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Chapter 352: End of Life, Cruelty of War
"It's horrible, too horrible, so horrible! Before Mr. Wolong came out of seclusion, Liu Caoxie was attacked from both sides by Cao Zhonger and Sun Menghu. As a result, after Liu Caoxie invited Mr. Wolong out of seclusion, he punched Cao Zhonger, kicked Sun Menghu, and dragged Liu Zhongdi into the game. He single-handedly disrupted the entire Central Plains."

"Observing the sky at night, it's so abnormal! Not only can he see that Zhao Yun and the Third Master are still alive, but he can also see that Liu Zhongdi is dying. He even planned how to annex Liu Zhongdi's Jingzhou. It's an open conspiracy. It's amazing!"

"This battle almost wiped out Sun Menghu's wealth. Yangzhou sent more than half of its army into the battle. The same thing happened to Cao Zhonger in the north. The Imperial Guards and the Imperial Guards were all used, but they were still beaten back home in the end. After the battle, it took them several months to recover. These few months are enough for Liu Caoxie to deal with them one by one. By then, Liu Caoxie will be the only one in power. In addition, with Liu Caoxie's identity as the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, it seems that Liu Caoxie will directly ascend the throne and become emperor next!"

"All of this is the result of Mr. Wolong's planning. He used everyone on Liu Caoxie's side to their full potential. Mr. Wolong sent Xi Zhicai and Fa Zheng to guard various military towns and cities, fearing that his people would rebel again."

"Liu Caoxie's subordinates are either elite soldiers and generals, or strategists and poisonous scholars. They are too strong. How can we, Sun Menghu, survive? The planner must weaken Liu Caoxie, otherwise there will be no fun."

Not only were the live broadcast rooms of Gu Rubing and Sun Jian filled with barrages of comments, but the live broadcast room of Liu Biao, who was concluded by Zhuge Liang that he would not live long, was also filled with barrages of comments.

"Liu Zongdi, Liu Zongdi, Mr. Wolong over at Liu Caoxie has been saying that you won't live long. What's wrong with you? Have you overindulged yourself? Is your body overdrawn? Do you want some kidney supplements? I'll mail you a box."

"Liu Zongdi, look at you. Ever since you entered the game, you have been either farming or "farming". The crops in the fields have grown, but the seeds you planted in your beautiful wives and concubines have not sprouted yet."

"You won't be the first person to be cursed to death in this game, will you?"

"I think Liu Zhongdi looks pretty good, and he doesn't look like someone who will die young. How come he was sentenced to death?"

The live broadcast rooms with Gu Rubing and Sun Jian were just discussing the current situation and future pattern, but Liu Biao's live broadcast room was almost entirely filled with complaints about the news that Liu Biao was about to die.

Liu Biao, who was wildly criticized by netizens, was currently studying how to capture Nanchang County, the seat of Yuzhang County. His advisers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, and generals Huang Zhong, Huang Zu, Wen Pin and others gathered together. They launched three attacks on Nanchang City, but all ended in failure and suffered heavy losses.

"Everyone, do you have any good ideas to capture Nanchang County City?"

Liu Biao sat in the main seat, looking a little uncomfortable. He had been feeling itchy on his back for the past few days, and no matter how he scratched it was of no use, and the itchiness was getting worse and worse. However, he was too embarrassed to scratch the itch in front of so many civil and military officials, so he could only endure it.

"Nanchang County City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The enemy has a lot of boulders and logs in reserve, so it's difficult to attack the city walls. If we want to use catapults and crossbows to attack the city, we'll have to face the cavalry led by Jiangdong General Gan Ning after entering the city. No matter which method we use to attack, it's not the best strategy for us."

Kuai Liang had a solemn expression on his face. He had suffered considerable losses in the previous attack on several other military towns in Yuzhang County, and now he was even more consumed with fighting with Gu Yong and his men in Nanchang County City. If the battle dragged on like this, there would be only disadvantages and no benefits.

"My Lord, Zirou, don't worry. Since I'm here, you don't need to worry anymore."

The person who spoke was an old general with white hair and beard, named Huang Zu. He was a relative of Huang Zhong, the General of the Central Army of Changsha. In terms of seniority, Huang Zu was Huang Zhong's uncle and served as the prefect of Jiangxia. It was from Huang Zu that Zhao Yun borrowed the five catapults and twenty giant crossbows.

He was the strongest general under Liu Biao. Since he took office as the prefect of Jiangxia, he had resisted the attacks of Sun Jian's troops on Jiangxia many times and firmly guarded the eastern gate of Jingzhou. Changsha in the southeast was garrisoned by General Huang Zhong. Both of them were capable generals under Liu Biao.

"Chengyan, do you have any plans?"

Liu Biao asked, the itching on his back becoming increasingly unbearable.

"I don't have any plans. I am just a bunch of rats from Jiangdong. Tomorrow, I will lead the army to attack Nanchang County City. We will take Nanchang within one day!"

Huang Zu is a domineering person. Having fought with Jiangdong for many years, he knows the character of Jiangdong's subordinates well. He has repeatedly thwarted Sun Jian's conspiracy to merge Jingzhou. This kind of strength is not just talk.

Huang Zhong was about to speak, but he saw Liu Biao waved his hand.

"That's great. Tomorrow, Cheng Yan will lead the army to attack Nanchang County. Do you have any objections?"

Liu Biao didn't give anyone any chance to speak.

"Since there isn't one, then let's end it here. Zirou, tell Chengyan about our current situation and make a plan for tomorrow. You two will be fully responsible."

After saying that, Liu Biao walked out of the conference room without looking back. As soon as he walked out of the conference room, Liu Biao wanted to take off all his clothes and scratch his body. It was so itchy. It was not an itch on the skin, but the kind of itch that went deep into the flesh.

"Come on, come on, scratch my back."

Liu Biao quickly walked into the room of a concubine and lay down on the bed without saying a word. The concubine was dazed by this sudden scene, and before she could react, she heard Liu Biao's angry scold.

"Hurry up! What are you standing there for?!"

"Ah? Oh, yes sir."

The concubine finally came to her senses and hurried to help Liu Biao scratch his back, but Liu Biao still felt it was not very effective through the clothes, so he took off his clothes immediately, exposing his entire back, and the concubine continued to scratch his back.

"Strength!"

Liu Biao said impatiently while lying on the bed. The concubine hurriedly tried harder, fearing that she had offended Liu Biao and made him unhappy.

"Strength!"

Liu Biao's tone became more impatient, so the concubine had to use her fingernails instead of her fingers.

“Push harder! Push harder!”

Liu Biao said this angrily, and the concubine had to harden her heart and use her nails to scratch Liu Biao's back hard.

"I told you to use more force, are you deaf?"

Liu Biao roared and threw his concubine to the ground.

"You can't even scratch an itch?" Liu Biao sat on the edge of the bed, his eyes full of anger. The concubine was so scared that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously.

"Master, have mercy on me, Master, please have mercy on me!"

The concubine kept kowtowing, and Liu Biao looked at her helplessly, put on his clothes and walked out of the room. If there was a mirror here, Liu Biao would be able to see through the mirror that his back was already red, and the marks left by the hideous nails were like a gorgeous flower blooming behind Liu Biao's back.

In the Chengde military town of Jiujiang County, a huge Shura purgatory, the battle is still going on. Because the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban reserve is lower than that of the enemy, the battle quickly changed from being evenly matched at the beginning to Gu Rubing's side starting to retreat.

After Zhao Yun and his men circled the entire Chengde military town, they finally got to the rear of Sun Jian and his men. They had the characteristic of "Gu Ru Bing Wu is the destiny" and always maintained sufficient physical strength, but their war horses were different. Their war horses had not had a rest for several hours. Even the top-notch horses could not withstand such high-intensity use.

Zhao Yun looked at the exhausted horses under the soldiers' crotches and drove his horse to Zhang Fei's side.

"Brother, the warriors' horses are on the verge of death and can no longer withstand the high-intensity charge."

Zhang Fei frowned when he heard this. The current situation was not optimistic. Sun Jian's troops were full of fighting spirit and their combat power was at its peak. If they did not have war horses, they would not be of much use even if they joined the battlefield. Only when they were in the strongest state and tore open a gap in the rear of Sun Jian's troops could they share some of the pressure for Gu Rubing.

"Brother Zilong, what do you think?"

"Brother, I think we should let the horses rest. There is still some food and grass in Chengde Town, which is enough for the horses to recover."

"That's great. I'll take the 18 riders of Yanyun to the city to move food and grass."

Zhang Fei led the remaining 600 cavalrymen and 18 cavalrymen of Yanyun into Chengde through the south gate.

The fighting on the battlefield became more and more intense. During the long battle, the negative effects on the Yellow Turban reserves became lower and lower, from 50% characteristic gain at the beginning to 70% gain now. So far, the Yellow Turban reserves have been reduced from 350,000 at the beginning to less than 290,000.

After another hour, the horses of Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun finally recovered their strength. The two of them led more than 20,000 cavalrymen to the rear of Sun Jian's troops. The 8,000 infantrymen led by Zhang He continued to head northwest. This time, they would launch a surprise attack from two sides at the same time.

"Brother Zilong, after the battle this time, I must have a good drink with you."

Before charging into the battle, Zhang Fei said with a smile, and Zhao Yun bowed and smiled at Zhang Fei.

"My brother invited me, even if I can't drink, I must drink until I'm drunk."

The two stopped talking and looked towards the Shura Field on another peak. They both knew that the words just said were their last words, because they were going to do something that no one had ever done before, which was to start from the rear of the enemy, kill their way through the enemy's camp, and return to their own front line.

Zhang He led 8,000 infantrymen to the west of Sun Jian, preparing to attack Sun Jian's formation from the flank.

Everything was ready. Zhang Fei rushed out first, followed closely by Zhao Yun. After the two of them rushed out, all the cavalry followed their footsteps and started this charge without hesitation, which was almost a life-or-death situation.

"Report! My lord, a large number of cavalry have appeared from behind us! They are charging towards us!"

"Report! My lord, a large number of infantry have appeared from the west of us! They are attacking us!"

After hearing the information, Sun Jian was furious and smashed the sword in his hand to the ground.

"Where are the scouts? What are scouts for? How come the enemy has already started the charge, but no scouts have come to report?!"

In such a rage, Sun Jian even forgot that he had already sent all the scouts to the north to keep watch and prevent Gu Rubing's support.

However, the scouts under Sun Jian and the scouts led by Taishi Ci were completely different concepts. The scouts under Sun Jian were nothing more than some cavalry with outstanding combat effectiveness, but the scouts led by Taishi Ci were composed of a group of assassination teams, and were also equipped with Zhuge Crossbows. How could Sun Jian's scouts be their opponents? Before Gu Rubing arrived, Taishi Ci had already cleared out all the scouts.

"Quick, send troops to stop them! Don't let them rush into the camp!"

Sun Jian roared angrily, but the next moment, a sound that almost broke his eardrums rang out, followed by shouts of killing that reached the sky. Sun Jian knew that it was too late.

The shouts and cries on the battlefield were deafening, and the smell of blood filled the air. Zhao Yun wielded his spear, and every strike was powerful enough to push the enemy back. The same was true for Zhang Fei, who used the eighteen spears in one hand to the extreme, constantly clearing out the enemies on the battlefield.

The intensity of the war was beyond description. Soldiers from both sides held sharp swords and spears and stabbed the enemy with all their might in the fierce battle. People kept falling down, and then more people fell on top of the bodies just now. Soon their bodies piled up like a mountain and blood flowed like a river.

At nightfall, the battle that had lasted for a whole day and night finally came to a temporary ceasefire. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun succeeded in breaking through the formation and blazed a bloody trail, but only less than 2,000 cavalrymen were left out of the 20,000 cavalrymen. The Eighteen Riders of Yanyun were completely wiped out except Zhang Fei, and even Zhang Fei's two lieutenants were killed.

In the west, out of the 8,000 infantrymen led by Zhang He, only 800 of them finally escaped the siege, and they risked their lives to save Zhang He, whose eyes were already injured.

Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Zhang He, who had an army of 100,000 in Chengde Military Town, now have only 3,000 left. After a fierce battle, the 350,000 Yellow Turban Army brought by Gu Rubing now has only 260,000 left. Gu Rubing's side lost nearly 200,000.

On Sun Jian's side, more than 100,000 men were killed when Zhou Yu attacked the city, and more than 90,000 were lost in the battle. Among these 90,000 men, nearly 60,000 died under Zhang Fei's fearless charge. In addition to the 10,000 cavalrymen ambushed by Han Dang, Sun Jian's side lost a total of more than 200,000 men.

The battle lasted for thirteen hours in total, and the total number of casualties on both sides reached nearly four hundred thousand. The four hundred thousand corpses were either lying in the Chengde military town or on the battlefield that had just ended. The smell of blood was extremely pungent, and even those veterans who were accustomed to fighting on the battlefield and witnessed scenes of life and death could not help but cover their mouths and noses.

On the battlefield, the military town was in a mess, filled with smoke, and the tattered flags, broken weapons and scattered limbs bore witness to the cruelty of the war.

Corpses piled up on the muddy battlefield. The comrades who were talking and laughing yesterday were now lying together, just like they had rested together last night, except that they could no longer speak and would never have to get up again.

The ominous crows kept circling in the low sky, occasionally landing on the battlefield full of corpses and minced meat, picking up a piece of meat and then flying away quickly.

(End of this chapter)