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

Chapter 618: Vicious Eyes

Gu Rubing and Zhao Yun were trying to find a way to coax Xiaoling.

A group of villagers gathered around, they were all relatives of the dead villagers.

They only knew that one of their family members had gone with a group of imperial guards to capture someone, but had not returned for three days, so they all ran over to see what was going on.

When all they saw were corpses, everyone's eyes were on Gu Rubing and Zhao Yun.

"You are the ones who killed him."

A villager immediately stepped forward and pointed at Gu Rubing.

"It wasn't me, it was the group of imperial guards. Believe it or not, that's the truth. Besides, I'm the fierce king of the Han Dynasty. I won't attack the villagers."

"King Lie? Are you King Lie?"

"Why did King Lie come to us?"

The people present looked at each other. They did not believe that Gu Rubing was King Lie. They just knew that as long as they arrested Gu Rubing and others and sent them to the nearest government office, they would have the opportunity to become the new village head.

"Let's all work together to capture these three and avenge the deaths of our fellow villagers."

"Yes, revenge!"

The people around were also mobilized by the words of these people, and immediately rushed towards Zhao Yun and Gu Rubing.

Zhao Yun was holding a silver spear and was about to kill when he was stopped by Gu Rubing.

"Zilong, they are all innocent villagers, we can't kill them."

"Yes, my lord!"

However, at this moment, a voice sounded not far behind them.

"Who dares to attack King Lie?"

When the voice fell, everyone stopped and looked behind them.

Gu Rubing saw a group of soldiers rushing over and protecting himself.

Zhuge Liang ran over from a distance and knelt directly in front of Gu Rubing.

"My Lord, you have suffered!"

When the surrounding villagers saw Zhuge Liang appear, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. Zhuge Liang had been here before, so they all knew Zhuge Liang.

"Isn't this Prime Minister Zhuge? He just called that man lord. Prime Minister Zhuge's lord, isn't that King Lie?"

"Could it be that the person in front of me is really King Lie?"

"Prime Minister, please get up and give these dead villagers a proper burial. They died for me, after all."

"It's my lord!"

Zhuge Liang stood up and his face instantly turned gloomy when he saw Zhao Yun standing beside him.

"Zhao Yun, is this how you protect your lord?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun immediately lowered his head.

Zhao Yun has always felt guilty and blamed himself for Gu Rubing's danger and disappearance.

"I'm sorry, Prime Minister. It's all my fault for not protecting you well. Yun promises that there will never be another incident like this."

"Humph, from today on, all your duties will be taken away from you, and you will have to start as a soldier again."

"Yes!"

Zhao Yun immediately nodded in response to Zhuge Liang's punishment.

"Okay, Prime Minister. Zhao Yun is not to blame for this incident. The main reason is..."

"My Lord, I haven't told you yet. How can you act alone? What if you are in danger and leave such a big mess behind? What do you want us to do?"

Gu Rubing originally wanted to plead for Zhao Yun, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang's anger would even reach him.

"Okay, I won't act alone again."

"My lord, let's go back."

Gu Rubing nodded.

Just as she was about to leave, Xiaoling grabbed Gu Rubing's hand.

"Big Brother, are you leaving?"

Gu Rubing looked at Xiaoling, smiled, and picked her up.

"It's not that I'm leaving, it's that we are leaving. Didn't I say that I would take you to the palace for a tour, and I will support you from now on!"

The group left the mountain village amid the horrified gazes of the villagers.

As soon as they returned to Xu Du, Lu Su and others were already kneeling at the city gate.

"Please, my lord, punish me!"

"This matter has nothing to do with you, everyone, get up."

Lu Su and others stood up and looked at Gu Rubing who was holding a little girl in his arms, all with a look of confusion on their faces.

"My lord, at this time?"

"This is my benefactor, and she will be my sister in the future!"

"Yes!"

Then Lu Su told Gu Rubing everything that had happened during the time Gu Rubing was missing, especially the fact that Sun Jian and Cao Cao sent out troops at the same time.

"It's a bit interesting, but it doesn't matter. It's their business if they take action. I still have to do what I promised Sun Jian. Let's go to the palace to see His Majesty."

"Yes."

Gu Rubing carried Xiaoling into the palace.

Looking at the magnificence of the palace, a long-lost smile appeared on Xiaoling's face.

And she also knew that the floor of the palace was made of tiles, and there was no so-called flatbread.

Looking at Xiaoling who was running on the ground, Gu Rubing smiled, left a few people to look after Xiaoling, and brought Zhao Yun to Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, I'm here."

"King Lie, why are you here? Aren't you at the front line?"

"I wonder if Your Majesty knows that I have been kidnapped?"

"I heard that, and now it seems that King Lie should be fine."

"Your Highness seems very disappointed. In fact, the person who kidnapped me is Wang Yue. I wonder if Your Majesty knows where he is?"

"Wang Yue? Didn't he abandon me a long time ago? Why did he come back? Since he is back, why doesn't he come to see me?"

Liu Xie became more and more excited as he spoke, and he stood up directly from the dragon throne.

Looking at Liu Xie who was so excited, Gu Rubing understood that Liu Xie was not involved in this matter.

"Your Majesty, please grant Jiaozhou to Sun Jian."

After saying this, Gu Rubing turned around and left.

Wang Yue ran to Chengdu and met Cao Cao directly.

"Wang Yue, you said you were going to ambush Liu Bei, I wonder what the result was?"

"Liu Bei has been ambushed and seriously injured. Please ask Caozhou Mu to send troops immediately to attack Sili and take Xudu directly."

"Is Liu Bei really injured?"

"Yes!" Cao Cao excitedly slapped the table, then stood up and shouted immediately.

"Everyone listen up. Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Xu Huang, the three of you will lead an army of 100,000 men, including the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the Grave Diggers, and the General of the Forges, and attack Ba County."

"Ba County? Caozhou Mu, why is it Ba County? Isn't it Sili?"

"It's too early now. Before we take over Sili, we still have to take over Ba County."

Cao Cao was good at calculating. With his own strength, he wanted to take Sili. Perhaps he could take Sili while Gu Rubing was injured, but the battle line was so long that his support had no way to arrive. Moreover, Gu Rubing was injured, not dead. Once his injury recovered, it would be easy to beat him back.

The most important thing is that if we fight back, we don’t know if the compensation for Bajun is enough.

Wang Yue wanted to say something, but Cao Cao stopped him with a wave of his hand.

Watching Cao Cao's orders come out one after another, Wang Yue finally understood what was going on.

Cao Cao had long lost the desire to fight for the world. His vision had long been worn away by Gu Rubing, and all he had in his eyes was his own little piece of land in Yizhou.

"Farewell."

After Wang Yue finished speaking, he turned around and left.

"Lord."

Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu who was speaking.

"We'd better stabilize Wang Yue. After all, Wang Yue's strength is there, and his apprentice Shi A is also a master. Now we have such a master here. If it weren't for Wang Yue and Shi A, General Yu Jin might have been killed by Zhang Liao."

Cao Cao also thought it made sense, so he personally caught up with Wang Yue. The two talked for two hours, and finally, they reached an alliance again.

This time, Cao Cao is not just taking action on his own.

For safety reasons, he also contacted Sun Jian.

However, after learning that Gu Rubing was injured but not dead, Sun Jian did not agree to Cao Cao, but waited.

at the same time.

Liu Zhang also received the news.

However, the news Liu Zhang received was not that Gu Rubing was injured, but that Gu Rubing was dead.

Liu Zhang suddenly became excited.

If Gu Rubing died, the largest prince in the Central Plains would be gone, and the entire Central Plains would be in chaos. In this case, he could lead the Anluo Empire to forcefully enter, and by then half of the Han Dynasty would be his.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhang immediately ordered Surena to lead the army across the territories of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions and begin to advance towards Liangzhou.

Taishi Ci suddenly received a report from his subordinates that the Anluo army had arrived at the city.

Taishi Ci was not at all panicked by the news, but was very excited instead.

During these few months, Jiaozhou and Yizhou had fought dozens of battles, big and small, but on my side, everything was peaceful and nothing happened. I once wrote a letter to Gu Rubing, wanting to come back, but was rejected by Gu Rubing.

"Finally, there is action. We have finally started fighting here."

Taishi Ci walked up to the city wall, looked at the army outside, calmly took out his bow and arrow, and aimed at the enemy's flag.

There was a "whoosh" sound.

The feather arrow turned into a streak of light and flashed by, accurately shooting down the opponent's Su flag.

This kind of flag was stipulated by Liu Zhang and was formulated completely in accordance with the customs of the Han Dynasty. In Liu Zhang's view, his Anluo Empire was also a part of the Han Dynasty, so naturally everything had to be done in accordance with the Han Dynasty's system, but this instead became Taishi Ci's goal.

Surena didn't expect that Taishi Ci's arrow could be shot so far.

"General Taishi, Liu Bei is dead. What's the point of you still holding on here? Why don't you join us, annex the Han Dynasty, and build an empire of our own?"

"The lord is dead? Who told you?"

Taishi Ci didn't know about Gu Rubing's disappearance. In Liang Province where he was, information flowed very slowly and he often couldn't get first-hand information.

"Of course it was your people from the Han Dynasty who told us. Now everyone in the Han Dynasty knows about this. Why don't you let us in? Our king said that after annexing the Han Dynasty, he will definitely make you a general. What do you think?"

"Humph, what's the use of having a lousy general like you? I haven't received any news, how could you possibly know? You'd better be careful and don't let anyone fool you."

Seeing that Taishi Ci refused to budge, Surena did not hesitate and directly ordered his soldiers to attack the city.

In Taishi Ci's opinion, the combat effectiveness of these so-called soldiers of the Anluo Empire was extremely low, so Taishi Ci didn't care at all.

But after the two sides came into contact, Taishi Ci looked at the surrounding city walls with some disbelief.

The fighting effectiveness of the soldiers of the Anluo Empire can actually be compared with that of Sun Jian's soldiers.

In the past, when the Anluo Empire attacked the city, the casualties compared to Sun Jian's men could reach ten to one. But now, after only a few months, the casualty ratio between the Anluo Empire and them has reached a staggering four to one.

You have to know that the combat effectiveness of Sun Jian's soldiers is only two people against one Gu Rubing compared to Gu Rubing's soldiers.

Of course, Zhang Liao’s death cannot be counted because of his contribution.

The combat effectiveness of the Anluo Empire increased rapidly, which made Taishi Ci, who had been relaxed, become nervous.

This was because Taishi Ci only had 50,000 men, while the enemy attacking the city had nearly 200,000 men.

At the end of the day, Taishi Ci counted the number of people he had lost and found that his losses were as high as 10,000 people.

At this pace, I can only sustain it for five days at most.

In desperation, Taishi Ci could only ask Xu Du for help.

At the same time, Taishi Ci also wanted to know whether Gu Rubing had encountered any trouble.

Gu Rubing received news of three cities being attacked at the same time, and he was suddenly in a difficult situation.

Zhuge Liang looked at the battle report in his hand, frowned, and then laughed.

"Prime Minister, can you still laugh at this time?"

"My lord, I am laughing at them. They are just a bunch of rabble. I can defeat them with just a wave of my hand."

"Oh?"

Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion.

Three armies are fighting at the same time, and the battle lines are so long that they must all be main forces.

With this kind of consumption, even when there was a good harvest everywhere, we would not dare to fight like this. What's more, we are short of food and grass now, and three armies are fighting at the same time. We can't hold out for more than a month before our food and grass run out.

"My lord, Liu Zhang received a notice that you have met with an accident, so as long as you show up in Liangzhou, I think Liu Zhang will choose to withdraw his troops. After all, this does not suit his position."

Gu Rubing nodded.

"Regarding Sun Jian, I do have an idea."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he took a sip of tea and then continued speaking slowly.

"When Sun Jian first wanted to hand over the governor, I found that he cared more about the outside world's opinion. So we just need to give Sun Jian a little benefit, and Sun Jian should give up attacking us this time, and we can say that we have no loss at all."

"Benefits? What benefits?"

"Just like Liu Zhang, a king on equal terms!"

"One word side by side king?"

Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang. With the current state of the world, this so-called King of the Same Character is completely useless. It is just an excuse. There will be neither rewards nor territory. Is this thing really useful?
"Yes, why not make Sun Jian the King of Wu?"

"That's something you can try."

Gu Rubing didn't care about this kind of thing. He was just a king. If he wanted, he could make many kings. It was just a title and he didn't need to pay anything.

"As for Cao Cao, we need to take action. But there is only one Cao Cao, so there is no need to worry."

Gu Rubing looked at Zhuge Liang and couldn't help but admire him. Zhuge Liang easily eliminated two of the three seemingly aggressive armies. How many people in the world can have such a sharp vision?

(End of this chapter)