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"kill!"

The melee between the two sides officially began. Due to the number of people, Zhang Liao had no way to use the death fight skill. However, the overall strength of the Iron Pagoda was much higher than that of the grain transport team. This was a one-sided massacre by the Iron Pagoda.

Zhang Liao rushed forward and fought with Le Jin.

After only four rounds, Le Jin could no longer hold on. The knuckles of his hands were cracked and even the hands holding the weapons were shaking.

In contrast, Zhang Liao was very relaxed and did not react at all.

After one fight, Le Jin took the opportunity to step back a few steps. Looking at the one-sided situation on the battlefield, Le Jin knew that he would not be able to hold on.

Le Jin simply gave up and ran away.

Zhang Liao immediately chased after him.

Seeing Zhang Liao getting closer and closer, Le Jin closed his eyes helplessly, for he knew clearly what his fate would be.

However, just as Zhang Liao's sword was about to approach Le Jin, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Zhang Liao, how dare you!"

As the voice fell, Zhang Liao felt a strong wind coming from behind him.

Zhang Liao immediately stopped what he was doing and swung his sword behind him.

A feather arrow was cut into two pieces by Zhang Liao.

Seeing this, Le Jin turned and ran.

Then Zhang Liao saw Xiahou Yuan walking towards him from a distance, with five hundred men behind him.

And these five hundred people are all tomb raiders.

The two special forces fought against each other, with shouts of killing filling the sky. Xiahou Yuan slowly walked towards Zhang Liao, and no one stepped forward to stop him.

Zhang Liao waved the knife in his hand and walked towards Xiahou Yuan.

Neither side said a word, and when they reached a certain distance, both sides accelerated at the same time.

The two knives chopped together, sparks flew, and then the two men quickly separated.

The yellow dragon hook sickle, carrying the wind, chopped towards Xiahou Yuan again.

Xiahou Yuan blocked it immediately, but this time he underestimated Zhang Liao. At the moment when the two sides came into contact, Xiahou Yuan felt a huge force and almost threw the knife in his hand away.

After stabilizing his body, Xiahou Yuan swung his sword at Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao blocked the attack with his sword, and his arms were bent by Xiahou Yuan's strength.

The two of them fought each other with their swords, completely ignoring the existence of swordsmanship and simply competing in strength.

Although the Mojin Captains were also a special type of soldier, they still had a bit of difficulty facing the heavy cavalry like the Iron Buddha. In just one hour, more than half of the Mojin Captains were lost, while the Iron Buddha lost only more than a hundred people.

Xiahou Yuan was already blood-thirsty at this time. In the fight with Zhang Liao, he felt a lot of suppression. Although he did not lose completely, every attack made him feel powerless.

At this moment, a centurion of the tomb-raiding lieutenant shouted at Xiahou Yuan.

"General, withdraw!"

This sentence woke up Xiahou Yuan.

Only then did he realize that the tomb-raiding captain only had a hundred men left, and if the fight continued they would probably be wiped out.

"Zhang Liao, just wait for me. I will not let this matter go."

After Xiahou Yuan finished speaking, he turned and left.

As for the 100,000 shi of grain and grass, he set a huge fire.

Since he couldn't get it, he couldn't let Gu Rubing get it either.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Liao immediately chased after him.

However, just when Zhang Liao was about to catch up with Xiahou Yuan, he suddenly saw Xiahou Yuan looking back, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, aiming at him.

Zhang Liao stopped immediately.

A feather arrow flew towards him and Zhang Liao swung his sword to cut it off.

When I wanted to catch up, it was already too late.

Looking at the burning food and grass, a centurion came to Zhang Liao.

"General, what should we do now?"

"Withdraw!"

In desperation, Zhang Liao had no choice but to retreat.

After Cao Cao learned that it was Gu Rubing who caused the trouble, he immediately dispatched additional troops to ensure the safety of the grain route.

But this caused Cao Cao to lose 200,000 shi of grain, and even Cao Cao could not hold on.

I can only discuss with Sun Jian and give less.

However, Sun Jian disagreed. After all, this was their life-saving food.

In desperation, Cao Cao could only grit his teeth and collect food.

As grain and grass slowly entered Jiaozhou, Sun Jian took over and began transporting them to Yangzhou.

With Cao Cao's reminder, Sun Jian became alert.

Gan Ning was assigned to escort the grain.

Gan Ning had just left Jiaozhou with food and fodder when Wei Yan's voice came from not far away.

"General Gan Ning, my master has asked me to wait here for a long time."

As the voice fell, countless rockets fell from the sky. Gan Ning tried his best to resist, but he was ultimately unable to withstand the huge number.

In the end, all 100,000 stones of grain and grass turned into a huge fire.

Seeing the current state of the food and grass he was escorting, Gan Ning's eyes turned red. He looked at Wei Yan not far away and rushed over directly.

However, Wei Yan had no intention of fighting with Gan Ning, so he turned around and ran away with his men.

Only then did Gan Ning realize that Wei Yan was leading two special types of troops, the Baiyu Light Cavalry and the Baima Yicong, while he had only a few thousand people under his command. Even if the two sides fought, he would not be able to gain any advantage. He could only watch Wei Yan and everyone leave leisurely.

Sun Jian looked at Gan Ning who was burned black by the fire and slapped the table in anger.

After scolding Gan Ning loudly, he finally calmed down a little.

He knew clearly that Gu Rubing's target was food and supplies, and under such circumstances, no one could stop Gu Rubing.

Sun Jian could only tell Cao Cao about his loss.

Cao Cao had no way to deal with this, and now he had something even more troublesome.

Because Xiahou Yuan came back to protect the grain route, there was only one Xiahou Dun in Ba County.

Gu Rubing directly ordered Pang De in Nanjun to launch an offensive against Bajun.

Except for Xiahou Dun, the guards of Ba County were all ordinary soldiers.

Under the fierce attack of the Taishan tiger bandits, the entire Ba County was in Gu Rubing's hands in just one day.

In the end, Cao Cao could only strengthen defenses on the border.

Originally, Cao Cao thought that Gu Rubing suddenly attacked him because he had some ideas of his own, but soon a piece of news reached him through his spies.

The news turned out to be a conversation between Gu Rubing and Sun Jian.

It clearly stated the content of the conversation between Gu Rubing and Sun Jian, in which Sun Jian told Gu Rubing that his defense of Ba County was rather lax.

Because the information was passed on by his own people, Cao Cao did not need to doubt the authenticity of these things. Seeing Cao Cao's excitement, Xun Yu stepped forward and saw the information on the intelligence. After thinking for a while, he took the information from Cao Cao and threw it into the brazier beside him.

Seeing this, Cao Cao did not get angry, but looked at Xun Yu in confusion.

"My Lord, you don't know this information. You and Sun Jian are still allies, very good allies."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao frowned.

Sun Jian is plotting against me in this way, and I still have to provide him with food and territory. Isn't he taking advantage of me?
"Wen Ruo, how come..."

"My lord, don't be affected by these things. The meeting between Liu Bei and Sun Jian was kept absolutely confidential. How could anyone know what they talked about? It seems that Liu Bei deliberately let someone leak the news. We should just pretend that we don't know. Otherwise, wouldn't we have fallen into a trap?"

Seeing that Cao Cao was still a little unhappy, Xun Yu continued, "My lord, remember, if one is alone, the other will be alone!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Cao Cao understood instantly, sighed, and waved his hand.

Gu Rubing did not expect that even though he had caused so much trouble, these two people did not care at all and did nothing. They continued to transport food and grass, and Cao Cao had no intention of causing trouble for Sun Jian.

This made Gu Rubing feel like he was punching cotton.

"These two people are really able to keep their composure!"

Zhuge Liang, who was standing aside, looked at Gu Rubing who was complaining and smiled helplessly. Such reactions of the two were completely within his expectations, but Zhuge Liang did not stop them.

"My lord, the two of them have been able to hold on until now. The situation is very clear. No one can take the initiative to attack the other. Besides, we are not at a disadvantage now. After all, we have occupied a county in Yizhou, right?"

When Gu Rubing heard this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It did occupy an area of ​​Ba County, but what’s the use?

Shu Road is difficult, and it is difficult to ascend to the sky.

Gu Rubing remembered this poem very clearly. For Yizhou, with such a complex terrain, the loss of a county town had no impact at all.

Others are cities that are easy to defend but difficult to attack, but Yizhou is the entire state, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Seeing that Gu Rubing was in a difficult situation, Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and kept thinking in his mind.

Finally, Zhuge Liang came up with an idea.

And he told Gu Rubing his thoughts.

When Gu Rubing heard this, his eyes lit up and he slapped his thigh.

“Prime Minister, once you use this trick, I don’t believe that the alliance between these two guys can still be as strong as an iron barrel.”

Soon, a piece of news came out from Gu Rubing.

Sun Jian gave Sun Shangxiang to Gu Rubing with the intention of letting Gu Rubing take action against Ba County.

When this news came out, the first person who couldn't stand it was not Cao Cao or Sun Jian, but Cao Zhang.

No matter what, Sun Shangxiang is his own person. Now that such words have been spread, how can Cao Zhang tolerate it?

Soon, Cao Zhang, regardless of others' obstruction, rushed towards Gu Rubing's defense line with his Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

Gu Rubing stood on the city wall, looking at the scene in front of him, feeling very proud.

Although it is somewhat shameful to use Sun Shangxiang as an excuse, this is a war. As long as one can achieve one's goal and as long as what one does is not a beastly behavior, everything can be understood. Besides, this is just an excuse. Gu Rubing has no feelings for Sun Shangxiang at all.

"Isn't this my nephew Cao Xian under the city? What are you doing? Are you planning to go to war with me?"

"Liu Bei, hand over Sun Shangxiang to me!"

"Hand over Sun Shangxiang? Why? Just because you're engaged? What does that have to do with me? She's my hostage."

"You fart!"

Cao Zhang was about to start scolding Gu Rubing.

But he was stopped by Dian Wei and Xu Chu who dared to come over.

"Sir, the lord said that we should not be impulsive, and marriage is the most important thing."

"Get out of here! My wife is in someone else's hands now, and you still want me to marry her? How can I marry her?"

Dian Wei was not angry when he was scolded. After all, the one who scolded him was Cao Zhang, Cao Cao's son. Besides, he also understood Cao Zhang's current mood.

"Sir, the lord told you to calm down."

"Yes, sir. We have known about Sun Shangxiang being in Liu Bei's hands for a while now. Didn't we agree to leave it alone for now and let Sun Jian solve the problem himself?"

"Does Sun Jian intend to solve the problem? Does he think we are fools?"

These words were heard by Zhou Yu who came rushing over. Zhou Yu's face was now terribly gloomy.

"Master Cao, what do you mean by that? My lord is also trying his best to mediate this matter. Do you want us in Yangzhou to snatch people directly from Liu Bei? If it weren't for the fact that your Yizhou army was in alliance with us on the surface but actually did not contribute, how could we be in the current situation?"

"What did you say?"

"Zhou Gongjin, what do you mean by this?"

"What do you mean? Do we need to explain it clearly? Since the truce, our Yangzhou army has lost more than 100,000 people, and what about your Yizhou army? The total number of casualties is only more than 50,000, right? Is such a loss reasonable?"

"That's your Yangzhou Army trash."

"Can you say one more thing?"

"I said what's wrong?"

Gu Rubing looked down at the city and saw the two groups arguing more and more fiercely. He sat on the city wall with a roasted leg of lamb, eating while watching.

From time to time, Gu Rubing nodded in cooperation.

Just when the two sides were getting more and more excited and ready to fight.

A voice suddenly sounded.

"What are you doing?"

After the voice fell, everyone present fell silent.

Sun Jian came out with Sun Ce and others.

When everyone saw Sun Ce coming out, they stopped talking, but they all felt a little dissatisfied in their hearts.

Looking at the scene before him, Sun Jian knew that it would be extremely difficult for him to maintain his alliance with Cao Cao.

Even Sun Jian has seen his future, where he will fight Cao Cao, with Gu Rubing peeking from the side.

"Sun Zhou Mu, you need to give Yizhou an explanation for this matter. You said at the beginning that you could solve the problem of Sun Shangxiang!"

Listening to Cao Zhang's words, Sun Jian walked directly to the front and looked at Gu Rubing on the city wall.

"King Lie, isn't your method a bit excessive?"

"Oh? What's so excessive? I feel fine?"

"You are the great King Lie, but you have to resort to such despicable means. You are also a disgrace to your reputation for benevolence. I hope that King Lie will hand over my daughter."

"Who do you think you are? I will give it to you if you ask me to? I heard that Cao Cao gave you a lot of gifts. How about this, you give me everything Cao Cao gave you, and I will give you Sun Shangxiang, of course, including the entire Jiaozhou."

Hearing this, Sun Jian turned to look at Cao Zhang beside him.

"My dear nephew, you have seen the current situation. Why don't you try to persuade Liu Bei to give in? Or can you tell Cao Cao to prepare another copy of the things he gave me?"

A hundred thousand troops and half a year's supply of food and grass had already damaged Cao Cao's bones. Cao Zhang was also aware of this. How could Cao Cao still have the ability to prepare another one? Moreover, there was only one Jiaozhou. How could he explain it to Sun Jian if he gave it to Gu Rubing? This would also destroy the alliance between the two sides.

Cao Zhang looked at Gu Rubing on the city wall unwillingly, and finally chose to leave in silence.

"Prime Minister, we have made enough noise here, let the Anluo Empire take action." (End of this chapter)