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

Chapter 612: Why don’t you kneel when you see me?
Sun Jian hesitated for a moment, then took a few people and took a detour to Fuling City.

And he contacted Gu Rubing immediately, wanting to give the two of them a way out.

Gu Rubing originally just wanted to deal with Sun Jian, but he didn't expect that Sun Jian actually took it seriously. Does he really have the courage to mediate?

Seeing that Gu Rubing didn't speak, Zhuge Liang spoke hurriedly.

"My lord, General Wenyuan is in a critical situation. According to our intelligence, Cao Ren has changed his target and now it is Linjiang City. General Wenyuan fought hard and almost lost the city. Fortunately, General Wenchang arrived with reinforcements in time and managed to hold on. Even though both of them have elite troops, they can't hold on for too long."

Gu Rubing waved his hand to show that he knew.

"Prime Minister, how long will the food and fodder last?"

"Two months at most. The main reason is that the food and grass consumption of General Ziyi who is far away in Liangzhou is relatively high. After all, sometimes when the journey is too long, the consumption of transportation is even greater."

Gu Rubing naturally knew this truth.

"This negotiation is an opportunity to cease fire. When the grain harvest is good next year, it will be time to swallow up Sun Jian and Cao Cao."

Gu Rubing's patience has been almost worn out, and he is already thinking about starting a war.

Zhuge Liang didn't say anything. After all, there was still a year left, and no one knew what would happen.

Zhang Liao stood on the Linjiang City, wiped the blood off his face, and looked at Wei Yan beside him.

"Thanks to you for arriving in time, otherwise there would be an accident this time."

"Haha, don't worry, with us here, it won't be a problem to defend a city."

However, just as the two were laughing, a messenger, covered in blood, rushed over.

"Generals, Jiangzhou City is in danger!"

"what?"

Zhang Liao and Wei Yan both widened their eyes.

In their impression, Cao Cao's main force of more than 100,000 people were in Fuling City, and the rest of the people were basically here.

It’s just Yizhou. Even if there are fewer wars and more refugees or civilians, Cao Cao has already sent out nearly 150,000 people. How could Cao Cao get reinforcements?

Before Wei Yan left, he left behind a thousand White Tiger Sun-Devouring Guards to guard the city. These were special troops. Even if the other side sent out ten thousand people, they would not lose the city in such a short time, right?

"How many people are there on the other side?"

"A total of 30,000 people, led by Gan Ning from Jiaozhou."

"Jiaozhou? Sun Jian also took action?"

Wei Yan frowned. He didn't expect that Sun Jian would take action at this time.

"Wen Chang, take your men to support Jiangzhou City first. I'll be there to support you. Remember, even if you die, you must not lose these two cities."

"Yes!"

Wei Yan looked at Zhang Liao and nodded immediately.

With Wei Yan's departure, the pressure that had been relieved with great difficulty returned again.

Zhang Liao looked at Cao Ren's camp in the distance and felt indescribable pressure in his heart.

After so many years of fighting, this was the second time he felt so powerless.

The first time was when he was in a desperate situation and faced Lu Xun, and this time it was because of Cao Ren and he was forced to defend the city.

"Soldiers, no matter what, we cannot lose Linjiang City, otherwise the efforts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the front line will be in vain. We must die here even if we have to."

"Yes!"

At this moment, all the soldiers knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

Zhang Liao looked at the more than a thousand people in front of him. After this battle, he wondered how many people could follow him back.

Cao Ren also received the message. Gan Ning brought his men in and launched a fierce attack, almost taking down Jiangzhou City.

"Alright, Sun Jian has finally made his move. Our chance has come. Everyone, attack the city!"

Cao Ren launched another siege.

Zhang Liao and others returned to their respective positions and prepared to defend.

Wei Yan marched in a hurry and when he arrived at Jiangzhou City, he saw corpses everywhere on the city wall and a sea of ​​corpses and blood outside the city wall.

A captain of a thousand men came up to Wei Yan.

"General, after Gan Ning arrived, he launched a fierce attack on us. We lost 600 brothers. However, we thought we could not hold the city, but Gan Ning had no intention of attacking the city again. Instead, he set up camp on the spot. I don't know why."

After hearing this, Wei Yan looked towards Gan Ning's military camp and found that the defense in the camp was extremely lax and there was no intention of attacking the city at all. It seemed that they were not here to fight, but to live there, and they were even eating roasted lamb.

Wei Yan didn't know what Gan Ning was thinking, so he simply sent an envoy to test it out first.

As a result, when the envoy came into contact with Gan Ning's military camp, he was directly driven back by Gan Ning, without any intention of saying anything more.

Compared to the quietness here, Zhang Liao's side is full of dangers.

After killing a Cao soldier who climbed up the city wall, Zhang Liao discovered that the Cao army seemed to be endless and continued to attack the city.

Zhang Liao finally decided to charge again.

However, Cao Ren was already prepared. The moment the city gate opened, Cao Ren brought his swordsmen and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to block the city gate.

Zhang Liao charged several times, but had no choice but to retreat.

The two sides were deadlocked for a whole day.

There were only less than a hundred people left by Zhang Liao's side. If Wei Yan had not sent five hundred reinforcements, the city would have been lost long ago.

He was ready to die in battle.

However, at noon the next day.

When Cao Ren was about to take action, Cao Cao actually ordered Cao Ren to stop.

Looking at Linjiang City which was about to be captured, Cao Ren put his fist on the table unwillingly.

The wooden table was shattered in an instant.

"Send the order, stop the attack!"

"Yes!"

Li Dian was also unwilling, but he could only wait like this. They didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking.

Zhang Liao was also in doubt at this time. Judging from the time, Cao Ren should have taken action long ago, but he had no intention of taking action now.

However, what they didn't know was that at this moment outside the city of Fuling, Gu Rubing, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian were sitting on the top of a mountain, drinking tea.

Behind the three of them stood a group of legendary generals, who were looking at each other warily.

Among them, Zhao Yun stood directly behind Gu Rubing, and the people he was staring at were not the opponent's legendary generals, but Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

Gu Rubing did not speak, quietly waiting for Sun Jian to speak. After all, it was Sun Jian who initiated the mediation. "You two, we have been fighting for such a long time, and both sides have suffered a lot of losses, right? Why don't we sit down and have a good talk?"

"Talk? Okay, as long as King Lie can return Bajun, who ate me, we will withdraw our troops and will never tangle with King Lie again."

"Give it back to you? Do you think this is a child's play? Now Linjiang City and Jiangzhou City are in my hands, and your Fuling City will soon be out of food, right? By then, there will be more than 100,000 people in Fuling City, and they will all be mine. How dare you ask me to leave?"

Gu Rubing did not give Cao Cao any face at all.

"Liu Bei, don't go too far. I don't think I have offended you. Why are you hitting me?"

"Bullshit, you didn't provoke me? What's going on with the body of my spy? What's going on with the Xie family taking His Majesty away? What's going on with the swordsman beside His Majesty, what's going on with you?"

These three questions left Cao Cao speechless.

Cao Cao was indeed in the wrong in this matter. When Xun You suggested to him that he should hang up the spy's body, Cao Cao thought it was a bit excessive and wanted to refuse. However, Xun You was promoted by him, and there were some obstacles in the process.

If he did not support Xun You, he was afraid that Xun You would be forced to step down before long, so he agreed reluctantly.

As for the emperor incident, I was indeed involved. At the beginning, I just wanted to create trouble for Liu Bei, but who knew that I failed to divert the trouble and ended up pouring all the blame on myself.

"Even if that's the case, so what? Didn't Sun Shangxiang come to your place? How are you going to explain? After all, Cao Zhang is your nephew, right? You even stole your nephew's woman. Do you have any shame?"

"Get out of here! When did I rob her? She came here on her own, not me. I didn't touch her."

"who knows?"

Listening to the two people arguing, Sun Jian opened his mouth and wanted to interrupt, but the two people were talking too fast and Sun Jian couldn't get a word in for a while.

After arguing for a long time, the two were a little tired and chose to drink some water and take a break.

Sun Jian finally had his chance.

"You two, how about this? Caozhou Mu will hand over Ba County to King Lie, and King Lie will order all Caozhou Mu's soldiers in Ba County to withdraw. I think this matter will be over."

"Give Ba County to Liu Bei? Sun Jian, are you still my ally?"

"Cao Cao, I'm helping you."

"I need your help like this?"

The two immediately started arguing.

Gu Rubing drank tea and watched the excitement, but this time he was an outsider.

After the two quarreled for a while, Cao Cao was so thirsty from the two quarrels that he didn't want to talk anymore. Although he seemed to be arguing, he was actually giving himself time to think.

In the current situation, if the fighting continues, Ba County will surely not be able to be defended, and there is even a possibility that the Xiahou brothers will be thrown in. No matter how you look at it, the losses will be huge.

By giving Ba Jun away and replacing everyone else, at least the strength can be preserved.

But if he gave it to him just like that, it would be obvious that he had lost the battle, and that would not look good no matter how people made it known. He had to make Liu Bei pay something.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao looked at Gu Rubing.

"It's not impossible for Prince Lie to want my Ba County, but I want my daughter-in-law Sun Shangxiang back. After all, she is a member of my Cao family. We can't just let her go like this, right?"

Gu Rubing did not expect that Cao Cao's request would be like this.

It is obvious that Cao Cao was trying to save face.

Gu Rubing saw it, but when he thought of Sun Shangxiang, he finally agreed. After all, she was indeed a member of the Cao family. It was just that she had managed to escape, and it would be somewhat unethical to send her back like this.

"I can send Sun Shangxiang away, but not to your Cao family, but to Sun Jian. After all, she is someone else's daughter. Whatever they want to do is their business. Is there anything wrong with you, Cao Cao?"

"Okay, start a family."

Seeing that the negotiation ended perfectly, Sun Jian also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the one who suffered the greatest loss this time was not Sun Jian, nor Cao Cao, nor Gu Rubing, but Sun Shangxiang.

When Cao Cao turned around to leave, he suddenly saw that Sun Jian was standing still.

"Sun Jian, do you have anything else to do with Liu Bei?"

"Haha, there is indeed something going on."

Sun Jian did not avoid Cao Cao, but looked at Gu Rubing.

“King Lie, I have now occupied Jiaozhou, but I am still the governor of Yangzhou. Jiaozhou is not mine in name. Without the imperial court’s appointment, my position as governor is not legitimate. You see, I am the governor of Jiaozhou…”

Sun Jian didn't finish his words, but everyone present understood what he meant.

"I can think about this matter."

Everyone present was a smart person. How could they not understand what Gu Rubing meant by "consider it".

"Okay, King Lie, take your time to think about it. I know what to do."

Gu Rubing nodded, and when he was about to get up, Zhuge Liang arrived.

"My lord, people from the Anluo Empire have arrived, and the leader is King Yi!"

"Alien King?"

Gu Rubing did not expect that Liu Zhang would come in person.

Although Zhuge Liang said these in Gu Rubing's ear, the legendary generals present had already told Sun Jian and Cao Cao what they heard.

When the two heard that Liu Zhang had come, their eyes lit up.

Now the two families can only barely fight against Liu Bei by uniting together. If they can win over Liu Zhang at this time, they can encircle Liu Bei from three directions. Moreover, the longer the battle line, the greater the consumption for Liu Bei, and Liu Bei certainly can't afford to drag it on.

Sun Jian and Liu Zhang looked at each other, and there was a gleam in their eyes.

Just as Gu Rubing was about to end the negotiation, Sun Jian immediately said with a smile, "I heard that Liu Zhang is here? We haven't seen each other for so long. Now there are only a few of us in this world. Why don't we meet and catch up with each other?"

Gu Rubing sneered. How could he not know what these two people were thinking? However, Gu Rubing also knew in his heart that even if he refused, it would not be of much use.

The two of them can stop Liu Zhang at any time.

Instead of this, it would be better for them to say whatever they want to say in front of me. With me around, they can be more restrained.

"Bring Liu Zhang here."

Zhuge Liang nodded and turned to leave.

Not long after, Liu Zhang came over, with only Surena by his side.

In front of a group of legendary generals, Surena looked very weak. The powerful aura made Surena's breathing even slow down.

When Liu Zhang saw the three people present, he was not at all panicked. Before he came, Zhuge Liang had already told him who were there, so he was naturally prepared.

When Sun Jian and Cao Cao saw Liu Zhang coming, they did not stand up, but waved at Liu Zhang, indicating that Liu Zhang should sit down and talk.

However, what they did not expect was that Liu Zhang stood there, looking at them with a very gloomy expression.

"I didn't expect you two to be here too, but why don't you kneel when you see me?"

(End of this chapter)