Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

Looking at Zhang Liao's expression, Gu Rubing immediately stood up and walked to Zhang Liao's side.

"Wenyuan, you only have 500 men. It is extremely difficult to stop an army of 20,000 men. This incident is not your fault."

After hearing what Gu Rubing said, Zhang Liao slowly stood up.

"Wenyuan, I have to go to Yizhou. I'll leave the affairs here to you. You don't need to do much, just hold on to this place."

"Yes!"

Zhang Liao nodded.

After explaining the remaining matters to Zhang Liao, Gu Rubing took some soldiers and rushed to Zhuge Liang.

Now all the information is gathered on Zhuge Liang's side.

It was four days later when Gu Rubing arrived at the camp.

When Zhuge Liang saw Gu Rubing coming back, he immediately stepped forward.

"My lord, I have blocked Liu Zhang's offensive, but I don't have any extra troops to send to Yizhou. Can you spare some troops from your side?"

"Not for now. How about this, let Youzhou send some people here."

"This……"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment.

Among the battlefields now, the only place that can mobilize some troops is Youzhou. Zhuge Liang is of course aware of this, but Youzhou is too far away from Yizhou, and it is impossible to rush there. Even if they can rush there, the losses in the process will be immeasurable.

Gu Rubing then realized the problem of the journey and could only sigh.

"How many troops are there in Yizhou now, and where are they stationed?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang immediately brought Gu Rubing to the map.

"My lord, at present, Ba County in Yizhou is still in our hands. After the last war, in order to consolidate Yizhou, Cao Cao directly withdrew all the troops of Ba County to Mianzhu and Xindu in Guanghan County, while Deng Ai and Zhong Hui stayed in Jiangzhou and Linjiang. This time, Cao Cao directly sent troops to Jiangzhou. The brothers Cao Ren and Xiahou led 60,000 troops to directly surround Jiangzhou City. In addition, Linjiang City was surrounded by Xu Huang with 30,000 troops, directly cutting off the connection between Jiangzhou and Linjiang City."

Listening to Zhuge Liang's introduction, Gu Rubing knew that the current situation was already very dangerous.

"How many people do they have left?"

"According to the latest intelligence sent to the two of us, Zhong Hui is guarding Linjiang City with 20,000 soldiers and Deng Ai is guarding Jiangzhou City with 40,000 soldiers and horses. Together, they only have 60,000 soldiers and horses. In addition, Cao Cao's three legendary generals have all appeared in Jiangzhou City. At this time, there is only one famous general, Pang De, in Jiangzhou City, and Ma Chao is in Linjiang City."

Gu Rubing did not expect that the current situation in Yizhou was so dangerous, far beyond his imagination.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing directly ordered Zhao Yun to follow him and rushed to Yizhou that night.

However, this time when Gu Rubing set out, he did not bring any reinforcements with him, and Zhuge Liang's side really could not spare any people.

A riverside city in Yizhou.

Zhong Hui hacked to death a Wei soldier who had climbed up the ladder, and blood spurted all over his face.

However, Zhong Hui no longer had the energy to wipe it off. Instead, he continued to swing his sword and slash at other Wei soldiers who rushed up the city wall.

An hour later, Xu Huang led the Wei army and slowly retreated.

When Zhong saw that Xu Huang had already retreated, he sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.

"General, our loss today is three thousand men!"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Hui nodded and asked his deputy general to clean up the battlefield, while he walked down the city wall and entered the city lord's mansion.

Zhong Hui was in the study, looking at the map in front of him, and he felt powerless.

The number of soldiers on both sides was unequal, and Zhong Hui discovered that Xu Huang was also extremely powerful. He could not even last more than a stick of incense in his hands. Moreover, in the recent battle to defend the city, Zhong Hui discovered that there was a first-rate general in Xu Huang's army, whose strength was almost as strong as his own. After investigation, he found that this man was named Guo Huai.

Zhong Hui knew clearly in his heart that if this person continued to develop, he would become their biggest enemy in the future.

However, Zhong Hui stayed in the room for a whole night and could not find any way to break the deadlock.

But the bright sky told him that time was running out and Xu Huang's siege was about to begin.

After tidying up, Zhong Hui dragged his tired body to the city wall again.

At this time, Xu Huang's siege army was already standing neatly not far outside the city wall, waiting for Xu Huang's order, and tens of thousands of people would begin today's siege.

Zhong Hui also clenched his weapon, waiting for Xu Huang's arrival.

After a long time, the long-awaited siege did not begin.

Zhong will see Xu Huang coming out.

"Zhong Hui, do you dare to meet me?"

After the voice fell, Zhong Hui hesitated for a moment, and after seeing Ma Chao beside him, he walked directly to the front of the city wall.

"Xu Huang, what's the matter? Tell me!"

"Zhong Hui, you were also one of our lord's men. You betrayed us and joined Liu Bei's camp. Our lord said that he was also at fault in this matter and it cannot be entirely your fault. So our lord promised that as long as you can open the city gate and let us in, we will be given everything you want."

"Everything I want? Haha, I'm afraid Cao Cao can't give it to me!"

Zhong Hui could see that they would definitely lose if reinforcements did not arrive. However, after several requests for help, Zhong Hui discovered that Zhuge Liang could no longer send reinforcements.

Even so, Zhong Hui had no intention of leaving.

If he really left Liu Bei's camp and joined Cao Cao's camp, Cao Cao would not treat him very well, after all, he had betrayed them before.

This would mean that he had offended the two greatest princes in the world, and his fate would be predictable.

Zhong Hui was not a fool, on the contrary, he was an extremely smart general and he could see things clearly.

"Can't give? What do you want that the lord can't give?"

Xu Huang thought there was something to talk about this matter, so he immediately started asking about it.

"I want Cao Cao's head."

Hearing this, Xu Huang finally realized that Zhong Hui was teasing him.

"Since you have made your choice, don't blame me. Today will be our last siege. After today, Linjiang City will be ours."

After saying this, Xu Huang waved his hand.

Only then did Zhong Hui see that there were several catapults being slowly pushed out from the high ground behind Xu Huang and his men.

This catapult is a powerful weapon for siege no matter where it is.

Zhong Hui originally estimated that he still had nearly 10,000 people under his command. Although he could not say how long they could hold out for, they should be able to hold out for two days. But now Xu Huang has already dispatched the catapults, and this time Zhong Hui is not sure he can even hold out for a day.

As Xu Huang waved his hand, several huge rocks flew directly towards Linjiang City.

The soldiers guarding the city immediately began to hide.

After huge rocks fell several times, a big hole was suddenly blasted out on the wall of Linjiang City.

Xu Huang immediately ordered everyone to attack the city.

With this gap, there is no need to devote all the troops to the operation of climbing the city wall.

At this time, a large number of Wei troops rushed directly onto the city wall through the gap in the wall.

Zhong Hui brought some people to block the gap.

But the gap was too big, and Xu Huang was still ordering the siege troops to send out some of their men to continue climbing the city wall.

This resulted in Zhong Hui having to allocate part of his troops to guard the city walls.

The military force was insufficient to begin with, and now the number of people available to plug the hole is less than four thousand.

However, these 4,000 people had to face an attack from nearly 20,000 people, which made Zhong Hui even more desperate.

The deputy general came to Zhong Hui.

"General, we can't hold on any longer. Let's retreat. If we continue to fight, I'm afraid we will be wiped out." "No, we can't retreat. If we retreat, what will happen to Jiangzhou City? General Deng Ai and his men will be cut off from retreat."

After hearing what Zhong Hui said, the deputy general sighed and could only continue to defend the city.

Zhong Hui could feel that the number of people around him was decreasing, and it would only take an hour for the city to fall.

At this moment, Ma Chao suddenly rushed out, gently waving the tiger-head golden spear.

A flash of spear light passed by, and all the dozen soldiers close to Zhong Hui were killed.

When Zhong Jian saw that Ma Chao finally took action, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I have already made a move. Xu Chu will definitely feel it. I am afraid he will come after me soon. This is my only chance to make a move. The rest depends on you."

Hearing this, Zhong Hui's heart, which had originally relaxed, was aroused again.

Sure enough, Xu Chu appeared in front of Ma Chao.

"Ma Chao, since you have made your move, let me stop you."

"Huh, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

After saying that, Ma Chao rushed to Xu Chu with his gun in hand.

The two men fought, and with just one move, several soldiers around them were directly killed by the powerful impact.

Xu Chu discovered that because of their large number, those who were killed by the aftermath were actually all from the Wei army.

"Ma Chao, let's go somewhere else."

After saying this, Xu Chu turned and left.

Seeing this, Ma Chao immediately rushed forward.

Looking at the figures of Ma Chao and Xu Chu in the distance, Zhong Hui wanted to stop them, but in the end he had to give up.

"General, the South Gate can no longer be defended. We need support."

"If I had reinforcements, I would have gone to support them long ago. It's not up to you to say that!"

Zhong Hui was also a little confused at this time, and looked at the deputy general beside him in frustration.

The best situation now is to retreat, but Zhong Hui knows that he cannot retreat. Once he retreats, Deng Ai will surely die.

Just when Zhong Hui hesitated.

"General, be careful."

Hearing this, Zhong Hui finally realized that three knives were already slashing towards him.

Zhong Hui immediately turned sideways, avoiding the attacks of two knives, but another knife slipped and hit his arm.

Covering his wound, Zhong Hui retreated quickly.

Several soldiers immediately protected Zhong Hui.

The deputy general also took the opportunity to come to Zhong Hui.

"General, we can't hold on any longer. The Prime Minister said we can retreat. Let's retreat!"

This time, Zhong Hui did not speak, but fell into silence.

At this moment, another deputy general ran over.

"General, the East Gate has been lost!"

"General, retreat!"

"Yes, retreat, general!"

Listening to what the people around him said, Zhong Hui looked at the dark mass of Wei troops in front of him, and he already had the idea of ​​retreating in his mind.

Just when Zhong Hui was about to order a retreat under pressure, a voice appeared behind him.

"The whole army retreats!"

"How dare you! Who dares to give orders on my behalf?"

After Zhong Hui finished speaking, he looked not far behind him.

It turned out that it was Gu Rubing who had arrived.

"Lord!"

Zhong Hui knelt directly in front of Gu Rubing.

"Retreat. We will lose if we continue to fight."

"But my lord, if we withdraw, what will happen to Jiangzhou City?"

"We are going to retreat to Jiangzhou City."

"What? But..."

Zhong Hui had thought about taking everyone to Jiangzhou City and joining Deng Ai's troops, but if he really did so, the enemy would occupy Linjiang City and completely cut off all of Jiangzhou City's retreat routes. At that time, food and grass could not be transported in, and Jiangzhou City would become a dead city.

Gu Rubing waved his hand and interrupted Zhong Hui's words.

"I know what you want to say, but we don't have many choices now. If we want to keep Deng Ai safe, we must rush to Jiangzhou City. As for our retreat, we will find a way later."

Hearing this, Zhong Hui looked at Zhao Yun behind Gu Rubing.

With Zhao Yun's presence, it should not be a problem to find a way to retreat.

Soon, under Gu Rubing's order, everyone began to evacuate.

Xu Huang noticed the large-scale mobilization of the Lie army and thought that Zhong Hui was going to lead his men to retreat towards Jingzhou, so he immediately mobilized a large number of soldiers to block the road behind them.

However, Xu Huang soon discovered that the Lie army was indeed retreating, but not towards Jingzhou, but towards Jiangzhou City.

"General, the Lie army has escaped from our encirclement. Do we need to chase them?"

Hearing this, Xu Huang smiled and shook his head.

If Zhong Hui retreated towards Jingzhou, then he would indeed pursue him, but since it was towards Jiangzhou City, as long as he captured Linjiang, Zhong Hui and his men would be trapped. Without stable food and grass support, Jiangzhou City would not be able to hold out for long.

"No need, we only need to defend Linjiang City to completely cut off their retreat."

"Yes!"

When Ma Chao learned that the battle was over and Zhong Hui had led his army to Jiangzhou City, he was confused. He didn't know what the purpose of Zhong Hui's decision was.

It didn't take long for Ma Chao to catch up with the retreating troops.

"Everyone, stop!"

All the soldiers stopped immediately after hearing Ma Chao's voice.

Zhong Hui also came over at this time.

"General Ma, what are you doing?"

"Zhong Hui, how can you lead a large army to Jiangzhou City? Now Linjiang City can no longer be defended. If we go to Jiangzhou City, won't we be trapped in a jar?"

Ma Chao's military vision was no less than Zhong Hui's. He knew clearly in his heart that Linjiang City could not be defended. He could accept the decision to retreat if the city could not be defended, but he could not accept that Zhong Hui was so stupid that the route of retreat was not Jingzhou but Jiangzhou City.

"General Ma, you may have misunderstood me this time. It was not me who gave the order to retreat, but..."

"it's me!"

As the voice fell, Gu Rubing slowly walked out from the back of the team.

The moment he saw Gu Rubing appear, Ma Chao's eyes widened. (End of this chapter)