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

Hearing this, Sun Jian immediately stopped what he was doing.

"Gongjin, what do you mean?"

Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu who walked in with confusion.

"My lord, we have not taken any action since we promised Liu Bei to leave these two counties. Liu Bei is urging us. It is very likely that Liu Bei has guessed our plan. It is very likely that Liu Bei is outwitting us. So what we have to do now is to avoid meeting Liu Bei as much as possible."

"Ok."

Zhang Liao was waiting in secret, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see any of Sun Jian's men coming.

After knowing that Sun Jian would not send anyone, Zhang Liao led his men away in disappointment.

After learning the whole process, Gu Rubing couldn't help but be a little surprised.

When did Sun Jian become so patient?

As time went on, the amount of food and fodder Liu Zhang successfully transported became less and less.

Sun Jian’s granary soon could not hold out.

"My Lord, it will take at least three days for the food and fodder we have mobilized from Anluo to arrive, but the food in the granary is only enough for one meal."

After listening to Cheng Pu's report, Sun Jian suddenly hesitated.

Zhou Yu immediately ordered, "All the food and fodder should be divided into three days, and the training should be stopped."

"This……"

Cheng Pu looked at Zhou Yu, hesitated for a moment, and then turned and left.

In the military camp, Cheng Pu told Zhou Yu's order.

All the soldiers cheered because Cheng Pu only said to suspend the training.

As for food and fodder, Cheng Pu didn't say anything.

However, this strange behavior attracted the attention of a centurion.

"Old Wang, what are you going to do?"

Someone called out to the centurion.

"I'm going to make it easier."

Lao Wang walked around the granary and saw that there were many soldiers guarding the granary that had not been there before.

Moreover, all these soldiers were from the Wunan Army.

This is one of the elite special forces in the entire Anluo Empire, and these people are also Sun Jian’s true confidants.

Lao Wang immediately felt that something was wrong with the granary and turned and left.

Just when Lao Wang was about to leave the camp.

A voice suddenly appeared behind him.

"What are you going to do?"

Cheng Pu appeared behind Lao Wang.

When Lao Wang heard the voice, his whole body trembled, and then he turned around hurriedly.

"General, didn't you say we should take a break? Then I should be able to go out for a stroll, right?"

"Strolling? I think you want to tip off Liu Bei?"

After saying that, Cheng Pu directly grabbed Lao Wang's body.

Several guards around also quickly stepped forward and tied up Lao Wang.

Lao Wang didn't know when he was exposed, but he had to pass on the message now.

Then Lao Wang shouted directly: "The military camp is running low on food and grass. It may have run out..."

Hearing this, the guards around were suddenly stunned.

Without food and fodder, what will they eat?
While the guards were stunned, Lao Wang quickly rushed out of their encirclement. He did not run outside the camp, but ran inside the camp to the crowded place, shouting what he had just said while running.

Everyone around was attracted by Lao Wang's voice.

Cheng Pu caught up with Lao Wang, then took out a rag and stuffed it into Lao Wang's mouth, then turned around and left with Lao Wang.

After hearing what Lao Wang said, the soldiers around were a little panicked and spread the news from mouth to mouth. After other spies of Gu Rubing learned about this, they all used their own methods to try to leave the camp.

However, Cheng Pu had already issued an order to block the camp, making it impossible for anyone to leave through the gate.

However, if these soldiers really want to go out, they will never go out through the main gate.

Cheng Pu was unaware of this.

Soon, Cheng Pu brought Lao Wang to Sun Jian and Zhou Yu.

"My lord, Grand Commander, this man is Liu Bei's spy. I saw him wandering around the granary and preparing to leave the camp, but I stopped him. When he was caught, he was still shouting and yelling. It was obvious that he was passing on information to others."

"Eyeliner?"

Sun Jian looked at Lao Wang and found that he was actually a centurion in his own camp.

"Your rank in my military camp is not low, so why do you still want to be Liu Bei's lackey? Tell me all the spies you know, and I promise to make you a thousand-man captain."

However, Lao Wang said nothing, closed his eyes, and looked like he was ready to be slaughtered.

Looking at Lao Wang's appearance, Sun Jian's face darkened, and he shouted and kicked Lao Wang out.

Lao Wang quickly got up from the ground, gritted his teeth, pulled out a short blade from his arms, and rushed towards Sun Jian.

Seeing this, Sun Jian sneered, grabbed Lao Wang's hand holding the short blade with one hand, and then exerted a little force.

Lao Wang let out a scream and couldn't help but let go of the hand holding the short blade.

Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu finally reacted and rushed forward to press Lao Wang to the ground.

Sun Jian rubbed his wrist and looked at Lao Wang.

"Keep him here and dig out all the people hiding in the barracks."

"Yes!"

Cheng Pu immediately waved his hand, and several soldiers arrested Lao Wang.

After everyone left, Zhou Yu looked at Cheng Pu.

"You said you closed the camp gates. Did you find someone to guard all the soldiers?"

Seeing Cheng Pu shaking his head, Zhou Yu immediately reacted, then went into the camp and gathered all the soldiers.

After counting the number of people, Zhou Yu discovered that three centurions and several soldiers were all missing.

It was obvious that these people quietly left the camp through some gap.

At this time, Gu Rubing had already received the information from his spy.

After learning that Sun Jian was short of food and grass, he immediately led an army of 100,000 and began a siege.

Sun Jian didn't expect that at this time, he had even stopped training, but happened to encounter Gu Rubing attacking the city.

As a last resort, Sun Jian mobilized all his soldiers to participate in the battle to defend the city. Zang Ba led the Taishan Tiger Bandits to desperately attack the city and try to rush up the city wall, but after three hours, there was no progress at all, and instead, there were heavy losses.

However, Zang Ba did not lose heart. After all, it was a big city with a garrison of 100,000 people. It was obviously impossible to climb the city wall in one go.

Gu Rubing stood behind the army, looking at the city wall in the distance. He calculated the time in his mind, and when he felt it was about time, he directly ordered Zang Ba to retreat.

After a long wait for the fighting to cease, all the soldiers rushed to the rear to prepare for dinner. However, after looking at the water in their hands, their faces all looked unhappy. Some of the emotionally excited ones even smashed the bowls in their hands and went to find Sun Jian angrily.

Listening to his subordinates' reports, Sun Jian sighed helplessly.

He had already guessed about these situations, but now he really had no better solution. He could only follow the previous method and disperse the food and grass. As long as he could hold on for two days, new food and grass would arrive.

But Sun Jian's ability to persist does not mean that his soldiers can also persist. All the soldiers followed Sun Jian in order to have food to eat, but now even the most basic food is gone, and they have no motivation to follow Sun Jian.

These soldiers came to the outside of Sun Jian, all of them were shouting their dissatisfaction, but Sun Jian refused to see them. Since there was no leader, these people could only disperse in the end.

When Zhou Yu learned that all the soldiers had dispersed, he immediately came to Sun Jian.

"My lord, the soldiers have started to make a fuss. It won't be long before a mutiny breaks out. We must make a decision soon."

"Of course I know, but is there a better way now?"

"Have!"

Sun Jian didn't expect that Zhou Yu would still have a solution under such circumstances.

"My lord, we still have hostages in our hands. Liu Bei once went to Cao Cao for a few spies. We can also follow Cao Cao's example and use the spies in our hands to exchange for food and grass with Liu Bei."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian immediately nodded in agreement.

Soon, Gu Rubing received a letter from Sun Jian, stating that he had captured a spy and wanted to exchange food and fodder with Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing hesitated for a moment.

At present, it is an established fact that Sun Jian is short of food and grass. As long as he holds on for another day, the defenders of Longbian City will inevitably lose their combat effectiveness.

But he had to save the spy in Sun Jian's hands.

Zhang Ren, Zang Ba and others on the side looked at Gu Rubing.

They already knew who the letter was addressed to. The messenger outside had already told them the contents of the letter. This was also one of Zhou Yu's strategies.

Everyone was waiting for Gu Rubing's reply.

Zhang Ren was very unwilling to see that the victory that was within his grasp was about to be given away in vain just because of a spy.

Then he stood up directly.

"My lord, we cannot provide Sun Jian with food and fodder, otherwise the soldiers on the front line will die in vain."

Hearing this, Zang Ba on the side nodded repeatedly.

However, Gu Rubing knew that for generals like them, the final victory in the battle was naturally the most important. But if the soldiers around them knew that their lord, in order to win, abandoned the spies who had been secretly passing on information to them, what would those soldiers think?
These soldiers don’t really care whether they will win the final battle. What they care more about is whether their lord will help them and care about them if they are in danger.

After the messenger arrived, he told the contents of the letter to all the generals around him, as well as all the soldiers he met along the way. Everyone was watching what Gu Rubing was going to do.

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Rubing finally decided to give him food and fodder as Sun Jian had asked.

After hearing Gu Rubing's decision, the generals present stepped forward and wanted Gu Rubing to withdraw his order.

But Gu Rubing was extremely firm in dealing with this matter. After all, these generals could not represent everyone.

Fortunately, Sun Jian didn't need much food and fodder, only enough for 100,000 soldiers and five days' consumption.

Watching the food and grass being delivered, Zhang Ren couldn't help but grit his teeth. With these food and grass, Sun Jian would be able to hold out longer. Once Sun Jian's food and grass support arrived, all their plans during this period would be in vain.

"General, should we grab the food and grass back on the way? The lord loves his people like his own children and cannot bear to see his men suffer at the hands of Sun Jian. But as his subordinates, we have the responsibility to do things that the lord cannot bear to do."

Listening to Zang Ba's idea, Zhang Ren nodded.

"Do it."

The two men made up their minds and immediately gathered their troops to prepare to ambush the grain transport team.

However, as soon as they reached the gate of the camp, they were stopped by Zhao Yun.

"You two, the lord said that there can't be any accidents with this batch of food and fodder."

"Zilong, can you bear to see the victory you have just achieved be given away in vain?"

Zhao Yun shook his head. He was certainly unwilling, but this was Gu Rubing's order and he had to obey.

Seeing that Zhao Yun was still insisting and had no intention of giving in, Zhang Ren and Zang Ba had no choice but to give up.

After all, he is a legendary general. They definitely won't be able to force their way out.

After seeing these people go back, Zhao Yun returned to Gu Rubing's tent.

"My lord, they have all gone back."

"Well, I guess they are going to steal the food. This batch of food is related to the safety of our people, so we can't be careless."

"My Lord, we don't have to..."

"Zilong, no matter who someone is, as long as they work for us, we must give them something in return, no matter who they are."

Seeing Gu Rubing insisting like that, Zhao Yun didn't know what to say and could only nod.

Sun Jian was very excited when he saw the food and supplies he had obtained.

With these food supplies, it would not be a problem for them to hold out until new food supplies arrive.

At this time, Zhang Liao also received news that Sun Jian was using spies to threaten Gu Rubing.

Zhang Liao was so angry that he punched a tree.

"Sun Jian, you dare to threaten the lord."

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he looked into the distance and had already made a decision in his heart.

"General, shall we go back to our lord now?"

The deputy general of Tiefutu walked up to Zhang Liao and asked curiously.

Zhang Liao shook his head and turned to look at everyone.

"Everyone, I have an idea. We are going to a place, but that place is very dangerous. If any of you don't want to go, just leave. By the way, tell the lord about our whereabouts. If you want to stay, stay, but there will be no reward for this mission. Even after we go back, we will be punished by the lord. After all, we didn't receive any mission related to this order."

Upon hearing this, all the Iron Pagodas fell silent.

"Also, I have to say that this place is extremely dangerous. Anyone who goes there is in danger of death."

As Zhang Liao's voice fell, Tiefutu's deputy general stood up directly.

"General, I'll go with you."

"I'll go with you too..."

As more and more Iron Pagodas came out, Zhang Liao had a gratified smile on his face.

No one knows how many people have been replaced in the Iron Pagoda’s organization, but the fighting spirit has never changed.

"Okay, in that case, let me tell you that our target this time is Sun Jian's port, the port of Longbian County."

During this period, Zhang Liao had been intercepting Liu Zhang's grain and grass for Sun Jian, and he also gathered a lot of intelligence, and knew that Sun Jian's grain and grass reinforcements would arrive soon. (End of this chapter)