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

Seeing Deng Ai like this, the surrounding White Feather Light Cavalry rushed up quickly, but no one could last a round under Wang Yue's sword.

Moreover, the people brought by Wang Yue were also involved in a melee with the Baiyu Light Cavalry, and there was no way to spare more people to help Deng Ai.

After seeing that Deng Ai was seriously injured and had no way to stop him, Wang Yue walked towards Gu Rubing. His target had always been Gu Rubing, and he had no intention of killing Deng Ai.

Seeing Wang Yue getting closer and closer to Gu Rubing, Deng Ai gritted his teeth, raised his knife, and rushed towards Wang Yue.

"Stop for me..."

As soon as Deng Ai finished speaking, he was kicked away by Wang Yue. After falling to the ground, Deng Ai spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Stop right there, don't hurt my lord!"

Deng Ai thrust the black iron knife in front of himself and used the blade to stand up, chanting "Don't hurt my lord!"

Wang Yue frowned immediately. Deng Ai's behavior made him a little annoyed, but he still rushed to Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing drew his sword and was about to block, but was kicked away by Wang Yue.

When Wang Yue was about to catch up and kill Gu Rubing with one sword, he suddenly felt a strong wind behind him and immediately lowered his head.

The black iron knife flew past Wang Yue's scalp.

This was the last action Deng Ai could take, using all his strength.

"My lord, I'm sorry. I tried my best."

After Deng Ai finished speaking, he fell to the ground and passed out from exhaustion.

"Deng Ai!"

Gu Rubing shouted anxiously, and only heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Deng Ai still had color on the control panel.

"Finally no one comes to bother us. Have a safe journey, Liu Bei."

After Wang Yue finished speaking, he raised the sword in his hand and stabbed at Gu Rubing.

"Ding"

A feather arrow shot directly at the tip of the sword, causing the sword in Wang Yue's hand to almost fly out.

Wang Yue looked at the person shooting the arrow and found that it was Taishi Ci who came to support him.

"Why are you guys so annoying?"

Wang Yue was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Every time he wanted to kill Gu Rubing, there would always be someone blocking him. Wang Yue was considering whether he should find a temple to worship in the future. Lately, nothing had been going well for him.

Since Taishi Ci has taken action, there is no need for him to stay here.

"withdraw!"

With Wang Yue's order, everyone retreated immediately.

Taishi Ci immediately came to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, I am late in coming to your rescue. Please punish me!"

"Ziyi, you came just in time. If you hadn't saved me, I don't know if I would be standing here. Let's go see how Shizai is doing first."

With the help of Taishi Ci, Gu Rubing came to Deng Ai.

At this time, Deng Ai was still in a coma, with countless injuries of varying degrees on his body, including two fatal ones.

"Let Hua Tuo come here immediately, and quickly."

"Yes!"

A white-feathered light cavalryman quickly rushed towards the front line.

Gu Rubing supported Deng Ai and walked towards the cart transporting grain and fodder.

Deng Ai was awakened by the pain of his wound. When he saw that it was Gu Rubing who was supporting him, he immediately tried to break free.

"My lord, I have blood on my body. Please don't dirty your clothes."

"The blood of one's own brother is not dirty."

Gu Rubing ignored Deng Ai's struggle and put him on the grain cart.

"Let's go to Liangzhou. I have sent someone to find Hua Tuo. It won't take long for Hua Tuo to arrive."

"Thank you, my lord!"

Everyone returned to Liangzhou, and Huang Zhong and Pang De quickly rushed over.

"I heard that the lord was in trouble, but I had to defend Sun Jian and was unable to provide reinforcements. Please forgive me, lord!"

"Get up and prepare a room for Shizai, he is injured."

"Yes!"

After putting Deng Ai on the bed, Gu Rubing handed the letter from Zhuge Liang to Huang Zhong and asked him to arrange someone to deliver it to Sun Jian's camp.

After Sun Jian received the letter and saw what was on it, his face changed. He wanted to tear the letter into pieces, but after hesitating for a moment, he stopped.

"Someone, bring Shangxiang and Gongjin here."

"Yes!"

Soon, Sun Shangxiang and Zhou Yu walked in.

"Father"

"Lord"

"You're looking for us?"

Sun Jian nodded and placed Gu Rubing's letter in front of the two of them.

"Just take a look."

Sun Shangxiang read it first, a blush appeared on her face, and then she handed the letter to Zhou Yu.

"Marriage?"

Zhou Yu muttered to himself and then looked at Sun Jian.

"My Lord, what do you mean?"

"I'm also considering whether the marriage is feasible. Now we have two legendary generals, Ce'er and Xingba. We can only barely protect ourselves and cannot become overlords. Our status is the same as Liu Zhang's at that time."

Zhou Yu was silent when he heard this.

He wanted to refuse. After so many fights, the feeling Gu Rubing gave him could only be described in two words: terrifying.

No one could take advantage of Gu Rubing, not even Cao Cao.

To cooperate with such people is undoubtedly to seek the skin of a tiger.

But now Gu Rubing has come to Liangzhou, which means that if they refuse this time, Gu Rubing will most likely swallow up the Anluo Empire directly.

As for Cao Cao, he might be able to help them, but with the previous experience, Zhou Yu was not confident in leaving his back to Cao Cao, a guy who worked but did not put in any effort.

"Gongjin, what do you mean?"

"My Lord, this marriage is not impossible. It depends on what the lady thinks."

Sun Shangxiang had a history of escaping marriages. If she ran away from Cao Zhang like she did before, the marriage would fail, and Gu Rubing would hate their Sun family, which would lead to their quicker demise.

"I reject!"

Sun Jian looked at Sun Shangxiang with a puzzled look. In his memory, Sun Shangxiang liked Gu Rubing, so why would she refuse now?

"Shangxiang, what are you doing?"

"Father, I have been trapped here with Liu Zhang for several months, and Liu Bei has never come here once. I don't believe that Liu Bei, with his ability, would not know that I am here? He doesn't even care that I am missing, so why should I marry such a man?"

This made Sun Jian helpless. He knew the whole thing. Liu Bei suspected that Sun Shangxiang was with him, while he suspected that Sun Shangxiang was captured by Liu Bei. They both suspected each other, so they ignored Sun Shangxiang. "Daughter, this is actually a misunderstanding. At the beginning, we..."

"Father, there is no need to say more. I said I don't agree, and I just don't agree. If there is nothing else, your daughter will take her leave first."

After saying this, Sun Shangxiang turned around and left without caring what Sun Jian wanted to say.

Zhou Yu was watching this scene from the sidelines, and he suddenly felt a little hesitant.

"My Lord, if you really want to make this happen, I have an idea."

"any idea?"

"My lord, the person who tied the bell must be the one who untied it. Since Liu Bei was the one who caused this, why don't we meet with him and tell him what happened, and let him solve the lady's problem."

"it is good!"

Gu Rubing was guarding Deng Ai's bed at this time. Seeing Deng Ai's breathing getting weaker and weaker, Gu Rubing's mood also fell to the bottom.

"Where's Hua Tuo? Why hasn't he come yet? It's been two days."

The people around stood aside and no one dared to speak.

At this moment, a voice was heard.

"My Lord, Mr. Hua Tuo is here."

"Please come in quickly."

Soon, Hua Tuo came in with a medicine box. Without even saying hello to Gu Rubing, he quickly checked Deng Ai.

Fortunately, Deng Ai had already been treated by a doctor before Hua Tuo arrived, otherwise he would not have survived until Hua Tuo's arrival.

After an examination, Hua Tuo immediately used acupuncture to seal Deng Ai's wound.

"My lord, rest assured. I am confident that I can cure General Deng Ai. Please go out and wait."

With Hua Tuo's words, Gu Rubing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Sun Jian's letter had also arrived.

Gu Rubing opened the letter and saw Sun Jian's request for a meeting, and he readily agreed.

Two days later.

Gu Rubing came to Deng Ai's room.

Seeing that it was Gu Rubing who came, Deng Ai wanted to get up, but the knife wounds on his body made him feel excruciating pain.

Seeing Deng Ai's painful expression, Gu Rubing helped Deng Ai back to bed.

"Take good care of your injuries. Once you are well, there are still many battles waiting for us."

"Don't worry, my lord. Deng Ai will do his best to keep you safe!"

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Gu Rubing patted Deng Ai on the shoulder, and then came to the outside of the city, to a mountain not far away, where he and Sun Jian had agreed to meet.

At this time, Sun Jian was drinking tea leisurely in the pavilion.

When he saw Gu Rubing coming, Sun Jian immediately put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Gu Rubing.

"King Lie is a little late."

"I can't help it. There are a lot of things to do. It seems that King Wu has been very idle recently."

Gu Rubing sat opposite Sun Jian and saw that there was no one around except Sun Jian, which made Gu Rubing a little curious.

He wanted to meet me and even dared to come alone. How come Sun Jian was so bold today?

Gu Rubing was thinking in his heart, and at this moment, Huang Zhong's voice appeared in Gu Rubing's ears.

"My lord, there is the presence of Sun Ce in the woods behind Sun Jian."

Gu Rubing laughed. He knew that Sun Jian couldn't be so brave as to meet him alone.

"Okay, King Wu, just tell me what you want to talk about when you meet me."

Sun Jian did not say anything, but looked at Huang Zhong behind Gu Rubing. His meaning was very clear.

Seeing this, Gu Rubing waved at Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong understood, turned around and walked not far away, watching the two of them, so that he could rescue them in time in case of any danger.

"I have considered what King Lie said in the letter. It is not impossible to form an alliance with you, but if you want me to take direct action against Cao Cao and Liu Zhang, I will not agree."

"You do not trust me?"

When Gu Rubing heard Sun Jian's words, he understood what he meant.

Sun Jian was worried that he would be used as cannon fodder, and by then his strength would be greatly weakened, making it easy for Gu Rubing to swallow him up.

The current Sun Jian is no longer the one who was in Jiaozhou or Yangzhou. He now owns the entire Anluo Empire, a territory that is no less than that of the Han Dynasty. As for the population, although a lot of people were lost due to the war and a lot were taken away by Liu Zhang, the remaining population is equivalent to half of the entire Han Dynasty.

With these populations and territories, he could easily form an army of hundreds of thousands of people as long as he gave himself enough time.

"It's not that I don't trust you, King Lie. I'm under a lot of pressure. There are still many people in the Anluo Empire who don't obey me. Once I divide my power to help you, the country will be empty. I'm worried that someone will take advantage of the situation."

The reasons Sun Jian found for himself were so perfect that Gu Rubing had no reason to convince Sun Jian at all.

"So that's why. King Wu needs help. If you need it, I can help you."

As soon as Gu Rubing finished speaking, he felt a murderous aura quietly appearing beside him. The source of this murderous aura came from behind Sun Jian. Judging from what Huang Zhong said just now, this murderous aura should have been released by Sun Ce who was hiding in the woods.

Huang Zhong also felt the murderous aura and rushed to Gu Rubing immediately, took out the Eight Treasures Kirin Bow, and aimed it at Sun Ce.

"Alright, stop it!"

As Sun Jian finished speaking, the murderous aura gradually dissipated.

Gu Rubing also asked Huang Zhong to move aside.

"Just kidding, why is this nephew so angry?"

Gu Rubing smiled, and in response to this, Sun Ce snorted coldly in the woods.

"King Lie, I won't help you, but give me some time. When you can really deal with the princes, the decisive battle will be the time for me to take action."

Although Gu Rubing was not very satisfied with Sun Jian's answer, he had to agree in order to win over Sun Jian.

"can!"

"Also, King Lie, I'm sorry I can't do anything about the marriage you mentioned. For the sake of our alliance, I can't make the decision on this marriage. Shangxiang is quite opposed to this matter at the moment. If you really want a marriage, this matter can only rely on you."

"be opposed to?"

Gu Rubing had thought that Sun Jian might object, and even Zhou Yu might object, but he never thought that Sun Shangxiang would object. He was confident that his feelings were not wrong. There was no doubt that Sun Shangxiang liked him, and he felt the same way about her.

This marriage was obviously the easiest thing for the two of them, but now it has become the most difficult thing.

Gu Rubing originally thought that if the marriage alliance didn't work, then forget it. But when he thought about how Sun Jian would never fully trust him without the basis for marriage, he finally decided to go meet Sun Shangxiang.

"I want to see Shangxiang. Is it possible to bring Shangxiang out?"

"This... Shangxiang disagrees with you. Why don't you go to my capital and meet her? Of course, the premise is that King Lie believes in me."

Gu Rubing was not worried about this. If something really happened to him with Sun Jian, Liangzhou would definitely destroy Sun Jian.

"Okay, then I'll go to your place to meet Shangxiang. I'll be there in a few days."

"it is good!"

After the two of them had a brief conversation, the meeting ended. They were quite satisfied with the result. (End of this chapter)