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

Seeing that Gu Rubing wanted to ask something but was too embarrassed to ask more, Zhuge Liang just laughed.

"Don't worry, lord. It is a loan. There must be interest. Using Liangzhou in exchange for Cao Cao and Sun Jian's backyard fire is still a worthwhile deal. However, we will take Liangzhou back sooner or later, so it is naturally a loan."

Gu Rubing didn't know what Zhuge Liang was up to, but since Zhuge Liang had said so, he just had to do as he said.

three days later.

The 200,000-strong coalition force of Parthia and Rome, led by ten famous generals, began to attack various places in Liangzhou.

Taishi Ci seemed to be unaware and had no intention of sending troops.

Because a few hours ago, Taishi Ci had received Zhuge Liang's secret gift bag.

In just one day, the entire Liang Province, except for Anding County annexed by Taishi Ci, was in the hands of the coalition forces.

This unusual success made Liu Zhang and Shi Xie somewhat wary, and they dared not attack Anding County guarded by Taishi Ci.

However, Taishi Ci was already prepared to retreat.

Standing on the city wall, looking at the road leading to Anding County in the distance, there was not even a single enemy spy there.

This made Taishi Ci somewhat suspicious, wondering if Zhuge Liang had guessed wrong and that the other party had no intention of taking over Anding County at all.

The deputy general came to Taishi Ci and asked curiously, "General, what are you doing?"

“Waiting!”

"Don't worry, General. We will definitely be able to defend Anding County."

"Defend? Who said we have to defend? The Prime Minister said that we will lend Liangzhou to them first, and we just need to wait for them to come and take it."

When the deputy general heard this, his eyes widened. It turned out that the reason they had not sent out troops was not for a final counterattack, but because they really did not want Liangzhou.

"But General, this Liangzhou is the land of the Han Dynasty. Letting a group of Westerners occupy it is a bit..."

"Don't worry, everything is for the final victory."

As the two were talking, Taishi Ci saw two figures appear not far ahead. These two people were sneaky and it was obvious that they were not good people.

"Go and capture those two men."

Taishi Ci pointed forward.

The deputy general looked ahead in confusion.

"Is there no one there, General?"

Taishi Ci was good at archery, so his eyesight was naturally very strong and he could see distances that ordinary people could not see.

"Just take your men to the location I told you to go to, and you will definitely be able to find the two sneaky guys."

The deputy general was half-believing and half-doubting, so he rushed out with dozens of people, and indeed found the two people.

When these two men saw the deputy general rushing out, they looked left and right as if nothing had happened, as if they were enjoying the scenery.

"What are you two doing here?"

"Ah? We're here for a walk, isn't this even possible?"

"Do you really think I'm a fool? Everyone knows that there is a war going on in Liangzhou. Who dares to come out? You dare to hang out here? Take me away."

Soon, several soldiers stepped forward and arrested the two men.

"What are you doing? Let me tell you, I am a Parthian, not a Han Chinese. You cannot arrest me, and you have no right to arrest me."

"What a coincidence! We are at war with Parthia. You are spies. Take them back and torture them severely."

"Yes."

The soldiers responded with a smile as they dragged the people back.

Not long after, the deputy general came back with his men.

"General, are you really a god? You can see them from such a long distance. There are indeed two people, sneaking around. They must be Anxi's spies. What should we do? Should we just kill them as usual?"

If both sides capture prisoners on the battlefield, the other side may consider incorporating them into their own camp, but if they are spies, once caught, there is only one outcome for them, and that is death.

After all, no matter who it is, the punishment for spies and traitors is the most severe.

"No, bring it up. I have something else for them to pass on for me."

The deputy general nodded and brought the person directly to Taishi Ci.

"You can't arrest me. I'm not Chinese. I'm not Chinese."

Listening to what the two said, Taishi Ci smiled and asked his deputy general to untie the ropes on the two men.

The two men stood up from the ground and looked at Taishi Ci in front of them. When they saw the murderous intent in his eyes, they swallowed the words that were on the tip of their lips.

"Who are you?"

"We are the people of the Sabbath, we are not the spies."

Looking at the expressions of the two men, Taishi Ci just smiled, then took out a letter and put it in the arms of one of them.

"Give this letter to your king and tell him that I, Taishi Ci, am waiting for them."

The two looked at Taishi Ci with half belief and half doubt.

"You really want to let us go?"

"You better get out of here before I change my mind!"

The two of them nodded quickly, turned around and ran.

"General, are you just going to let them go like this?"

"Well, I was waiting for them anyway. Now, it's time to go back to bed and prepare to welcome the two kings tomorrow."

The deputy general didn't understand what Taishi Ci meant, but since he could go back to sleep, it was pretty good.

Early the next morning.

Taishi Ci was still sleeping when he heard someone banging on the door.

"General, general."

Taishi Ci opened his eyes, sat up from the bed and opened the door.

The deputy general stood at the door.

"General, the two kings are here, but this king..."

Seeing the deputy general hesitating, Taishi Ci frowned with some dissatisfaction.

"What's wrong with you? I never saw you being so timid when you were killing people on the battlefield. Why are you so timid now when you speak?"

"General, those two kings are both Han Chinese."

"Oh, you're talking about that. I knew that a long time ago. I was just waiting for them."

After saying this, Taishi Ci came to the city gate. At this time, Liu Zhang and Shi Xie, accompanied by ten famous generals, were standing outside the city, waiting for Taishi Ci. "You two came quite early. Have you not eaten yet? Come sit down and have something to eat together."

Taishi Ci waved his hand and someone brought over a table and chairs, as well as a bowl of rice porridge and braised pork.

Looking at Taishi Ci eating with relish, both of them swallowed their saliva.

After receiving Taishi Ci's letter, the two of them didn't want to sleep, let alone eat.

Now they were all so hungry that they couldn't help but start eating as well.

Looking at the two people wolfing down the food, Taishi Ci stopped what he was doing and waited quietly for them to finish eating.

Only after they had finished half a bowl of rice porridge did they feel full.

"You two have almost finished eating, right? Is it time for you to tell me what I told you in the letter?"

The two looked at each other and then nodded at the same time.

"It seems that you two have agreed to my proposal, but I have to tell you that if you dare to betray our King Lie, believe me, even if you have the group of people behind you to protect you, I still have the ability to kill you. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

Hearing this, the two men immediately felt the threat of death, but Taishi Ci clearly did nothing.

"Don't worry, but I'm a little curious, why did the Prime Minister want to give Liangzhou to us?"

"The Prime Minister said that you two are both outstanding people and should not be subordinate to others for long. Giving you the territory is also to allow you to expand faster. If you become independent, it will naturally share the pressure with us, so this is a win-win situation for us."

"it is good."

The meal was over, and this meal also determined the issue of Liangzhou's ownership.

Taishi Ci took everyone and completely left Liangzhou, and the coalition forces occupied the entire Liangzhou.

At the same time, the two of them told the news to Sun Jian and Cao Cao.

They were also extremely excited when they heard the news.

After discussion, they issued orders at the same time to continue their attack and try to reach Sili.

Looking at the order in his hand, Liu Zhang gave a helpless smile. Isn't this too much of an overestimate of himself?
Shi Xie said helplessly: "This is to let us attract firepower, so that Liu Bei will focus on us, so that they can continue to attack Liu Bei and make him unable to take care of both ends, but in the end, we will be the only ones to sacrifice."

"In fact, sometimes I think that what Zhuge Liang said is right. We all have such strength, why should we listen to Cao Cao and Sun Jian? Now Liu Bei also has five legendary generals. Cao Cao and Sun Jian certainly dare not send legendary generals over. After all, they have been away for too long and will be discovered. So they can only send legendary generals. But we have nearly twenty legendary generals in our hands. Why are we afraid of these two?"

After discussion, the two finally decided to remain in place.

As Cao Cao had not received any battle reports, he became impatient and began to ask Liu Zhang why there was no movement.

But Liu Zhang’s reply was that it was under repair.

Cao Cao suddenly felt something was wrong.

According to the information he obtained, Liu Zhang and Shi Xie did not encounter any decent resistance when they were fighting for Liang Province. How could they have to rest, and for such a long time?

Cao Cao already had some bad feelings in his heart.

The same thing happened to Sun Jian.

Gu Rubing had not withdrawn any troops from the front line, so Sun Jian had to stop expanding and could only consolidate the territory he had gained.

But Cangwu County was like a nail stuck in Jiaozhou, which made Sun Jian feel uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it.

Not only Sun Jian, but Meng Huo was also extremely unhappy at this time.

After poisoning several times, Gu Rubing was not affected at all. Meng Huo even suspected that there was something wrong with his poison.

It was not until Meng Huo captured a few Yizhou soldiers and tested it himself that he was sure that there was absolutely no problem with his poison gas. Anyone who smelled it would die. Since there was nothing wrong with him, the one with the problem must be Gu Rubing.

Meng Huo came directly to Zhou Yu's camp.

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

"General, there must be nothing wrong with my poison. Can you help me find out why Liu Bei's army was able to resist my poison?"

Zhou Yu didn't expect that Meng Huo was actually worried about this matter.

"There's no need to check this. We all know why. Liu Bei has a miracle doctor named Hua Tuo. He's the miracle doctor of the Han Dynasty. He should have cured your poison."

"Impossible, there is no cure for my poison."

Meng Huo simply shook his head, he knew very well what his poison looked like, it was impossible for anyone to cure him.

"I want to find that Hua Tuo. Where is he now?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu's frown suddenly relaxed.

Yes! Why didn't I think of it? Since I couldn't continue to fight Gu Rubing head-on, I would start from the side. As long as I killed Hua Tuo, without Hua Tuo's protection, I don't know how many people in Liu Bei's army would die.

"According to our informants, Hua Tuo is in Guiyang County, Jingzhou. Are you sure you want to go? That is Gu Rubing's rear base."

Meng Huo hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Seeing Meng Huo insisted, Zhou Yu didn't say anything else.

In fact, Zhou Yu wanted Meng Huo to go. Whether Meng Huo succeeded or not, it would be a good thing for him.

The number of legendary generals of the Gu tribe exceeds the number of legendary generals possessed by Jiangdong. Once the Gu tribe turns against them, with such strange means of attack, and the support of two legendary generals, Jiangdong will definitely not be the opponent.

If Meng Huo died at the hands of Liu Bei, Jiangdong would certainly lose some of its strength, but it would definitely be a good thing for the future. If he didn't die, it would mean that Meng Huo succeeded in killing Hua Tuo, which meant that Liu Bei would lose his logistical support and would win once the war started.

The conversation between the two had long been heard by the soldiers guarding outside the door.

After the shift change, the soldiers quietly left the camp and quickly passed the message to Gu Rubing in a special way.

When he saw the information, Gu Rubing laughed out loud.

He was a little confused as to how confident Meng Huo was that he dared to kill Hua Tuo behind his back.

You should know that Hua Tuo is the person who is given special protection by Gu Rubing. No matter who wants to approach Hua Tuo, he will be reported immediately and will be stopped. Only with Gu Rubing's consent can that person enter.

"Zilong, go to Hua Tuo. Meng Huo wants to assassinate Hua Tuo."

"Assassinate Mr. Hua Tuo?"

When Zhao Yun heard this, he was instantly filled with anger.

Hua Tuo was the benefactor of everyone present. Everyone had received treatment from Hua Tuo. When they heard that Hua Tuo was in danger, even Guan Yu, who had always been reluctant to speak, stood up and wanted to go for Zhao Yun.

Looking at the generals around him, who were all people who knew how to repay their gratitude, Gu Rubing smiled with relief, but still rejected Guan Yu's request.

You know, Guan Yu is Gu Rubing's biggest trump card. As long as Guan Yu is there, the opponent's legendary generals will not dare to act presumptuously. Zhao Yun has not grown up yet, and cannot be as deterrent as Guan Yu.

Seeing that Gu Rubing disagreed, Guan Yu had no choice but to instruct Zhao Yun to kill Meng Huo directly if there was a chance.

Zhao Yun nodded and quickly rushed towards Guiyang County.

Gu Rubing didn't want Zhou Yu to find his weaknesses, so he simply asked Guan Yu to take the rest of the people and start looking for provocations against the opponent's legendary generals.

Originally, Gu Rubing felt that without Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and his men might suffer some losses, but at least they would not let the other side have any time to spare.

But who knows, because of Huang Zhong's presence, Sun Ce was still suppressed by Guan Yu. (End of this chapter)