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Jiang Wei and Guo Huai stood on the city wall, watching Gu Rubing's army depart into the distance.

"Boyue, what did you say to Liu Bei? Why did Liu Bei withdraw his troops?"

"What did I say? It was Liu Bei himself who said he wanted to withdraw his troops and wanted to meet with me before he left."

"Meet you? You still say you two have nothing going on? If you have nothing going on, why would I need to meet you?"

Jiang Wei was at a loss for words when faced with Guo Huai's three questions.

How could he know what Liu Bei wanted to do by wanting to see him?

Seeing that Jiang Wei remained silent, Guo Huai's expression also turned sour; he had a feeling that something big was about to happen.

Just one day after Gu Rubing left.

Xiahou Dun led 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard and entered the city first.

With these 20,000 men, Jiang Wei immediately regained his confidence and even began to study how to retake Jiangzhou City.

When Xiahou Dun first returned, he was quite polite to Jiang Wei. After all, it was another misjudgment on their part. If it weren't for Jiang Wei, the entire Ba Commandery would probably have been lost again. Now, they only lost Jiangzhou City, and the losses were kept within 10,000 people, which is already the best possible outcome.

However, only two days later...

Xiahou Dun's attitude towards Jiang Wei underwent a complete 180-degree change.

From initial enthusiasm to indifference, and finally even sending troops to monitor Jiang Wei.

Every time Jiang Wei announced his plan to counterattack and retake Jiangzhou, Xiahou Dun would avoid the topic.

This left Jiang Wei quite perplexed.

a few days later.

Cao Ren returned with his army.

However, the first thing Cao Ren did upon returning was to have Jiang Wei placed under complete house arrest.

Jiang Wei had no idea what he had done wrong.

However, he also knew that Cao Ren wanted to place him under house arrest, and he couldn't object to anything. He could only wait for Cao Cao to return, and perhaps then he could get help.

However, Jiang Wei did not wait for Cao Cao, but instead waited for Guo Huai.

"Boyue, what exactly did you say to Liu Bei? And why did you go to see Liu Bei?"

"I went to see Liu Bei after receiving a letter from him. Liu Bei only exchanged a few pleasantries with me and did not say anything else."

Only then did Jiang Wei realize that he had probably been tricked, tricked by Liu Bei once again.

To prove his innocence, Jiang Wei handed over the letter sent by Liu Bei to Guo Huai intact.

Jiang Wei was kept in the dark the whole time, but Guo Huai knew perfectly well.

The reason why Xiahou Dun's attitude towards Jiang Wei changed so drastically during this period was entirely because Xiahou Dun learned that Jiang Wei had met with Liu Bei and that their relationship seemed very close.

Xiahou Dun informed Cao Ren of this news, which is why Cao Ren placed Jiang Wei under house arrest as soon as he returned.

This letter is now the best evidence to clear Jiang Wei of suspicion.

Guo Huai immediately delivered the letter to Cao Ren.

“General, Boyue would never betray us. Without Boyue, we could not have left Jiangzhou City safely, and with such minimal losses.”

Upon hearing this, Cao Ren took the letter and looked at the four words "To be opened by Boyue" on the envelope. It was indeed Gu Rubing's handwriting.

“Alas, that’s the problem. We conducted a drill based on your situation at the time, and we found that none of us could defend Jiangzhou City. Even if we retreated, we would lose at least a large number of people. In any case, we couldn’t control the losses to such a small extent and withdraw safely like Jiang Wei did. Don’t you have any doubts about this?”

As Cao Ren spoke, he opened the letter.

Guo Huai actually had some doubts about this, but not about Jiang Wei, but about Gu Rubing.

He didn't understand why Gu Rubing would actually let them leave, especially since their retreat route was the one Gu Rubing had arranged in the letter.

Even if they really didn't want to fight them and waste time, they shouldn't have left no spies on the way back, right?
When did Gu Rubing become so careless?

If Gu Rubing were really like that, they wouldn't have been able to maintain this stalemate with him for so long.

Could it be that Jiang Wei really had a problem?
This idea only lingered in Guo Huai's mind for a moment before he dismissed it.

All of Jiang Wei's efforts were seen by Guo Huai. Everyone could doubt Jiang Wei, but he alone could not.

Guo Huai believed that Jiang Wei had been wronged.

But soon, Cao Ren's words made Guo Huai doubt whether his trust was worthwhile.

"You say Jiang Wei wouldn't betray us? Then look at this!"

Cao Ren threw the heart directly in front of Guo Huai.

Guo Huai saw that there were almost no complete words on the letter; they were all crooked and obviously had been damaged.

The only four characters that could be clearly seen were "Xie" and "Jiangzhou City".

Seeing this, Guo Huai didn't know what to do.

"Forget it, let's wait until the lord returns and then ask him how to deal with it. During this time, no one should approach Jiang Wei."

"Yes!"

Guo Huai dared not disobey Cao Ren's orders and could only nod in agreement.

at the same time.

Cao Cao finally received Jiang Wei's plea for help.

After receiving Jiang Wei's letter, Xun Yu of Yizhou knew it was a big deal and immediately sent it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao never expected that while he was helping Liu Zhang, his own home would be raided.

Immediately, Cao Cao found Liu Zhang.

"Yizhou has been attacked by Liu Bei. We need to immediately stop our military campaign against Sun Jian and return to support Yizhou."

From the very beginning, Cao Cao had said that all the territories of the Anluo Empire would be given to Liu Zhang.

The two sides are currently at war.

Moreover, Sun Jian was about to run out of herbs.

Once Sun Jian runs out of herbs, his Gu clan can unleash its power.

At this critical moment, Cao Cao actually wanted to retreat himself.

Liu Zhang could no longer tolerate this.

After all, Yizhou was not his territory, but the cities of the Anluo Empire were.

Now that they are about to take it, even if only one county in Yizhou is attacked, or even if Yizhou is reduced to only Chengdu, Liu Zhang probably will not withdraw his troops.

"King Wei, what are you joking about? Give me five more days at most, and I will be able to take Nisa City. Then I will accompany you back."

Looking at Liu Zhang's appearance, Cao Cao suddenly felt a surge of anger.

He had consistently provided Liu Zhang with a considerable amount of grain and supplies, as well as a substantial amount of gold and silver.

Liu Zhang kept praising himself, but in the end, he didn't receive any of the benefits.

Now, even if he wants Liu Zhang to help him, he is unwilling.

Cao Cao felt as if all the things he had done for Liu Zhang over the years had been wasted.

"Liu Zhang, are you coming back with me or not?"

Liu Zhang saw that Cao Cao was angry, but Liu Zhang was blinded by the victory before him, and he shook his head like a rattle drum. "I'm not going back. If you want to go back, go back by yourself. I can still take Nisa City without you."

Seeing Liu Zhang's insistence, Cao Cao didn't bother to say anything more and immediately led his soldiers away.

Without the support of Cao Cao's elite troops and the help of the renowned general Xu Huang, Liu Zhang immediately felt the pressure.

Sun Jian seemed to already know that Cao Cao had left, and began to mobilize his troops to suppress Liu Zhang relentlessly.

In just two days, Liu Zhang lost as many as 50,000 troops.

Such a loss caused Liu Zhang some pain, and at the same time, he felt some resentment towards Cao Cao.

If Cao Cao were still alive, he wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses.

Soon, even worse news reached Liu Zhang.

That was the second batch of herbs that Gu Rubing had sent.

This means that the Gu clan still cannot use it.

Without the Gu Clan as a powerful weapon, Liu Zhang was no match for Sun Jian.

Soon, Liu Zhang's offensive was completely blocked, and he could only switch from taking the initiative to taking the initiative to defend.

In Liu Zhang's mind, all of this was because of Cao Cao's sudden withdrawal.

Soon, news that Cao Cao had left Liu Zhang and that Liu Zhang had been suppressed by Sun Jian reached Gu Rubing.

Upon seeing this, Gu Rubing burst out laughing.

Everything is proceeding as planned by Gu Rubing.

During this time, Gu Rubing showed no intention of making a move; he was waiting, waiting for Cao Cao to put on a good show for him.

Of course, this could also be a classic scene of brothers killing each other.

When Cao Cao returned to Yizhou, Jiang Wei had already been imprisoned for more than ten days.

When Cao Ren met Cao Cao, he immediately handed the letter to Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao saw the messy handwriting on the letter, and could only make out four characters, his first reaction was that he had been tricked.

With such an obvious letter, even if Jiang Wei had truly defected to Liu Bei, why would he have kept the letter until now, just to wait for them to investigate?

However, Cao Cao soon became suspicious of Jiang Wei's meeting with Gu Rubing.

As the King of Lie, when he met with the local generals, he simply talked and drank, without saying anything else.
Cao Cao refused to believe this no matter what he said. He felt that Gu Rubing must have said something to Jiang Wei, but Jiang Wei just didn't tell them.

In the end, Cao Cao decided to meet with Jiang Wei.

When Jiang Wei learned that Cao Cao had come, he thought Cao Cao was there to release him. However, he did not expect that Cao Cao was there to question him.

"Boyue, what exactly did you say to Liu Bei?"

“My lord, I didn’t say anything, and Liu Bei didn’t ask anything either. That’s true.”

"Is it?"

Looking at Jiang Wei, Cao Cao felt that Jiang Wei was not lying to him, but no matter what, he had always felt that Gu Rubing had a strange fondness for Jiang Wei.

This has always been something he has been suspicious of.

“Boyue, since you say you didn’t say anything to Liu Bei, then I believe you. You can come out now.”

Although Cao Cao had his suspicions, he also knew that he had no evidence at all. If Jiang Wei didn't want to talk, it would be pointless for him to ask.

Jiang Wei thought Cao Cao trusted him, and he was quite happy that Cao Cao had released him.

Soon, Jiang Wei followed Cao Cao into the main hall.

At this moment, all of Cao Cao's top combat forces were gathered in the hall.

The reason everyone gathered together wasn't for anything else; they were all discussing whether or not to take Jiangzhou City.

After all, Jiangzhou City had been reinforced several times and had become extremely sturdy. The fact that Jiang Wei suffered less than 10,000 casualties while defending the city showed just how formidable Jiangzhou City was.

Therefore, the loss of Jiangzhou was a huge loss for Cao Cao.

Seeing that Cao Ren was clamoring to take back Jiangzhou City, Jiang Wei also strongly agreed.

When Cao Cao returned this time, he not only brought back the famous general Xu Huang, but also 60,000 troops.

At present, 150,000 troops have gathered in Linjiang City.

Cao Cao was relatively supportive of Cao Ren's plan to reclaim Jiangzhou City.

But at that moment, Cao Cao suddenly thought of Jiang Wei and looked at him.

"Boyo, what do you think?"

"Replying to my lord, I also agree to take Jiangzhou City, and I am willing to be the vanguard!"

However, it was this very statement that forced Cao Cao to reconsider.

A moment later, Cao Cao slowly stood up.

"We'll talk about Jiangzhou City later. Let's rest first."

After saying this, Cao Cao left immediately.

Everyone looked puzzled, wondering what had happened.

Cao Cao had clearly shown considerable interest in counterattacking Jiangzhou City before, so why did he suddenly change his mind?

Jiang Wei also looked completely bewildered.

But soon, Jiang Wei guessed what was going on.

Clearly, Cao Cao did not trust him, and the problem likely stemmed from his statement that he wanted to be the vanguard.

Jiang Wei was deeply disappointed by Cao Cao's distrust.

After releasing Deng Ai, Jiang Wei made a point of inquiring about Deng Ai's situation.

After Deng Ai returned, Gu Rubing handed over Deng Ai's previous powers to him, rewarded him with a lot of gold and silver, held a banquet to celebrate Deng Ai's return, and allowed Deng Ai to lead the troops again the next day.

You should know that Deng Ai stayed with them for more than twenty days.

For so long, Gu Rubing never doubted whether Deng Ai had joined them.

He had only had a drink with Gu Rubing and received a letter that was clearly fake, and the drink was given in front of everyone.

It is clear that Cao Cao's vision was on a completely different level from Gu Rubing's.

Jiang Wei was already considering leaving Cao Cao at this point.

But this idea was quickly rejected by Jiang Wei.

At least Cao Cao only suspects him now and hasn't done anything to really hurt him.

Without Cao Cao's support, Liu Zhang finally realized Sun Jian's strength.

He hesitated because he didn't have any powerful generals at his disposal. Although he had Surena who could barely hold on, Sun Jian had a top strategist like Zhou Yu.

Liu Zhang suffered many losses in terms of famous generals, and in the end, he was even on the verge of losing control of these few docks.

Left with no other choice, Liu Zhang had to swallow his pride and approach Cao Cao again, asking him to continue helping him.

But Cao Cao was already very disappointed with Liu Zhang.

Such a major event has occurred in Yizhou, and Liu Zhang doesn't even seem inclined to help him. Why should he help him? (End of Chapter)