Chapter 537: Five-Day Agreement, Surprise Attack Plan

Cao Cao's eyes widened when he heard this number.

"You gave it?"

"Nonsense, your son is in someone's hands, can you still bargain with the kidnappers? Are you buying vegetables in the market?"

Sun Jian was afraid that he would be exposed, so he pretended to be angry to cover up his guilt.

After a moment of silence, Cao Cao sighed and waved his hand.

"Okay, I'll give it to you, Zhongkang, go prepare these things and send them to you later..."

"Wait a minute, it's not over yet."

Sun Jian waved his hand to interrupt Cao Cao's words.

"What else?"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and looked at Sun Jian.

"Of course, my son suffered a lot at the hands of Liu Bei, and it took a long time to recover from his injuries, and he also used a lot of precious medicinal materials. Let's do this, I won't ask for more from you, plus 5,000 war horses, 5,000 fine iron armor, and let this matter go."

"What? You..."

Cao Cao's words came to his lips, and after seeing Sun Ce's threatening eyes, he had to swallow the rest of the words.

"Here, here, here! I'll send it to your camp later."

Cao Cao waved his hand, and Xu Chu went down to prepare.

Seeing Cao Cao's defeat, Sun Jian smiled triumphantly. This time, he made a lot of money, but Sun Jian also knew that this was entirely because Dian Wei was not there. Dian Wei has not yet been confirmed dead, and Sun Jian did not dare to go too far, at most taking a small advantage.

"Okay, now that the compensation issue has been resolved, why don't we discuss and solve Liu Bei's problem."

When Liu Bei was mentioned, Cao Cao's face instantly faded.

"Now the only people we can take action are the three generals behind me, and the rest are recovering from injuries."

"Recovering from injuries?"

Sun Jian couldn't help but widen his eyes. Originally, Sun Jian thought that Cao Cao would be the main force in this battle, and he would just row on the side. His characteristic was that as long as he survived, he would become the strongest sooner or later.

But now that he has to become the main force and face Liu Bei's army directly, wouldn't his calculations be in vain?

"How long will it take for your men to recover?"

"At least five days."

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao gave a final answer.

"Then let's delay it for five days."

Hearing this, Cao Cao smiled helplessly. Is this a joke? This is a war, do you think it's a dinner party? Just delay it?

After Sun Jian expressed his thoughts, Cao Cao immediately reacted.

Gu Rubing was watching the magical changes of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array in the parade ground, and saw Zang Ba coming from a distance.

"My lord, there is a messenger outside the city."

"Messenger?"

Gu Rubing directly asked Zang Ba to take the person to the county governor's mansion.

Zhuge Liang knew that the messenger who came at this time must have been sent by Cao Cao and others, so he followed Gu Rubing to the county governor's mansion.

When the messenger saw Gu Rubing, he immediately handed over the letter.

"King Lie, my prime minister invites you to meet outside the city."

Gu Rubing did not answer the messenger's words, but opened the envelope.

There was only one poem in the letter.

After going through all the hardships, brothers are still here, and a smile will wipe out all grudges.

Cao Cao showed weakness?

Seeing this poem, Gu Rubing first thought of this.

Zhuge Liang, who was standing by, saw this poem and looked at Gu Rubing strangely.

"My Lord, you and Cao Cao, are... brothers?"

When this was said, not only Zhuge Liang but also Cao Cao's messenger beside him were shocked.

"Who is a brother to him? Okay, tell your prime minister that I will go soon."

Zhuge Liang did not understand what Cao Cao meant, but Gu Rubing knew it very well.

"My Lord, do you really want to see Cao Cao? Now is a tense time. If something unexpected happens, we..."

"Don't worry, I will take my third brother and Wei Yan with me, and what we lack most now is time. Whether it is your eight-door golden lock formation or Zhao Yun's injuries, it takes time. I can delay it for a few days, so I will delay it for a few days."

Zhuge Liang heard this and stopped blocking him, and he also had a guess that Cao Cao and his men should also want to delay time.

Soon, the three of them came to the outside of the city and saw Cao Cao with Xu Chu and Sun Jian with Sun Ce, standing under a pavilion outside the city.

"When did a pavilion appear outside the city? Why didn't anyone report it?"

Gu Rubing muttered to himself and walked over with the two of them.

"King Lie, I knew you would come."

Cao Cao clasped his fists to Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing ignored Cao Cao and looked at Sun Ce on the side, mocking him: "Oh, you're back so soon. The legendary general's recovery ability is really amazing, but you have to change your sleepiness. It's not good to sleep all the way."

"What do you mean you slept all the way?"

"Ahem."

Sun Jian coughed a few times in a hurry, asked Sun Ce to stand farther away, and smiled at Gu Rubing: "King Lie, it's already like this now, why bother talking about the past, why don't we talk about the present?"

"Oh, the present, then let's fight, I'm ready, what about you two?"

Sun Jian was choked by Gu Rubing's words.

If they were ready, why would they invite Liu Bei out?

Seeing this, Cao Cao immediately stepped forward and said with a smile: "King Lie, we called you out this time just to talk about the matter of Jingzhou."

"What to talk about? Jingzhou is originally mine, how can you talk? How about returning Jiangxia County to me?"

"You are talking nonsense, I fought hard to get it."

When Sun Jian heard this, he felt like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and his fur immediately exploded.

"Then there's no need to talk? Then let's fight."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Liu Bei, you are looking for death."

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he was ready to rush towards Gu Rubing.

"Cer stop it!"

"Boy, how dare you!"

Two voices sounded at the same time. Zhang Fei rushed directly in front of Sun Ce with a snake spear eight feet in his hand. When he was about to stab Sun Ce, he was stopped by Gu Rubing.

"Third brother, stop!"

Sun Ce and Zhang Fei glared at each other and returned to their respective positions.

"King Lie, we just want to have a good chat, why do you bother?"

Cao Cao was on the side trying to smooth things over.

When Cao Cao saw that it was Zhang Fei who accompanied Gu Rubing out, he was actually relieved. At least it proved that Guan Yu had not come back. His Dian Wei was fine at the moment. Otherwise, Guan Yu would have come back long ago.

"How do you want to talk?"

"Both of us have suffered considerable losses this time. What I mean is, why don't we have a temporary truce?"

"Truce? You have taken over my Jiangxia County and you want a truce. Why do you think so beautifully? Has the Prime Minister lost his mind?"

Cao Cao was already a little angry because of the rebuke, but he still held back at the last moment.

"Liu...Lie Wang, how about this, we three parties each send a few generals, let them compete, and we use this victory or defeat to determine the direction of Jingzhou?"

Everyone in the live broadcast room laughed when they saw Cao Cao say this.

"It's over, it's over, Cao Cao's situation is gone, and he actually wants to decide Jingzhou in this way."

"Haha, Cao Cao has given in."

"Prime Minister Cao also has this day."

When Gu Rubing heard this, he looked at Cao Cao in surprise. He even doubted whether he had heard it wrong just now.

Who can't see now that the direction of Jingzhou is the direction of the world? The beginning of the war is a decisive battle, with military generals competing to win the final victory. Isn't this a joke?

Just when Gu Rubing wanted to say something.

There was a strong wind in the distance, and then everyone saw two figures, one behind the other, rushing towards them.

Zhang Fei immediately stood in front of Gu Rubing, while Sun Ce stood in front of Sun Jian.

"Evil comes."

"Martial Saint."

Two voices came from a distance, followed by another gust of wind. Sand and dust flew up all around, and the field of vision became extremely low.

"Brother, it's the second brother who's here."

Zhang Fei is also a legendary military commander, so this situation is naturally not a problem for him.

Gu Rubing nodded. Although he couldn't see it, he could hear the words "Martial Saint".

The wind and sand gradually dissipated, and the figures of Guan Yu and Dian Wei stood in front of everyone.

"Brother!"

Guan Yu came to Gu Rubing's side and stared at Dian Wei.

And Dian Wei also returned to Cao Cao's side, with numerous injuries, big and small. If he hadn't used Ancient Evil at the last moment to double his attack power, he might have been struck by Guan Yu's Martial Saint with a single blow.

"Lord."

Dian Wei was out of breath and not in good spirits.

"Okay, just come back."

Not to mention how aggrieved Guan Yu was at this time.

Along the way, chasing Dian Wei, he was originally stopped, and his original words also had an effect on Dian Wei, so Dian Wei had temporarily given up and returned to Cao Cao.

The duel between the two is also maintained in a chase.

But who knew that while the two were fighting, they suddenly saw Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Liu Bei gathered together, and even Sun Ce was there.

If Dian Wei was the only one, he really didn't have much confidence that he could stop Guan Yu and Zhang Fei from killing Cao Cao, but with Sun Ce it was different.

Although Sun Ce is the weakest among the legendary generals, he is still a legendary general. With Sun Ce's help, Guan Yu will never have the chance to kill Cao Cao.

Thinking of this, Dian Wei accelerated his speed and rushed towards Cao Cao. Guan Yu was completely murderous when he saw this, but Dian Wei stopped him at the cost of serious injury.

After seeing Dian Wei come back, Cao Cao suddenly gained confidence. At least Sun Jian was no longer his opponent.

"Since you, Liu Bei, do not agree with the proposal I just made, then the time for our war will be set in five days. After five days, we will have a decisive battle."

Cao Cao laughed loudly, turned around and walked towards his camp, while Dian Wei and Xu Chu stared at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

When Sun Jian saw Dian Wei coming back, his expression also changed. His status with Cao Cao had changed again, and he was about to lose the right to speak again.

Looking at Cao Cao's back, Gu Rubing smiled. In any case, his goal was achieved this time, delaying time for at least five days.

Back in the city, Zhuge Liang learned from Gu Rubing that there were still five days left, and a strange smile appeared on his lips.

"Five days? Lord, are we really just waiting for these five days? We can do a lot of things in five days."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he opened the map.

"Lord, we can send surprise troops to leave from Nanjun, enter Yizhou Hanzhong, enter Bajun, and stay in Bajun. Currently, all Liu Zhang's troops are fighting with us on the front line. Yizhou must be empty inside. After the war begins, if In the event of an accident, the surprise attack will definitely attack the opponent and force them to withdraw their troops and return reinforcements. "

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he was silent for a moment and said slowly: "But this mission is very dangerous. The number of soldiers and horses we bring cannot exceed 50,000, otherwise it will affect our frontal battlefield. At the same time, they must be elite, at least capable of fighting on the battlefield." Force Cao Cao and others to withdraw their troops at the critical moment."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at the map and thought of a few people.

"Come here, find Pang De, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Yin Li, and Deng Ai."

This time the operation will take another five days to cross three counties, so speed is inevitable.

Pound's characteristic, the good horse, can increase the movement speed of his troops by 500%, and with the speed of lightning, it can also increase by 500%. At this speed, 50,000 people should be able to reach Bajun in three days.

As for Zang Ba, it is entirely because, according to Zhuge Liang, the only one who fully meets the requirements is the Taishan Tiger Bandit, which has a scale of 50,000 and is a special unit.

Under the leadership of Zang Ba, the Taishan Tiger Thieves were able to exert their greatest strength.

Bajun is located in Yizhou, and Yizhou is mountainous. This is definitely the most suitable for Deng Ai, the king of mountains.

While Gu Rubing was preparing, Zhuge Liang was not idle either.

Ugly time.

Inside Cao Cao's camp.

Cao Cao, who was sleeping, was suddenly heard by a burst of noise.

"What's going on?"

Not long after, Xu Chu ran in.

"My lord, Baima Yicong came in, but they just burned a few of our tents and ran away."

"What? Ran away? Why don't you hurry up and give chase?"

"I chased him, but...the brothers who chased me are all dead. They were ambushed."

"Ah...a bunch of trash."

Cao Cao slapped the water bowl in front of him and threw it to the ground.

On the city wall, Gu Rubing yawned and looked at the white horse Yi Cong who had returned from victory. He smiled at Zhuge Liang on the side and said, "Prime Minister, you are so bad. Now Cao Cao will never sleep well in the future."

"Haha, my lord, you only said that the decisive battle will take place in five days, but you did not say that in these five days, we will just wait. Our attack can only be regarded as a sneak attack, not a decisive battle!"

"That makes sense."

Early the next morning.

Cao Cao looked at all the generals standing in the camp with dark circles under his eyes.

"You bunch of losers, you can't even catch a few hundred people."

Listening to Cao Cao's words, the generals felt unhappy. It was Cao Cao who personally told them to have a good rest and prepare for the decisive battle in five days. Who would have known that in less than five days, they would come for a sneak attack.

Looking at the appearance of the generals, Cao Cao sighed. He naturally knew that this incident was not entirely his fault, but he also had something to do with it.

At this moment, Cao Cao thought of a good idea and said something in Cao Zhang's ear.

"As you command, Father."

Cao Zhang fisted, turned and left, not knowing what Cao Zhang was going to do.

Ugly time.

Cao Zhang led thousands of people and rushed out of the camp aggressively toward Nanjun.

However, just halfway through, Cao Zhang suddenly felt something was wrong.

Before Cao Zhang could react, an arrow shot out of the woods.