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Chapter 596: Pang De suffers a loss
Cao Cao snorted coldly.

How could I not know what kind of person you, Sun Jian, are?

"I don't care. I'll only give you half a month. After half a month, I want to see Sun Shangxiang."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian could only nod repeatedly.

Cao Cao snorted coldly and handed a battle report to Sun Jian.

"The people from the Anluo Empire have already reached my doorstep. You have a share in the Anluo Empire anyway. What do you think we should do?"

After hearing this, Sun Jian finally realized that Sun Shangxiang's matter was not important. Cao Cao's purpose in coming here was for the Anluo Empire.

Opening the battle report, Sun Jian took a quick look at it.

He didn't expect that Yizhou, which was known to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, actually lost an entire county in such a short time.

Of course, the contribution of the Taishan Tiger Bandits led by Pang De was definitely part of it, but those ten famous generals also made Sun Jian worried.

"Now that the Anluo Empire has entered the battlefield of the Han Dynasty, we can no longer use the previous idea of ​​​​winning over them. I feel that we need to take the initiative to teach the Anluo Empire a lesson so that they dare not get involved in our war in the Han Dynasty."

Of course, this was what Cao Cao meant, but this time he came to Sun Jian not just to ask Sun Jian for advice.

"That's what I meant, but you also know that we have suffered a lot of losses during this period, and the food and fodder I gave you really hurt me, so I need some of you to help us."

"Help you?"

Sun Jian finally figured out what Cao Cao wanted.

This is going to cost you your life.

I have been beaten like this now. If it weren't for the help of the Gu Clan, I would have died long ago. Now Cao Cao is not going to let me go?
"No one is needed."

"Sun Zhou Mu, this is not a good thing for you to do. I just need some help from you. Is it necessary for you to do this?"

"The troops I have now are not even enough for defense. How can anyone help you attack the Anluo Empire?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao slapped the table.

"Sun Jian, don't think I don't know that you have hidden 30,000 soldiers in Wujun. Aren't these 30,000 people human beings?"

Cao Cao looked at Sun Jian in front of him, with some anger in his eyes. It was obvious that Cao Cao was really angry this time.

When he heard about the 30,000 people, Sun Jian became a little angry. He didn't hide 30,000 people at the beginning, he had 100,000 people, but his son killed nearly 80,000 of them in one go. This was in the later stage, and some scattered soldiers came back, and he was able to barely gather 30,000 people.

This is his last bit of strength, and nothing he says can move him.

"No way! That's my last person."

Cao Cao did not expect Sun Jian to be so resolute. He rolled his eyes and said, "As long as you send someone, Jiaozhou will be given to you now."

When he heard the word Jiaozhou, Sun Jian's eyes lit up.

According to the agreement, Jiaozhou is Cao Cao's betrothal gift, but now it is unknown whether Sun Shangxiang can come back. Now that the food and grass have arrived with him, no matter what happens, he will not retreat. But if Sun Shangxiang does not come back, Jiaozhou will definitely not be in his hands anymore.

But now Cao Cao actually agreed to give Jiaozhou to him in advance.

After hesitating for a moment, Sun Jian immediately nodded in agreement, but he only provided support of 30,000 people. These 30,000 people were not transferred from Wujun, but were drawn from the front line.

Cao Cao got a satisfactory result, so he naturally left with a smile, and Sun Jian also felt that he had got the upper hand.

Both sides felt good, but Zhou Yu, who was on the front line, suffered a lot.

Upon learning that he had to send 30,000 troops to Yizhou to support Cao Cao, Zhou Yu's face instantly fell.

Gan Ning looked at the order in his hand and gritted his teeth. He didn't understand what Sun Jian was thinking.

Since 30,000 troops were withdrawn from the front line, what troops do they have left?

"Grand Commander, should we talk to the Lord? If another 30,000 are withdrawn, we won't be able to defend Jiaozhou."

Zhou Yu also wanted to, but considering the time now, Sun Jian might have almost reached Liu Bei by now. He couldn't go to Liu Bei to find Sun Jian, right?

"Hold on!"

In front of Gu Rubing stood a captain of roving crossbows.

"My lord, we have already found out. The assassin's name is Wang Wu. He is a member of a group trained by Sun Jian in his early years. But Wang Wu is not the leader of these assassins. In order to take Sun Shangxiang away this time, their leader called all the assassins Wang Wu knew. So now it is very likely that there are no more people of Sun Jian in the city."

"Where is the chief?"

Upon hearing this, the Captain of the Roving Crossbows looked awkwardly at Zhao Yun who was standing next to Gu Rubing.

"He was shot dead by General Zhao!"

Zhao Yun didn't expect that the person he killed with just one move was actually the leader.

Gu Rubing smiled helplessly.

"Okay, organize the information, one person at a time, it will be of great use to us."

After the captain of the roving crossbows left, Zhao Yun quickly came to Gu Rubing.

"My Lord, I was wrong. I didn't expect that the one who climbed over the wall would be the leader."

"Okay, Zilong, I don't blame you. Get ready, we're going to welcome Governor Sun!"

not long time.

Zhuge Liang came to Gu Rubing's side.

"My lord, Sun Jian is here."

"Well, Prime Minister, what are your plans regarding food and fodder?"

"My Lord, Liang is trying to find a solution. Give me something to do and I will be able to solve it!"

Gu Rubing has never been worried about Zhuge Liang's strength.

Soon, Sun Jian, led by Zhao Yun, came to the living room.

"King Lie, it's been a long time since we last met!"

"Yes, Sun Zhoumu, I wonder if Sun Zhoumu brought what I want this time?"

Sun Jian waved his hand and several wooden boxes were brought in.

"One hundred thousand gold, it's all here, King Lie, how about ordering some?"

"No need, Sun Zhoumu is doing the work, I am at ease, I will bring the person to you now."

Gu Rubing clapped his hands.

Soon after, several roaming crossbow captains came in carrying a man.

"Sun Zhoumu, can you see if this is the person?"

Sun Jian looked at Wang Wu in front of him and couldn't help but frowning.

The man in front of him no longer looked like Wang Wu. He had completely turned into a bloody man, and even his limbs seemed to be broken.

"King Lie, are you going a little too far?"

Sun Jian glared at Gu Rubing. Even if Wang Wu was still hanging on to his last breath, he would probably die soon in his hands. What was the point of spending his 100,000 gold in that case?

"Sun Zhou Mu, what do you mean by that? Why don't I understand? I promised to give you a person, and now the person is in front of you, and he is still breathing. He is indeed a living person. Why are you still accusing me of being too much? Aren't you hurting my feelings too much?"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he placed his hand on his heart, pretending to be heartbroken. Watching Gu Rubing's performance, thousands of divine beasts ran through Sun Jian's heart.

"King Lie, I am here this time for something concerning my daughter."

"see a visitor out!"

Before Sun Jian could finish speaking, Gu Rubing waved his hand.

Sun Jian wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhao Yun who came over.

"I'm sorry, Governor Sun, our master has said to send the guests away, so please leave, otherwise don't blame me for taking action."

Sun Jian left, carrying a dying body with him.

Gu Rubing's face was full of smiles.

Sun Jian did not return to Yangzhou, but went directly to the front-line military camp.

Zhou Yu stepped forward immediately upon seeing this.

"My Lord, you are here. Your previous order asked us to withdraw 30,000 men, but we..."

Zhou Yu wanted to say something but was stopped by Sun Jian.

"You do what I say. Cao Cao has promised us that as long as we help him take back Ba County, we can get Jiaozhou. Compared with Jiaozhou, there are only 30,000 people, which is completely irrelevant."

When Zhou Yu heard that it was related to Jiaozhou, he was full of objections and had no more excuses.

Soon, 30,000 people, led by Zhou Yu and Gan Ning, set out from Xiangke County, took a small road, and arrived outside Yufu City in Ba County.

At this time, the defense focus of the entire Ba County was still confronting the Yizhou army in Guanghan County.

Zhou Yu observed the battle situation and directly ordered Gan Ning to recapture Yufu City. Then the army did not stop and spread to Pingdu City, Yanguo City and other places.

In just three days, half of Ba County was under Zhou Yu's control.

However, these places were originally intended to be lost by Pound and his men.

There is no intention to defend.

Pang De mainly defended two places, one was Jiangzhou City and the other was Linjiang City.

These two cities are big cities in Ba County, and they are easy to defend and difficult to attack. At the same time, the two cities are located along some important transportation routes. As long as these two cities are defended, Ba County will not be considered lost.

For safety reasons, Pang De also placed all the people brought by Surena in Jiangzhou City, while he led the Taishan Tiger Bandits to guard Linjiang City.

The Yizhou army, led by Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and Xu Huang, launched a fierce attack on Jiangzhou City.

In just three hours, the casualties on Surena's side reached 20,000, while the casualties of the Yizhou army were only nearly 20,000.

The defending side should have had the advantage of geographical location, and the casualties could not have been the same ratio as those of the attackers, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Anluo Empire was too low. If it were not for the ten famous generals guarding the city, Jiangzhou City might have been lost in one day.

Compared with the situation of the Yizhou Army, the Yangzhou Army was obviously in more trouble.

With only 30,000 people, there was no way to attack the city. They could only delay Pang De and prevent him from sending reinforcements to Jiangzhou City.

In just two days, Pang De received a call for help from Jiangzhou City.

In two days and three battles, the Anluo Empire lost 60,000 people, while the Yizhou army lost less than 50,000.

Pang De sat in front of the desk and thought for a long time, but he couldn't understand why the battle to defend the city turned out like this?

"General, if we don't go to support them, Jiangzhou City will be lost."

A captain of a thousand men came up to Pang De, his voice was very urgent, because this was the second day since they received the call for help, and they didn't know what the current situation in Jiangzhou City was.

Pang De came to the city wall and looked at the 30,000 troops outside the city. Pang De made a decision.

"I will lead 20,000 Taishan tiger bandits to meet the enemy, Zang Ba, you will lead 20,000 Taishan tiger bandits to Jiangzhou City for support, and the remaining 10,000 will defend the city."

Zang Ba nodded immediately.

Soon, the gate of Linjiang City opened wide.

Pang De rushed out with 20,000 Taishan tiger bandits.

Seeing Pang De rushing out, Gan Ning hurriedly led the Yangzhou army and rushed out.

The moment the two sides fought, Gan Ning immediately summoned a shadow.

Eighteen shadows surrounded Pang De in an instant, and the Eight Golden Lock Sword Techniques kept changing in Pang De's hands.

Gan Ning watched from the side and finally found a loophole in Pang De's defense. He slashed directly at Pang De's arm with his ancient ingot knife.

Pang De felt the strong wind and dodged subconsciously.

Gan Ning's sword attack missed and was dodged by Pang De, but the only price Pang De paid was a cut on the abdomen by a shadow.

The wound on his palm was nothing to Pang De, but it also greatly suppressed Pang De's fighting power.

Pang De activates the military general characteristics, and both the brave and courageous character are activated at the same time.

The attack power instantly increased by 1700%. Pang De gathered all his strength into one sword, resisted the damage caused by the surrounding shadows, and slashed towards Gan Ning.

"Gan Ning, little boy, do you dare to take my sword?"

"Hey, let me see what you are capable of."

As soon as Gan Ning's ancient ingot knife touched Pang De's Eight Gates Golden Lock Knife, the powerful force caused his arm to go numb and the knife in his hand was almost dropped.

Gan Ning regrouped and swung his sword, ready to chop at Pang De.

As a result, after the knife strike, Pang De did not show any reluctance at all. He ran straight back to the city from Gan Ning's side.

No matter how hard Pang De rushed, he couldn't break out of the encirclement formed by eighteen shadows.

In comparison, Gan Ning's position actually became Pang De's best breakthrough point. It was because of this that Pang De went to find Gan Ning despite being seriously injured.

Gan Ning reacted and wanted to order a pursuit, but it was too late. Pang De had already run back into the city.

When the Taishan tiger bandits heard the call to retreat, they all slowly retreated back into the city.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu, who was commanding from the side, could only order his troops to return to the camp.

Gan Ning wanted to chase after him unwillingly, but was stopped by Zhou Yu.

"General, why are you stopping me? Give me a little more time and I can kill Pang De, or at least beat him so that he can no longer command the battle."

"Xingba, come back, don't you see how much our Yangzhou army has lost?"

After hearing this, Gan Ning turned his attention to the battlefield.

At this time, the ground was littered with corpses, but from the way their clothes were dressed, it could be seen that most of them were from the Yangzhou Army.

"This……"

"We lost nearly 15,000 people in this battle, and judging from the bodies on the ground, Pang De's Taishan Tiger Bandits lost less than 5,000. If you chase them, the Taishan Tiger Bandits still have the advantage of defending the city, and we don't have enough people to attack the city."

Gan Ning had not thought of this, but now was the best time to attack the city. If they waited until Pang De's injury recovered, the advantage they had just gained would soon disappear.

"What should we do? How about asking the Lord to send us some reinforcements? I only need 50,000 and I can take Linjiang City."

(End of this chapter)