Chapter 563 Chaos

"Lord, there is a gap in the defense line of the Parthian Empire. Should we break in?"

"Gap? Are you sure this is not a strategy?"

"Lord, the gap corresponds to the Caucasus. If we take the Caucasus, we will be able to break into various places in the Parthian Empire. If the Parthian Empire wants to guard against us, it will need at least hundreds of thousands of people, which can greatly reduce our pressure."

Sun Jian had a bad feeling when he heard this. He always felt that this was like a pocket formation in the Central Plains, with a piece of meat in it, waiting for him to take it. As long as he went, it would be easy to be swallowed.

After looking at the map for a long time, Sun Jian finally decided not to eat this piece of meat.

However, at this time, a military intelligence was delivered to Sun Jian.

Liu Bei's army had begun to leave Liangzhou and attack the Parthian Empire.

Until this news, Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

In Sun Jian's view, Gu Rubing's move would definitely cause loopholes in the defense of the Parthian Empire.

"Order Sulla to attack the Caucasus!"

As soon as this order came out, Caesar nodded hurriedly.

Then, the Roman general Sulla led an army of 100,000 and rushed directly into the crack, directly surrounding the Caucasus.

In order to capture the Caucasus, Sulla made full preparations, and Sun Jian also gave a lot of help.

As Sulla entered the Caucasus, Sun Jian also asked Fabius to lead 50,000 troops to assist.

Originally, Sun Jian had made sufficient preparations, but he did not expect that the Caucasus would be captured in less than a day.

When the Roman flag was planted on the Caucasus, Cao Cao, who was hiding in the dark, began to besiege Milan according to Zhuge Liang's deployment.

Upon learning that Milan was raided, Sun Jian immediately sent people to support it.

But the reinforcements were blocked just halfway.

The blocking force was not very strong, but it was enough to delay until Milan was captured.

The two sides also completed the exchange of territories.

Zhuge Liang looked at the map in front of him, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. With these two places, he was one step closer to the plan.

"Haha, Mr. Zhuge is really a great talent. Every step of the enemy is actually in your calculation. Liu Bei did not use you, which is really Liu Bei's loss."

This time, Cao Cao took one of the opponent's important cities with the least loss. If it had been before, he would not have been able to take it without losing 100,000 people.

"Prime Minister, you are too kind. If Rome had not been greedy, how could it have fallen into the trap and sent most of its people to the Caucasus, which left Mira empty. Now what the Prime Minister has to do is to besiege the Caucasus and take it back."

"Good!"

However, the siege of the Caucasus was not as smooth as Cao Cao thought. There were two famous generals stationed in the Caucasus, plus 150,000 soldiers and horses.

Although it was a siege, after the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, they fought for consumption on both sides.

When Sulla and Fabius entered the Caucasus, Sun Jian thought of the pocket formation, so he also asked them to bring enough food and grass.

The Caucasus City was high and well-stocked, and Cao Cao spent three days without being able to capture a single city gate.

In desperation, Cao Cao could only find Zhuge Liang again.

"Mr. Zhuge, the Caucasus is really hard to capture. I wonder if the Prime Minister has any good ideas?"

"Siege, still can't capture it?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Cao Cao with a puzzled look.

Cao Cao could only smile helplessly. He was also helpless about this. The combat effectiveness of the Parthian Empire was really a bit worse than that of the Han Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang's strategy was originally fine, but under this kind of combat effectiveness, Cao Cao found that his losses were a little more.

Besieging the Caucasus with a force of 150,000, he used 300,000 or even 350,000 troops, but failed to capture it. Instead, he lost nearly 60,000.

For this situation, Cao Cao could only blame the people in his hands. He could not blame Zhuge Liang.

Huang Zhong, with his 100,000 troops, walked around the border of Parthia. After fighting twice, he found that he could not defeat the enemy at all, and finally had to choose to retreat helplessly. This also led to the fact that Parthia did not need to send reinforcements at all.

At this time, Gu Rubing was at the border of Guangling County, and all the military reports about Xiliang appeared in front of Gu Rubing.

Seeing the lively battle between Parthia and Rome, Gu Rubing took this opportunity to speed up his development and quickly replenish the troops lost before, including 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits.

While Gu Rubing was resting, Sun Jian and Cao Cao were also resting at the same time, but Wu County was much more troublesome.

Looking at Gu Rubing's camp not far ahead, Lu Xun felt a little pressure in his heart.

He took a simple look at Gu Rubing's camp and found that there were at least 100,000 people, while his side, after replenishment, only had 100,000 people. Gu Rubing was surrounded by fierce generals, but he did not have a general on his side. There was only one second son, Sun Quan, who seemed to be frightened and kept silent.

The two sides were in a truce period, and finally had a chance to breathe. Sun Jian did not want to go to war with Gu Rubing now, so he only symbolically sent troops to Wujun, but did not give more support.

After nearly a month of rest, the three forces were fully replenished.

Just when everyone thought that Gu Rubing's next target was Sun Jian, Pang De Deng Ai and 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits hiding in Hanzhong County suddenly launched a surprise attack on Ba County.

Cao Cao's famous generals, even legendary generals, were concentrated near Jiaozhou, and no one paid attention to Ba County.

Pang De led the charge, not only taking Ba County, but also beheading Gao Lan who was guarding Ba County in front of the battle line.

When Cao Cao heard the news, his face instantly turned ugly, and he told the news to Zhuge Liang.

During this period of time, although Cao Cao suffered a lot of losses, he also annexed nearly half of Rome's territory. He also lost some territory, but fortunately it was all under Cao Cao's control, or more precisely, under Zhuge Liang's control.

"Mr. Zhuge, Ba County was lost. It was Pang De under Liu Bei who attacked Ba County."

Zhuge Liang was not surprised by the loss of Ba County, but just nodded.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's indifference, Cao Cao was a little dissatisfied. Even if Zhuge Liang was not his man, he couldn't be so casual after getting along for so long, right? Anyway, he also lost a general and tens of thousands of soldiers.

"Mr. Zhuge, Ba County..."

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. This is just a trick. Liu Bei's target is definitely not you. Don't worry about it! Just let Sun Jian take action."

Cao Cao looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion, but he didn't mean to explain.

Although Zhuge Liang said so, Cao Cao still transferred Xu Huang from Xiangke County to Guanghan County for support.

When Sun Jian learned that Gu Rubing had actually taken action against Cao Cao, he felt a little relieved.

As long as it wasn't him who suffered the loss, he didn't care how much Cao Cao lost. Although they were allies, they were still opponents after all.

However, Sun Jian didn't feel happy for long. He received an order from Cao Cao to take action.

Sun Jian was still smiling the previous second, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant the next second.

He then threw the letter in front of him directly to the ground and stepped on it twice.

"What is Cao Cao thinking? Why doesn't he attack and let me attack? Liu Bei is attacking him, not me. What does it have to do with me?"

Caesar had never seen Sun Jian so angry before. He didn't know much about the situation of the Han Dynasty. He could only wait quietly for Sun Jian to vent his anger.

After a long time, Sun Jian finally calmed down.

Although he was angry, Sun Jian knew that he couldn't disobey Cao Cao's orders. Rome had suffered a lot here. Not to mention defeating the Han Dynasty, even the Parthian Empire in front of him might not be his opponent. So he still needed to be patient with Cao Cao.

Sun Jian had to go back. Things here could only be left to Caesar.

At this time, Huang Zhong no longer forbeared and led the 100,000 troops of Liangzhou to launch a fierce attack on the border of Parthia.

Cao Cao couldn't stand it anymore. In a few days, the border of Parthia lost several cities.

"Mr. Zhuge, didn't you say that 100,000 troops on the border would be enough? Why did it become like this?"

"Don't panic, Prime Minister. Liu Bei did take down a few of our cities, but they are all small cities, so there is no need to care. In addition, our garrison on the border is only 100,000 in total. Even if they are all lost, what does it matter? Prime Minister, don't forget how many cities we took from Rome? The 36 countries in the Western Regions were originally left by me to delay Liu Bei."

Hearing this, Cao Cao also felt that what Zhuge Liang said made sense.

At present, what has been lost are the former 36 countries in the Western Regions. Each country is not big, and the city defense construction is not enough. There is really not much difference between having and not having. In contrast, the big cities that he took down with the help of Zhuge Liang are equivalent to ten small cities.

With Zhuge Liang's comfort, Cao Cao temporarily had no other ideas.

Sun Jian rushed back to Wujun without stopping, and also brought Gan Ning, Huang Gai, and Miao Moqing with him.

Looking at the mighty troops of Gu Rubing outside the city, Sun Jian's face was solemn, and he immediately asked Gan Ning to lead his men to try to attack once.

However, when Gan Ning rushed out with 40,000 people, Zhang Liao also rushed out with the 18 Riders of Yanyun.

As soon as the two sides fought, Zhang Liao launched a desperate battle.

The combat effectiveness of the 2,000 Riders of Yanyun instantly increased to the level of first-class generals.

The 40,000 troops were instantly dispersed by the 18 Riders of Yanyun. Seeing this, Gan Ning hurriedly gathered the army.

However, Zhang Liao led the 18 Riders of Yanyun to charge everywhere, and once again smashed the army that Gan Ning had finally gathered.

"Zhang Liao, I'll kill you!"

As the voice fell, Gan Ning rushed up directly with the ancient ingot knife.

After the two fought for several rounds, Zhang Liao pushed Gan Ning back a few steps with force, and turned around and ran.

Gan Ning quickly chased after him.

Seeing the two chasing each other, Sun Jian suddenly felt something was wrong and immediately called off the troops.

Gan Ning heard the retreat and hesitated for a moment. Just as he was about to go back unwillingly, Zhang Liao suddenly stopped.

"No wonder no one liked you in Jiangxia. You are timid and timid, and you are so noisy with your mediocre martial arts. People like you are destined to have no achievements."

"What did you say?"

Gan Ning's anger was completely ignited at this time, and he was ready to rush forward with the ancient ingot knife.

But at this moment, Sun Jian's voice sounded in the distance.

"Xingba, didn't you hear the retreat? Come back quickly."

Sun Jian's voice instantly made Gan Ning sober up. He realized that he had left the army without knowing when, and almost caught up with Liu Bei's camp.

Gan Ning snorted coldly, turned around and left. No matter how Zhang Liao mocked him from behind, he didn't care.

Zhang Liao shrugged helplessly when he saw his plan was exposed.

Sun Jian counted his losses afterwards. He lost more than 10,000 men in a simple test. There were less than 50 Gu Rubing's men on the battlefield.

Sun Jian knew that he had lost a lot this time.

The most important thing was that Gu Rubing did not show up during the whole battle. In Sun Jian's opinion, Gu Rubing did not care about this level of test at all.

However, what Sun Jian did not know was that Gu Rubing had already arrived in Jiaozhou, Yulin County.

"Brother, you are here."

Guan Yu stepped forward immediately after seeing Gu Rubing coming.

"Brother, you are finally here. If you don't come, I, Zhang, will be bored to death. I have to fight with my second brother and Mengqi every day. It's so boring every day!"

"Oh? Fighting? Who won?"

Hearing this, Ma Chao smiled helplessly and said, "I am still the worst. The third general is worse than General Guan."

This was within Gu Rubing's expectations, but Guan Yu's evaluation made Gu Rubing's eyes light up.

"Mengqi, you don't have to say it so reluctantly. Even if I try my best, it will be very difficult to take you down, and that's if you don't run away."

Obviously, the effect of the gun god, +1000% toughness, gave Ma Chao a lot of help when he fought Guan Yu. "

"Okay, we should get down to business. Now is not the time to talk about this. "

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he immediately found all the generals in his tent.

Looking at Zhang Ren, Wei Yan, and Zhang He in front of him, Gu Rubing knew that the famous generals in his hands were too scattered. If this continued, he would not be able to bear it sooner or later.

But now the arrow is on the string, and it has to be shot.

"Everyone, take Cangwu County tonight."

Everyone nodded immediately after hearing this. They have been holding back for a while. Facing the pressure brought by the continuous increase of troops on both sides, everyone has been on alert every day. This time, taking the initiative to attack will definitely be able to solve the threat of Sun Jian, and their lives will be better.

Night fell.

Zhou Yu was sleeping when he heard a sound at the door.

"Who?"

After the voice fell, a soldier walked in.

"Grand Commander, I received news that Liu Bei's army launched a full-scale attack in Cangwu County. At present, all parts of Cangwu County are looking for us for reinforcements. "

"Liu Bei took action? Shouldn't he be in Wu County? Didn't the lord just fight with him? "

Zhou Yu sat up from the bed, thinking about Gu Rubing's route, but no matter how he thought, he couldn't understand what Gu Rubing was going to do in such a chaotic battle. (End of this chapter)