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

Gu Rubing fell to the ground and just happened to see the scene where Sun Shangxiang's body was pierced.

"Shang Xiang!"

Gu Rubing shouted and prepared to step forward.

When Xu Chu realized that he had killed the wrong person, he immediately drew his knife and slashed at Gu Rubing.

"Xu Chu, you dare!"

As a voice sounded, a golden arrow of light shot towards Xu Chu.

Xu Chu had no choice but to turn around and block Huang Zhong's arrow.

Gu Rubing took advantage of this opportunity, picked up Sun Shangxiang's body, turned around and ran away.

The two men fought for several rounds, and when the fight was getting intense, a Overlord Spear appeared between the two, completely separating the fight between them.

"You two are on the street here. Even if you restrain yourself, there will inevitably be unnecessary injuries. This is our Sun family's territory. Please don't go too far."

Hearing this, Huang Zhong put away the Red Blood Sword and chased in the direction Gu Rubing left.

"Xu Chu, I will make Cao Cao give an explanation for you hurting my sister, humph!"

Sun Ce snorted coldly and turned away.

It was not his intention to hurt Sun Shangxiang, and Xu Chu felt somewhat ashamed about this incident.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Sun Ce to stop him.

Gu Rubing rushed into the room holding Sun Shangxiang.

After Sun Shangxiang was put on the bed, a doctor immediately came forward to treat her.

Sun Jian also rushed over.

Seeing Sun Shangxiang lying weakly on the bed, Sun Jian clenched his hands and became extremely angry.

"Cao Cao, I will definitely destroy you."

"My Lord, the young lady's injuries are very serious. There is nothing we can do, unless..."

The doctor didn't finish his words and looked at Gu Rubing standing beside him.

"Unless what?"

Gu Rubing looked at the doctor.

"I heard that King Lie has the miraculous doctor Hua Tuo. I'm afraid that only Mr. Hua Tuo can cure Miss's illness."

"Lord, are you okay?"

Huang Zhong finally found Gu Rubing at this time.

"Old General, go to Liangzhou quickly and find Hua Tuo."

"Lord, this..."

Huang Zhong hesitated for a moment.

Now, Huang Zhong is the only one by Gu Rubing's side. If Huang Zhong leaves, there will be no one around Gu Rubing who can guarantee his safety, especially since Xu Chu is still eyeing him covetously.

"What are you talking about? Go quickly and save Shangxiang's life for me."

Hearing Gu Rubing's order, Huang Zhong nodded, no longer hesitated, and looked at Sun Ce beside him.

"Before I come back, you must ensure my master's safety. Otherwise, I will ask the King of Wu to go down and be buried with my master."

Hearing this, Sun Ce looked at Huang Zhong and hesitated.

Only after seeing Sun Jian nod to him did Sun Ce agree.

Huang Zhong looked at Gu Rubing with some concern, turned around and left, increasing his speed to the extreme. He wanted to get back in the shortest time possible.

Xu Chu, who was hiding outside the city, saw Huang Zhong leaving and threw the grass in his mouth aside.

Wang Yue came to Xu Chu's side.

"General Xu Chu, Huang Zhong is gone, and there is no one around Liu Bei anymore. Now is a good time for us to take action."

"I know. You guys wait outside the city for help. After I kill Liu Bei, we'll leave together."

"it is good!"

Xu Chu went straight into the city.

Inside the room, the doctors were trying their best to save Sun Shangxiang, but because her wounds were too severe, they could only delay the treatment for a while despite their best efforts.

Gu Rubing knew that he could not help much here and could only leave.

However, Gu Rubing did not go far. Instead, he sat down in the pavilion outside the room, trying to calm himself down.

Sun Shangxiang would block the knife for him, which was something he never expected.

Just when Gu Rubing was considering.

Xu Chu had already come behind Gu Rubing.

Just as Xu Chu swung his knife and was about to attack Gu Rubing, a voice appeared behind Xu Chu.

"I've said it before, this is our Sun family's territory, it's not Cao Cao's turn to take action here."

Gu Rubing had already discovered Xu Chu when he appeared, but facing a legendary general, he couldn't run away even if he wanted to, so he could only pretend not to know and endure it.

After hearing Sun Ce's voice, Gu Rubing finally had the opportunity. He quickly took a few steps and moved a certain distance away.

Xu Chu looked at Sun Ce, his eyes filled with anger.

"You dare to stop me? Do you think you can stop me?"

"Of course I am not good enough, but have you forgotten that we now have more than just one legendary general."

As the voice fell, Gan Ning also walked out from the side carrying an ancient ingot knife.

"Xu Chu, even if you want to take action, shouldn't you choose a place? At least here, Liu Bei can't have anything happen to him."

"It seems that you are definitely going to cooperate with Liu Bei. Do you know that this will offend the King of Wei and the King of Yi? Do you really think that Liu Bei can sincerely cooperate with you?"

"You have no say in this matter. Anyway, we are here, so don't even think about touching Liu Bei."

Xu Chu looked at Sun Ce and Gan Ning in front of him with a gloomy face. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to turn around and leave.

Gu Rubing breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at Sun Ce.

"Your King Wu is really good at tricks. Xu Chu can't kill me here, so isn't this telling him that he can kill me once he leaves your place? Where is the place you are talking about? This palace? Or the city? Or the entire Anluo Empire?"

Upon hearing this, the two men smiled but didn't say anything else. They had already told Xu Chu everything they could say.

Now that he was at a disadvantage, Gu Rubing still stayed in the palace and waited obediently.

Xu Chu also understood the meaning of Sun Ce's words. He stood outside the palace and waited for a long time, but did not see Gu Rubing come out, so he finally gave up.

Late at night, Huang Zhong and Pang De, along with Hua Tuo, finally arrived.

After a simple examination, Hua Tuo began to treat Sun Shangxiang.

With Hua Tuo's help, Sun Jian and others also breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, when we came here, we saw Xu Chu outside the palace."

"Well, he came in to assassinate me, but was stopped by Sun Ce and Gan Ning. Now that Shang Xiang is fine, we should also deal with Xu Chu's problem. Otherwise, it would be a bit troublesome to have a legendary general following us all the time."

After hearing this, they both nodded at the same time.

When Xu Chu saw Pang De and Huang Zhong coming at the same time, he already had the idea of ​​retreating. Xu Chu even thought that now that the two legendary generals of Liang Province were here, could he go to Liang Province to play around? Even if he couldn't take over the whole Liang Province, he could at least destroy one or two cities.

Just as Xu Chu had this plan and was about to take action, Pang De and Huang Zhong came over.

"Xu Chu, you dare to stay here after seeing us coming? Do you look down on us so much?"

After Pang De finished speaking, he took out the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Sword.

"Just you? If Zhao Yun and Guan Yu were here, I might still be able to back off, but you are just a decoration."

"Function?"

Pang De sneered and shouted directly: "Eight Gates."

Eight golden gates appeared in front of Xu Chu.

"That's it?"

When Xu Chu was about to swing his sword to break the formation, Sun Ce and Gan Ning came over again.

"I'm telling you guys, do you really have to fight here? I've already told you that this is our territory. If your fight hurts anyone, how are you going to let us explain it?"

Pang De looked at Gu Rubing, and after seeing Gu Rubing nod, Pang De retracted the eight gates.

"King Wu really doesn't want to offend anyone, but at this moment, how can he not offend anyone? I advise King Wu to think clearly about his position, otherwise it will be easy to end up with nothing."

"I will tell my father this."

Seeing Sun Ce leaving, Xu Chu snorted coldly, and when he was about to leave, he was stopped by Gu Rubing.

"Xu Chu, if you are planning to take my Liangzhou, I advise you to give up this idea. Otherwise, I can guarantee that you will not be able to leave Liangzhou."

Xu Chu looked towards Gu Rubing with some murderous intent in his eyes, but it quickly dissipated.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Xu Chu turned and left.

"My Lord, do you want me to go back to Liangzhou? I'm worried about Xu Chu..."

"Don't worry, he's not stupid!"

Gu Rubing waved his hand and returned to Sun Shangxiang's room again.

When Hua Tuo saw Gu Rubing coming, he stood up immediately.

"My Lord, Miss Sun's injuries have stabilized. Miss Sun's physique is quite good. I believe she will be able to recover in half a month."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing felt relieved.

After spending five days with Sun Shangxiang in the royal capital, when she regained consciousness, Gu Rubing agreed with Sun Jian to get engaged in a month, and then rushed to Liangzhou.

After Gu Rubing returned to Liangzhou, Taishi Ci delivered a military report to Gu Rubing.

While he was accompanying Sun Shangxiang, Cao Cao and Liu Zhang launched a surprise attack on Zhuge Liang.

Fortunately, when they were about to take action, they were discovered by spies, who delivered the news to Zhuge Liang in advance. Zhuge Liang had made some preparations in advance, so Cao Cao and his men did not get the advantage.

But even so, Jiaozhi County was still taken back by Liu Zhang. It would be more accurate to say that it was given away by Zhuge Liang rather than being taken back.

There are many mountains in Jiaozhi County, and it is also the ancestral land of the Gu tribe. Gu insects are everywhere. This place is really a burden for Zhuge Liang and his men. Instead of requiring a large number of people to defend it, it is better to send them away directly, which can also reduce some of their pressure.

Gu Rubing also felt that Zhuge Liang's decision made sense.

The many mountains were not a big deal to Gu Rubing, but the poisonous insects were what troubled him.

"My Lord, now that we have formed an alliance with Sun Jian, we will no longer need so many troops stationed in Liang Province. Why not transfer them to the front line?"

Huang Zhong looked at the map. Now that Liu Zhang had taken over the front line, they could only passively defend. As long as the troops from Liang Province could support the front line, they should have enough manpower for a counterattack.

"No rush. Even if we take Jiaozhi County or Yulin County, it won't be of much use to us. Liu Zhang and Cao Cao have troops stationed in Yulin County. Once we go there, it will be a war involving hundreds of thousands of people. Even if we win in the end, it will be a pyrrhic victory. In this case, how can we deal with Sun Jian?"

"So, my lord, what do you mean?"

"Let's change direction. Since Cao Cao and Liu Zhang are both in Yulin County, we can attack from Ba County. This way we can catch them off guard."

Huang Zhong's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had never expected this.

Now they have the advantage. They have the final say on how to attack and where to attack. In this case, why bother to engage in large-scale military operations? They can just take shortcuts.

Under the order of Gu Rubing, an army of 100,000, led by Huang Zhong, Pang De and Deng Ai, began to move towards Ba County.

To be on the safe side, Gu Rubing transferred Zhuge Liang to Ba County. After all, Yizhou was mountainous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. If he wanted to take shortcuts, speed was the first factor. With Zhuge Liang around, Gu Rubing was sure of a quick battle.

In order to prevent Cao Cao from discovering his purpose, Gu Rubing did not transfer any soldiers from the front line, and relied entirely on these 100,000 ordinary soldiers from Liang Province.

Everyone rushed to Ba County and looked at the surrounding mountains. Gu Rubing looked at Pang De and Deng Ai.

"You should be quite familiar with the terrain here, right?"

"Don't worry, lord. We had already investigated the terrain here during the battle of Jingzhou. It was just that we didn't use it at the time. But we have records of the investigation at that time, and we have memorized it."

Deng Ai smiled and nodded.

Mountain warfare is his home ground.

"Okay, Shi Zai, I'll give you 20,000 people. You don't have to follow the main force. You can do whatever you want. I just need to see the final result."

"Thank you, my lord. Ai will not let you down."

Watching Deng Ai leave, Pang De walked to Gu Rubing with some concern.

"My lord, what do you mean by this? Letting Shi Zai take away 20,000 people alone, and they are all elite soldiers among ordinary soldiers. After all, Shi Zai is still young. What if something goes wrong..."

"Don't worry, nothing will be wrong with Shizai."

Gu Rubing remembered that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Deng Ai led a surprise attack to Chengdu and forced Liu Chan to surrender. However, Deng Ai was experienced in combat at that time, and Gu Rubing didn't know whether Deng Ai could do that at this time. But even if he couldn't, it shouldn't be too bad.

Seeing that Gu Rubing was so confident in Deng Ai, Pang De didn't know what to say. Zhuge Liang just looked at Gu Rubing without saying a word. He was a little curious about where Gu Rubing's confidence in Deng Ai came from. He didn't think that Deng Ai could be of any use.

Zhuge Liang began to plan the marching route based on the situation around Ba County.

In Zhuge Liang's view, the elite troops of the Wei army were all in Yulin County, so the defense of the entire Yizhou must be very weak, and their army could easily march straight in.

But this time, Zhuge Liang guessed wrong, and it was all because of one person. (End of this chapter)