Chapter 564 The Plan Begins

Gu Rubing started fighting in three places at the same time. With such consumption, Zhou Yu firmly believed that Gu Rubing could not hold on.

However, there was no time for Zhou Yu to think about it. Soon he received the latest battle report. The entire Cangwu County was in Gu Rubing's hands.

Zhou Yu's expression changed when he saw the battle report, and he immediately sent someone to contact the Xiahou brothers who were guarding the edge of Xiangke County, asking them to put pressure on Gu Rubing from the side, and also asked Cao Cao's three legendary generals to prepare.

Zhou Yu left the camp with all his troops.

Gu Rubing's all-round attack meant that the defense forces at various locations were insufficient, so Zhou Yu decided to defeat them one by one.

However, not long after leaving the camp, they saw Gu Rubing leading an army of 200,000 people blocking the road ahead.

"Gongjin, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Lie Wang, it seems that there is no need for us to be so affectionate, right? You might as well call me Zhou Yu. We just captured Cangwu County and don't need to defend. Instead, we are blocking me here. Lie Wang, you don't seem to have any sense at all. Is it necessary?”

"Of course it is necessary, because my target from beginning to end is not the so-called Cangwu County, but you and the 100,000 soldiers and horses in your hands."

When Zhou Yu heard this, his expression suddenly changed. Only then did he realize that he had fallen into a trap.

Gu Rubing's goal was not anyone's territory, but the soldiers and horses in the hands of Sun Jian and Cao Cao. He wanted to swallow them all in one bite.

But doesn't Zhou Yu believe that such a plan would be thought up by someone like Gu Rubing?

It was Gu Rubing's plan to muddy the water, attack from multiple directions, and defeat them one by one. Zhou Yu would not believe this chain of tricks even if he beat him to death. In the end, Zhou Yu thought of Zhuge Liang.

But he clearly heard that Zhuge Liang had left Gu Rubing. Could it be that Gu Rubing still had capable people in his army?

If this is the case, God loves Gu Rubing too much, right? With such an opportunity, who can be his opponent?

At this moment, Zhou Yu thought a lot and finally understood Gu Rubing's intention, but it was already too late.

"withdraw."

Zhou Yu's idea at this time was very simple, that is, run away. Run as many people as you can. It's better to stay here.

"Want to run? I have been preparing for a long time."

Just when Zhou Yu turned to leave, Pang De and the 50,000 Taishan Tiger Bandits led by him appeared behind him.

The moment the two sides fought, the powerful fighting power of the Taishan Tiger Thief was revealed.

The Yangzhou army had almost no ability to resist in front of the Taishan tiger thief.

"Heaven is going to destroy me, Yangzhou."

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly.

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly remembered.

"Gongjin, don't panic, we are coming."

As soon as the voice fell, the Xiahou brothers appeared behind Gu Rubing with their army.

The arrival of Cao Cao's troops was indeed unexpected by Gu Rubing.

He has left tens of thousands of people at the border as a decoration, and the Xiahou brothers should not dare to rush in like this.

But what Gu Rubing didn't know was that they dared to rush in only because of Cao Cao's order.

After learning that Gu Rubing was fighting against Sun Jian, Cao Cao knew that Sun Jian was definitely not Gu Rubing's opponent.

He immediately asked Zhuge Liang for advice.

However, Zhuge Liang refused Cao Cao's request in the name of considering Rome and Liangzhou Huang Zhong.

In desperation, Cao Cao could only ask the Xiahou brothers to rush to support.

After receiving Cao Cao's order, the Xiahou brothers looked at the tight defense line in front and hesitated. However, it was Cao Cao's order after all, and they could not disobey it. They had no choice but to rush forward once, so that they could give Cao Cao a mission.

But he didn't expect that his random charge would actually tear Gu Rubing's defense to pieces.

The seemingly impenetrable line of defense turned out to be a complete decoration.

Seeing the chaos in the rear, Gu Rubing's face was gloomy. He originally wanted to use this opportunity to completely let Zhou Yu stay, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao would ruin his plan.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Liao and Zhang He immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Zhou Yu took this opportunity and returned directly to Cao Jun's camp.

Several people didn't stop, turned around and ran away.

Looking at the few people walking away, Gu Rubing did not pursue them. His target this time was originally the Yangzhou Army.

Of the 100,000 Yangzhou troops, only more than 10,000 rushed out, and the rest stayed here.

Without Zhou Yu's 100,000 men, Jiaozhou almost completely fell into Gu Rubing's hands.

The incident in Jiaozhou naturally reached Sun Jian. After hearing the news, Sun Jian slumped down in his chair.

Miao Moqing on the side was also looking at Sun Jian. She wanted to see what Sun Jian planned to do next.

At this time, Sun Jian could be said to be very helpless.

It took him a month to cultivate 100,000 people, but they were just gone.

Seeing Sun Jian's delay in speaking, Miao Moqing stepped forward and said softly: "Lord, we can't lose Jiaozhou."

Of course Sun Jian knew that Jiaozhou could not be lost, but now that Jiaozhou was in Gu Rubing's hands, it would be very troublesome for him to get it back.

At this time Zhou Yu also rushed back from the Xiahou brothers.

After seeing Zhou Yu return, Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu gloomily.

"Gongjin, don't you have anything to say?"

"Lord, I am entirely responsible for Jiaozhou this time, but I do have information. I suspect that Gu Rubing has a master around him."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Hearing this, Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu with confusion.

"My lord, Zhuge Liang is Liu Bei's number one adviser, and I guess he should be the only legendary adviser. But now Zhuge Liang should no longer be by Liu Bei's side, but during this period of time, Liu Bei first attacked Yizhou, then Yangzhou, and finally Jiaozhou. It looks like Liu Bei is fighting randomly, but in fact Liu Bei’s ultimate goal is to muddy the waters so that we don’t know his true purpose.”

"So, Gongjin, you know?"

"Yes, my lord, according to my guess, Liu Bei's goal is our 100,000 troops, which are also the troops in Cao Cao's hands. This time, what Liu Bei wants is not territory, but people."

"people?"

Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu in front of him in confusion. He always felt that there was something wrong with what Zhou Yu said. People are not as valuable as territory. As long as they have territory, people will have it sooner or later.

But for some reason, Sun Jian felt that there was nothing wrong with what Zhou Yu said. He felt that no matter how he explained it, it made sense.

Seeing that Sun Jian was silent, Zhou Yu was not anxious and knelt on the ground quietly waiting for Sun Jian to respond.

"Forget it, no matter what, you lost Jiaozhou. If you lost a city, I wouldn't blame you, but you lost a state. Gongjin, you can't just let it go. You will always be punished for this. It’s something that needs to be endured.”

After hearing Sun Jian's words, Gan Ning immediately stood up.

"My Lord, you can't blame the Governor this time. It's because Liu Bei and the others are too cunning. I believe the Governor will not be negligent next time."

"Does he want another time?"

Sun Jian glared at Gan Ning.

Now, Gan Ning didn't know what to say.

"Lord, I can find a way to take back Jiaozhou."

"Huh? How can we retake Jiaozhou with the troops and horses we have now?"

"It's very simple. We can borrow troops from Cao Cao."

"Cao Cao, do you think he will give us soldiers and horses? Are you kidding me?"

"If Cao Cao doesn't agree, we will have to borrow troops from Rome."

As soon as he heard about Rome, Sun Jian's face instantly became serious.

The war situation in Rome was not very good. Anxi's army had been exchanging territory with itself. It seemed that he had not lost anything, but his own territory and Anxi's territory were actually mixed together, restraining and suppressing each other.

Sun Jian didn't understand why An Anxi did this.

Is it just for the so-called insertion? How can there be such an intersection? When my territory is cut off, isn't my own territory also cut off?

Compared to Sun Jian, Cao Cao had been deceived by Zhuge Liang at this time and could not see the situation clearly at all.

He was too hesitant to believe Zhuge Liang. Cao Cao only saw Zhuge Liang's victory and did not pay any attention to what the cities Zhuge Liang abandoned looked like or whose hands they were.

However, behind them, Huang Zhong was quite happy to pick it up.

Wherever Huang Zhong went, there was basically no defensive force in the city, and it was just picking up holes.

"Mr. Zhuge, we have occupied most of Rome's territory. Should we launch a general attack next?"

Cao Cao thought that everything happening now was Zhuge Liang's plan, just to launch the final general attack.

However, Zhuge Liang still shook his head at this time.

"Now is not the time. We still need to wait for an opportunity."

Since Zhuge Liang said to wait, Cao Cao has been waiting.

Soon Cao Cao received Sun Jian's request for help. After seeing the content of the request, Cao Cao laughed directly.

"Mr. Zhuge, tell me, what did Sun Jian think? He couldn't defeat Liu Bei head-on, but he actually wanted to ask me for help. I helped him save Zhou Yu, which already gave him a lot of face. Isn't this just a slap in the face?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang did not answer Cao Cao's words.

At this time, Cao Cao realized that Liu Bei was Zhuge Liang, the original lord, and he should tell Zhuge Liang less about Cao Cao.

"Then Mr. Zhuge, what do you think I should do? Should I send someone to help Sun Jian?"

"Prime Minister, you can do whatever you want. My eyes are on the western battlefield. I don't care about the big man's affairs, and I don't want to care about them. But as long as I'm here, everything can be solved."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao nodded and directly rejected Sun Jian's request.

Sun Jian didn't care at all about Cao Cao's rejection, which was what he expected.

Not long after, Sun Jian united with Rome and gathered 200,000 soldiers and horses, including two special units, one of which was a Spartan warrior and the other was a Macedonian warrior.

With these two special arms, Zhou Yu has greater confidence.

After Gu Rubing captured Cangwu County, he began to focus on defense, but he also knew in his heart that it was impossible to completely defend Cangwu County, so Gu Rubing had already made plans to retreat.

Because of the appearance of the Xiahou brothers, there were loopholes in Gu Rubing's plan. He failed to defeat Zhou Yu, and the Xiahou brothers discovered the loopholes in the defense line, causing him to have to reorganize the defense line. This also allowed Gu Rubing to use the The strength is reduced by half.

Now Gu Rubing has less than 150,000 people at his disposal.

The only famous generals in hand were Zhang He and Zhang Liao. The rest were all transferred back to the camp to prepare for Cao Cao's surprise attack.

In the camp, Gu Rubing looked at the note in his hand and couldn't help but frown.

"Is there nothing behind it?"

Gu Rubing muttered while flipping the note in his hand back and forth.

At this moment, Zhang Liao walked in from outside.

"Lord!"

Gu Rubing quickly put the note away and looked at Zhang Liao.

"We have just received information. Zhou Yu has mobilized an army of 200,000 from somewhere. It seems that there are people from the Western Regions among them. In addition, Gan Ning and Huang Gai are also with him."

Gu Rubing nodded when he heard this, and then said: "Get ready and retreat."

Zhang Liao also knew that in this situation, the best way was to retreat.

When Zhou Yu led his army to Gu Rubing's camp, the entire camp was empty, with no one left.

Zhou Yu was so angry that he kicked the brazier in front of him away.

"Liu Bei, just wait for me, this matter is not over yet."

With Gu Rubing leaving, Zhou Yu regained all places except Yulin County.

In Sun Jian's view, this attack was simply a farce. Not to mention Sun Jian, even Cao Cao, who had received the news, felt the same way.

As for Gu Rubing, he didn't feel anything at all.

Just when everyone thought that Gu Rubing was free and had to take action, when Zhuge Liang, who was far away in peace, heard this information, a smile appeared on his lips.

Late at night, when Zhuge Liang was waiting for Cao Cao to go to sleep, Zhuge Liang suddenly left in front of Cao Cao.

"Prime Minister, it's almost done. We can start taking full action."

Cao Cao looked at Zhuge Liang with a puzzled look on his face. He had just asked him in the morning if it was time to take action now, but Zhuge Liang shook his head.

But now Zhuge Liang said it was okay, which made Cao Cao a little confused, but he was a legendary counselor after all, and he was not as good as others, so naturally he would do what others said.

Soon, Anxi launched a full-scale war. All the ambushes that had been ambushed before, and the seemingly chaotic intervening routes, became clear at this moment.

Seven important towns, including Carthage, Alexandria, and Milan, were all besieged in an instant.

This made Caesar in the royal capital unable to react.

The map that was obviously very confusing before suddenly became clear after the Parthian Empire launched its general offensive.

Cao Cao almost bet all the troops in Anxi and opened up eight locations at the same time. All of this was Zhuge Liang's plan.

Cao Cao, who looked at the map, was relatively reassured about the situation present. At present, the one who was most uneasy was the 100,000 troops led by Huang Zhong who had been in the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions.

"Mr. Zhuge, will this Huang Zhong person..."

"Don't worry, Prime Minister, I have arranged for 50,000 people to be in the rear to block Huang Zhong's troops."

With Zhuge Liang's words, Cao Cao was relieved.

At the same time, in the capital of Rome, Constantinople.

A man ran up to Caesar.

"King, there is a person outside, who is said to be the envoy of the Lieutenant King of the Han Dynasty."