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

"Jiang? When did Cao Cao's camp have a general named Jiang?"

Five thousand people were definitely the vanguard for Cao Cao. However, Wei Yan had never heard of anyone who could be a vanguard, which made him feel bad.

"Everyone, ambush them in the valley ahead. If they dare to come in, kill them without a complete body."

"Yes!"

Just when Wei Yan and others had set up an ambush and were waiting for the vanguard of the Wei army to arrive, they still did not see any sign of the enemy.

Wei Yan immediately sent for scouts.

"Did you really see the 5,000-man vanguard of the Wei army?"

"Yes, General. They are heading to this place, but for some reason, they haven't arrived yet. Have they set up camp in front? General, should I go take another look?"

This scout was not very confident.

"Go."

The scout immediately left the valley and began to explore ahead.

After waiting for a while, Wei Yan felt a little impatient. When he was about to send someone to check again, suddenly there was a sound around their ambush site.

When Wei Yan turned around, he saw countless Wei troops appearing behind them.

After realizing what was happening, Wei Yan immediately swung his sword and shouted, "Kill."

Originally Wei Yan had 10,000 men, but in order to ambush the enemy, he split the 10,000 men into two teams and ambushed them on both sides of the valley.

But now that the enemy was right in front of them, their numerical advantage was gone because of Wei Yan's command, and they had to fight with only 5,000 men against 5,000 of the enemy's men.

The soldiers on the other side of the valley heard the shouting and killing from the opposite side and wanted to go to support, but to reach the other side they had to go around, and this wasted at least half an hour.

After Wei Yan killed the Wei army that rushed over, he looked into the distance.

A young man in armor was obviously the opponent's coach.

When there is no advantage, the best strategy is to capture the leader first.

Wei Yan rushed towards the young man.

However, at the moment the two men fought, Wei Yan couldn't help but sigh that the strength of the person in front of him was beyond his imagination.

At such a young age, he has already reached the level of a quasi-famous general.

The young man waved the spear in his hand and rushed towards Wei Yan again.

At the beginning, the two men fought back and forth, but after a while, the young general could not hold on any longer and began to retreat. If it were not for the critical moment, a soldier rushed up and took Wei Yan's sword, the young general would have died under Wei Yan's sword.

Although the young general was no match for Wei Yan, Wei Yan's soldiers were defeated during this period.

There was even doubt that Wei Yan and his men were located above the valley, causing many members of the Lie army to fall into the valley and injure themselves.

Seeing that the terrain was not favorable to them, Wei Yan did not hesitate and immediately led his men out of the encirclement, joined up with the 5,000 people who had arrived, and led his men to fight back.

However, when they arrived, they found that the young general had already left with the Wei army.

Wei Yan was so angry that he kicked the stone in front of him away.

"General, our army suffered 3,000 casualties."

Wei Yan had only 7,000 men in total, but this time, he lost 3,000 men, which could be said to be a great defeat. Moreover, they clearly had the advantage in numbers, and they also had a famous general like himself, while the opponent's young general was only a quasi-famous general.

"withdraw!"

Wei Yan could not figure out how the other party got behind them.

After this fight, Wei Yan knew that he would definitely not be able to defeat the opponent if he used tricks. In this case, he might as well set up a formation and wait for the opponent to attack.

Although he only had 7,000 men, the Yinping Road was narrow and full of swamps and mires, making it totally unsuitable for large-scale attacks. His 7,000 men were neither more nor less, and were more than enough.

However, after waiting for three days, no one from the other side came in. This reminded Wei Yan of the previous ambush he had suffered, and he immediately asked the scouts to check behind them to see if there was anyone.

However, the scout looked around and did not see any Wei army members.

Just when Wei Yan was in doubt, he saw a group of Wei army soldiers coming towards him. They didn't have any weapons on them, not even armor.

"Who are you?"

"General, don't kill us, we are just here to deliver some things."

After saying this, these people put down the jars in their hands and hanging on their bodies, turned around and ran away.

When Wei Yan saw this scene, he was bewildered. He walked up to the jars and opened one.

It was discovered that there was kerosene inside.

"Hmm? What are you sending kerosene for?"

Wei Yan looked at the kerosene and thought for a while, then looked around and suddenly thought of something, and his eyes suddenly changed.

"Run."

As soon as he finished speaking, countless rockets suddenly shot in, and at the same time a bunch of fireballs were also sent in by the opponent using catapults.

There was a lot of methane in the woods, and combined with fireballs and rockets, the area around the woods was instantly filled with fire, and there were even some explosions.

Many soldiers were burned by the high temperature of the flames, and some were even killed directly by the explosion.

Looking at the state of his men, Wei Yan knew that if the stalemate continued, they would be burned to death before the fire reached them and they would not have the chance to engage in battle with the Wei army.

"withdraw!"

After thinking about it, Wei Yan had no choice but to evacuate from here. Preserving strength was the most important thing now.

The fire burned for a day and a night before it was finally extinguished.

The young general also led three thousand men into the woods.

Looking at the bare woods, the young man was obviously very satisfied with his masterpiece.

"Give orders to have the rear troops come and station here."

"Yes!"

Wei Yan returned to Mianzhu City with the remaining 4,000 people.

When Deng Ai saw Wei Yan coming back, he was completely stunned.

Wei Yan came back with burns on his body, and the soldiers who came back with Wei Yan also had serious burns on their bodies. This meant that the enemy had already taken over the Yinping Trail, and all their previous efforts at Jianmen Pass were in vain.

"General, how could you..."

Deng Ai looked at Wei Yan who lowered his head. He could no longer utter any angry words and sighed helplessly.

"Let's wait for the Lord to come back and make a decision. Fortunately, the Lord has sent 50,000 reinforcements, who have already entered the city. With the forces we have, there will be no problem in defending the three counties."

Wei Yan nodded when he heard this. He could imagine how big a mistake he had made this time. He didn't know how Gu Rubing would punish him. After Deng Ai learned about Wei Yan's experience, he realized that Wei Yan had underestimated the enemy first, and secondly, the enemy was really strong.

It even seemed that the opponent already knew all of Wei Yan's plans. Even Deng Ai had no confidence that he could defeat such a person.

"Why do I feel like I'm fighting with the Prime Minister?"

Deng Ai muttered to himself, and then arranged for Wei Yan to join the operation to defend Mianzhu.

Gu Rubing didn't know at this time that such a big change had happened in Yizhou. As soon as he arrived in Liangzhou, he urgently found Taishi Ci to ask if he had found Jiang Wei, but the result was still no.

Gu Rubing knew that this time Jiang Wei and he really had no chance.

Taishi Ci was somewhat jealous of Gu Rubing's attention to Jiang Wei.

Gu Rubing was so excited just by hearing the name of someone he had never met.

Is it because he beat me twice that the lord likes him so much? But those two times were because I was careless.

Taishi Ci frowned, and his dissatisfaction with Jiang Wei became even more serious.

Gu Rubing didn't care about those things. After a brief rest in Liangzhou, he immediately rushed to Constantinople.

After all the deployments were completed, Deng Ai did not immediately pass the news of Wei Yan's failure to Gu Rubing, but began to investigate what the opponent's vanguard was.

After learning the name, Deng Ai asked the Captain of the Roving Crossbows to pass on all matters to Gu Rubing.

The first person to receive the information was Taishi Ci.

Seeing that the Yinping Trail was lost, Taishi Ci knew that this time he was in big trouble.

But soon, Taishi Ci saw a name on it that made him a little jealous, Jiang Wei.

The vanguard of the Wei army this time was Jiang Wei, who had just joined Cao Cao. The reason why Cao Cao used Jiang Wei was entirely because Jiang Wei said that he had escaped the pursuit of Gu Rubing and Huang Zhong, so he came to him.

What is Huang Zhong? He is a legendary general.

Being able to evade the pursuit of the legendary generals, it can be seen that Jiang Wei is definitely a man of great talent. He was immediately appointed as a general and led 5,000 men as the vanguard to break through the Yinping trail.

Cao Cao originally wanted Jiang Wei to test the opponent's strength, but he did not expect that Jiang Wei would directly defeat Wei Yan's 10,000 troops and take over the Yinping Road.

This surprised Cao Cao so much that he immediately appointed Jiang Wei as a general.

At the same time, he also appointed Zhong Hui as a lieutenant general.

No one felt there was anything wrong with this situation, but Zhong Hui had some objections.

The Zhong family was originally a large family, and was even one of the families that supported Cao Cao.

As a member of the Zhong family, he was not valued when he first came here because he had no merit. But now he has made many great contributions in succession and finally climbed to the position of Lieutenant General. He, Jiang Wei, has just arrived and all he did was to break through a small road in Yinping and defeat ten thousand people with only five thousand men. Yet he is on the same level as himself?

Then what about the times I saved the Wei army from fire and water several times?
Does saving lives, protecting the army, and fighting a defensive battle not count as merit, but defeating ten thousand with five thousand is a merit?

The more Zhong Hui thought about it, the angrier he became, and the desire to leave became stronger and stronger.

As soon as Gu Rubing arrived in Constantinople, he received the battle report from Yizhou.

The Yinping Trail was lost, and the person who caused him to lose the Yinping Trail was actually Jiang Wei, whom he had been looking for for a long time.

"How could this happen? Oh my God, isn't Cao Cao strong enough? Why are all the good people going to Cao Cao's place? I was the one who discovered it first!"

However, God did not have the time to answer him.

After a moment of helplessness, Gu Rubing sighed and handed the battle report to Zhao Yun beside him.

When Zhao Yun saw Wei Yan lost the Yinping Trail, he immediately wanted to plead for Wei Yan.

"My lord, General Wei Yan was careless for a moment. We..."

Before Zhao Yun could finish speaking, Gu Rubing waved his hand.

"I'll talk about this after I get back. Right now, meeting Sun Jian is the most important thing."

Upon learning that Gu Rubing had returned, Sun Jian immediately led everyone out of the city.

"King Lie, I wonder what brought you back? And why didn't Shangxiang come back with you?"

"I left her in Yulin County. After all, it's not safe for her to stay with me now. There's a psychopath following me all the time."

"Neuropathy?"

Everyone present, except Sun Jian, didn't understand what the word "lunatic" meant.

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian looked at Gu Rubing and immediately burst into laughter.

"Is Wang Yue what King Lie is talking about?"

"Who else could it be but him? Every day, there is nothing else on his mind except killing me. Killing me over and over again."

Sun Jian laughed and brought Gu Rubing into the palace.

"King Lie, just tell me what you came here for."

"Borrow troops!"

"Borrow troops? King Lie, I remember when we formed an alliance, I made it very clear that I don't have any troops, and I can't lend them to you."

"Yes, but at that time, I didn't know you were still in contact with Cao Cao. You said you had no troops, but what about the 100,000 Western Legion in Cao Cao's hands? Don't tell me you don't know. I found out about those people, and they all came from you."

Sun Jian originally wanted to find a random excuse to deal with it, but when he saw the look Gu Rubing gave him, Sun Jian smiled awkwardly.

At this time, Zhou Yu came over.

"King Lie, you may have misunderstood. Cao Cao's people did come to us to borrow troops and form an alliance, but you know what happened later. We killed one of them and drove the delegation away. However, we found that these people did not leave the Anluo Empire. Instead, they recruited a large number of civilians and hired ships from us to take the recruited civilians away."

"Recruiting civilians? Zhou Yu, you are such a smart person, don't you know what Cao Cao is going to do by recruiting so many people? Don't forget that we are allies. Is this how you treat your allies?"

"King Lie, at that time, you had not yet married the young lady, and the alliance between us was only verbal. We had no other choice. Besides, he recruited civilians. What reason do we have to control whether the civilians stay or leave?"

Zhou Yu sounded very aggrieved, but Gu Rubing knew exactly what he was thinking without him having to guess.

"Sun Jian, what do you think about this?"

"King Lie, I know about this, but since we have already formed an alliance, I can't bear to see you in danger. How about this? I can lend you 10,000 soldiers and horses for you to use in an emergency."

Ten thousand people? Are you treating yourself like a beggar?
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun looked at Sun Jian with cold eyes.

Sun Ce and Gan Ning sensed Zhao Yun's murderous intent and immediately stood in front of Sun Jian.

This made Zhou Yu feel tough. Sun Jian had someone to protect him, but who would protect him?

Under Zhao Yun's powerful pressure, Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and persisted, not letting his body lower.

It was not until Gu Rubing patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder that Zhao Yun withdrew his coercion and murderous intent. (End of this chapter)