When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 494 Who would risk their life for you with such a small salary? (Four thousand)
The bloody wind is howling and the bloody rain is drifting.

Facing Xu Chu's 10,000 elite soldiers from the imperial court, Zhu Ling had a solemn expression. He was fully alert, issuing one military order after another to command the army, striving to defeat Xu Chu's 10,000 elite soldiers in the shortest possible time.

But the difficulty was beyond his imagination.

Xu Chu's sword and shield soldiers were extremely tough. They wore armor and held swords and shields, like one steel wall after another.

Although the armor rate of these sword and shield soldiers is slightly higher than theirs, wearing armor does not mean that one's life is safe, and wearing armor cannot be equated with being unharmed.

Besides, Zhu Ling was well prepared to deal with the armored soldiers.

Every other man in his front corps was equipped with a warhammer.

As we all know, blunt weapons are far more effective than sharp weapons in dealing with armored soldiers!

However, the results of the prior preparations were far less than expected.

Even if their soldiers were armed with war hammers, they were still unable to break through Xu Chu's vanguard.

No.

To be precise, they were actually retreating slowly!

That's not the worst thing.

"Hey, die!"

An angry roar exploded in my ears like thunder.

Zhu Ling looked into the distance following the sound, his heart suddenly trembled, and his pupils shrank rapidly into a point.

How can it be!

I saw Xu Chu staring with a pair of tiger eyes, riding a black warhorse, leading a thousand cavalrymen, and tearing open his front army with a cone-shaped formation!
The armored soldiers were no match for them at all. Xu Chu was like a warrior who could defeat ten thousand men. He wielded his lance with great force and pierced the soldiers' necks with ease!

Zhu Ling bit his tongue, the pain forced him back to his senses. He immediately gave orders, asking the archers to attack Xu Chu fiercely.

Unfortunately, before the archers could release their arrows, the opponent's archers had already pulled the bowstrings, and they were caught off guard by a hail of arrows.

broken!

At this moment, Zhu Ling was sweating profusely. He suddenly understood why it was the captain Xu Chu who led the troops to stop them.

It’s simply because the quality of the other side’s soldiers is far superior to theirs!
The entire army did not need Xu Chu's command. Xu Chu only needed to be responsible for the charge, and the rest would be left to other generals in the army.

Zhu Lington felt his scalp tingling at the thought. In order to achieve this, the generals of each unit must cooperate with each other very well.

This matter does not seem simple, and it is even more difficult to implement.

He never expected to see it on a captain today.

But there is no extra time to think about this right now.
Because Xu Chu has already reached the center of the army!
broken!

Fear was like an invisible hand grasping Zhu Ling's heart. His breathing suddenly stopped, his blood flow slowed down instantly, his brain went blank, his hands and feet became cold, and even his muscles were trembling.

His pupils trembled wildly as he saw Xu Chu's horse lance was about to break through the barrier in front of him!

The desire to survive overcame his instincts. In a split second, Zhu Ling tried his best and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Guard! Guard!"

The loyal guards stood in front of Zhu Ling. They raised their spears and formed a human wall, giving Zhu Ling a chance to catch his breath.

Zhu Ling, like a frightened bird, no longer had the courage to continue fighting. Facing Xu Chu's aggressive pressure, he turned his horse's head and squeezed out a hoarse voice from the bottom of his throat, "Retreat, retreat!"

The fierce and surging drumbeats suddenly turned into the low and dull sound of a gong.

The Jizhou soldiers, whose morale had already fallen to the bottom, felt as if they had been pardoned. They dropped their sword handles and turned around to run, and some even took off their armor, just to run faster. When they looked back and could no longer see Xu Chu and his soldiers, these soldiers stopped and looked at their colleagues who had run ahead of them, laughing at their cowardice.

Zhu Ling, the commander, was also a little scared. He frantically tried to make excuses in his mind, saying that he was definitely not prepared, that he was definitely not prepared. This battle was no longer his.
"call."

After dealing with Zhu Ling's guards, Xu Chu let out a sigh of frustration, "What bad luck! I couldn't chop off Zhu Ling's head, and he actually got away. Did this bastard run away?"

The Jizhou soldiers who had raised their hands in surrender trembled uncontrollably upon hearing this. Who goes to war to behead people?! This is not normal. These people are not normal!

"Captain, do you want to chase us?" Xu Chu's deputy general suddenly asked.

Looking at the mess on the ground, Xu Chu shook his head and said, "No need. Military Advisor Xu did not ask us to pursue them. Let's go back."

Xu Chu didn't care about the thoughts of the Jizhou soldiers. He spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground, left a few thousand soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and the rest escorted the surrendered soldiers to the camp.

Seeing all this, the people of Yecheng fell silent.

Deathly silence.

You have to know that Zhu Ling resisted Gongsun Zan's ruthless man, who was almost killed by a captain.

Ridiculous, really too ridiculous.

Everyone felt that God was playing a big joke on them.

If a captain is so powerful, what about Huang Zhong? What about Guan Yu?

Everyone looked at each other, and saw fear on each other's faces.

Only Shen Pei had a solemn expression and a resolute tone, "Please be at ease, everyone. No matter how brave Guan Yu is, or how good Huang Hansheng is at fighting, they cannot capture Yecheng. We only need to hold on to the city and wait for your reinforcements. Then we will be able to repel the rebels and lift the siege of Yecheng."

"Mr. Shen, what you said is absolutely right."

Everyone clasped their fists and agreed, with a very correct attitude.

However, these are just appearances, and more than one person's mind became active at this moment.

My salary is limited, who would risk their life for you?
They said they would be able to rescue us by waiting for reinforcements. Who else in the world could defeat Guan Yu and Huang Zhong?

Not to mention competing with Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, we are not even as good as Zhu Ling!
If they were luckier, perhaps they could save their lives like Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

If it's a little unlucky, Gao Lan is a lesson for us!
Just saying a few flattering words would be enough to repay Lord Yuan's kindness in the past. Do I really have to defend Yecheng to the bitter end?

The generals left this place with various thoughts in their minds and rushed to their respective posts.

Shen Pei looked at the people leaving, frowned slightly, and thought to himself: Su You, no, Su You is not the only one with problems.

Thinking of this, Shen Pei's face became even gloomier.

Unlike the panic-stricken people in Yecheng, there was laughter all the time in Guan Yu and Huang Zhong's camp. Even Xiahou Yuan, who was usually serious in front of Huang Zhong, showed a rare smile.

"Zhongkang, come here." Guan Yu grabbed Xu Chu's hand and pulled Xu Chu to the table.

Guan Yu picked up the wine cup and handed it to Xu Chu. He smiled and said, "Zhongkang, you are indeed a brave warrior. This wine is still warm. Come, Zhongkang, please drink this wine."

Xu Chu took the wine cup and lowered his head, a look of shame on his face, "Second General, I failed to cut off Zhu Wenbo's head, I feel ashamed."

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Guan Yu and Huang Zhong looked at each other in bewilderment. It turned out that they were ashamed of not being able to kill the general?
Guan Yu wanted to say something, but Huang Zhong stopped him and gave him a look as if to say: Second General, let me do it.

"Ahem." Huang Zhong coughed a few times and patted Xu Chu on the shoulder. This really scared Xu Chu, and he drank the warm wine in one gulp, then raised his head, straightened his back, and his whole body was tense at this moment.

?

Xu Chu's sudden change made Huang Zhong confused. Why did he see fear in Xu Chu?
No, is he that scary?

Huang Zhong subconsciously touched his face. There was no dirt on it.
Huang Zhong forced a smile, "Zhongkang, what's wrong? Why are you so nervous? Am I that scary?"

".No. Not scary." After saying that, Xu Chu secretly glanced at Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong:.
Such an obvious action, do you really think he can't see it?

Huang Zhong said in a kind tone: "Zhongkang, tell me all your worries and concerns. The second general is here, do you think I will attack you?"

Xu Chu secretly glanced at Huang Zhong, then looked at Guan Yu.

Xu Shu and Mi Zhu echoed Huang Zhong's words, but Xiahou Yuan's expression changed drastically. He tiptoed back like a gentleman on the beam, but unfortunately he was still a step too slow.

"Miao Cai told me before that General Huang's iron fists hit him, which was extremely painful. Miao Cai just said one more word, and General Huang beat him up. Just now I thought I did something wrong and made General Huang unhappy, so I thought General Huang wanted to beat me up."

As soon as these words were spoken, countless eyes turned to Xiahou Yuan. Xiahou Yuan's movements suddenly froze and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He gritted his teeth, looked at everyone, and gave a wry smile, "I, I can explain."

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Seeing Xiahou Yuan and Huang Zhong like this made me so angry. Are they still the generals of Cao Cao?

Huang Zhong raised his arm, pointed outside the tent, and snorted, "Get out."

"Yes!" Xiahou Yuan was overjoyed, as if he had been pardoned. He took two steps at a time and rushed over in the blink of an eye.

Guan Yu, Xu Shu, Mi Zhu and others naturally knew the reason behind it. Just thinking about it made them want to laugh, but fortunately they managed to hold it back.

Mi Zhu took Xu Chu aside and explained the whole story.

After figuring out the whole story, Xu Chu looked embarrassed. It turned out that the extra word he said was about the matter of 'General Huang'.

It turned out that he had made a joke again.

"General Huang, I am sorry for offending you just now." Xu Chu walked up to Huang Zhong with a guilty look on his face.

Huang Zhong waved his hand indifferently, "Don't be so polite, there is no such thing as offending or not offending. Zhongkang, what I wanted to tell you just now is that there are very few people like the second general in the world. Look at me, didn't I take the head of the enemy general from the army?"

Guan Yu turned his head away a little embarrassedly. After all, it sounded very subtle when these words came from Huang Zhong's mouth.

"So that's it, Chu misunderstood General Huang!" Xu Chu suddenly thought of something, and he asked tentatively: "General Huang, can I call you General Huang?"

Huang Zhong, who was nodding his head with a teachable look on his face, froze when he heard Xu Chu's next words. The corners of his mouth twitched, "No, I'm in my prime, not old yet!"

Xu Shu stepped forward and said, "Let's just let this matter pass. Let's take care of the wounded first."

When talking about this, the atmosphere in the tent was no longer as cheerful as before.

Instead, it became silent, and the sound of flipping pages, copying and footsteps could be clearly heard.

After everyone's calculations, they concluded that the number of casualties in the fight against Zhu Ling was less than a hundred. The rest were mostly lightly wounded, and as many as a thousand surrendered.

Huang Zhong ordered the collection of corpses and treatment of the wounded.

Fortunately, most of the doctors in the army were disciples of Hua Tuo and his disciples. Not only were the injuries minor, but as long as the vital parts were not injured, most serious injuries could be cured.

After this matter was dealt with, the topic of discussion naturally fell on how to attack Yecheng.

Xu Chu wanted to show off his intelligence, but when he thought of the joke he had just made, he decisively shut his mouth.

He followed everyone's gaze and looked at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu tapped the map gently. Under everyone's expectant gaze, he slowly said, "Yecheng is impregnable. There are tens of thousands of people in the city. It is not easy to attack from the outside. In this case, we might as well change our thinking and make it collapse from the inside. We will continue to put pressure on Yecheng and make the people of Yecheng lose their composure."

Mi Zhu asked: "I see, no wonder Yuan Zhi suggested that Zhong Kang repel the reinforcements. But is this battle enough?"

"Of course it's not enough." Xu Shu shook his head, "In addition to repelling the reinforcements, we have to take some other measures."

"Means? What means?"

"Dig canals and dig roads to flood Yecheng!"

When these words were spoken, everyone present's eyelids jumped.

Flooding Yecheng?

If the city of Ye is really flooded, the city walls will inevitably be destroyed, causing the city to be flooded, and the defenders, civilians, houses and money will all be destroyed!

To be fair, it is quite vicious, especially when they have the advantage.

Isn't it better to besiege the city without attacking and use up all the food and grass in the city than to flood Yecheng?

"No." Guan Yu realized something. He looked at Xu Shu and asked, "Military Advisor Xu, flooding Yecheng should not be your real plan, right?"

No?

Xu Chu, who thought Xu Shu was a ruthless person in his heart, was stunned. How could he not hear it?

He looked around and found that Huang Zhong, Mi Zhu and others all nodded.

what?
Is it really that he didn't hear it?!
In order not to appear dull, Xu Chu followed the others and nodded seriously.

Xu Shu smiled calmly, "Of course not. Flooding Yecheng is just the last resort to disrupt the city's defense. Shen Pei is a loyal minister of Yuan Shao, but the others are not."

Mi Zhu discovered a loophole, "Do they believe that I will flood Yecheng?"

"I don't think so."

After hearing Xu Shu's answer, no one spoke, and their faces remained calm as usual.

Only Xu Chu had anxious eyes. No, he wouldn't believe it. What's the point of saying this?
Just when Xu Chu could no longer hold back and wanted to show off his intelligence and talent.

Xu Shu took the lead and said a name, "They don't believe that we can do this, but they believe that there is someone who can do it. We just need to use that person's name."

"I see."

Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Mi Zhu and others suddenly realized and praised Xu Shu for his feasible plan.

Only Xu Chu was confused. No, what does it mean? Who? Why don't you say the name?

As if sensing Xu Chu's doubt, Xu Shu smiled and said, "Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe."

"Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe" Xu Chu suddenly realized, and blurted out, "So it's that treacherous minister! That famous poisoner Jia Wenhe! So Jia Wenhe is our ally?!"

"Hmm? General Guan, General Huang, Military Advisor Xu, and Mr. Mi, why are you all looking at me like that?"

(End of this chapter)