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Night falls.

Sun Jian stood in the camp, looking at the stars in the night sky, and fell into deep thought.

Miao Moqing walked behind Sun Jian at this time, but Sun Jian seemed not to feel it.

"Lord!"

Miao Moqing called Sun Jian softly, but Sun Jian didn't respond at all.

Miao Moqing stopped shouting and stood beside Sun Jian, waiting quietly.

It took Sun Jian a long time to react. Seeing Miao Moqing beside him, he said to himself, "I was careless."

Sun Jian has always regarded the Gu tribe as his trump card, but he knows in his heart that the Gu tribe can become his trump card and also has the ability to destroy him. Sun Jian has always been on guard against the Gu tribe.

Seeing Sun Jian looking at him, Miao Moqing asked, "What are you thinking about, my lord?"

"Chief, do you think we can still take Jiaozhou?"

Upon hearing this question, Miao Moqing fell silent. She originally thought that it would be easy to take Jiaozhou, but she didn't expect that Liu Bei actually had a way to control his poison gas. The current situation of the war was stuck in a stalemate, which was not what she wanted.

Looking at Sun Jian's bitter smile, Miao Moqing made a decision.

"My Lord, will you help us take back Jiaozhou in the future?"

"Of course, Jiaozhou is not only yours, but also ours. Aren't we trying to take Jiaozhou back now?"

"Since the lord is willing to help us, I am satisfied. Let's withdraw our troops. But before we leave, I will leave them a gift. The lord, these 20,000 men will be handed over to me."

When Sun Jian heard that Miao Moqing agreed to withdraw his troops, he immediately became excited. As for the 20,000 men, he had no intention of letting them go back just like that.

"it is good."

Under the leadership of Zhang Fei, Pang De and Zhang He led the last 10,000 Taishan tiger bandits, quietly left the city, and ambushed around Sun Jian's camp.

The three of them observed for a while and made sure that the patrol of the camp was the same as usual and there was nothing special. Then they led the Taishan Tiger Bandits and rushed into the camp.

Zhang Fei took the lead and with a casual wave of the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, thousands of Yangzhou soldiers lay on the ground.

"Zhang Fei, you are looking for death!"

As the voice fell, Sun Ce rushed out of the camp and killed nearly two thousand Taishan tiger bandits with a casual shot.

Then he fought with Zhang Fei.

Zhang He and Pang De, after witnessing the abilities of the two legendary generals, were secretly amazed.

If such a person really wants to kill the other party, I am afraid no one can do it except the legendary general.

The two men knew that they could not participate in the fight between gods, so they could only lead the remaining Taishan tiger bandits to attack Sun Jian's camp.

After fighting for a long time, the 20,000 troops in Sun Jian's camp were almost wiped out, but in the end, they only saw Sun Ce, and did not see Sun Jian and those Gu people.

The two of them suddenly had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Just then, a scream was heard not far away.

The two looked in that direction and found that the Taishan tiger thief who had just died had stood up again.

They had been fighting with the Gu tribe for such a long time, so of course they knew what this scene was.

Pang De rushed over and chopped off the head of the resurrected Taishan tiger thief in front of him with one knife.

Immediately afterwards, countless green poisonous gases spread out.

At the same time, more dead people stood up, including the Taishan tiger bandits and Sun Jian’s 20,000 Yangzhou troops.

In a corner of the camp.

Four hundred members of the Gu tribe, under the leadership of Miao Moqing, are controlling the poison gas.

Sun Jian stood guard on the side.

Seeing that it was almost time and the poison gas was spreading little by little, Sun Jian couldn't help but give a warning.

"Patriarch, should that be enough?"

Miao Moqing opened her eyes, smiled and nodded.

Soon, Sun Jian, Miao Moqing and the Gu people quickly evacuated the camp.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap. Let's go."

After Pang De finished speaking, he waved his hand and chopped off the heads of several resurrected zombies. Then he commanded the remaining Taishan tiger bandits to rush out of Sun Jian's camp.

However, after taking just a few steps, the Taishan tiger thief in the front row fell to the ground.

Soon after, those behind also began to fall.

Just as Pang De was anxiously wondering what to do, he suddenly felt dizzy, his eyes went dark, and he fell off his horse and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei forced Sun Ce back with a spear.

"You Yangzhou people are really shameless."

Sun Ce laughed loudly and turned away.

Zhang Fei looked at the situation on the battlefield and found that almost all the Taishan tiger bandits had fallen to the ground.

Knowing that he was powerless to save the situation, he could only hold Pang De with one hand and Zhang He with the other, and relying on his status as a legendary general who was not afraid of poison gas, he quickly left Sun Jian's camp.

As for those Taishan tiger bandits, Zhang Fei had no way to deal with them. After all, he was not Hua Tuo and did not have so many hands.

After rushing out of the camp, Zhang Fei finally returned to the city.

When Deng Ai saw this situation, he looked at Zhang Fei with confusion. He did not follow them, so naturally he did not know what had happened in the camp.

"We were attacked by surprise. The Gu tribe was really ruthless. They even plotted against their own people. The remaining 20,000 people of Sun Jian were just bait."

Zhang Fei sat on the ground, looking at Sun Jian's camp, thinking in his mind of the more than 10,000 Taishan tiger bandits he had left behind.

When Zang Ba learned that all his Taishan tiger bandits were dead, his eyes turned red.

This time when he came out from Mount Tai, not only did he fail to help, but he also killed several first-class generals he brought out from Mount Tai.

Zhang Fei looked at Zang Ba, hesitated for a moment, then walked forward and patted Zang Ba on the shoulder.

"This is war. Don't worry. When the lord comes back, he will definitely restore your Taishan Tiger Bandits' personnel. As long as they are still called Taishan Tiger Bandits, their sacrifice will not be in vain."

Zhang Fei’s ability to comfort people was crude, but it was not completely useless against Zang Ba.

Wiping away his tears, Zang Ba nodded.

Sun Jian retreated, taking four hundred Gu tribe members with him.

Sun Jian lost this battle, but Gu Rubing did not win either, at least not yet. Fifty thousand Taishan tiger bandits and nearly thirty thousand ordinary soldiers died, while Sun Jian suffered almost no casualties, less than a hundred thousand in total.

Such losses could not be achieved even when the four allied forces besieged Nanjun.

The most important thing is that Pang De and his men had no choice but to stop expanding into Jiaozhou. They now had less than 30,000 people, and their defense was not enough, so how could they have extra strength to expand. Gu Rubing returned to Sili, and before he went to the palace, he received the battle report from Jiaozhou.

"Such a huge loss? This Gu tribe seems to be in real trouble."

Gu Rubing murmured to himself. So far, there has been no news from Liangzhou. This made Gu Rubing a little suspicious. Did Cao Cao really go to the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions? If so, why has there been no news for so long?
Just when Gu Rubing was thinking about this, Zhuge Liang came to Gu Rubing's side.

"My lord, Yan Gaozhen has arrived at the gate of the palace, but was stopped by Chen Dao and his men. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Gu Rubing nodded.

"Quickly get out of the way! Your emperor has let me in. I have an imperial edict in my hand."

Yan Gaozhen held high the imperial edict in his hand and was about to go inside.

But how could Chen Dao and the others care about a piece of paper? All they had eyes for was Gu Rubing's military order.

"I'm sorry, but no one is allowed to enter the palace without King Lie's military order. We must ensure His Majesty's safety."

"Aren't you afraid of being punished by your emperor for doing this?"

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"Not afraid."

Seeing that Chen Dao refused to listen, Yan Gaozhen was at a loss and sat on the ground in anger.

"Hey, isn't this the great prince of the Kushan Empire? What are you doing here?"

"King Lie, you are finally here. Your emperor has given me an imperial decree to let me see him, but your men have been reluctant to let me in, and I have no other choice."

"Did the emperor give you an imperial edict?"

Gu Rubing did not expect how the emperor in the deep palace knew the news from outside.

Seeing this, Chen Dao walked over to Gu Rubing.

"My Lord, yesterday a eunuch left the palace and said he was going to look for you, but he came back halfway. It should be that this eunuch met this person on his way to look for you."

Eunuch?

In order to show his difference from Cao Cao, Gu Rubing issued an express order not to let Liu Xie leave the palace, but he did not prohibit Liu Xie's eunuchs from leaving the palace. Therefore, these eunuchs often went out of the palace to purchase some delicious food from the market to satisfy Liu Xie's cravings, and Gu Rubing never interfered.

"Alas! It's so hard to be a good person."

Gu Rubing sighed helplessly, but he also knew that this kind of thing was unavoidable. After all, everyone knew that this eunuch was Liu Xie's spy. For the sake of his reputation, he could not kill this eunuch at will.

"Forget it. Since the prince wants to go in, I will go with you. I also have something to ask His Majesty."

Under Gu Rubing's guidance, Yan Gaozhen nodded hurriedly.

Soon, the two arrived at the main hall.

After seeing Yan Gaozhen coming in, Liu Xie's face was full of smiles. After so many years, he finally felt the benefits of being an emperor. When he met the foreign envoys, he had a feeling of being superior.

But then, when he saw Gu Rubing following in, Liu Xie's whole body collapsed.

Yan Gaozhen frowned slightly when he saw Liu Xie's listless look.

He felt that the emperor in front of him was not as spirited as the fierce king beside him. Who was the emperor and who was the king?

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, please escort me back to the Kushan Empire. As long as I go back, our king will definitely reward me handsomely. At the same time, the Kushan Empire will also be friends with the Han Dynasty for a hundred years, and we will trade with each other and become allies!"

Liu Xie immediately perked up after hearing this. He was not excited about other things, but the thing that excited him the most was the fact that they were all allies. As long as the Kushan Empire helped him, wouldn't he have a chance to escape from Gu Rubing's control?
"Okay, if that's the case, then I..."

"His Majesty……"

When Gu Rubing saw that Liu Xie was about to agree to this, he immediately spoke out to stop him.

"King Lie, what else do you want?"

"Your Majesty, the thirty-six states in the Western Regions have rebelled and have taken over two counties in Liangzhou. In addition, the rebellion in Yizhou has not ended yet, and Jiaozhou and Yangzhou are still resisting. We currently do not have that many troops to help the Kushan Empire."

"No troops?"

Yan Gaozhen was extremely excited when he heard that Liu Xie wanted to help him. But when Gu Rubing interrupted him and said he couldn't help, he felt terrible.

"King Lie, you took my money."

"Hmm? Did you get the money?"

Liu Xie became excited when he heard this. He looked at Gu Rubing, pretending to be angry, and asked, "King Lie, what's going on?"

"Prince, don't forget that it was not me who took the money, but my two subordinates. They are both military commanders and have no decision-making ability. So they took the money just to tell me the things."

"what?"

Yan Gaozhen looked at Gu Rubing with a look of shock, and looked at Liu Xie unwillingly and said, "Your Majesty, what do you say?"

"Ahem, King Lie, no matter what, the Kushan Empire is also our friend. When a friend is in trouble, shouldn't you help? If you don't help, it will be a serious blow to the reputation of our Han Dynasty. You are the uncle of the Han Dynasty!"

Seeing Liu Xie's gloating look, Gu Rubing showed some murderous intent in his eyes, and he had no choice but to agree.

"Your Majesty, I will have someone handle this matter, but there is one more thing. Does Your Majesty still remember Prime Minister Cao?"

When he heard the name Cao Cao, Liu Xie nodded.

"He is missing now, so I would like to ask your majesty to issue an imperial decree to search for Cao Cao in the Han territory, saying that King Lie wants to invite Prime Minister Cao to meet with Si Li."

"What? You want me to pass on a message to you? Do you think you are..."

Before Liu Xie could finish his words, he met Gu Rubing's eyes, and his whole aura dropped instantly.

"Okay, I'll pass it to you."

Liu Xie sighed, called the eunuch beside him, wrote down Gu Rubing's words, stamped it, and directly issued it to the thirteen states.

After doing all this, Gu Rubing smiled with satisfaction, and when he was about to leave, he looked at Yan Gaozhen standing beside him.

"Prince, what are you still doing here? Aren't you going with me?"

Yan Gaozhen was a prince of the Kushan Empire. He could see the current situation clearly. King Lie had obviously taken control of Liu Xie.

Under such circumstances, this may not be an opportunity for the Kushan Empire.

"Ah, no need, King Lie, please go first. I have something else to discuss with His Majesty!"

"Oh?"

Gu Rubing smiled, said nothing, and turned and left.

After Gu Rubing left, Yan Gaozhen looked at Liu Xie and whispered, "Your Majesty, this Lie Wang?"

Liu Xie nodded, indicating that it was exactly as Yan Gaozhen thought.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, we may be able to help you solve the hidden danger of King Lie, but after you take power, you must help our Kushan Empire and destroy the so-called Thirty-Six Kingdoms. In addition, we also want the Han Dynasty's Liangzhou as a free trade zone, which is not subject to any jurisdiction by either of us. As for the benefits, we will each take half."

When Liu Xie heard that the Kushan prince was going to take advantage of the situation, he originally wanted to refuse. But then he thought that he could help him destroy Liu Bei. As long as Liu Bei was dead, he could use Liu Bei's men to destroy Kushan. Then he would be helping Liu Bei to take revenge. Wouldn't the generals under his command also be of use to him?
"make a deal!"

(End of this chapter)