Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 537: Five-day agreement, a surprise attack

When Cao Cao heard this number, his eyes widened.

"You gave it?"

"Nonsense, your son is in their hands, how can you bargain with the kidnappers? Are you buying vegetables at the market?"

Sun Jian was afraid that he would be exposed, so he pretended to be angry to cover up his guilty conscience.

After a moment of silence, Cao Cao sighed and waved his hand.

"Okay, I'll give it to you. Zhongkang, go prepare these things and they'll be delivered to you later..."

"Wait a minute, it's not over yet."

Sun Jian waved his hand to interrupt Cao Cao's words.

"besides?"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and looked at Sun Jian.

"Of course, my son suffered a lot at the hands of Liu Bei. It took him a long time to recover from his injuries, and he also used a lot of precious medicinal herbs. So, I won't ask for more from you. I'll give you another 5,000 war horses and 5,000 sets of fine iron armor, and let's just call it a day."

"What? You…"

Cao Cao's words were on the tip of his tongue, but after seeing Sun Ce's threatening look, he had to swallow the rest of his words.

"Here, here, here! I'll send it to your barracks later."

Cao Cao waved his hand and Xu Chu went down to prepare.

Seeing Cao Cao being humiliated, Sun Jian smiled triumphantly. This time, he made a lot of money. However, Sun Jian also knew that this was entirely because Dian Wei was not there. Dian Wei's death had not been confirmed yet, so Sun Jian did not dare to go too far and could only take advantage of him a little at most.

"Okay, now that the compensation issue has been resolved, why don't we discuss and resolve Liu Bei's issue."

When Liu Bei was mentioned, Cao Cao's expression instantly dimmed.

"The only ones who can take action now are the three generals behind me. The rest are recovering from their injuries."

"Recuperate?"

Sun Jian couldn't help but widen his eyes. Originally, Sun Jian thought that Cao Cao would be the main force in this battle, and he could just play around on the side. His characteristic was that as long as he could survive, he would become the strongest sooner or later.

But now I have to become the main force and face Liu Bei's army directly. Wouldn't my plan be in vain?
"How long will it take for your men to recover?"

"At least five days."

After thinking for a while, Cao Cao gave a final answer.

"Then let's delay it for five days."

Hearing this, Cao Cao smiled helplessly. Is this a joke? This is a war. Do you think it's a dinner party? You can just delay it?

After Sun Jian expressed his thoughts, Cao Cao reacted immediately.

Gu Rubing was watching the miraculous changes of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation in the training ground when he saw Zang Ba walking towards him from a distance.

"My lord, there is a messenger outside the city."

"messenger?"

Gu Rubing directly asked Zang Ba to bring the person to the county magistrate's office.

Zhuge Liang knew that the messenger who came at this time must have been sent by Cao Cao and his men, so he followed Gu Rubing to the county magistrate's office.

When the messenger saw Gu Rubing, he immediately handed over the letter.

"King Lie, my Prime Minister asks you to meet him outside the city."

Gu Rubing did not answer the messenger, but opened the envelope.

There was only one line of poetry in the letter.

The brothers are here after all the calamities, and they forget their grudges with a smile when they meet.

Is Cao Cao showing weakness?
When Gu Rubing saw this poem, this was the first thing that came to his mind.

Zhuge Liang, who was standing by, saw this poem and looked at Gu Rubing strangely.

"My Lord, you and Cao Cao are... brothers?"

When these words were spoken, not only Zhuge Liang but also Cao Cao's messenger beside him were shocked.

"Who is his brother? Okay, tell your prime minister that I will be there soon."

Zhuge Liang didn't understand what Cao Cao meant, but Gu Rubing knew it very well.

"My lord, do you really want to meet Cao Cao? Now is a tense time. If something unexpected happens, we..."

"Don't worry, I will take my third brother and Wei Yan with me. What we lack most now is time. Whether it is your Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation or Zhao Yun's injuries, they all need time. I will delay it for a few days if I can."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang stopped trying to stop them, and he also had a guess that Cao Cao and the others probably wanted to delay time.

Soon, the three of them arrived outside the city and saw Cao Cao with Xu Chu, and Sun Jian with Sun Ce, standing under a pavilion outside the city.

"When did a pavilion appear outside the city? Why didn't anyone report it?"

Gu Rubing muttered something to himself and walked over with the two of them.

"King Lie, I knew you would come."

Cao Cao clasped his fists towards Gu Rubing.

Gu Rubing ignored Cao Cao and looked at Sun Ce beside him, mocking him, "Oh, you're back so quickly! The recovery ability of a legendary general is really amazing. But you have to change your sleepiness. It's not good to sleep all the way."

"What did you sleep all the way?"

"Cough cough."

Sun Jian hurriedly coughed a few times, asked Sun Ce to stand further away, and then smiled at Gu Rubing: "King Lie, now that it has come to this, why bother talking about the past, why don't we talk about the current situation?"

"Oh, let's fight now. I'm ready. What about you two?"

Sun Jian was choked by Gu Rubing's words.

If they were ready, why would they need to ask Liu Bei out?

Cao Cao immediately stepped forward and said with a smile, "King Lie, we called you out this time just to discuss the affairs of Jingzhou."

"What are you going to talk about? Jingzhou is mine. How are you going to talk about it? How about returning Jiangxia County to me?"

"You're talking nonsense. I fought hard to get that."

When Sun Jian heard this, he became like a cat whose tail was stepped on and his fur immediately stood up.

"So, there's nothing to talk about? Then let's fight."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Liu Bei, you are looking for death."

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he was ready to rush towards Gu Rubing.

"Cer, stop it!"

"Boy, how dare you!"

Two voices sounded at the same time. Zhang Fei rushed directly to Sun Ce with the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand. When he was about to stab Sun Ce, he was stopped by Gu Rubing.

"Third brother, stop it!"

Sun Ce and Zhang Fei glared at each other and returned to their respective positions.

"King Lie, we just want to have a good chat, why are you doing this?"

Cao Cao tried to smooth things over.

When Cao Cao saw that it was Zhang Fei who accompanied Gu Rubing out, he actually felt relieved. At least it proved that Guan Yu had not returned and his Dian Wei was fine for the time being. Otherwise, Guan Yu would have returned long ago.

"How do you want to talk?"

"Both of us have suffered heavy losses this time. What I mean is, why don't we temporarily cease fire?"

"Truce? You want a truce just because you occupied my Jiangxia County? How can you think so perfectly? Has this Prime Minister lost his brain?" Cao Cao was already a little angry after being confronted, but he still held back at the last moment.

"King Liu... Lie, how about this? We three parties each send a few generals and let them compete. We can use the outcome to determine the direction of Jingzhou?"

When the people in the live broadcast room heard Cao Cao say this, they all laughed.

"It's over, it's over. Cao Cao's plan is ruined. He actually wants to take control of Jingzhou in this way."

"Haha, Cao Cao has given in."

"Prime Minister Cao has also had this day."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at Cao Cao in surprise. He even doubted whether he had heard it wrong.

Who can’t see now that the direction of Jingzhou is the direction of the world? The start of a war is a decisive battle, a competition between military generals, and the final victory. Isn’t this a joke?

Just when Gu Rubing wanted to say something.

There was a strong wind in the distance, and then everyone saw two figures rushing towards them, one in front and one behind.

Zhang Fei immediately stood in front of Gu Rubing, and Sun Ce stood in front of Sun Jian.

"Evil comes."

"Martial Saint."

Two voices were heard from a distance, followed by a gust of wind, dust flew up all around, and the visibility became extremely low.

"Brother, it's my second brother who is here."

Zhang Fei was also a legendary general, so this situation was naturally not a problem for him.

Gu Rubing nodded. Although he couldn't see, he could hear the word "Martial Saint".

The wind and sand gradually dissipated, and the figures of Guan Yu and Dian Wei stood in front of everyone.

"Big brother!"

Guan Yu came to Gu Rubing's side and stared at Dian Wei.

Dian Wei also returned to Cao Cao's side, with countless wounds of varying sizes on his body. If he hadn't used the Ancient Evil at the last moment to double his attack power, he might have been killed by Guan Yu's Martial Saint with one sword.

"Lord."

Dian Wei was panting and not in a very good mood.

"Okay, just come back."

Guan Yu was extremely frustrated at this moment.

Along the way, he chased Dian Wei and tried to stop him. Moreover, his words at the beginning also worked on Dian Wei. Dian Wei had temporarily given up the idea of ​​returning to Cao Cao.

The confrontation between the two men continued with one chasing the other.

But who would have thought that while the two were fighting, they suddenly saw Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Liu Bei, actually gathered together, and even Sun Ce was there.

If it were just Dian Wei alone, he would not be very confident that he could stop Guan Yu and Zhang Fei from killing Cao Cao, but it would be different with Sun Ce.

Among the legendary generals, although Sun Ce is the weakest, he is still a legendary general. With Sun Ce's help, Guan Yu would never have the chance to kill Cao Cao.

Thinking of this, Dian Wei sped up and rushed towards Cao Cao. Seeing this, Guan Yu also wanted to kill him, but was stopped by Dian Wei at the cost of being seriously injured.

After seeing Dian Wei coming back, Cao Cao immediately felt confident, at least Sun Jian was no match for him.

"Since you, Liu Bei, do not agree with my proposal, then we will set the time for the battle to begin in five days. We will have a decisive battle in five days."

Cao Cao laughed and turned to walk towards his own camp, while Dian Wei and Xu Chu stared at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

When Sun Jian saw Dian Wei coming back, his face changed. His status with Cao Cao had changed again, and he was about to lose his voice again.

Looking at Cao Cao's back, Gu Rubing smiled. No matter what, his goal was achieved this time. He delayed the time and gained at least five days.

After returning to the city, Zhuge Liang learned from Gu Rubing that there were still five days left, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Five days? Lord, are we really going to wait like this for these five days? We can do a lot of things in five days."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he opened the map.

"My lord, we can send a surprise force from Nanjun to Hanzhong in Yizhou, and then to Bajun. At present, all of Liu Zhang's troops are fighting us on the front line, and Yizhou must be empty inside. After the war begins, if there is an accident, the surprise force will definitely impact the enemy and force them to withdraw their troops for support."

Zhuge Liang was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "But this mission is very dangerous. The number of soldiers you bring cannot exceed 50,000, otherwise it will affect our front battlefield. They must also be elite, at least able to force Cao Cao and his men to withdraw at a critical moment."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing looked at the map and thought of a few people.

"Come here, get Pang De, Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Yin Li, and Deng Ai."

This time, the operation will take another five days and span three counties, so speed is a must.

Pang De's characteristic is that his good horse can increase the speed of his troops by 500%, and with the lightning speed it can increase it by another 500%. At this speed, people should be able to reach Ba County in three days.

As for Zang Ba, it was entirely because, according to what Zhuge Liang said, the only one who fully met the requirements was the Taishan Tiger Bandits, who had an army of 50,000 people and were a special type of soldier.

Under the leadership of Zang Ba, the Taishan Tiger Bandits can exert their greatest strength.

Ba County is located in Yizhou, which is mountainous. This is absolutely the most suitable place for Deng Ai, the king of the mountains.

While Gu Rubing was preparing, Zhuge Liang was not idle either.

Ugly time.

Inside Cao Cao's camp.

Cao Cao, who was soundly asleep, was suddenly awakened by a loud noise.

"what happened?"

Not long after, Xu Chu ran in.

"My lord, the White Horse Volunteers came charging in, but they just burned a few of our tents and then ran away."

"What? He ran away? Why don't you chase him?"

"We chased them, but... the brothers who were chasing them are all dead. They were ambushed."

"Ah... a bunch of trash."

Cao Cao slapped the bowl of water in front of him to the ground.

On the city wall, Gu Rubing yawned, looking at the victorious Baima Yicong, and said to Zhuge Liang with a smile: "Prime Minister, you are so mean. Cao Cao will never sleep well again."

"Haha, lord, you only said that the decisive battle will be held in five days, but you didn't say that during these five days, we are just waiting. This can only be considered a sneak attack, not a decisive battle!"

"Makes sense."

Early the next morning.

Cao Cao had dark circles under his eyes as he looked at all the generals standing in the camp.

"You are a bunch of losers. You can't even catch hundreds of people."

Listening to Cao Cao's words, all the generals felt unhappy. It was Cao Cao who personally told them to have a good rest and prepare for the decisive battle in five days. Who could have known that in less than five days, the enemy would launch a sneak attack.

Looking at the expressions of his generals, Cao Cao sighed. He naturally knew that this matter was not entirely the fault of his subordinates, but that he himself was also responsible.

Just then, Cao Cao thought of a good idea and said something in Cao Zhang's ear.

"As you command, Father."

Cao Zhang clasped his fists, turned around and left. No one knew what Cao Zhang was going to do.

Ugly time.

Cao Zhang led thousands of people and rushed out of the camp with great momentum, rushing towards Nanjun.

However, when he was halfway there, Cao Zhang suddenly felt something was wrong.

Before Cao Zhang could react, an arrow shot out from the woods.

(End of this chapter)