The night insects were chirping, and the moonlight shone on the eaves covered with silver frost. The woman's figure passed through the eaves. The lantern kicked the skirt quickly and silently. She came to a door before stopping. She raised her hand and hovered hesitantly. The brief silence seemed mysterious.

Squeak...

The door opened, and the figure inside the door was quite surprised: "Mother, why did you come here? Father did he sleep?" In such words, Liu, outside the room, nodded, glanced at the surroundings, and walked slowly in. The armor hanging on the wooden rack in front of the wall was still stained with blood. She took the white silk and wiped it with heartache.

Gongsun Xu closed the door casually and poured it over the warm water and poured it into big mouthfuls: "The child just returned from the military camp. This afternoon, Yuan Shao's people came again, and the defense lines on both sides of the southeast were about to be broken through... The child shouldn't have said this in front of his mother, which made his mother worried."

Holding Bai Jian's fingers, she stroked the knife and arrow marks on the armor. The woman frowned and turned around: "Mom knows...I know that there is danger outside, so I come here to tell you something."

"What's the matter?" Putting the empty bowl down, the young man looked up at his mother, with surprise in his eyes: "Is it true that reinforcements have arrived, but the second uncle's troops have arrived?"

The woman shook her head and sat down opposite him: "Your second uncle, Gongsun Fan, is still entangled with Yuan Shao's troops outside, and she can't just come over to defend the city with your father, but what your mother wants to tell you now has nothing to do with him. Xu'er, you should take some soldiers and horses to break through. You can't go south. There are all Yuan Shao's people. Go north. Although there are old subordinates of Liu Yu there, it is difficult to detect them in the end."

Opposite the young man's eyes became serious. He looked at the woman, pursed his lips tightly, and then shook his head: "Mother, the child has lost Youbeiping. How to abandon you and his father at the moment is not that bad now. Yi Jing still has tens of thousands of people. As long as he works together and guards for a few months, Yuan Shao will definitely retreat. If the child escapes again, what's the face to survive?"

"Xu'er!!" Liu raised his voice and grabbed the young man's hand: "Yan Gang is dead, the person who can support you the most in the army is dead. What if Yi Jing can't defend it? There will be no chance to escape at that time, and the Gongsun family will be destroyed!"

"But there is also a brother... He is in Shanggu County, how could there be one person in Gongsun's family die?"

"Damn it—"

His palm slapped on several tables, and the candlestick shook, and Liu stared at him: "How can he be the same as yours, but he is just a lowly son!"

The room fell into tranquility.

After a while, the woman's tone eased: "I had a grudge with your elder brother before, and you later knew that he is indeed a reinforcement in Shanggu County. At this time, you can break out and gather the defeated soldiers along the way. On the other hand, you can go to him to seek troops to help Yijing. This is a good thing. Why is Xu'er still indecisive? You should follow your father in this."

During the years he joined the army, Gongsun Xu has always taken his father as an example. His practices in many things are somewhat similar, but he is not the same person. He is obviously a little shy and it is too difficult to change. Liu's words made him firm in his face, and he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Then the kid goes to discuss the details of the breakthrough with his father."

"No need to go." Liu grabbed his son who was about to get up, and stood up, and his tone became quick: "Mom came here and got your father's approval. Go to the military camp to gather your personal guards quickly and break through at dawn. This is a war. There is not so much time for you, father and son to discuss."

Gongsun Xu, who was standing there, pursed his lips tightly, looked at his mother for a while, then nodded his head, took the sword from the wall, put on the armor, plunged into the night, and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

"Xu'er... don't blame my mother."

The woman stood under the eaves of the corridor, looking at the disappearing back, tears flowing down her face: "You can't get what you can't get, and my mother can't let others get it."

The night gradually passes in time, and the blue and dark colors of dawn appear quiet.

.........

Zhao Yun, wearing a armored armor and with his cuffs, led a team of dozens of people to patrol the camp with a dragon gun. The entire camp was silent and depressed. Occasionally, someone in the tent passed by was speechless and treacherous. In fact, there was still blood left on Zhao Yun's hands. If he found someone screaming in the camp, he immediately led people to quickly kill and drag the screaming figure away to avoid the situation in the camp.

After walking around for a few times, it was almost dawn. Zhao Yun sat by the campfire and ate some dry food in clear water. The soldiers under him were all sleepy and sat around him, eating silently. Occasionally, there would be a few low conversations, but most of them still had no sound. Soon after, there was noise in the camp and the sound of horse hooves rang nearby.

Zhao Yun quickly waved his hand, and called the soldiers forward and went over there. When he saw that it was Gongsun Xu, he raised his hand: "I wonder why Mr. Xu is not in the city, but came to the camp to raise troops. Is there any war?"

He looked around and didn't pay much attention to this side. On the back of the horse, Gongsun Xu knew that this person had been in Gongsun Zhi's army and was familiar with his elder brother. After looking around, he immediately stepped forward and lowered his voice: "I'm breaking through the siege and going to Shanggu County to ask for help from his elder brother. Is Zhao Duwei willing to come together?"

"So that's it. The eldest son may have a solution in the siege today." Zhao Yun felt relieved, and then shook his head: "Yun is now in military affairs, and he cannot leave the guard without the order of the lord."

Gongsun Xu nodded regretfully. He often knew the power of this white-robed captain in the army. If he had him on this trip, he might have had fewer twists and turns on the way. Now, he didn't say much, and crossed the reins and rushed out of the gate and headed towards the north.

"The eldest son..."

Zhao Yun looked at the cavalry who was leaving the gate and frowned. Behind him, the east was white, and the golden light spit out of the clouds, and a few footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.

"Zilong!"

When the voice came, the whispering figure turned around and looked at it. Three figures came towards us. The head in the middle was big, thick, fat, long, loyal and handsome, with a smile on his face: "Is Brother Gongsun's second son who just left?"

“That’s right.”

Zhao Yun answered in a simple manner, and he didn't seem to want to talk to him more. He had a good impression of this person. The other party came from Pingyuan County in the Battle of Jieqiao to help with Yuan Shao to pursue him. But that day, when Zhao Yun saw that there were three thousand Hu cavalry in this person's army, he immediately aroused the picture in his heart, burst out, and almost beat Liu Bei.

"Why are there any Hu people in your army-"

"Are I missing a man? Why do you want to raise a Hu person--"

In his usual condition, he rarely roared hysterically. If it weren't for stopping the lord and the other two righteous brothers, he might have beaten up the big ear that day. Although the matter was calmed down later, Zhao Yun probably had a very bad impression of Liu Bei and had few communication when he met.

He came back to his senses in his mind. On the other hand, Liu Bei returned to normal, and his tone was gentle and peaceful: "Young Master Xu is going to find the prefect of Shanggu County to send troops to rescue..." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.

"Hi--"

The sun was rising, and the thick black man next to him stepped forward and raised his hand, his voice as if thunderous: "Didn't that little white face just said it before leaving? Why did you ask this repeatedly?"

Liu Bei could not see any embarrassment on his face, but just smiled and said, "Brother Wei was just confirming with Zilong. After all, we had some gaps with Gongsun Zhi. Since he was going to come, we would also say goodbye."

"Where is Liu Xiangguo going?" This is Zhao Yun's voice.

"Two days ago, someone came to the city and said someone came to Xuzhou." Liu Bei did not care about the other party's expression and looked around: "Now Brother Gongsun has stood firm in Yijing. As long as he is in the city and waits for assistance, Yuan Shao can do nothing. My three brothers have nothing to do here. It's better to go back to the plain to handle some affairs first. If the war starts again, it's not too late for me to come back, so I'll ask Zilong to tell Brother Gongsun for him."

"Not giving!"

Zhao Yun's face turned cold, bowed his hand and said coldly, then turned around and left.

"Zilong...Zilong..."

Behind, Zhang Fei chased after him for a few steps and shouted twice. His back was getting farther and farther away. He couldn't help but stomped his feet and looked at his brother who had left, saying, "When did we have any gaps with Brother Gongsun? The conversation was very pleasant that day. Besides, there was a war here, so I ran back to the plain and had to have another free bird."

Beside him, the slender and burly figure of grass green pulled Zhang Fei and shouted: "Yi De said a few words." Then the two followed the figure in front and walked side by side, Guan Yu still spoke: "Brother, let's leave now, it seems that we are losing our loyalty and righteousness."

After stopping, Liu Bei looked up at the rising sun in the east and sighed: "Brothers, you should know that it is difficult for us to pull up these three thousand cavalry. If we lose this, what will we do to restore the Han Dynasty in the future? For my brother, I have to take every step carefully. If Gongsun Zhi comes here to help, he will surely turn bad luck into good luck. Why do we three increase casualties?"

"Yeah!" Zhang Fei nodded with his big eyes and rubbed his beard: "That's true. The little brother Gongsun is good at using cavalry and has been traversing in Yuan Shao's hands several times, and he is not slipping."
Chapter completed!