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

Looking at the look in Wang Yue's eyes, Shi Xie suddenly had a bad feeling.

"I need you to meet with Liu Bei. The current situation is something none of us expected. We are short of food and we need to stop fighting for a while. As for the truce, only you can talk to Liu Bei, and I will insist on fighting on the surface. In this way, we can balance the dissatisfaction of those tribes."

When Shi Xie heard that he was asked to face Liu Bei, his face changed. What was the difference between this and asking himself to die?

Shi Xie hurriedly shook his head and said that he would never go to see Gu Rubing no matter what.

Wang Yue was somewhat disappointed with Shi Xie's reaction. He was confident that if this kind of thing was done by Cao Cao, Sun Jian, or even Liu Zhang, they would all agree. However, Shi Xie was too timid and was completely useless.

"Don't worry, Shi A will ensure your safety. As for me, I will stay in the city. If Liu Bei really attacks you, I will mobilize all the troops in the city to retaliate against Liu Bei."

Then I will still die?
Shi Xie glared at Wang Yue and wanted to refuse, but he found that he seemed to have no right to choose at all. Youzhou seemed to be under his control, but in fact, no one was his confidant, and he was like a decoration.

"Okay, I'll go."

Seeing that Shi Xie agreed, Wang Yue appropriately put away his strong tone and began to tell Shi Xie the purpose of the negotiations with Liu Bei.

Early the next morning.

Shi Xie brought Shi A to Gu Rubing's camp.

"My lord, Shi Xie is here, and there is only one person with him. I feel this person is very strong."

After hearing Wei Yan's report, Gu Rubing immediately asked Wei Yan to bring the two men in.

Not long after, Gu Rubing saw a middle-aged man who looked young following behind Shi Xie. The scabbard of the emerald green sword at his waist showed that this man was extraordinary.

"Shi Xie, we are at war now. Why do you come to see me?"

"King Lie, I'm here this time to discuss the truce."

"armistice?"

Gu Rubing looked at Shi Xie. He was a little curious. Wang Yue said that he wanted to fight him to the death, but Shi Xie wanted to stop the war with him. What were these two people trying to do?
"Now that we have fought to this point, you sneak attacked my Youzhou, and now that you find you are no match for me, you want to stop the war? What about my Youzhou?"

"We can return Youzhou to you."

"You occupied my territory, killed many of my people, and destroyed all the food in the city. Now you're just leaving? You're using my things to negotiate terms with me. How can you be so shameless?"

After being scolded by Gu Rubing, Liu Zhang's face turned slightly red. Although he felt a little embarrassed, his life was at stake now, so this embarrassment was nothing at all.

"King Lie, exchanging with me is not about what you want, but what I have. Now I only have Youzhou. I don't have anything else you want. Also, King Lie, don't think that I don't have any trump cards. Wang Yue didn't come with me. As long as I give the order, Wang Yue can massacre all the residents in Youzhou City."

"If the people knew that all this tragedy was caused by your unwillingness to stop the war, I wonder what your reputation would become. Would there still be so many people supporting you at that time?"

Gu Rubing narrowed his eyes slightly, and a murderous aura was released from his body.

Wei Yan and Zhang He on the side had even drawn their swords. As long as Gu Rubing gave the order, they could rush forward and chop Shi Xie into minced meat.

Shi A on the side was looking around vigilantly. He was thinking for a while whether he could defeat Gu Rubing within three moves if he took action.

After a long time, Gu Rubing suddenly laughed.

And clapped his hands loudly several times.

"Okay, okay, Shi Xie, you are so shameless. You want a ceasefire, I agree, but there is one thing. You can leave, but Wang Yue's head must be left behind."

Hearing this, Shi Xie looked at Gu Rubing, and after making sure that he was not joking anymore, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

This point was not within the scope of what he discussed with Wang Yue.

At that time, the two of them considered that Gu Rubing would agree, at most to keep the people from the various tribes in their hands, but they did not expect that Gu Rubing would directly want Wang Yue's life.

Shi Xie did not speak, but looked at Shi A beside him.

At this time, Shi A was staring at Shi Xie. As long as Shi Xie dared to agree, he would take action immediately and get rid of Shi Xie.

The bodyguard Shi A has become Shi Xie's death warrant.

"King Lie, are you kidding me? No matter what, I can't sell out my men's lives to save my own. The most I can do is give you all the people in those tribes. There are only tens of thousands of people left. I will give you all of them, including Youzhou. This is all I can give you. If King Lie still doesn't agree, then I can only give up the negotiation and fight you to the death."

Gu Rubing hesitated for a moment, looked at Shi Xie in front of him, and nodded after a moment.

"Okay, I promise you."

"Since King Lie has agreed to my request, please give us 100,000 grains. The soldiers in the city have run out of food, and I can no longer control them. I'm afraid they will start to attack the people in the city in less than two days. You don't want anything to happen to the people, do you?"

"You are so shameless. Letting you leave alive is already a gift from the Lord. You even dare to ask for food and grass. Who do you think you are?"

Wei Yan could no longer control his temper, so he drew his sword and walked towards Shi Xie.

Shi A attacked at the same time and blocked Wei Yan's steps.

Zhang He did not move, but stood vigilantly in front of Gu Rubing.

Shi A and Wang Yue are both masters of the sword saint level. Swordsman can be called an assassin in other words. In front of such top assassins, Zhang He was a little worried that he could not stop Shi A from attacking Gu Rubing.

Seeing the two sides on the verge of a fight, Gu Rubing waved his hand and said directly: "It is impossible to ask for food and grass. You must surrender within three days, otherwise, don't blame me."

After saying this, Gu Rubing waved his hand and let Shi Xie and Shi A leave.

Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, Wei Yan snorted coldly and looked at Gu Rubing.

"My lord, I think these two are here to cause trouble. Why should we let them go back alive? Wouldn't it be better to just kill them?"

"Wen Chang, Shi Xie seems to be the master of Youzhou, but in fact, Wang Yue behind him is the most powerful person. Shi Xie alone can't change anything. Only by getting rid of Wang Yue can we completely disintegrate them. In addition, if Shi Xie is really dead, Wang Yue will definitely spread this news and ruin our reputation. There is no need to sacrifice our reputation for a person who is bound to fail."

Before Gu Rubing could speak, Zhang He explained the reason behind it.

"Yes, a Shi Xie is not worth it."

Wei Yan, who was standing by, heard this. Although he knew that what they said made sense, this incident had already happened and he was still very unhappy. He already had some thoughts in his mind.

Wei Yan found an excuse and left the commander's camp. He then called over his confidant and whispered a few words in his ear.

Wang Yue stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.

"General, there is a group of people outside. They are carrying a lot of food, and they also brought a letter."

Wang Yue opened the letter curiously. After taking a look at it, some surprise flashed in his eyes, and a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Soon, Wang Yue wrote something and handed it to the guard beside him.

"After you find Shi Xie, give him the letter."

"Yes."

After the guards left, Wang Yue immediately checked the food and made sure there was no problem. Then he asked everyone to start cooking.

This was the first full meal they had had in the past few days.

Shi Xie and Shi A finally managed to escape from Gu Rubing's territory.

Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Wang Yue's guards ran over.

"Sir, this is a letter from General Wang." Shi Xie opened the letter curiously. After seeing what was written on it, his face instantly turned pale.

"What on earth is Wang Yue thinking? He actually wants to use me? Isn't he afraid that I will die here?"

Shi Xie angrily threw the letter on the ground and looked around angrily.

"Go back and tell Wang Yue that I will follow his plan."

After the guards left, Shi Xie took Shi Abu with him and sat there, quietly warming himself by the fire.

Shi A knew that Shi Xie's behavior must be related to the letter Wang Yue had just sent.

late at night.

Wei Yan, with a group of personal guards, quietly surrounded the two men.

The personal guards had been following the two of them, and after making sure they stopped, they reported their location to Wei Yan.

Wei Yan was very angry. Seeing Shi Xie showing off in front of Gu Rubing, he had always wanted to teach Shi Xie a lesson. He didn't expect that the opportunity would come so soon.

Looking at Shi Xie and Shi A who had no vigilance at all, Wei Yan shot an arrow directly at Shi Xie.

The arrow aimed at Shi Xie's head and flew over.

Shi A was indeed not very vigilant, but the awareness of being a sword master and a famous general had long been engraved in his bones.

He heard something wrong in the wind and immediately determined from the sound that the target was Shi Xie.

Just when the arrow was about to hit Shi Xie's head, there was a crisp sound.

A scabbard directly blocked the feather arrow.

"who?"

Shi A looked in the direction where the arrow came from and immediately shouted.

Shi Xie also reacted at this time and hid behind Shi A in fear.

Seeing that he had been exposed, Wei Yan no longer hid and simply rushed out with everyone.

Seeing Wei Yan and several hundred men surrounding the two of them, Shi A's expression suddenly changed.

"Wei Yan, when two armies are fighting, they don't kill envoys. What are you doing? Why are you attacking me? Aren't you afraid that Liu Bei's reputation will be ruined?"

"Haha, as long as you die here, who would know it was me? The world is so chaotic now, with bandits everywhere, couldn't it be the bandits who did it?"

Hearing this, Shi Xie's face changed and he began to slowly retreat.

However, at this moment, a voice came from a distance.

"I said that Liu Bei would never let him go so easily. Fortunately, I was prepared. Otherwise, I would have suffered a loss this time."

Nearly a thousand cavalrymen rushed over from a distance and, under the leadership of Wang Yue, surrounded Wei Yan's men.

With two famous generals, Wang Yue and Shi A, even Wei Yan would not be sure of leaving here.

"Kill out."

Under Wei Yan's command, nearly a hundred people began to rush in one direction.

However, faced with the encirclement of thousands of people, Wei Yan and his men fought for a long time but failed to make a breakthrough, and Wei Yan felt that the number of personal guards around him was decreasing.

When he saw that there were only ten people around him, Wei Yan finally stopped.

"What? You don't want to continue?"

Wang Yue and Shi A walked up to Wei Yan.

Wei Yan was not willing to be outdone, and used the White Tiger Sun-Devouring Sword Technique to the extreme. When the last sword was used, Wei Yan was exhausted.

Wang Yue seized the opportunity and put the sword across Wei Yan's throat.

Seeing this, Wei Yan was unwilling to be a prisoner and wanted to use Wang Yue's sword to commit suicide.

Shi A, who was standing by, saw what Wei Yan was thinking and immediately hit Wei Yan on the neck with his scabbard, knocking him unconscious.

"He's a real man. He tied the man up for me."

Gu Rubing walked out of the tent and looked at the well-organized camp, and was very satisfied. Just as he was about to inspect the camp, Zhang He hurriedly came to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, this is bad. I just got the news that Wen Chang has gone out with a hundred personal guards. I don't know what he is doing."

"Out? When did it happen?"

"Just half an hour ago."

"It's already half an hour?"

Gu Rubing suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Not long after, a captain of the roaming crossbow force came in front of Gu Rubing.

"My lord, the spies in the city sent a message that someone saw Wang Yue tie up General Wei Yan and lock him up in the dungeon, and guard him. Our people wanted to go in to find out what happened, but they were stopped by the guards."

"What did you say? Wei Yan was arrested?"

Gu Rubing stood up directly from his chair and looked at the captain of the Younu Army in front of him.

"Yes, my lord."

"Okay, I get it. Go back and be safe."

"Yes!"

After the captain of the Younu Army left, Gu Rubing's face instantly turned gloomy.

Not long after, a letter was delivered to Gu Rubing.

After reading the contents of the letter, Gu Rubing exuded a strong murderous aura.

"My Lord? What's wrong?"

Zhang He looked at Gu Rubing with a puzzled look.

After taking the letter, Zhang He took a look at it and his eyes widened involuntarily.

"Wen Chang was captured? Wang Yue actually wants one million grains? My lord, this..."

Gu Rubing sighed and waved his hand.

"Go prepare food and fodder."

"My lord, the camp simply cannot provide so much food and grass, and we are already a little short of it. If we give them this million stones of food and grass, I'm afraid we can only passively defend the city and have no ability to attack the city. Now that Shi Xie has food and grass and time, it will be quite easy for him to grow stronger." (End of this chapter)