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Chapter 331 The war starts again, and the troops are divided into three groups!
The next morning, Liu Biao called the Kuai Liang brothers into his study. The swollen bags under Liu Biao's eyes were enough to prove his sadness the previous night.

"Do you two really think that the only way out of the current situation is to form an alliance with Liu Bei and help him contain Sun Jian?"

Liu Biao did not sleep all night just thinking about this matter. Kuai Liang was an adviser who followed him since he was in obscurity. He conquered Jingzhou and was in charge of seven counties. It can be said that without Kuai Liang, there would be no Jingzhou today, and naturally there would be no Jingzhou governor who is in charge of the richest state in the world. Therefore, Kuai Liang's words yesterday always cast a thin cloud over Liu Biao's heart.

As a player who is wholeheartedly devoted to farming and business, he is unwilling to start a war as long as there is any other choice. However, he thought about it all night yesterday and did not sleep all night, and the conclusion he came to is that he can only form an alliance with Liu Bei, there is no other way.

"My lord, the current situation does not allow a wealthy Jingzhou to sit idly by. If we do not take the initiative to join the game, we will be dragged into it, and then we will no longer have the initiative."

Seeing that Liu Biao was somewhat relenting, Kuai Liang continued to persuade him.

"Cao Cao and Sun Jian are definitely not people you can cooperate with! Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness is widely praised, and he also follows the spirit of benevolence and righteousness in his actions. Compared with the other two, he is the best choice. I hope the lord will give it more thought!"

"it is good."

After a long time, Liu Biao nodded slightly.

"Immediately send a letter to Qingzhou to inform Liu Bei that if Sun Jian's troops attack Xuzhou, then I will send troops from Jingzhou to directly capture Yangzhou, Yuzhang and Lujiang counties. I will never stand idly by! Just please, Xuande, don't forget the agreement we made beforehand."

"promise!"

Kuai Liang was extremely excited. He immediately took out paper and pen, wrote a letter to Liu Biao himself, and had it sent to Qingzhou at an express speed of 800 miles.

...

After several days of tiring journey, Gu Rubing and his party finally returned to Qingzhou City. As soon as they arrived at the tent, without waiting for Gu Rubing to summon them, his advisers and generals had already gathered together.

Now, Sun Jian of Jiangdong is eyeing the city covetously, and Cao Cao, in the name of prime minister, has led his troops to attack Bingzhou. Although Guan Yu is brave, he does not have enough troops under his command. Now he can only guard the three major cities of Yanmen, Shangdang and Taiyuan. The rest of the cities have been captured by Cao Cao, but Gu Rubing is not here, so these civil and military officials can do nothing no matter how anxious they are.

Therefore, as soon as Gu Rubing came back, everyone came to the big tent, wanting to know what method Gu Rubing had obtained during his trip to Jingzhou, and why he stopped in Nanyang and then returned to Qingzhou.

Inside the big tent, civil officials and military officers were lined up on both sides. Gu Rubing sat in the head seat. On his left was Zhuge Liang, dressed in white, holding a feather fan. His sharp eyes swept over the civil officials and military officers in the tent one by one.

"What major events have occurred recently?"

"My lord, urgent news from yesterday! Cao Cao personally led a large army to attack Shangdang and Yanmen counties. Now nearly half of the cities in the two counties have changed hands."

Xi Zhicai stood up, bowed and saluted.

"Sun Jian's troops in Jiangdong, Zhou Yu has led a 100,000-man army into Xuzhou and is heading towards Guangling City. General Wenyuan has already engaged Zhou Yu's troops, but the gap in strength is huge. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, General Wenyuan can only retreat to Hailing City."

"Also, after you returned from Nanyang County, Liu Biao of Jingzhou sent someone to deliver an urgent military letter from eight hundred miles away. It has not yet been opened. Please take a look at it."

Liu Ye handed an unopened envelope to Gu Rubing. On the letter were written four words: From Xuande himself.

Gu Rubing couldn't help but laugh. Liu Biao, did he come to his senses at this critical moment? But then he thought again, it must be his subordinate Kuai Liang's advice that had such an effect.

After quickly browsing the envelope, Gu Rubing handed it to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang just took a quick look at it and put the letter on the table.

"It's just the icing on the cake."

Gu Rubing handed the letter to Liu Ye and others below. After they passed it around, the tense expressions on their faces eased a little.

"It is great that Liu Biao is willing to send troops to attack Sun Jian. With Liu Biao's support, Zhou Yu's army will have to split into two groups to stop Jingzhou's attack. Then General Wenyuan's pressure will be much less."

Fa Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. During this period, Gu Rubing was away, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao suffered successive defeats, and the entire camp seemed to be covered with a veil, hanging over the hearts of the soldiers.

Now, the lord came back without going to Jingzhou City, and brought with him a young man who looked extraordinary. Jingzhou sent another message, saying that it could send troops to attack Yangzhou. Although I don't know how the lord did it, the result is good after all.

"Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Zhuge Kongming. From today on, he will be the military advisor of the three armies. Mr. Kongming's orders are the same as mine. The three armies must pass on orders without error!"

As Gu Rubing was speaking, Zhuge Liang stood up and bowed to greet everyone present.

The rest of the people returned the greeting.

"I know you may have some objections to this, but please trust Mr. Kong Ming. With Mr. Kong Ming's help, it will be like a fish in water."

"I will obey the Lord's orders."

Everyone saluted again.

Gu Rubing turned around and whispered to Zhuge Liang in white beside him.

"Sir, please repeat the strategy to the generals and military advisors."

Zhuge Liang nodded in greeting and told everyone his previous analysis with Gu Rubing, except that the original strategy of Guan Yu leading his personal soldiers, the Qinglong Swordsmen, to guard Taiyuan City had changed. Gu Rubing would personally lead 30,000 elite troops to support Taiyuan City and resist Cao's army.

After informing all the plans, Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and pointed towards the northwest.

"My dear generals, the situation is about to change. I don't want to elaborate on this. Please work together to defeat the enemy!"

"Defeat the enemy!"

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At noon that day, the three armies assembled.

Gu Rubing stood on the podium in armor, holding the hilts of the two swords behind his back with both hands, looking at the soldiers below. After the battle with Yuan Shao, the reputation of the benevolent and righteous army spread throughout several states. Once the conscription order was issued, countless young men of military age responded. The number of the three armies, which had been reduced to only 130,000 due to the battle, now increased to more than 200,000.

Although only 130,000 can be considered regular troops, the other 70,000 have been enhanced by various horrible and perverted forces. Except for the elite among the elite, the other enemies in front of them are more like miscellaneous soldiers.

Except for the soldiers who followed Guan Yu to garrison Taiyuan County, and those who followed Zhang Liao to garrison Guangling County, the rest of the army were all gathered in the parade ground, like a hill rising from the ground and stretching for miles on the plain, with a murderous atmosphere blowing in the face.

"Soldiers! The Cao thief has seized our territory and killed our compatriots. The Sun thief conspired with the Cao thief to swallow up Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Xuzhou. Many of my brothers' hometowns are in these three states, but now they have been occupied. Do you agree?!"

"No!"

The roars of the soldiers resounded throughout the sky, especially those from Bingzhou, Jizhou and other states. They were filled with murderous intent at this moment. They had witnessed the cruelty of Cao Cao and Sun Jian. After taking a city, they would kill people without stopping, or rape and do evil. This was also the reason why they joined Gu Rubing's subordinates.

"Soldiers, our brothers are fighting desperately against Cao and Sun. What should we do?" "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Three shouts of "kill" were deafening. Gu Rubing slowly drew out the male and female double-edged swords with his hands on the two swords, pointing them to the sky.

"kill!"

On the parade ground, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and other generals mounted their horses, some holding spears, some holding guns, with murderous intent filling the air.

"Third brother!"

Gu Rubing gave a low shout and Zhang Fei drove his horse forward.

"Brother, my brother is here!"

"I now order you to lead the 18 riders of Yanyun and 5,000 elite cavalry to harass Lujiang County and Jiujiang County in Yangzhou! Just like last time, make more flags. We don't seek to capture cities or territories, but only to disrupt the enemy's morale and make the enemy's frontline soldiers worry!"

"I obey your command! Brother, I'm leaving now!"

Zhang Fei rode his horse and led five thousand elite cavalrymen and the Eighteen Riders of Yanyun to rush out of the camp like an arrow. When cavalry attack is conducted, speed is of the essence and no delay can be wasted.

On the parade ground, Gu Rubing continued to speak.

"Zilong, Ziyi!"

"The general is here!"

Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci rode their horses out into the battle. Both of them were young men with red lips and white teeth, but their aura made people shudder.

"The two of you, each lead 500 scouts and spread the news. Zilong, hover between Pei County and Runan County, intercept the messengers sent by Sun Jian, and make sure Sun Jian is isolated and helpless. No information about the battle in Jiangdong can be sent to Cao Cao! Ziyi! Hover between Qinghe State, Henei County, and Wei State, and intercept the messengers sent by Cao Cao!"

"The last general takes command!"

The two men each led 500 scouts and marched out one after another. Scouts, a small group of vernier cavalry, were the elite among the elite. There were only so many of them in total, and now they had all been sent out.

"Good."

"The general is here!"

Zhang He drove his horse out, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

"Wenyuan is now in Liaodong and has retreated to Guangling City. I order you to lead an army of 100,000 to rush to Wenyuan's aid. Make sure to defeat the thief Sun in Jiangdong!"

"The last general takes command!"

Most of these 100,000 soldiers are rookies, but they are qualified to go to the battlefield only because of various terrifying bonuses. Otherwise, they would just be experience packs for the opponent to gain experience for them.

"Zi Yang, Zi Jing, Zhi Cai, Xiao Zhi, the rest of you should follow the military advisor's previous arrangements and each lead 2,000 elite soldiers to Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Jizhou to control the situation and stabilize the people's hearts!"

"My lord, take your orders!"

There were only 30,000 elite soldiers left in the parade ground, and they were led by Gu Rubing himself to Bingzhou to fight against Cao Cao. Gu Rubing walked down the parade ground, jumped on his horse, and the Dilu horse under his crotch was excited and high-spirited.

"Soldiers! I will personally lead you to fight against Cao the thief!"

When the remaining soldiers heard that it was Gu Rubing who led them, they roared in anger.

"kill!"

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"No, judging from the situation, Liu Caoxie is going to wipe out Cao Zhonger and Sun Menghu at the same time! If Liu Caoxie really wipes out these two people at the same time, no one will be able to stop him from unifying the world."

"Brothers, you only watch the battles and not the strategies? Don't you realize how awesome Zhuge Liang's strategies are? Last time I heard him talk, I felt like he was just bragging, but this time, I felt like he was already bragging in my face, waiting for a slap in the face."

"Liu Caoxie's rise is unstoppable. Cao Zhonger shouldn't be angry with Guo Jia at this time. He has already used the emperor to control the princes and appointed himself as prime minister. Shouldn't he develop his own strength steadily? Why is he so eager to start a war?"

"So is Sun Menghu. Yangzhou in Jiangdong is a rich place. They have been running the business for two generations, so their foundation is deep and they are loved by the people. If they can continue to grow, their strength will not be too weak. It's just that they are too impatient."

"You guys upstairs don't know shit. You're still talking about development? You're still talking about development? Haven't you reacted yet? Liu Caoxie's development speed will only be faster than theirs. His reputation for benevolence and righteousness is praised by the world. With such a large scale of praise, I'm afraid that if Liu Caoxie raises his arms, countless soldiers will be willing to help him seek the empire."

"I also think that Liu Caoxie's development speed is too fast. Others at least have everything at the beginning, official positions, gold, silver, soldiers and horses. Liu Caoxie started with only some straw sandals, some mats, and two younger brothers. In comparison, this can be said to be a devastating start."

"I don't agree with what you said. Second Master and Third Master are so powerful. Both of them are capable of defeating thousands of enemies on the battlefield. One person can hold the pass and ten thousand men cannot break through. Liu Caoxie's start is not that bad."

"Liu Biao's behavior is what surprised me the most. He seemed to be indifferent and aloof, but he actually took the initiative to send troops? What happened? I was not in Liu Biao's live broadcast room yesterday. Did he take the wrong medicine last night? Did he eat his kidney treasure and turn it into a fool's treasure?"

"Let's be honest. Although the plan seems to be very meticulous and has no flaws, what if Zhang Liao and Zhang He can't resist Zhou Yu? What if Liu Caoxie fails in his resistance against Cao Cao? What if Sun Jian's messenger escapes the blockade of Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci? What if Sun Jian doesn't want to be harassed by Zhang Fei and insists on attacking Guangling City?"

"I'll reply to you from the above. I was in Liu Biao's live broadcast room yesterday. Liu Biao was struggling even when he was sleeping. He didn't even have time to take his kidney medicine. The next morning, he sent an 800-mile express letter, hoping to reach an agreement with Liu Caoxie."

"No, you are from the Wan Yi family? Whatever, why don't you say that Liu Cao Xie might be killed by Sun Jian and Cao Cao?"

Gu Rubing’s live broadcast room was filled with comments from fans of Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Liu Bei.

……

The war was about to start, and the people were the most panicked. Zhuge Liang ordered the civil officials to lead the troops to appease the people and prevent bandits. This plan was to stabilize the people and prevent some mountain bandits from attacking the city during the war. At the same time, it would also make the people in several places love Gu Rubing more. Gu Rubing's virtue attribute would definitely be improved again. When recruiting soldiers, more people would apply. It was a virtuous cycle.

Gu Rubing also had a new understanding of Zhuge Liang's level. After all, being able to turn around from such a desperate situation and still be able to handle it with ease not only allowed Gu Rubing to win the hearts of the people and increase his reputation, but also laid a solid foundation for expanding military strength in the future.

Zhuge Liang's abnormal panel had already given Gu Rubing a huge surprise. Unexpectedly, his intelligence was another huge surprise. However, what excited Gu Rubing the most was the bond with Zhuge Liang obtained by completing the exclusive task. He was like a fish in water!

The name sounds low and seems to have no effect, but to Gu Rubing, these four words are more beautiful than a fairy.

(End of this chapter)