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

This general was clearly very vigilant.

But when he finished speaking, he noticed a change in the eyes of the several lieutenants around him as they looked at him.

He could even sense a faint killing intent emanating from the surroundings.

The general's heart immediately jumped.

He then realized that 200,000 gold coins was an enormous fortune for anyone. They were originally bandits and robbers, and there was a saying that had always circulated among them.

That is, cutting off someone's source of income is like killing their parents.

Now that he wants to let Liu Bei escape, isn't he cutting off everyone's source of income?

"Alright then, let's get started."

Upon hearing the general's words, the murderous aura in the air vanished instantly, replaced by gasps of surprise from everyone in the camp.

It's as if Liu Bei is destined to die this time, and we're sure to get the 200,000 gold.

Gu Rubing strolled leisurely toward Stone Sheep Valley.

Meanwhile, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, dressed in the armor of ordinary soldiers, followed Gu Rubing to his left and right.

As for Zhao Yun and Ma Chao on the city wall, they were naturally soldiers in disguise.

"My lord, Stone Sheep Valley is just ahead. General Wen Yuan has already sent word that everything is ready. Shall we head straight there?"

“No rush. It would be too risky for us to go straight there, and the enemy could easily ambush us there. Wouldn’t that mean we’d run into Wen Yuan and his group? We should go somewhere further away. Aren’t there streams near Stone Sheep Valley? Let’s go there. That should be a good place to ambush us.”

"But my lord, that place is quite far from where Wen Yuan and the others are. What if something happens in between...?"

"Zilong, don't I have you all? Don't worry, it's just a few tens of thousands of rebels."

Gu Rubing smiled, ignored what Zhao Yun and Ma Chao were saying, and led his army slowly toward the vicinity of the stream.

After confirming where Gu Rubing was going, the general of the chaotic army burst out laughing.

"Liu Bei really doesn't know anything about Shiyang Valley. The stream is in a low-lying area, which is perfect for us to ambush. Even if he is prepared, he definitely won't be able to escape this time."

Seeing that Gu Rubing had chosen a dead end, the general's worries were finally relieved.

Soon, Gu Rubing arrived at the stream.

Having lowered the guard of the rebels, Gu Rubing immediately ordered the entire army to rest.

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao stayed behind Gu Rubing, watching their surroundings warily.

Soon, Zhao Yun noticed that on the mountaintop not far from where they were, a flock of birds were circling in the air and never landed.

Zhao Yun immediately deduced that there must be people in that place, and that it was very hot.

Just as Zhao Yun was about to tell Gu Rubing, a sudden volley of arrows appeared.

Caught off guard, Gu Rubing's team suffered considerable casualties.

However, the soldiers quickly realized what was happening and picked up their shields, forming a shield formation to protect Gu Rubing in the center.

Arrows rained down relentlessly.

However, the area where they were located had many trees, which helped them bear a lot of the arrows.

After a stick of incense.

All the arrows stopped raining down.

But no one let their guard down, because they knew that the enemy would soon launch their attack.

as predicted.

Shouts of battle could be heard from all around.

Immediately after counting the troops, they appeared around them.

Upon seeing this, a lieutenant immediately shouted, "Protect our lord and evacuate!"

Soon, these soldiers began to protect Gu Rubing and retreat, and the battle between the two sides officially began.

To ensure the plan's success, Gu Rubing did not reveal his plans to everyone. Instead, before leaving, he distributed a large sum of money to the two thousand people and stipulated that the money could not be taken out of the city and must remain there.

These men were all seasoned veterans. They understood the meaning of this formation without anyone explaining it to them, so they came out with the determination to die.

These rebel troops were poorly equipped and couldn't compare to Gu Rubing's men at all.

But their advantage lies in their sheer numbers.

At first, they were able to keep up, and the two sides fought back and forth.

However, later on, all two thousand elite soldiers experienced a decline in physical strength, and their movements became somewhat slow.

This gave the chaotic troops an opportunity. They went berserk and pounced on the elite soldiers, abandoning their weapons and launching an attack in the most primitive way.

Many elite soldiers were bitten to death.

With the protection of Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, Gu Rubing finally broke through the encirclement.

Of those who ran away with Gu Rubing, fewer than two hundred people did.

"My lord, let's return to the city."

"No, we're going to the canyon."

"My lord, we..."

The lieutenant wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ma Chao.

"Do whatever the lord says."

The deputy general knew that Ma Chao and Zhao Yun were right next to Gu Rubing. Since these two had already spoken, he, as a deputy general, naturally couldn't say anything more.

Soon, the group ran into the canyon.

The pursuers burst into laughter when they saw the direction Gu Rubing and his group were fleeing.

"Haha, Liu Bei is really scared out of his wits by us. He's not going back to the city, but running in the opposite direction. Brothers, we're going to take the 200,000 gold this time. Everyone, charge with us! Whoever kills Liu Bei will be richly rewarded by me."

Several lieutenants were shouting frantically at their surroundings.

Upon seeing this, the general immediately frowned.

Although he lacked military expertise, he did have a sense that Liu Bei's behavior was indeed somewhat unusual.

"Wait, something's not right. Be careful, there might be an ambush."

However, these people couldn't possibly listen to what the general said; they completely ignored it.

Soon, they began to pursue Gu Rubing.

An hour later.

Gu Rubing finally reached the entrance to the valley.

However, Gu Rubing did not go in, but waited quietly at the entrance.

Before long, the group of pursuers appeared not far from Gu Rubing.

"Haha, Liu Bei, you have nowhere to run now! You, Liu Bei, are you concerned about the people? Now we, the people, need your head. As long as we have your head, we can all live a good life. Come and contribute!"

Upon hearing these words, Gu Rubing turned cold for a moment, then plunged into the valley.

"Still running? Brothers, chase after them! We can't let this prize get away! For 200,000 gold, go for it!"

As soon as one of the lieutenants finished speaking, the rioting troops immediately rushed into the valley.

Just as the lieutenant was about to chase after him, someone grabbed his arm.

"Wait a minute, be careful, there might be an ambush."

The lieutenant looked at the owner of the hand and realized it belonged to the general.

Now that 200,000 taels of gold were right in front of him, the general wouldn't let him take them, and he immediately became anxious.

"Tian Hu, don't go too far. You yourself said there was an ambush, but where was the ambush? We were ambushing Liu Bei, not the other way around. We didn't even have time to set up an ambush. How could Liu Bei have had the opportunity to ambush us? Even if there was an ambush, how could a hundred or so men ambush our 60,000 troops? Are you kidding me? Tian Hu, if you're scared, stay here. But those 200,000 troops are none of your business." After saying that, the deputy general chased after them into the valley.

Seeing that his deputy was completely ignoring his orders, Tian Hu sighed.

He also felt that what the deputy general said made sense. Liu Bei only had a little over a hundred men left, and he couldn't possibly know that he was going to ambush him. Even if a little over a hundred men had some kind of trick, they couldn't possibly pose any threat to their 60,000 men.

After hesitating for a moment, he also chased after them into the valley.

Gu Rubing kept running ahead.

He hadn't expected the valley to be so large.

He ran for quite a while before he finally made it out of the valley.

Zhang Liao, who was lying in ambush on the high ground, immediately ordered the exit to be blocked with huge stones after he saw Gu Rubing go out.

This boulder not only blocked the exit, but also completely prevented them from pursuing Gu Rubing.

Tian Hu and his lieutenants at the rear were completely unaware of what was happening and kept pushing their way in, fearing that Gu Rubing would be killed by someone else.

Those blocked in front, with the huge rocks obstructing their way, simply couldn't get out.

Soon, the valley was completely blocked by the massive army, and many of the people at the very front were trampled to death.

Zhang Liao saw that quite a few people had already entered the valley, and the valley was completely blocked. Only a few thousand people remained outside and could not get in.

He immediately ordered that the entrance be blocked with huge stones, and at the same time sent two thousand cavalry to surround and kill the several thousand rebel troops outside.

The moment Tian Hu saw that his escape route was blocked, he knew he had fallen into a trap.

"Everyone, be careful."

However, Tian Hu's voice was completely drowned out by the noisy crowd; no one cared about what he said.

These people had only one thought in their minds: to get the group moving faster so they could go out and hunt down Liu Bei. They didn't care that their path was blocked, and some of them didn't even notice.

"Fire arrows."

Zhang Liao's voice faded.

Countless arrows rained down from the stone walls on both sides.

The chaotic army suffered countless casualties in a short time.

However, they quickly realized what was happening and began raising their shields overhead to block the rain of arrows.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao immediately ordered his men to push the boulders and logs down.

The chaotic troops were immediately knocked down in large numbers.

However, at this moment, the rebel army finally realized what was happening and began to look for an exit, but they soon discovered that both the front and the back were completely blocked.

Some of the rebel troops began climbing the surrounding mountain walls.

Zhang Liao knew he couldn't let them come up; if they did, all their preparations would be for nothing.

Left with no other choice, Zhang Liao had to resort to his last resort, a method he had always been reluctant to use because he felt it was too bloody.

"Put on the kerosene."

As Zhang Liao's voice faded.

Thousands of oil canisters fell from the mountaintop into the valley.

"It's kerosene, there's kerosene."

"Be careful not to light it, do not light it."

Various sounds echoed continuously in the valley for a time.

However, the fact that they didn't light the fire doesn't mean that Zhang Liao wouldn't.

"ignition!"

As Zhang Liao's voice fell, countless torches were thrown directly into the valley.

Even the archers were hit with several more rounds of fire arrows.

Then they began to shoot down the remaining rebel soldiers who were trying to climb up with arrows.

The fire burned for a full day and night.

The smell of burning flesh, combined with the stench of corpses, caused some soldiers lying in ambush on both sides to vomit violently.

Even Gu Rubing, who was watching the battle next to Zhang Liao, did not look too good.

The flames in the valley continued, but the screams had long since ceased.

"Sigh, let's put out the fire!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Liao was also suffering internally.

He had killed countless people and seen countless dead bodies, all in various ways, but he had never seen anyone burned alive like this.

Under Zhang Liao's command, the fire in the valley was quickly extinguished.

Gu Rubing was worried that the high temperature would harm the soldiers, so he simply waited in the valley for another day and night.

Only then were the soldiers allowed to enter the valley.

Looking at the charred corpses scattered on the ground, Gu Rubing remained silent.

Sun Jian has committed many sins, and sooner or later I will make you pay for them all.

Gu Rubing made a vow in his heart.

Sun Jian paid no attention to the situation in Liangzhou.

Sun Jian knew that these people were no match for Gu Rubing, but he also knew that Gu Rubing simply didn't have enough troops to suppress the rebel army.

He was waiting for Gu Rubing to come to him for help or to borrow troops, at which point he would be able to gain some benefits.

However, a month had already passed since they learned that Gu Rubing had entered Wuwei.

There was still no news from Gu Rubing, nor from Liangzhou, which gave Sun Jian a bad feeling.

However, soon after, another unpleasant voice came over.

"My lord, Liu Bei has arrived with ten thousand troops and a large number of carriages. They are currently outside the city."

"What? Why didn't anyone report this along the way?"

Sun Jian stared at Zhou Yu in shock.

Zhou Yu was also completely bewildered at this moment.

Logically speaking, Liangzhou is quite a distance from Constantinople, and there are many cities along the way. Did no one see Liu Bei?
"No matter what, Liu Bei has already arrived at the door, we can't just ignore him, let's go and take a look."

Upon hearing Zhou Yu's report, Sun Jian knew that Gu Rubing's visit this time was definitely not to borrow troops. Since he wasn't here to ask for help, it was very likely that he was here to kill him.

Therefore, Sun Jian specially summoned Sun Ce and Gan Ning, and even made all the soldiers in the city vigilant.

Soon, Sun Jian led his men to the outskirts of the city.

Upon seeing Gu Rubing, Sun Jian couldn't help but tremble.

Sun Jian saw that Gu Rubing had a smile on his face, but no matter how you looked at it, that smile was a little chilling.

"Haha, Prince Lie, what brings you here? And with so many people? Is there something you need?"

Sun Jian knew he absolutely couldn't show any guilt now, so he could only smile awkwardly.

"Oh? Does King Wu not know why I'm here? Has King Wu not heard about the situation in Liangzhou? Surely your Anluo Empire isn't so isolated from the world?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian realized that he had overdone it. (End of Chapter)