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

Chapter 592: Anluo Empire's Request

Just after taking a few steps, I saw Zhuge Liang coming towards me.

"My lord, I just met with the man named Surena. He made several requests and wanted us to agree to them."

"Tell me about it."

Gu Rubing sat directly on the stone bench in the yard.

This is Gu Rubing's territory. The yard is filled with guards and crossbow captains to protect their safety, so there is no need to worry about anyone eavesdropping.

"My Lord, Liu Zhang has several conditions. The first is that they want to be crowned kings, and they can return Liangzhou and the territories of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms."

Gu Rubing thought about it for a moment and didn't say anything, but looked at Zhuge Liang.

"My lord, I think we can agree to this. This matter of conferring the title of king is not a bad thing for us. On the one hand, it can prove that the so-called Anluo Empire is the territory of the Han Dynasty. On the other hand, it can tell Sun Jian and Cao Cao that Liu Zhang and Shi Xie have become independent and even have a higher status than them. They may take action against the Anluo Empire, and we can also benefit from it."

However, that being said, based on Gu Rubing's understanding of Cao Cao and Sun Jian, I'm afraid these two people will not really break with the Anluo Empire, and will definitely find ways to win them over.

Zhuge Liang saw what Gu Rubing was thinking and just laughed.

"Don't worry, lord. Even if they don't do what we thought, it's okay to fight and disgust them."

Gu Rubing smiled and nodded.

"The second condition is that they must form an alliance with us, and we need to provide them with support whenever there is a war."

"Don't they claim to have more than 20 famous generals? Do they still need our support?"

"My lord, if my guess is correct, the support they want is not for generals or soldiers, but for legendary generals."

Gu Rubing nodded.

Whether there are twenty or two hundred famous generals, they are not as good as one legendary general.

"Any other requests?"

"No, Liang feels that we can accept both of these requests. Moreover, with the continuous supply of medicinal materials provided by the West, we don't have to worry about the Gu tribe led by Sun Jian."

"Tell the messenger that we have accepted it. As for the name, Liu Zhang will be King Yi from now on, and his territory will be the entire Anluo Empire. If anything unexpected happens, all of his descendants will share the name King Yi."

"Shared? Isn't this hereditary? Only Liu Zhang? Then my lord, Shi Xie..."

Before Zhuge Liang finished speaking, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Gu Rubing smiled slightly and did not explain anything.

After dealing with some miscellaneous matters, Gu Rubing brought Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to the place where they had agreed to meet with Sun Jian.

Sun Jian stood up immediately after seeing Gu Rubing.

"King Lie, my daughter is here with you. I am really sorry to trouble you."

In response to Sun Jian's words, Gu Rubing rubbed his head pretending to be distressed, sat on the chair and closed his eyes.

"That's right. It makes me very tired. Every night is the most exhausting. I really admire your fighting ability!"

Hearing this, Sun Jian and others' faces changed, especially Sun Ce, who was about to rush forward.

If Meng Huo hadn't held him back, he might have killed Gu Rubing.

Sun Jian looked at Gu Rubing for a long time, and a murderous aura surrounded everyone.

This forced Guan Yu and others behind Gu Rubing to be alert.

After a long time, Sun Jian finally laughed.

"Haha, King Lie is really good at joking. With his status as King Lie, how could he possibly do anything to my daughter?"

Sun Jian said this not only to Gu Rubing, but also to Sun Ce, to calm him down.

Gu Rubing shrugged and said nothing.

At this time, Zhuge Liang came over in a hurry.

"My lord, the West has already..."

When Zhuge Liang saw Sun Jian and others, he immediately shut up and walked to Gu Rubing.

Whispering in Gu Rubing's ear.

"My lord, Surena has gone back. He said that the Anluo Empire will always be our friend!"

Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion.

The hearing of legendary generals has long surpassed that of ordinary people. The way they speak is almost the same as speaking in front of everyone. Zhuge Liang should be aware of this.

However, when Gu Rubing saw Sun Jian's expression, he understood instantly.

"Okay, I get it, let's go."

Zhuge Liang nodded, smiled and turned to leave.

"Sun Zhoumu, what is the matter that brought you to meet me this time?"

"King Lie, I hope that both of us can cease fire. Also, I heard that Cao Cao's Ba County has been lax in defense recently. If King Lie wants to train his troops, he can go to Ba County to see if there is anything he can gain."

"Sun Zhoumu is really good at this!"

"Each each other!"

After Gu Rubing talked with Sun Jian for a while, Sun Jian took his men away.

Zhuge Liang walked in.

"Lord!"

"The Prime Minister has a good trick. He let Sun Jian know about An Luo's affairs in advance. Naturally, he will focus on An Luo's side. Moreover, this is what Sun Jian overheard. It has nothing to do with us yet."

Zhuge Liang was originally using small tricks, so he naturally ignored Gu Rubing's praise.

"My Lord, what did Sun Jian say?"

"This guy actually wanted us to attack Cao Cao's Ba County. He obviously wanted us to divert our attention. However, regarding Sun Shangxiang, he did not ask us to send her back."

"It seems that Sun Jian thinks that we don't know about their marriage and wants to use us as a shield. If that's the case, then we will have to charge you some hard work fees."

Sun Jian didn't know that he was being plotted against by two of the biggest profiteers in the world.

"Cer, is what you heard true?"

When Zhuge Liang and Gu Rubing were whispering about the affairs of Zi and Anluo, Sun Ce told Sun Jian everything they said verbatim.

"Father, I can guarantee that what I said is exactly what I heard, word for word."

"I didn't expect that Shi Xie would actually betray me. He is really courting death!"

After the group returned to the camp, Sun Jian found Zhou Yu.

And he told Zhou Yu the news he heard.

When Zhou Yu learned that Sun Jian was going to attack Anluo, he immediately stopped him.

"My lord, now is not the time to take action. We have sent not only Shi Xie, but also Liu Zhang who has joined forces with Cao Cao. We all know Shi Xie's character, and he will never rebel on his own initiative. I feel that this matter is closely related to Liu Zhang, and may even be led by Liu Zhang, so we should contact Cao Cao and let him solve it himself and clear the mess."

Sun Jian considered Zhou Yu's suggestion and felt it made sense, so he directly sent a letter of divorce to Cao Cao's Yizhou.

"Gongjin, what should we do next? Now that we know, we can't just pretend we don't know, right?" "It's very simple. We can try to win over Shi Xie. Our most important thing now is to form an alliance with Cao Cao. As for the rest, we can ignore them."

"it is good!"

Yizhou Chengdu!

After seeing Sun Jian's handwriting, Cao Cao smashed the teacup on the table.

"Liu Zhang, how dare you betray me?"

Xun Yu, who was standing by, saw this and knew what was happening without even thinking.

Seeing Cao Cao's furious look, Xun Yu immediately stepped forward.

"My lord, we cannot take action against Liu Zhang for the time being. We should even try to win over Liu Zhang. As long as Liu Zhang is still willing to form an alliance with us, it won't be a bad thing for us if he becomes more powerful."

It took Cao Cao a long time to gradually suppress the anger in his heart.

I can also calm down and think about what Xun Yu said.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Wen Ruo."

Xun Yu nodded and left.

Looking at Xun Yu's back, Cao Cao had already made up his mind that he must form an alliance with Sun Jian. Then he would have extra strength to deal with the affairs of the Anluo Empire.

When I thought about sending Dian Wei over there, and more than 20 famous generals were killed by Dian Wei, I wonder what level of legendary general Dian Wei would become. By then, he would definitely be the strongest legendary general.

Not only Cao Cao had such an idea, Sun Jian and Gu Rubing also had such an idea in their minds at this time.

The Anluo Empire is now an ally that various families are vying for because of the tense situation among the three families. Once all three families cease fire, the Anluo Empire will become a huge pool of experience. Under such a huge temptation, no one can resist.

In order to reassure Sun Jian, Gu Rubing followed Sun Jian's suggestion and let Pang De lead 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits into Nanjun to confront Ba County in Yizhou.

Cao Cao was also shocked by Gu Rubing's behavior, and asked the Xiahou brothers to return to Ba County to garrison.

Just when the two sides seemed to be on the verge of a war, a marriage was quietly taking place.

According to Sun Jian's request, Cao Cao needed to pay a certain amount first to ensure that the marriage could go ahead.

In order to show his determination to form an alliance with Sun Jian, Cao Cao directly gave Sun Jian what he had promised, which was also what Sun Jian lacked the most, enough for an army of 100,000 and half a year's worth of food and fodder, as the agreed deposit.

However, it was impossible to deliver such a huge amount of food and fodder all at once, so Cao Cao could only transport it from Chengdu to Yangzhou in batches.

However, Cao Cao was only responsible for the handover in Jiaozhou, and he was no longer responsible for what happened after Jiaozhou.

With the successful delivery of the third batch of 100,000 shi of grain, the vigilance of both Cao Cao and Sun Jian gradually relaxed.

A forest path in Xiangke County.

A captain of a thousand men, with a grain transport team, was heading towards Jiaozhou.

Along the way, the centurion was very relaxed. The previous batches were very safe, which meant that he would also be very safe.

In contrast, the centurion on the side seemed a little nervous.

He always felt that there was something unusual around the team, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.

Seeing his men so nervous, the centurion simply smiled and comforted them.

"Don't be so nervous. This is the rear area. We will reach Jiaozhou early tomorrow morning. Once we reach Jiaozhou, our mission will be completed."

As he said this, the captain took out the wine gourd beside him and started drinking.

Drinking during a march is a taboo, but in their team, the centurion is the highest person in charge, so naturally no one will say anything.

Just as the centurion was drinking, an arrow suddenly flew out from the side and hit the wine gourd directly.

Seeing this scene, the centurion quickly drew out his knife and looked around vigilantly, while cold sweat broke out on his head. If he had not been drinking just now, the arrow would have hit his head.

However, just as he was looking around, another arrow flew out and hit him directly in the head.

As the centurion fell off his horse, the entire grain transport team fell into chaos.

Countless arrows rained down, and the grain transport team suffered countless casualties.

As the rain of arrows stopped, countless cavalrymen rushed out from the woods, quickly surrounded them, and without saying a word, rushed directly into the formation of the grain transport team.

In just a stick of incense's time, the grain transport team's garrison of nearly a thousand people was completely eliminated.

"General, everything is settled."

As the voice fell, Zhang Liao slowly walked out of the woods.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Liao simply waved his hand.

All the cavalrymen began to enter the mountains with food and fodder, and they quickly cleaned up the scene, leaving no trace of a battle.

Two days later, Sun Jian stood in the camp, looking in the direction of Yizhou, feeling somewhat confused.

"My Lord, are you also worried about food and grass?"

Zhou Yu also came to Sun Jian at this time.

"Yes, according to the agreement, the food and fodder should have arrived a day ago. Why is there no news yet? Did something go wrong?"

"It shouldn't be. If something really happened, someone should have reported it. Let's wait, shall we? I have asked someone to go to Cao Zhang to urge him."

After learning that the grain transport team had not arrived, Cao Zhang, as the grain was related to his marriage, naturally could not shirk his responsibility. He personally followed the grain transport team's route to look for them, but found no trace of them along the way. In desperation, he had to rush to Yizhou and contact Cao Cao.

"What? The grain transport team is missing?"

Cao Cao's eyes widened when he saw Cao Zhang rushing back.

The first thing he thought of was that Sun Jian had hidden the food and grass.

However, the distance between the two military camps is quite close, and 100,000 shi of food and fodder is not a small amount. How could it be possible to disguise it so secretly?

"Father, maybe the grain transport team ran away with the grain because they were late for some reason and were afraid of taking responsibility."

What Cao Zhang said was not impossible, but the probability was too small.

In desperation, Cao Cao could only send people to continue transporting food and fodder.

But this time, Cao Cao specially sent Le Jin, a quasi-famous general, to personally escort the grain and fodder.

The food and grass team had been walking for several days without any problems, which made Le Jin somewhat suspicious as Cao Zhang had guessed.

Just as Le Jin was thinking, an arrow shot over.

Le Jin drew his sword and knocked the arrow away.

"who?"

As the voice fell, Zhang Liao came out with five hundred Iron Pagodas.

Originally, Zhang Liao still wanted to continue the sneak attack using the same method as last time, but when he saw Le Jin, Zhang Liao knew that it would not be so smooth this time.

After seeing Zhang Liao appear, Le Jin instantly realized that all this was done by Gu Rubing.

"It turned out to be King Lie, otherwise I would have really thought it was a ghost."

Le Jin sneered, took out his knife and looked at Zhang Liao warily.

(End of this chapter)