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

"King Wu, since you are here, does that mean that Liu Zhang's civil strife has been resolved?"

"Of course, King Lie doesn't need to worry about this. We have already solved this civil strife. It's just two counties."

After hearing this, Gu Rubing became even more certain that this was a trap. They handed over two counties to Sun Jian in front of him in order to restrain him and add pressure on him. But Gu Rubing was a little curious about why Sun Jian and Liu Zhang did this and who gave them this idea.

"You two really played a good game. Where's Liu Zhang? Why doesn't he dare to come out to see me?"

"King Yi had something to do and couldn't come, but King Yi asked me to help you. As for the operation, I can't play it as well as you, King Lie!"

"Humph, when did you, the King of Wu, become Liu Zhang's lobbyist?"

"Hehe, as long as there is enough benefit, it's not impossible to be a slave."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing knew that he could not gain any benefit here, so he snorted coldly and turned away.

Sun Jian looked at his back and suddenly thought of something. He immediately shouted, "King Lie, be careful on the road. Also, King Lie, please stop caring about Youzhou. Leave some room for others so that we can meet again in the future!"

This was the first time that Gu Rubing suffered a defeat at the hands of Sun Jian, and he was even mocked by his defeated opponent.

Seeing Gu Rubing clenching his fists, Zhao Yun walked over.

"My Lord, do you want me to teach them a lesson?"

Zhao Yun's voice was loud. Gan Ning and Sun Ce both heard what Zhao Yun said and immediately tightened their weapons nervously.

Sun Jian looked at the two legendary generals beside him and realized that he seemed to have gone too far, so he quickly shut up.

Gu Rubing said nothing and walked slowly forward.

After a long time, Gu Rubing sighed helplessly.

"Forget it, let's go."

Zhao Yun looked at Sun Jian and others behind him. Just from this glance from Zhao Yun, Sun Jian suddenly felt a chill on his back.

When Gu Rubing returned to the camp, Zhuge Liang immediately stepped forward.

Originally, Zhuge Liang wanted to ask how the treasures there were, but when he saw Gu Rubing coming back empty-handed and with a bad look on his face, the smile on his face instantly disappeared.

"My lord, what happened?"

"The two cities where Liu Zhang rebelled are now owned by Sun Jian."

"Sun Jian?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Gu Rubing with some surprise.

No wonder Zhuge Liang couldn’t think of it.

Sun Jian had always been a little too honest. Although he did make trouble in secret, he had never openly opposed them. This was the first time.

However, the reason they were able to make Sun Jian betray them was obviously that they gave Sun Jian a reason he could not refuse.

But Sun Jian now has a strong army and sufficient food and grass. What kind of reason could seduce him to betray the alliance?
Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time, and this question stumped him.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was in trouble, Gu Rubing's mood suddenly became much better for some reason.

"Could it be that the Prime Minister is wondering, like me, who is in control of the situation?"

"Sitting in a bureau? My Lord, are you trying to say who planned all this? The momentum is simple. Since the matter is related to Liu Zhang and Sun Jian, it must be planned by Liu Zhang's top strategist Surena and Sun Jian's Zhou Yu. Surena is good at controlling the overall situation, while Zhou Yu is more delicate. The combination of these two people is a good choice. It's a pity that these two people are both arrogant. If they are put together, it won't take long for something to go wrong."

Gu Rubing didn't expect that Zhuge Liang would figure out something he hadn't figured out so quickly.

"So what are you thinking about, military advisor?"

"I am wondering what kind of benefits could make Sun Jian take action."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing nodded. He had never really thought about this.

Zhuge Liang bowed to Gu Rubing.

"My Lord, please order the roving crossbow captains and spies to investigate Sun Jian's camp carefully. We must find out why Sun Jian betrayed us."

Gu Rubing nodded immediately. He also wanted to know this. Sun Jian's existence relieved a lot of pressure on Liu Zhang. For himself, facing Sun Jian and Liu Zhang at the same time, even Zhuge Liang would find it difficult, and it would be even more impossible for him to deal with Shi Xie with peace of mind.

Soon, orders were issued simultaneously by Gu Rubing and Zhuge Liang, and a large number of spies and roaming crossbow captains entered Sun Jian's Anluo Empire, as well as the two county towns.

Yizhou Chengdu.

Cao Cao sat leisurely in the chair, looking at the falling leaves in the distance at dusk, feeling extremely happy.

Xun Yu and Xun You walked in from outside.

"My lord, everything has been resolved. Liu Zhang and Sun Jian have now reached an alliance."

"Yes, yes, these two guys are really impatient. They actually took action so quickly. But Wen Ruo, your trick is really good. Just a forged letter can force Sun Jian to betray Liu Bei."

Hearing this, Xun Yu smiled and shook his head.

"No, lord, you are wrong. The letter is a forgery, but my analysis in the letter is correct. Liu Bei has hardly stopped fighting over the past year. Our territories have changed hands repeatedly, and Liu Bei is still fighting on multiple fronts. Under such circumstances, how can Liu Bei hold on? Food and grass must be insufficient. Shi Xie does not have much food and grass. Even if Shi Xie is killed, there will be no food and grass replenishment. What will Liu Bei do?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao burst out laughing.

"The best way is of course to lend him food, but I don't think anyone will lend him food, so he can only rob. But we only have one state, so how much can we give him even if we give it all to him? Obviously, the richest person here is Sun Jian."

Cao Cao also understood that Sun Jian and Liu Bei had never been on the same page. Even if Liu Bei married Sun Shangxiang, the result would be the same. Sun Jian had always been on guard against Liu Bei.

Normally, Sun Jian would just be afraid, but once he knew that Liu Bei might attack him, Sun Jian would definitely take the initiative to attack, because he now has a strong army and horses.

The captain of the roving crossbows and the spies he sent out investigated for several days and finally got an unexpected result. Sun Jian's betrayal was actually due to a forged letter, and the forged letter was between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, and it was Cao Cao who gave the letter to Sun Jian.

When Gu Rubing got this result, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Sun Jian, who had such a great reputation throughout his life, was actually deceived by such a low-level trick?
Zhuge Liang, who was standing aside, had a rather unhappy expression on his face.

"Prime Minister, since this is a misunderstanding, shouldn't we send someone to explain it to Sun Jian? Then Sun Jian should be able to go back, right? After all, there are considerable risks in confronting us."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang shook his head, looked at Gu Rubing with a gloomy face, and his voice was also a little heavy.

"My Lord, we must teach Sun Jian a lesson. He was fooled by such a crude trick. It's obvious that he wanted to be fooled. Sun Jian has forgotten the pain he felt before."

After hearing this, Gu Rubing also realized that Sun Jian was not deceived, but he wanted to be deceived. Being deceived should be just an excuse, or a way out.

"Okay, since he wants to act, let's continue to act with him."

Longbian County.

Sun Jian knew that Gu Rubing would not let him go and would definitely come to seize the city, so he had made sufficient preparations.

This time, they brought over 100,000 soldiers and horses alone, and there were more troops following up, who were sending reinforcements to the two counties by water.

As for the famous generals, they directly brought Huang Gai, Zhou Yu, and two legendary generals, and the rest were several quasi-famous generals.

Using this lineup to guard the two county towns is simply impeccable, at least that's what Sun Jian thought. Seeing that it was very quiet outside the city, Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief. Although Sun Jian now has a lot of confidence to fight against Gu Rubing, if they really fight, Sun Jian still feels a little bit timid.

In Sun Jian's opinion, the later the fight with Gu Rubing, the better.

"It looks like we'll be alright today. Arrange the handover of the sentry post."

"Yes!"

Huang Gai nodded and went to make arrangements.

Sun Jian looked at the mainland outside the city. Although he was a little confused as to why Liu Bei hadn't taken action yet, he also felt a little relieved that it was another safe day.

late at night.

Sun Jian and others were still sleeping soundly, and even the sentries on duty were a little dazed, when a group of men in black suddenly emerged from the surroundings.

These people acted extremely quickly, and some of them held bows and arrows and aimed at the guards on the city wall.

Another group of people quickly came to a place not far outside the city and started a big fire.

Driven by the wind, the fire was burning towards the city wall.

The soldiers guarding the city smelled a burning smell in a daze and immediately looked towards the source of the smell.

"No, it's gone!"

As the soldiers' voices rang out, all the soldiers around them woke up.

"With this wind speed, the fire will come here sooner or later, hurry up and put it out."

A centurion shouted loudly and led his men to open the city gate, wanting to go out of the city to put out the fire.

A centurion felt something was wrong and wanted to stop it, but found it was too late as the city gate had already been opened. So he simply went to call Sun Jian and others.

The centurion led everyone directly to the source of the fire.

When we got here, we found that the smoke was indeed quite thick, but the flames were not big.

The centurion immediately realized that they had fallen into a trap and hurriedly tried to leave with his men.

However, at this moment, countless arrows shot out from all around, followed by a large number of cavalrymen rushing out from all around.

Sun Jian was sleeping when suddenly there was a knock on the door. It would be more accurate to say that it was smashed rather than knocked.

The sound woke Sun Jian up from his sleep.

When he opened the door, Sun Jian saw the centurion standing at the door, panting.

"King, it's bad. There's a fire outside the city. The general guarding the city has gone out to put out the fire, but I feel something is wrong and I want to report it to you."

"Go out of town to put out the fire? Is he mentally retarded? What is he thinking?"

As Sun Jian spoke, he asked someone to wake up Huang Gai, because the guard work tonight was arranged by Huang Gai.

Soon Sun Jian arrived at the door with the centurion.

I happened to see the centurion leading a group of people, their faces were black and looked like they were scratched by burnt branches.

"Open the gate and let us in."

The voice of the centurion was heard outside the city.

"Open the city gate. I want to see what explanation he wants to give me."

As Sun Jian's order was issued, the city gate slowly opened.

The centurion led the people behind him and walked towards the city.

After passing the city gate, Sun Jian saw that something was wrong with the captain. His expression was very stern, and he even did not dismount to pay homage when he saw him.

Realizing that something was wrong, Sun Jian immediately drew his sword and pointed it at the captain.

"Who's behind you?"

Upon hearing this, the centurion was about to shout when he suddenly found his mouth was covered. Then his neck felt cold and he lost all feeling. There was only a hint of red in front of his eyes.

When Sun Jian saw that the soldiers behind the captain actually killed the captain, he immediately understood what was going on.

"So you are Liu Bei's men. You actually come here to cause trouble. Don't you know that this is my place?"

After saying this, Sun Jian waved his hand.

Countless soldiers rushed towards the group of people.

"I'm so sorry, King Wu, this place will soon belong to our Lie Army."

After saying that, all these people rushed towards the city gate, trying to open it.

However, the soldiers around knew what this group of people wanted to do, so they increased their speed to the extreme, and finally took control of those people before the group of people arrived at the city gate.

The two sides officially fought.

However, these soldiers were no match for the Lie army.

Sun Jian could see that these people should be elite troops. If the ordinary soldiers under his command wanted to defeat them, they would probably not be able to do so in a short period of time.

Sun Jian simply took action directly.

Today's Sun Jian's abilities have been improved in all aspects. It can be said that Sun Jian's abilities are above those of a famous general, but he has not yet reached the level of a legendary general.

With Sun Jian's help, the people of the Western Legion quickly stabilized their position.

Gu Rubing waited outside for a while and heard shouting and killing sounds coming from the city, but the gate was not opened. It was obvious that their plan had been exposed. Now there was only one way, that was to attack by force.

Soon, Zhang Ren led a group of soldiers and began a siege, hoping to provide some external assistance to those who disguised themselves as entering the city.

However, the height of the city wall meant that Zhang Ren had no good solution. He attacked the city several times but none of them were very successful, and he couldn't even touch the city wall.

"My lord, there are too many soldiers guarding the city, and Sun Jian's preparations are too thorough. It is impossible for us to attack the city in a short time."

"It's impossible, but we still have to fight. Keep going!"

Following Gu Rubing's order, Zhang Ren once again joined the siege.

However, an hour passed.

Zhang Ren and Gu Rubing knew that since there had been no movement for such a long time, it was obvious that all the people who had been filmed inside were dead, and their plan was completely exposed. (End of this chapter)