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

Hearing this, Zhao Yun smiled awkwardly. He also knew that he might not be good at this kind of thing.

Then the two of them immediately looked not far behind them.

Two crossbow captains walked out from a distance.

"Leave it to you."

The two nodded.

Zhao Yun and Zang Ba left some people behind to assist, while they hid aside.

Although they had never seen Captain Younu's interrogation methods, they had heard about them to some extent. They were extremely brutal and bloody. They stayed away from him because they didn't want to get covered in blood.

It wasn't long before screams were heard. The two men ate the dry food they brought with them while waiting.

An incense stick later, a captain of the roaming crossbow army walked up to the two men, wiping the blood off his hands.

"Generals, these people are special troops under Sun Jian's command, the Wu Nan Army. They came with Sun Jian this time, but Sun Jian did not let them enter the city. Instead, they have been hiding in the surroundings, operating under the guise of bandits."

"So they are really Sun Jian's men. Let them write a confession and sign it!"

"Um... Generals, I'm afraid this won't work. They no longer have fingers, so they can only sign their names, not their signatures. We may even have to write their confessions for them!"

……

"Row……"

Zhao Yun and Zang Ba didn't expect that the prisoner's fingers would be gone in just one stick of incense. If the captain of the roving crossbow army interrogated a person for a whole day, there would probably not be a single piece of good meat left on that person's body, right?
Soon, Gu Rubing received those confessions.

With a sneer and roar, Gu Rubing stood up directly.

"Humph, Sun Jian, let's see what you have to say this time."

Soon, Gu Rubing brought Guan, Zhang, Ma and Huang and rushed directly to Sun Jian's city lord's mansion.

When Sun Jian learned that Gu Rubing had arrived, he immediately guessed that his own people had robbed Gu Rubing's gold.

Then Sun Jian immediately came out to greet him.

"King Lie, why are you here? I was thinking of inviting you over when the dinner starts."

"Really? I think the King of Wu seems to have been waiting for me."

"No way, Brother Lie Wang is really a joker."

"Really? Your men stole my gold. Do you think this is a joke?"

"When? King Lie, your gold was stolen again? This has nothing to do with me."

"Is it?"

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he placed the confession directly in front of Sun Jian.

Looking at the confession in front of him and the bloody handprints on it, Sun Jian immediately realized that his people had been captured and had been subjected to inhumane torture.

The signature was not a fingerprint, but a blood-red dot, which was obviously drawn on the joints of the fingers.

After Sun Jian dodged for a moment, he gritted his teeth and tore the confession to pieces.

"This is slander, blatant slander."

Seeing that Sun Jian seemed to be furious, Gu Rubing snorted coldly and sat down on the chair.

"King Wu, I don't care if this is slander or not. This is the evidence. The same group of people attacked me twice. My request is simple. Return all my money to me, and you can continue to make money in Kuaiji County. Otherwise, I will take Kuaiji County back."

Looking at the powerful Gu Rubing and the four legendary generals behind him, Sun Jian fell silent.

He now knew why he failed, because Zhao Yun, who was behind Gu Rubing, was missing, and he must have followed the escort team.

Even the Wu Nan Army could never be a match for a legendary general like Zhao Yun.

"I give!"

Sun Jian sighed and immediately asked people to prepare.

Seeing Sun Jian nod, Gu Rubing smiled and nodded, then sat in a chair and drank tea.

"When does this dinner start? I'm starving."

"There is no dinner. We don't have that much money to entertain King Lie. Please do as you please!"

Gu Rubing was kicked out again.

But Gu Rubing was always relatively happy every time.

Skipping a meal in exchange for a million gold, this deal is worth it no matter how you look at it.

This time, the money was personally escorted by Gu Rubing and four legendary generals.

Not to mention the bandits, even the wild beasts in the mountains didn't dare to approach.

By the time Gu Rubing returned to Cangwu County, it was ten days later.

When Zhuge Liang learned that Gu Rubing had returned, he immediately waited outside the camp.

Seeing Gu Rubing appear, Zhuge Liang immediately stepped forward.

"My Lord, you are finally back. Something happened in Youzhou."

Gu Rubing did not expect that something happened in Youzhou just after he had signed a ceasefire. Moreover, according to their original ceasefire agreement, Shi Xie should have also joined the ceasefire agreement. Why was he causing trouble again at this time?

Gu Rubing followed Zhuge Liang back to the camp.

Zhuge Liang took out the intelligence.

"My lord, according to the intelligence we have received and the news sent back by Wei Yan at the front, Shi Xie already has an army of 100,000, stationed in Dai and Zhuo counties. Among these 100,000 soldiers, 60,000 are from nomadic tribes such as the Xiongnu or Xianbei. These people are good at cavalry warfare and often come out to harass our camp."

"According to Wei Yan's statistics, in just six days, Zhongshan and Hejian counties were attacked more than ten times. These people left after fighting and retreated after taking some things. Wei Yan couldn't catch up at all."

"This is to take advantage of the situation."

Gu Rubing sneered and decided to go to Youzhou in person.

After making the decision, Gu Rubing handed over all matters here to Zhuge Liang, and he rushed to Youzhou with the Iron Pagoda.

On the way, Gu Rubing accelerated his march, running almost day and night, and finally arrived at Wei Yan's camp ten days later.

When he saw Gu Rubing coming, he rushed over immediately.

"My lord, you are here."

Seeing that Wei Yan looked a little tired, Gu Rubing immediately walked up to him.

"Mr. Wen, you have worked so hard. What is the current situation like?"

Wei Yan was about to speak, but when he saw the fatigue on Gu Rubing's face, he was worried that Gu Rubing's body could not take it.

"My Lord, why don't you go and rest for a while. The situation is not that serious at the moment."

"fine!"

After saying this, Gu Rubing walked straight into the commander's tent.

Seeing this, Wei Yan had no choice but to follow in.

"My lord, Shi Xie's men don't seem to be going to war, but small groups of cavalry often enter our territory, burning, killing and looting. They are very fast, and they run away after robbing. By the time we react and chase them, they have disappeared."

Gu Rubing frowned slightly when he heard this. This method was too familiar to the Huns. It was their usual style.

Gu Rubing looked carefully at the targets of Shi Xie and found that they were all relatively prosperous villages.

Obviously, Shi Xie and his men had a target in mind before the robbery and had conducted investigations.

Gu Rubing watched for a long time, and Wei Yan did not dare to speak, so he could only wait quietly.

"Liujia Village."

Gu Rubing discovered that the other party had robbed several relatively prosperous villages in these actions. Now the only village that can be considered prosperous is Liujia Village, which is located between Hejian and Bohai County.

Gu Rubing felt that Shi Xie’s next target would be Liujia Village.

The only way to deal with these quick-reacting Huns is to figure out their next target and then ambush them. Zhuo County, Fanyang County.

Shi Xie and Wang Yue were standing in front of the map.

"Among the surrounding villages, only Liujia Village is worth robbing. What should we do next?"

Shi Xie looked at Wang Yue and said with some dissatisfaction.

When he first received Sun Jian's request to send troops, he wanted to refuse immediately.

But Wang Yue actually agreed. Although Youzhou was nominally in his hands, it was actually in Wang Yue's hands. Wang Yue agreed, and no matter how much he objected, it was useless.

As for why Wang Yue agreed so quickly, it was entirely because the armistice agreement signed by Shi Xie, Liu Zhang, Cao Cao and Gu Rubing made Wang Yue very unhappy. Before, it was because of insufficient food and grass, but now with the food and grass provided by Gu Rubing, Wang Yue believed that they still had the strength to fight Gu Rubing.

Plus with the support of Sun Jian this time, Wang Yue felt that his great cause could be accomplished.

"If there is nothing to rob, then don't rob. We already have a lot of capital, and Sun Jian has promised to give us population and food. What else do we have to worry about? Let's go to war with Liu Bei directly."

Looking at Wang Yue who was so casual, Shi Xie could guess what the outcome of the war would be.

But no matter what, he is just a puppet and can't do anything except endure it.

Soon, a team of Xiongnu cavalry rushed out from Fanyang County, targeting Liujia Village.

Gu Rubing and Wei Yan had already moved all the villagers of Liujia Village away. The current villagers were all impersonated by soldiers.

"My lord, it's been two days and Shi Xie's men still haven't arrived. Is he not coming?"

"Impossible. With such a good opportunity, I don't think they can just give up and wait!"

While the two were talking, there was chaos outside the village.

When Wei Yan heard the noise, he became excited and rushed out with a knife in hand.

Gu Rubing nodded to the soldiers beside him.

Then a whistle arrow was launched into the sky.

Gu Rubing saw that there were nearly two hundred Hun cavalrymen entering the village.

But the combat effectiveness of these two hundred people is not low.

Almost no soldier in the village could withstand their swords.

However, with the appearance of the signal arrows, a large number of Gu Rubing's cavalry appeared around the village.

These people directly surrounded the village and placed barricades at the two exits of the village.

When the two hundred Hun cavalry saw this scene, they understood what was going on and began to break out.

However, as the encirclement became smaller and smaller, these Hun cavalry finally gave up and chose to surrender.

Gu Rubing did not spare their lives, but had their heads chopped off.

Two days later.

Shi Xie stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.

Ever since those two hundred people left, Shi Xie felt something was wrong, but he didn't know how to put it into words. Anyway, he just had a very bad feeling.

Just then, a carriage slowly appeared in front of him.

There was no driver on this carriage.

Several soldiers guarding the gate felt something was wrong and immediately called a few people to surround the carriage.

One of the soldiers was brave enough to open the curtain of the carriage, and all he saw were human heads.

The soldier screamed and then collapsed to the ground.

Seeing this, the others came forward.

Everyone saw those two hundred heads.

Someone immediately told Shi Xie and Wang Yue about the matter.

Wang Yue's face darkened when he saw this scene.

Shi Xie saw a letter in the carriage.

When I opened the letter, I found that it was actually Gu Rubing's handwriting.

This is a warning!
"Liu Bei!"

Wang Yue tore the letter into pieces and looked into the distance.

"Pass my order to send troops to Hejian."

"Wang Yue!"

Seeing Wang Yue so impulsive, Shi Xie immediately stopped Wang Yue.

"What?"

Shi Xie knew clearly that with their current troops, if they defended the city, they might be able to fight with Gu Rubing for a while, but if they took the initiative to attack, they would not be able to hold out for long.

Shi Xie originally wanted to speak out what was in his mind, but when he saw Wang Yue's murderous eyes, Shi Xie finally gave up.

Gu Rubing soon received the news that Wang Yue was leading 50,000 troops to fight a decisive battle with him.

Upon hearing the news, Gu Rubing almost laughed out loud.

With 50,000 people fighting against 150,000 people, what was Wang Yue thinking?

Gu Rubing smiled and then immediately prepared to fight.

That night, Gu Rubing told everyone to have a good rest.

Late at night, Wang Yue led 10,000 men to raid his own central military camp.

The shouting and screaming outside instantly woke up the sleeping Gu Rubing, and he immediately rushed out of the tent.

At this time, the camp was already ablaze with flames, and Wei Yan was guarding the door of his tent, looking around vigilantly.

"what happened?"

After seeing Gu Rubing coming out, Wei Yan immediately stepped forward.

"My lord, Wang Yue launched a surprise attack, but we have already repelled them."

"Repelled?"

Gu Rubing looked at the flames around him and asked directly, "Were they repelled? Or did they leave on their own? Everything that should be burned in this camp should have been burned, right?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Yan immediately knelt in front of Gu Rubing.

"My lord, I'm sorry. It was my negligence. I didn't expect Wang Yue to dare to send people to attack at night."

"Okay, get up. Not only did you not expect it, but I did not expect it either. We have always been fighting against elite forces from all sides, with frequent conspiracies and schemes. On the surface, there are flashes of swords and sabers, and all kinds of means are used secretly. This is the first time we have encountered a rookie like Wang Yue. However, it is this rookie who has fooled us two veterans."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he just laughed out loud. This was a laugh simply out of anger.

"My Lord, then we..."

"Forget it, let's pack up, count the losses, and ask Lu Su from Xudu to replenish our supplies. The decisive battle will begin tomorrow morning!"

"Yes!"

Soon, all the losses were counted. When Gu Rubing saw the losses, he was so angry that he laughed again.

Half of the food and fodder on the front line was lost, and tens of thousands of horses were let go, but there was no loss of military equipment.

Even if they were careless, the loss was too serious, wasn't it?

"My lord, the soldiers were a little lax last night, so the losses were so great..."

"Forget it, I don't want to hear this, let's prepare for the decisive battle!" (End of this chapter)