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

Wei Yan nodded.

Soon the 100,000-strong army was lined up, and Wang Yue also stood on the plain with 50,000 men.

Gu Rubing walked forward and looked at Wang Yue.

"Wang Yue, what are you thinking? Fifty thousand men are fighting against one hundred thousand of us, and you still want to go out of the city to fight. If I were you, I would go back and defend the city honestly."

"You're talking nonsense, Liu Bei. We don't even know who will win or lose."

After saying that, Wang Yue waved his hand and 30,000 cavalrymen rushed out directly.

Wei Yan ordered the 50,000-man vanguard to meet Wang Yue's 30,000-man army.

Looking at the battle between the two sides, Gu Rubing couldn't help but sigh that there was actually a reason why Wang Yue wanted to fight a decisive battle on the plain.

Most of the troops under Shi Xie were cavalry. In ordinary siege battles, cavalry could only be used as infantry, so the cavalry's combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced. Moreover, the cavalry under Wang Yue were all from tribes like the Xiongnu and Xianbei, and the cavalry from these places were elite.

Wang Yue was a sword saint, proficient in swordsmanship and assassination. According to Gu Rubing's guess, Wang Yue's skills should not be able to assist large-scale military operations, while Wei Yan had multiple skills that could increase the combat effectiveness of the legion. Even so, 50,000 soldiers actually fought a tie with the enemy's 30,000 cavalry.

Although these 50,000 people are all from the Anluo Empire and their combat effectiveness is slightly lower than that of their regular army, such a record is a bit too exaggerated.

"As expected, you are the elite among the cavalry."

Gu Rubing muttered softly.

These words were heard by Wei Yan who was standing by.

Wei Yan's old face turned red, and he immediately led another 20,000 people to join the battlefield, but this time Wei Yan personally rushed into the battlefield.

With the addition of Wei Yan and 20,000 people, the situation on the battlefield began to reverse.

Wang Yue, who was far away, saw this situation and suddenly became a little panicked. He hurriedly led the last 20,000 cavalry and rushed into the battlefield.

Gu Rubing commanded the last 30,000 troops to reinforce Wei Yan.

150,000 people from both sides started a melee on the plain.

Wang Yue could feel that there were fewer and fewer people around him, which meant that he would lose before long.

In the crowd, Wang Yue saw Gu Rubing standing in the distance, not joining the crowd, but with only a few soldiers around him.

This is a great opportunity for Wang Yue, to catch the thief first.

Wang Yue, with his personal guards, broke through the blockade of the Lie army and rushed directly towards Gu Rubing.

"Liu Bei, give me your life!"

Seeing Wang Yue rushing towards him, Gu Rubing couldn't help feeling helpless.

Wang Yue really knows how to pick on the weak.

When the soldiers around saw Wang Yue rushing over, they all drew their swords and were ready to meet Wang Yue.

At this moment, Gu Rubing waved his hand to stop them, then took out a bow and arrow and shot a flaring arrow into the sky.

After the arrows were fired, five hundred iron pagodas rushed out from the surroundings.

The Iron Pagoda directly surrounded Wang Yue and his men.

Wei Yan, who was on the battlefield, also heard the sound of arrows and then saw that Wang Yue had already rushed towards Gu Rubing.

Wei Yan immediately broke out in a cold sweat. If it weren't for the Iron Pagoda, Wang Yue would have really rushed to Gu Rubing.

He is a top assassin, how could Gu Rubing be his opponent?

Thinking of this, Wei Yan rushed out of the battlefield and rushed desperately to Gu Rubing's side.

Although Tiefutu is strong, it is obviously impossible for him to stop a famous general. It is only a matter of time before Wang Yue breaks through the blockade.

Wang Yue finally broke through the blockade of the Iron Pagoda with great difficulty, but all the personal guards who rushed over with Wang Yue were left in the encirclement of the Iron Pagoda.

Just as it was about to reach Gu Rubing, the White Tiger Sun-Devouring Sword suddenly appeared and directly blocked Wang Yue's sword.

"Wang Yue, you actually dared to attack the lord, you are seeking death."

Wei Yan swung his sword and started fighting with Wang Yue.

Seeing Wei Yan appear, Gu Rubing was relieved. He was no match for Wang Yue. It was true that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was his trump card, but he did not expect that Wang Yue could break through the blockade of the Iron Pagoda so quickly and appear in front of him.

If Wei Yan had not arrived in time, he would have been killed by Wang Yue with one sword.

Gu Rubing was afraid in his heart, but he knew he couldn't show it. After all, there were still so many soldiers fighting bravely in the front. As their lord, if he ran away first, the morale of the army would definitely be unstable. Now the only thing he could pray for was that Wei Yan could stop Wang Yue.

Soon, Tiefutu eliminated all of Wang Yue's personal guards.

A deputy general of Tiefutu hurried to Gu Rubing's side, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that Gu Rubing was fine.

"My lord, I'm sorry that we didn't stop Wang Yue and put you in danger."

"It's okay. Bring some Iron Pagodas to join the battlefield and resolve the battle as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

The deputy general nodded and immediately joined the battlefield with three hundred iron pagodas.

Although the Iron Pagoda has a small number of people, its combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

Although there are only three hundred people, the effect they have on the battlefield cannot be matched even by three thousand people.

While Wang Yue was fighting with Wei Yan, he was also paying attention to the battle situation.

After discovering that the situation on the battlefield was not right, Wang Yue directly broke away from Wei Yan's entanglement and turned to enter the battlefield.

"retreat."

As Wang Yue issued the order, the Hun cavalry retreated quickly.

After retreating into the city, Wang Yue counted the number of people and found that there were only more than 30,000 people left.

In this battle, Wang Yue lost more than 10,000 cavalry.

Compared with Wang Yue's more than 10,000 people, Gu Rubing discovered that his losses were nearly 20,000.

He found it hard to accept such a loss.

The fighting power of the Western Legion was too poor. One hundred thousand versus fifty thousand, with the Iron Pagoda joining the battle, but the casualties reached one to one. If the two sides had the same number of people, wouldn't they be doomed to lose?

"My lord, although we have won this time, Wang Yue still has the ability to defend the city. Moreover, the city wall of Zhongshui County is relatively high. If we attack the city, I am afraid that we will not be able to break through the city in a short time."

Gu Rubing heard this, looked at the map, and asked directly: "Where are all the food and grass of Shi Xie? Since we can't break the city in a short time, why not start with their food and grass? We can't keep all the one million food and grass on the front line, right?"

"My lord, according to our investigation, Shi Xie's food and fodder are all stored in Fanyang County, which is less than half a day's journey from Zhongshui County. If we want to take their food and fodder, it may not be easy to do so, after all, the distance is too close."

Gu Rubing didn't expect that the distance was so close.

Shi Xie is a little timid, which makes people feel helpless.

Just when Gu Rubing was thinking about what to do, Tiefutu's deputy general came out.

"My lord, let us, the Iron Pagoda, take care of the matter of cutting off the food supply."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at the deputy general.

The distance was so close that even the Iron Pagoda could be easily surrounded. That was the enemy's hinterland, and once surrounded, it would be difficult to get out alive. This time, the task of Duan Liangdao was more dangerous than before. Moreover, this time the Iron Pagoda was completely without a commander to lead them. Sending them to such a dangerous mission was a life-or-death struggle.

"No, you can't go. We are not in such danger that we need to use your lives to turn the tide of the battle."

Upon hearing Gu Rubing's words, the deputy general's eyes instantly turned red.

In today's chaotic world, who would care about the life or death of a subordinate, but Gu Rubing does. All along, Gu Rubing has been unwilling to sacrifice anyone casually, even if it was just a spy or a soldier.

This is the kind of lord they want most and the one they most want to follow.

"Okay, you guys go down first. Wenchang will lead people to surround Zhongshui County first."

"Yes."

After everyone left, Gu Rubing looked at the map and fell into deep thought.

The deputy general walked to the door of the tent, looked at Gu Rubing who was still in deep thought, and made a decision in his heart.

When Wei Yan was about to take action, the deputy general stopped him.

"General Wei."

"Huh? Is there anything else?"

Wei Yan looked at his deputy general with a puzzled look on his face.

"I have decided to take the Iron Pagoda to the rear. The Lord needs us to do this."

"You are doing this... Lord..."

Wei Yan also wanted to refuse, but he could see that the deputy general's eyes were extremely determined at this moment. Besides, the deputy general was right. If they wanted to take over Zhongshui County as quickly as possible, the best way was to cut off the food supply.

"General, please keep it a secret for us."

Wei Yan looked at the deputy general and asked directly, "What's your name?"

"My name is Li Feng."

"Okay, I'll remember you. If you die, I will bring your body back and bury it myself."

"Thank you, General."

After saying that, Li Feng turned and left.

Gu Rubing thought about it for two whole days in the tent, but in the end he could not find any way to help them break the city in a short time.

In the end, Gu Rubing had no choice but to attack by force.

Eighty thousand people began to attack the city continuously.

However, Wei Yan was right. After a whole day, the siege army made no progress and instead lost nearly 5,000 people.

At the same time, Li Feng finally led Tiefutu to the rear of Zhongshui City.

"General, what should we do?"

A centurion walked up to Li Feng and looked around, seeing that there was nothing around, and suddenly became curious.

"Wait until the other side's grain transport team passes by here."

As they were talking, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance.

The five hundred Iron Pagodas instantly hid in the woods nearby.

Soon, a baggage train appeared in their sight.

Li Feng waved his hand upon seeing this.

Five hundred Iron Pagodas rushed out directly.

When the people in the baggage camp saw that they were ambushed, they turned around and ran without even the slightest intention of resisting.

Li Feng and his men's target was food and fodder, not the baggage camp, so naturally they intended to chase after them. After checking and confirming that it was food and fodder, they left some of it for them and burned the rest. Then the Iron Pagodas entered the woods again.

Gu Rubing looked at the camp, which was filled with wounded soldiers, and couldn't help but frown.

The losses from this type of siege are simply too great, and the longer the delay, the more likely it is that someone will take other actions.

Only then did Gu Rubing realize that he hadn't seen Tiefutu and the others for a long time.

After searching the camp, there was still no sign of Tiefutu, so Gu Rubing had no choice but to call Wei Yan over.

Upon hearing that Gu Rubing was looking for the Iron Buddha, Wei Yan hesitated for a moment, but still stood up and said, "My lord, Li Feng, the deputy general of the Iron Buddha, has led all the Iron Buddhas to the rear of Zhongshui City to block the food supply route of Zhongshui City."

"What? Who asked them to go?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Yan stood up and knelt on the ground.

"My lord, I asked them to go. If we want to break the impasse, someone must sacrifice. I am the only famous general in the army right now. If there were others, I would definitely go with Tiefutu."

After listening to Wei Yan's words, Gu Rubing sighed and let Wei Yan stand up.

"Since Tiefutu has already gone, we must find a way to support them from outside. Immediately send a message to the soldiers to split into two teams and attack the city day and night. No matter what, Wang Yue cannot be allowed to rest. Also inform Tiefutu to fight if they can, and come back at worst. Also inform them not to linger in the battle."

"Yes."

Looking at Wei Yan's leaving back, Gu Rubing sighed. If Zhang Liao was there at this time, a lot of his troubles would be solved. However, both Zhuge Liang and Deng Ai needed people like Zhang Liao, and the only ones who could be assigned to him were Wei Yan and Zhang He.

Shi Xie was in Fan Yang and received news that the baggage camp was attacked. Shi Xie knew that it must be Gu Rubing's doing.

Shi Xie immediately dispatched more soldiers to escort food and fodder to Zhongshui City.

However, when the grain transport team passed by the Iron Pagoda, they were attacked by the Iron Pagoda again.

However, this time the grain transport team did not run away, but stayed to fight with the Iron Pagoda.

In order to protect the safety of grain and fodder, Shi Xie specially increased the number of people in the grain transport team to 3,000.

However, even with three thousand people, they were still no match for the Iron Pagoda.

In just one hour, the three thousand men were defeated by the five hundred men of Tiefutu.

In the end, only half of the three thousand people returned. According to the previous rules, Tiefutu only took what they needed and burned the rest.

After Shi Xie received the news, he did not dare to send anyone to transport food and grass, but instead wrote a letter to inform Wang Yue of the situation.

At this time, Wang Yue was busy defending the city. Now he saw the food and grass being robbed twice in a row, and he suddenly felt anxious.

"General, we are running low on food and fodder. Please tell us when the food and fodder will be delivered to us. If it doesn't come, we may starve."

Hearing this, Wang Yue sighed. He originally didn't want to care about it, but now it was no longer possible.

The walls of Zhongshui City are tall, so Wang Yue is not worried that Gu Rubing will be able to capture Zhongshui City in a short period of time.

Wang Yue wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to kill Tie Futu.

"Tell everyone that the food and fodder will be delivered in three days at most. Let's hold on."

"Yes!"

After Wang Yue and his deputy general arranged everything, he immediately took some personal guards and rushed to the place where the food and grass had been damaged. (End of this chapter)