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Chapter 556: Taking credit!
The people around listened to Zang Ba's words without thinking anything.

"Xuan Gao, don't be so excited. Didn't Yide say that several auras as strong as his appeared in the enemy camp? They are probably legendary generals. Although I don't know how Cao Cao got so many legendary generals, it is definitely beyond our ability. Once the enemy takes action, we may not even be able to defend Yulin County."

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

When Zang Ba arrived outside the military camp, he felt dissatisfied with the current situation.

For the sake of Jiaozhou, he threw in all his 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits, but in return all he got was a defense line that was repeatedly retreated. What about the brothers he lost?
In the distance, Deng Ai had been watching Zang Ba. When the meeting just started, he felt that something was wrong with Zang Ba and was a little worried, so he kept following him.

Late at night, Zang Ba quietly left the camp with several hundred personal guards.

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

"General, isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to leave like this?"

"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 after hearing this, he just followed Zang Ba for a long time and finally couldn't help it.

"General, what are we going to do?"

"According to intelligence, there are less than 1,000 soldiers guarding Guangxin County. With the help of me, we should have no problem taking Guangxin County. As long as we gain an advantage, General Huang should be able to give us reinforcements, and we can get military merit."

When he heard that they were going to attack Guangxin County of Cangwu Commandery, the deputy general was stunned for a moment and his face instantly turned sour.

A few hundred people attacked a county town guarded by a thousand people. This is a joke.

This deputy general is also a first-rate general, only slightly inferior to Zang Ba, so he will naturally say whatever he has to say.

"General, we only have a few hundred people. Isn't this a bit too much of a stretch? Moreover, our strength is limited. If General Huang were here, perhaps there would be some changes. But if it's just us, right..."

"Are you saying that I am weak?"

"I dare not. I am just stating a fact."

Zang Ba's personal guards had all been killed while defending Cangwu County, and his generals including Sun Guan had also died in the battle. The personal guards in front of him were just randomly selected from the army, and their strength was not much lower than Zang Ba's. Naturally, they were not very convinced of Zang Ba.

Seeing that his subordinates disobeyed him, Zang Ba did not care and still led his men towards Guangxin County.

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

"As you said, Xuan Gao really refuses to give up. The complete defeat of the Taishan Tiger Bandits and the death of all his trusted followers is a huge blow to him. When the lord comes, I will definitely persuade him to reorganize the Taishan Tiger Bandits."

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

"Haha, there are only a thousand defenders. With us plus Xuan Gao and several hundred personal guards, shouldn't it be easy to capture them? Since Xuan Gao wants to use Guangxin County to win credit, we should give him this opportunity."

Huang Zhong laughed loudly and chased after him.

Looking at Huang Zhong's back, Deng Ai nodded. Meeting a madman is not a happy thing, but meeting a general who is willing to go crazy with you is definitely a great blessing in life!
Soon, Zang Ba and his men arrived in Guangxin County.

Because it is the nearest county town to Yulin County, the defenders dare not relax. Even in the middle of the night, the defenders are extremely vigilant and watch the movements outside the city.

When they saw Zang Ba bringing people here, 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 want to discuss something with your commander-in-chief. Open the door and let us pass!"

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

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

The person guarding the city was a centurion of the Yangzhou Army. He had never seen General Xiahou's personal guards, let alone what the token looked like. He just saw the words "Xiahou Personal Guards" on the token.

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

"Okay, I'll open the door."

Soon the gate of the county town slowly opened.

The centurion came out.

"Your general sent you here so late. Is there something urgent?"

The centurion walked up to Zang Ba and asked with a smile.

But soon, he could no longer laugh. At this late hour, the lighting mainly relied on the light of torches, which could not illuminate too far, so he could not see the clothes of these people clearly. When he walked closer, he saw that these so-called Xiahou guards were actually dressed in the costumes of Liu Bei's forces.

"You are……"

However, before the centurion could finish his words, Zang Ba swung his sword and chopped off the centurion's neck.

"We are the ones who want to kill you."

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

Upon seeing this, the Yangzhou army guarding the city immediately wanted to close the city gates.

In order to prevent the other party from seeing his appearance and the clothes on his guards, Zang Ba deliberately stood far away, beyond the range of the fire. Now the other party had reacted and began to close the city gate. The speed at which the gate was closing was so fast that even if he sprinted at full speed, he would not be able to catch up.

If the enemy closes the city gate, how can a few hundred of us possibly capture the county town guarded by a thousand people?

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

As two screams were heard, the soldiers who were closing the gate fell directly to the ground, with their bodies stuck in the middle of the gate.

The people behind reacted and just dragged the body out of the city gate. When they wanted to continue closing the gate, they found that Zang Ba had already reached the city gate.

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

Hundreds of people rushed into the city.

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

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

"Who shot the arrow? His archery skills are amazing. I will definitely reward him handsomely when I return."

However, after the deputy general asked around, he found out that no one was shooting arrows. After all, everyone was in a hurry to rush into the city. Who would have the time to bend the bow and shoot arrows in such a situation?

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

Zang Ba hurriedly looked towards the woods outside the city.

Huang Zhong brought Deng Ai and slowly walked out of the woods, smiling and waving at Zang Ba.

Zang Ba understood instantly, smiled, and led his personal guards to charge towards the military camp in the city.

In Guangxin County, the strongest person is just a second-rate general, a captain of a thousand men.

They were no match for Zang Ba. After dealing with the captain, Guangxin County was successfully taken by Zang Ba.

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

"Thank you for your help, General!"

"This is your credit. I just came to take a look. But we can't defend this place. Take away the valuables in the city. It's time for us to leave!"

"Walk?"

When Zang Ba heard that he was going to leave again, he naturally felt reluctant.

"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 arrive as fast as Zhou Yu's. How can we defend the city with only a few hundred people?"

Upon hearing this, Zang Ba nodded helplessly.

But they did not come here for nothing, as they took away all the supplies in the entire county. Before leaving, they also took out all the kerosene in the warehouse and placed it in every corner of the city.

Early the next morning.

Gu Rubing finally arrived in Yulin County.

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Huang Zhong brought everyone to welcome Gu Rubing.

"My lord, the failure of this attack is entirely my fault. Please punish me."

Huang Zhong knelt on the ground as he spoke.

"Haha, why did you do this, old general? Even I didn't expect Cao Cao's situation, so how can I blame you? And the Gu tribe's weird methods are also a headache for me."

As he spoke, Gu Rubing helped Huang Zhong up from the ground.

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

"My lord, Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, Sun Ce, and the leader of the Gu tribe are guarding Cangwu County with 100,000 troops. In addition, Cao Cao is guarding Xiangke County with 100,000 troops. We only saw the Xiahou brothers. As for the others, we didn't see them. But the three generals said that there were several dangerous auras around Cao Cao. We suspect they are legendary generals, so we dare not make any moves."

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

"As for our side, including the troops you came to support us, there are a total of 300,000 soldiers. As for our elite troops, the Taishan Tiger Bandits, they were all wiped out."

Huang Zhong specifically mentioned the matter of the Taishan tiger thief, 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 didn't say anything, Zang Ba on the side wanted to say something anxiously, but was stopped by Huang Zhong's eyes.

"My lord, last night, General Zang Ba led his personal guards to attack Guangxin County, killing more than a thousand Yangzhou soldiers. He also brought back enough supplies for several thousand people and buried kerosene in the city. As long as we want to attack Guangxin County, we can definitely capture it within half an hour."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at Huang Zhong curiously.

Both sides have a total army of more than 500,000, and the occupied areas are calculated according to the standards of a county. It's just a county town. Why would Huang Zhong deliberately say it? The supplies of a county town for a few thousand people, what can they count for in front of an army of 300,000?
"It seems that General Xuan Gao has made great contributions. I wonder what reward you would like?"

Gu Rubing also understood Huang Zhong's intention at this moment. It was obvious that he wanted to take credit for Zang Ba. He would only mention these achievements deliberately because he had something to ask for.

"My lord, I don't ask for anything. I just hope you can restore the Taishan Tiger Bandits. The Taishan Tiger Bandits are all my hard work. I don't want them to be gone just like that!"

"That's it! You don't have to tell me, I will recover naturally. The Taishan Tiger Bandits are elite soldiers, you are willing to let me go, but I am reluctant!"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he just laughed.

Hearing this, Zang Ba's heart finally settled down.

"Okay, you all go down!"

After a long journey, Gu Rubing was a little tired.

Everyone walked out of the tent.

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

"Okay, Xuan Gao, I know what you're worried about. I helped you this time, but there must not be a 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, General. I will remember this and will never make the same mistake again."

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

"Brother, it seems that Cao Cao has two legendary generals. My feeling should be correct."

"Third brother, my eldest brother already knows everything. We have already fought with Cao Cao's men. 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 on the shoulder and smiled.

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

"I can become a legendary general, thanks to my lord for helping me, otherwise I would always be just one step short!"

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

After they chatted and laughed for a while, Gu Rubing took out the letter from Cao Cao.

When Guan Yu saw the words in the letter, he immediately shook his head.

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

Zhang Fei also nodded quickly.

Although the two sides have entered a ceasefire period, under the current circumstances, there is no real ceasefire. Everyone is just not ready yet. As long as there is no unification, there will be no real peace.

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

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

Things that require Zhuge Liang’s personal involvement are usually major events.

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

"Brother, what's wrong?"

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

This is the information that Captain Younu obtained outside the domain.

Since Gu Rubing began to focus on building an intelligence network in the Western Regions and even further away, this is the first piece of intelligence from the Western Regions.

Please write in the newspaper that after the fall of the Kushan Empire and the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions.

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

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

(End of this chapter)