Chapter 548 King Lie’s Situation!

If he still wants to fight overseas, then he will push Dian Wei into a desperate situation and really want to trade his life with him. If Zhang Fei is replaced, what else will he use to fight overseas?

There is still time now, and there is no need to rush to swallow up Cao Cao. At present, he should focus on the relatively weak Sun Jian.

Thinking of this, Gu Rubing already had some ideas in his mind.

Zhao Yun couldn't help but frown when he looked at the walking corpses in Zhijiang City.

Zhao Yun did not participate in the battle behind Jiangxia County, so he naturally had no idea what these corpses were.

"Let's go, I'm here to take you away."

"Leave? No need to guard?"

Zhang Liao looked at Zhao Yun doubtfully.

Zhao Yun smiled and casually swung a gun. More than three thousand corpses were reduced to pieces in an instant.

After this move came out, everyone understood what Zhao Yun meant, and he had become a legendary military commander.

Huang Zhong's eyes were burning. There were more and more legendary generals around Gu Rubing, and he had to catch up, otherwise sooner or later, he would be eliminated.

In Cao Jun's camp, Cao Ren saw people from the Gu tribe packing their things, as if they were leaving.

"Clan leader, what are you doing?"

"General Cao, Zhao Yun is here, it's time for us to leave."

"Zhao Yun?"

Only then did Cao Ren realize that Zhao Yun had not come out since the battle of Nanjun started. He should have come out now to resolve the siege of Zhijiang.

"But Patriarch, you won't have to leave even if Zhao Yun is there, right?"

"Zhao Yun is already a legendary military general. I just received the order from the Lord to evacuate immediately!"

Legendary general?

Cao Ren looked shocked. He didn't expect that there was another legendary general in Liu Bei's camp. Wouldn't it mean that the top combat power of both sides was out of control? How could Liu Bei still fight if he had another legendary general? Isn’t it impossible to defend the frontal battlefield?

"The order Sun Jian gave you? How did Sun Jian know that Zhao Yun became a legendary general? Zhao Yun has just arrived, how did the order come?"

Of course Miao Moqing would not tell Cao Ren about the sound transmission Gu, and she did not have much time to give Cao Ren an answer because Sun Jian urged her again and told her to be fast.

"General Cao, my poison and corpse can last for a while. I think the general knows what a legendary general is like. I hope the general will take care of himself!"

After saying that, Miao Moqing turned around and left.

At the same time, they also took away four hundred members of the Gu clan.

Upon seeing this, Cao Ren no longer hesitated and immediately rushed to the front line with his army.

After a short time, Zhao Yun killed all the corpses in the city, then took out the herbs and threw them in the moat.

The smell of herbs made people who smoked it again unable to open their eyes, but this time they actually liked the smell.

Everyone knew in their hearts that only this smell could save their lives.

Soon, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and the others quickly left here.

After leaving the city, Huang Zhong took Zhao Yun to Cao Ren's camp.

It turned out that Cao Ren and the others had left long ago.

Huang Zhong secretly regretted that if he could be faster, he might be able to let Zhao Yun kill Cao Ren and the others.

"Let's go back first. With me here, the battle will be over soon, I promise."

After listening to Zhao Yun's words, Huang Zhong nodded.

In one day, Zhao Yun led Huang Zhong and the others back to the front line safely.

After entering the city, Gu Rubing personally came to the city gate to greet him.

When Huang Zhong saw Gu Rubing coming, he knelt in front of Gu Rubing.

"My Lord, my subordinates are incompetent and have lost three cities. Please deal with them, Lord!"

Seeing Huang Zhong's appearance, Gu Rubing smiled and helped him up.

"Old General Han Sheng, what are you doing? I will dispose of you just for three cities. Then you are too worthless. It's just three cities. Old General, get up. Even if you lose the world, I don't care. , because I know you can help me get it back!"

When Huang Zhong heard this, his eyes turned red and he looked a little excited.

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely accompany my lord, fight on the battlefield, and treat death as if they are home!"

"Okay, whatever is not dead must live!"

After Gu Rubing pulled Huang Zhong up, just as he was about to say something, a soldier came to Gu Rubing.

"Lord, there is a messenger outside."

"Messenger? Cao Cao's?"

"Yes lord!"

Gu Rubing laughed directly when he heard the news.

He had already guessed that Cao Cao wanted to see him. After all, now that he knew about Zhao Yun becoming a legendary general, there was no point in continuing this battle.

"Tell the messenger to meet outside the city tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning.

Gu Rubing took Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei directly to the pavilion outside the city.

When Cao Cao and Sun Jian saw the three people behind Gu Rubing, their expressions were not very good.

"You two came really early. From the looks of it, you didn't sleep last night, okay? Why don't you go back and have a good sleep before you come? Your body is the capital of labor. You don't have enough chips, so what are you going to talk about?"

Gu Rubing's words shocked the two of them, and there was obviously something in his words.

Yes, how can they still have the capital to negotiate?

Compared to Cao Cao, Sun Jian was even more helpless. At any rate, Cao Cao still had Dian Wei, who could beat Zhang Fei even among the legendary generals.

After Dian Wei and Sun Ce returned that night, they told Sun Jian and Cao Cao about Zhao Yun's strength.

In the feelings of the two, Zhao Yun's strength is second only to Guan Yu.

After all, Guan Yu is a veteran legendary general, and his martial saint points are as high as 20, which has entered the second level of legendary generals, while Zhao Yun has just entered the legendary generals, and his silver dragon points are basically zero.

According to Dian Wei, among the five legendary generals, Guan Yu ranks first, Zhao Yun ranks second, Dian Wei ranks third, Zhang Fei ranks fourth, and Sun Ce ranks fifth.

Sun Ce was very unwilling to hear that he ranked fifth, but he couldn't do anything because it was a fact.

Cao Cao had Dian Wei, and he could replace Zhang Fei with all his might, so what about Sun Ce in his hands?

In comparison, I am the one with the least capital.

"Haha, King Lie, you are really joking. Since we are here, everyone is here to have a good talk. We are all here for peace talks, why do we need capital? Come and try my Yunshan Silver Needle, it's pretty good!"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he hurriedly poured tea for Gu Rubing.

It seems that Cao Cao is not panicked at all, but the hand pouring tea is extremely trembling.

Gu Rubing saw it, but didn't say it. Since he didn't plan to turn against each other, he should leave a way for them to meet again in the future.

"You two should tell me what you are going to do this time? Our relationship doesn't seem to be good enough to sit together and drink tea happily, right?"

Cao Cao smiled, and then slowly said: "King Lie, we have decided to withdraw our troops!"

"Withdraw troops? You two are leaving now? We have been fighting for such a long time, and both sides have lost more than 100,000 soldiers. Are you withdrawing just like that? You don't want to fight anymore? Then how can I explain to my brothers?"

Cao Cao's face changed immediately after hearing this.

It is true that the loss of more than 100,000 people is not true, but these more than 100,000 people are basically not all my own losses. What does it have to do with you, Liu Bei? You only lost tens of thousands of people.

Although Cao Cao was unwilling, he had to bow his head under the eaves.

"I wonder what kind of explanation King Lie wants?"

"During this period, you have taken my things, so you have to give them back to me, right?"

"Of course, the whole Jingzhou will be returned to you intact."

Cao Cao nodded, and Sun Jian on the side hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something but not saying it.

In the battle of Jingzhou, Cao Cao could be said to have not taken any hair, but he took Jiangxia County at a heavy loss. The so-called intact, that is, he had to spit out what he had eaten.

"Prime Minister Cao, you just said that we lost more than 100,000 people this time, so it's not too much for me to ask for something for these 100,000 people, right? How about this, 500,000 gold, 50,000 fine iron longbows, spears, and 50,000 armored war horses, I don't ask for much, right? And give me the entire Silizhou, I'm not asking too much, right?"

When Cao Cao heard this condition, he couldn't help but exert force with his fingers.

"Crack" sounded crisply.

The teacup in his hand instantly broke into two halves.

Cao Cao smiled awkwardly and threw the teacup on the ground.

"Poor quality, poor quality!"

Dian Wei, who was standing by, heard Gu Rubing's conditions and immediately scolded him in dissatisfaction.

"King Lie, you are too shameless. Those hundreds of thousands are obviously our losses, not your losses. You only lost tens of thousands of people. Why do you want so much?"

Dian Wei's voice just fell, Zhao Yun looked at Dian Wei.

"Do you have the right to speak?"

Dian Wei hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but still shut up.

Seeing that Dian Wei was suppressed, Cao Cao did not dare to say anything more.

"Okay, we will give it!"

Cao Cao knew in his heart that this time he had to give out all his old money. With 500,000 gold, he didn't know how many ancient tombs he had to dig to fill this hole. There were also those war horses and weapons. It was estimated that the warehouse would be emptied. The most important thing was Silizhou. Before, Gu Rubing only occupied Xudu, and this time the whole state would be taken away.

From this moment on, Gu Rubing was no longer the master of the Nine Provinces, but the Ten Provinces. Almost the entire world was in Gu Rubing's hands. No one could compete with Gu Rubing anymore, even if the remaining three provinces were combined.

Unless, a legendary general appeared again.

Gu Rubing got a satisfactory answer and returned to the city with a smile.

After Cao Cao and Sun Jian returned to the camp.

"This time, the compensation will be half for each of us."

"What? Why? I lost a famous general."

Sun Jian's family was not that rich to begin with. If he gave away half, he would really have nothing.

It was not easy to annex Shi Xie, but he didn't use the resources he got at all. He used them all for war reparations.

"You lost a famous general, isn't it my loss? I don't care, you hurry up and prepare the things and money."

Sun Jian nodded unwillingly.

Soon, the coalition forces retreated. Pang De, who was hiding on the top of the mountain, saw this and immediately took out Zhuge Liang's brocade bag.

There was only one line of words on the brocade bag.

Enter Jiaozhou and cut off the connection.

Deng Ai, who was standing by, saw the words on the brocade bag and immediately looked at the map. He then admired Zhuge Liang's strategic vision.

"What does the Prime Minister mean? Enter Jiaozhou, I understand, but what does this mean to cut off the connection?"

Pang De didn't know what Gu Rubing had traded with Cao Cao and others, so naturally he didn't know that Cao Cao had already compensated Gu Rubing with Sili.

But Deng Ai guessed this.

"If I guess correctly, the four-party coalition retreated, and one of them must have admitted defeat. In addition, with the tips given by the prime minister, I guess the lord won. Cao Cao didn't just lose this battle, he probably also lost the entire Sili. Without Sili, Cao Cao would only have Yizhou."

Pang De nodded, although he didn't know how Zhuge Liang did it, he guessed the direction before the war even started.

"Yizhou, Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, currently the coalition only has these three states, and the most important of these three states is Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou can unite the three states, and Sun Jian's economic source is also in Jiaozhou. As long as we take Jiaozhou, it is equivalent to cutting off Sun Jian's economic lifeline. At the same time, block Jiaozhou and cut off the communication between Yangzhou and Yizhou. At that time, we can fight Cao Cao if we want to, and Sun Jian if we want to. The initiative is completely in our hands."

Pang De finally understood.

In this case, Sun Jian and Cao Cao cannot be connected head to tail, they are two lambs to be slaughtered, and their side can eat them whenever they want.

"Let's go to Jiaozhou!"

Pang De said, looking at Deng Ai, he found that this kid is now like a sword, and has begun to show his edge.

Zhuge Liang's smile did not increase after learning that Gu Rubing had snatched Si Li, but his face gradually darkened.

"Prime Minister, what's wrong?"

In Gu Rubing's view, this Si Li is like a nail, stuck in his own power, threatening the safety of his rear at any time. Now that Si Li has become his own, the rear no longer has to worry about safety. Why is the prime minister still unhappy?

"My lord, you are the king of the same character, and now the whole Si Li is yours, then the majesty is naturally yours, you..."

Gu Rubing only reacted at this time, and the smile on his face gradually subsided.

According to the rules, he had to hand over all the soldiers and generals to the court.

Not to mention himself, even the generals under him probably wouldn't be willing, right?

And Gu Rubing knew in his heart that since ancient times, the so-called kings who stood shoulder to shoulder with one word had no good end and would be dealt with by the court.

"I originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to take Jiaozhou, but it seems that we need to go back to Sili first."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang smiled and waved the feather fan in his hand gently.

"My lord, don't worry about Jiaozhou. I have asked General Pang De to bring 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits into Jiaozhou. There should be a war report in the near future. There is no force in Jiaozhou that can stop us, so what we need to worry about should be His Majesty of Sili."

Gu Rubing knew that if he did not submit to the court, his reputation for benevolence accumulated over the years would probably be over, and his soldiers would definitely have second thoughts.

But if he surrendered, his power would definitely be disintegrated. Gu Rubing was unwilling to see his years of struggle fall short!