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

Hearing this, Sun Jian's face turned unhappy.

He saw that what Gu Rubing said did make sense, but he also knew that attacking him would definitely do more harm than good, otherwise Gu Rubing would have taken action long ago. Why waste time with him here?

But even so, Sun Jian did not dare to really force him.

"Give me some time to think about it carefully, and I will give you a result later."

"no problem."

Gu Rubing smiled and nodded, then turned around and left the palace with his men.

After returning to the post station, Zhao Yun looked at Gu Rubing with some concern.

"My Lord, can Sun Jian really agree to our proposal?"

"Of course, he had no choice. After all, he was in the wrong in this matter."

"But my lord, we are pushing them so hard, will they attack us?"

Huang Zhong is old and has a more clear understanding of things. He is not worried about whether Sun Jian will agree to Gu Rubing's consent. As long as they can survive tonight, Sun Jian will definitely agree. But what he is more worried about is whether Sun Jian will let them survive tonight.

"Sun Jian will try to attack us, but he will have to give up in the end because Sun Ce and Gan Ning are no match for you."

Hearing this, Zhao Yun smiled and nodded, but he secretly increased the strength of the hand holding the silver spear. This time, no matter what he said, he would ensure Gu Rubing's safety.

After Gu Rubing left, Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu and asked, "Gongjin, how credible do you think Liu Bei's words are?"

"Five points."

Sun Jian nodded. He felt the same way, but even if it was only five points, Sun Jian didn't dare to gamble.

After a long time, Sun Jian looked at Sun Ce and Gan Ning standing beside him.

"How confident are you two in defeating Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong?"

"Father, we are not sure."

Sun Ce and Gan Ning looked at each other, and after thinking, they could only give Sun Jian this answer.

When he heard that there was no certainty, Sun Jian had already made a choice.

In other words, Sun Jian had no choice.

Early the next morning.

Sun Jian came to Gu Rubing's room.

"King Wu, you came to me so early, have you thought it through?"

"I've thought about it. We won't help you take back Youzhou, but we can send troops and food. As for the command, it's entirely up to you."

"Oh, you are so generous, aren't you afraid? I will eat as many soldiers as you send?"

"I'm sure you won't."

Sun Jian looked at Gu Rubing with a firm look in his eyes.

Does he believe Gu Rubing? Of course not.

But now he has no choice. Apart from passively believing, he can't think of any other way out. He can only blame himself for supporting Shi Xie in the first place. Wouldn't it be better to just develop his own power honestly?

But no matter what Sun Jian thinks, this is the only thing he can do now.

"Okay, in that case, how many troops do you plan to send?"

"One hundred thousand! And the corresponding food and fodder."

"make a deal."

Gu Rubing agreed immediately without further ado.

Soon the news of Sun Jian's military expedition spread throughout Constantinople.

Among them were naturally Liu Zhang and Cao Cao’s spies.

When Cao Cao learned the news, he stood up from his chair.

He knew about Gu Rubing's disturbance in Constantinople, and Cao Cao laughed for a while about it. He even wondered if Sun Jian would break up with him completely or have a big fight with him after knowing what Gu Rubing had done.

But it was obvious that Cao Cao had guessed all wrong. Sun Jian actually endured it and did not show any sign of anger. He even promised to protect Gu Rubing and provide troops and food.

The troops Sun Jian sent out this time were not the new recruits he had sent out before, but elite troops.

This also made him quite wary of Sun Jian.

It has only been a short period of time, but Sun Jian already has 100,000 elite soldiers. The most important thing is that I have only seen these 100,000 people, and I have no idea how many people Sun Jian actually has.

If he allowed Sun Jian to continue like this, he would definitely be in big trouble.

Gu Rubing has decided to send more spies to the Anluo Empire where Sun Jian is located, and make sure to keep a close eye on Sun Jian.

Sun Jian's agreement to send troops triggered a series of reactions.

When Shi Xie of Youzhou heard the news, he panicked and even borrowed one million grains from Gu Rubing to recruit another 50,000 soldiers.

But this is Youzhou, with a very small population. Shi Xie currently has an army of 100,000, not including the 50,000 who have died in battle.

Due to such a large number of conscriptions, there were no male adults left in the entire Youzhou.

Shi Xie is using up the entire luck of Youzhou to fight a battle with Gu Rubing. After that, no matter whether Shi Xie wins or loses, Youzhou will have no future.

However, with these 100,000 men, Shi Xie immediately reinforced all the defense lines of Youzhou.

Wei Yan continued to guard Jizhou honestly as Gu Rubing had said before he left, while Zhang He guarded Yanmen Pass without moving at all.

Compared with the quietness of Youzhou, Cao Cao and Liu Zhang could no longer sit still.

Gu Rubing obtained troops from Sun Jian, and the next step would definitely be to take Youzhou.

In this case, the third front line that was so hard to create would completely disappear, and they were still very far away from Youzhou, and reinforcements could not reach Youzhou at all. The only thing they could do was to take action on their own side and forcibly transfer Gu Rubing's troops to their vicinity to reduce the danger to Youzhou.

Immediately, Cao Cao ordered Jiang Wei and Cao Ren to start attacking Sili.

Liu Zhang began to advance towards Zhuge Liang's camp.

After such a long time, Zhuge Liang had guessed that such a step would take place, and he had long ago ordered Zang Ba to garrison in Sili with 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits. Their only mission was to defend the city, and no matter what, they could not take the initiative to attack.

As for Zhuge Liang, even though he had 50,000 fewer men, he still had nearly 200,000 men to consolidate his defense line and was not worried at all about Liu Zhang taking action.

With Gu Rubing present at three locations, the only thing they needed to worry about was Deng Ai.

Originally, Deng Ai was stationed in Jingzhou, close to Ba County.

It was to prevent Jiang Wei from raiding Sili.

But now Jiang Wei was already marching towards Sili, and Deng Ai also wanted to start attacking Ba County according to his previous idea.

But his attack route was blocked by Cao Ren. This also meant that Jiang Wei's food supply was very safe and he had no worries at all.

Although Zang Ba's Taishan barbarians could hold out for a while, their opponent was Jiang Wei. Even if Zang Ba did not take the initiative to attack and just passively defended, he would be exploited sooner or later.

Deng Ai was aware of this and wanted to capture Ba County as quickly as possible, but what Deng Ai did not expect was that Cao Ren actually set up the formation he had studied for a long time outside the city. This formation was also set up by Zhuge Liang.

Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation.

Outside Jiangzhou City, Deng Ai looked at the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation in front of him and felt a headache.

He knew that it was Zhuge Liang who used the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation to block the attack of hundreds of thousands of coalition forces on the battlefield in Jingzhou. In the end, Gu Rubing used this time to seize the coalition forces' loopholes and launched a full-scale counterattack to seize food supplies, which eventually led to the defeat of the coalition forces and completely stabilized Gu Rubing's position as the overlord of the Central Plains.

But now the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation is right in front of them, but the user is the enemy.

Deng Ai could see that Cao Ren's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was used very clumsily, but it was enough to hold him off for a while.

Zang Ba has sent three letters requesting support. If he fails to take Ba County, there will be big problems.

Once Sili is lost, a big hole will be left in Gu Rubing's entire territory, and it will be basically impossible to fill it up at that time.

Zhong Hui looked at Deng Ai's anxious expression, hesitated for a moment, and immediately walked forward.

"Or give me 30,000 men and I'll give it another try. Cao Ren's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation is rather clumsy, so maybe I can find a loophole."

"No, we have already suffered heavy losses. We can mobilize less than 50,000 troops, and you are the only general I can mobilize. If you fall in, 30,000 people will be buried with you, and I will be completely unable to hold on. By then, I am afraid that Jingzhou will belong to Cao Cao, not to mention Ba County."

What Deng Ai said is very likely to happen, or Cao Ren is just waiting for this moment to happen.

After hearing this, Zhong Hui finally had no choice but to give up.

However, just when they were worrying about what to do, Gu Rubing, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun had already arrived at the military camp.

"What are you doing? Why are you all so sad?"

After seeing Gu Rubing coming, Zhong Hui and Deng Ai were both wondering why no one reported that their lord had arrived?

"Your Majesty, I am here to greet you. The siege is not going well at the frontline. It is really my fault. Please punish me, my lord!"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Hui immediately shouted: "My lord, this matter is also my responsibility, and I am willing to be punished."

Looking at the two people kneeling on the ground, Gu Rubing smiled and patted their shoulders, then looked at Zhao Yun and said directly: "Zilong, take action once."

"Yes, my lord."

Upon hearing that the legendary general was about to take action, Deng Ai hurried to stop him.

“My lord, you can’t do that. Once the legendary general takes action, the battlefield will be out of control. Then we will…”

"Don't worry. Who do you think made the rules? Shi Zai, remember, rules are always for the weak, and we are the ones who make the rules. Legendary generals can't take action, that's for them, not us. As long as we don't go too far, they can only watch."

Hearing this, Deng Ai nodded, but he was still somewhat afraid when he thought about the legendary general taking action.

Outside Jiangzhou City.

Gu Rubing led everyone to the front of the scene and saw the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation set up by Cao Ren.

Gu Rubing was very familiar with this formation.

He didn't expect that after studying for so long, Cao Ren was actually able to figure out Zhuge Liang's Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation. Although it seemed to be just the basics, it was enough to stop Deng Ai for a short time.

"Zilong, do it."

Zhao Yun smiled and nodded.

Then a silver dragon appeared behind Zhao Yun. With a dragon roar, the silver dragon smashed directly into the center of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation.

The entire Eight Gates Locking Formation was in chaos.

Deng Ai took advantage of this opportunity and immediately ordered his troops to charge.

The cry of killing rang out.

Cao Ren did not expect that Gu Rubing would be so shameless as to dare to let the legendary general break the formation.

Facing a legendary general, let alone the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, no matter what formation it is, it cannot withstand the attack of a legendary general.

In desperation, Cao Ren could only let the surviving soldiers return to Jiangzhou City and then close the city gates.

Cao Ren looked at Xu Chu behind him.

"Didn't you say that legendary generals can't participate in the war? Why can Zhao Yun? Why?"

Cao Ren's spirit had somewhat collapsed at this time.

It took him nearly two years to study Zhuge Liang's Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. During these two years, he read tens of thousands of documents and studied non-stop. Finally, he made some progress and was thinking that it might be of some use on the battlefield. However, Zhao Yun's shot shattered all his illusions.

The problem is that this was still an unfair shot. The shot was so fast that even Xu Chu, who was also a legendary general, did not have time to make a move.

"We do have such a rule between us, but you also know that we are at a disadvantage when it comes to legendary generals, so when Liu Bei and his legendary generals sometimes don't act according to the rules, we can only pretend not to see it."

Xu Chu's words were a heavy blow to Cao Ren, and it almost made him explode.

What does it mean to pretend not to see? If you can't see, then do you still want my city? If Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong were to attack, would Jiangzhou still be able to survive? If the city was captured, what would Jiang Wei do? Without food supplies, Jiang Wei couldn't even return.

However, Xu Chu could only pretend not to see Cao Ren's murderous look. After all, he could do nothing about it.

Fortunately, Gu Rubing did not go too far. He only asked Zhao Yun to break the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. When attacking the city, he still used normal methods.

However, to be on the safe side, Xu Chu still called Cao Zhang. Otherwise, he was not sure he could stop the joint efforts of Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong.

However, the subsequent siege was not smooth.

Jiangzhou City itself has relatively high walls, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In addition, in order to let go of Jiangzhou City, Cao Ren deliberately raised the height of the city wall, which made Gu Rubing's siege of the city even slower.

A whole day passed, and Deng Ai and his men failed to even climb up the city wall.

"My Lord, our losses for this day have reached 5,000. We cannot continue."

Gu Rubing also knew that they couldn't fight like this anymore, so he looked at Zhao Yun.

He still hoped that Zhao Yun could make another move.

But this time Zhao Yun could only shake his head helplessly.

Because he had already felt that the number of legendary generals on the city wall had increased from one to two. In this case, even if he and Huang Zhong attacked together, they would not be able to break the city wall in a short time. Moreover, if the two sides fought, they were not sure how many people would be implicated.

Seeing Zhao Yun’s refusal, although he did not hear Zhao Yun’s reason, Gu Rubing guessed the reason, and in the end he had to find a solution himself.

"Send the catapult up, I don't believe it, smash it for me, smash it hard."

"Yes."

Seeing that Gu Rubing hadn't made any moves, Cao Ren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. (End of this chapter)