After hearing this, Han Hao felt deep in his heart, but he was unwilling to believe Jiang Qin's words.

Because Cao's army had the advantage of intelligence in Lujiang, he knew that Zhou Yu's main force was restrained by Zhang Liao, and Chaohu had many suspicions at the same time. It was impossible for Shuxian to not have a warning for such a large-scale military mobilization.

Han Hao had such a misunderstanding because of poor information.

Just during the negotiations between Zhang Liao and Zhou Yu, the situation in Guangling changed significantly. Chen Deng withdrew his troops across the board for some reason, and Guangling was instantly liberated.

Zhou Yu and Zhang Liao decided to replace prisoners at that time, so he ordered Lu Fan to lead 8,000 troops from the Yangtze River to support him.

Lu Fan hid among the mountains west of Xiang'an, intending to eat a group of Cao's army in the wild, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue Shuxian directly, or attack Zhang Liao and Cao Chun's elite troops from both sides.

In addition to the additional troops, Wu Laoer was regarded as the real Wu Jing, which was also a poor information that Zhou Yu had.

Cao Cao took the initiative to sacrifice this Ming card, and Zhou Yu couldn't do it without taking advantage.

He knew that with Jiangdong's military strength, it was unlikely that the Cao army in Huainan would be wiped out completely. It would be a success to be able to eat thousands or tens of thousands.

Han Hao faced Lu Fan and Ba Qian, and was Sun Jian, the former subordinate of Sun Ce's era. He could not replicate Zhang Liao and Cao Chun's brilliant record. After half a day of fierce battle, he lost more than half. Finally, he fled back to Shu County for only more than two hundred.

people.

The main reason is that the war horses were war horses. The infantry brought by Han Hao could not escape, but Lu Fan could not catch up with the horse team immediately, which was also a major disadvantage of the entire Jiangdong Army's land war.

After Lu Fan defeated Han Hao, he and Jiang Qin advanced directly to Shu County and sent scouts to contact Zhou Yu for the next action.

Zhou Yu and Lu Fan's troops had only more than 20,000 troops together, and neither of them had corresponding siege equipment.

With the experience of attacking Hefei, even if the Shu County defenders only had two or three thousand, Zhou Yu did not intend to attack the city and chew the tough problems. His initial plan was to surround the points and attack the aid.

Han Hao fled back to Shu County to apologize. Cao Cao was shocked after learning about the situation.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu also found it incredible that Zhou Yu had "turned a living person" and created nearly 10,000 people, and the captured prisoners were fake Wu Jing.

Jia Xu, who has always been low-key and affectionate, suddenly became very proactive.

After Cao Cao comforted Han Hao, Jia Xu hurriedly reminded: "Ming Gong, no matter whether Wan County is conquered or not, he should quickly dispatch troops to the front line to support, otherwise Zhou Yu will be more and more arrogant. Beware of his surroundings and attacking support."

Cao Cao's expression was solemn: "The defeat of Yuansi in Xiang'an was mainly due to the huge gap in troops and the fact that he was trapped and impoverished. Wen Yuan and Zihe were the elite troops of our army. Including Lu Fan's troops, could Zhou Yu raise 20,000 yuan?

As long as the two generals want to return to the city, I think Zhou Yu can't stop him even if he has 20,000 yuan."

Jia Xu bowed and added: "Don't forget that there is still a part of Chaohu. If Zhou Yu transferred all of them, the total force would be close to 30,000, and the comparison of force would be more than four times. Even if Zhang and Cao were brave, the generals under his command were brave.

It will always be tiring to fight against a huge gap in force. It is not easy to train an elite soldier, especially Zihe's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry."

hiss.

Jia Xu instantly talked about Cao Cao's pain point. At this time, the tiger and leopard cavalry were selected strictly, so the total number was only a few thousand people. Each of them had very good protective gear and weapons, and they were a scorching and expensive team.

If the tiger and leopard cavalry were seriously injured, Cao Cao would not only feel heartache, but also heartache. He then sent an order to the battlefield of Wan County, asking Xiahou Yuan to withdraw all the siege troops and go north to support Shu County as soon as possible.

He was repeatedly "possessed by Sun Quan to bully the few". Cao Cao was really angry at this time. He planned to hedge against the same force, and also wanted to make Sun Quan and Zhou Yu feel pain.

Seeing Cao Cao so impulsive, Guo Jia hurriedly stopped Cao Xiu and advised Cao Cao: "Ming Gong should not be impatient. In the current situation in Shu County, only General Xiahou needs to transfer tens of thousands of people to help. I guess Wan County is about to be broken.

When you want to break it, wouldn’t it be a pity to give up at this time?”

Cao Cao shook his head and explained: "So what if you capture Wan County? It's just a little bit of food and a little people. Now Hefei is not in our hands, and we can't hold on in the future. Besides, our army's food and grass have begun to be tight, and I'm just thinking about getting to Zhou Yu quickly.

In the final battle, Yuan Shao may have received news from Huainan and is currently gathering in Liyang, so we don’t have much time left."

"If it weren't for the cargo ship, the warships were burned, we could save money from returning from the water, and we would have to leave more time for marching by land."

Guo Jia came up with his point of view to Cao Cao and urged Cao Xiu: "General Wen Lie went to pass the order quickly, and he would arrange city defense later. Lu Fan's pursuit of troops would probably arrive soon."

"oh."

Seeing Cao Xiu walk out of the conference hall, Guo Jia turned around and reminded Cao Cao, "Ming Gong, it is hard to say whether Lu Fan is accused of helping the point, but there are only more than a thousand defenders in Shu County. You'd better dispatch and command in a unified manner and be careful of the details in the city.

Incite the people and thus affect the morale of the soldiers."

"Haha. OK"

Cao Cao stood up and laughed: "Since I started to fight against rebellion, I have rarely encountered such experiences in defending the city. However, I still don't know how to manage the public security of a small county? I remember the old story of becoming a Northern Lieutenant of Luoyang, so many years have passed in a flash.

It's just Lu Fan."

Lu Fan is Sun Ce's confidant, and he gets along well with Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and others, and is a person who likes a panacea.

Although Lu Fan fought many victories with Sun Ce and had the record of leading troops to defeat Chen Yu alone, Cao Cao only regarded Zhou Yu as his opponent at this time, and his reputation in the court was even worse than that of Long Xiang and Lu Su.

In Xiang'an, he defeated Han Hao by bullying the few, which was considered to avenge Lu Mian and his troops who died in battle.

Lu Fan did not have a high mind to attack Shu County. He deliberately stationed troops outside the north gate to rest in order to test the movements of the defenders in the city.

Sending troops means that there are a large number of defenders, and you can continue to bully the small number of defenders; if you do not send troops, it means that the number of defenders is limited. Even if you go north to attack Zhang Liao as planned, Cao Cao will not need to send troops to attack him.

Lu Fan rested for a long time and saw that the defenders on the city were just looking at it solemnly, and then he understood the thinness of the city and decisively led his troops north to attack Zhang Liao's rear.

Cao Xiu sent an order to Xiahou Yuan and sent someone to warn Cao Chun in the north, so the second general on the front line was mentally prepared.

Zhang Liao and Cao Chun and the other two planned to withdraw to Shu County before Lu Fan, but Zhou Yu did not give them the opportunity to withdraw easily, and began to attack while he was setting up camp.

Cao's army did not fight and left, because at first it was just Zhou Yu's unilateral pursuit, so Zhang Liao and Cao Chun were under no pressure. They kept their formation calmly retreating south until Lu Fan's eight thousand men joined the battlefield.

When Jiangdong's military strength exceeded 20,000, and it was also the elite soldiers left by Sun Ce, Zhang Liao and Cao Chun immediately felt uncomfortable, but under the premise of their lack of military strength, their combat reductions were still on par with their opponents.

Even though he was only twenty miles away from Shu County, Cao's army was bitten by Zhou Yu and Lu Fan and could not escape.

Zhang Liao knew that there were still enemies in Chaohu. If nearly 10,000 people were also thrown into the battlefield, it would be very likely that they would be defeated.

Even if there is an equal exchange of casualties, Jiangdong's side will make a big profit, because half of the Cao army is tiger and leopard cavalry.
Chapter completed!