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

"My Lord, I have just explained to you that there are some matters within the clan, and they have all returned to the clan. As for our own affairs, it seems that I don't need to tell you about it, right?"

Miao Moqing was worried that Liu Zhang would be exposed if he continued asking, so she pretended to be angry.

Seeing this, Liu Zhang said nothing and waved at Miao Moqing.

After Miao Moqing left, Liu Zhang looked at Meng Huo standing beside him.

"I heard that Liu Bei was ambushed on his way to Youzhou. Do you have anything to do with this?"

Meng Huo immediately shook his head.

"It really doesn't matter?"

After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he stared at Meng Huo.

According to the information Liu Zhang obtained, the person who ambushed Liu Bei this time was actually a legendary general. As for who the other party was, he had no idea.

But as soon as he got the news, Liu Zhang looked for the legendary general under his command, and found that Miao Moqing was missing.

Liu Zhang immediately realized that it was Miao Moqing who attacked Liu Bei.

But there is no evidence right now.

Moreover, he and the Gu tribe were king and subject on paper, but in reality, they were just in a cooperative relationship, and he really did not have much ability to restrict the other party's actions.

"My lord, no matter if it's related or not, it has already happened. What can you do about it? Sometimes it's okay to pretend to be a fool, right?"

Meng Huo knew that Liu Zhang already knew that it was them who did it. Instead of letting this happen, it would be better to make it clear to avoid trouble later.

"You are so confused. How could you let a legendary general assassinate Liu Bei? It would be fine if it succeeded, but now that it has failed, aren't you afraid of Liu Bei's revenge? Moreover, our original plan was to provide support to Youzhou and never interfere in Youzhou's affairs openly. Have you forgotten?"

However, Meng Huo said nothing about this and just sat quietly in the chair drinking the tea in front of him.

Looking at Meng Huo's appearance, Liu Zhang sighed.

Turned and left the room.

When Liu Zhang returned to his room, he saw Surena standing inside the room waiting for him.

"King, did the Gu tribe attack Liu Bei?"

After receiving this information, Surena, like Liu Zhang, immediately launched an investigation and set his sights on Miao Moqing.

There is no way. Among all the forces, except Gu Rubing, each person has only two or three legendary generals in his hands. It is easy to find out who is there and who is not.

After learning that Miao Moqing had left, Surena immediately knew that Miao Moqing had attacked Liu Bei, and quickly guessed the purpose of the Gu tribe, and then came to report to Liu Zhang.

See Liu Zhang nod.

Surena stepped forward immediately.

"My Lord, we can't keep the Gu tribe. We contribute a lot to the Gu tribe every month. Now the Gu tribe is probably not on our side. They may have already stood on the side of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty."

Liu Zhang had long known that the Gu tribe had contacts with Wang Yue and Liu Xie, but he had not expected that the Gu tribe would do such a bold thing to help Liu Xie. Liu Zhang was even worried that Gu Rubing would blame him for this.

Liu Zhang hesitated about Surena's words.

The Gu tribe is his most important means to fight against Gu Rubing.

If he kicked the Gu tribe out at this time, what would be the use of relying on the few useless generals in his hands? How could they possibly stop Zhuge Liang's army? Moreover, if he wanted to fight with Gu Rubing, he must have legendary generals in his hands. This was also the bargaining chip for an alliance with Cao Cao. If the Gu tribe left, he would have no legendary generals. How could Cao Cao possibly care about him?

It is even possible that Cao Cao would swallow himself in one bite.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhang shook his head helplessly.

"Forget it. I'll write a letter to Liu Bei and tell him that this incident was not my intention. The rest depends on what Liu Bei thinks."

Surena was not disappointed when he saw that Liu Bei rejected his request. He was also aware of the importance of the Gu tribe to them, but he also knew that if they continued like this, they would be killed by the Gu tribe sooner or later, and they were not ready yet.

a few days later.

Gu Rubing and Zhao Yun appeared outside Constantinople.

Sun Jian was indeed a little surprised when he learned that Gu Rubing had come.

According to his information, Gu Rubing should be too busy now, so why did he come to him?

Sun Jian, Zhou Yu and others, quickly came to the outside of the city to meet Gu Rubing.

"King Lie, you are such a rare guest. I wonder what brought you here?"

"What wind? Of course it's the evil wind of you, King Wu!"

After a cold sneer, Gu Rubing put on a stern face and slowly led Zhao Yun into the city.

Sun Jian was bewildered by what Gu Rubing said. He had just experienced a great defeat in Jiaozhou, in which he lost 200,000 soldiers and countless food and fodder. He was now recuperating.

During this period, Sun Jian could be said to be extremely honest and did nothing wrong.

However, as soon as Gu Rubing arrived, he started to mock him, which made Sun Jian a little unbearable.

Inside the palace.

Sun Jian looked at Gu Rubing and Zhao Yun in front of him.

"I say, King Lie, what's going on?"

"What's going on? The King of Wu is really good at pretending to be ignorant. You should know that I am now in Youzhou, fighting with Shi Xie. During this time, I found that many Westerners suddenly appeared in Shi Xie's hands, and the reinforcements are still increasing. Shouldn't you explain it to me?"

"Western Legion?"

Sun Jian immediately understood what Gu Rubing meant and shook his head.

"King Lie, this matter really has nothing to do with me. We are in a truce and have been recuperating. How could I possibly help Shi Xie?"

"That's right, King Lie. We didn't do any help to Shi Xie. If you don't believe me, you can check it out."

Zhou Yu also kept nodding beside him.

Looking at the expressions of Sun Jian and Zhou Yu, Gu Rubing knew that this incident had nothing to do with Sun Jian.

Now that the Western Legion has appeared in Youzhou, since the nearest Sun Jian did not provide support, the only possibilities are Cao Cao and Liu Zhang. But Gu Rubing couldn't understand how so many people could cross his layers of defense and transfer troops from Yizhou and Jiaozhou to Youzhou. After all, one is the southernmost and the other is the northernmost.

"You asked me to investigate this matter, but how can I investigate it clearly? Among all the forces, you are the only one who controls a large number of Western Legions. Now that Western Legions have appeared in Youzhou, I can only suspect you. Do you think that people from Yizhou and Jiaozhou can get past my layers of defense and reach Youzhou?"

Gu Rubing used this sentence to refute all the words that Sun Jian wanted to say.

Sun Jian also felt that it was theoretically impossible to transfer troops from Yizhou and Jiaozhou to reinforce Youzhou.

After thinking about it for a long time, Sun Jian also felt that he was the only one most likely to support Shi Xie.

But the problem is, I really don’t have it.

Zhou Yu was very clear that he was not going to support Shi Xie, and he was already thinking about Gu Rubing's purpose of coming here.

With Gu Rubing's temper, if there was evidence that they were secretly supporting Shi Xie, he would probably not be so sarcastic, and would probably kill people at the door. According to Gu Rubing's character, if he showed such sarcasm when they met, it was probably because he wanted them to do something.

Zhou Yu thought about it for a long time and had some guesses about the purpose of Gu Rubing's visit.

However, Zhou Yu guessed it but did not say it out loud.

"No matter what, this matter is definitely related to you. Because of the Western Legion, we have suffered a lot of losses. You can handle it on your own."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he sat leisurely in a chair, drinking tea, and quietly waiting for Sun Jian's answer.

Sun Jian was full of grievances at this time, but he didn't know what to say.

"King Lie, you must have not had a good rest since you were in such a hurry on the way. Why don't you rest here first? I will also investigate my side. If someone really secretly sent troops to reinforce Shi Xie, I will definitely punish them severely and give you an explanation."

"it is good!"

Sun Jian sent someone to send Gu Rubing and Zhao Yun to the post station.

After seeing Gu Rubing leave, Sun Jian immediately looked at Zhou Yu.

"Gongjin, go investigate and see if anyone has gone to reinforce Shi Xie?"

"My lord, there is no need to check. There is definitely no one. If someone mobilized troops, you and I would not be unaware of it. So there must be no one. In fact, Liu Bei also knows this, but Liu Bei's purpose of coming here is not to raise an army to punish the culprit."

"why?"

"To borrow soldiers and food!"

"Soldiers and food?"

Sun Jian's eyes suddenly widened.

These two things really touched his sore spot.

Jiaozhou lost 200,000 soldiers and countless food and fodder, all of which were Gu Rubing's doing. Now he has the nerve to ask me for soldiers and food and fodder. This is a bit too bullying.

"Want to borrow troops? Humph, no."

Sun Jian snorted coldly and flicked his sleeves.

Hearing this, Zhou Yu immediately shook his head.

"My lord, Liu Bei has been engaged in a war, so he must be short of soldiers. The food supply during the war is two to three times that of the truce. Even if Liu Bei has eleven continents of the Han Dynasty, the food support for his army of hundreds of thousands is definitely insufficient. Moreover, after years of fighting, Liu Bei's soldiers have been reduced a lot. Liu Bei has only recently recruited 100,000 soldiers, which cannot make up for the lost soldiers. Now that the war in Youzhou has started again, Liu Bei's soldiers are no longer sufficient."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian's expression turned somewhat gloomy.

Sun Jian knew that Zhou Yu was talking about Gu Rubing's current situation. Faced with so many difficulties, since Gu Rubing had come, Sun Jian had to lend the troops whether he wanted to or not.

After all, he didn't want to face Gu Rubing's wrath himself.

While the two were discussing.

Gu Rubing and Zhao Yun also came to the post station.

After Sun Jian's men left, Zhao Yun made sure that no one was eavesdropping before he dared to speak.

"My Lord, Sun Jian is so sure that he did not make a move this time, and we have no evidence of their reinforcements. I'm afraid we won't achieve our goal this time."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing burst out laughing.

"Zilong, don't just look at the surface. I met with Sun Jian this time just to tell him my purpose. But that person was soft-hearted. In order to prevent us from being soft-hearted in the future, we can only find a reasonable reason to let them change from borrowing troops to sending troops. In this way, we will not have to bow down in front of Sun Jian in the future."

Zhao Yun looked at Gu Rubing in confusion. He always felt that Gu Rubing was playing with something very advanced, but he just didn't know what it was.

Seeing that Zhao Yun still didn't understand, Gu Rubing was too lazy to say anything more.

Early the next morning.

Zhou Yu knocked on Gu Rubing's door.

When Zhao Yun heard the sound, he rushed out from the side immediately.

"General Zhao, my King Wu invites you."

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Zhao Yun nodded and knocked on Gu Rubing's door again.

Gu Rubing opened his eyes dazedly and opened the door directly.

"King Lie, my master invites you!"

Gu Rubing knew that the result was coming.

And Gu Rubing knew that the result would definitely satisfy him.

However, there was no smile on Gu Rubing's face, and he still had a stern expression.

After a simple wash, everyone went straight to the palace.

When Sun Jian saw Gu Rubing coming, he immediately walked up to Gu Rubing with a smile.

"King Lie, I have spent a day and a night investigating what you said yesterday and found that several generals did defect and took some soldiers with them. We were indeed at fault in this matter. I wonder how King Lie wants to resolve it?"

"So that's how it is. Since the King of Wu didn't mean to cause trouble for me, I won't make it difficult for you. I know it's difficult for you. After all, you just lost 200,000 soldiers in Jiaozhou. How about this? You give me 100,000 soldiers and 1 million shi of grain, and we'll let this go."

"What? One hundred thousand soldiers and one million grain? Liu Bei, are you kidding me? What do you think this is? Your mobile military station? Aren't you asking for too much?"

When Sun Jian heard this number, he was stunned.

Then, just like a barrel of explosives being ignited and exploding, it began to attack Gu Rubing.

Before the Jiaozhou incident, Sun Jian really didn't care about these things. It was just a hundred thousand soldiers and horses. For him at that time, it was easy to take them out.

But now it’s different. He has just lost 200,000 soldiers and horses, and he still has a lot of food and grass. Now he is no richer than others.

After all, it takes time for new recruits to become qualified soldiers. There are only a few generals who can train troops. It is impossible to restore strength in a short time.

Gu Rubing did not expect that Sun Jian would explode directly.

Looking at Sun Jian's expression, Gu Rubing also felt that what he asked for was indeed a bit too much.

Then he sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, then tell me, how much compensation can you give?"

"Fifty thousand soldiers and one hundred thousand grains of fodder. This is the limit I can give you."

"Fifty thousand soldiers and horses?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing muttered to himself that this amount was still quite a far cry from what he originally wanted.

He then opened his mouth and was about to bargain when Sun Jian immediately waved his hand.

"King Lie, my ability is limited, this is the best I can do." (End of this chapter)