Chapter 543: Methods to Break the Poison, Obey Orders!

"You don't need to worry about what it is. You just need to know that this thing is very terrifying. General Huang was defeated and died at the hands of this thing."

The two fell silent immediately after hearing this.

"Then what should we do now? Return to the front line?"

Xu Rong looked at Huang Zhong, he would definitely not be willing to go back like this.

Huang Zhong thought for a while, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "Wenyuan, you go to support Zhijiang, and the two of us go to support Huarong. There are three grain roads. It's okay to guard two. I will handle the matters here. Tell the lord that if the lord is to blame, I will take full responsibility. You don’t have to worry. At the same time, I will also ask the lord to find a way to solve the current problem. "

"Old General, I don't like hearing what you say. The three of us retreated together, and we lost this city together. How come it was your own decision? If you want to die, we will die together."

Zhang Liao smiled, took his Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry, and rushed towards Zhijiang.

Huang Zhong nodded to Xu Rong and rushed to Huarong together.

The three people left with the army. Zhou Yu in the distance naturally saw it and immediately found Miao Moqing.

"Clan leader, Huang Zhong and the others have already left. There is no need to continue. Please tell your clansmen to stop immediately."

Miao Moqing smiled and shook her head at Zhou Yu's words.

"I'm sorry, General Zhou. My lord has said that my mission is to turn Dangyang into a dead city. My lord said that we don't have the extra troops and famous generals to guard such a county. Only turning Dangyang into a dead city is the safest way. ”

"Dead city? Why? No one is guarding it. I can guard it. Just give me 10,000 soldiers."

When Zhou Yu heard what Miao Moqing said, he was naturally unwilling to give in and wanted to stop him, but the Lord said that he had no choice but to wait until he rushed to the frontline camp and told Sun Jian the information here. When he came back, I'm afraid This place has become a dead city.

Seeing the screams of the people coming from Dangyang City, Zhou Yu closed his eyes helplessly, as if he couldn't hear if he couldn't see.

Soon, Gu Rubing received information about Dangyang.

Now that Captain Younu has left the Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation, everything is in operation, and Gu Rubing's intelligence department has been completely restored.

"Sun Jian, this beast, actually killed everyone."

After Gu Rubing learned about the situation in Dangyang City, his face turned livid instantly. He did not expect that Sun Jian would become like this. What was the difference between this and massacre of the city.

"Lord, it's too late no matter what you say now. There is no problem with Old General Huang's decision. If it were bright, he would probably make the same decision as Old General Huang in that place."

Zhuge Liang was worried that Gu Rubing would punish Huang Zhong for fleeing without a fight, so he hurriedly tried to excuse Huang Zhong.

Gu Rubing also understood what Zhuge Liang meant. It was certainly shameful to flee without fighting, but he had to find out why.

In a situation like this, if Huang Zhong really persisted so mindlessly, he would have to blame Huang Zhong. If others don't know, how can Huang Zhong not know what the other person is like? If you stick to it, you are cheating your teammates.

"Huang Zhong's decision is right. This time Huang Zhong can be said to have saved the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers. But what we need to consider is how to solve this situation. Sun Jian obviously wants our three Liangdao, this time it’s just Dangyang, the next one may be Zhijiang or Huarong.”

Sun Jian is releasing poison to massacre the city. The most important thing is that this poison will not dissipate for a while. With Huang Zhong here, Gu Rubing is not worried about the loss of the army, but even if the army returns safely, the food road will be poisoned. If it's blocked, what's the use?

An army of 400,000 without food and fodder was like a decoration and could not defend the city at all.

Zhuge Liang looked at the worried Gu Rubing, gave him a reassuring smile, and ordered to the soldiers on the side: "Find Mr. Hua Tuo."

After the soldiers left, Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang doubtfully.

"Prime Minister, you can't even call Hua Tuo. Even if Hua Tuo has a way to deal with the poisonous gas, we don't have enough medicinal materials for hundreds of thousands of troops."

The medicinal materials needed by these hundreds of thousands of troops, even if they go to the mountains to collect medicines, will be enough to wipe out several mountains.

"Master, don't worry, I will naturally have my own way."

As soon as Zhuge Liang's voice fell, he saw Hua Tuo walking in from outside.

"My Lord, Prime Minister."

Hua Tuo saluted the two of them.

"Sir, take out the things I asked you to prepare."

Hua Tuo nodded, took out a gourd and placed it in front of Gu Rubing.

"Lord, after you came back, you told me about Jiangxia County. After I learned about it, I read through ancient books and finally found a way to solve the problem. This method does not require too many herbs and can be done, but Some specific conditions are required.”

Gu Rubing looked at Hua Tuo in surprise, and then opened Hua Tuo's gourd.

The pungent smell of medicinal herbs made Gu Rubing almost lose his breath.

After quickly closing the gourd, Gu Rubing looked at Hua Tuo and asked curiously: "What conditions are needed."

"My herbal medicine needs to be combined with a moat to be effective. But according to what I know, Dangyang has been lost, Zhijiang, and Huarong don't have a moat."

"moat?"

"That's right, lord. I have ground this herb into powder. Pour it into the moat, and it will always emit the smell of herbs. Although it is also pungent, it will at least not interfere with the soldiers' combat and can effectively block the entry of poisonous gas. However, due to the limited quantity, it must be poured into the moat to play the greatest role."

Gu Rubing looked at the map. Dangyang was lost. Huang Zhong and Xu Rong had already gone to Huarong, and Zhang Liao went to Zhijiang. Huarong was only half a day's journey from Dangyang. It would definitely be too late to start digging a moat now, but it was two days' journey from Dangyang to Zhijiang.

As long as someone stopped them a little, and Ma Chao and Zhang Liao were given five days, they would definitely be able to dig a moat.

According to the distance, Zhou Yu and his men would definitely go to Huarong after solving Dangyang, so Huang Zhong and his men had to stay in Huarong for four days to leave enough time for Ma Chao.

Huang Zhong was in a dilemma immediately after receiving Gu Rubing's order. He had to defend Huarong for four days. If the other party made that kind of weird thing, he might not be able to hold on even for one day, let alone four days.

The dead man suddenly stood up and waved his sword at his companion. This was not a problem of combat effectiveness, but ordinary soldiers could not bear such a blow.

Seeing Huang Zhong in a dilemma, Zhang He also heard about the situation in Dangyang. He had never seen it, but he believed that Huang Zhong and Xu Rong were not afraid of fighting. Since they chose to retreat, it meant that the enemy's terror was definitely beyond the range of resistance.

"General Huang, no matter what, since the lord has issued an order, we must not retreat before the time is up. Let's think about what we should do if we encounter such a situation."

Huang Zhong was also a little helpless about Zhang He's words. If he had a way, he would not give up Dangyang like this.

Just as Huang Zhong was thinking, Xu Rong suddenly thought of something.

"Since the other side can control the corpse, what if we burn the corpse?"

"Burn?"

Huang Zhong looked at Xu Rong after hearing this.

Burning corpses is not unfamiliar to them, but they will only do this after the war is completely over. Before it is over, they will dig a pit and bury the corpses.

"Yes, if the corpses are burned, the other side will have no corpses to use, which means that a lot of kerosene will be consumed. In this case, it will be very difficult for us to defend the city. Everyone, be prepared."

The two nodded.

In one day, there were no more screams in Dangyang City.

Zhou Yu looked at Dangyang City, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

"Chief, it should be enough. There is no sound in Dangyang City. No one should be alive, right?"

Miao Moqing nodded and said directly: "Next, Huarong."

"And?"

Zhou Yu did not expect that Sun Jian actually wanted all three cities to become dead cities.

In this case, it means that hundreds of thousands of people will die this time.

This made Zhou Yu unacceptable anyway.

"Clan leader, if I'm not mistaken, the Lord means that if we can't take down Huarong, the clan leader will take action, right?"

"Yes, but General Zhou, you just didn't take it down!"

Miao Moqing nodded, and there was still disdain in his eyes when he spoke to Zhou Yu.

"Who said we can't take it down? Give us two days. If we can't do it, it's not too late for you to take action."

"No problem, as long as General Zhou doesn't interfere with our mission."

To manipulate corpses, there must be corpses. In two days, there will be at least tens of thousands of corpses after the two sides fight. For Miao Moqing, there are only benefits and no disadvantages.

Cao Ren was also extremely dissatisfied with Miao Moqing's methods. He didn't want to see such a method of massacre.

When he heard Zhou Yu's words, Cao Ren knew what Zhou Yu wanted to do, and nodded to Zhou Yu.

In half a day, Zhou Yu led 60,000 troops to Huarong and joined Xiahou Yuan.

After learning that Huang Zhong and others had arrived at Huarong and brought nearly 20,000 reinforcements, Xiahou Yuan ordered the camp to retreat 50 miles.

When Zhou Yu and his men arrived, they saw that the camp was so far away from Huarong, and they all understood.

After learning a little about the situation, Zhou Yu made adjustments to the siege.

Xiahou Yuan attacked the west gate of Huarong, Cao Ren attacked the north gate, and Zhou Yu and Gan Ning attacked the east gate.

Miao Moqing stayed in the camp and made the final preparations.

Under such arrangements, only the south gate was left.

"What about the south gate? Who will go?"

Gan Ning originally thought that Zhou Yu would arrange for him to attack the south gate, but he didn't expect that Zhou Yu actually avoided the south gate.

Upon hearing Gan Ning's words, Zhou Yu glared at Gan Ning.

As a famous general, Zhou Yu, how could he not know that he did not arrange people to the south gate, and did so to make Huang Zhong and his men retreat. With a way out, the other party would naturally not fight with him.

Zhou Yu did this not to save the lives of Huang Zhong and others. Zhou Yu just didn't want to give Miao Moqing an excuse to take action. As long as Miao Moqing didn't take action, he would have a way to save the lives of the people in Huarong City.

"Your commander-in-chief just wants Huang Zhong and others to leave. After all, we can't waste too much time here, which will delay the situation on the front battlefield."

Cao Ren naturally understood Zhou Yu's thoughts and could only smooth things over for Zhou Yu.

Gan Ning nodded and said nothing.

"Okay, take a day off, and attack the city tomorrow morning."

Huang Zhong originally had extremely high eyesight. Standing on the city wall, he could see the camp of Cao's army.

Looking at the rising smoke, Huang Zhong judged that there were at least 100,000 troops in the camp of Cao's army this time.

Huang Zhong hesitated for a moment and took out a brocade bag.

This was what Zhuge Liang asked the captain of the mobile crossbow to bring when he conveyed Gu Rubing's order.

According to the captain of the mobile crossbow, if Zhou Yu and his men arrived, they would open the brocade bag and act according to the instructions on it.

Huang Zhong opened the brocade bag and looked at the arrangement on it. Huang Zhong couldn't help but sigh that Prime Minister Zhuge was really a god!

Not long after, Huang Zhong arrived at the Huarong government office.

"Junyi, you lead the White Feather Light Cavalry and 10,000 cavalry to raid Zhou Yu's camp. Remember to attack by surprise."

"Okay."

Zhang He nodded and led his men out of the city directly.

Just after Zhang He left, Huang Zhong, Xu Rong, and 20,000 troops ambushed on the road that Zhang He had to take to return to the city.

This place was very close to Zhou Yu's camp, almost at the entrance of the camp.

Soon Zhang He, with 10,000 cavalry and Baiyu Light Cavalry, arrived at the entrance of Zhou Yu's camp.

When the soldiers guarding the gate just reacted, Zhang He threw the torch in his hand into Zhou Yu's camp.

Then, Baiyu Light Cavalry fired countless rockets into the camp.

For a while, Zhou Yu's camp was full of fire.

When everyone was putting out the fire, Zhang He, holding the Five Tigers Soul-Breaking Spear, led everyone and rushed directly into the camp.

Zhou Yu and his men were caught off guard and suffered countless casualties.

But Zhou Yu, who was the first to react, immediately organized people to block Zhang He's attack and personally fought with Zhang He.

Although they are both famous generals, Zhou Yu, a Confucian general, is definitely inferior to Zhang He.

After forty rounds, Zhou Yu had already shown signs of defeat.

Just when Zhang He was fighting vigorously, a voice came from the side.

"Zhang He, you dare to burn my camp, you are looking for death!"

Gan Ning rushed to Zhang He with an ancient ingot knife in hand and blocked the attack of the Five Tiger Soul-Breaking Spear.

Seeing Gan Ning coming, Zhang He wanted to take action, but seeing that Cao Jun had already reacted, if he continued to entangle, he would definitely suffer heavy losses on his side, and even the survival of more than a hundred people would be a problem. Huang Zhong said that if he was allowed to attack by surprise, if he suffered too many losses, it would be difficult for him to explain after he returned.

"Let's stop here today. If there is a chance, I want to learn your swordsmanship."

Zhang He turned around and ran after saying that.

"Come as you want, leave as you want, what do you think we are talking about?"