Chapter 532: Advance and Retreat Together, Live and Die Together!

When Zhang Liao regained consciousness, it was already the next morning. He was carried on Xu Rong's back and was moving towards Nanjun.

"Xu Rong, where are we?"

Zhang Liao's breath was still very weak, which was the sequelae caused by excessive physical overdraft. Fortunately, Zhang Liao was not injured and just needed to rest more.

"We are at the border of Yuzhang County and Changsha County, and we will soon reach the border of Jingzhou."

"Jingzhou? What are we going to Jingzhou for?"

Zhang Liao asked softly with an unstable breath.

Xu Rong stopped and put Zhang Liao down from his back.

"Yide chased Sun Ce all the way to Wujun and conveyed this message to us, asking us to go to Nanjun to meet up with the lord and his men, and the lord and Cao Cao will have a head-on confrontation."

When Xu Rong said this, his face was full of excitement. As a general who followed Gu Rubing early, he followed Gu Rubing and fought Cao Cao several times, and each time he fought very excitingly. Now that the war is coming, Xu Rong is visibly excited. Xu Rong, who has just been promoted to a famous general, is now full of ambition.

In fact, he has been very frustrated in recent times. As a general who followed Gu Rubing earlier, his weight naturally needs no further explanation. Gu Rubing also treated him well and applied for an official position of Youzhou Mu for him.

This is a minister of a state. It can be said that in Youzhou, he is like an emperor. Other states will have positions such as governors to hinder each other, but Youzhou does not have them. In other words, even if Xu Rong wants to rebel, it is easy. This kind of official position cannot be held by non-confidants.

In the early stage, he was not too anxious, because most of them were first-class generals, and their combat power was not much different. Only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun could overwhelm everyone.

After Zhang Liao defended Jiangling City and was promoted to a famous general, the other generals worked hard and were promoted one by one. Until the start of this war, there were very few who had not been promoted.

He was one of the few.

As a general who had followed Gu Rubing early, Xu Rong still felt ashamed from the bottom of his heart, thinking that he was dragging his feet, but Gu Rubing always treated him the same, without any change, which made him feel even worse.

In fact, in this battle, he was originally going to protect Gu Rubing to Xudu. This action was not dangerous, and he could get closer to Gu Rubing and leave a good impression. It can be said to be a good job.

But before leaving, Xu Rong privately found Gu Rubing, and the master and the minister had a simple but not simple conversation.

That day in Gu Rubing's bedroom, Xu Rong found him alone.

"My Lord, I want to go to the front battlefield."

"Why?"

"I want to go further."

After saying this, the two fell into silence for a long time, and Gu Rubing finally spoke.

"Okay, you and Zilong go to Jiangxia County City."

Xu Rong bowed and bid farewell to Gu Rubing.

When leaving the house, Gu Rubing suddenly said again.

"Xu Rong, don't have too much pressure, staying alive is the most important thing."

Xu Rong left the room, closed the door, bowed to Gu Rubing's room, and then strode away.

Before he was a first-class general, he was always at the forefront, and now he has been promoted to a famous general, so there is no reason for him to lag behind others.

After taking a long breath, Zhang Liao finally recovered a little.

"Jiangxia County was lost?"

After Zhang Liao recovered, the first sentence was shocking.

Xu Rong nodded silently, and Zhang Liao didn't say anything more.

None of them expected that Sun Jian would go all out and put all his troops into Jiangxia County, and Cao Zhang also appeared in Jiangxia County, as well as the strange and unpredictable Gu tribe. Various accidents intertwined and eventually led to the defeat of Jiangxia County.

No, it cannot be said to be a defeat, it should be said to be lost.

"It seems that the battlefield in Nanjun will be more severe."

Zhang Liao sighed faintly.

Sun Jian and his men only mobilized one-third of the troops, and they felt that Sun Jian was still much worse than Cao Cao.

Now that Sun Jian has so many back-ups, Cao Cao is naturally even more needless to say. Zhang Liao, who had just woken up, roughly guessed the entire battle situation through a question.

Not only Gu Rubing and Xu Rong's two teams were rushing towards Nanjun, but Sun Jian was also taking all his remaining troops to Nanjun at this moment. He had already communicated with Cao Cao and wanted to fight a real battle with Gu Rubing in Nanjun.

He didn't even send anyone to support Sun Quan in Wujun. Sun Quan also told him about the situation in Wujun through the voice transmission Gu. Sun Jian had only one order, which was to let Lu Xun take over the power and take back the city of Wujun. He must not go out of the city to fight. As for Sun Quan's personal safety, with Bailingwei there, there was naturally no problem. Even if there were famous generals chasing him, Bailingwei could protect Sun Quan.

Sun Quan, who had been scared by Xu Rong's killing, didn't dare to disobey Sun Jian's order at all, and handed over the military power to Lu Xun, who also returned in a mess.

Lu Xun, who had entered the city angrily, was going to blame Sun Quan. After all, if Sun Quan hadn't messed up, Zhang Liao might have been captured alive.

But after entering the city, he saw the cavalry with heavy casualties, and he immediately understood what happened. Looking at Sun Quan again, the arrogant Sun Quan who had been bossing around a few hours ago had disappeared, replaced by a lonely and frustrated Sun Quan.

He sat helplessly on the city wall, his eyes blank.

The first time he saw Lu Xun, Sun Quan said something that made Lu Xun a little confused.

"Everyone who follows will follow General Lu's command."

After Sun Quan said these words, he bowed his head and left lonely. Only Bai Lingwei followed him downstairs. The others were waiting on the city wall for Lu Xun's order.

In a few hours, Sun Quan seemed to have experienced the peaks and troughs of his life. A young man who had just reached his prime, was actually filled with an aura of twilight.

Lu Xun had already made a draft in his stomach, preparing to have a fierce scolding with Sun Quan, the crown prince. However, after he came back, Sun Quan changed his previous behavior and actually handed over all his military power on his own initiative, and The dejected look was really scary.

One wave has not subsided, and another wave has arisen.

The war in Jiangxia County had just settled down. Sun Jian and Gu Rubing transferred all the troops they could mobilize to Nan County, preparing to start another vigorous war in Nan County.

This battle is different from the previous battles. This time, whoever is scared first, whoever feels pain first, whoever is reluctant to let go first! Then you will lose. The fight now is not just a competition of manpower and material resources, but more importantly, resilience.

At this moment in Nanjun County, the sun is rising, and the sunlight is shining on the earth. What you see is not a peaceful scene, but endless corpses. The corpses are spread all over the earth, and they have been covered with a thin layer of frost in the cold winter morning. In the white mist, the dark red blood has condensed, forming two distinct layers of color with the white frost.

When Gu Rubing saw this scene, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. The corpses stretched for miles.

At this time, Cao Cao's army had withdrawn ten miles away. In this battle, their losses were greater than those of Nanjun. Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were seriously injured by Ma Chao, and all three were in a coma. Zhang Ren surrendered, and Pang De was promoted to a famous general. , Zhang He blocked Xu Chu's attack with his own serious injury.

By the end of the war, the number of generals besieging Zhang He, Taishi Ci and Pang De had increased to two generals, and nine quasi-famous generals!

A total of nine, this is all the combat power that Cao Cao can mobilize at present. In addition, the first-class generals have also suffered heavy losses. Nearly half of the military camp commanders, captains of ten thousand men, and lieutenants of all major generals have all been lost here. As for the losses of second-rate and third-rate generals, they are countless.

For a whole day, they fought against each other and killed a total of 150,000 troops. Cao Cao's side had 90,000 troops and Gu Rubing's side had 60,000 troops. The battle loss ratio between the two sides was infinitely close to 1:1.5.

The reason why Gu Rubing's side was able to block the enemy's attacks several times their size was mainly due to those special units who were not afraid of death.

For example, the whole army of Tiefutu died in the battle to protect Ma Chao. Colonel Younu, who was originally wandering among the enemy's positions to find out information, died 90% in this battle.

It's not that some of them survived, but that only so many of them came to the battlefield, and dozens of others were intercepted and killed on the road or blocked in their own place for various reasons. There was no way to rush for help.

There are also Qinglong School Swordsman and Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry. As the first batch of special troops transferred under Gu Rubing's command, they followed Guan Yu and Zhang Fei through hundreds of battles. After the two of them were promoted to famous generals, these two Special units that have experienced hundreds of battles are each led by their generals.

And their chief generals are already at the level of first-rate generals, and have reached the level of quasi-famous generals. Their combat power is not inferior to ordinary first-rate generals, and they are not afraid at all even against ordinary quasi-famous generals. The other lowest level generals are already second-rate generals. , and there are also many first-class generals among them.

The most terrifying thing is that they have a total of two thousand people!

There are 4,000 Qinglong school swordsmen and Yanyun's eighteen knights in total. The lowest among them are second-rate generals with some bonuses. There are dozens of first-rate generals. The chief generals of the two special arms are unprecedented and unprecedented. A quasi-famous general of the latter's special force, these two troops straddled the battlefield and blocked countless Cao troops.

Gu Rubing arrived outside Nanjun County without any hindrance. He was accompanied by Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, 3,000 white soldiers, and 10,000 cavalry.

Such a mighty force came so quietly to the ice-covered distance in front of the city wall without encountering any obstruction, which made Gu Rubing frown.

If Cao's army marched all the way here like this, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just when they were still several hundred meters away from the city wall, groups of archers suddenly appeared on the city wall. They drew their bows and arrows and were already aiming at Gu Rubing and the others.

"Retreat quickly! Otherwise, shoot without mercy!"

It wasn't until Taishi Ci poked his head out from the city wall and saw the armor the visitor was wearing, the flag he was holding and the leader that he came to his senses.

"Put down your bows and arrows, grandma's. Can't you see the big Liu character and the big martyr character? Ah? One by one, there are still archers. In your eyes, when this battle is forged, all of them will Go sweep the latrine."

Taishi Ci pretended to be angry and said. The archers on the side put down their bows and arrows after hearing Taishi Ci's words, but they were not willing to take advantage of their words.

"We don't have your good eyesight, how can we see clearly?"

"That's right, scolding people, why are you scolding people? Now let me clean the latrine!"

"General Taishi, I don't mean anything else. With your eyesight, you can't see clearly when my daughter-in-law is taking a bath, right?"

Everyone laughed, but Taishi Ci didn't care. At this time, everyone's nerves were tense, and it was extremely rare to find some jokes that could make them laugh.

Sure enough, after a burst of laughter, the soldiers on the city wall suddenly became more awake. They all looked up and looked outside, and saw that a well-equipped team had arrived under their city wall.

After seeing Gu Rubing in the first place, the soldiers on the city wall fell into madness again.

You know, apart from them, the main force under Liu Bei's command has long since become those sincere young people who came to join him in admiration.

Those who were the main force before, those who had followed Gu Rubing a long time ago, have now become the mainstays in various military camps. They are Gu Rubing's most fanatical followers, and now they have grown to be able to serve others. Towering trees that provide protection from the wind and rain.

"The fierce king! The fierce king! The fierce king!"

The soldiers on the city wall raised their arms and shouted. Gu Rubing waved to everyone with a smile, and then took out a homemade simple loudspeaker.

"Soldiers! I'm here! Advance and retreat with you! Live and die together!"

As soon as Gu Rubing said these words, the soldiers became excited again.

When the soldiers in the city who were resting on shift heard such a noisy sound, they thought it was Cao Cao who was attacking again. However, soon there were people running around the city telling them that it was not Cao Cao who was bringing his men to fight again, but the lord who was bringing his men. Came to support them.

When they heard that their lord had brought people to support them, and shouted the words "to advance and retreat together, to live and die together" under the city wall, the entire Nanjun County fell into madness, and they kept slapping the people around them. items, shouting together.

Not only the soldiers repairing the city wall, but also the people in Nanjun City began to cheer, because most of them had never seen the legendary martyr king, the legendary Uncle Liu Huang.

Because Liu Qi usually praised Gu Rubing's benevolence and righteousness in Nanjun City and even in the entire Jingzhou, which left a deep impression on the people in Jingzhou, especially in big cities like Nanjun City. Almost everyone in the city knew that, There is such an uncle Liu Huang, a king with one word, who has been silently guarding them thousands of miles away.

Therefore, not only the soldiers were excited, but the common people were as excited as the soldiers.