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Chapter 522: Gu Rubing's Big Chess Game

On the battlefield, in another place where fierce fighting took place, Zhang He and Taishi Ci joined forces to fight against Cao Ren and Xu Chu. The strength of the two sides was not too different. The strength of Xu Chu, Zhang He and Taishi Ci was not much different, while Cao Ren was a little weaker. The power of the four people fighting was much stronger than that of Ma Chao and the Xiahou brothers.

The four of them fought in turns with a fascinating momentum. Zhang He attacked with all his might, using the Five Tiger Soul-Breaking Spear as the main attack, while Taishi Ci followed behind, shooting with double halberds and using bows and arrows to suppress from a distance, helping Zhang He to break through the enemy lines.

This strategy against the enemy gave Xu Chu and Cao Ren a headache. Although the two of them were able to suppress Zhang He steadily, Taishi Ci on the side would shoot a few cold arrows from time to time. The frequency was not high, but the force was heavy. No matter who they were aiming at, the two of them did not dare to be careless. As long as Taishi Ci drew his bow and arrow, they would react immediately.

Because they did not dare to gamble. If they were hit by such an arrow, they might have to withdraw from the battlefield immediately. And Taishi Ci's hand halberd with unpredictable trajectory was even more threatening. Often before they could see Taishi Ci's attack, two short halberds would whiz towards them, and the sound of breaking wind would explode in their ears the next moment.

Although the two were stronger than Zhang He, with the help of Taishi Ci, the combat power of both sides was basically equal. On the contrary, Taishi Ci and his men were stronger and had been actively attacking.

Cao Ren and Xu Chu soon realized that if they wanted to break through the opponent's defense, defeat the two men, and win the war, they had to first eliminate Taishi Ci, the long-range threat. Otherwise, with Taishi Ci around, the two of them would find it difficult to break through Zhang He's defense.

"We can't keep dragging this on. If we continue like this, sooner or later we'll be ambushed by Taishi Ci."

Cao Ren's eyes were full of anger. The feeling of being unable to hit the opponent and being led by the nose by the opponent made Cao Ren gradually unable to suppress the anger in his heart.

Just as Cao Ren was speaking, Taishi Ci suddenly shot an arrow, heading straight for Cao Ren.

At the critical moment, Xu Chu suddenly raised his sword and slashed it out. A strong gust of wind blew out, blocking the arrow.

Cao Ren was so frightened by the arrow that he broke out in a cold sweat. The arrow was only a dozen feet away from the back of his head. The arrow energy had already pierced his skin, causing a sharp pain.

"Be careful."

Xu Chu's voice was dull. Just now when he helped Cao Ren block the arrow, Zhang He took the opportunity and shot him in the back. Thanks to Xu Chu's heavy body, the tail of the shot did not cause much damage, but it made Xu Chu lose his breath.

"It's easy to dodge an open attack, but it's hard to guard against a hidden arrow. Zhongkang, go and distract Zhang He so that he has no time to take care of other things. Give me an incense stick of time, and I'll take down Taishi Ci!"

Cao Ren said sternly, Xu Chu nodded, dragged his sword forward, then suddenly jumped up and chopped down with one blow.

The chaotic cloak sword technique brought with it gusts of wind, sweeping up a cloud of dust and blocking Taishi Ci's sight. Zhang He was not afraid either, and immediately met Xu Chu and fought with him.

While Xu Chu used his powerful strength and defense to actively attract Zhang He's attack, Cao Ren burst out with an incredibly astonishing speed like a flash of lightning, and came directly to the side of Taishi Ci. Then he raised his sword high and chopped it down suddenly.

Although Taishi Ci was an expert in martial arts, facing Cao Ren's lightning-fast sneak attack, he had to retreat temporarily to avoid being injured by Cao Ren's quick attack.

Although Zhang He's vision was blocked by the yellow sand, he was clear about Cao Ren and Xu Chu's plans. After hearing the sound of Cao Ren rushing out, he immediately brandished the Five Tigers Soul-Breaking Spear and launched a fierce attack on Xu Chu with thunderous force, trying to break through Xu Chu and create an opportunity for Taishi Ci to counterattack.

"kill!"

Cao Ren's loud shout came from the yellow sand, making Zhang He even more anxious. Just now, Taishi Ci was still holding the bow and arrow, and he didn't have time to change into his hand halberd, and was quickly approached by Cao Ren. It goes without saying how dangerous it is for an archer to be approached by a powerful general like Cao Ren.

Xu Chu also understood this, and fought fiercely with Zhang He. Neither of them gave in. After such a desperate fight, both of them soon had scars on their bodies. Zhang He's fighting power was slightly higher than Xu Chu's, and the Five Tigers Soul-Breaking Spear was much longer than the Wind-Splitting Sword, giving him a slight advantage.

Xu Chu, with a fearless spirit, stood in front of Zhang He. Although Zhang He had the advantage, he could not quickly break through Xu Chu's blockade, and he also suffered a lot of injuries because of his desire to break through quickly. Both of them were injured, but they still fought desperately.

Because they all understand one thing: no matter who they are, once they die in battle or lose their combat effectiveness, it will cause a huge blow and may very likely affect the entire battle situation.

So even though they were seriously injured, they had no intention of restraining themselves, let alone stopping.

"Zhang He! Your Grandfather Xu is here today, so just fight him honestly!"

Xu Chu roared, and the last strike of his Chaos Cape Sword Technique doubled the current 150% attack power. It could be said to be Xu Chu's strongest strike. At this moment, it suddenly fell from the sky like a stream of wind, and smashed straight towards where Zhang He was.

The meteor fell to the ground with a huge roar, which was particularly eye-catching on the battlefield. Facing this attack, Zhang He did not show any fear on his face. He roared and thrust out with his spear. On top of the Five Tigers Soul-Breaking Spear, a huge tiger shadow appeared, opening its bloody mouth, as if it wanted to swallow the falling meteor directly.

The moment the two men collided, a deafening sound exploded in everyone's ears, and the yellow sand in the sky also scattered under this terrifying impact force. At this time, the people around could finally see the whole picture of the battlefield of the four people.

After Zhang He and Xu Chu both attacked with all their strength, they both began to breathe. After this attack, the fight between the two was destined to not be as brutal as before.

On the other side, Taishi Ci had put away his bow and arrow and replaced it with double halberds.

In fact, before the yellow sand dispersed, Cao Ren discovered that something was wrong. Taishi Ci did not look like an archer at all. He blocked more than a dozen of his attacks with just a large iron bow. After he changed to a double halberd, the strange and changeable double halberds posed a considerable threat to Cao Ren.

Originally, Cao Ren was prepared to capture Taishi Ci within an incense stick of time, but from this perspective, he would most likely be captured within an incense stick of time.

Therefore, after Cao Ren swung his sword again swiftly, he immediately withdrew from the battlefield where he was fighting with Taishi Ci and turned around to retreat.

How could Taishi Ci let him go so easily? He raised the two short spears in his hands and threw them out. The short spears broke through the wind and arrived in an instant. Cao Ren raised his sword to knock one away, but the other flew through his left arm, leaving a big scar.

Zhang He watched as Cao Ren and Xu Chu were about to encircle him, but he still did not react at all. He just kept fighting Xu Chu, leaving another gunshot wound on Xu Chu's body.

Cao Ren's eyes were burning. If he couldn't kill Taishi Ci, then killing Zhang He would be no problem. After all, Zhang He was the main force that stopped them, while Taishi Ci was more of a marauding role.

Thinking of this, Cao Ren no longer hesitated and launched a surprise attack from behind. However, the spear that was supposed to pierce Zhang He's body was changed in direction with a crisp sound.

Cao Ren looked up and saw that it was Taishi Ci who had changed back to the bow and arrow. When he looked, Taishi Ci had already shot the second arrow and was about to reach for the third arrow. Cao Ren's face turned pale. After blocking these arrows, Zhang He had already escaped from their encirclement.

Taishi Ci began to rain down arrows. His shooting speed became faster and faster, and his quiver was used up faster and faster. He did not stop until Zhang He came to Taishi Ci's side.

Xu Chu and Cao Ren both looked unhappy. After all, their attack had failed miserably. Cao Ren failed to capture Taishi Ci, and Xu Chu was more seriously injured than Zhang He. "No, let others join the battle and stop fighting with those nameless people of theirs."

Cao Ren immediately made a decision to let the dozen or so first-rate generals they brought with them join the battle, so as to prevent them from continuing to fight with those unknown first-rate generals under the opponent's command.

After receiving the order, several riders quickly surrounded them. Le Jin, Yu Jin, Li Dian, Xiahou Shang, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen broke away from their opponents and surrounded them, while the first-class generals under Taishi Ci and Zhang He were entangled by others and could not come to support.

"My goodness, if they hadn't come over, I would have almost forgotten they existed."

Taishi Ci smiled bitterly, replaced his bow and arrow, and took out a pair of short spears. He carried a total of twelve short spears, including the two that he had just thrown out to injure Cao Ren, a total of eight had been used. Now there were only four left, and he could no longer use them as bows and arrows for long-range attacks.

Zhang He gritted his teeth, enduring the pain from his wound, and was using Hua Tuo's external injury medicine, taking this opportunity to recover as much as possible.

"XXX, one by one, they are here to take my life."

Zhang He cursed, with determination in his eyes.

"kill!"

Cao Ren roared and did not give Zhang He any chance to continue using the medicine. He and Xu Chu took the brunt of the charge and rushed to the front, while Le Jin and the other six followed closely behind, following the two men closely.

All six of them are veteran generals under Cao Cao. Although they are still first-rate generals now, their combat power is not comparable to that of ordinary first-rate generals. They all have full experience points and are quasi-famous generals who can be promoted with only a few famous general points.

It can be said that these talents are Cao Cao's trump cards. After they are promoted to famous generals, Cao Cao will have more than a dozen famous generals under his command. These generals working together will be enough to stop tens of thousands of troops, or should we say, destroy tens of thousands of troops.

At this moment, the eyes of several people were like hungry wolves. After Cao Cao's enlightenment, they all knew that the more first-class generals they killed, the faster they would be promoted. If they could cut off the head of a famous general, they would probably be promoted immediately. Therefore, several people looked at the injured Zhang He and Taishi Ci who looked like an archer, and their eyes became red. They did not want to give up this opportunity to reach the sky overnight.

"Zang Ba!"

Zhang He suddenly roared without warning, causing the other side to stop and look around, but they did not find anything unusual.

"Zang Ba? Who is that?"

Xu Chu said with some doubt. Cao Ren, who was standing next to him, had followed Cao Cao the longest and naturally knew a lot. He patiently explained to Xu Chu.

"This Zang Ba is a bandit from the Taishan area, but he is very particular about the code of conduct. Most of the time he robs the rich to help the poor. Although he also robs houses, he is generally not bad, so his reputation is not very bad. At that time, my eldest brother was even planning to recruit Zang Ba as his own."

As Cao Ren spoke, he shook his left arm. The continuous blows from Taishi Ci's powerful arrows, coupled with the injury on his left arm, made the muscles in his left arm a little stiff. He could only move them around to recover.

"But a few years ago, Liu Bei stationed his troops in Qingzhou and besieged Mount Tai in order to destroy Zang Ba. Later, I heard that Liu Bei besieged the mountain for several months and trapped Zang Ba and his three leaders to death on Mount Tai."

Xu Chu looked confused.

"Then why did Zhang He call a dead person?"

Before Cao Ren could say anything, he heard an extremely powerful voice coming from afar.

"Who told you that your grandfather is dead? I am alive and well!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that in the east of Nanjun, there was an army of tens of thousands of people rushing towards this place. The leader was a man wearing heavy armor and had a moustache, shouting as he rushed towards the battlefield.

"He's not dead!"

Cao Ren was surprised. Zang Ba was trapped by Liu Bei and died on Mount Tai. This was a well-known fact, spread by Liu Bei. But now Zang Ba appeared here safely and with tens of thousands of infantry.

Seeing this, Zhang He showed a smile on his face.

"My lord, this chess game is really too big. If I didn't know the inside story, I would have thought Zang Ba was dead."

"Hahaha, my lord calculated the heavens, the earth, and the people's hearts, and spread the false news that Zang Ba was dead, but in fact he trained an army of 50,000 people in Mount Tai. What an unreasonable move."

Taishi Ci couldn't help but sigh. Both of them knew the truth and knew that Zang Ba had been hiding near Nanjun, preparing to give Cao Cao's men a big surprise.

Zang Ba raised his broadsword and pointed it at Cao's army formation.

"Hahaha, charge at me! Kill!"

The 50,000 infantrymen behind him shouted and charged into the formation.

In addition to Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Chang Xi and Yin Li also led 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits to launch a charge in front of the formation.

This was the big plan that Gu Rubing played after recruiting Zang Ba. He pretended to spread the news that Zang Ba was dead, but in fact he treated them as a cavalry, a cavalry that was hidden from Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

The most important reason is actually the existence of the special type of soldiers, the Taishan Tiger Bandits. Even after being transferred to other types of soldiers, they can still retain the characteristics of the Taishan mountain people. These characteristics of the Taishan mountain people can provide the troops with attack power +1200% and pursuit +500%.

This is already a very high bonus, mainly because even if you transfer to other types of soldiers, even special types of soldiers, you can retain them. This is the main reason why Gu Rubing played this big game.

(End of this chapter)