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

After a day's journey, Gu Rubing saw that it was getting dark around him, so he immediately ordered his men to set up camp.

Now they are in Jingzhou. After all, it is their own territory, so Gu Rubing is not worried about safety issues.

However, the more lax Gu Rubing is, the more opportunities those lying in ambush in the dark will have.

Late at night, there were less than ten people on guard in the camp.

A group of men in black suddenly rushed into the camp, killed all the soldiers on guard, and then quietly entered Gu Rubing's tent.

Gu Rubing was sleeping when he was suddenly awakened by a nightmare. In the dream, a group of killers rushed into his tent. When he opened his eyes, he found that a group of killers really entered his tent.

"Fuck!"

Gu Rubing immediately drew his sword.

These men in black thought that Gu Rubing was going to fight them, so they immediately sat up in a defensive posture.

But unexpectedly, Gu Rubing turned around and cut a hole in the tent, and then crawled out through the hole.

"Someone is coming."

Gu Rubing's voice was so loud that it directly startled the soldiers who were still sleeping.

Everyone rushed out of the tent and quickly came to Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing shot a flare arrow at the same time.

The group of men in black rushed out of the tent and saw that hundreds of people had gathered around Gu Rubing. They suddenly hesitated.

"kill!"

Someone among the men in black shouted, and everyone rushed towards Gu Rubing.

The soldiers quickly formed a defense line and protected Gu Rubing behind them.

These men in black were extremely powerful, and their methods were extremely cunning. They didn't look like people who came out of the battlefield at all. For a time, the guards protecting Gu Rubing retreated repeatedly, and suffered heavy losses.

In contrast, these men in black suffered almost no losses.

Gu Rubing knew that if the stalemate continued, he would definitely lose.

"Everyone, retreat."

As soon as Gu Rubing's voice fell, everyone covered Gu Rubing as he got on his horse. Some of them followed behind Gu Rubing, and the rest stayed where they were to block the pursuit of the group of men in black.

However, just after Gu Rubing ran a few steps, he saw three men in black standing in front of him.

Looking at the black-clad man in the lead holding a sword, Gu Rubing immediately guessed the other party's identity.

"Wang Yue, you really are haunting me. Can't you just stop pestering me?"

Wang Yue took off the black cloth on his face. He didn't need to disguise himself at all when facing Gu Rubing, although he didn't know why Gu Rubing could guess it was him every time.

"Of course not. As long as you die, I can stop bothering you."

"Wang Yue, where's your brain? Cao Cao is the traitor who stole the country, and so is Sun Jian. Why don't you go find them? No matter what, I am also the uncle of the Han emperor. No matter what, I am a member of His Majesty's family. Are you targeting the wrong person?"

"I won't be wrong. I am confident that I can handle them all, but I am not sure about you at all. I must deal with you first."

"Fuck, what kind of excuse is this?"

Seeing that there was no way he could convince himself, Gu Rubing had no choice but to give up and prepare for battle.

But now, there are less than fifty people around Gu Rubing, and it is impossible for him to stop Wang Yue, a famous general.

"Do it!"

As Wang Yue's voice fell, three men in black rushed directly towards Gu Rubing.

The fifty guards tried desperately to stop him, but they were only able to kill one man in black before their entire army was wiped out.

Seeing Wang Yue walking towards him, Gu Rubing suddenly burst into laughter.

The sudden laughter made Wang Yue stop and look at Gu Rubing in confusion.

"King Lie, what are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, just a little curious, don't you know where this place is?"

"Of course I know this is Jingzhou, your place, but so what? Can't I kill you in your place?"

"Of course not. I just want to tell you that this is my place. No one can kill me in my place."

As the voice fell, dozens of people suddenly rushed out from the surroundings.

And these people actually have the strength of first-rate military commanders.

The only two remaining men in black were gradually unable to withstand the attack of dozens of people. Wang Yue had no choice but to help.

These people were none other than the captain of the roving crossbow army who were carrying out missions nearby.

When they saw Gu Rubing's signal arrow sounded, they immediately put down the tasks at hand and rushed over to support. No task could be more important than rescuing Gu Rubing.

Although these roaming crossbow captains were all first-rate generals, there was still a big gap between them and the famous general Wang Yue. In the end, all the roaming crossbow captains were eliminated, but when Wang Yue turned around to look at Gu Rubing, he found that Gu Rubing had disappeared.

Wang Yue knew that he did not waste much time and Gu Rubing would not be able to run far.

With the only remaining assassin in black, Wang Yue chased in the direction where Gu Rubing disappeared.

Gu Rubing was riding a horse and running, and Wang Yue was chasing behind.

The two men ran for two full hours in a stalemate.

When it was already dawn, Gu Rubing finally couldn't run anymore.

The physique of this second-rate general really cannot be compared with that of the famous general Wang Yue.

Seeing Wang Yue getting closer and closer, Gu Rubing jumped off the horse.

Avoided Wang Yue's fatal blow.

Seeing that his attack missed, Wang Yue jumped off his horse, swung the sword in his hand, and stabbed at Gu Rubing.

However, at this moment, a silver spear suddenly appeared and blocked Wang Yue's sword.

Wang Yue was shocked and took a few steps back. He stood firm and looked at the person who came. He found that it was Zhao Yun.

"Liu Bei, you are really lucky. See you later."

After saying this, Wang Yue disappeared into the darkness.

Zhao Yun was about to give chase but was stopped by Gu Rubing.

After these assassination attempts by Wang Yue, Gu Rubing's hatred for him in the beginning actually turned into a feeling of respect for his talent.

If Wang Yue can be used for his own purposes, no matter who he targets in the future, that person will be annoyed to death by him.

"My lord, I am late. Please punish me."

"Zilong, you're not too late. Fortunately you came, otherwise I would be in great danger this time."

After saying this, Gu Rubing stood up and walked towards his horse.

"Zilong, how did you know I was here?"

"My lord, I received a notice from the captain of the roving crossbow army, so I came here directly. The prime minister also sent troops and they are coming here." "Okay, let's go back and find the prime minister."

"Yes!"

The two men began to rush towards Yulin County. On the way, they met the reinforcements sent by Zhuge Liang. After the two sides joined forces, they rushed to Yulin County together.

When Zhuge Liang learned that Gu Rubing was coming, he immediately took everyone and stood outside the camp, waiting for Gu Rubing's arrival.

"I've met my lord!"

When Zhuge Liang saw Gu Rubing, he knelt down on the ground.

"Prime Minister, please get up quickly."

Gu Rubing helped Zhuge Liang up, looked at Zhang Liao and others in the distance, smiled and nodded at them.

"Brother, you are finally here. If you hadn't come, I would have been suffocated to death. The Prime Minister didn't allow us to take the initiative to attack. Brother, we have the advantage in numbers on the front line now, which is a good opportunity to destroy Liu Zhang."

"No!"

Gu Rubing shook his head. His knowledge of the front-line intelligence was far inferior to that of Zhuge Liang. Since Zhuge Liang said that he would not do anything to deceive people, there must be a reason for that.

Seeing that Gu Rubing had no intention of fighting back, Zhang Fei stood aside helplessly.

Not allowing him to fight is the worst punishment for him.

Seeing Zhang Fei like this, Gu Rubing laughed out loud, while Guan Yu shook his head helplessly.

"My lord, let's go inside and talk."

Soon, the group entered the general's camp.

"Prime Minister, I came here this time because Yizhou is short of soldiers and horses. I want to take some soldiers to Yizhou. How many can you give me?"

Zhuge Liang already had some guesses about the purpose of Gu Rubing's visit, so he naturally made some preparations.

"My lord, the maximum number of troops I can withdraw is only 50,000. If we exceed this number, the front line will be in trouble."

Although fifty thousand sounds like a lot, it is still a bit too little for the three counties of Yizhou.

With the arrival of reinforcements from various places, the number of Lie army soldiers stockpiled in Yulin County has now reached 300,000. Liu Zhang, who has the civilians in the west as a base, has quickly managed his two counties successfully and attracted many Han civilians to join.

Liu Zhang's soldiers increased to 200,000, and this was the number Liu Zhang had recruited. If Liu Zhang was allowed to recruit soldiers freely, it would probably not take long for him to build an army of 500,000.

As for Cao Cao, he only had 50,000 troops left in Yulin County.

Faced with a super-large battle with over 500,000 troops on both sides, even Zhuge Liang had to deal with it with all his strength.

"Military Advisor, can't you give us a little more?"

"My lord, this is really not possible, but I do have a solution for your lack of troops. This solution still requires Sun Jian's cooperation."

"Sun Jian's cooperation? Prime Minister, you probably don't know. Sun Jian told me about support at the beginning. He has no way to withdraw any reinforcements to support us."

"My Lord, Sun Jian has people, but he just doesn't want us to use them. This means that the benefits we give them are not what he wants. How about we give him some benefits?"

Gu Rubing also thought of this step, but he was not sure what Sun Jian wanted.

"Military Advisor, what do you mean? Give him Liangzhou?"

"Liang Province is not an option. Liang Province is poor and has few natural defenses. Sun Jian is not as easy to fool as Liu Zhang. We have to pay something to show him our sincerity. Without a good bait, how can the fish take the bait?"

Gu Rubing was a little confused. What was Zhuge Liang planning to do?
"We will give him the Kuaiji County of Yangzhou."

"Kuaiji County?"

Yangzhou is the place where Sun Jian started his career. Gu Rubing was worried that handing over Kuaiji County to Sun Jian would be like walking into a tiger's mouth.

"Don't worry, my lord. There is only one Kuaiji County, and it won't cause any interference to us. Besides, we just promised to give it to him, not now. We will give it to him after we conquer Yizhou."

At this time, Gu Rubing had completely understood Zhuge Liang's thoughts.

This is not about giving Kuaiji County to Sun Jian, this is just a blank check for Sun Jian.

If I have solved Yizhou, how could I need more people? Even if I don't give Sun Jian Kuaiji County, what can I do?

"Prime Minister, I'm afraid Sun Jian won't agree with us doing this, right?"

"Don't worry, my lord. Sun Jian will agree."

Gu Rubing didn't know where Zhuge Liang got the confidence from, but he knew that Sun Jian would agree.

Helplessly, Gu Rubing could only hurry on his journey again. Looking at Zhao Yun who was following him, he smiled helplessly.

His prime minister is guarding one side, while his lord is running around everywhere. Who is the lord and who is the subject?

"My Lord, what's wrong with you? Why are you laughing suddenly?"

"Zilong, do you think I look like a brick? I can be moved wherever I'm needed."

Zhao Yun heard this, thought about it briefly, and then laughed out loud.

Suddenly he reacted and knelt on the ground.

"My lord, if you don't want to go, you can leave it to Yun. Yun will definitely be able to convince Sun Jian to send troops to reinforce Yizhou."

Looking at Zhao Yun's appearance, Gu Rubing smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Get up, I'm just kidding you. If anyone can convince Sun Jian to send troops, then why did the Prime Minister insist on letting me go? Let's go, since the Prime Minister wants me to go, he must have his own purpose."

After they finished talking, they continued on their way.

As Gu Rubing set off, the 50,000 troops promised to Gu Rubing also left Yulin County and headed towards Guanghan County.

When Deng Ai saw these reinforcements, his eyes lit up and he immediately dispersed the 20,000 men to the other two counties. In this way, at least the two counties would no longer be ownerless.

The remaining 30,000 were all arranged to Mianzhu.

Cao Cao was not idle either. After taking Jianmen Pass, he ordered Cao Ren to train the Western Legion at Jianmen Pass. The combat effectiveness of the Western Legion was really poor.

At the same time, he ordered Xu Huang to lead Annan's 30,000 troops to capture the Yinping Road.

Cao Cao still remembered how he lost Jianmen Pass the first time, so he must take over this Yinping path.

For this purpose, Cao Cao also sent a person that no one had ever seen to help Xu Huang.

Wei Yan guarded the Yinping trail while the army camped in the woods.

There are all kinds of poisonous animals around.

As a result, many soldiers have been poisoned.

The soldiers also complained about where they were.

They would understand if they encountered dangerous places while marching and fighting, but now they have set up camp and don’t know how long they have to wait here. However, there are dangers everywhere and they can easily die here if they are not careful.

The tense state of mind at this moment was somewhat unbearable for the soldiers.

Hearing more and more complaints from his subordinates, Wei Yan was considering whether he should order some people to evacuate. This Yinping Road had no strategic location to defend, and once a fight broke out, it would inevitably be a face-to-face fight. The soldiers had so many complaints, and once the war broke out, they would inevitably lose their determination to win.

Just as Wei Yan was thinking about it, a team of scouts came to Wei Yan.

"General, it's bad. We have spotted Wei troops 20 miles ahead of us. There are about 5,000 of them. They are flying a flag with the word Jiang, which we have never seen before." (End of this chapter)