The sound of the night insects was faint, the moonlight spread silver frost on the eaves, and the figure of the woman passed through the eaves and the lantern, kicked the hem of her skirt quickly and silently, and only stopped in front of a door, and raised her hand and hovered hesitantly, and the brief silence seemed mysterious.

Squeak.....

The door opened, and the figure inside the door was a little surprised: "Mother, why are you here, father and he is asleep?" In these words, Liu Shi outside the house nodded, glanced around, and walked in slowly, on the wooden frame in front of the wall, the armor hanging was still bloodstained, she took the white silk and wiped it with heartache in her eyes.

Gongsun Xu closed the door casually, poured warm water and poured it down: "The child just came back from the barracks, and Yuan Shao's people killed again this afternoon, and the defense lines on the southeast side are about to be broken....... The child should not say this in front of the mother, it makes the mother worried. ”

The fingers holding the white silk stroked the knife and arrow marks on the armor, and the woman frowned and turned around: "Mother knows....... I know it's dangerous out there, so I'm here to tell you something. ”

"What's the matter?" The empty bowl was put down, and the young man looked up at his mother, with surprise in his eyes: "Isn't it, reinforcements have arrived, but the second uncle's soldiers and horses are coming?" ”

The woman shook her head and sat down opposite him: "Your second uncle Sun Fan is still entangled with Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses outside, not only can you come over and defend the city with your father, but now what your mother wants to tell you has nothing to do with him, Xu'er, you can break through with some soldiers and horses, you can't go south, where is all Yuan Shao's people, go north, although there is Liu Yu's old department, but in the end there are few people and it is not easy to be detected." ”

On the other side, the young man's eyes became serious, he looked at the woman, pursed his lips, and then shook his head: "Mother, the child has lost Youbeiping, how to abandon you and his father now, it is not so bad now, there are still 10,000 people in Yijing, as long as they work together and hold it for a few months, Yuan Shao will definitely retreat, if the child escapes again, what kind of face will he have." ”

"Continue!!" 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 hold it?" At that time, there will be no chance to escape, and the Gongsun family will die! ”

"But there is also a brother...... He is in Shanggu County, how can one of the Gongsun family die. ”

"Confused—"

The palm of his hand slapped on a few cases, the shaking candlestick shook, and Liu's eyes glared: "How can his identity be comparable to yours, but he is a lowly son!" ”

The room fell silent.

After a while, the woman's tone softened: "I had a feud with your eldest brother earlier, and you also knew it later, now he is indeed reinforcing troops all the way in Shanggu County, at this time, you can break out, you can also collect the rout along the way, on the other hand, you can go to him to seek to send troops back to help Yi Jing, this is a good thing, why is Xu'er still indecisive, you should follow your father's example." ”

In the past few years in the army, Gongsun Xu has always taken his father as an example, and many things are somewhat similar, but in the end they are not the same person, and his temperament is obviously a little twisted, and it is too difficult to change. Liu's words made his face firm, and he gritted his teeth and nodded: "That kid went 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 also stood up, and his tone became hurried: "Mother came over to get your father's approval, you hurry up and go to the barracks to gather the guards, and break through at dawn, this is a war, there is not so much time for your father and son to discuss." ”

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

"Continuation...... Don't blame the mother. ”

The woman stood under the eaves of the porch, looking at the vanishing back, and tears flowed down: "What you can't get, my mother can't let others get." ”

The night faded through the hours, and the blue and dark colors of dawn seemed serene.

.......

Dressed in armor and wearing cuffs, Zhao Yun carried a gentian gun and led a team of dozens of people to patrol the camp, the entire camp was silent and depressed, and occasionally someone in the tent passing by was terrified, Zhao Yun actually still had blood on his hands, if he found that someone was screaming in the camp, he immediately led someone to quickly kill and drag the screaming figure away, so as to avoid the situation of the roaring camp.

After a few turns, the sky was about to dawn, Zhao Yun sat by the campfire and ate some dry food with clear water, and the team of soldiers under his command were all sleepy and sat around silently eating, occasionally a few whispered conversations, but most of them still did not make a sound, and soon after, there was a noise in the camp, and the sound of horses' hooves sounded nearby.

Zhao Yun hurriedly waved his hand, beckoned the soldiers to step forward and go over there, and saw that it was Gongsun Xu is arched his hand: "I don't know why Gongzi Xu is not in the city, but he came to the camp to pull up soldiers and horses, but there is a war?" ”

Around, not much attention was paid to this side, on horseback, Gongsun Xu knew that this person had been in Gongsun Zhi's army, and he was familiar with the eldest brother, and after looking around, he urged him to step forward and lower his voice: "I am breaking through to Shanggu County to ask for help from the eldest brother, is Zhao Duwei willing to come together?" ”

"I see, in today's siege, the eldest prince may have a way." Zhao Yun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then shook his head: "Yun is now in military affairs, and he can't leave without the order of the lord." ”

Gongsun Xu nodded regretfully, he was often in the army, and naturally knew the power of this white-robed captain, if he had him on this trip, he might be able to have fewer twists and turns on the way, and now, he didn't say much, took the reins and led his personal guard cavalry out of the gate and headed north.

"The ....... of the Prince"

Zhao Yun looked at the cavalry who were going to Yuanmen, frowned and muttered. Behind him, the east was white, and the golden glow was revealed in the clouds, and several footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.

"Zilong!"

When the voice came, the murmuring figure turned to look, but three figures walked towards him, the middle was the head with big ears, thick and fat, loyal and handsome, and arched his hand with a smile on his face: "The one who just went away is the second son of Brother Gongsun?" ”

"Exactly."

Zhao Yun replied simply, he didn't seem to want to talk to him more, originally he had a good impression of this person, the other party rushed from Pingyuan County to help fight off Yuan Shao's pursuit in the battle of Jieqiao, but that day Zhao Yun saw that there were three thousand miscellaneous Hu cavalry in this person's army, and immediately evoked the picture in his heart, broke out, and almost beat Liu Bei.

"Why do you have Hu people in your army-"

"Is there one less man in my country?! Why do you want to raise bearded people-"

In his usual state, he rarely roared hysterically, if it wasn't for the lord and the other party's two righteous brothers to stop him, he wouldn't have beaten the big ears that day, although this matter subsided later, Zhao Yun probably had a very bad impression of Liu Bei, and there was little communication when they met.

Coming back to his senses in his thoughts, on the other side, Liu Bei returned to normal, and his tone was gentle and peaceful: "Xu Gongzi went to find the Taishou of Shanggu County to send troops to rescue ......." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.

"Hey—"

The sun was rising, and the big black man next to him stepped forward and raised his hand, and his voice was like thunder: "Didn't you just say it when the little white face was leaving, why do you ask this matter repeatedly." ”

Liu Bei didn't see embarrassment on his face, he just smiled and said: "Brother Wei is just confirming one or two with Zilong, after all, we have some gap with that Gongsun Zhi, since he is coming over, we also have to leave." ”

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

"Two days ago, someone from the city came to the news, saying that someone from Xuzhou was coming." Liu Bei didn't care about the other party's expression, and looked around: "Now that Brother Gongsun has stood firm in Yijing, as long as he waits for help in the city, Yuan Shao can't do anything, the three of my brothers have nothing to do here, it is better to go back to the plain to deal with some affairs first, if the war resumes, it will not be too late for me to come over again, so I will ask Zilong to tell Brother Gongsun to be prepared." ”

"Don't send it!"

Zhao Yun's face turned cold, he said in a cold voice, picked up the gun and turned around and left.

"Zilong...... Zilong ......"

In the rear, Zhang Fei caught up a few steps and shouted twice, his back went farther and farther, and he couldn't help but stomp his feet and complain at his brother who also left: "When did we have a gap with the little brother Gongsun, we had a very pleasant conversation that day, and besides, there was a fight here, run back to the plain, and have a bird to spare." ”

Beside him, the slender and burly grass-green figure pulled the shouting Zhang Fei: "Yide don't say a word." Then the two followed the figure in front of them, and when they walked side by side, Guan Yu still said: "Brother, let's leave now, it seems disloyal." ”

The footsteps stopped, Liu Bei looked up at the rising sun in the east, and sighed: "The two brothers should know, it is not easy for us to pull up these 3,000 cavalry, if it is damaged here, what will we use to restore the Han family in the future, for the brother has to take every step carefully, Brother Gongsun has Gongsun here to help, and he will be able to turn evil into good fortune, why should the three of us increase casualties in vain." ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Fei rubbed his beard with big eyes and nodded: "That's right, that little brother Gongsun is good at using cavalry, and he has been drilling around in Yuan Shao's hands several times, and he can't slip on the loach." ”

When the whole army was leaving, Guan Yu looked in the direction of the city over there, and sighed, a little hesitant to leave like this.