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Chapter 406: Although rumors spread, it finally did not disappoint Gu Rubing’s expectations!

Facing this knife that seemed to be able to destroy the world, Zu Mao felt hopeless. He didn't even have the courage to raise his knife to resist. The next moment, a sharp knife energy passed through Zu Mao's body, splitting his entire body in half. The powerful energy continued to sweep backwards, and it gradually stopped after going hundreds of meters.

Wherever the sword energy passed, everything was shattered. The Sun army that was originally attacking the city was now reduced to broken limbs. Those soldiers who were attacking the city at the front and were not affected by the sword turned around and saw this horrified scene. They threw away their weapons and started to flee without any thought of resistance.

Are you kidding? A single strike of sword energy sent out a few hundred meters of sword energy, killing more than a thousand people. How could they stop this terrifying existence? Not to mention stopping it, in front of this sword, they didn't even have the qualifications to be cannon fodder to block the sword for others, because the sword energy would crush everything in front of it, including them.

After the sword was slashed, the world was silent, with only the rumbling sound of galloping horses. More than 10,000 cavalrymen came rushing like a tide, rushing towards Sun's army who were attacking the city like ants.

Gan Ning, who was very close to Zu Mao, felt the majestic breath at the first moment. The pressure coming towards him almost suffocated him. Without any hesitation, Gan Ning roared loudly.

"withdraw!"

The soldiers who were attacking the city turned to look at Gan Ning, not knowing why. Gan Ning shouted again.

"Fuck it, I said retreat, don't you understand?"

Before Gan Ning finished his words, the scene of a single sword smashing thousands of soldiers fell into the eyes of the soldiers on this side. There was no need for Gan Ning to shout, as all the soldiers began to retreat. No matter how many words were said, they were not as real as what they saw with their own eyes. Without Gan Ning's urging, each of them struggled to start walking towards the south, around the city, and greeting their own people they met on the way.

"There is a surprise attack from the north. It's very powerful. More than 10,000 people are rushing directly towards us. Don't attack the city. Our general has already ordered a retreat."

Some soldiers ran around to tell others, and all the Sun troops in the places they passed began to retreat.

"A god has descended from the north, and killed more than a thousand people with a single white flash of his sword. Run away!"

Soldiers who knew each other began to spread the news to each other, and the rumor became more and more outrageous, and finally it evolved into an absurd rumor that a god had descended over there. However, the shock to them was immediate, and there was nothing wrong with their description. Thousands of people were wiped out with just one sword, what else could this be but a god?
Sun's army went around the city from the west wall and returned to the east city from the south city. At this moment, Sun Jian did not know what had happened in the west of Xiakou City, nor did he know that Zu Mao had been killed by Guan Yu with a single blow.

"My lord, hurry up. In the northwest, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two of Liu Bei's men, are raiding with more than 10,000 men. Zu Mao has been killed by Guan Yu. Hurry up and order the troops to withdraw, my lord!"

Gan Ning rushed from the back of the team to the front and reported the detailed battle situation to Sun Jian.

"There are only more than 10,000 people. Why are you so panicked? Even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both peerless warriors, can they stop my army of 100,000?"

Hearing that it was not Liu Bei's main force but his two sworn brothers who came here with more than 10,000 cavalry, Sun Jian felt relieved. After all, there were only more than 10,000 people, which would not have any big impact on the battle situation in Xiakou City. Xiakou City had to be broken. Maybe one of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhang Liao would also die here today.

Gan Ning looked at the puzzled Sun Jian and immediately told him everything he had seen.

"That Guan Yu killed Zu Mao and thousands of his men with just one strike. This man is definitely not someone we can defeat. My lord, please give the order to retreat!"

"Killed Zu Mao with one sword? And killed thousands of people?"

Four words popped up in Sun Jian's mind instantly. He had seen legendary generals before. He also had famous generals under his command. Zhou Yu had been promoted to a famous general for nearly half a year, Gan Ning had also been promoted to a famous general some time ago, and Sun Ce was only a little short of that. But who among the three had such strength? None of them!
Therefore, the only possibility is that Guan Yu has been promoted to a legendary general, otherwise it would be impossible for him to have such a huge gap in martial arts power with the famous generals.

Thinking of this, Sun Jian's heart trembled suddenly. Liu Bei already had a legendary general under his command, while Zhou Yu, who was the first to be promoted to a famous general under his command, only had 50 experience points. As for legendary general points, he only had points. He was still a long way from becoming a legendary general, but Liu Bei already had one. The gap between the two sides was getting bigger and bigger, and it seemed that they could no longer fight together.

"withdraw!"

Sun Jian almost squeezed out this word from between his teeth. Before this, no one knew how powerful the legendary generals were. But now Cao Cao knew it, and Sun Jian also knew it. One man can defeat ten thousand troops. No, to be precise, ten thousand troops can defeat one man. This is how powerful the legendary generals are.

Following Sun Jian's order, all the soldiers attacking the city returned and began to gather and retreat. Sun Ce led an army of a thousand people to fight Zhang Liao. At this moment, a fierce battle was going on. Although there were only a thousand people fighting Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao's command skill was aimed at all the enemies in the battle, not the enemies currently being fought.

With the five-fold bonus of the commander skill "Fight to the Death", Zhang Liao and his eight hundred cavalrymen killed all the one thousand men led by Sun Ce easily. Relying on the high attribute bonus of his own hero status, Sun Ce fought back and forth with Zhang Liao, but gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Combat power bonus is not the only criterion for measuring combat power. In addition to combat power, the combat experience of the generals is equally important. Sun Ce is slightly behind Zhang Liao in this regard. In just half a quarter of an hour, Sun Ce was surrounded.

Gan Ning and Zhou Yu, who were retreating, saw this scene and hurriedly led thousands of elite cavalry to rescue Sun Ce. After all, Sun Ce was their crown prince. If Sun Ce died, none of them would be in good shape.

The two men charged together, one with a sword and the other with a knife. Neither of them were considered powerful weapons on the battlefield, but they were equally deadly in the hands of both men.

Seeing that the soldiers who tried to stop them were chopped off their horses by the two men, Zhang Liao, who was fighting with Sun Ce, swung his sword and threw Sun Ce back with his horse. Sun Ce's horse was frightened by the sword and raised its hooves, neighing hoarsely. After temporarily getting rid of Sun Ce, Zhang Liao shouted angrily.

"Come and fight your Grandpa Zhang!"

The Yellow Dragon Hook and Sickle danced with the wind and attacked Zhou Yu and Gan Ning. Zhou Yu relied on his indomitable bonus and actually used the Bandit-Slaying General to fight against the long weapon like the Yellow Dragon Hook and Sickle. In the end, although the difference in combat power between the two sides was not too big, Zhou Yu was repelled by Zhang Liao with one shot.

While repelling Zhou Yu, Zhang Liao bent down to avoid Gan Ning's horizontal slash. Gan Ning used all his strength in this attack. If Zhang Liao had not been able to dodge, even if his body was not cut off by the sword, he would have been seriously injured.

Zhang Liao dodged the attack by bending down, holding the Huanglong hook sickle in one hand, and chopped Sun Ce with a Nezha Chaos Sea move. Seeing this, Sun Ce raised the Overlord Spear to block it, so he was not hit by Zhang Liao. Zhou Yu, who had just been defeated, shook the general of the bandit movement, and beautiful sword flowers appeared on the tip of the sword, constantly stabbing Zhang Liao. Gan Ning also changed from holding the knife with one hand to holding the knife with both hands. The two were responsible for the main attack, and Sun Ce was holding the Overlord Spear and waiting for an opportunity to attack from the side. The main force of Sun's army had already begun to retreat, and there was no worry. The three people's goal now was Zhang Liao. Although the significance of taking down Zhang Liao was not as great as taking down Xiakou, it was not empty-handed at least.

The attacks of the three men were fierce and ruthless. Each of them was aiming to take Zhang Liao's life. Zhang Liao was outnumbered and could only seize opportunities to counterattack a few times. The rest he could only passively defend. Among them, Zhou Yu's attack was the most bizarre and difficult to stop. The bandit-slaying general was almost omnipresent and soon left several wounds on Zhang Liao's body. Although they were not fatal, they successfully blocked Zhang Liao's offensive trend every time, and each time was just right.

Compared with Gan Ning and Zhou Yu, Gan Ning's attack method was much purer. He just chopped with a knife, without paying attention to any moves or techniques. He just chopped and slashed horizontally. Although he had no skills, he was very powerful.

In addition to the two men, there was another Sun Ce waiting for an opportunity. Sun Ce fired two shots in total. The first shot hit Zhang Liao on the back, causing Zhang Liao to spit out a mouthful of blood. The second shot almost hit Zhang Liao's head, but Zhang Liao dodged it by turning his head, but a blood mark was still left on his face.

The eight hundred cavalrymen were of no help to him. They were entangled by the thousands of cavalrymen brought by Zhou Yu and his men, and were in a situation of being destroyed. Zhang Liao was isolated and helpless. Although he could hit Zhou Yu and his men from time to time and injure them, compared with his own injuries, they were nothing.

"Wenyuan! Here I come!"

A loud roar suddenly sounded from not far away, and a man in a green robe, holding a big knife, with a fiery red figure underneath him rushed over quickly. Behind the red and green figure, there was another figure approaching quickly.

"I'm here too!"

From the beginning to the end of this war, Zhang Liao did not wait for any support and had been fighting alone. Until now, when he was about to collapse, he finally waited for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

When Gan Ning saw Guan Yu, his pupils constricted. He gathered his strength and slashed with his sword. He stopped attacking and shouted to the two people beside him.

"Commander-in-chief, young master, let's go. Guan Yu is not someone you can mess with."

After witnessing Guan Yu's earth-shattering sword strike, Gan Ning had no intention of fighting Guan Yu at all. That was tantamount to seeking death. Zhou Yu looked at Zhang Liao, who was already covered in wounds, with a complicated expression. The stone that had been weighing on his heart for almost a year, and he was about to kill Zhang Liao, but he missed the chance again.

Another cloud of gloom rose in his mind. Zhou Yu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Gan Ning turned around and looked at Zhou Yu in surprise. His mind raced. What was going on? Why did he spit out blood for no apparent reason? Was he hit by Zhang Liao? This shouldn't be the case. Most of Zhang Liao's attacks were blocked by him. Besides, even if he was hit, he shouldn't have spit out blood now.

"Captain, what's wrong with you?"

Gan Ning hurried to Zhou Yu's side. Zhou Yu looked pale because he had just vomited blood. He looked at Zhang Liao with a complicated expression, his heart full of regret.

"Commander-in-chief, we can avenge our grievances another day. As long as we have the green mountains, we will not be afraid of running out of firewood. Let's go quickly, or it will be too late."

Zhou Yu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and wanted to say something harsh to boost his morale, but he found that he couldn't open his mouth at all. He could only ride away and catch up with Gan Ning and Sun Ce.

Guan Yu came to Zhang Liao and stretched out his hand to support Zhang Liao's back. Zhang Liao leaned on Guan Yu's heavy arm and gasped. With the bonus of Gu Rubing Wu Ji Tianming, Zhang Liao rarely felt physically exhausted, let alone exhausted. But today, he fought alone against two famous generals, one of whom was a first-class general whose combat power was not inferior to that of the famous generals. After the three of them attacked together, they almost dragged Zhang Liao to exhaustion. If Guan Yu and others had not arrived, Zhang Liao might have been exhausted to death here today.

"I finally lived up to my lord's expectations."

Zhang Fei rode over, patted Zhang Liao on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.

"Wenyuan, I admire you, good job."

Zhang Liao smiled lightly and joked.

"It's the first time that Yide has praised me. Go and call Zhou Yu and the others. I feel full of strength now. I can fight him for a few hundred more rounds!"

The three of them looked at each other and burst into laughter, their laughter shattering the white clouds in the sky.

Inside the city, Huang Zu looked at Sun's army that was leaving like the receding tide, feeling somewhat incredulous. After he was seriously injured by Gan Ning, he could no longer ride a horse and fight in armor, and could only recuperate. However, Huang Zu was unwilling to give up, so he came to the city wall to cheer up the soldiers, so that when they turned around, they would see themselves, the prefect, who, although seriously injured, could still face the enemy with them.

Huang Zu's tactic was indeed effective. It greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers defending Xiakou City and also persuaded some men of appropriate age in the city to voluntarily join the ranks of defending the city. This is why Sun Jian's men were unable to enter Xiakou City despite his repeated attacks.

Just looking at Sun's army retreating as if they were fleeing, Huang Zu still felt like he was dreaming. The enemy was obviously about to capture Xiakou, so why did they suddenly retreat?
It was not until Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arrived at East City with an army of more than 10,000 that the two figures came into Huang Zu's sight, especially the one in a green robe, holding a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and riding the fire-removing Red Hare. Huang Zu knew that Xiakou was safe.

"We won, Uncle Liu sent someone here!"

Huang Zu let out a low shout. Although his voice was not loud, it was deep and heavy. The sound was transmitted to other soldiers on the city wall, and the other soldiers raised their arms and shouted together?
"Victory! We won, and Uncle Liu sent people to support me!"

Soon, the whole city of Xiakou was shouting Gu Rubing's name. Gu Rubing did not realize that his virtuous character, which had not grown for a long time, continued to grow, because at this moment Gu Rubing was cleaning the battlefield. Just yesterday, they had fought a vigorous battle with Shi Xie, and Shi Xie's subordinates Shi Xin, Shi, and Shi Wu.

In this battle, Shi Xie's cavalry lost more than 10,000 men. The infantry losses were even more incalculable. The four hundred Gu women used Gu poison at the beginning of the battle, trying to win without fighting, but they had all taken the potion prepared by Hua Tuo, which could make them immune to Gu poison and prevent it from invading for three hours. Three hours was enough time for Gu Rubing and his men to fight a big battle with Shi Xie. The battle started quickly and ended quickly.

(End of this chapter)