Outside the city of Lujiang, the soldiers are like a forest, and the murderous spirit is soaring.

The sky seemed to be on fire, and the vicious battle intent flowed on the bronzed back of the Jinfan army, which made the slaughter of this army indescribably hot and fierce.

The neat military formation, the high fighting spirit, the sharp weapons, and the entire military formation of 10,000 people gave people a great impact. Gan Ning sat at the front of this military formation, looking at the open gate of Lujiang City, and the surging blood in his heart seemed to be about to erupt.

"Strategist, this time it took so little effort to get Lujiang City, and it was not in vain that these days of hard work were fought bravely!" Gan Ning turned around and said to Guo Jia, who was dressed in white.

Guo Jia shook his head imperceptibly, and after thinking for a while, he finally spoke: "Xingba, in my opinion, this land of Lujiang is probably not the place where we will fight a decisive battle." ”

Gan Ning heard Guo Jia's words, and the killing intent on his body suddenly dissipated a little, but then he still didn't believe it: "The military advisor laughed, this Lujiang River is the front line in Jiangdong, guarding the Yangtze River, and our army can get this city, at least 50,000 elite soldiers." ”

"One city and one place, it has long been out of the eyes of the lord." Guo Jia smiled and didn't explain much.

Gan Ning knew that Guo Jia's words would be true, and when he heard that Guo Jia was so mysterious, he was even more worried in his heart. However, thinking that this Lujiang City was the only great achievement that his Jinfan Erlang had achieved by fighting for the rest of the month, he really didn't want to believe Guo Jia's expectations.

Originally, on the battlefield of Lujiang, Gan Ning and Wenpin have been in a situation of being passively beaten. First, there were few soldiers, and second, the war was delayed, and morale was not high. Third, even though Guo Jia has a plan, he is a little overstretched to deal with the group of think tanks under Cao Cao and Sun Ce. But the sudden change in the situation in Lujiang City made Gan Ning see his hope of making contributions in Lujiang.

On the battlefield of Lujiang, Wen Ping received an order to strictly guard against Cao Cao when he arrived, while Gan Ning kept fighting with Sun Ce. During the alliance with Ma Cao, the people in Lujiang City were frequent, and Zhou Yu saw that Sun Ce had started a killing spree, and for fear that Sun Ce would completely lose the hearts of the people of Lujiang, he proposed to let Sun Ce camp outside the city.

Then Cao Cao violently attacked the Ministry of Civil Recruitment, and the situation changed dramatically. The big families in Lujiang City were already hostile to Sun Ce, and then when they heard that Sun Quan had eradicated dissidents in the entire Jiangdong, they were all terrified, lest the Sun family settle accounts after the autumn. Yesterday, 100 people in Ganning broke Sun Ce's camp and played the prestige of the Ma family's army. Sun Ce was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and immediately wanted to attack Lujiang, but Gan Ning was not a vegetarian, and he lined up in the outer shuttle to patrol the city of Lujiang. Sun Ce was afraid of being attacked on his back, and hated to lead his troops back thirty miles to re-encamp.

Getting Lujiang in this way is almost equivalent to the world dropping pies. Gan Ning originally wanted to enter the Lujiang River to recuperate and attack Sun Ce fiercely, but when he heard Guo Jia's negative statement when he entered the city, he was really a little reluctant in his heart. What is annoying is that just when Gan Ning was still half-convinced, and the horse's hooves had not yet stepped into Lujiang City, a herald behind him had already rushed like flying, and shouted in his mouth: "General, the lord has a letter!" ”

After unfolding the letter, Gan Ning was confused, and only two big characters were written on the white Fufeng paper: chicken ribs.

"Strategist, what do you mean?" Gan Ning thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure out what Ma Chao meant, so he habitually asked Guo Jia for advice.

"Chicken ribs, chicken ribs, tasteless food, it's a pity to abandon it, it's better to leave early, this truth is not very simple." After Guo Jia glanced at it, he immediately replied.

"The lord really wants us to give up Lujiang City?!" The expression on Gan Ning's face was suddenly very exciting, and he was indignant and unwilling, but also bitter: "Even if we give up Lujiang, then where should we go back?" ”

"The chicken ribs were originally saved by the chicken, and the general is the governor of the Ma family's navy, so he will naturally go back where he comes from."

"Back to Xiangyang?!" Gan Ning's face turned red suddenly, and he roared almost like a roar: "It's not okay to go back to Jiangxia, do you have to go back to Xiangyang?!" ”

Facing Gan Ning, who was like a tiger angry, Guo Jia was still calm: "General Gan, let's hold this breath well, when you arrive in Xiangyang, the main guild needs your anger very much." ”

In the next six days, Gan Ning's way back to the army can be said to have been humiliated. Sun Ce was originally a military genius, and Zhou Yu was even better at seizing every point of war. Along the way, the Jiangdong army pursued continuously, ambushes, interceptions, discords, and false reports emerged in endlessly, if it weren't for Gan Ning's loyalty to Ma Chao and Guo Jia's move on the side, Gan Ning's more than 30,000 people who had finally gathered together again would probably be devoured by Sun Ce's lion from tail to head.

But even so, the sight of the army retreating all the way also made Gan Ning angry. Not to mention that the more than 30,000 troops have returned to the miserable army of less than 20,000 sails, it is said that the sad eyes of the people looking at Gan Ning's banner along the way made Gan Ning unbearable several times. He remembered how eagerly these people were to deliver food when they sent troops before, but now he can only run back to Xiangyang with his tail between his legs like a lost dog, such a change really makes the arrogant Gan Ning a little unacceptable.

When he was finally about to Xiangyang, Gan Ning looked at Wen Ping's banner, and also saw the same humiliating anger on Wen Ping's face as he was. Gan Ning rushed forward and directly grabbed Wen Ping's hand: "Zhongye, come with me to ask the lord for an explanation!" ”

"Let's go!" Wen Ping has nothing to say, just go.

But after arriving at the county guard's mansion, the two suddenly found that Ma Chao was not there, and the 100,000 Ma family troops also disappeared without a trace. Only Tai Shici, who had a hard bow on his back, was waiting on the side, and it seemed that he had already been mentally prepared for the angry reaction of the two.

"Ziyi, where is the lord?" Gan Ning walked into the hall, didn't even say hello, and opened his mouth with this sentence.

"I'm scared away by you." Tai Shi Ci spoke, he was not a person who liked to joke. But it was precisely like this, his words made Gan Ning Wenpin think it was true, and he was stunned for a moment.

It took a while for Wen Ping to react, and he didn't know how to vent his anger, so he could only smile bitterly and say to Tai Shici: "Ziyi, when is this coming, don't say cool things!" ”

"It's true, the lord said it himself, he was afraid that the two of you would dismantle him when he came back, so he took the guards back to Chang'an." Tai Shi Ci still looked unsmiling, but after seeing that the two of them were really suspicious of the letter, he took out a letter and said: "However, before leaving, the lord left this letter for the three of us. And explain that I must wait for the two of you to return before I can open it. ”

Gan Ning was anxious, snatched it over, and was dumbfounded after reading it: chicken heart?

"My lord, these days, do you eat chicken every day?" Gan Ning scratched his head, crying and laughing, and asked Tai Shici.

Tai Shi Ci was also stupid now, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"If Jingzhou is a chicken, Xiangyang is naturally a chicken heart. Where the heart is, the lifeblood is also connected. The meaning of the lord is to inform you that now that you have returned to Xiangyang, you must protect the lifeline of Jingzhou. Guo Jia, who was outside the door, walked slowly, looked at the three of them, and said word by word: "This Xiangyang is the place where the lord left you for the final battle!" ”

"What do you mean?" Gan Ning's eyes lit up, and he suddenly understood.

"Yes, from now on, there is no need to have any scruples, as long as you can hold Xiangyang, you can fight as much as you want. If the three of them are really angry this time, then use this anger to calm the Sun Cao coalition army and show it to the lord! ”

"Dare to disobey!" The three of them bowed down and clenched their fists, and a heroic spirit immediately roared through the entire county guard hall. Then the three of them left to prepare for the army, apparently each swearing to Mingzhi with his subordinates.

And this time, outside Xiangyang City, Sun Cao's two armies are already like mountains and seas, spreading the sky. The number of 170,000 main battle troops, including the various heavy civilians and logistics officers, has already exceeded 300,000. The front-line army has set up camp outside Xiangyang City, and the follow-up soldiers are still pouring in from the distant horizon. Guo Jia, who was on the city wall, looked at this scene, and for the first time in his life, he felt the weight of the burden on his shoulders.

"Lord, you really look up to me Guo Fengxiao......" Guo Jia sighed slowly, at this time, his eyes had crossed the horizon, and he saw the steel lion that was no less than the Caosun coalition army, and lay down quietly in the Nanyang area: "Lord, Jingzhou is rarely affected by war, this time, do you want Jingzhou to taste the cruelty of war at one time?" ”

"But ......" Guo Jia walked down the city wall and smiled at the sunset on the horizon: "It is worth exchanging an unforgettable wound for at least a hundred years of stability!" ”