Chapter 556: Taking Credit!

The people around him listened to Zang Ba's words, but they didn't think much.

"Xuan Gao, don't be so excited. Didn't Yide say that there were several auras in the other camp that were not weaker than his. They might be legendary generals. Although I don't know how Cao Cao got so many legendary generals, it is definitely beyond our ability. Once the other side takes action, we may not even be able to defend Yulin County."

Zang Ba wanted to say something after hearing this, but Huang Zhong waved his hand and asked everyone to go back.

Zang Ba arrived outside the military camp and was unwilling to accept the current situation.

For Jiaozhou, he threw in his 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits, but in return he had to retreat his defense line again and again. What about the brothers he lost?

In the distance, Deng Ai had been watching Zang Ba. When he was in the meeting just now, he felt that Zang Ba was a little bit wrong and worried, so he kept following him.

Late at night, Zang Ba quietly left the camp with hundreds of guards.

However, after Zang Ba left, two figures followed him at the same time.

"General, it's not good for us to leave like this, right?"

"What's wrong with that? If anything happens, I'll take care of it. What are you afraid of?"

Zang Ba rolled his eyes at the deputy general beside him.

The deputy general didn't know what to say, but he just followed Zang Ba for a long time and finally couldn't help it.

"General, what are we going to do?"

"According to the intelligence, there are less than a thousand soldiers guarding Guangxin County. With us, plus me, it should be no problem to take Guangxin County. As long as we have an advantage, General Huang should be able to give us reinforcements, so that we can get military merit."

When he heard that they were going to attack Guangxin County in Cangwu County, the deputy general was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly turned ugly.

A few hundred people sneak attacking a county town guarded by a thousand people, this is not a joke.

This deputy general is also a first-class general, just a little bit behind Zang Ba, so he will say whatever he wants.

"General, we only have a few hundred people. Isn't this a bit too much, and our strength is limited. If General Huang is here, there may be some changes, but if it's just us, isn't it..."

"Are you saying that my strength is low?"

"I dare not, I'm just stating a fact."

Zang Ba's personal guards had been killed when they were guarding Cangwu County, and his general Sun Guan and others had also died in the battle. These personal guards in front of him were just randomly selected from the army, and their strength was not much lower than Zang Ba, so naturally they were not very convinced of Zang Ba.

Seeing that his men did not obey him, Zang Ba did not care about anything, and still led his men to Guangxin County.

Just after these people left, Huang Zhong walked out from the corner, followed by Deng Ai.

"As you said, Xuan Gao really didn't give up. The annihilation of the Taishan Tiger Bandits and the death of all his confidants were a huge blow to him. When the lord comes, I will definitely persuade the lord to reorganize the Taishan Tiger Bandits."

"General Huang is righteous, but we should first think of a way to bring General Xuan Gao back. Do we really want to let him go to Guangxin County?"

"Haha, there are only a thousand defenders. With us plus Xuan Gao, there are also hundreds of personal guards. Isn't it easy to capture him? Since Xuan Gao wants to use Guangxin County to seek credit, let's give him this opportunity."

Huang Zhong laughed and chased forward.

Looking at Huang Zhong's back, Deng Ai nodded. It's not a happy thing to meet a madman, but it's definitely a great blessing to meet a general who is willing to go crazy with you!

Soon, Zang Ba led his men to Guangxin County.

Because it is the nearest county to Yulin County, the defenders did not dare to relax. Even in the middle of the night, the defenders were extremely vigilant and watched the movements under the city.

When they saw Zang Ba bringing people, they all became nervous.

"Stop, who are you?"

Hearing this, Zang Ba stopped and immediately shouted to the guards above: "General Xiahou's personal guards, I want to talk to your Grand Commander about something, open the door and let us pass!"

"General Xiahou's personal guards of Cao's army? Do you have a token?"

Zang Ba nodded, and then took out the token he picked up on the battlefield.

The guard was originally a centurion of the Yangzhou army. He had never seen any personal guards of General Xiahou, let alone what a token looked like. He just saw the words "Xiahou's personal guards" on the token.

The centurion knew that the lords of several forces had been gathering together recently, as if they were plotting something, and the other side's troops often passed through his place.

"Okay, I'll open the door now."

Soon the gate of the county town slowly opened.

The centurion walked out from inside.

"Your general sent you here so late, is there something important?"

The centurion walked in front of Zang Ba and asked with a smile.

But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore. At this late hour, the lighting mainly relied on the light of torches, which couldn't reach too far, so he couldn't see the clothes of these people clearly. When he walked in, he saw that these so-called Xiahou guards were actually dressed in Liu Bei's outfit.

"You are..."

However, before the centurion finished speaking, Zang Ba swung his knife and chopped off the centurion's neck.

"We are the ones who want you dead."

After Zang Ba finished speaking, he led his men to rush into Guangxin County.

The Yangzhou army guarding the city immediately wanted to close the city gate when they saw this.

In order to prevent the other party from seeing his appearance and the services of his personal guards, Zang Ba deliberately stood far away, beyond the range of the fire. Now the other party reacted and began to close the city gate. The speed of closing the door was even if he was sprinting with all his strength. , too late.

If the other party closes the city gate, how can a few hundred people of ours possibly storm a county town guarded by a thousand people?

Just when Zang Ba was anxious, two arrows were shot out from the darkness, targeting the soldiers who were closing the city gate.

As two screams rang out, the soldier who closed the door fell directly to the ground, and his body was stuck in the middle of the city gate.

The people behind him reacted and just dragged the body out from the city gate. When they wanted to close the door again, they found that Zang Ba had already arrived at the city gate.

Then Zang Ba swung his sword and killed the soldiers guarding the gate directly.

Hundreds of people just rushed into the city.

There were only a hundred Yangzhou troops on the city wall. Under the leadership of Zang Ba, they quickly occupied the city wall.

Looking at the corpse at the city gate with arrows stuck in it, Zang Ba looked at the guards beside him.

"Who shot the arrow? This archery skill is so good. When I go back, I will reward him heavily."

However, after the deputy general asked around, no one was shooting arrows. After all, they were all rushing into the city. Who could still have time to bend the bow and shoot arrows under such circumstances?

After hearing the report from his men, Zang Ba remembered that the position where he shot the arrow seemed to be behind him.

Zang Ba hurriedly looked towards the woods outside the city.

Huang Zhong and Deng Ai slowly walked out of the woods, smiled and waved to Zang Ba.

Zang Ba understood it instantly. After smiling, he led his personal guards and killed them towards the military camp in the city.

In Guangxin County, the strongest person is only a second-rate general, a commander of thousands.

He was no match for Zang Ba at all.

After the commander was eliminated, Guangxin County was successfully captured by Zang Ba.

At this time, Huang Zhong also led Deng Ai into the city.

"Thank you, General, for helping me!"

"This is your credit. I just came to take a look. However, we cannot defend this place. We should leave if we take away the valuable things in the city!"

"Walk?"

When Zang Ba heard this, he wanted to leave again, but naturally he didn't want to.

"Let's go. This place is too close to Zhou Yu's camp. I'm afraid Zhou Yu has heard the news and is rushing here. Our reinforcements will definitely not come as fast as Zhou Yu. How can hundreds of people defend the city?"

Hearing this, Zang Ba nodded helplessly.

But they didn't come in vain. They took away all the supplies in the entire county. Before leaving, they also took out all the kerosene from the warehouse and placed them in every corner of the city.

Early the next morning.

Gu Rubing finally arrived at Yulin County.

Huang Zhong led everyone to greet Gu Rubing.

"My Lord, I am entirely responsible for the failure of this attack. Please punish me, Lord."

Huang Zhong knelt directly on the ground as he spoke.

"Haha, why should the old general be like this? Even I didn't think of Cao Cao's situation. How can I blame the old general? Besides, the weird ways of the Gu tribe also give me a headache."

With that said, Gu Rubing helped Huang Zhong up from the ground.

After several people arrived at the main camp, Huang Zhong directly introduced the surrounding situation to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, Zhou Yu, with Gan Ning, Sun Ce, and the head of the Gu clan, is guarding Cangwu County with a hundred thousand troops. In addition, Cao Cao is guarding Xiangke County with a hundred thousand troops. We only saw Xiahou Brother, we didn’t see the others, but the three generals said that there were several dangerous auras around Cao Cao, and we suspected they were legendary generals, so we didn’t dare to take any action.”

Gu Rubing nodded. He already knew the situation on Cao Cao's side, and it was indeed a headache.

"As for our side, including the troops and horses you came to support, there are a total of 300,000. As for our elite force, the Taishan Tiger Bandits, the entire army has been wiped out."

Huang Zhong specifically mentioned the Taishan tiger thief thing, wanting to see what Gu Rubing's attitude was.

Gu Rubing looked at the map in his hand and said nothing.

Seeing that Gu Rubing was silent, Zang Ba on the side was anxious and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Huang Zhong's eyes.

"Lord, last night, General Zang Ba led his bodyguards to sneak attack Guangxin County, killed more than a thousand Yangzhou troops, brought back enough supplies for thousands of people, and buried kerosene in the city. As long as We are going to attack Guangxin County, and we can definitely capture it within half an hour.”

Hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at Huang Zhong curiously.

Both sides have amassed more than 500,000 troops, and the occupied areas are calculated according to county specifications. It is just a county. Why would Huang Zhong deliberately say it? How can the supplies of several thousand people in a county be counted in front of an army of 300,000? What?

"It seems that General Xuan Gao has made great achievements. I wonder what reward you want, Xuan Gao?"

Gu Rubing also understood what Huang Zhong meant at this moment. He was obviously asking for credit for Zang Ba, and he deliberately said these credits because he wanted to do so.

"My lord, I don't expect anything from this subordinate. I just hope that my lord can restore the Taishan Tiger Bandit organization. The Taishan Tiger Bandit is all my hard work. I don't want him to be gone like this!"

"That's it! You don't need to tell me, I will recover naturally. The Taishan tiger thieves are elites. If you let me go, I won't let you go!"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he laughed directly.

Hearing this, Zang Ba's anxious heart was finally settled.

"Okay, you all go down!"

The long journey made Gu Rubing a little tired.

Everyone walked out of the camp.

Zang Ba walked up to Huang Zhong and Deng Ai, and clasped his fists in gratitude.

"Okay, Xuan Gao, I know what you are worried about. I helped you this time, but there must be no next time. This is a military order. If others find out that you left the camp without permission, even I can't protect you."

"Thank you for your help, old general. I remember it and will never make the same mistake again."

After everyone left, Zhang Fei hurried to Gu Rubing's side.

"Brother, it seems that two legendary generals have appeared in Cao Cao's hands. My feeling should be right."

"Third brother, big brother already knows, and we have fought with Cao Cao's people. Don't you feel it? Meng Qi is already a legendary general. Even if we really fight, we will not suffer any loss."

Guan Yu patted Zhang Fei's shoulder and smiled.

"Mengqi, you are also a legendary general? That's great. I was originally worried that the other side has one more legendary general than us. What should we do? Now that the number is equal, I am relieved."

"I can become a legendary general, and I have to thank the lord for helping me, otherwise I will always be a little short!"

"This has nothing to do with me, this is all your own credit!"

After several people laughed for a while, Gu Rubing took out the letter from Cao Cao.

Seeing the words in the letter, Guan Yu immediately shook his head.

"Brother, this Cao Cao is reckless, be careful that this is a Hongmen Banquet."

Zhang Fei also nodded quickly.

Although the two sides are now said to have entered a truce period, there is no real truce period in the current situation. Everyone is just not ready. As long as there is no unification, there will be no real peace.

Gu Rubing didn't know why Cao Cao wanted to meet him at this time, and it was in Sun Jian's territory.

Just when Gu Rubing was thinking about it, a piece of intelligence was sent to Gu Rubing by Zhuge Liang himself.

Things that can make Zhuge Liang personally take action are usually big things.

After seeing the intelligence, Gu Rubing frowned, as if something very confusing had happened.

"What's wrong, brother?"

Zhang Fei looked at Gu Rubing curiously, and then took the intelligence.

This is the intelligence obtained by the captain of the mobile crossbow army outside the region.

Since Gu Rubing began to focus on laying out the intelligence network in the Western Regions and even further away, this is the first intelligence from the Western Regions.

The newspaper said that after the fall of the Kushan Empire and the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

Two countries called the Parthian Empire and the Roman Empire immediately divided these places.

When Gu Rubing left Liangzhou, he had thought about letting Taishi Ci take over these places.