Chapter 109

Otherwise, someone else would have been exhausted long ago.

“Wenhe, don’t you worry.”

“When you return from your mission, your two sons will at the very least be Marquis within the Pass!”

Gu Yi bluffed to Jia Xu.

Hearing this, Jia Xu was instantly filled with motivation!

Don’t look down on the Marquis within the Pass as being almost the smallest of the noble titles.

But as long as it is a title, it has its own special value.

For ordinary people, obtaining a title is almost completely impossible.

Even for high-ranking officials in the imperial court, if they have no merits, they are generally not enfeoffed with a title.

And this time, if Jia Xu could return from his mission and earn two Marquis within the Pass titles for his sons, that would definitely be a worthwhile deal!

After deciding on the task for Jia Xu to visit Yang Song.

The mood of the crowd also relaxed quite a bit.

As the saying goes.

Even the most formidable enemy, once internal problems arise, will soon collapse on its own!

Yang Song was equivalent to the chief strategist under Zhang Lu.

If he were to be turned, Zhang Lu’s situation would become extremely dangerous.

Of course.

War still had to be fought.

Don’t look at Hanzhong as just a commandery.

But the scale of this commandery was far beyond what an ordinary small commandery could compare to.

Attacking Hanzhong meant naked military merit beckoning to the generals of the Dong Zhuo army!

Therefore.

The generals were still very keen on volunteering to conquer Zhang Lu.

However, because Yang Song had not yet been turned.

Old Dong planned to wait for Jia Xu to return from his mission to Hanzhong before further deciding on the candidates for the expedition.

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Yizhou

Near Mianzhu

Gan Ning led hundreds of Brocade Sail Bandits and swaggered into Mianzhu City.

Subsequently, he personally climbed the city tower.

And planted the flag exclusive to the Brocade Sail Bandits on the tower.

Mianzhu was the last barrier south of Chengdu.

Taking Mianzhu meant that the capture of Chengdu was not far off!

Historically, Deng Ai’s destruction of Shu took place near Mianzhu, where he defeated Zhuge Zhan.

At this moment, Gan Ning also had the illusion that the Shu lands were about to fall into his hands!

As the second-in-command of the insurgent army, Gan Ning’s command ability was extremely strong.

Leading eight hundred Brocade Sail Bandits, he had already captured no fewer than ten cities in succession.

At the same time.

The leader of the insurgent army, Zhao Chi, led the main force of the insurgent army and also won battle after battle.

According to the agreement, in roughly two days, he would rendezvous with Gan Ning under the walls of Chengdu.

“Hehe, that brat Liu Jiyu is nothing but a weakling.”

“How could such a guy be a match for my Brocade Sail Bandit brothers?”

Gan Ning stood on the city tower, speaking spiritedly to the Brocade Sail Bandits behind him.

However.

Before the words had even finished.

Several sentries appeared not far away.

They were rushing toward this side with all their might.

“Re… reporting to General Gan.”

“Shu generals Wu Yi, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, Lei Tong, and others, leading no fewer than thirty thousand troops, are coming to attack this side!”

The sentries brought this bombshell news.

Hearing this, Gan Ning’s eyes widened like copper bells.

He grabbed one of the sentries by the collar and asked in disbelief:

“Why would these Shu generals appear here?”

“Shouldn’t they be fighting Zhao Chi’s main force right now?”

The sentry finally broke free from Gan Ning’s grip, panting heavily, and replied:

“Leader Zhao Chi fell for a strategy.”

“He originally thought Wu Yi was not leading troops to guard Muyie.”

“As it turned out… Wu Yi was right there!”

“Leader Zhao Chi failed to take Muyie after a long siege and then encountered a surprise attack led by Zhang Ren.”

“The army under his command was almost completely wiped out.”

“Leader Zhao Chi’s life or death is also unknown!”

“Bang!”

Gan Ning slammed the Bajiang Great Saber hanging at his waist into the ground and roared:

“Zhao Chi is truly a piece of trash!”

“I told him not to underestimate Wu Yi, but he just wouldn’t listen!”

“Although that Wu Yi’s reputation isn’t particularly illustrious, he has always been elusive and omnipresent!”

“With him guarding Muyie, how could Zhao Chi not be defeated?”

“And that Zhang Ren, although still young, is definitely not someone easy to deal with.”

“Damn Zhao Chi! It’s all his fault for underestimating the enemy and ruining my grand plan!”

The anger in Gan Ning’s heart erupted in this instant.

Zhao Chi taking away the main insurgent force resulted in Gan Ning having almost no troops left to use besides the main body of the Brocade Sail Bandits.

And now.

Zhao Chi, who was given high hopes, had actually been defeated!

The situation for the insurgent army took a sharp turn for the worse.

In an instant, they arrived at a desperate situation of life and death.

With only the few men Gan Ning had on hand.

No matter how capable he was, he could not be a match for tens of thousands of Shu troops.

If he didn’t want to be defeated and killed.

The only retreat left for Gan Ning was to flee the Shu lands before being surrounded by the Shu army.

“Boss, what should we do next?”

Several of Gan Ning’s trusted Brocade Sail Bandits came to his side to ask.

“Forget it, forget it. As long as the green hills remain, there’s no need to worry about firewood.”

“Brothers, follow me out of the Shu lands first, we will go to Hanzhong to seek refuge with Zhang Lu.”

“Once we have gathered enough strength one day, follow me back to kill!”

Gan Ning waved his hand.

The Brocade Sail Bandits quickly assembled and followed him out of Mianzhu.

Less than half an hour had passed since they captured Mianzhu.

Only the intermittent sound of bells proved they had once been here.

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