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

Just as the two were wondering what was going on, the man in black had appeared behind them without them noticing.

The spear in his hand slammed directly into their backs.

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun's faces instantly turned red, and they spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You think you can lay a hand on me?"

The three fought at an extremely fast pace.

Gu Rubing watched from the side, but his eyes didn't follow at all.

By the time he realized what was happening, he saw Zhao Yun and Guan Yu both spit out blood at the same time.

"Second brother, Zilong."

Gu Rubing called out, but he didn't dare to go over.

At this moment, Zhang Fei and his men stood in front of Zhao Yun and his men, watching the men in black warily.

“King Lie, if this is all you have to offer, then don’t embarrass yourself by standing here. If you have any other tricks up your sleeve, then bring them out.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing clenched his fists; he was unwilling to accept it.

He endured countless hardships to achieve his current status, yet now any random person can force him into this predicament.

Just as Gu Rubing was pondering what to do, Lu Su's voice appeared behind him.

"My lord, a batch of gunpowder has been delivered."

Upon hearing about gunpowder, Gu Rubing immediately whispered an instruction in Lu Su's ear.

After Lu Su left, Gu Rubing immediately looked at the man in black and smiled, "I do have some tricks up my sleeve, but I'm worried about whether you can handle them, so I think I'll pass. You can go now."

Upon hearing this, the man in black looked at Gu Rubing and felt that Gu Rubing was not lying.

But he didn't believe that Gu Rubing would have any way to hurt him.

After all, in his view, Gu Rubing's greatest asset was his six legendary generals, but now they were all defeated by him.

"If that's how you put it, then I'll have to see what your trump card is."

"Alright, please wait for an hour, then I will take you somewhere."

Upon hearing this, the man in black sat down on the ground, his spear held across his legs, and closed his eyes, clearly conserving his energy.

An hour later, Lu Su arrived at Gu Rubing's side.

"My lord is all ready."

"it is good!"

Gu Rubing then looked at the man in black.

"Do you dare to come with me?"

"can."

The man in black nodded.

Before long, Gu Rubing led the men in black to a house in the suburbs.

"My methods are right here in the room."

"Hmph, I'd like to see what kind of tricks they have up their sleeves."

The man in black snorted coldly and walked directly into the room.

"I hope you come out of there alive."

However, the man in black only let out a laugh in response to Gu Rubing's words.

He then opened the door and walked straight in.

"Do it."

As Gu Rubing finished speaking, several fuses were lit simultaneously.

Gu Rubing then led the group to retreat quickly.

A moment later.

A terrifying explosion rang out.

Even the distant mountains were shaken by the explosion, causing rocks to tumble down.

Gu Rubing and others were so shocked that they experienced temporary hearing loss in both ears.

It took Gu Rubing a while to recover.

Guan Yu and the others present stared wide-eyed at the sight.

Putting aside the power, the deafening sound alone instilled a deep sense of fear in them.

Gu Rubing looked ahead at the houses that had already been bombed to pieces and burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, Zhuge Liang looked at Gu Rubing with some concern.

"My lord, this thing is too powerful. If someone dies inside, and the people of Penglai come demanding their return, we'll have a hard time explaining ourselves."

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. If this person dies here, it means we have the means to deal with Penglai. If the people from Penglai dare to come and demand him, I guarantee I'll kill as many of them as they come. We have gunpowder in our hands."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang didn't know what else to say, but he always felt that if they went against the people of Penglai, every step they took in the future would be difficult.

Just as they were talking, a stone moved.

Immediately afterwards, the stone was pushed over.

The man in black came out from inside.

At this moment, the black clothes on the man in black were completely burned, but Gu Rubing still could not see the other party's face clearly.

Because at this moment, the other person's face was covered in black charcoal and blood.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The man in black coughed up three mouthfuls of blood.

He then collapsed to the ground.

Guan Yu then walked up to the man in black.

"How about it? The thing my older brother researched is quite powerful, isn't it? Want to experience it again?"

Guan Yu could sense that although this thing had severely injured the man in black, it would still require the intervention of legendary generals like them to kill it.

"No need. Prince Lie is indeed skilled. I will remember this incident. We'll meet again someday."

After speaking, the man in black disappeared from everyone's sight.

Guan Yu was also somewhat surprised when he saw this.

Despite being so severely injured, the man in black was still able to move normally, and his speed was astonishing.

This was truly beyond his imagination.

After leaving Guan Yu and his men, the man in black appeared a hundred miles away from them.

He had barely stopped when he spat out another mouthful of blood.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, the man in black looked behind him with some fear. After confirming that no one was chasing him, he slowly sat down on the ground.

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei, I really underestimated you!"

After muttering something under his breath, the man in black closed his eyes and began to heal his wounds.

After the man in black left, Gu Rubing finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he turned to look at Zhuge Liang, he found that Zhuge Liang's face did not show any joy of victory, but rather a sense of sorrow.

"Prime Minister, what's wrong?"

"My lord, I fear this will provoke retaliation from Penglai, and we might..."

"Don't worry, if Penglai comes to retaliate, I will definitely wipe them out." Gu Rubing was so confident because the explosives he had planted around the room were only one-third of what he had. He was sure that if he had planted all the explosives, the man in black would have been killed without a trace.

At this point, he finally had a means to fight against Penglai.

This time, Gu Rubing's original intention was simply to scare the people of Penglai and make them stop interfering with him.

Gu Rubing went to such lengths this time not only to teach Penglai a lesson, but also because they had attacked Zhuge Liang, so he wanted to retaliate simply.

"Alright, Prime Minister, there's no war going on in Yizhou right now. You should hurry back to Jingzhou and rest. Once you've recovered, I'll probably be able to take care of Cao Cao. Then, the whole world will be ours."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang smiled.

According to his calculations, Gu Rubing should be able to defeat Cao Cao within a month of his return. With Cao Cao gone, Sun Jian and Liu Zhang would inevitably surrender, and the struggle for supremacy would finally be coming to an end.

Zhuge Liang nodded and led Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Pang De, and Zhang Fei away from Luo County.

"My lord, the intelligence on Cao Cao has been compiled. Would you like to take a look?"

Lu Su approached Gu Rubing and whispered something.

"Well, let's talk about it when we get back."

Soon, everyone returned to the government office.

Lu Su then placed all the intelligence on Gu Rubing's desk.

Gu Rubing glanced at it briefly.

It turned out that Cao Cao had stationed 300,000 troops in Guangrou County, and another 200,000 troops in Chengdu as reserves.

Clearly, during his absence, Cao Cao had readjusted the defensive lines and troop deployments.

However, to Gu Rubing's surprise, Cao Cao handed over the command of the front line to Jiang Wei.

Cao Cao had always been somewhat wary of Jiang Wei, but now that he had handed over command to Jiang Wei, did he completely trust him?

This change in Cao Cao's policies was not good news for Gu Rubing.

Fortunately, after this period of time, Gu Rubing's troops in Luo County have increased to 400,000.

"My lord, Jiang Wei's 300,000-strong army is currently in a standoff with us in Guangrou City. If we want to capture Chengdu, we must first deal with Guangrou's 300,000-strong army. I suggest we attack the city directly."

Although Lu Su's method was a bit clumsy, it was the best method available at the time.

After all, the enemy has an army of 300,000. Now the entire Guangrou County has been emptied out, and there are no civilians left. This means that the entire Guangrou has become a military fortress.

With 300,000 men defending a city, Gu Rubing couldn't think of any effective way to defend it except for a direct assault.

Just as Gu Rubing was pondering what to do, he suddenly turned his gaze to Chengdu in the distance.

There's really nothing I can do about 300,000 people guarding a city, but if they come out, they might be able to come up with some solutions.

Then Gu Rubing called everyone over.

"Zhang He, Wei Yan, Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, the four of you take 300,000 troops and surround Guang Rou for me."

"Surround it?"

Upon hearing this, the four of them looked at Gu Rubing with puzzled expressions.

In a battle between 300,000 players, if it's a face-to-face four-kill situation, the four players might have a chance, but if they're surrounded, they simply can't be contained.

With 300,000 troops scattered across the four city gates, once the troops are dispersed, the defensive line will be torn apart once the people inside the city rush out. Even if they have immense strength, they cannot possibly stop them.

"My lord, we..."

Zhang He was about to say something when Gu Rubing stopped him.

"Your mission is to surround Guangrou City. Once they break through, your mission is to pursue them. Send as many men as possible to pursue them, and then immediately inform me of the news."

"Yes!"

Although the group didn't know what Gu Rubing was planning, they simply followed his instructions.

Then Gu Rubing looked at Zhang Liao.

"Wen Yuan, you take 100,000 troops and come with me. Once Guang Rou successfully surrounds us, we will bypass them and attack Chengdu directly."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liao looked at Gu Rubing with some surprise, then looked at the map again, his eyes lighting up.

Zhang Liao, who was skilled at taking risks, immediately saw through Gu Rubing's intentions.

Lu Su, who was standing to the side, also realized what was happening.

But soon he looked at Gu Rubing with some concern.

"My lord, the one in power is Jiang Wei. You and the Prime Minister have both said that Jiang Wei is a man of great talent, and I'm afraid it's impossible for him to let you have your way."

"Of course I know, but don't worry, I have my own purpose."

Once everyone's actions were arranged, Gu Rubing ordered everyone to take action.

Soon, all the troops began to leave the city as planned.

Gu Rubing's actions were quickly detected by Jiang Wei and his men.

When Cao Ren and his men heard that Deng Ai had led an army of 300,000 out of the city, they burst out laughing.

They weren't originally prepared to take action; they were merely preparing for war.

With 300,000 men defending the city, and facing an attack by 300,000 men, they were absolutely confident that they could hold Guangrou City.

However, Jiang Wei frowned and kept looking at the map.

He had clashed with Gu Rubing more than once or twice.

Gu Rubing's calculations on the battlefield always surprised him.

Therefore, Jiang Wei absolutely did not believe that Gu Rubing would simply attack the city this time.

However, no matter how hard Jiang Wei racked his brains, he still couldn't figure out what Gu Rubing was planning this time.

Just then, Guo Huai walked up to Jiang Wei.

He patted Jiang Wei on the shoulder.

"Boyue, what's wrong with you? You seem to be preoccupied. We are only responsible for defending the city. What are you worried about? Liu Bei only has 400,000 troops. Even if he sent 400,000, let alone 300,000, they might not be a match for us."

Jiang Wei nodded helplessly at Guo Huai's words. He understood the reasoning, but he had a feeling that this matter was probably not simple.

But he couldn't explain what happened, and could only sigh.

Soon, Deng Ai and his three companions surrounded the entire city of Guangrou, as planned.

Seeing Deng Ai and his men's actions, Cao Ren and the others burst into laughter.

With such a defensive line, they could easily breach any one of the city gates if they launched a full-scale attack, rendering it completely ineffective.

"I really don't know what Liu Bei was thinking. Was he really that confident that tens of thousands of men guarding a city gate could stop the charge of our 300,000-strong army?"

"Yes, I think these victories have made Liu Bei a bit arrogant."

Hearing the mockery of Liu Bei from those around him, Jiang Wei frowned slightly.

Whether Liu Bei was careless or not, he didn't know, but he did know that his men had indeed been somewhat careless.

After Deng Ai and his men completed the encirclement, they immediately closed all the city gates of Guangrou City, especially blocking all people coming and going.

This also completely deprived Guangrou City of its ability to receive information from the outside world.

At this moment, Gu Rubing slowly led Zhang Liao and his 100,000-strong army away from Luocheng, bypassing Guangrou City and heading towards Chengdu.

Jiang Wei's spies, who witnessed this scene, immediately prepared to send a message to Jiang Wei, but before they could even enter the city, they were captured by Deng Ai's men and killed on the spot.

Surprisingly, Cao Cao was the first to learn of Gu Rubing's actions.

Upon discovering that Gu Rubing had bypassed Guangrou and begun his advance towards Chengdu, Cao Cao immediately organized all his forces to begin defenses and simultaneously sent a message to Jiang Wei. (End of Chapter)