Cao Cao fled from Yanzhou to Yuzhou and then to Wujun, Yangzhou. His purpose was to avoid Dong Hu and to obtain a quiet period of development. Only the Jiangnan area meets this condition.

Liangzhou Qiang cavalry is good at riding and shooting, and the Central Plains is flat. If Dong Hu wants to deal with any of the Central Plains princes, he can use cavalry to harass him. He does not need to siege the city or attack the city. He only needs to invade various prefectures and counties during the harvest season. He can fight if he can, and run if he can't. Anyway, the four-legged war horses run fast.

This kind of harassment will not take long. At most three years, all the princes of the Central Plains will have to fall down, but he is unwilling to do so and does not want to see countless people redeem their sons and eat them.

But no matter what, the cavalry has stronger mobility and initiative.

Unlike Dong Zhuo's retreat strategy, Dong Hu adopted an active offensive strategy. He did not give Yuan Shao and Cao Cao more opportunities to stabilize his position, and always put their territory in a high pressure and unstable state, which also made Cao Cao lose confidence in staying in the Central Plains to develop and could only retreat to Jiangnan.

Because of strategic issues, Cao Ren would never cross the Huai River easily no matter how Zhou Ang thought. When he came to Guangling County, Cao Cao repeatedly warned that he could stop the Liangzhou army from continuing to invade in Guangling County and avoid confrontation between Wu County and Liangzhou army on both sides of the Yangtze River.

The big reason for retreating from the Central Plains to Jiangnan was that the Cao army could not fight with Dong Buyicon on the open land. If the Xuzhou army could hold Dong Hu's footsteps, Cao Cao would be willing to send troops across the Huai River, but Xuzhou collapsed too quickly.

The Liangzhou army was powerful, and all the princes could only temporarily avoid the Liangzhou army's edge.

When the Xuzhou army was defeated, Cao Cao retreated and tried his best to ensure that Guangling County was not lost and that he could win more time for integration for Wu County. But now, Yuan Shu actually wanted thousands of Cao soldiers to die, so how could he not anger Cao Ren?

Cao Ren was angry and even refused to pay attention to Liu Bei's persuasion. He shook his sleeves and strode away from the convention platform. However, when he just walked out of the gate of the mansion, another wave of anxiety came from behind.

"Children..."

Hearing Chen Qun's voice, Cao Ren stopped. He knew that Chen Qun had some friendship with his lord, so he turned around and punched him in a cold face, obviously still being angry about what happened today.

"Sir, is there something wrong?"

Cao Ren said lukewarmly, and Chen Qun's face was a little bitter.

"Mr. Chen never thought that the boy who was not worth mentioning back then actually swallowed the land of the seven states today..."

Chen Qun sighed softly, and Cao Ren couldn't help but frown, but he didn't say much.

"Zixiao, in your opinion, can the Allies stop Dong Hu?"

Cao Ren showed contempt on his face and snorted coldly: "Why is Yuan Gonglu treating us like this, how can he be the opponent of the treacherous child?"

Chen Qun was a little weird, and seemed to agree with it and nodded: "What Zixiao said is right. When the Liangzhou army was eyeing it, Yuan Gonglu did not think about the strategy of retreating the enemy, but he trusted the capricious Lu Bu and others, and would eventually die under the sword of Liangzhou. However, Chen thought Zixiao was a little reckless today."

Cao Ren said unhappily: "What is this meant by sir? Even if you are deaf and blind, you can see that Yuan Gonglu has no kindness and Lu Bu is also an untrustworthy villain. Even if you take out ten thousand soldiers, how can you be a war-free soldier? You still let our army fight against the thieves in Liangzhou?"

"snort!"

Cao Ren snorted coldly. If it were a few years ago, he might have been extremely disdainful of the Liangzhou Army, but now, who in the world dares to underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou Army?

Dong Yue and Yu Shuang's troops were all elite soldiers. After the Beidi camp and Chang'an camp were mixed into a brand new Chang'an camp, the troops reached 15,000, while Cao Ren and Zhou Ang had only 5,000 soldiers in total. It would be fine if the battlefield was insufficient. The key was that the terrain of the battlefield was wrong. If they fought on the rugged mountain roads in Guangling County, or fought desperately in muddy paddy fields, Cao Ren and Zhou Ang's troops also had some combat power advantages. After all, the northern troops were not suitable for the southern terrain, but if the Jiangnan soldiers entered the northern terrain... how much difference was it from dying?

Cao Ren was dissatisfied with Chen Qun's words and punched him coldly.

"If Yuan Gonglu really wants to defeat the thieves, he should take out several times of his troops instead of ten thousand wastes! As for the gentleman who wants to get 10,000 troops for Liu Bei... that's your business. When Cao came, his lord just asked our army to help Guangling County resist the thieves in Liangzhou. Who is the prefect of Guangling County... It has nothing to do with us!"

Cao Ren is not a fool, and he had some time to enter Guangling County. He knew why Liu Bei, Lu Bu and Zurong had a fierce quarrel, but he didn't want to ask about this. Guangling County was just a buffer zone for Wu County. As long as it could prevent the Liangzhou army from continuing to invade south, it wouldn't matter who would be the prefect of Guangling County.

Just as Cao Ren left with a cold face...

"Let's wait!"

Chen Qun grabbed Cao Ren's arm with one hand and his expression became a little solemn.

"I dare to ask my son's filial piety, isn't Cao Mengde afraid that Lu Bu will surrender to Yuan Shu and then attack Wu County?"

Cao Ren frowned again with an unhappy face.

"Dare you ask sir, will Dong Hu let Lu Bu go?"

...

"snort!"

"Dong Hu wished he could peel Lu Bu's skin alive. If he was a little smarter, he should have tried his best to block the thieves in Liangzhou instead of getting into evil with our army. But Liu Bei was not a inferior person. If he became the prefect of Guangling County, Cao would worry."

"But sir should also be able to see clearly. Even if Liu Bei has great ambitions, he will not be able to achieve success in Guangling County. How could Yuan Shu and Lu Bu believe him? Why should he gain a foothold in Guangling County without soldiers or generals?"

Thinking of Guo Jia's words, Cao Ren snorted coldly.

"The world is in chaos. When Cao came, Mr. Feng Xiaoyan was the prime minister. He would definitely see the lord going to Wujun. What is the so-called saying? If anyone in the world can compete with the thieves in Liangzhou, it must be the lord!"

"However, in Cao's opinion, the gentleman is really short-sighted! Although Liu Bei has great ambitions, his hands and feet are tied up by others. Today is Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and others, and Liu Biao will be the next day. He will never be able to become a great man! But the gentleman turned a blind eye to this and was finally a short-sighted person."

Cao Ren was not polite. The reality was already very obvious. Liu Bei was surrounded by a large Xuzhou tribe like Chen Deng and Mi Zhu. If Yuan Shu had not intervened, even if Lu Bu fled to Guangling County, he would probably not be accepted by the people of Guangling County.

When the Xuzhou army retreated into Guangling County, the Liangzhou army could kill the Huaihe River at any time, which also made the people of Guangling County panic. At this time, whoever can protect the local family of Guangling County is the prefect of Guangling County. If we take this into consideration, Lu Bu is naturally the best candidate.

But when Lu Bu escaped from Chang'an, there were not many soldiers around him. The soldiers and horses in his hands were Xuzhou soldiers, or local soldiers from Xuzhou, or Danyang soldiers sent by Cao Bao. Zurong was the commander of Linman Zong of Danyang Mountain, and Chen Deng was the lieutenant of Xuzhou military farming. If Yuan Shu had not intervened in Guangling County, as long as Zurong and Chen Deng asked for surrender, it can be foreseeable that Lu Bu's troops could escape.

Whether it is Lu Bu or Liu Bei, no matter how powerful they are, they are not as good as Yuan Shu. Compared with the two, the local families in Guangling County naturally prefer Yuan Shu to protect them, while Yuan Shu chose Lu Bu as the prefect of Guangling County!

In Cao Ren's eyes, the victory or defeat of Guangling County was decided, and Liu Bei could no longer do anything. Even if he went to Jingzhou, Liu Biao would not reuse it. When Liu Bei went to Pei State, Liu Biao had already expressed his attitude.

It seems that Liu Biao sent Liu Bei, Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce, and Tao Qian sent Lu Bu, but in fact they are all people who are not trusted by Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, and Tao Qian. If they are really close and beloved generals, they will stay at home and become generals or prefects in a county.

Liu Biao threw Liu Bei to Zhu Jun and Liu Yao's attitude was clearer. It was precisely because of this reason that Cao Ren said such words, but what's strange is... Chen Qun seemed to be very satisfied with Cao Ren's words.

"As Zixiao said, although Liu Xuande had great ambitions, his strength was insufficient and he would never succeed."

As he said that, Chen Qun sighed and shook his head.

"Cao Mengde was still a little anxious. He shouldn't have let Zixiao come here at this time. If he could wait a year and wait for Yuan Gaolu to lose Runan County, it would be a different situation to come again."

"Um?"

Cao Ren was stunned and couldn't understand the meaning of Chen Qun's words for a while...

"What does this mean by sir?"

Chen Qun sighed in his heart, only he knew his suffering...

"The Liangzhou army is powerful and swallowed Pei, Chen, Pengcheng, Langya, Donghai, Xiapi in just a few months, and stationed 100,000 troops on the north bank of the Huai River. How could Yuan Highway not be afraid? In such a crisis, Yuan Highway naturally would not allow Liangzhou army to enter the south bank of the Huai River. Otherwise... how could Jiujiang County and Lujiang County be stable?"

"The Liangzhou army occupied the north bank of the Huai River, and Yuan Highway would inevitably enter Guangling County to block it. Wu County was not stable yet. Even if Meng De was willing to swallow Guangling County, he would probably be powerless, and would make Yuan Highway afraid of three points. But a year later... Once Runan County is lost, Yuan Highway will inevitably be frightened and panic. If Zixiao comes again, who dares to humiliate you?"

Cao Ren frowned for a moment, and had to admit that Chen Qun was right. Runan County was extremely important. Once two million people were lost, Yuan Shu would only have Jiujiang County and one million people in Lujiang County, and his strength was cut off by Dong Hu by 60% to 70%. At that time, what qualifications would there be to continue to suppress himself?

I recognized Chen Qun's words in my heart, but Cao Ren didn't understand what he meant. He was about to frown and ask, as if he suddenly remembered something, asking tentatively...

"The lord is very envious of Mr. Husband. Can you follow us to Wujun?"

Cao Ren went straight and Chen Qun was speechless, but he still shook his head silently, just as Cao Ren was disappointed...

"There is no hurry to do this. When I convince Yuanlong, it will not be too late to go to Wujun with Yuanlong."

"ah?"

Cao Ren was stunned, then was overjoyed and hurriedly pulled Chen Qun's arm.

"Can you still convince Chen Yuanlong?"

Cao Ren looked eager, and he knew better than anyone else what life he had lived in Wujun in the past year.

Because of Dong Hu's intervention, Cao Cao suffered a great loss in Yanzhou and became much more cautious when dealing with the local famous family in Wu County, which made his life very sad. Fortunately, Zhou Xin, the prefect of Danyang County, had a good relationship with the Cao family, and gave Cao Cao a lot of help.

If he did not occupy a large amount of land, the local family of tenants would always be controlled by others. Isn’t Cao Cao’s life in Wujun particularly sad? But there were two extremely difficult opponents, one was Sun Ce’s uncle Wu Jing, and the other was Chen Deng’s uncle Chen Yu.

Wu Jing is Yuan Shu's man. Cao Cao did not want to start a war with Yuan Shu for a short time, but Cao Ren passively blocked Wu Jing. But Chen Yu was different. Chen Yu always thought that he was the prefect of Wu County. After being driven away by Cao Cao, he joined forces with Jiangdong Zong Shuai Zulang, Jiao Yi, Yan Baihu and others to fight with Cao Cao.

After a year of fighting between the two sides, Cao Cao finally drove Chen Yu to the border of Kuaiji County. If Chen Qun could convince Chen Deng and then convince Chen Yu to surrender, there would be a huge threat behind Cao Cao.
Chapter completed!