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

The people present did not react to this situation. As for Surilas's personal guards, they just stood there stupidly. Without their general, they didn't know what to do.

Liu Zhang looked at everyone present and immediately shouted, "From today on, we rest in peace and completely break off ties with the Han Dynasty. We will no longer accept Cao Cao's command. We are ourselves and we are independent."

When the people in the hall heard Liu Zhang's words, they all waved their arms excitedly.

When the crowd slowly dispersed, only Surena remained.

"King, I know you want to lead us out of the Han Dynasty and don't want us to be controlled by Cao Cao. It's not just because of us, but also because you want to get away from Cao Cao."

Hearing this, Liu Zhang looked at Surena.

He discovered that the person in front of him seemed somewhat similar to Zhuge Liang.

I had only heard Cao Cao say this before, but this time, I felt it again.

He had never told anyone in Anxi about the relationship between himself and Cao Cao, but Surena actually figured it out.

"Right. So whose side do you want to be on?"

Surena looked at Liu Zhang.

"King, I want to ask you, does the capture of Liangzhou have anything to do with King Lie?"

Liu Zhang looked at Surena with a gloomy look in his eyes.

My plan is kept absolutely confidential, and I think it is flawless, so how could anyone find out?

This Surena will be a man comparable to Zhuge Liang in the future.

In Liu Zhang's heart, Surena's status has been elevated to an extremely high level.

"What if I could say yes?"

Surena did not answer, but looked at Liu Zhang for a long time before nodding.

"If it is, it will be helpful for my future plans. If it is not, it will be a bit troublesome."

This return was something Liu Zhang had not expected.

If it was true, then everything before their eyes was an illusion, and they were completely deceived by Liu Zhang. Surena didn't seem angry at all.

"Aren't you angry? I lied to you?"

"Angry? What are you angry about? If you want to control Anxi, you must use some means. If you want to control an empire, how can you do it without any means? And I don't think this kind of deception is anything. Besides, our goals are the same, that's enough."

Surena didn't care about Liu Zhang's behavior at all, but focused his eyes on the map in front of him.

"Your Majesty, we have occupied Liangzhou, but to be honest, it is of no use to us. Moreover, when we occupied Liangzhou, it was already an empty shell. There was nothing there. Even the people were taken away by King Lie. There is no point in us coming to such a place."

Liu Zhang saw that Surena didn't care, so if he still cared so much, it would make him look petty, so he simply focused his energy on the plan that Surena mentioned.

"So what are you going to do?"

"Return Liangzhou and form an alliance with King Lie."

Liu Zhang had wanted to do this a long time ago. When Gu Rubing told him that he cared about choosing allies, he had been suppressed by Cao Cao at that time and had no choice. But now it is different and he is free.

You have full control over choosing your allies.

Gu Rubing was right. Instead of choosing Cao Cao, it is better to choose him.

At least he won't hurt himself.

"Okay, then let's do as you said, return Liangzhou, and form an alliance with King Lie."

Surena finished speaking, and suddenly thought of something.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if the situation in Rome is the same as ours. Is the man called Shi Xie also controlled by Sun Jian and wants to escape from Sun Jian's control?"

"Yes, you want to help them?"

Surena nodded.

Liu Zhang had not thought of this.

Surena helped him because he and Shi Xie had a common enemy, but Shi Xie had no relationship with Surena, and because of Rome, both sides had some hatred. How could Surena take the initiative to help Rome?
"Yes, Your Majesty, Rome now has the same goal as us. While forming an alliance with King Lie, we must also strengthen our own power. Only by joining forces with Rome can our trump card be considered strong, and King Lie will value us more. Otherwise, the result will be the same as Cao Cao, who treats us as pawns."

With Surena's support, Liu Zhang found things much easier.

Soon an envoy was sent to invite Shi Xie to come.

Shi Xie had heard something about the situation in Anxi. After receiving Liu Zhang's invitation, he immediately came to Anxi to meet Liu Zhang.

"You are so fast that you have already taken action. Sun Jian's envoy is still in my palace. This time, the envoy came secretly without my knowledge. By the time I reacted, he was already in front of me. I have no way to refuse. What should I do?"

Looking at Shi Xie who was still hesitating, Liu Zhang didn't know what to say.

If it were me, I would definitely take action directly to get rid of this messenger. I am going to rebel anyway, so why not be decisive.

"How about this, I will help you solve the messenger problem, but I also have something to discuss with you. I represent the Parthian Empire."

Shi Xie naturally understood what Liu Zhang meant. Once he represented the empire, it was naturally state affairs. Shi Xie also sorted himself out and looked at Liu Zhang.

"Now I have taken control of the Parthian Empire, you should know this, and I have also rebelled against Cao Cao, and you have also rebelled against Sun Jian. Both of them have legendary generals, but we don't have any for the time being. Once the two of them really kill us, we will definitely not be able to stop them, so we need reinforcements, or we need a qualified ally."

"You are talking about Liu Bei."

Shi Xie was not stupid, so he naturally understood what Liu Zhang meant.

"Yes, but if we want to cooperate with Liu Bei, our own strength must be strong, so that we have the capital for cooperation. Otherwise, we can only be subordinate. This is the same as Cao Cao and Sun Jian now. They can only use us as pawns."

Shi Xie nodded, he also agreed with this point.

"Now both of us have more than ten famous generals, but no legendary generals. Each of us is relatively strong, but not yet to the point where the Han Dynasty can take us seriously. But if we combine together, I think even Liu Bei will have to take us seriously, right?"

The two empires together have more than twenty famous generals. Even Gu Rubing doesn't have this lineup.

The only prerequisite is that no one uses legendary generals. After all, famous generals are still human beings, while legendary generals have long exceeded the scope of human beings.

"Okay, then we will form an alliance as you said, but before that, you have to help me get rid of the envoy sent by Sun Jian."

"no problem."

Two days later, news came from the Roman palace that a group of mysterious people suddenly entered the Roman palace and killed the envoy of Sun Jian who was sitting on the throne, drinking wine and eating meat. On the day when the envoy died, Shi Xie announced an alliance with the Parthian Empire. The two now only use one name, that is, the Anluo Empire.

A new empire was born.

The first thing the Anluo Empire did after its establishment was to withdraw from Liangzhou. Upon learning that Gu Rubing was in Cangwu County, it immediately sent envoys to discuss cooperation.

Liu Zhang and Shi Xie, who had spent so much time in the Central Plains, certainly knew what Gu Rubing needed most. Worried that Gu Rubing would not agree to form an alliance with them, they directly sent envoys with a large amount of medicinal materials from Liangzhou to Cangwu County.

When the envoy arrived in Cangwu County, it was the same night that Sun Ce left.

When Gu Rubing learned that the envoy had arrived, he immediately had the envoy brought to him.

Looking at the blond and blue-eyed man in front of me, I don’t know why, but the way I look at him, I feel like I’m looking at Zhuge Liang.

"Who are you?"

"Respected King Lie of Han, I am the envoy of the Anluo Empire. My name is Surena."

Zhuge Liang, who was standing by, looked at Surena and asked directly, "What are you doing here?"

"Prime Minister Zhuge, right? I heard your name when I was in the Anluo Empire. It is said that you are a wise man. I like to talk to smart people. As for the purpose of my coming here, I think I don't need to tell you. Prime Minister Zhuge should already know it, right?"

This was the first time that Zhuge Liang encountered someone who did not play by the rules.

Suddenly there was some interest.

"I do know that, but I'm just a little curious. What makes you think we will definitely cooperate with you?"

"Because of strength."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing laughed out loud.

He was not unaware of the so-called strength of the Anluo Empire, as the news had already been passed back by the captain of the roving crossbow army.

Indeed, more than twenty generals are indeed a lot, but that’s all.

In front of his legendary general, he is nothing. Now this person actually dares to talk about his strength in front of him. No matter how you think about it, it is easy to make people laugh.

However, Surena did not care about Gu Rubing's ridicule, but turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang fell into deep thought.

Gu Rubing was a little curious. Such a person dared to say such words. Why didn't Zhuge Liang object? Instead, he seemed to be thinking about it. Are such words so difficult to refute?

It's no wonder that Gu Rubing wanted to mock. In Gu Rubing's view, no matter what, the Western forces could not be stronger than the Han Dynasty today. This was a fixed impression and could not be changed by just twenty generals.

But Gu Rubing forgot that the so-called Western forces today are led by the princes of the Han Dynasty, and their strength is not much worse than that of the current Han Dynasty. Moreover, the Han Dynasty has not yet completed the final unification.

Zhuge Liang's thoughts were naturally more comprehensive than Gu Rubing's.

"Your Anluo Empire does have some strength, but it is not enough in front of us. However, we don't want to give up an ally like this. We can consider the alliance. The envoy can stay here first. After we have discussed it, we will talk in detail. What do you think?"

Surena certainly had no objection.

After Surena left, Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang with some confusion.

"Prime Minister, this man is so arrogant, do we really need to talk to him? Can't we just talk to Liu Zhang or Shi Xie directly?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang immediately shook his head.

"My Lord, you underestimate this man. The strength he mentioned does not refer to the strength of the Anluo Empire, but the strength of the other two people, Cao Cao and Sun Jian."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing was stunned.

Only then did he realize that his previous thoughts were not thorough enough.

This strength does not refer to the Anluo Empire, but to the fact that the Anluo Empire has more than 20 famous generals. Such strength is indeed nothing nowadays, but if the Anluo Empire joins Cao Cao or Sun Jian, it can allow the other party to grow rapidly and even threaten its position in the Central Plains.

This is also Surena’s biggest trump card.

Only then did Gu Rubing realize that his initial feeling when he saw Surena was correct. This time Zhuge Liang had met his match.

"My Lord, leave this man to me. You can focus on dealing with him and meeting with Sun Jian tomorrow night."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Looking at Zhuge Liang's back, Gu Rubing felt for some reason that Zhuge Liang seemed very excited, as if he had met an opponent, and felt excited.

Early the next morning.

As soon as Gu Rubing walked out of the room, he saw Sun Shangxiang standing not far outside his room with a stone in her hand.

When she saw Gu Rubing coming out, Sun Shangxiang hurriedly put the hand holding the stone behind her back.

Zhao Yun, who was standing behind, walked helplessly in front of Gu Rubing and blocked Sun Shangxiang with his body.

"My Lord, the little witch wants to see you. I told her you were resting, and she was going to smash the door with a stone."

Seeing that Zhao Yun actually told all his plans, Sun Shangxiang immediately became unhappy. She came directly behind Zhao Yun and kicked him in the butt.

But as a legendary general, how could Zhao Yun not know Sun Shangxiang's little trick, so he stood up straight.

Sun Shangxiang's kick did not hurt Zhao Yun, but instead she herself fell to the ground because of the excessive force.

After Sun Shangxiang screamed, she climbed up from the ground, put her hands on her waist, and pointed at Zhao Yun and shouted.

"Zhao Zilong, how could you do this to me? I am your master's guest, and you dare to hit me?"

Seeing this, Gu Rubing smiled helplessly.

Zhao Yun's face was flushed at this time. If Gu Rubing hadn't been here, he would have turned around and left.

"Alright, be quiet. Sun Shangxiang, if you continue to cause trouble, don't blame me. I threw you to your father's place, and you ran away secretly, right? You should know what kind of punishment you will receive when you return."

Sun Shangxiang looked at Gu Rubing, snorted, then turned and ran away.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun still wanted to tell Gu Rubing that he didn't want to follow Sun Shangxiang anymore, but Gu Rubing seemed to know what Zhao Yun was going to say. He didn't give Zhao Yun a chance to speak and turned around and ran away.

Looking at Gu Rubing's back, Zhao Yun could only lower his head helplessly and walk towards the direction of the crazy little witch. (End of this chapter)