Huang Yi looked confused and asked stupidly: "Cao Cao? Personal leadership? What do you mean?"

Chen Lan held the horse's neck, leaned over and smiled coldly at Huang Yi: "What's the point? You don't know how Cao Cao uses his troops? Could it be that Huang Consort has forgotten how Yuan Shu was defeated in Kuangting? How did Chen Guo escape in embarrassment?

?”

"He" Huang Yi swallowed: "Didn't he go to fight Yuan Shao? How could he come to Huainan?"

"God knows"

Chen Lan shook his head slightly and said seriously: "The prince-in-law has to wait for Wu Hou, but I can't wait. I heard that in Chen State, if Yuan Shu hadn't run so fast, he might have been overtaken by Cao Cao. Think about it.

Thousands of people are besieging Qi County and I must leave immediately."

Huang Yi was at a loss: "No. Where is General Chen going? Didn't you defeat Xiahou Dun?"

"Xiahou Dun is known as the always-defeated general. Can a blind man compete with Cao Cao? Anyway, I will avoid it first. If Wu Hou can defeat the Cao thief, I will come back to help. But" Chen Lan stopped abruptly at the end.

Huang Yi asked: "But what?"

Chen Lan looked bitter: "I heard that all the elites in Jiangdong are under the command of the governor, and almost all the soldiers led by Wu Hou are Yuan Shu's old troops. I have no confidence at all."

"Ah this."

Just when Huang Yi was at a loss for words, Chen Lan continued to add: "My generals and I sincerely surrender to Jiangdong, but we don't want to die in the hands of Cao Jun so soon. I would like to trouble my consort to apologize to the Marquis of Wu for me. I want to find a place to stay temporarily."

Avoid the edge."

"Where does the general want to go?"

"We dare not go in the direction of Wan County. Cao's army marched south from Zipeng Mountain, and the first to be attacked were Shu County, Juchao, and Wan County. I advise Huang Consort to leave this place early. I don't have a boat to cross the river at this time, so I can only head northeast

Walk in this direction, it might be safer to be closer to Governor Zhou."

"General Chen plans to go to Guangling?"

Huang Yi suddenly realized it, and then made a suggestion: "General, we don't have a boat to travel, and it will be quite a long journey. Why don't you follow me to Xiang'an and wait for a while? Wu Hou's warship should arrive soon."

"If my Prince Consort Huang is really waiting for Wu Hou's army in Xiang'an, will these brothers get away by then? Please don't harm me and say goodbye!"

Chen Lan held the reins in his hands and clasped his fists, then abandoned Huang Yi and galloped away. Soon he led tens of thousands of people under his command and headed for Chaohu in the northeast.

Huang Yi also panicked at this time. The pressure brought by Cao Cao was too strong. He should have sent someone to warn Sun He, but he forgot because he left in a hurry. In the end, Sun He had no time to retreat and was eventually besieged by Cao's army in Wan County.

Less than half a day after Chen Lan and Huang Yi left Shu County, Cao Cao led his army through Zipeng Mountain and arrived at the border of Lujiang River.

The south of Lujiang River is located in the valley of two mountain ranges. Several large cities, like the Yangtze River, are located in the valley corridor in a southwest-northeast direction. They are Wanxian, Juchao, Shuxian, Linhu and Xiang'an counties in order. Sunhe is now

Stationed in Wan County in the southwest.

As Chen Lan and Huang Yi evacuated one after another, Cao Cao easily occupied Shu County.

At the suggestion of Guo Jia and Jia Xu, Cao Cao simultaneously sent Zhang Liao and Cao Chun to take Xiang'an, Gao Lan and Shi Huan to take Linhu, Xu Huang and Han Hao to take Juchao, and uprooted all the strongholds outside Sunhe. Then, Xia Houyuan and Zhang

Embroidered to surround Sun River in Wan County.

There is only one word for Cao Cao's tactics in this battle: speed.

Except for Wan County, which had many soldiers and could defend it, Xiang'an, Linhu, and Juchao counties fell in less than half a day. Especially Xiang'an, where Huang Yi had stayed, fell the fastest.

Huang Yi, following Chen Lan, had just arrived in Xiang'an and was about to find the county magistrate to help him. However, he received a warning from the Rangers as soon as he entered the city.

An army of about 3,000 men came straight to Xiang'an County under the banner of Cao Cao.

Huang Yi almost peeed when he heard Cao Ziqi.

As soon as Huang Yi arrived at the county government office, he didn't even bother to take a sip of water and immediately rushed out the door with his entourage.

There were only a few hundred defenders in Xiang'an. After a brief thought, the commander of Xiang'an also abandoned the city and fled behind Huang Yi. Zhang Liao and Cao Chun thus occupied an empty city.

Xiang'an County is dozens of miles away from the mouth of Ruxushui. Huang Yi and the Xiang'an garrison headed east and crossed to the east bank of Ruxushui before stopping their horses and setting up camp to rest, and erected flags on the riverside to warn.

At noon on the second day, hundreds of warships slowly sailed towards Ruxushuikou, and the red flag of Jiangbei was seen waving in the distance.

The scouts on the lookout reported the news promptly, and Sun Quan immediately called Wu Jing to the deck to check.

"Uncle, what kind of semaphore is this?"

Wu Jing shook his head gently: "I have been marching for so many years and have never seen such a strange flag language. But I took the speedboat to investigate. Not far ahead is Ruxushuikou. Maybe Bohai (Sunhe) sent someone to greet it."

"That's fine."

Sun Quan nodded slightly, and then called the young general Lu Meng and asked him to take Ge Ge to investigate.

Lu Meng left the ship and walked out, and ordered his men to quickly row upstream and go straight to the place where the red flag was waving in the north of the Yangtze River. Only when they reached the shore did they find Huang Yi.

Huang Yi couldn't wait until Sun Quan landed, so he hurriedly followed Lu Meng to see Sun Quan. He told Lu Meng on the way. When he got on the deck, he acted like Xiang Lin's wife again and fled Chen Lan to Guangling and Cao Cao's personal visit to Lujiang.

Speak out.

Sun Quan was stunned for a long time and said nothing. He had long thought that such a day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Half an hour ago, Sun Quan was still discussing with Qin Song, the mastermind, guessing where Cao Cao would be marching north at this time.

Unexpectedly, when I mentioned Cao Cao, Cao Cao was right in front of me.

Perhaps Cao Cao put too much pressure on people. After Huang Yi finished narrating, the deck was quiet, and only the sound of the warship breaking the waves against the current could be heard.

Seeing that the atmosphere was dull and speechless, Yuan Shu's old general Lu Mian scolded: "Chen Lan, I thought he had made some progress, but it turns out he is still so unreliable. He ran away without seeing a single soldier from Cao Cao."

Huang Yi glanced at Sun Quan and said meaningfully: "Actually, what General Chen said is true. Cao Mengde's military skills are very high. In the past, his uncle (Yuan Shu) was defeated many times, and the main force led by Wu Hou this time was... That's why he ran so fast.

."

"Chen Lan is so afraid of Cao, but he makes us work hard. It is in vain that I have such expectations for him."

Sun Quan half-squinted his eyes. Although he said that Chen Lan was afraid of Cao, in his heart he hated him for believing in Zhou Yu instead of himself.

You little man, don’t you know who is the Lord of Jiangdong? Wait until after the war and see how I kill you.

Lu Mian saw that Sun Quan didn't explain what was going on, so he hurriedly raised his fists and stepped forward to ask for instructions: "Since Cao Cao has appeared in Huainan, the attack on Shouchun has been in vain. I don't know what my lord's plan is now, whether to continue moving forward or return."

Before Lu Mian could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Wu Jing with a wave of his hand: "Return to what? Cao soldiers have appeared in even Xiang'an. I'm afraid there will be problems in the entire Lujiang River. Zhongmou, we have to find a way to support Wan County, otherwise Bohai

(Sun He) is in danger."

Sun Quan nodded slightly: "My uncle has rich combat experience. Please give me an idea on how to support Wan County."

"Well" Wu Jing stroked his beard and thought for a while, pointed in the direction of Xiang'an and said: "According to the current situation, we don't know how many soldiers Cao Cao has sent, but Xiang'an's army only has 3,000 people. We can try them first.

Test the strength of Cao’s army.”
Chapter completed!