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Tiefutu's bravery surprised everyone.

But this time the ambush was not only carried out by people from the Anluo Empire, but also by the gangster killers recruited by Wang Yue.

With the support of the three famous generals, the killers quickly stabilized their steps and began to counterattack the Iron Pagoda.

Without the support of famous generals, Iron Pagoda gradually became unable to stop.

Countless killers rushed down the valley and began to approach Gu Rubing's team.

Gu Rubing saw that all the killers had completely surrounded the more than one hundred of them.

Then these people moved quickly.

Just when Gu Rubing felt a little dizzy, a gust of sand suddenly blew over. Gu Rubing could only see a yellow area around him and could not see any people at all.

Gu Rubing knew that this was a trick. He did not appear panicked on the surface, but he was extremely panicked inside.

At this moment, Zhao Yun's voice sounded in Gu Rubing's ears.

"Don't worry, my lord. Yun is right beside you. Just don't move."

With Zhao Yun's words, Gu Rubing also felt relieved.

Zhao Yun's voice made Gu Rubing feel very calm.

However, at this moment, a voice that made Gu Rubing feel more at ease also appeared.

"Iron Buddha, follow my instructions. Exit from Xiu Gate, enter from Jing Gate, and exit from Jing Gate. This formation can be broken."

The voice came from Zhuge Liang, and the Iron Pagoda immediately moved continuously according to what Zhuge Liang said.

Soon, Gu Rubing discovered that he could see his surroundings clearly.

At this time, Zhuge Liang also came to Gu Rubing.

"My lord, I am late. Please punish me."

Although Zhuge Liang said this, the smile on his face showed that he did not feel any remorse at all.

Gu Rubing gave Zhuge Liang a blank look and turned to look in the direction of the battlefield.

Some of the killers have been caught at this time.

But most of the killers still ran away.

"Who are you?"

Upon hearing this, the captured people looked at each other and committed suicide by taking poison at the same time.

When Gu Rubing saw this, he immediately realized that these people were all death warriors.

Even if these people were really caught, they would probably not say anything and would even try to commit suicide secretly. If they were in the city, I would still have some way to deal with them, but now I am on the march and have no time to take care of these prisoners.

Zhao Yun personally checked and made sure that there were no survivors before telling Gu Rubing the news.

"Forget it, let's just die. Let's hurry on."

Gu Rubing smiled.

"My lord, after I received your message, I guessed that someone would intercept you. Judging from the traces just now and the message you sent, it should be Liu Zhang who took action. However, even if Liu Zhang wanted to take action, he should not have so much information. There must be someone in the Central Plains who has allied with him. I guess it should be Wang Yue and his group."

Gu Rubing nodded, because when Tiefutu counterattacked, Gu Rubing saw two sword masters killing everyone in the crowd. There were only two such masters in the Central Plains now, one was Wang Yue and the other was Shi A.

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

At this time, Liu Zhang, along with Surena and several guards, ran away as soon as Zhuge Liang appeared.

Seeing that there were no pursuers behind him, Liu Zhang stopped and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Fortunately, Liu Bei did not send anyone to chase us."

"King, with Zhuge Liang here, my Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation won't be of much use. Our action this time has failed. When Liu Bei returns, he will definitely attack us. We should hurry back and make preparations early."

Surena sighed. His usual calmness disappeared at this moment. Even when he spoke, his voice was shaking.

Liu Zhang knew clearly that he would surely die if he faced Liu Bei. The thought of the Anluo Empire, which he had built up, being destroyed by his own hands was enough to make him feel helpless.

Liu Zhang was unwilling to accept this. This was not the result he wanted.

Looking around, just as he was hesitating, a voice came from behind.

"Haha, Liu Zhang is only this capable? He only blames others when something goes wrong?"

Liu Zhang pointed at Wang Yue in front of him and didn't say anything for a long time.

"Let's go find Cao Cao. Maybe Cao Cao can find a way. If the three parties join forces, Liu Bei alone may not be able to handle it."

Hearing this, Liu Zhang immediately realized that he was not without reinforcements, as he still had Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

If I join forces with Cao Cao and Sun Jian, they will definitely agree.

"Surena, go contact Cao Cao. I will go back to organize the troops and prepare to meet Liu Bei's army."

"Yes, my king."

Surena followed Wang Yue and others and returned directly to Chengdu, Yizhou.

When Cao Cao learned that Surena was coming, he did not go to greet him directly. Instead, he had Surena taken to the living room, and he met Xun Yu in the room first.

"Wen Ruo, Surena is here, what do you think about this matter?"

Xun Yu laughed out loud when he heard that.

"My Lord, don't you already know his purpose? I just didn't expect that the people of the Anluo Empire would improve so quickly. The speed at which their combat effectiveness is improving is a bit too amazing. Cooperating with them may be a good thing for us. At least for now, we cannot become their enemy."

Cao Cao nodded.

After making up his mind, Cao Cao met Surena directly.

"Mr. Caozhou, I think with your wisdom, you should have guessed the purpose of my visit this time, so I just want to ask for your answer, Mr. Caozhou."

"The answer? Tell me first, what benefits will I get from cooperating with you?"

"Benefits, do I need to tell you? Liu Bei is in control now. We just need to give him some time to annex you and Sun Jian. It's just a matter of time. I believe Caozhou Mu is also aware of this. After annexing you, the next step will definitely be our Anluo Empire. However, we don't have legendary generals to support us, so we are naturally no match. So, as the Central Plains say, we are grasshoppers on the same rope."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao looked at Surena. He found that the man in front of him gave him an unfathomable feeling. The last time he had this feeling was when he was facing Zhuge Liang, the only legendary strategist, but now Surena also gave him the same feeling.

Could this person also be a legendary strategist?

But soon, Cao Cao denied his own guess.

Because Surena in front of him obviously lacked momentum, and although he gave him the feeling of being unfathomable, he was very dark, which was different from the open pressure from Zhuge Liang. Facing Surena, Cao Cao felt as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake. It was a depressing feeling.

This feeling made Cao Cao very unhappy.

"I didn't expect you to know so much. Okay, I can agree to form an alliance with Liu Zhang. When you want to take action, just contact me directly."

"Thank you for your understanding, Governor Cao. I also hope that Governor Cao will notify King Wu Sun Jian. After all, we are all in the same camp."

"no problem."

After Surena left, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and the depressing feeling also disappeared.

"This guy may be the number one person after Zhuge Liang in the future. The existence of such a person is troublesome. We must find a chance to get rid of him."

After Gu Rubing returned to Guiyang County, the three major princes made preparations at the same time, thinking that Gu Rubing would directly declare war on them.

However, after Gu Rubing returned, he was unusually calm and never declared war on the three people.

Such calmness made the three of them uncomfortable, and they all wondered whether Gu Rubing had a bigger plan.

Gu Rubing looked at the map on the table.

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Guan Yu came over.

"Brother, it's late, you should rest."

Hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at Guan Yu and sighed.

"I do want to rest, but the current food and grass problem is still a bit difficult for me. It would be good if we can continue like this, but those three families have been eyeing us covetously. Even if I don't take action, according to the intelligence, they are about to take action. Once the war starts, we won't have enough food and grass."

After saying this, Gu Rubing looked out the window and couldn't help but sigh, "The north is still better. If it were in the north, with all the ice and snow, no one would start a war at this time. But in the south, even in winter, the soldiers are not disturbed from fighting, and they are not given any time to rest."

Guan Yu nodded helplessly.

Just as they were talking, Zhuge Liang walked in from outside.

"My lord, Cao Cao and Sun Jian have formed a coalition force of 100,000 and are heading towards our Guiyang County. It seems that they are preparing to go to war with us."

"One hundred thousand people? It seems these guys are really brave. One hundred thousand people dare to touch us?"

"My lord, we cannot start a war now. Once the war starts, the Anluo Empire will definitely not remain neutral and will definitely go to war against Liangzhou. With the current food and grass reserves, it will definitely not be enough to fight on three fronts."

"Prime Minister, what do you say we should do?"

Gu Rubing actually already had some ideas in mind.

His idea is to exchange space for time.

Give some territories away. As long as I can hold out until next year's harvest, I can kill these two people directly, or at least kill one of them. Then all the lost territories can be taken back.

But such an approach will inevitably lead to loss of military morale and is not a good idea.

"At present, Liang has only one solution. The real leader of the coalition forces is Cao Cao. As long as we can stabilize Cao Cao, I think Sun Jian alone will not be able to cause any trouble."

"Hmm? To stabilize Cao Cao? How can we stabilize him?"

Zhuge Liang smiled when he heard this.

"My lord, Liu Zhang was named King Yi, Sun Jian was named King Wu, and you, as the uncle of the Han emperor, were named King Lie. Currently, only Cao Cao has not been crowned a king. Your Majesty's decree to crown him a king had not yet been fully issued when we stole Xudu, and Cao Cao fled. In addition, my lord stripped Cao Cao of his position as prime minister. Currently, Cao Cao has the lowest position in terms of official position."

"You mean to make Cao Cao a king?"

"That's right."

This made Gu Rubing hesitate. Conferring the title of king was not a problem. The biggest problem was whether it would be useful to confer a useless title on Cao Cao. After all, in front of those cities, a title did not seem to have much weight.

Seeing Gu Rubing's embarrassment, Zhuge Liang smiled.

"My Lord, rest assured. We cannot mention the matter of conferring the title of King right now. We need to hold off Cao Cao's attack so that we can have the capital for negotiation."

Only then did Gu Rubing nod.

Soon, under the order of Gu Rubing, Zhang Ren, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, and Wei Yan led an army of 100,000 to directly fight against the allied forces of Sun and Cao. Zhang Liao was the vanguard, leading the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun and the Iron Pagoda, and went out first.

The border between Cangwu County and Guiyang County.

In the Yixiantian Valley.

Zhou Yu and Gan Ning, with an army of 20,000 as the vanguard, were preparing to quietly enter Guiyang County for a surprise attack.

However, when passing through the Yixiantian Valley, Zhou Yu ordered the army to stop marching.

"Grand Commander, what's wrong?"

Gan Ning looked at Zhou Yu with a puzzled look on his face.

"This is a narrow valley with only a small path between the mountains on both sides that is wide enough for three people to walk side by side. If someone ambushes us, we won't even have a chance to retreat."

"What are you afraid of? We came here quietly this time. How could Liu Bei know our marching route? Beyond here is Guiyang County. We can find a city and attack it. Then the soldiers can have a rest."

Zhou Yu rolled his eyes at Gan Ning and looked at the valley in front of him. For some reason, he always felt a sense of danger.

This was an intuition, and this intuition had saved him countless times.

This time Zhou Yu chose to trust his intuition.

"We won't leave. Send someone to explore the road first, especially the two sides of the top of the mountain, and check them carefully."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

Gan Ning reluctantly began to send people to patrol the top of the mountain.

However, the people sent to search the top of the mountain did not see anyone.

After hearing the report, Zhou Yu looked at the valley in front of him with confusion. He always felt that the valley in front of him was not that simple.

"Hey, Grand Commander, you said everything is fine, why are you still hesitating here? Let's go directly. If you are worried, I will lead 5,000 people and go there first. When you see that I am fine, you can lead the others over. Is that okay?"

As a vanguard, if they could capture one or two cities, it would be the first merit, and it would be a military merit captured before Cao's army. If Sun Jian knew about this, he would definitely be very happy.

Gan Ning's mind was filled with only taking credit.

Seeing Zhou Yu nod, Gan Ning didn't think twice and led 5,000 people directly into the valley.

After waiting for a long time, Zhou Yu saw that the valley was quiet and couldn't help but wonder if his intuition was really wrong. He simply stopped hesitating and led his men into the valley. However, the marching speed was obviously increased a lot.

But only halfway there.

A voice appeared.

"Do it."

As the voice fell, countless torches suddenly appeared around. (End of this chapter)