Chapter 602: Zhao Yun

When Gu Rubing learned that the Gu tribe had entered the city, he immediately sent a batch of Hua Tuo's herbs and notified Zhang Liao to stop the attack and consolidate the other four counties.

Not long after Gu Rubing issued the order, Zhuge Liang walked in, followed by an old man.

When the old man saw Gu Rubing, he knelt on the ground.

"I am Xie Yan, the head of the Xie family. I meet King Lie."

Gu Rubing did not expect that the Xie family would come so soon. He thought that the Xie family would consider it.

"It turns out that the head of the Xie family is here. Please take a seat."

After Xie Yan sat down, he looked at Gu Rubing.

"King Lie, you told my clansman Xie Feng that you wanted half of our Xie family's annual income. After negotiation, our Xie family agreed. But we don't know what kind of help King Lie can provide us. If it's just the so-called four major families, then aren't we paying too much?"

In addition to the Xie family, there are still three of the four major families left. Even if all the four major families are annexed to the Xie family and half of the income is given to Liu Bei, their Xie family will only have the income of two families, including their Xie family. Besides, since Liu Bei chose to help them, how could he watch so much wealth flow into the Xie family? He must have a share of it, so the Xie family will get even less.

The Xie family is a businessman, so it's easy to figure it out.

Gu Rubing didn't expect that the Xie family had a big appetite.

"What does your Xie family want?"

"We want the industry of the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing and Zhuge Liang looked at Xie Yan at the same time.

They thought that the Xie family might want more, maybe Yangzhou, or even the commercial rights of several states adjacent to Yangzhou, but they never thought that what the Xie family wanted was the commercial rights of the entire Han Dynasty.

If all of this was given to the Xie family, it would be enough for the Xie family to raise an army of 500,000.

Facing this threat, Gu Rubing said he would never agree to anything.

"Are you Xie family kidding me? You want half of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and I've given them all to you, what do I want?"

Facing Gu Rubing's reaction, Xie Yan was not afraid at all, but very calm, which was completely within his expectations.

"King Lie, you have already gotten a lot. Throughout the dynasties, the royal family could only control one-tenth of the country's industries, and our Xie family directly gave you five-tenths. Do you still think it's not enough? Could it be that the descendants of King Lie want to destroy all the families of the Han Dynasty?"

After this, not only Xie Yan, but even the soldiers around him looked at Gu Rubing curiously.

Some of them are also children of aristocratic families, and some are from the common people. They all have different ideas about aristocratic families. They didn't think about those things before, but now that Xie Yan brought it up, they have to think about it.

Gu Rubing also felt the gazes of the people around him, and his heart was also tense. This Xie Yan almost made him fall into a trap.

Before Gu Rubing could speak, Zhuge Liang on the side spoke hurriedly.

"What is the Xie family master talking about? Our King Lie started his career with the help of aristocratic families. How could we possibly take action against aristocratic families? It's just that your Xie family really wants too much. The economy of the world is controlled by your Xie family. What do you want other families to do? Are you sure that after you become the richest businessman in the Han Dynasty, you will still give oil and water to other families?"

Everyone present once again focused their eyes on Xie Yan.

Zhuge Liang's words pushed the question to Xie Yan. Xie Yan didn't know how to answer for a while. He had only heard about how powerful Zhuge Liang was before, but this time, he saw it.

"Prime Minister Zhuge, why don't we take half of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty? It shouldn't be too much, right? After all, we can help King Lie take over Yangzhou. Without the four major families, Yangzhou will have no foundation. If you send troops, Yangzhou can be conquered with a wave of your hand. We can also be considered to have made contributions, right?"

"Of course there is no problem. We can accept this."

"Okay, in this case, we have nothing to prove, so we will write it down as a proof."

Soon, Gu Rubing and Xie Yan signed a contract.

"Two days later, I will invite the Kong family to meet in Danyang County. Among the four major families, only the Wei family's industry is relatively loose in Yangzhou. Now that the five counties of Yangzhou are in the hands of King Lie, the Wei family should also want to see you."

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Master Xie."

After Xie Yan left, the smile on Gu Rubing's face gradually faded, and some murderous aura emanated from his body.

"My lord, this Xie family can't stay."

This time, not only Gu Rubing, but even Zhuge Liang didn't want to keep this Xie family.

During this meeting, Zhuge Liang found that the Xie family was a wolf that could never be fed. If you give it meat, it will obey you. If you don't give it meat, it will bite you to death and eat the meat.

Zhang Liao, after receiving the news from Gu Rubing, immediately withdrew his troops and stopped besieging Kuaiji County.

However, Zhang Liao did not go far, but retreated the camp fifty miles.

Sun Quan and his men stood on the city wall, and those with better eyesight could still vaguely see some traces of Zhang Liao's camp.

"Bo Yan, we have three thousand elite soldiers in our hands now. Do you think we should attack Zhang Liao's camp?"

Now not only Sun Quan has such an idea, but even Lu Xun has some such ideas.

Sun Jian has always protected his special troops like treasures. Now that he has the opportunity to use them, he still wants to show the strength of these special troops.

Late at night.

The city gate quietly opened.

Lu Xun led 3,000 special troops to Zhang Liao's camp.

Soon, 3,000 people quietly touched the periphery of the camp. The spies sent by Zhang Liao were all dealt with by Lu Xun on the way. Lu Xun was confident that Zhang Liao would never know his plan this time.

Soon, with Lu Xun's order.

Countless rockets flew into Zhang Liao's camp.

The whole camp was on fire.

The Taishan Tiger Bandits immediately began to put out the fire, and some people had already blocked the entrance of the camp.

Lu Xun saw the Taishan Tiger Bandits blocking the entrance of the camp, and he couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

Ordinary soldiers would run around in a panic when encountering such a night attack. How could anyone know to block the entrance.

But the Taishan Tiger Bandits did it. Even without anyone commanding, they could still make the most correct choice.

However, Lu Xun did not retreat. The Taishan Tiger Bandits were elite, and what he brought this time was the elite among the elite.

Soon, Lu Xun rushed in with 3,000 people.

The defense line formed by the Taishan Tiger Bandits was torn apart in an instant.

However, when Lu Xun rushed into the camp, he found that Zhang Liao and others had never shown up, and he suddenly had some bad feelings in his heart.

At this moment, a voice sounded from behind them.

"Haha, Lu Xun, I knew you would come to attack, we have been waiting for you for a long time."

As Zhang Liao's voice fell, Lu Xun saw that the camp gate they rushed in had been blocked by the Iron Pagoda, and there were countless White Tiger Sun Devouring Guards around.

Lu Xun did not expect that his action this time was so secretive. What went wrong?

The sneak attack plan had failed, and Lu Xun had no choice but to retreat in time.

However, Lu Xun wanted to leave, but Zhang Liao and others were so well prepared that how could he let him leave easily.

As the encirclement tightened, Zhang Liao and others had already rushed to Lu Xun.

Facing several famous generals, Lu Xun fought a few times and was knocked off his horse.

Zhang Chao rushed over immediately when he saw this.

Pang De swung his knife and was about to chop at Lu Xun.

However, just when the knife was about to chop Lu Xun, Zhang Chao rushed over and blocked Pang De's knife with his body.

"General... Go!"

Zhang Chao used all his strength to throw Lu Xun away.

Lu Xun then rolled over and landed right next to his horse.

Mounting his horse, Lu Xun did not dare to stay.

"Retreat, follow me to kill."

After shouting, Lu Xun took out a whistling arrow and shot it into the sky.

No mistake, one sentence, one content, one book, one bar!

The sharp sound cut through the darkness. When Zhang Liao and others were about to catch up, they saw countless green poisonous gases slowly floating from the surroundings under the light of the fire.

"No, it's poison gas, take the detoxification pill quickly."

As Zhang Liao's voice fell, everyone reacted and took the detoxification pill quickly.

But when they took the detoxification pill, Lu Xun had already left here with his men.

Zhang Liao and his men wanted to chase him, but seeing that Lu Xun had already run away without a trace, they finally gave up. At least their goal this time was achieved.

Not long after they ran out, Sun Quan rushed over.

"Bo Yan, are you okay?"

"It's okay, young master, did you bring this Gu tribe out?"

Lu Xun saw that not only the Bai Lingwei came out with Sun Quan, but also the Gu tribe members.

"That's right, not long after you left, I received a message from the Kong family, one of the four major families."

After saying that, Sun Quan handed the message to Lu Xun.

After Lu Xun opened it and saw the content inside, his face suddenly changed.

"The Xie family actually betrayed us. No wonder the news of this night attack was leaked. It turned out that it was all the work of the Xie family. Go back and inform the entire Kuaiji County that anyone who meets the Xie family will be killed without mercy."

The four major families are deeply rooted in Yangzhou. It is impossible to avoid them completely. This also led to the fact that there were many spies from the four major families in the Yangzhou military camp. Xie Yan received a message from the spies saying that there was a transfer in the camp.

Xie Yan was once an official in the court. Although he had never fought any wars, he also knew about the night attack. After realizing that something was wrong, he immediately sent a message to Zhang Liao, which allowed Zhang Liao to set a beautiful ambush.

However, Xie Yan did not expect that this message would completely expose himself. He did not realize that there were spies from the other three major families around him.

Because Lu Xun's order was issued very quickly, the Yangzhou army in Kuaiji County was also very fast, resulting in not many people from the Xie family running away. Fortunately, when preparing to cooperate with Gu Rubing, Xie Ying had already withdrawn some of the Xie family's people from Kuaiji County, otherwise the Xie family would have been wiped out this time.

Zhang Liao counted Lu Xun's losses.

He found that there were more than 800 bodies lying on the ground.

In contrast, his own losses were as high as more than 2,000, most of which were Taishan tiger thieves.

Ordinary elites, encountering real elites, this is the difference.

After this time, Zhang Liao adjusted the number of guards and the number of patrols, and as for the secret sentries, they had to be placed directly under the opponent's city.

One night passed.

There are corpses everywhere in the entire Kuaiji County. These people are all from the Xie family.

Lu Xun looked at the bloodstains on the street and was shocked.

There are so many people in the Xie family and the county. These four families are really terrifying.

At this time, inside the Wei family mansion.

Wei Xi sat in the main seat, and there were several elders sitting around him.

"Everyone, take a look. This is an invitation from the Xie family."

Wei Xi handed the letter in his hand to everyone present.

Several people took it and looked at it.

"Patriarch, it is obvious that the Xie family wants to drag us into the water. We can't go to Danyang County."

After this voice fell, many people around agreed.

Wei Xi hesitated and looked at the letter in his hand.

After a long time, he raised his head and looked at everyone present.

"Everyone, I just want to ask, how long do you think Sunzhou Mu can hold on?"

As soon as this was said, everyone was silent.

They also didn't know how long Sunzhou Mu could hold out, but everyone could see that Sun Jian was at the end of his strength, and failure was foreseeable. Yangzhou was doomed to fail.

It had been five days, and Sun Jian's reinforcements had only arrived with 20,000 people. With such a small number of people, they couldn't even defend for too long, let alone counterattack. Everyone could see that Sun Jian only wanted Kuaiji County and didn't want to take back other places.

"Our Wei family has its roots in Yangzhou. Although we supported Sunzhou Mu before, we can't move our family to Jiaozhou just because of Sunzhou Mu, right? So whoever occupies Yangzhou, we will listen to him. This is the strategy we formulated at the beginning. Now that King Lie has occupied all places except Kuaiji County, we will join King Lie's camp sooner or later. What's the difference between earlier and later?"

"Besides, I feel that it's much better to be earlier than later."

The people present were all the elders of the Wei family, and they were all people who had worked hard in the business world for a lifetime. They naturally understood the truth.

"Since the clan leader wants to go, then go. What else can we old guys say?"

Finally, after one clan elder agreed, the others nodded.

Soon Wei Xi rushed to Danyang County.

One day later.

Gu Rubing entered Xuancheng, Danyang County, which was also the place he and Xie Yan agreed to meet.

After seeing Gu Rubing, Xie Yan immediately came to Gu Rubing's side. When he found that Gu Rubing was only accompanied by one person, he looked at Gu Rubing with some worry.

"King Lie, this time we said we were going to talk, but we all know the risks involved. You only brought one person. Isn't this a little too little!"

"Haha, Master Xie, you don't have to worry about this. The person next to you is called Zhao Yun." (End of this chapter)