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

"My lord, rest assured, I will be able to hold out for longer if I encounter that guy again. However, my lord is very strong. If he appears on the battlefield again, our chances of victory may still be very slim. My lord would be better off finding a way to eliminate him first."

Gu Rubing understood perfectly what Zhang Liao was saying.

But getting rid of the people of Penglai is as difficult as climbing to heaven.

However, Gu Rubing has already developed something that might be of some use.

He wasn't entirely sure how effective this would be.

"Don't worry, I'm already making preparations. Once your injuries have healed, we might be able to try again. If that still doesn't work, we'll think of another way."

Zhang Liao nodded.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Zhang Liao, Gu Rubing sighed and returned to his room.

Because of Penglai, Gu Rubing felt no joy at the prospect of becoming a legendary general.

Zhang Fei and the others present could also sense that Gu Rubing was radiating a sense of powerlessness.

This made everyone lower their heads in shame.

"My lord, rest assured, this time when we work together, we will definitely be able to buy more time."

Even if seven people joined forces, they wouldn't be very confident that they could stop the man in black; at most, they could only buy more time.

When Ma Chao uttered such unambitious words, Zhang Fei, unlike at other times, did not react with his usual loud and boisterous attitude, but instead tacitly agreed with Ma Chao's words.

Even Zhang Fei, who doesn't easily admit defeat, acquiesced to Ma Chao's words, which shows that the opponent not only put considerable pressure on him, but also on Zhang Fei and his group.

"Don't worry, I've researched something that might be helpful to us. Just wait a bit longer, and we should be able to get a batch of prototypes in about half a month."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Gu Rubing's words.

And at this time.

Cao Cao's mood was no better than Gu Rubing's.

The situation in Guangrou has been investigated and clarified.

Although Gu Rubing besieged the city, it did not put much pressure on Jiang Wei.

Under these circumstances, it would have been inappropriate for Jiang Wei not to send troops.

Cao Cao immediately summoned Jiang Wei back and handed over command of the front lines to Cao Ren, ordering Cao Ren not to take the initiative to go out to fight.

After learning that Deng Ai and his men had withdrawn and that Cao Cao had defeated Gu Rubing, Jiang Wei became even more confused, but he knew that Cao Cao would definitely come looking for him.

Soon, Cao Cao's men arrived.

To Jiang Wei's surprise, Cao Cao's men not only came with orders, but also prepared something for him.

That was a prison van.

Upon seeing this, Guo Huai immediately stopped Jiang Wei.

“Boyue, you can’t go. The lord has clearly questioned you. If you go back, you may never come back.”

"No matter what, I have to go back and explain things to my lord. I don't believe he would kill me for something like this."

Seeing that Jiang Wei was still persisting, Guo Huai sighed and stopped trying to stop him.

However, Cao Ren and the others unanimously agreed that Jiang Wei had been put on the prison cart.

When Jiang Wei initially ordered that no one should reinforce Chengdu, he couldn't give a reason, which made everyone wonder whose orders he was actually following.

Even after Jiang Wei was taken away in a prison cart, Cao Ren immediately held a banquet.

Seeing this scene, Guo Huai's conviction began to waver.

Upon seeing that Jiang Wei had been captured and brought back, Cao Cao immediately ordered Jiang Wei to be brought before him.

At this moment, Jiang Wei was wearing shackles on his body and leg irons on his feet.

You wouldn't guess he was once a great general; he looks more like a prisoner.

"Boyue, explain to me why you haven't come to reinforce Chengdu?"

Jiang Wei looked at Cao Cao, and at the same time saw that sitting next to Cao Cao was a person he didn't know at all, and this person was giving off a dangerous feeling.

Moreover, this person had his eyes closed and showed no intention of even glancing at him.

“My lord, the situation back then was rather strange. I felt there must be a trap, which is why I didn’t send reinforcements. Besides, you have 200,000 troops under your command and don’t need my support at all.”

"Bullshit! Do I need to stop Liu Bei? I need you to send 100,000 men to reinforce me. Wasn't the letter I sent you detailed enough?"

"My lord, this must be a scheme by Liu Bei."

"Alright, you say it's Liu Bei's scheme, then tell me, where exactly is Liu Bei's scheme? I only let you lead 100,000 men to fight, and we still won. If you say it's a scheme, then I didn't see any backup plan from Liu Bei."

Cao Cao's words left Jiang Wei speechless.

He also had many doubts about this.

No matter what, this is something that shouldn't have happened.

Seeing the bewildered look on Jiang Wei's face, Cao Cao snorted coldly.

Since Jiang Wei couldn't say anything, it meant that Jiang Wei might really not want to help him. Although he hadn't exactly joined Gu Rubing's side, he was at least no longer on his side.

Cao Cao had no intention of keeping such a talented man if he couldn't join his ranks.

"Alright, men, take Jiang Wei away and execute him in ten days."

"Yes!"

Jiang Wei never expected that Cao Cao would actually kill him.

However, with Jiang Wei's intelligence, he could easily figure out that the reason Cao Cao wanted to kill him was because he no longer trusted him.

"My lord, Jiang Wei is innocent! Jiang Wei is innocent!"

Jiang Wei tried to wake Cao Cao again, but Cao Cao remained silent.

After Jiang Wei was taken away.

Cao Cao looked at the man in black.

"Sir, what do you think?"

"How can I see it? I didn't see it! You can do whatever you want with your people, what does it have to do with me? My mission is simply to defeat Liu Bei, nothing more."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao smiled awkwardly and nodded.

The news that Jiang Wei was to be executed quickly reached Guo Huai's hands.

Guo Huai wanted to get to Xudu immediately.

But Guo Huai quickly calmed down.

Jiang Wei's judgments have been mostly correct over the years, so Guo Huai believes that Jiang Wei's judgment this time will also be correct.

Moreover, Liu Bei's behavior was already highly suspicious.

They surrounded 300,000 troops inside Guangrou City with 300,000 troops.

This kind of encirclement is fundamentally flawed.

Despite this untenable situation, Liu Bei personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Chengdu, which was defended by 200,000 troops.

Putting all of this together, anyone would have some doubts.

Guo Huai hesitated for a long time. At present, none of Cao Cao's generals would stand up to speak for Jiang Wei. Moreover, even if someone did speak up, Cao Cao would not listen and might even suspect that they had rebelled against him like Jiang Wei.

Instead of doing that, we might as well do the opposite.

Guo Huai already had a bold idea in his mind.

Guo Huai then wrote a letter and sent his trusted confidant directly to Luocheng.

a few days later.

Gu Rubing looked at the two letters on the table and burst out laughing.

Lu Su walked in at this moment and saw Gu Rubing's smiling face.

This was the first time Gu Rubing had smiled in a long time.

Because of Penglai, all the generals had worried expressions on their faces.

Gu Rubing was the most outstanding among them.

Seeing Gu Rubing's smiling face now, Lu Su felt much better.

"My lord, what has made you so happy?"

"Zijing, you've arrived. Take a look at these two letters." Lu Su opened them curiously.

The first letter came from Chengdu, saying that Jiang Wei was to be beheaded, and there were still six days left until his execution.

The other letter, however, was unexpected by Lu Su; it was from Guo Huai.

Guo Huai, on the other hand, wanted to ask Gu Rubing to rescue Jiang Wei.

Guo Huai knew that Gu Rubing had always wanted to win over Jiang Wei, and this was the best opportunity for Gu Rubing.

"So, my lord, you mean to storm the execution ground? To rescue people?"

Gu Rubing smiled and nodded.

"But my lord, there must be that man in black in Chengdu right now. Moreover, Chengdu has three legendary generals: Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Cao Zhang. Even if all of us went up against them, we probably wouldn't be a match for them, would we?"

Gu Rubing naturally took Lu Su's words into consideration.

"Don't worry, some of the secret weapons I had made have already arrived. They were rushed to be made by workers in Jingzhou. Although we're not sure if they'll work well, we can at least give them a try."

Seeing that Gu Rubing insisted, Lu Su could only nod and said nothing more.

Before long, Gu Rubing had summoned all the legendary military generals.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao have now recovered.

This is already the strongest lineup for Gu Rubing.

After entrusting all matters within the city to Lu Su, he led everyone to Chengdu.

The group traveled day and night to Chengdu.

Finally, four days later, we arrived in Chengdu.

Gu Rubing knew that his group was easy to be discovered, so he disguised their faces to avoid being checked by the city gate guards.

After entering the city, the group first found an inn and checked in.

However, at this moment, inside the Prince of Wei's residence.

The mysterious man suddenly opened his eyes.

"You actually came? Looks like you're courting death. But I'm a little curious, what are you doing here? Do you want to challenge me?"

Gu Rubing and his group had been in the inn for a short time.

There was a knock on the door.

Zhao Yun opened the door.

A crossbow captain appeared at the door.

"Come in."

As soon as Zhao Yun finished speaking, the crossbow captain immediately slipped into the room.

"Greetings, my lord."

The captain of the crossbowmen knelt directly on the ground.

"Alright, get up. Tell me about Jiang Wei's condition?"

"My lord, we have found out that Jiang Wei will be executed in three days. The execution will take place at the exit of the vegetable market, which is the busiest place in Chengdu. Cao Cao is obviously trying to make an example of him to warn others."

For Gu Rubing, a large flow of people is actually a good thing.

"Have you seen that person from Penglai?"

"I saw him. That person has been staying at Cao Cao's residence the whole time. It seems like he lives there."

"Yes, well done, thank you for your hard work."

Gu Rubing smiled and nodded.

He has obtained all the information he wanted this time.

Now all that's left is for him to devise a plan to kidnap people.

This kind of thing is not something a centurion of a mere crossbow captain can get involved in.

Gu Rubing's original intention was to get the guerrilla captain to leave.

But to his surprise, he didn't leave, and kept glancing at Zhao Yun.

"What else do you want?"

Gu Rubing looked at the man with some curiosity.

"My lord, I..."

The captain of the crossbowmen hesitated for a long time.

"Just say what you mean. We're all on the same side, no need to beat around the bush."

"Yes, after receiving the order from my lord to investigate the identity of that Penglai man, I have been monitoring him. I was fortunate enough to see General Zhao use a move on the battlefield, which seems to be called the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear. That man seems to know it too!"

"What? He knows the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun's eyes widened suddenly.

Although he wasn't the only one who knew the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear, anyone who did it should have been taught by Tong Yuan.

Since the other party also knows it, it means that the other party must also be a disciple of Tong Yuan.

"Zilong, do you know that your master has other disciples?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun immediately shook his head.

"Impossible. My lord, I was my master's last disciple. There is absolutely no way anyone else could become my master's disciple besides me."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing smiled somewhat awkwardly.

"Let's talk about this: is it possible that your master didn't close the door properly and found another exceptionally talented disciple?"

"Impossible. Even if it were true, it would be absolutely impossible to achieve such success in such a short period of time."

Seeing Zhao Yun's firm shake of the head, Gu Rubing was also a little curious.

If he's not Tong Yuan's disciple, then who is he?

Regardless of who the other party is, they must be related to Tong Yuan.

"Alright, you did very well. I will definitely reward you when we get back."

"Thank you, my lord."

The centurion of the crossbowman immediately knelt down to thank him and left.

Zhao Yun was still suspicious of the other party's identity.

Seeing this, Gu Rubing smiled and waved his hand.

"Alright, Zilong, don't worry about the other party's identity. He's obviously deliberately telling you who he is. A centurion monitoring a legendary general? Do you think that's possible? He clearly knows that someone is watching him, which is why he deliberately used the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear Technique."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun became even more curious about the other party's identity and secretly vowed to find out who it was.

"Alright everyone, we'll go to the market in three days. This time, we must rescue Jiang Wei for me."

"Yes!"

After the seven people left.

Gu Rubing then opened the package he was carrying with him.

A crossbow bolt appeared in Gu Rubing's hand, and there were five arrows beside him, but each arrow had a bamboo tube attached to its end.

"We'll have to rely on you then."

Gu Rubing smiled and patted the five feathered arrows.

three days later.

Cao Cao personally visited the vegetable market.

Behind Cao Cao were Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Cao Zhang.

Jiang Wei, on the other hand, was dragged to the execution platform.

There were many onlookers watching the spectacle, while Gu Rubing remained hidden inside.

Cao Cao stood on the execution platform, looking at the surrounding people. (End of Chapter)