Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 318 Zhang Liao’s way home?
The combat effectiveness of the soldiers led by Zhang Liao was still quite good, and Ling Tong really could not take the city of Jiangling at that time.

If they couldn't take it in one day, they would try two days. If they couldn't take it in two days, they would try three days. Without food or grass, Zhang Liao felt like he was in a huge cage in the empty city of Jiangling.

Zhang Liao looked at this indestructible city on the city wall, his heart full of struggle.

He knew that without food support, they would not be able to hold out for long.

His eyes swept over the soldiers under the city. Although they were exhausted, they still held their posts.

However, the empty city will gradually deprive these iron-blooded soldiers of their strength, and within a few days, they will be completely defeated!
“What should I do?”

Zhang Liao was extremely confused for a moment.

If he left, he could only go north and try to join forces with Cao Cao to attack Xiangfan, only in this way could he succeed.

But even if they succeed in breaking out, without enough food and fodder, the army might collapse when they reach Xiangfan!

This is not because Jia Xu’s strategy is bad.

In fact, if Jia Xu's strategy was implemented steadily, as long as Jiangling City was massacred and Xing Daorong was killed, Liu Bei and Sun Quan would have no chance to untie the ties. Sun Quan would have no choice but to go all the way and cooperate with Cao Wei to the end.

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It was his kindness that put him in such a situation.

But Zhang Liao didn't know it. He just thought he was a kid from Jiangdong who went back on his word.

Not knowing what to do, Zhang Liao somehow came to the monument in Jiangling city again.

Looking at the words Xing Daorong left for him, it seemed as if he could find some answers from them.

"General, think twice, stop before it's too late, return to the right path, and stop aiding and abetting the evil."

"There is no difference between a Han general and a Wei general. The only difference is how they treat the people."

Zhang Liao couldn't help but laugh at Xing Daorong's last words to him. He thought Xing Daorong wanted to persuade him to surrender before he left, which was quite interesting.
But as he watched, he suddenly realized that since Xing Daorong could say this, he might have guessed what Cao Cao had said to him.
Otherwise, we cannot repeatedly bring up the people’s opinions.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao realized that Xing Daorong had seen everything clearly.

I'm afraid that the reason why he gave up defending Jiangling later was that he saw through the trick and did it on purpose.

This is how they intercepted the grain and grass, giving Jiangdong an excuse to rebel again.
“What a horrible person.”

With a sigh in his heart, Zhang Liao finally understood why the King of Wei had always ordered the massacre of the city.

After the massacre, it was Sun Quan who withstood Liu Bei's anger in Jiangling!

Unless Sun Quan does not want the empty city of Jiangling, it is possible that Liu Bei would only cause trouble for Cao Cao at this moment.

However, once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Now that this has been done, Jiangdong cannot escape it.

Sun Quan would not lose Jiangling City if he did not give it up, and he could not afford to lose it.

What a pity. Zhang Liao couldn't get over the hurdle of his own conscience.
As he was thinking this, he heard the deputy general come in again and report: "General, the Jiangdong soldiers have surrounded the city from all sides, leaving only the north gate open, which they have not yet surrounded."

"If you want to break out, you have to leave from the north gate as soon as possible."

The deputy general implied that he thought Jiangdong was not able to surround the entire city in time, but Zhang Liao knew it clearly in his mind. It was not that Jiangdong was not able to do so in time, but that Ling Tong deliberately left the north gate for himself!

He just wanted to break out from the north gate and head north to Xiangfan!

But even though Zhang Liao knew it very well, he had no choice at the moment.

He could only say gloomily: "Early tomorrow morning, we will break out to the north and attack Xiangfan!"

The next morning, Zhang Liao, with no other choice, broke out with 20,000 men and rushed out of Jiangling City from the north gate.

Ling Tong put up a brief resistance but failed to trap Zhang Liao's troops, which might have caused Zhang Liao to fight back in desperation and suffer heavy casualties himself.

This made it easy for Zhang Liao to fight his way out of the north gate. As the army headed north, Zhang Liao wanted to collect some food and grass supplies along the way.

However, from Jiangling to Xiangfan, there were no major cities along the way, only a few county towns.

The county towns already had few supplies, and what was more, these county towns seemed to have received the order long ago, so that the counties were completely empty.

There are no people and no food!
Zhang Liao didn't know that this was the result of Xing Daorong sending a letter to Xiangfan long before the Battle of Jiangling began, which was the reason why Luo Meng used his life to delay.

After Zhuge Liang received Xing Daorong's letter, although it was difficult to send troops to provide support, he issued orders one after another to send all the people and supplies from the counties from Jiangling to Xiangfan to Xiangyang.

In this way, Zhang Liao occupied every county he encountered along the way.

The food and fodder will soon run out.
Just when he reached the bottom, there was a county town between Jiangling and Xiangfan, called Maicheng.

In Maicheng, there was still a 3,000-man army, who, after having eaten and drunk their fill, were eager to fight.

Who are you eager to try?

They were eyeing Zhang Liao's 20,000 troops covetously!
And these three thousand people are naturally Xing Daorong's group.

After successfully intercepting the grain, Xing Daorong guessed that if Zhang Liao had a dispute with Lu Su, Zhang Liao would have no way to go and could only go north.

He went to Maicheng early and waited for Zhang Liao to come out from Jiangling.

That night, the night was as dark as ink, and dark clouds covered the moon, as if God had paved a shadowy path for Xing Daorong's surprise attack.

Xing Daorong's eyes were as bright as torches, and the axe in his hand made a slight tremor in the night wind, as if it also felt the coming killing.

The three thousand elite soldiers he led moved through the darkness like ghosts, their footsteps light and silent, and each of them had a firm and cold look in their eyes.

Zhang Liao's camp was located in an open area, with flickering fires and flashing armor.

The soldiers were enjoying a moment of peace by the campfire, but they didn't know that death was approaching quietly.

"Woo."

The sudden sound of the horn startled everyone in the camp.

Looking around, he saw countless torches suddenly lit up outside the camp, and he couldn't see how many people and horses there were.

All I could hear was a series of shouts: "Yan Yan is here. Guan Yu is here. Zhuge Kongming is here. The enemy will receive this!"

Yan Yan?

Guan Yu?

Zhuge Liang?
Were the troops from Xiangfan intercepting and killing us here?

There are quite a few people in Cao's army who know the current situation.

Knowing that Xiangfan was mainly guarded by Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, when he heard these people's names, he naturally thought that the army from Xiangfan was coming.

Soon, the enemy troops were seen rushing out and rushing into the enemy camp.

Suddenly, there was a chaos of screams, the sound of metal colliding, and the sound of horse hooves.

Zhang Liao's soldiers hurriedly picked up their weapons and tried to organize a defense, but they were unprepared. Amidst the flashing of swords and sabers, Xing Daorong galloped across the enemy army, charged left and right, and shuttled through the enemy army like a ghost, slashing in all directions.

Zhang Liao's 20,000 troops seemed so vulnerable to such a surprise attack.
The air was filled with blood mist and screams were heard one after another. Wherever Xing Daorong passed, he left behind a series of horrific scenes.

When Zhang Liao heard the sounds of killing and then heard the names of Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, etc., he also thought that the troops from Xiangfan were charging towards him!

It's not that he thought it was simple, but there was really no other troops between Jiangling and Xiangfan.
(End of this chapter)