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

The defender of the Yinping trail was Jiang Wei.

In order to deal with Gu Rubing's counterattack, Jiang Wei could be said to have made sufficient preparations.

All the trees on the path were cut down, leaving only the outermost trees to block their figures and serve as cover for ambushing the enemy.

When he got to the outside of the trail, he looked at the woods in front of him and set fire to them without saying a word.

Knowing that there were enemies inside, Deng Ai's idea was almost the same as Jiang Wei's, that is, to use a big fire to burn everything inside. On the one hand, it would cause some damage to the enemy, and on the other hand, it would expand their vision.

When Jiang Wei saw the other side set fire, he immediately ordered all the ambushers to retreat.

Jiang Wei knew that he had met his match this time. There were not many people who could keep up with his vigilance, and even fewer who would consider setting fire to the forest.

The fire burned for a whole day before it finally stopped.

"Everyone go into the woods, with the shieldmen in front and the archers at the rear."

"Yes!"

As Deng Ai's voice fell, the 50,000-strong army formed a neat formation and began to march into the woods.

However, after walking for a long time, they did not see any trace of the Wei army.

Deng Ai was a little skeptical. Are there really still enemy troops here?
But soon, Deng Ai dispelled his doubts. He was able to defeat Wei Yan's ten thousand men with only five thousand men. Judging from the two battles, the opponent was definitely not an incompetent person. Such a person could not be unaware of the importance of the Yinping Road.

"Everyone be careful."

Deng Ai didn't need to tell them that when everyone moved forward, they had to look around after every step.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Fire arrows."

Suddenly, countless arrows appeared around them, and the soldiers in the front were caught off guard and were hit by arrows one after another.

Upon seeing this, the archers in the rear immediately fought back in an attempt to suppress the enemy, but to little avail.

When Deng Ai saw this scene, he had to let everyone retreat.

However, just as they were retreating, several huge rocks rolled down from the high ground nearby.

Countless soldiers were injured.

Deng Ai and others sped up their departure, and finally after paying some price, they left the Yinping Road.

Jiang Wei did not chase after him, but continued to hide in the dark.

Deng Ai counted the number of people. This time, the loss was nearly two thousand people. This was because they retreated in time. If they had not retreated in time, it would be unknown how many more people would have been lost.

Looking at the Yinping Trail in front of him, Deng Ai knew that it would be unlikely to succeed if he wanted to take action from the Yinping Trail.

The Yinping Trail, with many mountains and dangerous terrain, was a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Now that they had lost two thousand men and could not even get in, Deng Ai realized that he had to change the route.

Apart from the Yinping Trail, there is only one place to go, and that is Jianmen Pass.

But faced with the huge Jianmen Pass, even Deng Ai could not think of any good way to break it.

Gu Rubing was also somewhat helpless about this. Was there no other way except waiting for Zhuge Liang to come?

Moreover, facing Jianmen Pass, even if Zhuge Liang came, he probably wouldn't be able to think of any other way except to attack it by force.

Just as Gu Rubing was thinking, a piece of information was delivered to him.

This information was sent by a spy inside Jianmen Pass.

There was only one sentence written on it, which said that Zhong Hui was very dissatisfied with Cao Cao because of the reward.

When Gu Rubing saw this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

This is an opportunity for him. Not only can he take Jianmen Pass, but he may also be able to win Zhong Hui over to his own hands.

The main defenders in Jianmen Pass are currently Zhong Hui and Cao Ren.

The only way now is to separate them and lure Zhong Hui out.

After thinking for a while, Gu Rubing showed a smile.

If you want to fish, you naturally need a good bait.

Immediately, Gu Rubing led a team of 10,000 soldiers personally, preparing to launch a surprise attack on Jianmen Pass under the moonlight.

Zhong Hui tossed and turned in bed late at night, completely unable to sleep. All he could think about was Cao Cao's love for Jiang Wei and his coldness towards him.

He was unwilling to be left out like this.

Unable to sleep, he simply got up and went to patrol the city wall.

When the soldiers guarding the gate saw that it was Zhong Hui coming, they immediately became alert and greeted him one after another.

However, after these soldiers greeted Zhong Hui and waited for him to leave, they began to discuss among themselves.

"General Zhong Hui is really pitiful. He has done so many great things, but in the end he is still not favored by the Duke of Wei. He is still a small lieutenant general."

"Yeah, I really don't know when General Zhong Hui will be able to survive."

These people thought that Zhong Hui could not hear these words, but Zhong Hui did not walk far and had already heard these words.

When he heard these words, Zhong Hui clenched his fists, his fingernails digging into his flesh.

At this moment, a cry of surprise sounded.

"There are people under the city. The Lie army is attacking the city. Quickly send someone to defend it."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Hui immediately ordered the soldiers on night watch to start defending, and at the same time ordered people to call out the soldiers who were sleeping in the barracks.

Soon, Zhong Hui discovered that the person attacking the city was actually Gu Rubing.

When he saw Gu Rubing appear, Zhong Hui's eyes lit up.

If he could capture Gu Rubing, it would be a great achievement for him. He didn't believe that Cao Cao would not give him a high position and generous salary this time.

Gu Rubing knew that he had been discovered, so he simply stopped hiding and took 10,000 soldiers and began to attack Jianmen Pass.

But how could Jianmen Pass be taken by 10,000 people?

Three hours later, there were less than 4,000 people left out of the 10,000 people, and even Gu Rubing had several wounds on his body, which were caused by flying arrows.

"withdraw!"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he turned around and ran away with the rest of the people.

Zhong Hui looked at the soldiers standing on the city wall. Ten thousand people were enough to guard the pass. Now there were 60,000 people inside Jianmen Pass. There was no need to use so many people.

Gu Rubing is seriously injured and certainly cannot run fast. If I can catch him before Gu Rubing returns to the military camp, wouldn't my contribution be greater than the sky?

Thinking of this, Zhong Hui lost his composure and led 10,000 cavalrymen to chase after them.

The people led by Gu Rubing were all infantry. Even if they were not injured, they could not outrun the cavalry, not to mention that the people under his command were injured. Soon, the 4,000 people were caught up by the cavalry and surrounded by Zhong Hui.

"Liu Bei, you can't run away. Come back with me and see the King of Wei. I promise that the King of Wei will spare your life."

"Let me go with you? Zhong Hui, do you really think you can catch me so easily?"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a whistling arrow pierced the darkness in the sky.

Immediately afterwards, countless fierce troops rushed out from the surroundings, led by Deng Ai.

"Zhong Hui, we have been waiting for you here for a long time."

Seeing this, Zhong Hui knew that he had been fooled this time and secretly cursed himself for being careless.

"Everyone break out immediately."

Zhong Hui had cavalry, which gave him a natural advantage when fighting against infantry. It was very difficult for the infantry to encircle the cavalry.

Deng Ai was of course aware of this, so his target was never the 10,000 cavalrymen, but Zhong Hui.

This was also Gu Rubing’s purpose.

Seeing that 10,000 cavalrymen had left the encirclement but he was still inside it, Zhong Hui became anxious and wanted to rush out with a few personal guards.

But there were several layers of encirclement, and Zhong Hui had no way to break out even if he tried his best.

When Cao Ren learned that he was under attack, he climbed up the city wall, but did not go to find Zhong Hui. After seeing Gu Rubing retreat, Cao Ren remembered to look for Zhong Hui, but learned that Zhong Hui had already taken people to pursue. Cao Ren wanted to go to support, but if he left, there would be no one to defend the city. In desperation, he could only wait for news from Zhong Hui.

But in the end, the ten thousand people who had chased out came back, but Zhong Hui did not come back. After asking around, they found out that Zhong Hui was still in the encirclement.

These soldiers actually abandoned their commander and just ran away.

Cao Ren was so angry when he saw the people from the Western Legion. He had no choice but to lead his men out to chase them, and handed over the defense of the city to Le Jin. He then took 5,000 cavalrymen to support them.

By the end of the fight, all 200 guards around Zhong Hui were killed. Zhong Hui was exhausted and had no choice but to surrender.

Gu Rubing brought Zhong Hui back to the camp.

When Cao Ren arrived, he saw only a mess and corpses everywhere, but there was no trace of Zhong Hui. It was obvious that Zhong Hui had been captured.

Cao Ren wanted to rescue them, but seeing that it was impossible for the 5,000 men around him to break into a camp of 50,000 people to rescue them, he could only go back helplessly.

Zhong Hui was tied up and brought in front of Gu Rubing.

"Liu Bei, you are such a villain, you actually pretended to be defeated. If you have the guts, fight me fair and square. Don't let me look down on you."

"Zhong Hui, this is a battlefield, what are you talking about? On the battlefield, in such a bloody situation, no matter what method I use, it is normal, right? On the contrary, you, don't you think you are smart? How come I defeated you so easily?"

"Humph."

Zhong Hui snorted coldly and said nothing.

"Let me ask you, do you surrender?"

Zhong Hui glared at Gu Rubing and still said nothing.

Seeing this, Gu Rubing did not seem angry and waved to the soldiers beside him.

"Return General Zhong Hui's sword, armor and horse to him, and let him go back."

Upon hearing this, the soldiers around looked at Gu Rubing at the same time, while Deng Ai thought of something and said nothing.

"You want me to go back like this, King Lie, do you want me to be suspected? Then I will turn to you out of despair?"

"You are indeed a smart man. You can understand it this way. This is also my plan. However, whether it will succeed does not depend on me or you, Zhong Hui, but on Cao Cao and Cao Ren. Why don't we make a bet on whether Cao Cao and Cao Ren will still trust you as much as before."

Zhong Hui had absolute confidence in Cao Ren. As for Cao Cao, he was completely unimportant since Cao Cao didn't take him seriously anyway.

"can."

Soon, Zhong Hui was released.

Deng Ai waited until Zhong Hui left before he walked up to Gu Rubing.

"My Lord, are you confident this time?"

"It's OK. When dealing with a smart person, don't use those shady tactics. What Zhong Hui is betting with me is Cao Cao's character, and what I'm betting with him is Zhong Hui's vanity."

"What do you mean? Sorry, my lord, I don't quite understand what you mean?"

Deng Ai was a little confused as to what Gu Rubing meant. Moreover, the plan had been discovered by Zhong Hui now, so Gu Rubing's plan had already failed. With Zhong Hui's intelligence, he would surely be able to think of a way to crack it.

"Cao Ren likes Zhong Hui, so it is impossible for him to doubt Zhong Hui just because of this incident. Cao Cao doesn't care about Zhong Hui in the first place, and he will not hand over power to Zhong Hui. So whether Zhong Hui is released or not, it doesn't matter to Cao Cao. But if we tell Zhong Hui first, he will pay special attention to other people's attitude towards him."

"Once Zhong Hui starts to pay attention to the attitudes of the people around him, he will sooner or later become disheartened. After all, a fragile person will magnify the slightest dissatisfaction from the other party countless times."

Upon hearing this, Deng Ai looked at Gu Rubing. He discovered that Gu Rubing was an expert in manipulating people's hearts. He told his plan to Zhong Hui, letting Zhong Hui experience it himself and eventually stand by Gu Rubing's side.

On the way back, in order to change the situation of being suspected, Zhong Hui drew out his sword, stabbed his arm, put some dirt on his face, and rolled in the mud on the ground.

If you run back when nothing happened, you will definitely be suspected.

Cao Ren was regretting not bringing Zhong Hui back.

When he learned that Zhong Hui had returned, he walked towards the city gate excitedly, but Cao Ren quickly reacted.

How did Zhong Hui return after being captured? Did he surrender to the enemy?
Thinking of this, Cao Ren suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Everyone knows how important Zhong Hui is to Jianmen Pass. If Zhong Hui surrenders to the enemy, Jianmen Pass may not be able to be defended.

Cao Ren rushed to Zhong Hui, and looking at Zhong Hui's appearance, Cao Ren's doubts were alleviated a little.

"Shiji, how are you? Where are you hurt?"

"General, I'm fine. I was stabbed in the arm when I was running away."

Upon hearing this, Cao Ren checked the wound.

Cao Ren, a veteran of many battles, observed the wound and found something wrong. The wound was clearly caused by himself, and the cut was neat. If it was an enemy, after stabbing the other party, in order to cause more serious damage, they would most likely deliberately twist the sword when drawing the sword to enlarge the wound and try to make the enemy lose its combat effectiveness with this sword.

Seeing the sword wound, Cao Ren did not say much. He supported Zhong Hui and returned to the room.

"Shi Ji, what did you say to Liu Bei?"

Zhong Hui shook his head.

"Before they could ask, I found an opportunity to run out. I was caught up and stabbed by several people. I fell into the mud and then ran back."

Cao Ren no longer believed Zhong Hui's words. After comforting him, Cao Ren walked out of the camp silently.

Return to camp.

Cao Ren’s first order was to deprive Zhong Hui of all his rights in the military camp and to transfer all of Zhong Hui’s personal guards away.

Zhong Hui now has no soldiers or generals to deploy, which completely isolates him. (End of this chapter)