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When night was about to fall, the sunny weather suddenly changed a bit. A large amount of dark clouds gathered in the sky, as if it would rain at any time.

Gongsun Zan stood on top of a mountain with his hands behind his back looking up to the sky, his mood was just as gloomy as the sky, he was originally riding down south, and was not even equipped to defend against the rain, and today's tragic attack had injured and injured a large number of people, and there were still close to a thousand injured people struggling to resist, so once the rain poured down, the injured people would not be able to keep their lives! Even worse was that his own son was still trapped in the Eagle's Castle. Although Liu Bei was extremely detestable, that fellow was right about something today.

At this time, a heart-wrenching scream came from behind him. Gongsun Zan's brows tightly knitted as he sighed in a low voice, "I regret that I shouldn't have rushed south! Had I known this would happen, this old man would have rather have taken the army and brought them over here, and crushed Liu Bei and Yuan Shu into fine powder! I wonder if sixth brother has already met with his subjects. Hopefully, he will not disappoint me! "

A guard walked over and bowed, "Master Hou, the two doctors in charge of the army said that there is a serious lack of medicine. They request that the patient be sent back to Qing He for treatment overnight, otherwise the injured brothers might not be able to survive!"

Gongsun Zan frowned even more, there were no less than seven to eight hundred heavily injured people, if he wanted to send them back to the Qing He City for treatment, he would need to at least send out the appropriate manpower, because the strength he had was already insufficient, so if he were to split up, it would be impossible to break through the defenses of the Xuzhou Army! Even though he had a heart of stone, he couldn't ignore those heavily injured people. Otherwise, his morale would definitely be unstable.

He sighed lightly, and said with a cold tone: "Get the chaperone to pick out the ones who can still be treated, and send people over there to send them back to the Qing River overnight!"

The guard was shocked, and immediately understood what Gongsun Zan meant. He replied in a low voice and turned to leave.

Gongsun Zan once again looked up at the black clouds in the sky, then turned his gaze to the lights in the Xuzhou Army camp two to three kilometers away. Someone come! "

A guard quietly appeared four to five steps behind Gongsun Zan, cupped his fists and said: "This little one is here! What orders does the Marquis have? "

Gongsun Zan said coldly: "Bring a few people around the Xuzhou Army's encampment, go to the back mountain of the Eagle's Castle to take a look at the terrain, and then quickly report back!"

The guard did not know what Gongsun Zan was going to do, so he did not ask, and turned to leave.

Gongsun Zan was very clear that without any reinforcements, it would be impossible to breach the enemy's camp, and cut a bloody road to the Eagle's Castle to save Gongsun Xu. Not long ago, he heard from Liu Bei that there was also a large army in the rear mountains of Eagle's Castle, so his expectations for the latter immediately dropped greatly. He even hoped that the Sixth Brother would be unable to persuade Gongsun Xu to flee from the back mountains, because the consequences of encountering a large army of Liu Bei would be unimaginable! Therefore, he was prepared to send someone to investigate the terrain well, and then, he would personally lead two to three thousand people to go around the Xuzhou Army's camp to the rear mountains, under the cover of night. As long as they were not discovered by Liu Bei, and as long as they did not encounter the army's encirclement, he was extremely confident that he would be able to assist Gongsun Xu in escaping from the rear mountains.

Gongsun Zan's words today actually had many loopholes. Logically speaking, Gongsun Zan would definitely have his suspicions, but as the words of a pitiful father and mother involved Gongsun Xu, who was even more important than his own life, his heart immediately became chaotic. His entire family's thoughts were focused on how to save their son, and everything else seemed to be extremely slow. It had to be said that Liu Bei understood Gongsun Zan very well. He knew what the other party valued the most, so he pretended to be mysterious and hid the truth that Gongsun Xu had already escaped from the Eagle's Castle, actually deceiving the usually calm Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan stared at Xuzhou Army's camp for a long time before turning around to leave. Although he did not personally go to battle today, he had spent the entire day in torment, and was completely exhausted. He decided to first rest and wait for the guards to return before making his plans.

Just at this moment, a shout came from the right side of the mountain, Gongsun Zan anxiously turned his head. Because the light was too dim, he could only see the scouts from before rushing out, and nothing else.

The ones who caught the attention of the Youzhou Army were Zhao An and Seventh Brother, who was on the verge of death. Seeing that someone had rushed out, Zhao An immediately used his left hand to cover Seventh Brother's mouth, and sadly said in his heart, "I'm sorry! 'In the next life, I will repay you with everything! 'A paper-thin sharp blade in his right hand had already fiercely pierced into the wound on Old Seven's chest! This blade was extremely sinister and directly stabbed into his heart. Seventh Brother's life was hanging by a thread, and after struggling for a while, he died with deep unwillingness and worry.

"Capture them!" Behind them, a group of Xuzhou Army soldiers shouted loudly as they rushed over.

Just then, the scouts of the Youzhou Army had already rushed over, and quickly pounced towards the enemies.

Zhao An immediately threw his blade far away and shouted: "Brothers, one of us!"

The few people who had rushed to Zhao An's side were stunned, they did not lose their vigilance because of Zhao An's words, and still pressed him down with their hands and feet, bringing the torch closer to check.

"Seventh Boss!"

"Zhao An!"

"Why are you here?"

Zhao An lowered his head, and said with a sorrowful tone: "Brothers, Seventh Leader's injuries are too severe, please bring him to be treated as soon as possible. I have something to report to the Marquis, I hope that the brothers can lead the way!"

A few of the scouts finally noticed that Seventh Brother was acting weirdly, and immediately checked on him carefully. When they saw him, they turned pale with fright, and quickly carried Seventh Brother's corpse and walked towards the back with Zhao An.

When Gongsun Zan heard the berating voice, he was extremely surprised. He thought that they had caught the spy from Xuzhou Army and immediately became alert. He immediately shouted, "Quick, bring him up!"

Several guards took Zhao An from those scouts and quickly brought him to Gongsun Zan's back, "Reporting to the Marquis, this is not an enemy spy. It's the bodyguard Zhao An of the Seventh Elder and the Young Marquis!"

"What?" Gongsun Zan was surprised and happy at the same time, he quickly turned his head, only to see Zhao An, and he did not see Seventh Brother, hence he shouted: "Where is Seventh Brother? "Why haven't you come to see this old man!"

"Reporting to the Marquis, the Seventh Leader's injuries are too severe, he was unlucky enough to die just now!"

Gongsun Zan was startled, and could not help but feel some regret in his heart. The Seventh Brother was the most trustworthy and treasured guard leader other than the Sixth Brother, but he did not expect that he would die from such a heavy injury before his eyes! But the regret flashed through his mind, compared to the news that he valued his own son more, he immediately shouted: "Zhao An, what happened? "What is the situation of my people?"

"Reporting to the duke!" Zhao An knelt on one knee, and said with a heavy tone: "When this lowly one came to report to Qinghe County City that day, I snuck back to the rear mountains of the Eagle's Castle without stopping, and reported to General Gongsun that the Marquis was about to personally lead a huge army to rescue us. Yesterday, at midnight, General Gongsun estimated that Master Hou should have already arrived, so he handed the troops over to General Gao Shun. He brought Lv Wenhou and his family members along, and that's right, Mr. Chen Gongtai was about to evacuate from the back mountain. At that time, this lowly one and a dozen or so other brothers were waiting by General Gongsun's side.

"Wait!" Gongsun Zan, hearing this, interrupted Zhao An and asked solemnly, "Why are you together with Old Seven? Where are the brothers Lao Liu and Da Niu Er Niu? "

Zhao An's heart shook, and he secretly rejoiced that he did not speak carelessly just now. Although Seventh Brother had been tortured, he did not say a word, so he did not know that Seventh Brother and Old Sixth and the other two people were with him. He quickly replied, "Reporting to the Marquis, General Gongsun and Old Sixth Commander met each other at the back mountains. After that, the Sixth Elder told the General Gongsun the news of the Marquis' army arriving. The general was overjoyed and was about to escape back to the Qing River, but he changed his mind and came to reunite with the Marquis! Afterwards, the Old Sixth Commander, along with the younger ones, escorted General Gongsun and Lv Wenhou down the back mountain. Unexpectedly, they met the enemy cavalry, and with their large numbers of people, the Old Sixth Commander and Da Niu Er Niu led a few brothers to lead the enemy troops away, while the General Gongsun led the other people to escape from the other side.

Gongsun Zan's face darkened, and his heart felt a sharp pain. Aside from his family, the only people closest to him in Marquis of Ji's Mansion were his butler Uncle Fu and Old Sixth. They could be said to be as close as brothers, yet they had actually heard their grievances, and even though his heart was as hard as iron, he still felt pain, and actually did not continue to question Zhao An about it.

Zhao An kowtowed heavily at this time, and said with an anxious tone: "Master Hou, this lowly one deserves to die. Master Hou, please send your troops to save General Gongsun! "

"Oh?" Gongsun Zan immediately recovered from his pain, he grabbed Zhao An and bellowed: "What happened to my people?"

"Master Hou, that dog Liu Bei. Mother. They sent out many patrolling cavalrymen, and before the General Gongsun could lead us far, we were discovered by the Xuzhou s of more than a hundred people. Fortunately, there were a dozen of our brothers fighting with their lives on the line, so they managed to buy some time to escape. When the Seventh Elder and the little person left, they noticed that the Xuzhou had already entered the forest to search for them. General Gongsun and the others were still extremely dangerous.

After Gongsun Zan heard this, he became anxious and angry, but just as he was about to summon his troops to order, a doubt appeared in his heart. He coldly asked: "Since you and Seventh Bro had already escaped, why did he die from severe injuries?"

"Reporting to the Marquis, just now when I was passing by the thief's camp, I accidentally stepped on a rock and dropped down, and was discovered by the Xuzhou's secret sentry. The Seventh Elder originally suffered some injuries and risked his life to block the attacks of the thief, only then did I rush back with the little one, but unfortunately I managed to preserve my life, Seventh Elder instead."

"Is that so?" Gongsun Zan asked the guards.

"Reporting to the Marquis, it's exactly like this. Just now, there was a group of Xuzhou soldiers chasing after the Seventh Leader and Zhao An, but they were stopped by the patrolling brothers!"

"So that's how it is!" Gongsun Zan stroked his beard, and started to think.