Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 550: Liangzhou Rebellion
Liu Xie finally understood that even if he was given the tiger talisman, it would be useless because none of these people would follow his instructions.

They have only one master, and that is Liu Bei.

This is a disguised form of house arrest, giving oneself rights that one cannot use.

In name, he controls all the troops in the world, but no one in the world recognizes him.

Liu Xie smiled bitterly and returned to his cage with the eunuch beside him.

At this time, Liu Xie finally understood that no matter whether it was Liu Bei, Cao Cao, or Dong Zhuo, he was just a puppet emperor in their hands, a mascot nothing more.

Gu Rubing was lying on the bed, feeling very comfortable.

Soon, there was a noisy sound outside.

Gu Rubing walked out of the room with a frown. He never liked people who disturbed his leisure.

But when he saw that the one making the noise was Zhang Fei, Gu Rubing's anger subsided.

"Third brother, why are you here? We finally don't have to fight for a while, why don't you take a good rest? What are you doing here?"

When Zhang Fei saw Gu Rubing, he immediately stepped forward.

"Brother, I heard that you handed the tiger talisman to the emperor. Why? Did the emperor force you to do that? If you feel wronged, tell me and I will help you get the tiger talisman back."

Looking at Zhang Fei who was filled with righteous indignation, Gu Rubing smiled and shook his head.

Zhuge Liang on the side smiled and stepped forward and said, "Third General, you misunderstood. This is the Lord's plan. Don't act rashly and disrupt the Lord's plan."

"Plan? How can there be such a plan? Without the military power, who will protect Big Brother in the future?"

"Aren't you the Third General?"

"Yes, and I'm here too. Don't worry, brother. With me here, no one can get inside you."

Gu Rubing looked at the upright Zhang Fei and smiled.

Now that even Zhang Fei knows about it, it means that the entire Xu City should know that I have handed the tiger talisman to His Majesty, and my reputation has been preserved.

"My Lord, the spies recently reported that there are many people from the Western Regions?"

"Western Region?"

Gu Rubing had always suspected that the mission of this game was definitely not as simple as unifying the Eastern Han Dynasty. Now that people from the Western Regions have appeared, it proves that it is exactly as he thought.

"What are these people doing here? Where are they from?"

"It's not clear yet. Our spies only saw it. Currently, these people from the Western Regions are staying in the inn. My lord, do you want to go and take a look? Or should I have someone capture them and then ask them?"

"We still don't know what the intentions of the people who came are. We can't take action. Let's go and meet them first."

Zhuge Liang nodded and made a gesture to call for help.

"Prime Minister, what are you going to do?"

"My lord, I will go and get General Guan and General Zhao. We don't know if they are friends or enemies, and we don't know their specific strength. If we only have you, I'm afraid they will take action and catch us off guard."

"No need, we still have our third brother."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder.

"No problem, big brother. I'll go with you and take a look. If they dare to have any other thoughts, I'll pierce them with my spear and kill them."

Gu Rubing smiled. Zhang Fei himself was a legendary general. It was impossible for another legendary general to appear nowadays except Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

Gu Rubing brought Zhang Fei to the door of an inn.

Just as he was about to go in, a captain of the roving crossbow force came up to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, that group of people is in the innermost room on the second floor. My people have been monitoring them. Just now, our people approached them and talked to them. From what they said, it seems that this group of people came from a place called the Kushan Empire. But I have never heard of this place. I don't know if this group of people is just making it up."

"Kushan Empire?"

The captain of the Younu Army didn't know, but Gu Rubing knew. The Kushan Empire was once known as one of the four great empires and was considered very good at its peak. However, the Kushan Empire was quite a distance away from the nearest Liang Province. How could it have ended up here inexplicably?

Gu Rubing came to the door of the room on the second floor with doubts.

After knocking a few times, the door opened.

A big blond man with blue eyes was standing at the door, looking at Gu Rubing with a wary look on his face.

"who are you?"

The big man asked Gu Rubing using extremely clumsy words, and it could be seen that this guy was not very proficient in the language of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"I'm looking for your leader."

"who are you?"

When the man saw that Gu Rubing was reluctant to reveal his identity, he looked murderous and gradually pulled out the knife in his hand.

Zhang Fei, who was standing by, saw this and grabbed the man with one hand.

"Boy, you dare to be rude to my elder brother, you are looking for death!"

As he spoke, Zhang Fei grabbed the man's head with his other hand and pretended to twist his head off.

"Third brother, stop it."

The noise at the door also attracted the people in the room.

A young man dressed very elegantly came out in a hurry.

"Sir, please let go of my followers."

Gu Rubing looked at the person in front of him curiously and waved at Zhang Fei.

Only then did Zhang Fei put it down.

"Who are you? What's the matter with you coming to Sili?"

"I am Yan Gaozhen, the great prince of the Kushan Empire. May I ask who you are, sir?"

Gu Rubing had not expected that this was actually the eldest prince. However, according to Gu Rubing's memory, Yan Gaozhen's father should have died long ago, and even this eldest prince should have died. Now that he has appeared, it should be related to the disorder of the timeline here.

"So it's you, the eldest prince. If I remember correctly, we are very far away from your Kushan Empire. How come you are in Sili?"

"I came here to see your Majesty."

"To meet our Majesty, you must report in advance. Our Majesty is not someone you can meet casually."

"I know, but I don't know how to meet him now. I just went to find the guard at the door, but he sent me back. Sir, do you have any way to help me meet your Majesty?"

"Tell me first what you are going to do when you meet our Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Yan Gaozhen hesitated for a moment, looked at the guards around him, and then made up his mind.

"Sir, we, the Kushan Empire, originally wanted to come to the Han Dynasty to trade. For safety reasons, I took the army and went there in advance. However, we did not expect that we were ambushed when we just arrived at Jingjue City. Only these few people were left of the 2,000 troops I brought." Upon hearing about Jingjue City, Gu Rubing frowned. He remembered that this was once one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions on the Silk Road. After the war, the Silk Road was closed. Now these thirty-six countries are in chaos again.

"Sir, can you help us convey that we need help, or help me convey it to King Lie. After arriving here, I heard that King Lie is very powerful and a benevolent lord."

Just when Gu Rubing wanted to hide his identity, there was a knock on the door.

Then the door was kicked open and Zhao Yun rushed in with several White Horse Guards. When he saw that Gu Rubing was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, the Prime Minister asked me to come and see."

Zhao Yun bowed to Gu Rubing.

"Lord? Are you King Lie? Please help me, King Lie. I will definitely repay your kindness when I return."

The Kushan Empire was one of the four great empires, but it was far inferior to the Han Dynasty in terms of prosperity and military strength. Gu Rubing did not think that these people could help him in any way.

"Okay, I understand. I will ask His Majesty. If His Majesty agrees to see you, I will naturally inform you."

"Thank you!"

After saying this, Yan Gaozhen took out a few pieces of gold from his luggage and placed them in Gu Rubing's hand.

Gu Rubing did not refuse. If you ask someone to do something for you, you can't just not show any appreciation.

Soon a group of people walked out of the inn.

Gu Rubing casually handed the gold to Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei.

"You two stay here to buy some wine."

"Thank you for the reward, my lord."

Zhao Yun nodded and put the gold away.

Given their current status, their annual salary is not enough to justify this little bit of gold, so Zhao Yun didn't think it was a big deal.

"Zilong, tell me, should we help the Kushan Empire?"

"My Lord, didn't you accept all the gold?"

Zhao Yun looked at Gu Rubing in confusion. He had always thought that people took money to help others get rid of disasters. Since Gu Rubing had already accepted the money, he must be willing to help.

It seems that Gu Rubing is still hesitating.

"Collecting gold? Did I? Aren't you the ones who collected the gold? You are military generals, not counselors, and you can't control the situation. This is beyond your ability. I'm still curious, why did you collect the money? Forget it, since you have already collected it, I will forgive you."

After saying this, Gu Rubing quickened his pace and left with a smile.

Zhao Yun was completely confused, and he and Zhang Fei seemed to have become scapegoats.

However, even if he became Gu Rubing's scapegoat, Zhao Yun was willing to do so.

After returning to the mansion, Zhuge Liang was relieved to see Gu Rubing coming back.

Ever since Gu Rubing left, Zhuge Liang felt something was not right. If the other party really wanted to kill him, even if Zhang Fei was there, he would probably not be able to guarantee Gu Rubing's safety. After all, Gu Rubing only had the physique of a second-rate general.

Zhuge Liang simply contacted the most reliable Zhao Yun.

Maybe there was something wrong with the expression of the subordinate who delivered the message, and Zhao Yun heard it. He thought it was dangerous for Gu Rubing, so without saying a word, he rushed to find Gu Rubing with several white horse volunteers.

After I arrived, I realized that I had misunderstood.

"My Lord, you are finally back. I wonder who those people are?"

"They are from the Kushan Empire. They said they wanted to trade with us. When they were exploring trade routes, they were ambushed by the Jingjue Kingdom, one of the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions. Only a dozen of them were left out of the two thousand. They fled to the Han Dynasty and wanted us to send troops to help them return safely."

"Thirty-six countries in the Western Regions?"

Zhuge Liang muttered to himself and opened the map to take a look.

"My lord, I just received news that the situation in Jiaozhou has worsened. The Gu tribe has taken action. Although we have Hua Tuo's herbs, they can't last long. I was just about to tell you that we may have to move south. If we divide our troops to the Western Region at this time, it will be troublesome for us. We may be too busy to fight on two fronts."

Gu Rubing did not expect that the situation in Jiaozhou was so complicated, and it was still so dangerous even after he sent reinforcements.

"Also, lord, our finances may be a little insufficient. In the previous series of wars, we suffered a lot of losses and paid compensation to many dead people. Now our finances are a little stretched. The 500,000 gold that Cao Cao promised to give, as well as various other things, have not arrived yet. Should we find someone to urge them?"

Cao Cao is currently in Yizhou. In fact, Gu Rubing knows in his heart that Cao Cao does not want to give it, but as long as his army is approaching, he will have to give it even if he does not want to. But the problem now is that Yizhou has many mountainous roads, and Deng Ai, who is good at mountain roads, is still in Jiaozhou. He has to lead people to Jiaozhou to find Cao Cao, and it will inevitably take some time to get entangled. He does not know whether Jiaozhou can hold out until he arrives.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing immediately asked Zhang Fei to go to Jiaozhou in person.

With the presence of legendary generals, Sun Jian would not dare to let the Gu tribe carry out a massacre in the city. He just needs to act on his own.

Gu Rubing himself was preparing to go to Yizhou in person to ask for money.

However, at this moment, Ma Chao came in front of Gu Rubing.

"My lord, there is military information in Liangzhou."

Gu Rubing took the letter from Ma Chao curiously.

Last time, I teamed up with Cao Cao to cleanse all the tribes around the Han Dynasty. It should be impossible for anyone to cause trouble to Liangzhou.

After seeing the military situation, Gu Rubing's face instantly turned gloomy.

"These guys really know how to find the right time. I should have killed you earlier."

When Zhuge Liang saw that Gu Rubing was so angry, he took the military document out of curiosity. After seeing what was on it, he couldn't help laughing.

"The Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions? We just said that we would ignore them now, but we didn't expect that they would attack us first."

Ma Chao saw that the military intelligence mentioned.

The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions have formed an alliance, gathered an army of 300,000, and launched an invasion of Liangzhou.

Because the incident happened suddenly, Liangzhou was not prepared at all, and in just three days, the enemy reached Jiuquan County of Liangzhou.

Moreover, the opponent's offensive is accelerating, and it seems that they are going to swallow Liangzhou in one gulp.

Under Gu Rubing's order, Ma Chao led an army of 200,000 and headed directly to Liangzhou.

Gu Rubing personally took Zhao Yun and Guan Yu to Yizhou.

As soon as he arrived in Hanzhong County in Yizhou, he saw that the Xiahou brothers were leading an army of 100,000 to block Gu Rubing's way.

"King Lie, isn't the battle between us over? Why did you come? Could it be that King Lie still wants to start a war?"

Xiahou Dun stood on the city wall, looking at Gu Rubing and shouting loudly.

"I'm here to collect the money. Where is the 500,000 gold you promised to give me?"

"Five hundred thousand gold? I don't know what King Lie is talking about. When our Prime Minister comes back, I will convey it to you. I believe the Prime Minister will give you an explanation of what King Lie said."

(End of this chapter)