in his heart. He was originally prepared to let the guards carry Yan Shi, but Lv Bu said that Diao Chan was completely capable, and now it seemed that Diao Chan's capabilities were indeed extraordinary.

"She's still far from it!" Lv Bu laughed and shook his head, then said awkwardly: "Brother Zimin, let's go down too!" He was a self-confident hero, but he didn't expect that he would fall to the point of being carried away by others.

"Alright!" Gongsun Xu carried Lv Bu, and just as he was about to grab onto the rope and leave, he suddenly heard a commotion behind him. He anxiously turned his head, only to see a torch shaking at the foot of the mountain, and a group of enemies rushing up the stairs.

Lv Bu said in shock, "Could it be that Yuan Shu already knows about our departure?"

"Impossible!" Gongsun Xu shook his head, and said in a low voice: "We were just about to leave, how could Yuan Shu know? This is probably just a coincidence! "

Gao Shun hurriedly said: "This general will go back and block the enemy. General, quickly leave!" Without waiting for Gongsun Xu's reply, he grabbed onto the tree branch and quickly slipped away.

"Feng Xianxiong caught me and left!" Gongsun Xu ordered as he grabbed onto the rope and walked down.

The weight of his body was all on Gongsun Xu's back, so Gongsun Xu spent a lot of effort before he finally managed to step onto that rock with Lv Bu.

Chen Gong asked solemnly: "General, did the enemy suddenly attack?"

"That's right!" Gongsun Xu nodded his head: "Seems like there are quite a few people, but I am not worried about the General Gao, even if it was day time, Yuan Shu would not be able to attack, let alone attack at night!"

Chen Gong muttered with a frown: "The news of us leaving cannot be leaked, could it be because of something else?"

"It's very likely that Liu Bei has sent some news." Gongsun Xu casually guessed, and then shook his head: "Don't worry about that, we should leave as soon as possible! Zi Long, send the signal! "

Zhao Yun nodded, and called out a few times.

The same shout immediately came from below the cliff, it was clearly a response from the two guards that were left behind.

Seeing that everything was normal, Gongsun Xu pulled on the rope that he did not retrieve just now, confirming that the rope was still in place, he ordered: Zi Long, you may leave!

Zhao Yun promised as he carried Lv Linger and slipped down the cliff.

After a moment, Zhao Yun smoothly stepped onto the ground.

The eight guards followed closely behind, and the rest of them climbed down in the same order as before.

At this time, halfway up the mountain behind them, the two thousand over Huainan Army s had already crossed more than half of the stairs and they would only need more than a hundred breaths of time to reach the top of the stairs.

When they were leaving just now, Gongsun Xu had already arranged for the heavy cavalry to temporarily replace the xianzhen camp's soldiers to stand guard. Furthermore, he told them that if the enemy troops attacked at night, they didn't need to save on arrows. He knew clearly in his heart that if he were to be unable to bring reinforcements over within one or two days, Gao Shun and the rest would not have much luck.

Yuan Shu stood not far away from the foot of the mountain, looking at the black mass of subordinates rushing towards him, feeling disapproving in his heart. Before this, he had already gone to sleep, but suddenly received an urgent letter from Liu Bei, in which he said that Gongsun Zan's army had been blocked by him, and that Gongsun Xu might escape in the middle of the night. At the very end of the letter, Liu Bei repeatedly requested for Yuan Shu to listen to his suggestion. He would send several cavalrymen to the back of the mountain to patrol, to ensure that Gongsun Xu would not be able to escape while it was night.

Initially, Yuan Shu did not want to listen to Liu Bei's suggestion, but after that, he wanted to take precautions, so he personally led the team to attack the back of the mountain.

During the battle earlier in the day, Gongsun Xu did not give the order to use the crossbow s, but only used wooden spears to kill his enemies. Yuan Shu determined that the other party had already used up all of their arrows, thus the more than two thousand Huainan Army s did not bring any shields with them, some of them even took off their armor to move quickly. When they were still a dozen or so steps away from the top of the stairs, a loud shout suddenly sounded from above them. The familiar sound of the bowstring being pulled rang out once again, and in the blink of an eye, a large number of crossbow bolts shot over.

The soldiers of Huainan Army were caught off guard. They did not have enough defensive equipment, so they had nowhere to hide. They could only use their flesh and blood to defend against the incoming crossbow arrows. Terrifying screams rang out as countless people were sent tumbling down the stairs, causing the people below to be smashed to the ground. The scene was extremely chaotic.

From below, Yuan Shu could not see the actual battle situation, but his subordinates' screams could be clearly heard. He immediately understood that the enemy must have used that kind of terrifying crossbow again! At this moment, he felt so regretful that his intestines had turned green. If he had known that the enemies still had a lot of arrows, why would he have let his men seek death in the middle of the night? Thinking to this, he started to resent Liu Bei again. The defense at the top was still incredibly strong, which meant that Gongsun Xu had not left yet. Otherwise, why would he leave so many precious crossbow behind to deal with him.

"Ming Jin, retreat!" Yuan Shu shouted as he jumped, cursing Liu Bei to death in his heart.

Most of them were cursing Yuan Shu in their hearts. It was so late at night, not sleeping but playing around randomly, and at the moment when they had lost two or three hundred people, they were giving orders to retreat. It was simply too baffling!

By the time Gao Shun reached the top of the stairs, the Huainan Army had already retreated, and the piles of corpses were once again left behind. If it was in the daytime, Gao Shun would definitely order them to clean up the battlefield, but the risk of that happening was too high, so he just ordered to be cautious, ignoring the soldiers who were screaming miserably.

Yuan Shu looked at his subordinates who had retreated back, his face completely gloomy. If Liu Bei was in front of him right now, he would definitely scold him ruthlessly. Listening to the screams from above, his anger burned even hotter. He hadn't lost many people, but those screams had truly dampened his morale! If he could, he would have personally chopped off the heads of those fellows who were currently wailing, lest they waver the morale of their troops.

Li Feng moved closer and said in a low voice: "Master, why don't I bring some people to take back the injured brothers!"

Yuan Shu said angrily: "The enemy's crossbow bolts are even more powerful in the dark night. If we recklessly go up, it will only cause more casualties! "Have all the soldiers go back and rest, bring a thousand of your men and seal this place off!" With that said, he flicked his sleeve and stormed back to his tent.

Li Feng shook his head helplessly, and started to order a thousand of Wan-Sheng Camp's soldiers to prepare.