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

Sun Jian looked at Zhao Yun and Guan Yu who were walking over and immediately smiled, "I wonder if you two have any other business with us?"

"Of course, Your Highness, I apologize for any offense I may have caused."

As soon as Zhao Yun finished speaking, a silver dragon flew out.

And the silver dragon's target was none other than Sun Jian.

Just as the silver dragon was about to crash into Sun Jian, Gan Ning immediately rushed out and used his ancient sword to block the silver dragon.

Gan Ning's strength is still somewhat inferior to Zhao Yun's.

The last of the silver dragon's power sent Gan Ning flying.

The instant Gan Ning flew out, a blue dragon appeared and crashed directly into Sun Jian.

Sun Jian followed closely behind Gan Ning and flew out as well.

Sun Jian was then thrown heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood before losing consciousness.

Upon seeing this, Gan Ning quickly got up from the ground and went to Sun Jian's side to check on his condition.

"Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, you've gone too far!"

Gan Ning's eyes turned blood red, and his aura suddenly increased.

Sensing that something was wrong, Zhao Yun immediately stopped Gan Ning.

"Brother Guan was just testing us; he didn't use much strength. Your lord has only fainted. Take him back quickly and he'll recover after a while."

Upon hearing Zhao Yun's words, the bloodlust in Gan Ning's eyes gradually subsided.

After regaining his senses, Gan Ning carried Sun Jian on his back and then glared at the two of them.

“I, Gan Ning, will remember this humiliation. In the future, I, Gan Ning, will repay this humiliation in full.”

After saying this, Gan Ning carried Sun Jian on his back, turned around, and disappeared from their sight.

The two paid no attention to Gan Ning's threats.

Upon seeing the two return, Gu Rubing immediately went to them.

"Second brother, Zilong, how is Sun Jian's strength?"

"My lord, Sun Jian is probably not at our level. Just now, my casual attack seriously injured him. This is definitely not an act. However, Sun Jian's strength should be slightly higher than that of a famous general."

Guan Yu currently has the highest cultivation level among all legendary generals.

If even Guan Yu thinks there's no problem, then there probably isn't.

This put Gu Rubing's mind at ease for the time being.

Gan Ning carried Sun Jian on his back and ran through the woods for a long time. Only after confirming that no one was around did Gan Ning put Sun Jian down.

"My lord, there is no one around."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian, who had just fallen into a coma, suddenly opened his eyes.

Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that there was no one around.

"It's clear that I exposed my strength in front of Liu Bei before."

"Don't worry, my lord, they won't doubt your strength this time."

Sun Jian nodded.

After Sun Jian left, Gu Rubing sent someone to contact Cao Cao.

Now that Sun Jian and his men have left, it's time for Cao Cao to fulfill his promise.

When Cao Cao saw Gu Rubing's messenger, he immediately felt overwhelmed.

After hesitating for a long time, I couldn't find a reason to delay.

In the end, Cao Cao could only pretend to be asleep, making the messenger wait in order to buy some time.

But soon, the envoy realized something was wrong. After understanding what Cao Cao meant, the envoy turned and left without lingering.

By the time Cao Cao wanted to give chase, it was too late.

After learning of Cao Cao's attitude from the envoy, Gu Rubing immediately dispatched 200,000 troops to prepare for the attack on the city.

Seeing 200,000 troops arrayed outside the city walls, Cao Cao immediately dispatched an envoy to Gu Rubing's camp.

As for this envoy, Gu Rubing followed Cao Cao's example and simply ignored him.

However, Cao Cao had already anticipated Gu Rubing's reaction and had given the messenger a strict order: he could only leave when he saw Gu Rubing, or he would stand there until he died at the entrance of Gu Rubing's camp.

Gu Rubing delayed for a whole day, and the envoy also stood outside the camp for a whole day. In the end, Gu Rubing still chose to let the time come in.

Upon seeing Gu Rubing, the envoy immediately knelt down before him.

"King Lie, this is all a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. My lord is preparing to leave Linjiang City, which is why he neglected your envoy and caused the misunderstanding. It was our fault. My lord said that if we are given three more days, we will definitely be able to hand over Linjiang City to you."

Cao Cao was clearly starting to regret his decision.

Taking Linjiang City without a fight would certainly be the best option.

"Okay, I'll give you three days."

three days later.

Cao Cao left Linjiang City as agreed.

Upon entering Linjiang City, Gu Rubing immediately ordered Zhang Liao to lead the Iron Pagoda and the Azure Dragon Swordsmen to the Liangzhou border to transport Sun Jian's grain supplies back.

After receiving the order, Zhang Liao quickly left Linjiang City.

Gu Rubing had already decided to end the battle and wait until the spring of next year to fight again.

However, about half a month after Zhang Liao left, a piece of intelligence was delivered to Gu Rubing.

Upon seeing the intelligence report, Gu Rubing's face immediately darkened.

"What's wrong, my lord?"

Lu Su, standing to the side, looked at Gu Rubing with curiosity.

"Intelligence has come from the Anluo Empire that Shi Xie has led 20,000 troops into Liangzhou in batches and eventually went into hiding. Liangzhou is mountainous, and the Younu Colonel has not yet figured out where Shi Xie and his men are hiding, but at least it is certain that Shi Xie's goal is the grain supplies in Zhang Liao's hands."

"If that's the case, wouldn't Zhang Liao be in great danger?"

After Lu Su finished speaking, he immediately looked at the map.

“My lord, now that we have received the news, Wen Yuan must have received it as well. Wen Yuan has a small number of troops, although they are all elites. But Shi Xie’s troops are not as easy to deal with as those bandits and mountain brigands. In addition, Shi Xie also has two famous generals. If their goal is the grain supplies, Zhang Liao’s troops simply cannot stop them.”

After a moment's hesitation, Gu Rubing made a decision.

"Zijing, I'm leaving things here to you. You must hold Jiangzhou City and Linjiang City for me. I'm taking men to meet Zhang Liao. It doesn't matter if we run out of food supplies. What I'm worried about is if something happens to Zhang Liao. That would be a huge loss."

"Alright, but how many men does Zhang Liao plan to take?"

Gu Rubing looked at the others present. Apart from Zhao Yun, who could be used, almost no one else could be used.

Just as Gu Rubing was feeling somewhat bewildered, a commotion arose outside the city.

Upon receiving the news, Gu Rubing saw that the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun had appeared outside the city.

"My lord, the Prime Minister has learned of the news from Liangzhou and concluded that you are going there. He is worried that you will not have enough troops at your side, so he sent us to provide support."

It turns out there were two pieces of intelligence; one was sent to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang knew Gu Rubing very well and immediately judged that Gu Rubing would definitely go there in person.

Zhuge Liang immediately dispatched the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun to support Gu Rubing. Gu Rubing laughed at Zhuge Liang's assessment, thinking it was like a pillow being delivered to someone who was sleepy.

Gu Rubing immediately decided to lead Zhao Yun and the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun to Liangzhou to support Zhang Liao.

Just as Gu Rubing had predicted, Zhang Liao was the first to learn about Shi Xie's situation.

Zhang Liao originally planned to stay in Constantinople and wait for Gu Rubing's reinforcements to arrive before leaving Constantinople.

But whether Sun Jian did it intentionally or unintentionally, he kept urging Zhang Liao to leave.

This is Sun Jian's territory after all, so there's not much I can say.

When Zhang Liao wanted to borrow some troops from Sun Jian, Sun Jian refused.

Zhang Liao thus sensed that Shi Xie's plan must be related to Sun Jian.

However, Zhang Liao did indeed misunderstand Sun Jian.

Sun Jian was in a hurry to get Zhang Liao to leave because Cao Cao and Liu Zhang were on their way to him.

Fearing that Zhang Liao would discover them, they hurriedly urged Zhang Liao to leave.

After being forced to leave Constantinople, Zhang Liao led the grain transport team and slowly entered Liangzhou.

Zhang Liao moved extremely slowly along the way.

This was to buy some time for the reinforcements.

After entering Liangzhou, Zhang Liao wanted to draw troops from the surrounding passes and cities to increase his own strength.

Unfortunately, the surrounding garrison was already small, and if too many troops were drawn from it, it would easily affect the daily patrols of the city and passes.

A small number of transfers would have virtually no effect.

In the end, Zhang Liao had no choice but to continue on his journey and abandon the idea of ​​drawing troops from the city's defenses.

After walking around Liangzhou for a while, everything around us became quiet.

Zhang Liao even suspected that the intelligence from the crossbow captain might be faulty, and that there might not be any ambush nearby at all.

However, Zhang Liao soon discovered that there weren't many.

The deeper you go into Liangzhou, the fewer sounds you hear. Although it is winter, not all animals hibernate, and there are still some sounds in the woods.

But everything around was a little too quiet.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao immediately stopped everyone in their tracks.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stopped and looked around nervously.

"General, something seems off in the neighborhood. Should I take some men to investigate?"

Zhou Cang also sensed that something was wrong with the surroundings, and immediately volunteered to search the area.

Zhang Liao hesitated for a moment, but ultimately agreed with Zhou Cang's decision.

Soon, Zhou Cang led a hundred Green Dragon Swordsmen to begin exploring to the left and right.

After Zhou Cang walked around and felt that there was no one around, he was about to leave when he heard the sound of a tree branch breaking.

Upon hearing the noise, Zhou Cang immediately became alert and began to slowly move towards the broken branch.

Soon, Zhou Zang noticed some bulges that looked like people hiding there.

Zhou Cang quickly realized, weren't there people all around him?

Just as Zhou Cang was about to run away, a voice suddenly appeared.

"Fire arrows!"

As the sound faded, countless arrows rained down from the surrounding deep mountains.

In an instant, many people were directly injured by the arrows.

Zhou Cang ran desperately until Zhang Liao's Year of the Snake.

"General, there are many people around us, and their target is the grain supplies we have."

Zhang Liao nodded helplessly. He could tell this even without Zhou Cang saying it.

Not long after, the rain of arrows gradually stopped, and then many people rushed out from both sides.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Liao immediately ordered Zhou Cang to lead two hundred men to guard the rear and protect the supplies, while he himself led the Ironclad Cavalry and the Azure Dragon Swordsmen to charge towards the group.

Not long after, the two sides officially clashed.

Zhang Liao could sense that although these people were dressed as bandits, their fighting ability was much stronger than that of bandits.

After eliminating the bandits, Zhang Liao looked at the chaotic battlefield and shouted, "Where is Shi Xie?"

However, in such a chaotic scene, Zhang Liao's voice was completely drowned out.

Even if the sound wasn't drowned out, Shi Xie would definitely not come out, after all, it was Zhang Liao who was looking for him.

However, while everyone was engaged in battle, some soldiers had already quietly approached the supply train.

Soon someone threw kerosene onto the grain pile.

Some of the grain supplies have suddenly become scarce.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Liao immediately arranged for Zhou Cang to lead everyone to put out the fire.

But battle had already broken out around the grain transport team. This time, all the people from the Anluo Empire's supply battalion ran away. The only people who could help Zhou Cang put out the fire were the two hundred Azure Dragon Swordsmen who had been initially assigned to him.

Moreover, this place is far from a water source, and there is no way to extinguish the burning grain and fodder.

After Zhang Liao killed the soldiers in front of him, he looked at the burning grain and fodder and was immediately disappointed.

This is only part of the problem. If they can't quickly drive the enemy back, the losses from this small amount of food and supplies will be much greater than what they've managed to avoid.

Zhang Liao was filled with regret at this moment. Why hadn't he stopped at the pass and waited for Gu Rubing's reinforcements to arrive before setting off again?

But at this point, no amount of regret will help.

Hiding in the shadows, Shi Xie saw that this method was feasible, and immediately ordered Wang Yue to personally lead a team to burn all the grain and fodder.

Just as Shih-hsieh was feeling smug about his cleverness...

A noisy sound came from afar.

"Wen Yuan, don't panic, I'm here to help you!"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Zhang Liao became extremely excited.

These disguised bandits were no match for the Ironclad Cavalry and the Azure Dragon Swordsmen, but unfortunately, their target was the grain supplies they were protecting, not themselves. Zhang Liao, lacking manpower, had no way to deal with this large number of bandits and brigands before the grain supplies were burned.

But now, Gu Rubing's reinforcements have arrived, and two thousand Yan Yun Eighteen Riders have appeared in everyone's sight.

With the arrival of the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun on the battlefield, many of the Azure Dragon Swordsmen were able to step down to protect the safety of the grain supplies.

Shi Xie had not expected that Gu Rubing would come from afar to provide assistance at this time.

"My lord, shall we continue fighting?"

Looking at the scene before him from afar, Wang Yue hesitated for a moment.

After all, anyone could recognize that Gu Rubing had brought the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun, one of the special forces, and their combat power was extremely strong.

"Stop fighting, just order a retreat. Although it didn't quite meet our expectations, it's still a decent thing to do." (End of Chapter)