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Chapter 559: Weird Cao Cao

The captain of the Younu Army handed a letter of military intelligence and a letter from Zhuge Liang to Gu Rubing.

After checking the military intelligence, it was discovered that it was the Parthian Empire. After annexing the Western Regions, it actually sent an army of 200,000 to the border of Liangzhou, and three famous generals also appeared on the battlefield.

Gu Rubing had not expected that the Parthian Empire, after taking over so much territory, would not take the time to digest it and would start looking for trouble with him.

Then he opened Zhuge Liang's letter and found out that it was an envoy from the Roman Empire who had arrived in Sili.

Moreover, this envoy specifically asked to see me, which showed that he had learned about the situation of the Han Dynasty and that was why he chose me. Currently, he is being kept in the Prime Minister's Residence, where Zhuge Liang is, waiting for me to return.

Gu Rubing placed the two letters on the table and looked at the map.

There are 100,000 soldiers and horses under Taishi Ci in Liang Province, and he has 300,000 in his hands. 100,000 are left behind in Sili, and another 100,000 are left in Hanzhong County and Xuzhou to guard against Sun Jian and Cao Cao. Once there is war in Liang Province, he will have no extra people to send out except Sili's troops.

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Rubing immediately shouted, "Let Pang De and Zhang Ren come to see me."

In half a day, the two of them rushed from Yulin County to Guangxin City.

"My lord, we are here."

After seeing the two people coming, Gu Rubing started giving orders to them directly.

"Pang De is the commander-in-chief. The two of you go to Sili and ask the prime minister for 50,000 men. Go to Liangzhou to support Taishi Ci. Remember, before you get any news from me, try not to take action. Focus on defense. Once the other party takes action, don't be polite. Fight them however you want."

"Xiliang? My lord, is there any small foreign country causing trouble?"

Pang De was in Liangzhou himself, so he naturally knew something about the situation in Liangzhou.

"Yes, one is called Rome and the other is called Parthia. However, they are not some foreign countries. You should be careful."

"Take orders."

After they finished talking, they turned and left.

Looking at the two people's backs, Gu Rubing didn't know why, but he always had a bad feeling.

Early the next morning.

Gu Rubing saw that Cao Cao brought his three legendary generals, Sun Jian brought Sun Ce, and Liu Zhang and Shi Xie followed behind the two of them. It was obvious that they had no human rights at all and they were just here to listen.

Gu Rubing arranged several people to sit in their seats, while the legendary generals just stood.

"Ladies and gentlemen, why did you propose to meet this time? I think there must be something going on. If you have anything, just tell me directly."

"Before I say anything, Liu Bei, tell me what you mean. We are in a truce period. First, you robbed my county, then killed nearly 10,000 of my people, and arrested my general Xu Sheng. You can't just pretend that this didn't happen, right?"

"Oh? Sun Zhou Mu, what you said is not right, right? I have already apologized to you for Huang Zhong's mistake. As for this county, I used it completely for the meeting. As for your general Xu Sheng, it was Zhou Yu who attacked him. I just attacked him because they wanted to surrender to me. I couldn't stand such people who sold out their masters for fame and fortune. Is that okay?"

"What does my camp say?"

"This is a complete misunderstanding. I was thinking of telling Zhou Yu that there was a traitor around him, but who knew that as soon as I went over, your Sun Ce would rush out. In the end, I couldn't control it and the two sides started fighting. I had no choice but to try my best. You lost more than 10,000 people, and I also lost a lot of people. We are the same."

"you……"

Sun Jian clenched his fists and said nothing in the end.

Seeing this, Cao Cao stood up and patted Sun Jian on the shoulder.

"Alright, this is just a misunderstanding, why bother about it? We came to King Lie for more important things this time. There is no need for us to hurt our relationship over such a small matter, right?"

Seeing that Cao Cao had already spoken, Sun Jian certainly couldn't say anything.

"King Lie, the reason we came to you this time is because we have been fighting for such a long time and both sides have suffered a lot. Do you think it is time to stop the fighting? Everyone should take a good rest. The people in our territory have also suffered a lot from the war for a long time, right?"

Gu Rubing certainly had no objection to the ceasefire. He was just wanting a ceasefire and then focusing his attention on the Parthian Empire and the Roman Empire.

"Of course there is no problem with a ceasefire, but I have a question. Where are my 600,000 gold and the equipment I want?"

"It's outside. I've had it delivered. It's outside the city so King Lie can see it when the time comes."

Gu Rubing did not expect that Cao Cao would be so happy this time.

This is Cao Cao. How could someone who has fought with him for such a long time be so easy to talk to?

Looking at Cao Cao with a smile on his face and Sun Jian with a gloomy face beside him, Gu Rubing always felt that Sun Jian's expression was correct, and Cao Cao's was problematic. Why did he seem happier to give money to others than to receive it himself?

"Prime Minister Cao, are you doing something dirty without telling me? Otherwise, why do I feel like you are a little too excited?"

"Really? I didn't?"

Cao Cao smiled and shook his head.

Originally, Gu Rubing was just guessing, but after hearing what Cao Cao said, Gu Rubing confirmed his idea.

There is definitely nothing good about Cao Cao being so excited.

"Okay, since King Lie agrees with what we said, then we can call a truce. Since they have occupied our Jiaozhou Yulin County, shouldn't they also return it to me?"

"That won't work."

Gu Rubing immediately shook his head.

"Why? Isn't there a truce already?"

"Nonsense, I am the victor and you are the loser. Have you ever seen a victor cede land to a loser? You are my father? Why do I spoil you so much?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian's face instantly turned pale. He really wanted to chop Gu Rubing with a knife, but he finally held back. After all, he was no match for his opponent.

"How about this, you make a condition, as long as you leave Jiaozhou."

This made Gu Rubing a little curious. What on earth was there in Jiaozhou that made Sun Jian so persistent? If he proposed conditions himself, they would definitely be exorbitant.

Gu Rubing didn't say anything, but sat on the chair.

Jiaozhou originally belonged to Shi Xie, but now it belongs to Sun Jian of Yangzhou. Shi Xie has a low status in Sun Jian's army, and it is impossible for him to make Sun Jian spend so much money. Apart from Shi Xie, there is only one other person, and that is the Gu clan.

The Gu tribe is Sun Jian's trump card, and it is probably the Gu tribe that wants to take Jiaozhou.

"No, no matter what you say, I won't give it to you. If you really want it, then send someone to rob it. If you can take Yulin County away, I will consider you capable."

Seeing that Gu Rubing was unmoved, Sun Jian hesitated for a moment, but finally gave up.

Gu Rubing was right. The reason why Sun Jian was ready to bleed and take Yulin County was because of Miao Moqing. Miao Moqing wanted all of Jiaozhou, not just a few counties. When he came out, he also promised Miao Moqing that he would take Jiaozhou back. Now Gu Rubing refused to give it to him, and he had no choice.

"Okay, since we have already discussed everything, there is nothing else to do. If there is nothing else, we will go back first."

After saying this, Cao Cao stood up and left.

Gu Rubing looked at Cao Cao's back and felt something was wrong. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry. It was really too weird.

However, the spies he sent out did not report to him anything about Cao Cao, which means that there was nothing special about Cao Cao recently.

Seeing Cao Cao leave, Sun Jian, who only had a legendary general, naturally did not dare to stay any longer and quickly left with Sun Ce.

Just when Shi Xie and Liu Zhang were about to leave, Gu Rubing immediately stopped them.

"I say, you two, don't you reconsider your alliances? Now Cao Cao has entered Yizhou, which is your territory, Liu Zhang. Sun Jian has taken Jiaozhou, which is your territory, Shi Xie. Your territories are now in the hands of others. Are you so calm?"

"Haha, don't worry about me, uncle. We have already made our choice, so we won't think too much about it."

Seeing that the two were so persistent, Gu Rubing didn't say much and could only let the two leave.

Gu Rubing accepted the 600,000 gold, various weapons and horses sent by Cao Cao, and found that they were all good things and none of them were just for make-up. This made Gu Rubing even more suspicious that Cao Cao was up to no good.

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However, just as Gu Rubing expected, Cao Cao did not do anything good.

This is Chengdu, Yizhou.

After Cao Cao returned to Chengdu, he met a man with blond hair and blue eyes.

This man was wearing simple armor, a white cloak behind him, and a three-foot-long sword at his waist.

"Surena, are your Parthian Empire's armies ready?"

"Yes, Prime Minister Cao, according to our original agreement, as long as we take Liangzhou, you will give us Liangzhou and give us 100,000 gold as hard work fee? Is it true?"

"Of course, the prerequisite is that you take Liangzhou."

"Okay, Prime Minister Cao hopes you can keep your word."

After saying that, Surena turned around and left.

After the man named Surena left completely, Xiahou Dun hesitated for a moment.

"My lord, do we really want to cooperate with the foreign nations? Liangzhou is our Han territory. How we fight with Liu Bei is our own business. Now these foreign nations also want to have a piece of the pie. Isn't this a bit too..."

Before Xiahou Dun finished speaking, Cao Cao glanced at him, just smiled and said nothing.

He was professional at causing trouble for Gu Rubing, but no matter what, he would not let the Han land be handed over to foreign countries, that was certain, so he certainly had his own plans.

Gu Rubing only took Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun with him, with an additional 100,000 soldiers and horses.

The rest of the people stayed in Yulin County.

According to Gu Rubing's calculations, with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao there, there should be no problem in fighting against the opponent's four legendary generals. If there is really trouble, just send him a message and Zhao Yun should be able to get to Jiaozhou within one day and one night.

Gu Rubing asked Huang Zhong to lead the army to Liangzhou to meet up with Taishi Ci, while he himself took Zhao Yun back to Sili.

After learning that Gu Rubing had returned, Zhuge Liang went outside the city to greet him in person.

"My Lord, you are back. I heard that you defeated Zhou Yu's plan of self-torture. I never expected that."

Upon hearing this, Gu Rubing felt a little ashamed. If he didn't know something, how could he have recognized that this was a self-torture trick at once? It's just that the effect this time was not that great. This was only him. If it were Zhuge Liang, perhaps he could really think of a way to take the opportunity to eat Zhou Yu.

"Prime Minister, when did you start to flatter me? I believe that if you were the Prime Minister, you would definitely not get as little as I do."

"Haha, lord, I'm not saying this, but lord, I do have an idea. If you had dispersed your forces instead of attacking Zhou Yu's camp, would you have been able to take over the entire Jiaozhou?"

Gu Rubing reacted instantly after hearing this.

Yes, at the beginning I just wanted to make Zhou Yu lose, I didn’t think too much about it.

Looking at Zhuge Liang standing in front of him, Gu Rubing suddenly felt a little regretful. If there were more Zhuge Liangs like him, it would be great. Wouldn't he have pacified the world long ago?

Looking at Gu Rubing's appearance, Zhuge Liang smiled and didn't say anything. After all, Gu Rubing was his lord. If he embarrassed his lord, he would not have a good life either.

"Okay, I understand. Let's go meet the Roman envoy first."

"My lord, follow me."

Soon, under the leadership of Zhuge Liang, Gu Rubing arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Prime Minister, Cao Cao's house has been given to you. It's such a big house, why don't you hire some servants? I see your yard is deserted."

"Thank you for your concern, my lord, but Liang has always been a person who likes peace and quiet, and does not like to have too many servants to serve him."

What Zhuge Liang said was only one aspect. He had mainly witnessed the power of Gu Rubing's spies. Although he believed in Gu Rubing, he was also a little worried that Gu Rubing would take the opportunity to place spies around him and keep an eye on him.

It is because of this cautious character that he has become a legendary strategist, but sometimes, this caution can also be a burden.

Gu Rubing didn't think much about it and came to the living room under the guidance of Zhuge Liang.

Looking at the blond and blue-eyed person in front of him, Gu Rubing was wondering if all foreigners looked the same.

The man stood up and placed his left hand in front of him facing Gu Rubing.

"Meet King Lie."

Gu Rubing didn't expect that he could actually understand what this person said, and he just felt a little unfamiliar with it. The overall feeling was quite good.

"Please take a seat, messenger."

After saying this, Gu Rubing sat directly in the main seat, and Zhuge Liang sat beside him.

"King Lie, I am here on behalf of our King Caesar to ask you to send troops. We will attack Parthia from both sides. You will send troops from the east and we will send troops from the west. Under our siege, the Parthian Empire will definitely not last long. When Parthia is gone, we promise to become the most loyal ally of the Han Dynasty. We will also divide half of Parthia's territory and give it to you."

After this man finished speaking, he deliberately raised his voice and reiterated it.

"It's for you, not for the big man."

Obviously, this person also understood that Gu Rubing is Gu Rubing, the Han is the Han, and the one sitting on the throne is just a puppet, a puppet of Gu Rubing.

(End of this chapter)