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Chapter 535: A famous general without command skills, battle formation
【Name: Zhang Ren】

[Identity: General Zhennan]

[Military General Level: Famous General (16/100), Legendary General Points (3/100)]

[Features: Western Spear King (Zhang Ren is an expert in spearmanship and is known as the Western Spear King), Rare Bravery (Zhang Ren was born in a low-class family and fought in battles with his bravery), Intelligent and Brave (Zhang Ren is a man of deep thoughts and few can see through him), Gun Heart (Zhang Ren has been fascinated by spearmanship since he was a child and has a clear gun heart), Exchange Injury for Life (Zhang Ren has the determination to fight to the death and can often exchange injury for life)]

[Western Spear King: Zhang Ren studied under Tong Yuan and learned superb spear skills. After returning to Sichuan, he was hailed as the Western Spear King. Zhang Ren's attack power +400%. When Zhang Ren uses dual guns, he can get double the bonus of this feature. ]

[Rare Bravery: Zhang Ren's tribe gains +300% bonus to all attributes.]

[Intelligent and Brave: Zhang Ren's troops gain a 200% bonus to on-the-spot strategies and +200% attack power.]

[Gun Heart: When Zhang Ren's tribe uses weapons such as spears and lances, the attack power is increased by 500%. When using other weapons, the bonus of this feature is reduced by 50%.]

[Trade injury for life: When Zhang Ren is injured, his attack power increases by 300, and his skills gain double the bonus.]

[Skill: Scripture Level 4 (20/100): Although Zhang Ren's family fell into poverty when he was young, he took the initiative to learn and study the art of war during his martial arts training. Zhang Ren's tribe gains +20% resilience.

Basic Gun Skills: Level 5 (100/100): During the time Zhang Ren was apprenticing to Tong Yuan, he had trained his gun skills to the highest level. When using a gun, his attack power increases by 300%.

Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Lv4 (64/100): The spear technique taught by Tong Yuan, which abandons complexity and keeps it simple, mainly uses seven major moves: intercept, advance, block, entangle, grab, pick and cut. It excels in swiftness and precise strength coordination, and has evolved three killer moves: Phoenix Three Nods, All in One Go, and Phoenix Nirvana. When using Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, the attack power is +200%, and the three killer moves can obtain double, triple and quadruple characteristic bonuses respectively.

Dual Soul Splitting Sky Spear Technique lv5 (100/100): Dual spear technique taught by Tong Yuan. Use both hands to attack from all directions. It is flexible and changeable. When using Dual Soul Splitting Sky Spear Technique, +1000% attack power. 】

[Mount: Spotted Leopard, the bloodline of the ancient mythical beast Silver Spotted Leopard, inherited the speed and endurance of the mythical beast. ]

[Mount effect: +100% attack power, +100% physical strength. ]

After reading the contents of Zhang Ren's panel, Gu Rubing couldn't help but feel a little confused. Among Zhang Ren's five characteristics, only the rare bravery characteristic could be regarded as providing some characteristic bonuses to his troops. The others, such as spear heart, and wisdom and courage, all had other requirements.

These are all acceptable because Zhang Ren’s other characteristics can provide him with a large number of characteristic bonuses. Such a large number of characteristic bonuses can be said to be comparable to the bonuses of some top generals.

It can be seen that Zhang Ren is not a military general who can command a large army, but a special soldier who can be used on the battlefield.

None of these are important. The most important thing is why Zhang Ren, who is already a famous general, still doesn't have the command skill? Command skills are generally stronger than general characteristics, but Zhang Ren doesn't have it. This puzzled Gu Rubing a lot. After thinking for a long time, he still didn't know what the specific problem was, but it didn't matter anymore.

They couldn't take care of all this now, as they were still facing a situation of being attacked from both sides, and Sun Jian should have arrived near the battlefield. The military towns and county towns in several counties in the southern part of Jingzhou should have been captured by Shi Xie's men.

In other words, they are about to face attacks from four major forces: Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Liu Zhang and Shi Xie. These four major forces, except for the forces under Gu Rubing, are now facing attacks from the entire world, which is a very life-threatening matter.

Of course, they are not without support. The armies heading from Jiangxia County to Yangzhou are all moving towards Nan County.

In addition, on the way back to Qingzhou with Zhao Yun, the Baima Yicong met the Younu Xiaowei who knew the intelligence and was also on his way here with Zhao Yun.

It can be said that all the forces in the world will gather here in the county seat of Nanjun to fight for Jingzhou.

By the time Gu Rubing brought Zhang Ren and more than 3,000 of his men back to Nanjun, the Baima Yicong had already arrived here with Zhao Yun.

When Gu Rubing saw Zhao Yun, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, because Zhao Yun's whole body was covered with wounds. The scars left after the wounds healed would probably be difficult to remove even with the ointment made by Hua Tuo.

Moreover, his injuries were even more serious than Ma Chao's, and he was almost on the verge of death.

Hua Tuo had just come out of Ma Chao's room and hurried to Zhao Yun's room to continue treating Zhao Yun.

Afterwards, Hua Tuo went back and forth in the rooms of Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Zhang He. He did not rest for almost the entire day and did not even have time to eat. When it was getting dark, Hua Tuo walked out of Zhao Yun's room and bowed to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, General Zhang's injuries are relatively minor. I have already applied medicine and stitched him up. He will be back to normal soon. General Ma's injuries are more serious. Most of them are internal injuries caused by external force. He has taken medicine and his external injuries have been stitched up. But General Zhao's injuries are too serious. He has both internal and external injuries, especially internal injuries. All his internal organs are injured."

"Maybe treatment?"

Gu Rubing asked anxiously.

Hua Tuo shook his head slightly.

"For this kind of injury, only the heavenly medicine that can bring back the dead and whiten bones can be used as a guide, supplemented with countless precious medicinal materials, to save his life. We don't have this kind of herb, but for some reason, General Zhao's internal organs are healing at a slow speed. Although the speed is very slow, it can be felt. When he was sent to you, his pulse was about to stop, and it was already a dead pulse. But just now, when I felt his pulse, I found that General Zhao's pulse actually showed signs of recovery. The rest needs to be observed."

"Thank you for your hard work, doctor. You haven't eaten or rested for a whole day. I have asked someone to prepare the food. It is in the doctor's room."

Gu Rubing clasped his fists towards Hua Tuo and said, Hua Tuo bowed again and almost knelt down.

"Thank you for your concern, my lord. I will take my leave now."

After Hua Tuo bowed again, he left the villa. Gu Rubing stood in place, his eyes fixed on Zhao Yun's door. He knew what Hua Tuo had just said, that Zhao Yun's internal organs were slowly healing. In other words, he also knew that Zhao Yun had single-handedly held off those people outside the city at that time.

All this is because of the characteristics Zhao Yun acquired after he was promoted to a famous general. This characteristic is very special, so special that Gu Rubing has only seen one like this, and there are no other similar ones. The name of this characteristic is: Death Soldier.

As for the features, they are also easy to understand, with only a few short sentences.

When Zhao Yun is on the verge of death, all his wounds will heal and all his combat power will be restored within one hour. After one hour, he will return to the near-death state.

This feature can simply be described as a magical skill. Combined with Zhao Yun's Desperate Situation Dragon's Fury feature, one can imagine how terrifying Zhao Yun is when he triggers the bonus of the Desperate Situation Dragon's Fury feature in his prime state.

However, this skill has a very terrible drawback, which is that each time it is used, the upper limit of the general will be reduced by one level.

That is to say, when Guan Yu and his entourage are already 100/100 legendary generals, Zhao Yun can only be 90/90 at best. The last level is the price paid for the dead soldier characteristic. So although Zhao Yun's injuries are the most serious, as long as he is not dead, he will gradually recover. As for the wounds on his body, as long as he is not dead, a few more scars will not matter.

Gu Rubing did not stay any longer and walked back to his room alone.

After entering the room, Gu Rubing had just taken off his outer clothes and had not yet had time to lie down when the door was knocked again and Zhuge Liang's voice rang out.

"My lord, do you have enough energy today? I have something to report to you."

"Yes, Prime Minister, please come in."

Gu Rubing stood up, put on a tiger-skin cloak, and let Zhuge Liang push the door in.

"I apologize for disturbing you so late at night, but this matter is of great importance, and I am afraid it would be inappropriate not to report it to you."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Hearing Zhuge Liang say this, Gu Rubing became interested. The matter that could make Zhuge Liang so serious must be a major event that could affect the outcome of the war, otherwise Zhuge Liang would not have to tell him in person at this time.

"My lord, do you still remember that when you traveled north to Liangzhou last time, I asked Zilong to bring you a piece of parchment?"

Gu Rubing recalled in his mind and then he remembered that when he went to Liangzhou to help Ma Chao rescue and subdue Ma Chao, Zhuge Liang asked Zhao Yun to bring him a piece of parchment. On the parchment, there were formations that Zhuge Liang had collected from various places, such as the Long Snake Formation, the Double Dragons Emerging from Water Formation, etc., all of which were first-class formations on the battlefield.

At that time, Gu Rubing was very excited and was ready to let his subordinates start training. However, since then, Gu Rubing got busy and forgot about this matter. Now that Zhuge Liang brought it up, if it weren't for Gu Rubing's good memory, he probably wouldn't have remembered it.

"Of course I remember. There are dozens of formations recorded on it, but I have forgotten about it since then."

Gu Rubing scratched his head embarrassedly. Although he was surprisingly thick-skinned, he felt a little ashamed at this moment. Ever since Zhuge Liang came under his command, he began to slack off.

Facts have proved that having such an omnipotent and loyal second-in-command is not necessarily a good thing, because it is too easy, so easy that Gu Rubing has become a hands-off boss, because he subconsciously feels that as long as Zhuge Liang is there, he can ignore everything. Although this situation is comfortable, it is obviously not good. If it continues for a long time, it will probably go downhill.

Fortunately, it’s not too late now.

"Yes, the difference in combat power between the enemy and us in this battle is too great. Only a battle formation can make up for the difference in combat power between us. Maybe, it can even allow us to gain the upper hand."

"Oh? Are you serious about this?"

Gu Rubing also knew the power of the battle formation, but he did not expect that even such a huge gap could be made up by the battle formation?

In fact, Gu Rubing and Zhuge Liang are now preparing for a rainy day. They both know that in the battle between the two sides, the dangerous ones are not the chips that are on the surface, but the chips hidden in the dark and have not yet been taken out, which are the most deadly.

Now the apparent combat power of both sides is not that different. What is big is the number of people, not the combat power. In fact, in terms of apparent combat power, Gu Rubing and his men may even be slightly inferior.

But if someone said that Cao Cao and Sun Jian had no hidden cards or other backup plans, Gu Rubing would never believe it, so they were now preparing for these hidden cards.

"Of course, if the battle formation is coordinated to the extreme, it is not impossible for one soldier to defeat ten. Of course, this is only the most ideal state. As long as we train to a state of close coordination, we can double the combat power."

"so smart?"

Gu Rubing was really a little surprised. If he had known that the battle formation would have such an effect, he would have asked his subordinates to practice it long ago and would not have wasted so much time.

While I was excited, a bucket of cold water was poured on me.

"Prime Minister, I'm afraid we don't have much time. They haven't trained yet how to coordinate their battle formations. I'm afraid it will be too late in such a short time."

"It's still in time. My lord, please trust my words. I request to serve as the military advisor for this battle. I hope my lord will agree."

"allow!"

Gu Rubing waved his hand and said, "In this situation, how could he not believe it?"

The moment Gu Rubing agreed, Zhuge Liang's panel changed. Gu Rubing felt something and opened Zhuge Liang's attribute panel for some reason.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang's attribute panel has been fully updated. Only then did Gu Rubing realize that he had forgotten something very important!

Like a fish in water!

When Zhuge Liang's identity can be switched between military advisor and prime minister, the attribute panel will also change. After Gu Rubing was named King Lie, he appointed Zhuge Liang as prime minister. Since then, Zhuge Liang's attribute panel has been mainly based on political characteristics.

Now that Zhuge Liang has requested to be the military advisor for the three armies, his attribute panel has also changed, from focusing on political affairs to focusing on military affairs.

Gu Rubing's eyes moved downwards and came to Zhuge Liang's latest characteristic. The moment he saw this characteristic, Gu Rubing knew why Zhuge Liang had to come here, why he asked Gu Rubing to become a military advisor, and confidently promised Gu Rubing that he could train the soldiers to be able to form a battle formation in a short period of time.

At this moment, Gu Rubing only felt that he was lucky to know history and had Zhuge Liang under his command. If such a genius was his enemy, Gu Rubing didn't even dare to think about it any further.

"The rest of the training will be handed over to the Prime Minister."

Gu Rubing stood up and bowed to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang also bowed in return.

The master and his servant are more like close friends.

(End of this chapter)