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Chapter 532: Advance and retreat together, live and die together!

When Zhang Liao regained consciousness, it was already early morning of the next day. He was carried on Xu Rong's back and was moving towards Nanjun.

"Xu Rong, I, where are we?"

Zhang Liao's breath was still very weak, which was the sequelae caused by excessive physical overdraft. Fortunately, Zhang Liao was not injured and just needed to rest more.

"We are at the border between Yuzhang County and Changsha County, and will soon reach the border of Jingzhou."

"Jingzhou? What are we going to do in Jingzhou?"

Zhang Liao asked softly, his breathing unstable.

Xu Rong stopped and put Zhang Liao down from his back.

"Yide chased Sun Ce all the way to Wujun and passed this message to us, asking us to go to Nanjun to meet up with the lord and his men, so that the lord and Cao Cao can have a head-on confrontation."

When Xu Rong said this, his face was full of excitement. As a military general who had followed Gu Rubing very early on, he had followed Gu Rubing to fight against Cao Cao several times, and each time he had enjoyed it very much. Now that the war was approaching, Xu Rong was visibly excited. Xu Rong, who had just been promoted to a famous general, was full of ambitions at the moment.

In fact, he has been feeling very aggrieved in recent times. As a general who followed Gu Rubing relatively early, his importance is naturally needless to say. Gu Rubing also treated him well and even applied for an official position of Youzhou Mu for him.

This is a minister of a state. It can be said that he is like an emperor in Youzhou. Other states have positions such as governors to check and balance the governors, but Youzhou does not have such positions. In other words, even if Xu Rong wanted to rebel, it would be easy. Only a confidant could hold this kind of official position.

In the early stage, he was not too anxious, because most of them were first-rate generals, and the combat power between them was not much different. Only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun could suppress everyone.

After Zhang Liao defended Jiangling City to the death and was promoted to a famous general, the rest of the generals worked hard to be promoted one by one. Until the beginning of this great war, there were only a few who had not yet been promoted.

He is one of the very few.

As a general who had followed Gu Rubing very early on, Xu Rong still felt ashamed in his heart and felt that he was holding back. However, Gu Rubing always treated him the same without any change, which made him feel even worse.

In fact, in this battle, he was originally going to protect Gu Rubing on his way to Xu Du. This action was not dangerous, and it could also bring him closer to Gu Rubing and leave a good impression. It could be said to be a good job.

But before leaving, Xu Rong privately met with Gu Rubing, and the master and the minister had a concise yet complex conversation.

That day, Xu Rong found Gu Rubing alone in his bedroom.

"My lord, I want to go to the front battlefield."

"why?"

“I want to take it a step further.”

After saying this, the two fell into silence for a long time, and Gu Rubing finally spoke.

"Okay, you and Zilong will go to Jiangxia County City."

Xu Rong bent down and bowed to bid farewell to Gu Rubing.

When leaving the house, Gu Rubing suddenly spoke again.

"Xu Rong, don't be too stressed. Staying alive is the most important thing."

Xu Rong walked out of the room, closed the door, bowed towards Gu Rubing's room, and then strode away.

He used to be a first-rate general, and he always rushed to the front. Now he has been promoted to a famous general, so there is naturally no reason for him to fall behind others.

After taking a long rest, Zhang Liao finally recovered a little.

"Jiangxia County was lost?"

After Zhang Liao recovered, his first words were so shocking that they shook the heavens and the earth and made the gods and ghosts weep.

Xu Rong nodded silently, and Zhang Liao said nothing more.

None of them expected that Sun Jian would go all out and put all his troops into Jiangxia County, and that Cao Zhang also appeared in Jiangxia County, as well as the mysterious Gu tribe. Multiple unexpected events eventually led to the defeat of Jiangxia County.

No, it cannot be said to be a defeat, it should be said to be a loss.

"It seems that the battlefield in Nanjun will be even more severe."

Zhang Liao sighed quietly.

Sun Jian and his men only mobilized one-third of the troops, because they felt that Sun Jian was still far inferior to Cao Cao.

Now that Sun Jian has so many backup plans, there is no need to say more about Cao Cao. Zhang Liao, who had just woken up, roughly guessed the entire battle situation through just one question.

Not only Gu Rubing and Xu Rong's two teams were rushing towards Nanjun, but Sun Jian was also leading all his remaining troops to Nanjun. He had already communicated with Cao Cao and wanted to have a real fight with Gu Rubing in Nanjun.

He didn't even send anyone to support Sun Quan in Wujun. Sun Quan also told him about the situation in Wujun through the voice transmission Gu. Sun Jian had only one order, which was to let Lu Xun take over the power and secure the city of Wujun. He must not go out of the city to fight. As for Sun Quan's personal safety, with the Bailing Guards there, there was naturally no problem. Even if there were famous generals chasing him, the Bailing Guards could keep Sun Quan safe.

Sun Quan, who had been frightened by Xu Rong's attack, did not dare to disobey Sun Jian's orders and handed over the military power to Lu Xun, who had also returned in disgrace.

Lu Xun, who had rushed into the city angrily, originally wanted to blame Sun Quan. After all, if Sun Quan had not interfered, Zhang Liao might have been captured alive by now.

But after entering the city and seeing the cavalry suffering heavy casualties, he immediately understood what had happened. Looking at Sun Quan again, the arrogant Sun Quan who was dominating from a few hours ago had disappeared, replaced by an extremely lonely and frustrated Sun Quan.

He sat powerlessly on the city wall, his eyes blank.

The first time he saw Lu Xun, Sun Quan said something that left Lu Xun a little confused.

"Everyone from now on, all will follow General Lu's command." After Sun Quan said this, he lowered his head and left dejectedly. Only Bai Lingwei followed him downstairs, and the others were on the city wall waiting for Lu Xun's order.

In a few hours, Sun Quan seemed to have experienced the peak and trough of his life. A young man who had just come of age was actually filled with an air of old age.

Lu Xun had already prepared a plan in his mind, ready to have a severe quarrel with the Crown Prince Sun Quan. However, after he came back, Sun Quan changed his attitude and voluntarily handed over all the military power. His distraught look was really creepy.

A wave of unrest, a wave of up again.

The war in Jiangxia County had just ended when Sun Jian and Gu Rubing transferred all the troops they could to Nanjun, preparing to start another vigorous war in Nanjun.

This battle is different from the previous ones. This time, whoever is scared first, whoever feels pain first, whoever is reluctant first will lose. Now it is not just a competition of manpower, material resources and military strength, but more importantly, resilience.

At this moment in the city of Nanjun, the sun was rising and the sunlight was shining on the earth. What met the eyes was not a peaceful scene, but endless corpses. The corpses covered the ground, which was covered with a thin layer of white mist by the cold winter morning frost. The dark red blood had coagulated, forming two distinct colors with the white frost.

When Gu Rubing saw this scene, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. The corpses stretched for miles and seemed endless.

At this time, Cao Cao's army had withdrawn ten miles. In this battle, their losses were greater than those of the Nanjun county city. Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were seriously injured by Ma Chao, and all three were in a coma. Zhang Ren surrendered, Pang De was promoted to a famous general, and Zhang He blocked the offensive of Xu Chu and others despite being seriously injured.

By the end of the war, the number of generals besieging Zhang He, Taishi Ci and Pang De had increased to two generals and nine quasi-famous generals!
A total of nine of them, these are all the combat forces that Cao Cao can mobilize at present. In addition, the first-rate generals also suffered heavy losses. Nearly half of the military camp commanders, captains of ten thousand men, and deputy generals of major generals were killed here. As for the losses of second-rate and third-rate generals, they are countless.

For a whole day, the two sides fought each other and killed a total of 1 troops, including 1.5 on Cao Cao's side and on Gu Rubing's side. The casualty ratio of the two sides was very close to :.

The reason why Gu Rubing's side was able to withstand attacks from enemies that were several times their number was mainly due to those special soldiers who were fearless and brave enough to die.

For example, the Iron Buddha army, whose entire army died in order to cover Ma Chao, and the roving crossbow captain, who was originally roaming in the enemy's position to gather information, had 90% of his troops killed in this battle.

It's not that only some of them survived, but that only so many of them came to the battlefield. Dozens of others were killed on the road or were blocked in their own areas for various reasons and could not rush to help.

There are also the Qinglong Swordsmen and the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun, who were the first batch of special troops to be transferred under Gu Rubing, and they followed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei through hundreds of battles. After the two of them were promoted to famous generals, these two battle-hardened special troops were each led by their main generals.

Their main generals are already at the level of first-rate generals, and have even reached the level of quasi-famous generals. Their combat power is not inferior to that of ordinary first-rate generals, and they are not afraid even when facing ordinary quasi-famous generals. The others are already second-rate generals at the lowest level, and there are quite a few first-rate generals among them.

The most terrifying thing is that they have a total of two thousand people!

The Qinglong swordsmen and the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun totaled four thousand people. The lowest among them were second-rate generals with some special features. There were dozens of first-rate generals. The commanders of two special arms were quasi-famous generals of special arms who were unprecedented and unparalleled. These two troops stretched across the battlefield and blocked countless Cao troops.

Gu Rubing arrived outside the city of Nanjun without any obstruction. Traveling with him were Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, three thousand Baili soldiers, and ten thousand cavalry.

Such a huge army came to the icy distance in front of the city wall quietly without encountering any obstruction, which made Gu Rubing frown.

If Cao's army had also marched all the way here like this, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Just when they were still hundreds of meters away from the city wall, groups of archers suddenly appeared on the wall. They drew their bows and arrows, aiming at Gu Rubing and his men.

"Retreat immediately! Otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"

When Taishi Ci stuck his head out from the city wall and saw the armor worn by the newcomers, the large flags they held and the man leading them, he finally reacted.

"Put down your bows and arrows. Damn it, can't you see the big characters "Liu" and "Lie"? Huh? You are all archers, but you can see that after this battle, you will all go to clean the toilet."

Taishi Ci pretended to be angry and the archers beside him put down their bows and arrows after hearing what Taishi Ci said, but they were unwilling to suffer a loss with their words.

"We don't have your good eyesight, how can we see it clearly?"

"That's right, you're cursing me, what right do you have to curse me? Now let me go and clean the toilet!"

"General Taishi, I have no other intentions. With your keen eyesight, you must have seen clearly the young wife bathing."

Everyone laughed, but Taishi Ci didn't mind. At this time, everyone's nerves were tense, and it was extremely rare to have some jokes that could make them laugh.

Sure enough, after a burst of laughter, the soldiers on the city wall suddenly became much more sober. They all looked outside and saw a well-equipped team arriving at the foot of their city wall.

After seeing Gu Rubing at the front, the soldiers on the city wall fell into madness again.

You know, the main force under Liu Bei's command has long become those sincere young people who came to him because of his fame, except for them.

Those who had previously served as the main force and had followed Gu Rubing a long time ago have now become the backbone of each military camp. They are Gu Rubing's most fanatical followers, and have now grown into towering trees that can shelter others from wind and rain.

"The fierce king! The fierce king! The fierce king!"

The soldiers on the city wall raised their arms and shouted in unison. Gu Rubing smiled, waved to everyone, and then took out a simple loudspeaker he had made.

"Soldiers! Here I come! I will stand with you in the face of adversity and live and die with you!"

As soon as Gu Rubing said this, the soldiers became excited again.

The soldiers who were taking turns to rest in the city heard such a noisy noise and thought that Cao Cao was attacking again. But soon someone ran around the city to tell others that it was not Cao Cao who was leading his troops to attack again, but the lord who was leading his troops to support them.

When they heard that their lord had brought people to support them and shouted the six words "advance and retreat together, live and die together" under the city wall, the entire Nanjun County City fell into madness. They kept slapping the things around them and yelling together.

Not only the soldiers who were repairing inside the city walls, but even the people in Nanjun City began to cheer, because most of them had never seen this legendary King Lie, the legendary Uncle Liu.

Because Liu Qi usually praised Gu Rubing's benevolence and righteousness in Nanjun City and even in the whole Jingzhou, which left a deep impression on the people in Jingzhou, especially in big cities like Nanjun County. Almost everyone in the city knew that there was such a Uncle Liu, a king who was as good as him, who had been silently protecting them thousands of miles away.

Therefore, not only the soldiers were excited, but the people were just as excited as the soldiers.

(End of this chapter)