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

Gu Rubing looked at Sun Ce in front of him, and at this moment, thousands of divine beasts were galloping in his heart.

He was clearly going to go last night, but was stopped by Sun Ce.

Looking at Gu Rubing's gaze, Sun Ce also thought of what Gu Rubing had said last night about going to find Sun Shangxiang.

Come to think of it, Sun Shangxiang's anger this time was somewhat related to me.

But even so, Sun Ce cannot be exposed.

"Hey, Prince Lie, please go find Shangxiang. I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you."

After saying this, Sun Ce turned around and ran away.

Looking at Sun Ce's back, Gu Rubing sighed.

After entering the palace, Gu Rubing learned of Sun Shangxiang's location and immediately came to the door.

Before Gu Rubing could get close, a teacup and a wine glass were thrown out.

Gu Rubing immediately dodged sideways.

Pang De and Huang Zhong wanted to step forward to stop them, but were stopped by Gu Rubing.

"You guys go down."

The two looked at each other, nodded helplessly, and stepped back at the same time.

But they didn't go far. After all, it was not safe here. They could only stand not far away and watch.

After dodging a teacup, Gu Rubing was about to breathe a sigh of relief when another teacup flew out.

Gu Rubing dodged again.

However, several teacups flew out of the room at the same time.

This time Gu Rubing couldn't dodge and let the teacup be thrown at him.

Looking at the tea spilled on his clothes, Gu Rubing couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Fortunately, this is a teacup. If it was a knife, wouldn’t I have been dismembered?
Walking into the room, Gu Rubing saw Sun Shangxiang wiping the sword on the table.

Fearing that Shun Shangxiang would throw the sword in her hand towards him, Gu Rubing immediately stepped forward and put the sword back into the scabbard with a smile.

"Shangxiang, you look like you have almost recovered. Our engagement ceremony will be held in two days. What do you think?"

"Two days later? King Lie might think it's a bit too soon, or should we wait for a while? I don't think King Lie cares about our marriage, so I don't think there's any need for an engagement, right?"

"This... Shangxiang, there must be some misunderstanding between us. It wasn't that I didn't come yesterday. When I wanted to come last night, your brother stopped me and wouldn't let me come. I had no choice."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe it, you can ask your brother. He will definitely know."

"Humph, I don't think you dare to lie to me."

Sun Shangxiang snorted and gave Gu Rubing a blank look.

Seeing this, Gu Rubing immediately walked to the door and closed it.

Huang Zhong and Pang De were both experienced people, so they naturally understood what would happen and simply blocked their hearing.

Not far away, Sun Jian and others were standing not far away.

"Father, they're not even engaged yet. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to get married so early?"

"Alas, a girl should not be kept at home. Anyway, there are only two days left. Let them do whatever they want. Let's go back. After today, we will completely stand on Liu Bei's side. Everyone, get ready to fight Cao Cao."

"Yes!"

As night fell, Sun Shangxiang's door was finally opened and Gu Rubing walked out.

"My lord, during the day, we felt that Sun Ce and Gan Ning were not far away, but then they left."

"Well, let's prepare for the engagement ceremony in two days."

No matter what Sun Jian thought, Gu Rubing knew that at least after this time, he was completely on his side.

Gu Rubing was still a little surprised about this incident. He didn't expect that everything would go so smoothly.

The news of the engagement quickly spread throughout Constantinople, and the spies in the city quickly passed the news to Cao Cao and Liu Zhang, as well as another group of people, including Wang Yue and others who had been hiding outside the city.

The last sneak attack on Gu Rubing failed, Xu Chu went back to report, while Wang Yue and the others chose to stay here.

"Boss, Liu Bei and the others are already preparing for the engagement, what should we do?"

"Of course I will give him a generous gift. Liu Bei, I want to see if you can be happy about your engagement ceremony."

Two days later.

The engagement ceremony officially begins.

All the nobles in Constantinople came to give gifts and congratulations.

Gu Rubing and Sun Jian were also very busy.

Just as they were busy, a voice came from outside.

"Mr. Wang Yue, I present you with ten boxes of peerless treasures."

Hearing this voice, the smile on Gu Rubing's face froze instantly, and Sun Jian's face also turned gloomy.

Sun Jian also knew the relationship between Wang Yue and Gu Rubing, and Wang Yue was now in Cao Cao's camp, so he was also Cao Cao's man. Since Wang Yue came on such a good day, it must be no good.

Soon ten wooden boxes were brought in.

"Where is Wang Yueren?"

Sun Jian looked at the guard who came in.

"King, when the people came, they delivered their gifts and left."

"Asshole, how could you let him go?"

Sun Jian wanted to scold the soldier but was stopped by Gu Rubing. If Wang Yue wanted to leave, no one could stop him unless there was a legendary general.

"Forget it, let's open the box and see what this sword master gave us."

Just when Gu Rubing wanted to open the wooden box, Huang Zhong immediately stopped him.

"My lord, let me do it."

Gu Rubing nodded.

Soon, Huang Zhong stepped forward and slowly opened the first wooden box. He was extremely alert the whole time, fearing that there might be some hidden weapon inside.

Huang Zhong finally breathed a sigh of relief after opening the wooden box completely.

There was no mechanism inside, but there was a human head inside, and it looked like it had been dead for several days.

Huang Zhong took out the head and placed it on the ground.

"Lord, what is this?"

Gu Rubing looked at the head and thought for a while. He always felt that this head looked familiar.

Soon, Gu Rubing reacted.

"This is one of the captains of the roving crossbow corps. I have seen him before." Upon hearing this, Huang Zhong quickly opened the other boxes, and human heads appeared in front of Gu Rubing one by one.

All of these people are roving crossbow captains.

There were only 200 roaming crossbow commanders in total, all of whom were scattered across the place. Because the risk in Liang Province was relatively high, the roaming crossbow commander had arranged more of them.

And these ten people are all the mobile crossbow captains deployed in Liangzhou.

"Wang Yue!"

Gu Rubing's hand holding the wine glass clenched into a fist instantly, and the wine glass turned into powder in that instant.

"My lord, I will go and investigate Wang Yue's whereabouts right now."

After Huang Zhong finished speaking, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Gu Rubing.

"Old General, please come back first. Since Wang Yue dared to send this gift, it means that he has made thorough preparations."

After saying this, Gu Rubing looked at Sun Jian.

"King Wu, give me an explanation for this matter."

I want you to give me an explanation? You sent a spy here, and now he's dead, and you want me to give you an explanation?

Although Sun Jian was a little angry, he finally nodded when he saw that Gu Rubing was about to kill someone.

"Don't worry, King Lie. I will definitely track down Wang Yue's whereabouts and destroy them."

"Thank you."

The appearance of these heads made all those who came to congratulate feel nervous, and the entire wedding banquet became a joke.

at the same time.

Zhong Hui saw that there were more and more Westerners in Annan, and the soldiers in Yizhou were gradually becoming weaker.

Although Cao Ren is still the commander-in-chief, the power of the Westerners in the military camp is now so great that even Cao Ren cannot suppress it.

Seeing this scene, Zhong Hui immediately proposed to Cao Ren that Cao Cao should come. Only Cao Cao could establish the military prestige.

Cao Ren originally wanted to think about it again, but soon, the Western Legion and the Yizhou Legion that arrived here actually started a melee in the military camp.

Although neither side used weapons, there were still many casualties.

This situation forced Cao Ren to call Cao Cao over.

Zhong Hui actually knew very well how to deal with this kind of thing. As long as he put those people from the Western Legion who showed up to the test under military law, he could completely suppress them. But Zhong Hui wanted to let Cao Cao do it.

When he had made great contributions, Cao Cao only gave him the rank of a captain of a thousand men. But now that he had built Jianmen Pass, with such a great contribution, Cao Cao's reward had not arrived yet. This made Zhong Hui a little impatient, and he urgently wanted Cao Cao to reward him.

A few days later, Cao Cao also arrived in Anyang.

The first thing Cao Cao did when he arrived was to gather together several leaders of the Western Legion, and then immediately arrested them. In order to show his fairness, he also arrested some centurions of the Yizhou Legion and executed them at the same time.

For a moment, all the soldiers of the Western Legion and the Yizhou Legion fell silent, and no one dared to say anything.

Cao Cao was somewhat disappointed with Cao Ren. He couldn't handle such matters well, yet he had to ask him to come out in person. After all, Cao Ren was a veteran who had led troops for many years. No matter how you look at it, this should not have happened.

However, Cao Ren didn't care about Cao Cao's rebuke at all, but deliberately pushed Zhong Hui who was standing beside him.

Zhong Hui saw Cao Ren nodding at him continuously, but he did not understand what Cao Ren meant.

"You asked me to find the lord just for the reward? The lord is here, go quickly."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Hui looked at Cao Ren with gratitude.

Cao Ren always felt a little guilty towards Zhong Hui.

As someone who has been leading troops for many years, how could he not understand what to do in such a situation? The reason why he listened to Zhong Hui was because he understood what Zhong Hui's purpose was.

He once wrote a letter to Cao Cao personally about promoting Zhong Hui, but the letter fell on deaf ears and there was no response at all. Finally, Cao Ren had no choice but to give up.

Cao Cao saw Zhong Hui coming out.

"Shiji, what's wrong with you?"

"My Lord, the reason I asked you to come here this time is actually because General Cao wanted to help me."

Cao Ren didn't expect that Zhong Hui would actually speak for him.

"What are you doing?"

Cao Cao looked at them with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"My lord, if Shi Ji hadn't gone against the crowd and built Jianmen Pass during this Yizhou crisis, I'm afraid we would have lost long ago. This also indirectly bought us time to find reinforcements. No matter what, Shi Ji's contribution is the greatest. I feel that you should give him some rewards."

Hearing Cao Ren's words, Cao Cao looked at him and Zhong Hui.

Cao Cao did have some appreciation for Zhong Hui, but he disliked Zhong Hui's eagerness for reward.

"I will naturally remember Shi Ji's contribution, but the war is not over yet. After it is over, I will definitely reward Shi Ji."

"Yes!"

Cao Ren could see that Cao Cao just didn't want to give Shi Ji any rewards. Cao Ren didn't understand what was going on.

When Zhong Hui saw this, the smile on his face gradually faded, and the thought of leaving gradually emerged in his mind.

But at this moment, Cao Ren patted him on the shoulder.

Cao Cao really didn't treat me well, but Cao Ren was really good to me. Even if I didn't do it for Cao Cao's sake, I should stay here for Cao Ren's sake.

Without his own assistance, Cao Ren would definitely not be able to defend Anyang.

"My lord, now Anyang has 130,000 soldiers and horses, and there are less than 60,000 soldiers stationed in Yizhou. Moreover, Yizhou is our territory, and we know it better. We have the advantage. I think we can take the initiative to attack and take back the lost territory."

Upon hearing Cao Ren's words, Zhong Hui immediately stopped him.

"No, General. Although we have a large number of people and are familiar with the terrain, 100,000 of them are from the West. The fighting power of these Westerners is really low. The real elites are only 30,000 of our own. In this situation, we can't be their opponent. Moreover, the ones who are in charge of the garrison are Deng Ai and Wei Yan, neither of whom can be easily defeated."

Cao Ren looked at Zhong Hui and hesitated.

There are 130,000 people stationed in Anyang. The daily consumption of food and grass is a huge pressure on them. If they cannot take back more territory, it will not take long before the food and grass in Yizhou will be consumed.

This time they are taking action not only to take back some territory, but also to get rid of some dross. Those who can survive the life-and-death battle are the essence they need.

Watching the two arguing, Cao Cao hesitated for a moment, but decided to follow Cao Ren's idea and take the initiative.

Now Gu Rubing is in the Anluo Empire, enjoying his newlywed life. Now is a good time for them to take action.

Even if Gu Rubing reacted and rushed back, it would be too late.

"Alright, stop arguing. Cao Ren, take Xu Huang and 100,000 soldiers with you to attack Jianmen Pass. You must take Jianmen Pass back for me."

"Yes."

Jianmen Pass was built to deal with foreign enemies. It can be said that it is easy to defend from the front and difficult to attack, but the route of Cao Ren and his men just corresponds to the back of Jianmen Pass. The back of Jianmen Pass is no different from an ordinary city, except that it is a little taller than an ordinary city.

Deng Ai also knew the importance of Jianmen Pass, so he had already left Wei Yan and 30,000 people at Jianmen Pass.

However, before Deng Ai went to garrison elsewhere, he left a message for Wei Yan.

If we cannot defend Jianmen Pass, we will tear it down. (End of this chapter)