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

However, this approach does indeed go against one's original intentions.

Gu Rubing studied the map for a long time.

The speed at which the enemy reinforcements arrived certainly exceeded their expectations.

Just then, a person walked in carrying a cup of tea.

"My lord, let me pour you another cup of tea."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing immediately looked at the person who had come.

They discovered that the visitor was a guard from Guan Yu's side. When Guan Yu learned that he would be left in Yizhou, he specifically entrusted Zhou Cang to Gu Rubing to protect his safety.

Although Zhou Cang is now a first-rate military general, he is almost at the level of a famous general.

Zhou Cang had always been in charge of the Azure Dragon Swordsmen, so he rarely appeared alone on the battlefield.

“Yuanfu, your strength is not weak. It is indeed a bit of a waste to have you in command of the Azure Dragon Swordsmen all this time.”

Even among first-rate military generals, Zhou Cang's strength was among the top.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Cang immediately knelt down in front of Gu Rubing.

"My lord, I, Zhou Cang, am not very capable. Wherever you assign me, I will do my best to do my job well."

Seeing Zhou Cang's condition, Gu Rubing smiled and helped him up.

"What are you doing? I didn't blame you for anything. I'm giving you a task. Can you complete it?"

"My lord, please give your orders!"

Gu Rubing nodded.

When Surena learned that the reinforcements would arrive in five days, he was overjoyed. After all, these were 100,000 veterans, including many elite soldiers. With these men, he would have a trump card to fight Gu Rubing.

Therefore, Surena had been preparing camps for these people well in advance, and he was determined to personally command them.

three days later.

Surena was surprised to receive a notification that reinforcements were already outside the camp.

"How come it's so fast? Wasn't it supposed to be five days?"

Surena walked out of the tent out of curiosity and saw 30,000 people standing outside. He then walked curiously toward the person in the lead.

"Who are you? I've never seen you before. And weren't you supposed to have 100,000 people? How come there are only 30,000?"

"General, I am Liu Fu, the deputy general under the King of Wu. These 30,000 are the vanguard. The main army will arrive in two days."

It's quite normal for a force of 100,000 to have a vanguard.

After Liu Fu finished speaking, he handed his token to Surena, which dispelled Surena's suspicions. Surena was a deputy general under the King of Wu, and he didn't know who Sun Jian's deputy generals were. In particular, the fact that these 30,000 men were all from the Western Legion made Surena lower his guard.

"I have prepared a campsite for you. Go and rest."

"Yes!"

Liu Fu led everyone directly to the new camp.

Surena could tell that these 30,000 men were all battle-hardened veterans. With these 30,000 men, he felt more confident in his fight against Liu Bei.

When Wang Yue heard that reinforcements had arrived, he rushed over immediately, but only saw Surena.

The two argued until nightfall over the ownership of the 30,000 troops.

Meanwhile, Taishi Ci, with 50,000 troops, began to admire the moon outside Wang Yue's camp, as was his usual practice.

Upon hearing this news, Surena gave a cold smile.

He didn't have any elite troops before, but now that they have arrived, he no longer needs to be afraid of Taishi Ci.

"Get ready to fight."

Soon, after counting the troops, they rushed out of the camp.

Taishi Ci had not expected that Surena's reaction would be so strong this time.

"Hey, what are you guys up to? Join us for moon-gazing?"

Surena gave a cold laugh, then waved his hand dismissively.

Wang Yue drew his Gentleman's Sword and shouted, "Kill!"

Immediately afterwards, all the new recruits charged towards Taishi Ci.

Taishi Ci had long been prepared to take action and led his men to charge forward.

Watching his own troops retreating, Surena remained calm. He was waiting; the real elite troops had not yet entered the fray.

Upon seeing this, Liu Fu quickly walked up to Surena.

"General, should we go into battle?"

"No need, let's wait a bit longer!"

"Yes!"

The new recruits could only hold out for an hour before they could no longer continue and began to run away.

Seeing this, Surena waved the flag in his hand.

Immediately afterwards, Surena's only elite force, the 30,000 veteran soldiers of the central army, charged forward.

These 30,000 men managed to hold off Taishi Ci's 50,000 troops.

However, the disparity in numbers meant that these 30,000 people couldn't hold out for long.

"Liu Fu, it's your turn to go up and teach Taishi Ci and the others a lesson."

Just as Surena finished speaking and was about to give the order, he suddenly felt a knife pressed against his waist.

"you……"

Surena looked at Liu Fu with a shocked expression.

"Hehe, General Su, I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. I really didn't expect you to believe us so easily."

"If you are not Sun Jian's men, then how come you have a Western Legion?"

“My lord once made a deal with Sun Jian, so of course there will be a Western Legion.”

"who are you?"

"I am Zhou Cang, a general under King Lie!"

"Zhou Cang?"

Upon hearing the name, Surena's face instantly darkened. He did know Zhou Cang, who was said to be Guan Yu's deputy, but who would care about a deputy?
"What exactly do you want? Since you've captured me, why don't you kill me?"

"Don't rush, keeping the seed will definitely be useful."

After saying that, Zhou Cang took out a dark pill and threw it into Surena's mouth. Only after Surena swallowed the pill did Zhou Cang let go.

"What did you feed me?"

"This is a poison specially developed by my husband, Hua Tuo. As long as you take the antidote regularly, there will be no danger. However, I must warn you first that only my husband, Hua Tuo, has this antidote."

After Zhou Cang finished speaking, he burst out laughing.

In the distance, Wang Yue and Shi A were fighting against Taishi Ci.

Although Taishi Ci was no match for the two of them combined, a short period of entanglement was not a problem.

However, just when they felt that Taishi Ci was getting tired and it was the perfect opportunity for them to take him down, Surena suddenly ordered a retreat.

The two looked at each other, and in their eyes they saw the other's unwillingness.

However, military orders were absolute, and they had no choice but to retreat quickly.

This battle resulted in the near annihilation of Surena's new recruits, whose total strength was less than 20,000.

Wang Yue stared at Surena with a gloomy expression, completely ignoring Zhou Cang behind Surena.

"Surena, give me an explanation! Why did you withdraw your troops? If we had just a little more time, we could have taken down Taishi Ci." Surena didn't want to either.

But this was Zhou Cang's request, and for the sake of his life, he had no way to change it.

"Now is not the time to fight Liu Bei. We must wait for reinforcements to arrive before we can have a decisive battle with him."

Wang Yue and Shi A felt that what Surena said made sense, so they naturally didn't say anything more.

However, just as dawn was breaking...

Wang Yue and Shi A received orders at the same time. Shi Xie asked them to go back, saying that something had happened in the rear.

Wang Yue had experienced something like this once before, and he was worried that it was Gu Rubing's scheme. He even asked the messenger who delivered the letter many questions.

But this time the messenger's answer was very accurate.

This letter was indeed sent by Shi Xie, and Shi Xie did indeed need to send them back.

All of this is because of Liu Zhang!

When Liu Zhang first received news that Cao Cao was going to attack Jiaozhou, he didn't care.

He couldn't fathom Cao Cao's reason for attacking Jiaozhou. After all, the two sides were still allies, and although they had some disagreements, they didn't want to damage their alliance.

It wasn't until Jiaozhi fell that Liu Zhang finally started to panic.

Moreover, it was his own ally Cao Cao who captured Jiaozhi County.

With his own backyard on fire, Liu Zhang had no time to worry about Liangzhou. He contacted Sun Jian and stopped all aid to Liangzhou. Liu Zhang's 50,000 veteran soldiers, who were almost there, were also urgently withdrawn. Liu Zhang was preparing to return to Jiaozhou to negotiate with Cao Cao.

Liu Zhang's withdrawal of troops terrified Sun Jian and Shi Xie.

Liu Zhang and Shi Xie are currently Sun Jian's shields, with Liu Zhang being of paramount importance. If Liu Zhang were to leave, wouldn't Gu Rubing cause trouble for him?

Sun Jian immediately tried to persuade Liu Zhang to stay and continued to negotiate with him.

Shi Xie did not have many troops to begin with, and none of them were sent to the battlefield. The only ones on the battlefield were Wang Yue and Shi A.

Fearing that the two would become cannon fodder in the struggle between Sun Jian and Liu Zhang, Shi Xie urgently recalled them.

After seeing Wang Yue and Shi A leave, Surena was completely bewildered.

In contrast, Zhou Cang was even more unrestrained.

Currently, Surena wields the most power within the entire military camp, and he remains under his control.

A day later, reinforcements of 50,000 troops arrived.

While the troops were being settled in Surena, Zhou Cang came over and handed Surena a marching route map.

Surena immediately noticed a valley on the map.

The valley was flanked by mountain paths, making it an ideal place for an ambush. Clearly, Gu Rubing intended to devour everyone here.

On the surface, Surena agreed to Zhou Cang's plan, but while Zhou Cang was away, she took the opportunity to find a military doctor to try and get rid of the poison in her body.

Unfortunately, after a long examination, the military doctors could not find any signs of poisoning in Surena.

Ultimately, Surena could only conclude that these military doctors' medical books were certainly not as advanced as Hua Tuo's, which was why they couldn't detect the poison Hua Tuo had administered.

Just then, Surena also received orders to evacuate immediately.

Looking at the transfer order in his hand, Surena was a little troubled.

If I leave now, Gu Rubing will definitely not let me off the hook.

But if he didn't leave, all his troops would be left here, and Liu Zhang wouldn't let him go. At the same time, Su Leina also knew that even if he did as Gu Rubing said, Gu Rubing wouldn't let him go.

Thinking about this, Surena suddenly had an idea.

Since it's impossible to let myself off the hook, I might as well take the initiative.

Soon, Surena found Zhou Cang.

"It's not impossible for me to do something, but I need to see your lord first."

"Oh?"

Zhou Cang glanced at Surena. He had a feeling that this guy exuded a dangerous aura, not the murderous aura between military generals, but a sinister feeling.

It doesn't feel like something good is coming from someone like this wanting to see their lord.

However, Zhou Cang also knew that it was not his place to speak on this matter.

Zhou Cang then wrote a letter and had his men deliver it to Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing read the contents of the letter and learned that Liu Zhang had ordered Su Leina to evacuate.

"You want to see me at this time?"

Gu Rubing stared at the letter in his hand, remaining silent for a long time.

The crowd stepped forward, trying to prevent Gu Rubing from meeting with Surena. They had a feeling that Surena was going to fight Gu Rubing to the death.

However, after looking at everyone, Gu Rubing finally decided to meet with Surena.

When Surena asked Zhou Cang to tell him, he must have known that the people around him would refuse to see him. In order not to be looked down upon by Surena, he also had to meet him.

The two agreed to meet the next day.

after one day.

Gu Rubing simply brought Taishi Ci to the outside of Surena's camp.

Now, Surena's camp is almost the same size as his own, after all, he has stationed 30,000 people here, and there is also Zhou Cang.

Soon, Zhou Cang learned that Gu Rubing had arrived and immediately invited him to the commander's camp.

Zhou Cang then attacked Surena.

"General Su, let's go! My lord has arrived."

Upon hearing this, Surena sighed and then followed Zhou Cang directly into the tent.

As for the soldiers inside the camp, Zhou Cang had summoned them all away.

After seeing that no one was in the tent, Surena immediately looked at Gu Rubing.

"King Lie, you really have some impressive skills. You've kept so many people hidden around me without making a sound."

"Haha, to deal with someone as resourceful as you, you naturally need to use some special methods. How about it, aren't my methods pretty good?"

"Indeed impressive, but does King Lie really think that once you've come here, you can leave?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Cang immediately tensed up and looked around warily.

"Surena, how dare you threaten my lord? Aren't you afraid of dying from the poison?"

"poison?"

Upon hearing this, Surena burst into laughter and then pointed to the tea in front of Gu Rubing.

"General Zhou Cang, I really have to thank you. If you hadn't delivered this cup of tea to your lord, I think given his wariness, he would never have drunk it."

Zhou Cang looked at the teacup in Gu Rubing's hand in horror, and then knelt down in front of Gu Rubing.

He hadn't expected Surena to go to such lengths, even using his identity as a weapon.

Gu Rubing also felt a sudden pain in his abdomen.

But he remained silent and refrained from making a fuss.

"Get up, Zhou Cang, this is not your fault."

"Yes, my lord."

After saying that, Zhou Cang swung his knife and held it against Surena's neck, demanding that she hand over the antidote.

"The antidote? Fine, hand over my antidote first, or I'll make sure Liu Bei dies with me." (End of Chapter)