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

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing nodded immediately.

"Okay, just as you said, I will help you rebuild the Jingjue Kingdom and send soldiers to protect you, is that okay? Give me the thousand-year-old Jade Blood Ginseng."

"This, King Lie, this is all what you said. How can we be sure that what you said is true?"

"You do not trust me?"

The man shook his head. Although he didn't say anything, his meaning was very clear: he didn't believe Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing was so angry that he laughed.

"If you don't believe me, why are you telling me this?"

"King Lie, help us rebuild the Jingjue Kingdom first, and then we will give you the thousand-year-old Jade Blood Ginseng."

"Are you testing my patience?"

Gu Rubing waved his hand directly.

Zhao Yun began to walk slowly towards the man.

Feeling the stronger murderous aura emanating from Zhao Yun, the man hurriedly retreated.

"Please follow me, King Lie."

Finally he compromised.

Soon, Gu Rubing and the others followed each other and came deeper into the rainforest.

A camp appeared in front of Gu Rubing. There were many tents inside. The people in the camp were all wearing animal skins.

There were not many people, only about a thousand or so, but there was some intriguing greed in the eyes of each of them as if they were a wolf that had been hungry for a long time and found a piece of meat.

Gu Rubing followed the so-called king into a tent.

"Please take a seat, King Lie!"

After saying that, the king took out a wooden box and took out the thousand-year-old green blood ginseng inside.

"King Lie, this is what you want, you can take a look."

Gu Rubing took the thousand-year-old green-blood ginseng and looked at it carefully, but he soon realized that he didn't seem to recognize this thing at all, so it was useless to look at it.

Gu Rubing pretended to cough and said in a deep voice, "Well, it's almost the same as what is written in the book. Mengqi, you take the thousand-year-old Jade Blood Ginseng and go back first. You must hand it over to Hua Tuo as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao hesitated for a moment.

There are dangers everywhere here, and Ma Chao is worried that Gu Rubing and the others will be in danger if he leaves.

"My Lord, how about we go together?"

"No, don't worry, it won't be dangerous."

After hearing this, Ma Chao no longer insisted and immediately turned around and left.

But before leaving, he looked at Zhao Yun and nodded.

"King Lie, I have already given you what you wanted. Now it's time for you to do what you promised me."

Gu Rubing nodded.

"I will let Taishi Ci lead 30,000 people into your Jingjue City, and I will also help you strengthen the city's defenses. I have the absolute right to manage my people, but you have no right to manage my people. Do you understand?"

The king had no objection to this. With the strength of the Jingjue Kingdom, let alone not giving him the right to manage, even if he was given the right to manage, he only had a thousand subjects. Could he really take action against the army of King Lie of the Han Dynasty with 30,000 men?
Soon, the two sides reached an agreement.

Gu Rubing had never expected that such a good thing would happen to him during his trip.

This time when he left, Gu Rubing directly kept Taishi Ci.

He took Zhao Yun with him and quickly left the Western Regions and rushed to Longbian City.

By the time Gu Rubing rushed back, half a month had passed.

After Gu Rubing came back, he went straight to find Zhang Liao.

At this time, Zhang Liao was still lying on the bed.

When he saw Gu Rubing coming in, Zhang Liao got out of bed and knelt on the ground.

"I am Zhang Liao, thank you, my lord."

After waking up, Zhang Liao learned about Gu Rubing's matter. Ma Chao also explained the dangers involved to Zhang Liao one by one.

Originally, Zhang Liao wanted to go to support Gu Rubing immediately, but was stopped by Hua Tuo, who refused to let him go.

In desperation, Zhang Liao could only lie in bed and pray for a quick recovery.
After seeing that Zhang Liao was fine, Gu Rubing finally breathed a sigh of relief. At least all his efforts during this period were not in vain.

Just as Gu Rubing was talking to them.

A soldier walked in.

"My lord, Sun Jian has brought his army and is challenging us outside the city."

Hearing this, Zhang Liao immediately prepared to stand up, but he was too weak to stand up.

Gu Rubing stopped Zhang Liao.

"Calm down, don't be so excited. It's just Sun Jian. Wenyuan, you should stay here and take good care of your injuries. Leave the rest to me. When you recover, I will have many more tasks for you."

Zhang Liao nodded.

Gu Rubing left Zhang Liao's room and went directly to the city wall.

At this time, Zhang Ren was already standing on the city wall.

When Zhang Ren saw Gu Rubing coming, he stepped forward immediately.

"My Lord, Sun Jian has assembled 60,000 troops and is preparing to attack the city."

"How much? Sixty thousand?"

Gu Rubing thought he had heard it wrong.

After the previous battles, there were at least 80,000 people in Longbian City, including 40,000 Taishan tiger bandits. But Sun Jian actually led 60,000 people to attack the city. Does Sun Jian treat me as a waste?

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing reacted immediately.

I have been away for nearly a month, and Sun Jian didn't attack the city earlier or later, but chose to attack the city at this time. I have just returned. This Sun Jian is not attacking the city, isn't he just greeting me?
Just as Gu Rubing was thinking, a voice suddenly sounded.

"My Lord, Sun Jian has sent an envoy."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing laughed out loud.

Sun Jian's acting is becoming more and more professional.

Soon the messenger came in front of Gu Rubing.

"Meet King Lie."

The messenger saluted respectfully to Gu Rubing.

"Okay, get up. Isn't Sun Jian going to attack the city? Why do we need to send you here?"

"King Lie, you misunderstood. It was Liu Zhang who got the food and forced my lord to continue the siege. My lord had no choice but to make the siege gesture. To show our sincerity, my lord waited until you all came back before starting the siege, just to avoid any misunderstandings between you."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing smiled and nodded.

"Tell me, how are you going to act this time?"

"No, King Lie, we won't act this time. The lord wants to use the pretext of attacking the city to leave Jiaozhou and return to the Anluo Empire."

"Oh? Are you really leaving? Why are you willing to leave this time?"

Hearing this, the envoy smiled helplessly. They wanted to be reluctant to leave, but they had to keep him. Liu Zhang was pressing them hard, and Gu Rubing and his men could not defeat him. In comparison, what else could they do if they didn't leave?

"You should have left long ago. As for the Xiyu City you occupied, just give it to me. It's useless for you to keep it." "Of course, don't worry, the lord has made all the preparations. As long as you agree, Xiyu City will be yours after we leave."

After the envoy agreed on the specific evacuation time with Gu Rubing, he turned around and left.

"My Lord, are we just going to let Sun Jian go like this?"

"Well, I have decided. This time I will make Liu Zhang pay a price."

After Sun Jian laid siege to the city, he did not attack it, but his momentum was very strong.

late at night.

Gu Rubing opened a gap.

Sun Jian led everyone to quickly evacuate along the port of Longbian City.

At the same time, Zhang Ren also took the Taishan Tiger Bandits and officially took over Xiyu City.

Both sides acted quickly without alerting anyone, and by the time Liu Zhang found out, it was already noon the next day.

Liu Zhang didn't expect that Sun Jian would betray them like this.

"Sun Jian, this villain, actually dared to betray me and got involved with Liu Bei. Does that mean that my losses during this period will be ignored?"

Surena, who was standing aside, looked at the furious Liu Zhang and sighed helplessly.

The most troublesome person now is not Sun Jian.

But without Sun Jian's restraint, they became Liu Bei's target.

We have offended Liu Bei so many times before, and now that he has solved all our troubles, we must go to war with them.

Surena didn't quite understand why Liu Zhang had asked the Gu Tribe to attack Zhang Liao.

If Liu Zhang had not taken action, Liu Bei would definitely not have set his sights on them.

"My Lord, what we should consider now is what to do next?"

"What do you mean?"

"My lord, Sun Jian has escaped. Liu Bei's next target must be us. With our current strength, we can never be Liu Bei's opponent. In front of us, Zhuge Liang is leading an army of 200,000, eyeing us covetously. In the back, Liu Bei is personally leading an army of 100,000, ready to attack us. How can we defend two fronts?"

Only then did Liu Zhang realize the situation he would face next.

"Then what should we do? We finally got two cities from Cao Cao, and now we have lost two of them in a blink of an eye. If we fight Liu Bei again, we will suffer heavy losses."

Looking at the panicked Liu Zhang, Surena frowned slightly and was extremely disappointed with Liu Zhang.

When he was in the Anluo Empire, Liu Zhang showed very strong abilities, which made everyone admire him very much. But after arriving in Jiaozhou of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhang suffered repeated setbacks and his command was a mess.

Surena knew that it was not that Liu Zhang was too weak, but that the Han Dynasty was too strong.

Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is surrounded by wars and the situation is so chaotic, but if the Han Dynasty just takes a step back, all the hidden dangers on the borders will be eliminated. The strength of the two sides is completely not on the same level.

In comparison, Liu Zhang spent countless efforts to consolidate the situation in Anluo. In comparison, Liu Zhang was far inferior.

At this time, Surena had the idea of ​​asking Liu Zhang to take them to a place where there were few people, to rebuild the country and completely get away from the land of the Han Dynasty.

However, as soon as this thought came out, Surena waved his hand and interrupted it.

After all, everyone has invested so much effort in the Han Dynasty. If they were to leave like this, no one would be willing to accept it.

"King, our best solution right now is to contact Cao Cao. Currently, only Cao Cao can help us. We also need to notify Shi Xie to see if he can help us reduce some of the pressure. Although Sun Jian has left, Shi Xie has not yet stood on Liu Bei's side. Liu Bei will definitely deal with him."

"Shi Xie should understand this truth. Only by standing with us can he survive."

Liu Zhang nodded and immediately sent someone to contact Cao Cao and Shi Xie.

After Gu Rubing had tidied up the situation and built Longbian City, he immediately gave orders to rush towards Guangxin City where Liu Zhang was.

Ten days later.

Outside Guangxin City.

An army of 70,000 was lined up neatly outside the city.

Because of Surena's reminder, Liu Zhang had already made preparations. He stockpiled a large amount of food and fodder in Guangxin City, as well as a lot of city defense equipment. He even mobilized 100,000 soldiers and horses to cooperate with the 40,000 soldiers in the city. The entire Guangxin City had stockpiled at least 140,000 people.

With these 140,000 people, Liu Zhang believed that holding out for a month would definitely not be a problem.

Gu Rubing did not expect that Liu Zhang's speed would be so fast.

"Liu Zhang, do you dare to come out and see me?"

Gu Rubing stood at the front of the army and shouted to Liu Zhang on the city wall.

Seeing this, Liu Zhang immediately shouted, "King Lie, don't say that. If you have the ability, come in and let's meet."

"Okay, you open the city gate, I'll go through it, and we'll meet."

Liu Zhang snorted coldly and dared not say anything.

If Gu Rubing dared to come in, he wouldn't dare to go out, let alone let Gu Rubing enter the city.

"My lord, let me lead the siege first."

"No hurry, let's wait for the Prime Minister. I have already contacted the Prime Minister. It shouldn't be long before there is any movement from the Prime Minister's side."

Gu Rubing camped outside the city for three full days.

During these three days, Gu Rubing came to the city every day to talk with Liu Zhang, but Liu Zhang avoided him every time.

Finally on the fourth day.

A piece of news reached Liu Zhang.

Zhuge Liang had already led an army of 200,000 and began to attack Liu Zhang's front-line troops.

In just one day, Yan Yan was forced to retreat a hundred miles with his front-line troops, and lost 20,000 soldiers.

"What is Cao Cao doing? Why hasn't he made a move yet? Isn't he worried that I will be swallowed up by Liu Bei?"

Liu Zhang threw the information in his hand directly to the ground.

Looking at Liu Zhang's appearance, Surena sighed.

Originally they were the people playing chess in the back, but Liu Zhang insisted on sending people to intervene. Now that the people playing chess have become chess pieces, Liu Zhang is unwilling to do so.

This incident was all caused by Liu Zhang’s greed.

After a while, Liu Zhang's anger finally disappeared completely.

"Surena, send someone to urge Cao Cao to take action immediately. We must not let Liu Bei keep his eyes on us. Also notify Shi Xie and ask him to take action as soon as possible. We must find a way to share our pressure."

"Yes!"

Surena sighed and turned away.

At this time, Gu Rubing also received news from Zhuge Liang that there was a great victory on the front line.

"Well, it seems that it is time for us to take action."

After saying this, Gu Rubing directly ordered Zhang Ren to lead the army to start attacking the city.

Zhang Ren led the Taishan Tiger Bandits and rushed directly towards the city wall.

When the defender on the city wall saw Zhang Ren attacking the city, he immediately organized his soldiers to defend the city and told Liu Zhang the news.

Liu Zhang immediately led everyone to the city wall.

Even Zhang Ren couldn't take down the city wall in such a short time with 140,000 people guarding it. (End of this chapter)