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Chapter 436: Breaking out of the siege, no chance of survival

As more Wuhuan cavalry joined the battlefield, the battle situation that had just begun to improve instantly turned into a stagnant state again. This time, there were more than 60,000 Wuhuan cavalry joining the battlefield. Although their combat effectiveness was very weak, even a large number of ants can kill an elephant.

As for the legendary generals, they are not elephants, they are gods. However, the problem is that Huang Zhong and Ma Chao are only famous generals. They can guarantee their own lives and break through under the impact of such a large army, but they cannot break out with the remaining cavalry under their command.

"Old General, what should we do? There are too many of them. We can't kill them all!"

After Ma Chao fired a spear and killed dozens of people, he shouted loudly at Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong was also submerged in the crowd. He could only vaguely see blood-red lights flashing in the crowd, and then some people flew high up and fell heavily to the ground.

"Mengqi, gather as many people as you can, and ride out at the risk of your life!"

Huang Zhong's roar was heard from deep within the crowd. Facing this kind of siege, weapons like halberds and spears would have more advantages, just like Ma Chao. Even though Huang Zhong was promoted to a famous general and used the Red Blood Sword, he was still unable to move in the enemy's encirclement.

Before being promoted to a legendary general, no one could break free from the shackles and ignore numbers, including Guan Yu before he was promoted to a legendary general. The same was true. On the battlefield in Jingzhou, he was almost surrounded by the army led by Dian Wei. It was only after he was promoted to a legendary general at the critical moment that he successfully resolved the danger.

Huang Zhong used the Meteor Arrow skill many times to kill enemy generals. In addition, after being promoted to a famous general, the Meteor Arrow skill was upgraded, the attack power became stronger, and the cooldown was reduced to only ten minutes. However, it took ten minutes to shoot one arrow, which was just a drop in the bucket for so many enemy troops. Moreover, if he wanted to use it forcibly now, it would consume legendary general points. Only when he had no other choice could he consume legendary general points and use the skill forcibly.

What's more important is that Huang Zhong now has only two legendary general points, and can only release skills twice in total. It is really useless and can't play a decisive role in the battle situation. Moreover, the difficulty of obtaining legendary general points is too different from that of famous general points. It was still possible to use famous general points to force the release of skills before, but it is not worth it to use legendary general points.

Ma Chao's thirty-six fatal spears were originally designed to deal with sieges, and they were used to their full potential at this moment. However, they were of no use, because there were too many enemies, too many, so many that they could not be killed at all. Even Ma Chao and Huang Zhong, two first-rate generals, felt a little desperate.

The two men continued to fight while surrounded by the enemy, trying to gather their own soldiers, but the soldiers were trapped in various places on the battlefield, making it difficult to gather them together. Often, after Ma Chao and Huang Zhong adjusted their direction and fought to the target location, the soldiers had already been killed.

After an hour of gathering, they successfully gathered several hundred cavalry. Ma Chao gathered five hundred and Huang Zhong gathered seven hundred. In total, only one thousand two hundred cavalry were left. These were the only remaining soldiers, and they were gathered together by Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, and the two of them also successfully gathered together.

"Old General, what should we do now?"

Ma Chao was at the outermost edge, constantly killing the soldiers who rushed forward. After carefully observing the surrounding situation, Huang Zhong made up his mind and chose a place where the encirclement was the weakest.

"I'll lead the way, Mengqi, follow me closely."

"it is good!"

Although he didn't know how Huang Zhong could break out, Ma Chao had unconditional faith in Huang Zhong and immediately led all the gathered soldiers and followed Huang Zhong.

"kill!"

Huang Zhong let out a low roar and cut his palm with the Red Blood Knife. The bright red blood stained the Red Blood Knife, triggering the temporary effect of the Red Blood Knife. Because it absorbed Huang Zhong's own blood, Huang Zhong could choose the specific temporary effect. Huang Zhong chose the +300 bow and arrow attack power bonus without hesitation.

At this moment, the Meteor Arrow skill cooldown was completed. Huang Zhong pulled out three arrows in succession, but he did not put them on the string all at once. Instead, he only put one on the string. As one Meteor Arrow was shot out, Huang Zhong put another arrow on the string and shot it again. The last arrow was also shot out instantly.

All three arrows were meteor arrows. Huang Zhong used his only two remaining legendary general points to reset the cooldown of two skills. The three meteor arrows were fired at the same time. The encirclement here was originally the weakest, and with the three meteor arrows clearing the way, the heavy encirclement was reduced to only a thin layer in an instant.

"Kill out!"

Ma Chao looked at the scene in horror, and then shouted angrily. He had seen Huang Zhong use meteor arrows before, but none of them were as shocking as this time. Three arrows were shot out at the same time, opening up a bloody path of more than 700 meters long for them. Ma Chao knew that Huang Zhong must have paid a price to do this.

Therefore, he did not waste any time and immediately took over Huang Zhong's position and continued to lead his soldiers to charge out. With the desperate fighting of Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, the 1,200 cavalrymen finally broke through the encirclement of the Wuhuan cavalry and galloped towards the south.

Because all the Wuhuan cavalry came from the north, and the Wuhuan cavalry in the south surrounded them from other directions, they had relatively the fewest soldiers, so they were able to break through successfully. Otherwise, even if Huang Zhong and Ma Chao spared no effort, they would not be able to break through the encirclement in such a short time.

“Hahaha, it’s out!”

Ma Chao laughed excitedly. All the soldiers under their command were riding first-class war horses from the Beiliang ranch in Liangzhou. These horses were extremely fast and soon left the Wuhuan cavalry behind them far behind. They rode non-stop towards the Bingzhou border.

The Wuhuan cavalry behind were still chasing them, but as long as they reached the border of Bingzhou, everything would be solved. A large number of soldiers had already been stationed at the border to welcome the return of Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and others and to cover their retreat.

While Huang Zhong and Ma Chao were fighting a desperate battle, the four famous generals who led their troops to attack the Xianbei seemed to have it much easier, because the Xianbei territory was large enough, but the population was sparse. Most of the military towns and cities, including the Xianbei royal city, were located north of the Wuhuan territory. Before they arrived there, they should not encounter too strong a hostile force, nor would there be too many wars. In addition, with the four famous generals going out together, as long as the opponent was not a legendary general, everything would be nothing in front of them.

Since there is only one legendary general, Guan Yu, it means that if the enemy wants to stop them, they must send four famous generals with sufficient troops to stop them. However, according to their intelligence, although the Xianbei is the most powerful nomadic people, they can never get four famous generals.

If they had four famous generals, they would have unified the Xiongnu and Wuhuan long ago. How could they allow the Xiongnu and Wuhuan to exist?

In the Han Dynasty, Qingzhou, Gu Rubing is playing chess with Zhuge Liang, and Guan Yu is watching from the side. Because Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others have invested their experience in improving the strength of their military commanders, the Thirteen States have been surprisingly quiet during this period of time, even calmer than the last six-month truce.

Moreover, fine salt is produced continuously and then flows across the country. In addition, the salt road has been opened. For them, they only need to keep a close watch on the roads along the way.

So during this period of time, Gu Rubing not only looked at the intelligence sent from various places every day, but also went to check on the injuries of Wang Zhao and Chen Chao, or went to the newly opened training ground outside the city to check on the progress of Wei Yan's training. Finally, he drank tea, played chess, and listened to Zhuge Liang's suggestions. Naturally, he was not idle at night. Every night was a warm and happy night.

Gu Rubing's chess skills have also improved by leaps and bounds over the past period of time. He can now hold out for several rounds against Zhuge Liang. The competition on the chessboard over the past few days has even made Gu Rubing feel powerless. He feels as if he is facing a supercomputer and he has no chance of winning at all. Seeing that the situation of slaying the dragon on the chessboard has been formed, Gu Rubing smiled slightly and resigned himself to defeat.

"The Prime Minister is truly amazing. I have been studying for such a long time, and it is only because of your humility that I have been able to persevere until now."

"My lord, that's not the case. You are the one in a million genius I have ever seen. You have been learning chess since a few months ago, and you only study when you have the rare free time. From knowing the rules to being able to strategize on the chessboard now, you are the one who has made the fastest progress, even better than I did in my time."

Zhuge Liang's face was full of sincerity, which made Gu Rubing stunned. He asked in disbelief.

"Is the Prime Minister trying to cheer me up?"

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan with a smile on his face.

"My lord's talent in chess is like the brightness of the bright moon, while I am only a tiny star. I used to think that I had an unrivaled talent in chess, but now I see how fast my lord is improving, just like a mayfly seeing the sky."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing was very excited. He had never thought that he had such talent. Could it be that he was a good strategist? Before this, he always thought that Zhuge Liang was giving in to him, which was why he always fought against him so hard and finally won with a slight advantage. But now it seems that this is not the case.

Zhuge Liang was definitely a flatterer who spoke nonsense. It was impossible for him to say such things just to make Gu Rubing happy. There was only one possibility, that Gu Rubing did have a very high talent in this area, and chess skills often represent intelligence. This was the first time in Gu Rubing's three lives that he was praised for his superior IQ.

However, Gu Rubing soon figured out the reason. It should be because he inherited Liu Bei's intellectual attributes, and also had his own intellectual blessing, that this effect occurred. Moreover, chess skills were only a manifestation of intelligence and did not have any other significant function, especially in today's chaotic world, it was not even a means of making a living.

"Hahaha, then I have to study hard and try to surpass the Prime Minister as soon as possible."

Gu Rubing joked with a smile, and Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu also laughed when they heard it.

After the new chessboard was set up, the two began a new round of play. Before Gu Rubing made a move, the originally clear weather suddenly became overcast, as if a rainstorm that had been brewing for a very long time was about to come.

After Gu Rubing's move fell, a loud thunder suddenly flashed outside the house, accompanied by purple lightning, and a downpour suddenly came. There was no sign before this. Gu Rubing only felt his left eyelid twitching, accompanied by some palpitations, and could not help but cover his chest.

Guan Yu, who was sitting nearby, quickly sat down next to Gu Rubing and let Gu Rubing lean on him. Zhuge Liang also stood up and sat near Gu Rubing at the first opportunity.

"Miracle doctor! Send the miracle doctor over!"

Guan Yu roared, while Zhuge Liang simply took Gu Rubing's pulse. Although Zhuge Liang did not know much about medicine, he still knew the most basic pulse taking. It's just that Gu Rubing's pulse was stable, even and strong.

"My Lord, what's wrong with you?"

"Prime Minister, I suddenly feel a little palpitated, as if something bad is happening."

Gu Rubing told Guan Yu everything he felt. Just a moment ago, he almost lost his strength. If Guan Yu hadn't held him up, he would have fallen down.

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he suddenly had an idea, and he looked at Zhuge Liang. They both guessed each other's thoughts, and then immediately picked up a few chess pieces from the chessboard, arranged a simple Bagua formation, and picked up three black and three white, a total of six chess pieces, and then pinched the formula and threw them. In the Bagua formation, only three chess pieces remained in the formation, and the other three chess pieces had already flown out of the range of the Bagua formation.

There were three chess pieces, all three were black. Zhuge Liang's expression changed. He lightly pinched the Heavenly Branches and Earthly Stems with his left hand and soon he had some clues.

"Wuhuan, Xianbei, Goguryeo, I'm afraid something uncontrollable will happen in one of these three places. The chess pieces are too simple, so I can only get a rough idea. My lord, please wait, I'll be there soon."

After all, chess pieces are too crude to accurately reveal more detailed information. It is necessary to use tortoise shells, copper coins and the real Bagua formation. Other things will have more or less influence.

Watching Zhuge Liang leave in a hurry, Gu Rubing's originally cheerful mood was suddenly shrouded in gloom. It was really unusual for him to suddenly have such a reaction at this time.

Hua Tuo came over right after Zhuge Liang left, but after taking Zhuge Liang's pulse carefully, he couldn't find anything abnormal. Even Gu Rubing himself had returned to normal and no longer had the palpitations he had just had.

About half an hour later, Zhuge Liang walked into the room with a serious face and sat opposite Gu Rubing. Gu Rubing had a bad feeling.

"Prime Minister, what's wrong?"

"My lord, I just divined for the generals who are going to the battle, and the location of the Wuhuan in Bingzhou indicates a very bad omen."

"Great evil?!"

"Ten deaths lead to no life."

Zhuge Liang's voice was heavy, and these four words were almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

Gu Rubing frowned when he heard this.

At this moment, one hundred miles outside the border of Bingzhou, a cavalry of 20,000 people, led by three famous generals Xu Chu, Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren, launched a siege and interception campaign stretching thousands of miles against Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and their remaining thousand cavalry!

(End of this chapter)