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Chapter 607: Battle of Ba County
Walking out of the room, Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang beside him.

"Prime Minister, what do you think about this matter?"

"My lord, we must first find out who Cao Cao replaced. This person is very dangerous to us."

When Gu Rubing heard this, he remembered that he seemed to have arranged a group of spies to re-enter Yizhou. Judging from the other party's reaction, he was afraid that the new batch would not survive.

"Notify Yizhou immediately and withdraw our people."

Zhuge Liang nodded, turned and left.

Gu Rubing returned to his room and just sat down when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

As soon as the voice fell, Sun Shangxiang walked in.

"Why are you here? Did you run away?"

Sun Shangxiang looked at Gu Rubing, hesitated for a long time, and without saying a word, turned around and ran away.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Gu Rubing was suddenly bewildered.

Zhao Yun, who was guarding the door, seemed to understand a little bit, but he was tactful and didn't say anything.

Early the next morning.

Gu Rubing was awakened by the sound of Zhuge Liang banging on the door.

He stood up dazedly and opened the door.

Zhao Yun was watching on the side. If anyone dared to disturb Gu Rubing's sleep, Zhao Yun would kick them. But the other person was Zhuge Liang, so Zhao Yun could only look at him with an embarrassed look. He wanted to stop him, but he didn't dare to.

"What's wrong, Prime Minister?"

"My lord, it's bad. All the spies who entered Yizhou have died again, and many of the bodies of the spies have been hung on the city walls."

"what?"

Gu Rubing knew that the other party was declaring war on him.

"If that's the case, then we can only use them. They're not our people."

Not long after, a man came to Gu Rubing.

"Changqi, I called you here this time because it's your Wei family's turn to take action."

Wei Yi nodded. He had heard everything and guessed what Gu Rubing wanted him to do.

"Please rest assured, King Lie. No one knows about our alliance with you yet. I can enter Yizhou in the name of Sun Jian. As long as we find out who Cao Cao replaced, we will inform you in time."

Watching Wei Yi leave, some anger appeared in Gu Rubing's eyes.

It is common for both sides to send spies to each other when going to war. It would be fine if they caught them and killed them, but they actually hung them on the city walls. This is a humiliation to both themselves and the spies.

"Cao Cao, do you really think that I can't lift a knife?"

Gu Rubing directly ordered Pang De and Zhang Liao to lead the Taishan Tiger Bandits and Iron Pagoda to move towards Yizhou.

Gu Rubing did not have any intention of hiding the transfer this time. It was an open and aboveboard transfer, and it was all seen by Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

After Sun Jian occupied Jiaozhou, he was very busy. When he saw Gu Rubing mobilizing troops, he was a little worried. But when he saw that the troops were aimed at Cao Cao, he calmed down instantly.

Cao Cao sent the Xiahou brothers and Xu Huang to Ba County to start the defense.

After transferring the front line to Ba County, Gu Rubing also decided to go to Ba County in person.

However, as soon as Gu Rubing arrived in Ba County, he saw Wei Yi coming to the military camp.

"King Lie, we have news."

"what news?"

"My Lord, the person Cao Cao arranged is named Liu Ye. I heard he has some relationship with you?"

"Liu Ye? I didn't expect it to be him!"

Gu Rubing remembered that this man named Liu Ye, once known as the Dragon's Head, also possessed the ability of a military strategist. However, he did not expect that Cao Cao would actually use such a person to organize his own spies.

"Where is this Liu Ye? I want to see him."

"King Lie, I'm afraid that won't work. Cao Cao has arranged for Cao Zhang to protect Liu Ye all day, so we have no way of getting close to him."

"Well, no matter what, I still have to thank Chang Qi for his help. If your Wei family needs any help from me, you can tell me directly, and I will definitely help you with all my strength."

"King Lie, you're welcome. If I need anything, I will definitely tell you. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

After Wei Yi left, Gu Rubing immediately found Zhuge Liang.

"My lord, have you found out who the other party is?"

"We found out that the person was Liu Ye, and he was under the personal protection of Cao Zhang. We had no way of getting close to him. And I still don't know how he found out who our spies were."

Zhuge Liang didn't quite understand at this time.

If it is said that this person killed all the people in the salt shop, there would be no problem with that, because everyone knows that Gu Rubing is in charge of selling salt, but many of his spies are not there to sell salt, and many of them are hiding in the army, but they can still be found by the other party. It can be seen that the other party has his own method of finding spies, and it is very practical.

"My lord, no matter what, we must take down Ba County and give Cao Cao a warning first. Then we can discuss the rest. After all, our food and grass cannot last for too long."

Gu Rubing nodded, then took a look at the map.

Now the troops of both sides are stationed in Fuling. The total number of troops of both sides is almost 200,000. If they attack the city, it will be a long battle. The only way now is to cut off their food supply, so as to force Cao Cao's men to evacuate Ba County as quickly as possible.

Due to the lack of accurate intelligence, he had no idea where the food and grass in Ba County were stored.

After thinking for a long time, Gu Rubing decided to take a risky move.

Then he ordered Zhang Liao to take five hundred Iron Pagodas and go directly into Ba County, waiting quietly.

He then ordered Pang De and Zhang He, whom he brought with him, to launch a fierce attack on the city of Fuling.

Under the command of Pang De, 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits launched a fierce attack on the East Gate.

Gu Rubing looked at Deng Ai standing beside him and suddenly felt helpless.

During this period of time, he launched fewer and fewer major wars, which also slowed down Deng Ai's upgrading speed. Up to now, he was just a quasi-famous general.

"Deng Ai, you should also join the siege, and be careful."

"Yes."

Deng Ai no longer wanted to stay with Gu Rubing.

Following Gu Rubing is indeed much safer than going to the battlefield, but there is no such excitement as on the battlefield.

After Pang De learned that Deng Ai had arrived, he directly added Deng Ai to the Taishan Tiger Bandits and began to attack the city.

Deng Ai took the lead and rushed towards the city wall first.

A captain of a thousand men on the city wall was a first-rate general. When he saw Deng Ai coming up, he stabbed Deng Ai with the spear in his hand.

Deng Ai instantly dodged the attack by turning sideways, reached out to grab the spear, and threw him and the spear directly to the foot of the city.

Then Deng Ai jumped directly onto the city wall.

Along with Deng Ai, a group of Taishan tiger bandits also climbed up the city wall.

Xiahou Dun, who was guarding the city, saw Deng Ai coming up and immediately rushed towards Deng Ai.

Deng Ai did not retreat either, but rushed towards Xiahou Dun.

The two men collided with each other, and sparks flew from the weapons in their hands at that moment.

The sparks fell to the ground and touched the kerosene, and a circle of fire instantly surrounded the two of them. But after the two of them fought for more than a dozen rounds, Deng Ai gradually became exhausted.

Even the hand holding the black iron knife was trembling.

As a famous general, Xiahou Dun was naturally a very observant person. When he saw that Deng Ai was exhausted, he laughed loudly, swung the long sword in his hand, and launched a fatal attack directly at Deng Ai.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Xiahou old thief, I'm here to fight with you."

As the voice fell, Zhang He wielded the Five Tiger Soul-Breaking Spear and directly blocked Xiahou Dun's fatal sword.

Deng Ai took the opportunity to turn around quickly and leave the range of the fire circle.

After taking a few deep breaths, Deng Ai realized that cold sweat had appeared on his head.

At this time, the Taishan Tiger Bandits, who were originally on the verge of victory, were caught off guard by the reinforcements led by Xiahou Yuan. In desperation, Deng Ai could only lead his men to slowly evacuate the city wall.

In this battle, the Taishan tiger bandits lost more than 5,000 people.

And Xiahou Dun lost 10,000 men.

Gu Rubing looked at the battle report in his hand and did not slow down the offensive. Instead, he began to intensify it.

After the army rested for three hours, it began the second siege.

at the same time.

A grain transport team slowly set out from Linjiang City.

"I really don't know what the generals are thinking. The war has only just begun for one day, and they are asking us to transport food and fodder. When the army set out, didn't they have enough food and fodder for seven days?"

"What do you know, kid? I heard from the wounded soldiers who retreated from the front that the fighting was very fierce. There was a siege almost every three hours. I don't know what King Lie was thinking. Why did he fight so fiercely right from the start? The amount of food and fodder used was twice that of normal wartime, so naturally there was not enough food and fodder."

Just as the two centurions were talking, the captain leading the team turned around and glared at them.

The two of them immediately shut up after hearing that.

The centurion waved his hand, causing everyone to stop and look around carefully.

"Tou, what's wrong?"

“Something’s not right around here.”

"Hmm? No?"

“It’s too quiet around here.”

As soon as the thousand-man commander's words came out, the two hundred centurions also reacted.

Yes, it's too quiet around here. It's autumn now, and there should be a lot of birds singing around, but it's indeed too quiet here.

"Boss, how about we..."

Before a centurion could finish his words, an arrow pierced his head.

The centurion reacted instantly and immediately shouted: "Enemy attack!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the centurion suddenly felt a strong wind coming from his side.

He drew his knife and swung it forward.

There was a crisp "ding" sound.

A feather arrow fell to the ground.

There was actually a gap in the sword in the centurion's hand, which shows how powerful the archer was.

Then, shouting was heard all around.

"Zhang Liao is here. If you surrender, you will not be killed."

As soon as the voice came out, before anyone could react, Zhang Liao rushed out with the Iron Pagoda and started a one-sided massacre.

That's right, it was a one-sided massacre. In front of the Iron Pagoda, even ordinary soldiers were no match for them, let alone some grain soldiers who were just responsible for rhyming.

Soon, hundreds of soldiers and grain carriers were wiped out by the Iron Pagoda, leaving only the leading captain.

Two Iron Buddha men brought the captain to Zhang Liao.

"You guys have some backbone. You dare to resist us Iron Buddha instead of surrendering."

Upon hearing this, the captain couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was not that he wanted to resist. It was just that Zhang Liao had already rushed in front of him when he finished speaking. Who had time to react? Even if he was asked to surrender, shouldn't he give him some time to think about it?

Although he thought so in his heart, the captain did not dare to say it out loud, after all, Zhang Liao was praising him.

"General, it's not impossible for me to surrender, but you have to spare my brothers."

"Your brothers?"

Zhang Liao looked around in confusion.

There are no living people left. They are all dead.

"Okay, tell me, where did you come from, how much food and supplies do you have, and how many people are left?"

"Linjiang City, and..."

Before the centurion could finish his words, an arrow shot out from the darkness and pierced his heart directly.

The centurion opened his mouth, but only blood foam flew out of it and not a single word could be heard.

"who?"

Zhang Liao immediately looked into the darkness.

But no one came out.

Zhang Liao immediately ordered two Iron Pagodas to go into the darkness to search.

In the end, the two men only brought back the body of a man in black.

Judging from the marks on the body, this person committed suicide by taking poison. In other words, after killing the centurion who was about to sell out the information, this person committed suicide by taking poison. It is obvious that he was a suicide soldier.

Although Zhang Liao did not get the exact information, one thing was very clear to him: the other party came from Linjiang City.

Then he took everyone and rushed to Linjiang City as quickly as possible.

When he arrived at the city gate, Zhang Liao found that the city was on fire and there were many figures running back and forth on the city wall.

Obviously they were prepared and had started defending the city.

Although Zhang Liao had elite troops, he only had 500 men, so it would be impossible for him to attack the city.

But Cao Cao's intelligence ability still surprised him. Even Gu Rubing did not have such a fast intelligence speed.

In desperation, Zhang Liao could only guard outside the city.

Xiahou Dun fought for a day and a night, but the food and fodder were not delivered yet. In desperation, he had to send people to urge them.

When Zhang Liao saw the people coming to urge them, he did not stop them and let them enter the city.

The one guarding the city was Yu Jin.

After learning that the front line was short of food, he looked towards the outside of the city with some concern. He knew in his heart that Zhang Liao was watching there secretly. Once he sent food out, he would be stopped by Zhang Liao. But if he didn't send food, the front line would have nothing to eat. If the front line lost because of lack of food, he would lose his head.

But now there is not enough time for him to ask Cao Cao for reinforcements.

In desperation, Yu Jin could only have his soldiers disguised as a merchant caravan, divided into more than a dozen small teams, and sneaked out of the city in an attempt to confuse Zhang Liao.

However, no one expected that Zhang Liao would not care. He arrested and searched everyone who came out of the city. As long as he found food, he would eat whatever was edible and throw anything that could not be eaten into the fire.

(End of this chapter)