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

Soon, Linjiang City was taken over by the two men.

However, the two did not defend the city, but began to chase quickly.

Yizhou is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is quite difficult to attack the city normally. The two men want to use this sneak attack to seize as many cities as possible to lay a solid foundation for the arrival of large troops.

However, just when he caught up with Yu Fu, Zhang Liao had to stop.

Because the defeated soldiers who had been chased by Zhang Liao all the way gathered together very quickly, and looked at Zhang Liao and his men aggressively, as if they had been waiting here for a long time.

At this time, the gate of Yufu City opened and a man slowly walked out from inside.

Zhang Liao didn't know this person. Not only Zhang Liao, but even Pang De, who had been fighting with Cao Cao all the time, didn't know him.

"who are you?"

Zhang Liao looked at the man. Although he didn't know him, he could feel that there was something different about this man.

"I am Zhong Hui, and I have been ordered to come here to stop the generals."

"Zhong Hui?"

Zhang Liao had never heard of this name, but he could see that Zhong Hui looked very confident.

This also made Zhang Liao a little worried whether there were ambushes around.

They are leading the vanguard of the large army. Once something happens here, it will not be good for the morale of the entire team.

Now that they have occupied Linjiang City and achieved the goal of their operation, there is really no need to take such a risk.

"Zhong Hui, right? I'll remember you. Retreat!"

Watching Zhang Liao and others leave, President Zhong breathed a sigh of relief.

The centurion on the side looked at Zhong Hui.

"Do we have reinforcements?"

"no!"

"If they really want to take action, can we stop them?"

"Those are Zhang Liao and Pang De, two famous generals in Liu Bei's army. How can we possibly stop them?"

"Then you still..."

"We can't retreat. If we retreat, we will eventually lose Ba County completely. By then, when General Xiahou's reinforcements arrive, we will have no way out."

The centurion beside him wiped the cold sweat from his forehead when he heard this.

This was a dead end. No matter if they defended the city or continued to retreat, they would have no chance of survival. However, under the leadership of Zhong Hui, they found a way to survive. They might even get promoted and make a fortune because they blocked Zhang Liao's advance.

after one day.

The Xiahou brothers rushed to Yufu City with reinforcements.

When they learned that only Linjiang City was lost, they were all a little surprised.

After understanding the whole process, Xiahou Dun came to Zhong Hui.

"Your name is Zhong Hui? What is your position?"

"In reply to the general, I am the captain of a thousand men in the army!"

"With your ability, it's really a waste of your talent to be a captain of a thousand men. Don't worry, I will recommend you to the lord later."

Zhong Hui nodded hurriedly.

At this time, Gu Rubing also rushed to Linjiang City with a large army.

When Gu Rubing learned that it was Zhong Hui who stopped Zhang Liao, he was somewhat shocked.

I didn't expect Zhong Hui to show up at this time, much earlier than expected.

Gu Rubing was quite excited. As long as he knew Zhong Hui's location, he would have a chance to get Zhong Hui.

The Xiahou brothers did not take action immediately, but waited for reinforcements to arrive. Gu Rubing had the same idea.

a few days later.

Reinforcements from both sides have arrived, but neither side has any intention of taking action.

Gu Rubing knew that someone was deliberately provoking him, so he was naturally unwilling to just be a pawn. So his visit this time was nothing more than a show for those who wanted to see it.

Cao Cao discovered that there had been no fighting on the front line for such a long time, and he also realized Gu Rubing's purpose.

He then rushed to Yufu City in person.

After seeing Cao Cao coming, Gu Rubing walked out of the camp directly.

Seeing this, Cao Cao hurried out.

"King Lie, what are you going to do? You just gave Ba County to me, and now you're planning to take it back?"

"My request is simple. Send Sun Shangxiang back to me."

"Sun Shangxiang is not here with me."

"My information cannot be wrong. I think you should have also found out that Sun Shangxiang appeared in Ba County, right?"

"This……"

Cao Cao had no way to defend himself against this, because what Gu Rubing said was true.

Although Cao Cao was unhappy about this situation, he had no choice but to endure it.

"Give me some time, I will find Sun Shangxiang's location as soon as possible."

"I'll give you two days. I want to see Sun Shangxiang appear in front of me. Otherwise, I will bring people to Ba County to look for her personally."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao's expression suddenly changed. How could he possibly find Sun Shangxiang in two days? He didn't even know her location.

"Not enough time, give me half a month."

"Impossible, just two days!"

"it is good!"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and could only turn around and leave.

At this moment, in the distant forest, a group of men in black were watching the battlefield.

"Village leader, are we just going to watch?"

"Of course, don't forget our mission, which is to make these three companies fight hard, so that we can have a chance."

Two days passed quickly, but no matter how hard Cao Cao looked, he could not find Sun Shangxiang's location. He could only get useless information, that is, Sun Shangxiang had indeed appeared in Ba County.

Two days passed, and Gu Rubing's patience gradually wore away when he saw that there was no news at all from Cao Cao.

Gu Rubing immediately assembled a large army and began to attack Yufu City.

The two sides fought together instantly.

The people hiding in the woods looked at the scene in front of them, all with smiles on their faces.

The scene they saw was exactly what they wanted to see.

Three hours later, Liu Jun returned to the camp, and the siege was completely over.

Those people hiding in the dark looked at the corpses lying on the ground, each with an excited smile on their face. This was their purpose.

"Okay, time to check on our princess. It's time to take her to the next place."

As the village chief's voice fell, a group of people rushed in one direction.

However, just after they disappeared, two more figures quickly followed.

After two days of fighting, there were corpses everywhere inside and outside Yufu City.

In the end, the entire Yufu City was almost completely emptied.

The men in black brought the unconscious Sun Shangxiang to a place not far outside Yufu City and looked at the battlefield.

"Fight, keep fighting, we're leaving!" However, after the man in black said this, he heard footsteps behind him.

"who?"

"Of course, the people waiting for you."

As soon as the voice fell, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao walked out from behind.

When the village chief saw these two people appear, he was completely stunned.

"How did you find us?"

"Is it difficult to find you? We have been following you for two days. If we didn't want to capture you alive and were worried about not being able to find Sun Shangxiang, do you think we would have kept you until now?"

"Capture us alive? Just the two of you?"

"Of course we are not the only two. In order to prevent you from escaping, our lord put on quite a show for you."

As Zhao Yun's voice fell, the men in black saw that the tens of thousands of corpses lying on the ground suddenly stood up and surrounded them at an extremely fast speed.

"you……"

The village chief opened his eyes wide and looked around in horror.

Gu Rubing also came over from outside at this time.

"Everyone, I have put a lot of effort into catching you. This is in the wilderness. If I don't deploy enough people, I am not sure I can catch all of you. There are 60,000 people here. I want to see how you plan to escape."

The village chief looked at Gu Rubing with murderous eyes. He wanted to kill Gu Rubing outright, but he knew that he simply did not have the ability to do so.

"Open your veil, let me see who is playing tricks on us three great princes."

"Want to see what I look like? Dream on!"

After saying that, the village chief took out a dagger and was about to stab Sun Shangxiang.

There was a crisp "ding" sound.

The dagger was blocked by a silver spear.

Immediately afterwards, the silver spear was swung out, and the man in black was knocked away.

If Zhao Yun had not intentionally controlled his strength, the man in black would have been dead.

The village chief stood up from the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The black scarf became even darker as it was stained with blood.

"Someone, take it!"

As soon as Gu Rubing's voice fell, soldiers rushed over and wanted to capture these people.

However, just as these soldiers touched their bodies, thick fog suddenly appeared around them, instantly blocking everyone's vision.

The fog came strangely, and Zhao Yun and Ma Chao quickly came to Gu Rubing's side and looked around vigilantly.

The two were legendary generals, and even in such a thick fog, their vision remained undisturbed.

They could clearly see that the captured men in black disappeared among the crowd of soldiers, but none of them tried to stop them. In comparison, they were more worried about Gu Rubing's safety.

Soon, commotion broke out among the soldiers, and some died inexplicably.

Although Gu Rubing couldn't see his surroundings, he could hear the chaotic sounds around him.

"Everyone quiet down!"

Gu Rubing turned up the volume to the maximum, but for tens of thousands of people, it was still too small.

In desperation, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao could only take Gu Rubing and leave first.

It wasn't long before the fog dissipated and all the soldiers reacted immediately.

At this time Ma Chao also came back and immediately brought all the soldiers back.

Gu Rubing was sitting in the military camp at this time, and the scene that happened before kept echoing in his mind.

No matter how you look at it, that scene was too weird.

If there really is such a powerful person, there is no way I wouldn't know about him.

Unless it is one of those legendary immortals, like the Nanhua immortal that I met before, but if such a person appears, there is no reason for me not to know about him.

"My Lord, Cao Cao sent someone to ask if we can return Linjiang City to us."

Gu Rubing burst out laughing when he heard this.

We seized Linjiang City by ourselves, why should we give it back?

"Tell Cao Cao that I still need to investigate and cannot return it for the time being."

When Cao Cao saw the news brought back by Gu Rubing, his face suddenly changed.

"Liu Bei, it's not difficult to borrow again if you have borrowed and returned. If it weren't for your plan and your threats, how could I sacrifice Linjiang City to play a trick on you? Now you don't even want to return my city. This is simply too much."

Xun Yu, who was standing by, sighed helplessly upon hearing this.

When Gu Rubing realized that he was being used as a pawn, he secretly passed the message to Cao Cao and told him all his suspicions.

Cao Cao originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but while discussing with Cao Cao, Gu Rubing also said that if Cao Cao did not cooperate with him, then he would follow the chess player's idea and capture Ba County, and then search for Sun Shangxiang's location.

In contrast, Cao Cao finally chose to act with Gu Rubing.

When Xun Yu learned about this, he immediately wanted to refuse. After all, cooperating with Liu Bei was too risky and was undoubtedly courting disaster.

But Cao Cao did not listen to Xun Yu's advice. After all, Cao Cao had finally gotten Ba County back, and he was not sure he could stop Gu Rubing's attack, so he could only choose to compromise.

Now seeing that Gu Rubing had borrowed the money and not returned it, he was completely furious.

"Send troops immediately and surround Linjiang City. I want to see why Liu Bei won't return the city to me."

"My lord, no!"

Xun Yu immediately stopped Cao Cao.

"My lord, since Liu Bei dared to say that, it is obvious that he was prepared. He must have guessed that we would directly seize the city. It is very likely that this is Liu Bei's strategy, just to wait for us to act first. Once Liu Bei is given an excuse, he will be able to completely swallow up Ba County. We don't know whether Sun Jian will support us, so we can only endure it now and prepare everything."

With Xun Yu's reminder, Cao Cao calmed down completely.

"Forget it, it's just one. Linjiang City will give it to him."

Just as Cao Cao was speaking, Xiahou Dun walked in with Zhong Hui.

Xiahou Dun then told Zhong everything he had done.

However, Cao Cao was in a very troubled mood at the moment and had no energy to care about Zhong Hui. He just dealt with him casually and let him leave.

Zhong Hui felt a little disappointed when he saw this.

"Don't worry, the lord is in a bad mood now. When the lord is in a good mood, with your ability, you will definitely be valued by the lord."

Zhong Hui smiled and said nothing.

With Xiahou Dun's recognition and comfort, Zhong Hui's mood improved a lot.

In a woods.

A group of people in black gathered together, and the village chief sat in the middle.

"This time, thanks to the general's action, otherwise we would be finished. We were careless this time. Liu Bei has discovered our presence. We can't act around him."

"But village chief, where can we go?"

"Just because we can't take action here doesn't mean we can't take action elsewhere. I think Xudu is a good place. As long as there is something going on in Xudu, Liu Bei will definitely go there. We can pretend to be Cao Cao's men and take action against him on the way!"

"The village chief has a great idea!"

At this time, Gu Rubing was still feeling complacent about having captured Linjiang City, and he didn't know that something big was about to happen in Xudu.

After settling the affairs of Linjiang City, Gu Rubing returned to Guiyang County. (End of this chapter)