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Surena wanted to stop Cao Cao, but just as he was about to say something, Cao Cao waved his hand to stop him.

"Since Caozhou Mu has agreed, please disband the coalition forces. As for your edict of enthronement, it will be delivered to you soon."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he turned around and left.

After Gu Rubing left, Surena looked at Cao Cao with a gloomy expression.

"Caozhou Mu, aren't you betraying our king? The Anluo Empire cannot withstand Liu Bei's offensive. If we are gone, don't forget that we are allies. Do you think Liu Bei will let you go?"

"Don't worry, Liu Bei won't deal with you for the time being, just be at ease."

After saying this, Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei and said directly: "Send him out!"

Surena wanted to say something, but Dian Wei grabbed his clothes and threw him out of the tent.

Looking at Cao Cao's tent helplessly, Surena sighed. In order to avoid being ambushed by Gu Rubing, Surena took Sun Jian's fleet and headed to the Anluo Empire.

Soon, the imperial edict to confer the title of king on Cao Cao was handed to him.

Cao Cao was successfully named King of Wei.

After having this title, Cao Cao indeed became much more honest.

In order to show his sincerity, Gu Rubing also asked Zhang Liao and Wei Yan to bring their men back to Guiyang County.

Gu Rubing spent this festival quite lonely. Several famous generals were away, and he had no way to return to Xu Du or Qingzhou, so he could only stay in Guiyang County.

But even so, Gu Rubing still held a grand banquet, gathered Wei Yan, Zhang Liao and others who were still there, and drank for three days and three nights.

Compared to the liveliness on Gu Rubing's side, Cao Cao and Sun Jian's sides seemed much quieter.

Three days later.

Gu Rubing opened his eyes and looked out the window with a confused look.

Because there is a trouble at hand, Gu Rubing needs to solve it.

That is, should he take action first against Yangzhou Kuaiji County or Jiaozhou Nanhai County?

When winter is over, food and fodder can be harvested gradually, and it is also the best time to do it yourself.

These two places each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

If he captured Nanhai County, Sun Jian would certainly send troops from Kuaiji County and Cangwu County to attack the defenders of Nanhai County. In that case, he would be caught in a vortex of war, unable to advance or retreat.

This was not the outcome that Gu Rubing wanted, but the upside was that he could cut off all external connections of Kuaiji County. As long as he could hold out long enough, Kuaiji County would completely surrender due to factors such as food and grass.

You should know that there is another big fish in Kuaiji County, that is Sun Jian’s second son, Sun Quan.

But if we attack Kuaiji County first, Sun Quan will definitely run away. He will be heartbroken if this fish runs away.

After thinking for a long time, Gu Rubing still couldn't come up with a result, so he had to call Zhuge Liang.

After Zhuge Liang arrived and heard about Gu Rubing's troubles, Zhuge Liang smiled and did not give Gu Rubing a solution immediately. Instead, he asked Gu Rubing to play Go.

Gu Rubing's chess skills improved rapidly. In the first half of the game, he was evenly matched with Zhuge Liang.

Every breath of Zhuge Liang could be detected and blocked by Gu Rubing.

But as the game entered the second half, Gu Rubing had more and more loopholes, and Zhuge Liang further expanded his advantage. After considering for a long time, Gu Rubing had to admit defeat.

Zhuge Liang did not put the chessboard away as he had done before, but instead looked at Gu Rubing and pointed at the chessboard.

"My lord, you launched a fierce attack in the first half, and even Liang could only barely defend himself. But after the halftime, why didn't you expand your advantage, but instead took the initiative to defend?"

Gu Rubing did not say anything, but looked at the chessboard quietly. At this time, Gu Rubing finally figured out what Zhuge Liang's plan was.

I did not focus on attacking Kuaiji County, nor did I focus on attacking Nanhai County. Now I am fully capable of starting battles in both places at the same time. After that, I only need to change the main attack direction according to the situation on the spot.

After figuring this out, Gu Rubing smiled at Zhuge Liang.

While the two were discussing, Sun Shangxiang found Gu Rubing.

Sun Shangxiang has been living with Gu Rubing all along, and this time, Sun Shangxiang came to say goodbye to Gu Rubing.

At other times, I wouldn't have to go back to Sun Jian, but now it's the festival and I can't not go back. Sun Jian has already sent me two letters urging me to go back.

Upon hearing that Sun Shangxiang was leaving, Gu Rubing had no intention of stopping her. Now that Liu Zhang had been exposed, he naturally dared not show up again. Without Liu Zhang's group of mysterious people causing trouble, Gu Rubing was extremely relieved. After all, Sun Shangxiang was no longer of much use now, so naturally there would be no danger.

But Gu Rubing still forgot one person.

On the fourth day after Sun Shangxiang left, Gu Rubing received a letter from Sun Jian.

When he opened the letter, it was filled with greetings from Sun Jian to Liu Bei's ancestors.

It was not until the end that Gu Rubing realized that Sun Shangxiang did not go back. Sun Jian thought that Gu Rubing did not let Sun Shangxiang leave, so Sun Shangxiang did not go back.

Gu Rubing couldn't understand why someone would attack Sun Shangxiang at this time?

It was Zhang Zhao who delivered the letter.

Seeing that Gu Rubing had finished reading the letter, Zhang Zhao looked at Gu Rubing neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Please, King Lie, hand over my young lady. My master has no other intentions. He just wants to take the young lady back to celebrate the festival. King Lie has no need to deny even this request."

"It's not that I won't let you, but your young lady went back four days ago. If she hadn't gone to Sun Jian's place, I wouldn't know where she is. But since she's missing, I'll do my best to look for her. If you find your young lady, I'll definitely send her over."

"Left four days ago? That's impossible. According to the time, he should have arrived in Jiaozhou long ago. Why haven't we received any news?"

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he said goodbye to Gu Rubing and turned to leave. He thought that Sun Shangxiang had just been having fun on the road, and it had only been a few days, so perhaps she had already appeared in front of Sun Jian.

Gu Rubing frowned slightly. He couldn't think of the meaning of kidnapping Sun Shangxiang at this time. Was it aimed at him?

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing immediately contacted Zhuge Liang and began to find out the whereabouts of Sun Shangxiang.

After Zhang Zhao returned, he found that Sun Shangxiang had not come back, and he knew he was wrong.

As for Gu Rubing, no matter how hard he looked, he could not find any trace of Sun Shangxiang.

In the end, Sun Jian rushed to Gu Rubing with great momentum.

Gu Rubing also had a look of helplessness on his face. This matter really had nothing to do with him. No one could have thought that Sun Shangxiang would disappear like this.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing suddenly reacted.

It seemed like this was the case the last time Sun Shangxiang disappeared. That time, it was Liu Zhang who did it. Could it be Liu Zhang again this time?

Gu Rubing told his guess to Sun Jian who came over.

Sun Jian didn't believe it at first. He always felt that it was Gu Rubing who did it.

However, when Gu Rubing contacted Cao Cao, he learned that Surena had already left.

The search for Sun Shangxiang has been ongoing, but to no avail.

However, the incident of Sun Shangxiang also shifted the focus of Sun Jian and Cao Cao away from targeting Gu Rubing.

This also gave Gu Rubing a lot of time.

Two months later.

Gu Rubing looked at the amount of food and grass reported from various places, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. He knew in his heart that his plan could begin.

Outside Kuaiji County, Yangzhou.

Zhang Liao, Wei Yan and Zhang He, the three of them, led an army of 50,000 and stood outside Shanyin City in Kuaiji County.

Sun Jian, Lu Xun and all their men gathered in Shanyin City.

Looking at Zhang Liao outside, Sun Quan's face was very gloomy. This Zhang Liao was like a nightmare, always surrounding him.

"Bo Yan, what should we do?"

"Wait, wait for the Lord to send reinforcements."

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However, what Lu Lu didn't know was that at the same time, Zhang Ren and Pang De led an army of 100,000 and directly blocked the Nanhai County. This also resulted in Sun Jian's reinforcements having no way to support Sun Quan in time.

"Attack the city!"

With Zhang Liao's order, 50,000 people began to besiege Shanyin City.

The 50,000 men led by Zhang Liao were not ordinary soldiers, but the notorious Taishan Tiger Bandits. Under the siege of the Taishan Tiger Bandits, defensive loopholes soon appeared in the four city walls.

Seeing that the Taishan tiger bandits had already climbed onto the city wall, Sun Quan no longer held back and directly ordered all the special troops hidden in the dark to rush out and close the gap that the Taishan tiger bandits had opened with great difficulty.

Three hours later, Zhang Liao withdrew his troops.

Lu Xun reported the battle losses directly to Sun Quan.

In just one day of attack, the city lost 30,000 people, and almost all the ordinary soldiers in the city were killed.

There are only more than 10,000 people still useful in the city now.

Sun Quan did not expect that the battle would turn out like this.

Not only Sun Quan, but even Lu Xun did not expect the battle to turn out like this.

"What should we do tomorrow? Judging from the current situation, we can't hold out until tomorrow. We don't know when the reinforcements from father's side will arrive."

Sun Quan’s words are also what Lu Xun is currently considering.

The best way now is to abandon the city and leave in the dark. Most of the troops they have are elite special forces. Zhang Liao's Taishan Tiger Bandits will definitely not be able to stop them.

But if they left, it would mean that the entire Kuaiji County would fall into Zhang Liao's hands, and it would also mean that the entire Yangzhou would be in Liu Bei's hands.

Just when Lu Xun didn't know what to do, a deputy general walked in.

"Young Master, General, the lord's men are here."

"Father sent someone? Could it be that reinforcements have arrived?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Quan was immediately overjoyed and followed the deputy general outside.

But soon, Sun Quan was disappointed, because there were not hundreds or thousands of reinforcements outside, but only one messenger.

"Young Master!"

When the messenger saw Sun Quan coming out, he immediately knelt in front of Sun Quan.

"explain!"

Sun Quan had already guessed what Sun Jian was going to say at this time, and sighed helplessly.

"My lord orders that you lead your elite troops to break out, abandon Kuaiji County, and reinforce Nanhai County with all your strength."

"I see."

Sun Quan nodded helplessly.

After the messenger left, Lu Xun took Sun Quan and quickly left Shanyin City under the moonlight.

Zhang Liao was not in a very good mood at this time.

During the three-hour siege, the Taishan tiger bandits climbed up the city wall several times, but were beaten down every time. The losses from these climbs and climbs even exceeded those in a normal siege.

In just three hours, the Taishan tiger bandits suffered losses of up to 10,000 people.

"Tomorrow, we will launch a general offensive. Everyone, charge forward."

Zhang He and Wei Yan nodded.

The next morning.

Zhang Liao and his men stood under the city wall early in the morning, only to find that there was not even a single soldier on the wall, and the entire city was dead silent.

Zhang Liao had no idea what had happened, so he could only send people to quickly climb up the city wall and check carefully. As it turned out, there was no one on the wall.

The cautious Zhang Liao was still worried, so he first occupied the city wall and then let Wei Yan lead 10,000 people into the city first.

After Wei Yan entered the city, he carefully checked the surroundings and finally confirmed that there were no defenders in the city. Even the city defense equipment, food and supplies had been taken away. It was obvious that Sun Quan had left.

"Run away?"

Zhang Liao immediately came up with this idea, and then he took a group of Taishan tiger bandits and began to search for Sun Quan in all directions around Kuaiji County.

But for two whole days, there was no trace of Sun Quan.

Nanhai County.

Zhou Yu and Gan Ning looked at Zhang Ren and Pang De in the distance. They were anxious, but they had no way to break through Zhang Ren and Pang De's defense line.

Cao Cao originally wanted to provide support, but he did not expect that the reinforcements he sent were blocked. The person who blocked them was Xu Rong, who was originally stationed in Xu Du.

Now all of Gu Rubing's generals have appeared.

Cao Cao also realized that Gu Rubing was about to launch a general attack and wanted to swallow Sun Jian in one bite.

Obviously Gu Rubing had made all the preparations, which made Cao Cao a little worried. If he gave his full support, would Gu Rubing target him? If so, would Gu Rubing change direction and attack Yizhou with all his strength? How would Cao Cao defend it then?

It was precisely because of this idea that Cao Cao's support was so slow and was even blocked by Xu Rong alone.

However, Cao Cao also understood the principle of "the lips and the teeth are cold". Although he did not provide support, it did not mean that he completely ignored Sun Jian.

Anluo Empire, Xun Yu has arrived at the capital of Anluo.

Liu Zhang met with Xun Yu in person.

The two conspired in the palace for a long time, and finally Xun Yu left with a smile on his face. After Xun Yu left, Liu Zhang issued an order for Surena to lead ten famous generals and 200,000 soldiers to start a surprise attack on Liangzhou. (End of this chapter)