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After Gongsun Xu carried Lv Bu to the bottom of the cliff, he placed the latter on the ground and immediately pricked up his ears to listen. He had originally thought that he would hear the sound of fierce fighting, but after listening for a long time, he didn't find anything. He couldn't help but be very surprised.

The others were also surprised. Why did the enemy attack end in such a short period of time? Could it be that Yuan Shu was doing this just to harass him?

"Let's hope we leave like this!" Gongsun Xu did not want to further investigate the problem, so he supported Lv Bu as he walked forward.

Zhao Yun carried Lu Ling'er and quickly caught up with her, while the others quickly followed behind.

After walking for the time it took to boil a cup of tea, the group of people finally left the valley at the back of the mountain and arrived in front of a flat forest.

Zhao Yun pointed ahead, "General, the war horse is right in front!"

Gongsun Xu calculated the number of people: There were a total of sixteen people present, and Zhao Yun had already mentioned before that he would bring six war horses. He asked in a low voice, "How far is this place from my father's army?"

Zhao Yun calculated, and answered: About thirty to forty miles!

"Since that's the case," Gongsun Xu instructed the ten guards: "You wait to walk back. If you meet any enemy patrol team, you can avoid them.

"Here!" The ten guards agreed in unison, and under the lead of two guards from Gongsun Zan, they sprinted towards the northwest.

Zhao Yun placed Lu Ling'er on the ground and said softly, "This general will bring the horse here!"

"No need!" Gongsun Xu shook his head and instructed: "Let's go over there together and return back in the other direction. Zi Long, lead the way! "

Zhao Yun nodded in agreement. He carried Lv Linger on his back again and led the way into the forest.

The forest was filled with the deep dew and the cold. The roars of insects and roars of beasts were constantly coming from the forest, adding to the eeriness of this silent and dark forest. Lv Linger was a little afraid as he hugged Zhao Yun's neck tightly with his small hands. Zhao Yun smiled lightly and patted the back of her hand to show his encouragement.

After about three or four hundred steps, a small winding stream appeared in front of him. There were six war horses tied to a tree beside the stream. Their mouths were covered with bamboo cages. The tallest warhorse was the mount that Gongsun Xu gave to him. When it smelled its master's scent, it immediately stomped the ground in excitement.

"Good horse!" Lv Bu praised, his expression turned gloomy. Back then, when they were fleeing towards the back mountain, Gongsun Xu ordered them to abandon all their war horses. His red rabbit horse was also not spared, and for the past two days, it had been in his heart. When he saw a war horse as handsome as this, it immediately caused his heart to be filled with sorrow.

Gongsun Xu advised: "Feng Xianxiong, when I return, I will definitely choose a good warhorse for you!"

"Many thanks to Brother Zimin!" Lv Bu thanked him, and then sighed, no matter how good his warhorse was, it couldn't compare to the red rabbit horse in his heart.

Gongsun Xu could no longer be bothered to comfort Lv Bu, waved his hand: "Get on the horse!"

Diao Chan thanked her seriously, took Lv Linger from his back, and carried her on his back.

Zhao Yun, Chen Gong and Yan Shi also mounted their horses one after another. Gongsun Xu helped Lv Bu climb onto their backs, and just in case, he ignored Lv Bu's objections and tied Lv Bu to the war horses with cloth.

Lv Bu self-deprecatingly sighed: "This one actually has a time where I can't even ride a horse!"

Gongsun Xu laughed. In order to give Lv Bu some face, he did not immediately jump onto the horse, but slowly climbed onto the horse's back, and instructed Zhao Yun: "Zi Long, let's go!"

Zhao Yun pulled on the reins and rushed across the creek. Everyone quickly followed him.

After a while, they left the forest, and turned to walk directly north for around three kilometers. Zhao Yun's face suddenly changed, and stopped the convoy with a wave of his hand.

Just as Gongsun Xu was about to ask, his face suddenly changed and he quickly ordered everyone to hide in the forest not far away.

At this time, the sounds of the horses galloping in front of them became clearer and clearer, and the torchlight could vaguely be seen. Chen Gong and the rest did not dare to be slow as they followed Zhao Yun and rushed into the forest.

After a while, a squadron of about two hundred cavalrymen arrived, and by the light of the torches, they could clearly see that it was the Xuzhou Army's squadron.

Gongsun Xu was secretly shocked, could it be that the news was really leaked out? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Yuan Shu who was in front suddenly attacked, and Xuzhou Army who was behind it all of a sudden appeared?

The others were also extremely shocked. Lv Linger was so scared that his entire body was trembling, and he hurriedly hugged her tightly. At the same time, he also covered her mouth gently.

This troop of Xuzhou Army's cavalry stopped in front of the forest, Leader raised his head and looked ahead, then asked: "How far is it to the back of Eagle's Castle?"

"Reporting to the military lord, we still have five or six miles to go!"

"Five or six miles! Then we'll go to the back of the mountain and check it out. If there's nothing abnormal, we should report it to the lord as soon as possible!"

"military lord, I have been to the back mountain of Eagle's Castle, the mountain is extremely steep, I am afraid only monkeys can climb down there! I really don't know why Lord sent us to increase our patrolling, and even sent seven or eight teams.

"Shut up! You thief bird, you actually dare to presume on the lord and want to be beaten by the army? Gone! "

The sound of horse hooves sounded out, and this group of Xuzhou Army cavalry soldiers quickly followed in the direction that Gongsun Xu's group came from.

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately after, Gongsun Xu and Chen Gong exclaimed at the same time: "Not good!"

Lv Bu was at a loss and anxiously asked: "Gong Tai, Brother Zimin, the enemy has already left, why are they still in such a panic?"

Chen Gong explained in a deep voice: "Those people also said just now, that Liu Bei had dispatched seven to eight patrol teams, we do not know which direction they came from.

Gongsun Xu continued: "It's really like that! In addition, we did not retract the rope. If the enemy army just passed us was just a little bit more careful, we might have found the rope. By then, we would have been facing a close search! "We have circled around in a circle, and are probably more than forty miles away from the army. If the enemy pulls the net to search, we will most likely be discovered!"

Lv Bu realised and panicked a little. If he was caught in the enemy's trap, it would not matter if he died, but what if his wife and daughter were involved! He hurriedly asked with a trembling voice, "Brother Zimin, how should we deal with this?"

Gongsun Xu immediately answered: "The only thing we can do now is to give up on reuniting with my father's great army and head back to the Qinghe County City! What does Mr. Gong Tai think? "

"Seems like I can only do this!" Chen Gong nodded his head: "Even if the enemy troops were to search everywhere, they would only be on guard against us heading northwest to meet up with the great army of Marquis Jin. We will head northeast first, then we will head northwest to the Qing River, like this we should be able to avoid the enemy search teams!"

"Then let's do it! "Let's go!" Gongsun Xu made a prompt decision, and took the lead to ride out of the forest, rushing towards the northwest direction.

After running for another few kilometers, Gongsun Xu and the others who were still on guard saw the torchlight from afar and quickly hid themselves before the other side rushed over. After a while, a group of over a hundred cavalry of Xuzhou s rushed over. Fortunately it was late at night, and the speed of the cavalry of Xuzhou s was extremely fast, so the hoof prints left on the ground by Gongsun Xu and the rest were not discovered. They rushed towards the distance from where Gongsun Xu was hiding at lightning speed.

Just as the other party disappeared in the distance, Gongsun Xu and the rest rushed out.

When they dodged one of the Xuzhou Army's cavalry for the third time, they were already more than ten miles away from the mountain at the back of Eagle's Castle.

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. If there were no surprises, they would have already escaped from danger.

Taking the chance when everyone was resting, Gongsun Xu ran up a mountain and looked towards the south. He was shocked, only to see that in the distance, a large amount of torches were glowing like fireflies, with a rough estimate of no less than two to three thousand people. From the direction of the torchlight's movement, it was clear that it was searching back and forth. He secretly felt that he was lucky, if he had not been lucky and heard the words of the Xuzhou Army cavalry just now, he would have probably fallen into the enemy's search and arrest.

Just then, the familiar footsteps came from behind, Zhao Yun walked quickly to Gongsun Xu's side, looking far ahead he said in shock: "General, luckily our luck is good!"

"That's right!" Gongsun Xu laughed bitterly: "If it wasn't because I had no other choice, I wouldn't have done such a risky thing! Sigh, that Liu Bei is cunning, if he takes the chance to use some tricks, I am worried that my father will fall for it! "

Zhao Yun advised in a deep voice, "General, do not worry. The Marquis has ten thousand elite cavalry in his hands, even if Liu Xuande has any plans, the Marquis will definitely be able to escape safely!"

"I hope so! Go, hurry back to the Qinghe County, I will immediately bring a horse and army to meet Father! "

Everyone got on their horses again and headed north. In less than ten minutes, they were on the official road leading to Jizhou. It was as quiet as it was during the day. Other than the occasional cry of a wild beast, the public road was frighteningly quiet.

Gongsun Xu took the lead and rushed onto the official road.

Although the public road was dilapidated, it was still more than twice as fast compared to traversing through the wilderness and forest. In less than half an incense's time, the group had already covered a distance of four to five miles. Just as they were about to turn a corner, a loud shout came from the forest in front of them, followed by the arrival of dozens of arrows.

Everyone turned pale with fright. Those who had weapons hastily brandished their weapons to fire at the arrows, while those who had no weapons quickly dodged to the side.

Zhao Yun rode his horse in front to block the arrows. The silver gun in his hand danced like a windmill and blocked the majority of the arrows.

Gongsun Xu's long spear was still at the back of Eagle's Castle's mountain. At this time, he was using the ring head knife left behind by the guards, which was very difficult to use, and could only barely protect himself and Lv Bu.

Chen Gong and Diao Chan both used their swords, blocking all of the incoming arrows.

In the midst of his panic, only Yan Shi with his weak hands and no strength was hit by the arrow in front of his chest.

Diao Chan shouted and spurred his horse forward.

Just then, the arrows from the forest stopped, 30 to 40 cavalrymen rushed out, attacking towards Gongsun Xu's group.