Chapter 354 Sun Jian Pours Tea, Gu Rubing's Blueprint!

"Wentai, haven't you seen the current situation clearly? I'm the only one who sets the conditions, and you don't. I raise the conditions, and you can only choose to agree or disagree. Oh, no, you can only agree, because you don't choose."

As Gu Rubing spoke, he drank all the hot tea in front of him, and then turned his attention to Sun Jian. Sun Jian looked at Gu Rubing with confusion on his face, as if he didn't know what Gu Rubing meant.

Seeing Sun Jian pretending to be confused, Gu Rubing pursed his lips and motioned for Sun Jian to fill up the empty tea cup.

It wasn't that Sun Jian couldn't understand what Gu Rubing meant, but he couldn't believe that Gu Rubing dared to ask him to pour tea. Finally, Sun Jian gritted his teeth, picked up the teapot, and filled it first for Gu Rubing, and then filled the teacup in front of him. After all, he was asking for help now.

Looking at Sun Jian's expression, Gu Rubing nodded with satisfaction.

"Wentai, what are you thinking about?"

Gu Rubing continued to put pressure on Sun Jian, asking him to make a decision quickly. Sun Jian looked hesitant. In fact, this deal was definitely profitable for Sun Jian, but he just couldn't get over this hurdle.

“Nanchang County…”

Before Sun Jian could finish speaking, Gu Rubing interrupted Sun Jian directly.

"Nanchang County must be given to Jingsheng, there is no need to discuss it."

Sun Jian looked at the calm Gu Rubing and could only choose to suffer the loss of being dumb.

"Okay, but I have one more condition. Zhang Liao must withdraw his troops now. If you don't agree with this, then there is no need to continue talking!"

"Can."

Gu Rubing raised the teacup. Looking at the teacup raised by Gu Rubing, Sun Jian had no choice but to clink glasses with Gu Rubing. When they clinked glasses, Sun Jian's cup was lower than Gu Rubing's.

The two parties quickly finalized the deal. After all, this kind of negotiation that benefits both parties and where one party is subject to the other can be easily reached.

Sun Jian immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Nanchang County to Gu Yong and Gan Ning.

Gu Rubing also edited a letter and sent it to Nanchang County, but it was just for Liu Biao.

Seeing Gu Rubing stop writing the letter and showing no intention to continue writing, Sun Jian spoke.

"I have sent an urgent military letter of eight hundred miles to ask Gu Yong to withdraw from Nanchang County and give Nanchang County to Liu Biao. Should you ask Zhang Liao to withdraw his troops?"

"retreat?"

Gu Rubing smiled slightly, his eyes full of sympathy. When Sun Jian was wondering what the sympathy in Gu Rubing's eyes meant, he just listened to his faint words.

"Wen Yuan should be on his way back to Guangling City now."

"I…!"

Sun Jian hard swallowed back the last few words, and after being teased again, he snorted coldly, turned around and left.

"Wentai, please go slowly without seeing me off."

Sun Jian, who was walking down the steps, staggered when he heard these words and almost fell down.

Looking at Sun Jian walking away, Gu Rubing smiled and said to the two people behind him.

"Let's go back to Qingzhou."

In Chengde Army Town and on the battlefield to the north, hundreds of thousands of corpses were piled together. It had only been one night, and the corpses had already begun to rot. If these corpses were not handled properly, a plague would definitely occur. With the current medical conditions , after being infected with the plague, it means waiting to die, and the plague will definitely spread uncontrollably.

If the plague really spreads, it will make no difference whether the entire Jiujiang is taken back or not. Sun Jian will not allow this to happen.

Therefore, after Sun Jian learned that Zhang Liao had retreated, the first thing he did was to send people to deal with the corpses on the battlefield and in the military town. At the same time, there were also some cities and military towns in the two counties that needed to be recovered, and they also needed troops.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were dispatched in this way, each performing their own duties.

Gu Rubing also led the army on the way back to Guangling City, preparing to join Zhang Liao who was already returning to Guangling, and then return to Qingzhou.

In the evening of the same day, Huang Zu led a large army to Nanchang County in Yuzhang County, preparing to capture Nanchang County. Gan Ning led 50,000 cavalry in formation in the city and was ready to charge at any time.

Although Sun Jian's tribe was weaker than Gu Rubing's tribe, Sun Jian's tribe could suppress Liu Biao's Jingzhou Army, Shi Xie's Jiaozhou Army, etc. This is why Huang Zhong attacked several times before. The reason for not being able to win.

In an ordinary city military town, the battle loss ratio between the siege and defender soldiers is three to one, but for a city as large as Nanchang County, the battle loss ratio between the siege and defender soldiers is about five to one, plus Large cities like this are often extremely strong. Even if there are large siege equipment or other equipment, the battle damage ratio will reach three to one.

Outside the city, Huang Zu led his army and faced Gan Ning from a distance. Gan Ning held an ancient ingot knife and looked at Huang Zu and others with disdain.

The two sides are at war with each other, and an order to charge may be issued at any time.

At the critical moment, a cavalry galloped out of Nanchang County. The cavalry passed through the army and came straight to Gan Ning.

"General Gan, there is an urgent message from my lord."

The person who came was none other than Gu Yong, the minister under Zhou Shu, the prefect of Yuzhang County. He said he was the minister, but in fact he was sent by Sun Jian to supervise Zhou Shu. Zhou Shu was just a puppet, and Gu Yong was the real governor of Yuzhang County.

"An urgent message from my lord?"

Gan Ning was a little confused. Wasn't his lord supposed to be recovering the territory of Jiujiang and Lujiang counties at this time? Why would he send him an urgent message?

"What did the lord say?"

"General, it's better to think for yourself."

Gu Yong did not tell Gan Ning. Gan Ning opened the letter full of doubts. After reading it, although he did not understand what his lord meant, Gan Ning still put away the ancient ingot knife in his hand.

"Retreat troops and withdraw from Nanchang County."

After hearing Gan Ning's words, the several lieutenants beside him also showed no doubts and immediately carried out the order. In this way, 50,000 people slowly retreated from outside the city into the city.

"If you enter the city again after one day, if you enter the city within one day, it will be regarded as a provocation and the beginning of a war."

After Gan Ning said these words to Huang Zu's army, he turned around and left.

Huang Zu looked at everything in front of him with a confused face. What is going on? It was clear that the war was about to begin, why did they suddenly retreat? He also told himself some inexplicable nonsense about entering the city in one day.

Just when Huang Zu wanted to test whether Gan Ning really wanted to retreat or was playing a trick, a horseman rushed out from behind him. It turned out to be Liu Biao's second counselor, Kuai Yue.

"General Huang, my lord ordered us to withdraw our troops. My lord will tell you the reason after you return."

Huang Zu was even more confused now. Gan Ning had just been asked to leave, and he was immediately asked to withdraw his troops. This was really abnormal.

The two sides who had originally gathered outside Nanchang County slowly retreated. What was destined to be a bloody battle came to an inexplicable stop.

When they returned to the city building station, it was already the morning of the next day. Huang Zu and Huang Zhong, who had not slept all night, worked together to find Liu Biao who had just come out of his concubine's room.

"Chengyan, Han Sheng, you are back. You haven't had breakfast yet. Let's talk while eating."

Liu Biao did not give the two men a chance to react and walked towards the meeting hall. In the meeting hall, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and other civil servants and generals were already waiting there.

"Sit, sit, sit, sit down."

Liu Biao said, walked to the main seat and sat on the first seat, and then the others sat down one after another.

"Chengyan, after dinner, you can lead your troops back to Jiangxia."

Liu Biao took a sip of porridge as he spoke. Huang Zu was even more confused after hearing this.

"Lord, why is this? No more attacking Nanchang County?"

"If we don't fight, Nanchang County already belongs to us, so why fight?"

As Liu Biao answered Huang Zu, he complained in his heart that the current food was really not to his taste. There were too many condiments that had not been invented yet. Eating was more about enjoying the deliciousness of the ingredients. There were also many condiments that were just beginning. type, far inferior to the various modern condiments.

"Nanchang County already belongs to us?"

Huang Zu is now one big and two big. What is going on?

"Yes, just now Xuande, oh, Liu Bei, sent someone to deliver a message, saying that before dark today, all the Sun troops in Nanchang County will be withdrawn, and we can take over Nanchang County."

"Liu Bei? Why would he let...?"

Huang Zu was only halfway through what he said before he got stuck, because he found that if this was the case, then what Gan Ning said to him before retreating would make sense.

"Chengyan, just don't worry, there won't be any deceit. It was Xuande who used the cities and military towns that Jiujiang County and Lujiang County have occupied, as well as their current retreat, and the Wu County city that Zhang Liao captured, in exchange for Nanchang County and half of Yuzhang County."

Liu Biao felt that the itch on his back was coming again. Yesterday, he asked two concubines to scratch his back all night long, so he just felt comfortable. But who would have thought that just how long had passed before his back was itchy again? stand up.

No, I need to see a famous doctor. Could it be syphilis? It shouldn't be, the beautiful wives and concubines he married are all clean, it doesn't make sense.

Liu Biao thought to himself, he only thought that it might be caused by his recent indiscretion in life, but before he entered the game, he was a young man in his twenties, and he did not have a girlfriend, so he entered the game After that, I stopped restraining myself and started to indulge.

"Oh, right."

After recovering his thoughts, Liu Biao raised his head and continued.

"Hansheng, I will promote you to the post of governor of Yuzhang County. The original Zhonglang general will be gone. From now on, you can be stationed in Nanchang."

Huang Zhong, who originally thought he had nothing to do, immediately stood up and thanked him after hearing these words. He was directly promoted from a lieutenant general to a prefect of a county, no, to a prefect of half a county. This was considered extremely rich.

"Thank you, my lord!"

After Huang Zhong thanked him, he returned to his seat and sat side by side with Huang Zu. The two looked at each other, and some words were self-evident.

"At nightfall today, Han Sheng, you will lead troops into the city. In addition, send a letter to Xuande, inviting him to come and sit in Jingzhou. The last time I came to Jingzhou, I didn't come to Xiangyang to sit and sit. I must come this time!"

Liu Biao could not be happier at this moment. He directly captured Nanchang County without spending a single soldier. Moreover, Gu Rubing also mentioned in the letter that Sun Jian would never turn around and attack Nanchang again. This is the important thing. The most important thing is that controlling Nanchang County is actually equivalent to controlling most of Yuzhang County. After all, most of the cities and military towns in Yuzhang County are in the west, and there are only a few small military towns in the east.

It can be said that Gu Rubing sent a huge gift to Liu Biao, so Liu Biao's impression of Gu Rubing became particularly good at this moment. Liu Biao even felt that he had rejected the opponent's alliance request before, but now that he thought about it, Liu Biao I wish I could give myself a big mouth, why was I so stingy at that time.

Five days later, Gu Rubing, who had been marching slowly along the way, arrived at Guangling City. After meeting Zhang Liao, he rushed towards Qingzhou.

Now, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, are all under Gu Rubing's control, and Jingzhou will be in the near future. Gu Rubing now deeply feels the shortage of manpower.

Guan Yu is stationed in Bingzhou to resist Cao Cao. In the future, Zhang Liao will be stationed in Xuzhou Guangling to resist Sun Jian. Taishi Ci will lead the troops to travel around. Zhao Yun follows Gu Rubing. There is no peerless general beside him. Gu Rubing is really uneasy. Zhang Fei will be stationed in Youzhou in the future to resist the barbarians in the northeast. There is also Jingzhou, which will be in hand soon. Zhang He can be competent for Yuzhou in the middle.

Yuzhou has not been occupied for a long time. Now is a great opportunity. Although Xu Rong's combat power is not high, he has a strong ability to lead troops and can sit in Yuzhou.

There is also the issue of military strength. After this battle, Gu Rubing lost 120,000 regular troops and 90,000 Yellow Turban reserves. However, after a fierce battle, many soldiers of the Yellow Turban reserves can be transferred to regular troops. As long as they are trained more, these 260,000 troops can become regular troops.

In addition, Gu Rubing's reputation for virtue spread all over the world, and countless people admired him. If he raised his arms at this time, countless young people of the right age would join Gu Rubing's army. It only takes a few months of training for Gu Rubing to obtain 260,000 regular troops plus hundreds of thousands of reserves. This will be a necessary preparation for Gu Rubing to implement the next plan.

Only with enough troops and enough generals can we defend the territory. Otherwise, if there is only territory but no generals and troops, it will only end up being occupied.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing couldn't help but think of a few people. One is Ma Teng and Ma Chao, father and son, in Liangzhou in the northwest, and the other is Huang Zu and Huang Zhong, uncle and nephew in Jingzhou.

After Ma Teng and Han Sui fell out, they had been fighting internally. As long as Gu Rubing intervened a little, he could help the two defeat Han Sui and help Ma Teng unify Liangzhou. At that time, Ma Teng naturally had no reason not to surrender to him. Since his father had surrendered to him, Ma Chao, as his son, naturally could not escape.

You should know that when Gu Rubing was alive, someone had ranked the 24 fierce generals of the Three Kingdoms period, one Lu, two Zhao, three Dian Wei, four Guan, five Ma, six Zhang Fei, Huang Xu, Sun Tai, two Xiahou, two Zhang Xu, Pang Gan, Zhou Wei, the sharpshooter Zhang Xiu and Wen Yan, although brave but helpless, the fate was too tragic, the 24 famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, Deng Ai and Jiang Wei at the end.

Ma Chao's ranking is still above Zhang Fei, which is enough to show how powerful Ma Chao is. Of course, this ranking is not obtained through the game bonus. Now with the game bonus, everything is different. Guan Yu's strength is enough to crush all the current generals, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, Zhang He and others are not much behind.

According to Zhuge Liang, Liu Biao will die within a month, and Gu Rubing cannot take care of Liang Province for the time being. After all, Gu Rubing also needs to recuperate, especially after taking over Jingzhou.