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Chapter 549 Handing over the Tiger Tally!

Pang De led the Taishan tiger bandits directly into Jiaozhou.

At the beginning, Jiaozhou was the same as Zhuge Liang had speculated, with basically no defense capabilities. In the several counties they encountered, some surrendered, while those who resisted were killed. The whole journey was unimpeded.

But soon, a problem arose.

Sun Jian was on the way of retreat when he suddenly received news that Jiaozhou had been attacked, led by Pang De, a famous general under Liu Bei.

Upon hearing the news, Sun Jian's face changed.

Thinking that it was Gu Rubing who was attacking, he prepared to speed up and hide in Yangzhou.

But soon, Sun Jian discovered that Miao Moqing beside him looked a little unhappy.

"What happened to the Miao leader?"

"My lord, Jiaozhou is our base camp. We, the Gu people, have lived in Jiaozhou for generations, so if Jiaozhou is in trouble, we must go back."

Sun Jian looked at Miao Moqing. He knew that Miao Moqing was not that kind of person. If she was really so worried about Jiaozhou, Miao Moqing would have had no intention of taking action when he besieged Shi Xie.

This time it is most likely related to Meng Huo. I don’t know what was done with him after he was taken away by Miao Moqing. He should still be in the Gu clan.

"Then let's go to Jiaozhou."

Miao Moqing is Sun Jian's most important helper. If Miao Moqing leaves, he will really have no trump card to deal with Gu Rubing.

Pang De marched at an extremely fast speed, and in just a few days he occupied Yulin County and Cangwu County in Jiaozhou. When he was attacking Nanhai County, he finally encountered Sun Jian's reinforcements.

This time, it was Sun Jian who came in person to provide support.

As soon as he saw the enemy's lineup, Pound immediately ordered a retreat.

However, after taking a few steps, Pang De saw that Miao Moqing was blocking their way of retreat.

"Everyone, Jiaozhou is not a place you can just enter. If you want to come here, you have to leave something behind."

As Miao Moqing's voice fell, a green poisonous gas began to spread in the army where Pang De was.

"Not good, kill them."

Pang De no longer hesitated and rushed out with the Taishan Tiger Bandits.

After the Taishan tiger thief in the front row entered the poison gas circle, he fell directly to the ground, while the people behind him rushed forward quickly.

After paying the price of nearly ten thousand people, Pound finally rushed out with his men.

"Pound boy, where are you going?"

Gan Ning, holding the ancient ingot knife, rushed directly towards Pang De.

Pang De, who had finally rushed out, was caught up by Gan Ning before he could even catch his breath. Not daring to be careless, he directly took out the Eight Gates Golden Lock Sword to deal with him.

As long as Gan Ning doesn't encounter someone like Huang Zhong, his combat power is still very strong.

The two fought for fifty rounds before Deng Ai's voice came from a distance.

"General, hurry up."

Pang De then realized that he was now surrounded. Sun Guan and Yin Li who followed him had been killed by Huang Gai, and Zang Ba was barely holding on.

He wielded his sword to force Gan Ning back, then immediately rushed out with Deng Ai and others.

Gan Ning wanted to give chase but was stopped by Sun Jian.

"No rush. Our primary mission now is to take back Jiaozhou and strengthen its defense."

Pang De and his men were running in front, while Sun Jian and his men were chasing them slowly from behind.

In the end, Pang De had to withdraw from Nanhai County and garrison Cangwu County, while asking Gu Rubing for reinforcements.

At this time, Gu Rubing had already arrived in Sili Prefecture.

However, Gu Rubing never went to see Liu Xie.

Liu Xie was in the palace at this time, waiting for Gu Rubing to come and see him, but he didn't expect that Gu Rubing didn't come for two whole days.

In the end, Liu Xie couldn't help it, so he found a eunuch and went to Gu Rubing's mansion in person.

"King Lie, His Majesty asks you to go and have a chat!"

At this time, Gu Rubing was inviting his civil and military officials to drink. The entire mansion was surrounded by people and it took a long time for the eunuchs to squeeze in front of the drunk Gu Rubing.

"Your Majesty invites me? Okay, but I still have a lot of guests here. I'll go after I deal with them. Your Majesty and I will have a few drinks."

Upon hearing this, the eunuch stared at Gu Rubing with wide eyes.

Since when did your Majesty's orders become inferior to those of these civil and military officials?

Is this still the benevolent King Liu Bei?

The eunuch coughed, but before he could say anything, Zhang Fei came to the eunuch drunkenly and hugged him.

"Come on, father-in-law, drink!"

Seeing Zhang Fei drunk, the eunuch wanted to leave, but found that Zhang Fei's hands were tightly grasping his shoulders, with such strength that he could even lift him up.

The eunuch was really scared this time, so he could only follow Zhang Fei to the wine table and be fed wine by Zhang Fei.

It didn't take long for the eunuch to get drunk and fall asleep on the ground.

Seeing this, Gu Rubing put down his wine glass. His drunken look instantly disappeared and he walked straight to the back hall.

Zhuge Liang also followed.

"My Lord, have you made up your mind? Do you also want to use the emperor as a hostage to control the princes like Cao Cao did?"

Gu Rubing shook his head and suddenly looked at Zhuge Liang.

"If I choose to do the same thing as Cao Cao, will the Prime Minister still be willing to follow me?"

"Of course, I believe that even if the lord chooses to do the same thing as Cao Cao, he will definitely not do anything similar to Cao Cao."

Gu Rubing pointed at Zhuge Liang and burst into laughter.

Early the next morning.

The eunuch slowly woke up and found that he was sleeping on the ground.

At this time, Zhang Fei and others were also sleeping on the ground.

"woke up?"

Gu Rubing sat aside and looked at the eunuch.

"Ah! King Lie, it was my negligence last night. Let's go see His Majesty right away, shall we?"

"Okay, I've wanted to go for a long time, but since you haven't woken up yet, I can only wait here."

"King Lie, have you been waiting for me? Haven't you slept?"

The eunuch looked at Gu Rubing in surprise, and he also saw fatigue on Gu Rubing's face.

In order to pretend to be more realistic, Gu Rubing did sit there waiting and did not sleep all night.

"Yes, let's go and see His Majesty. I don't know how to explain this to His Majesty."

The eunuch secretly blamed himself, wondering why he drank too much.

On the way, the eunuch saw that Gu Rubing looked tired and smiled awkwardly.

"King Lie, why are you doing this? You don't have to wait for me to wake up. You can go directly to see His Majesty. You have waited for me for a whole night. What should I do?"

"How can that be possible? You are His Majesty's messenger. According to the rules, you must lead me to see His Majesty. This rule cannot be broken."

When the eunuch heard this, his eyes suddenly turned red. Since the chaos in the world, who has cared about these rules? Dong Zhuo didn't, and Cao Cao didn't either. Only Liu Bei still abided by the rules. The two quickly entered the palace.

The eunuch brought Gu Rubing directly to the main hall.

Before entering, Gu Rubing tidied his clothes at the door, placed his sword at the door, and walked into the hall alone.

It should be time for the morning court session.

But since Cao Cao took over, Liu Xie's power has become less and less, and the ministers have become less and less concerned about the Han Dynasty. They have all found their own power, and no one comes to the morning court anymore.

Liu Xie looked at Gu Rubing who came in and forced a smile.

"King Lie came a little early. I thought King Lie didn't want to see me."

"Your Majesty, how is this possible? I have been fighting for so long just to save Your Majesty. Now I have finally done it."

Gu Rubing knelt on the ground and shouted, "Liu Bei, I meet your Majesty!"

Liu Xie looked at Gu Rubing, hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "Okay, my dear, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Gu Rubing stood up, he looked at Liu Xie in front of him and did not say anything. Instead, he waited quietly for Liu Xie to speak. It was Liu Xie who invited him.

After a long time, Liu Xie finally couldn't hold it anymore and spoke first.

"King Lie, it's been such a long time since you came back, how do you feel about Si Li?"

Gu Rubing knew that Liu Xie was asking why he had not come to see him after such a long time since he came back.

"I am very busy with my official duties and may have been negligent. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

"Busy with official duties? Haha, OK, uncle, since you are busy with official duties, why don't you stay and accompany me, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing's face instantly darkened. This was a request for his military power.

After Liu Xie finished speaking, he stared at Gu Rubing.

"No problem, Your Majesty. After so many years of fighting, I have suffered many hidden injuries. It is a good opportunity for me to take a good rest. I will hand over my 600,000 troops to the court."

As he spoke, Gu Rubing took out the tiger talisman for mobilizing troops and placed it on the ground in front of Liu Xie. After exchanging a few words with Liu Xie, he left the hall.

After watching Gu Rubing leave, the young eunuch walked into the hall.

"Tell me, do I think too badly of King Lie?"

Liu Xie looked at the tiger talisman in his hand and asked the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch did not say anything, but told everything that had happened before.

"King Lie, do you really value rules so much? Is the Imperial Uncle still my Imperial Uncle?"

Gu Rubing returned to the house and Zhuge Liang just walked over.

"My lord, have you handed over the tiger talisman to His Majesty?"

"Yes, from today on, I will not care about these things, and I will be a cool prince."

Zhuge Liang smiled, took out a battle report and put it in Gu Rubing's hand.

"My lord, something may have gone wrong in Jiaozhou. When Pang De's army entered Nanhai County in Jiaozhou, they were ambushed by Sun Jian. Yin Li and Sun Guan died in the battle. Of the 50,000 Taishan tiger bandits, more than 10,000 were lost. The rest are all guarding Cangwu County."

"Sun Jian returned to defend? So soon. I thought he would just ignore it and return to Yangzhou first to rest and then consider the matter of Jiaozhou."

After Gu Rubing finished speaking, he thought for a while, went straight into the room and opened the map.

"Order Zhang Ren and Zhang Liao to bring 50,000 men to support. Huang Zhong will lead the White Feather Light Cavalry and the Iron Pagoda to harass the people. If there is a chance to kill the Gu tribe, kill them immediately. Also, give the Iron Pagoda to Zhang Liao. You don't need to give any instructions. Zhang Liao will use it."

"Yes."

After Zhuge Liang left, Gu Rubing looked out the window in the direction of the imperial city and sneered.

"The Tiger Talisman for mobilizing troops? Do you really think this thing is useful? I am the Tiger Talisman. Without me, what can you do with the Tiger Talisman?"

After having the tiger talisman, Liu Xie became much bolder in the palace and felt lighter when walking.

Just when Liu Xie and his group arrived at the palace gate, the guards at the gate stopped Liu Xie directly.

"Your Majesty, it's not safe outside. If there's nothing else, you'd better not go out."

Those guarding the imperial city were Gu Rubing's Baihao soldiers, Gu Rubing's true confidants.

"What do you mean? This is my imperial city. I can go out whenever I want. Find your general. I have the tiger talisman in my hand."

As Liu Xie spoke, he took out the tiger talisman.

When Bai Haobing saw the tiger talisman appear, he hesitated for a moment. He looked carefully at the people behind Liu Xie. After making sure that Gu Rubing was not there, he bowed to Liu Xie and turned to leave.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Chen Dao hurried to the city gate and sent someone to find Gu Rubing.

"Your Majesty, it's really dangerous outside. You can't go out."

"What? I can't go out? That's impossible. I have the tiger talisman. How dare you disobey me? Where's the emperor's uncle? Let him come to see me."

Chen Dao was a little embarrassed at this time. After all, the person in front of him was Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Only Gu Rubing can deal with people of this level. No matter what I say, I can't deal with it.

Just when the two were looking for Gu Rubing, a Baihao soldier walked up to Chen Dao and whispered something in his ear.

"What did you say? My lord said that the military power has been taken away by His Majesty?"

Chen Dao looked at Liu Xie with a gloomy face.

People like Chen Dao are warriors who have fought on the battlefield, and they all have a murderous aura about them.

How could Liu Xie, who had always lived in the palace and lived a life of luxury, stand this kind of atmosphere?

"what are you doing?"

Liu Xie looked at Chen Dao with some fear.

"Your Majesty, I have one thing I don't understand. Why do you want to take away King Lie's military power? Do you know how much effort and hardship King Lie has put in to save you along the way? Now that he has finally come in, why do you want to take away his military power?"

"This is our business. No matter what, the tiger talisman is in my hand. Get out of my way!"

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, you can't go out today. In addition, I hope Your Majesty can return the military power to King Lie."

When Chen Dao said these words, he had no intention of kneeling down. His eyes were fixed on Liu Xie, and a murderous aura was released from him.

"I am the emperor. What decision I make has nothing to do with you. Well, you won't let me out, right? Go find the emperor's uncle. I want him to have a good talk with you and punish you."

When Chen Dao heard this, he was not panicked at all, but laughed instead.

"I am so sorry, Your Majesty. King Lie said that he no longer has military power and the tiger talisman is no longer in his hands, so he has no way to manage us."

"Yes, the tiger talisman is in my hand. I order you to get out of the way."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. We are the personal guards of King Lie. We only listen to King Lie."

"King Lie said he gave me the military power. Don't you understand?"

"I understand, Your Majesty!"

"Then get out of the way."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, we only listen to King Lie!"

"I……"

(End of this chapter)