"On weekdays, you rely on the squeezing of your subordinates to live a luxury. If you have difficulties, you plan to abandon your subordinates and run away. Do you still think you are a human being?" Lei Xiu asked angrily.

Perhaps because he had been following Yuan Shu for too long, he saw a lot of extravagant life. Chen Lan liked mellow wine and beauties, treasured treasures, and treated the rules of the people with many rules. He even often plundered the people. Because he had a reputation of being strong and good at fighting, Lei Xu hoped to rely on his bravery and tolerated it many times. But in this crisis, Chen Lan was the first to think of abandoning the crowd and fleeing. Lei Xiu, who had a straightforward personality, was immediately dissatisfied.

Chen Lan glared at Lei Xiu fiercely: "Boy, when your uncle and I were fighting under the Yuan family's tent, you were still chubby. Why? Now, with some strength in your arms, do you dare to commit crimes?"

He ignored Lei Xiu and stood in the hall with big strides, staring at Lei Xu who was leaning on the couch and looking at him with a sick look: "In the current situation, all we can choose is to fight, surrender or leave. I just asked General Lei, what do you mean?"

Lei Xu's physical condition is indeed getting worse day by day. His beard is much thinner than when Lei Yuan saw him last time. Even though he was wearing a thick robe and his belt was loose, it can still be seen that his belly was obviously bulging. But his arms, which were held on the table, were thin and exposed, and his skin also showed an abnormal waxy yellow color. However, at this moment of life and death, everyone trusted only this great leader who had stood in troubled times for many years without shaking.

Seeing Chen Lan standing in front of him and asking, Lei Xu turned his head and coughed to the side, panting and slowly said to him: "The situation is very clear now, and there are indeed only these options. Surrender is to place your life on the kindness of Cao Gong, and I don't want to. If you fight, you can win if you don't fight. Even if you win one or two games, what can you do? Cao Gong is in the north and has ten or a hundred times the strength of ours. Can we keep winning? So it is not appropriate."

Speaking of this, he glanced at the individuals in the hall, and most of them nodded slightly. Some of them had no objection on their faces, although they were reluctant.

"Then, I have to leave." Chen Lan said.

With his assertion, many people sighed deeply, and it seemed that a breeze appeared in the hall. For many people present, it was already a painful choice to leave their hometown and flee to the mountain due to war. Now, they have to give up their business for many years and turn to the completely unknown south? If they had known that Wu Hou was so... the strong regret and doubts about the future made them suffer and overwhelmed.

Lei Xu's tone was also painful, but there was no hesitation. He responded: "If you don't want to face Cao Gong's anger, you can only walk and reach the sphere of influence of Liu Yuzhou and Wu Hou, which is safe. However, it is not the way of walking that Chen Lan said."

Lei Xu continued: "The people who follow us are all poor people who have to live up to their lives in troubled times. It was the leaders who responded to the call of Wu Hou and ordered them to fight against Cao Gong, which put everyone in a dangerous situation. The situation is not good now, but they are abandoned by the enemy's butcher knife, which is contrary to the basic morality. Moreover, in this world, just following the corps is the foundation of one's life. If you lose the corps who follow you, you will only be rich and will only become the meat on the chopping table of others. Lao Chen, I don't think this is your expectation."

In fact, no one really cared about it, but Lei Xu's second half of the words really touched Chen Lan. He asked hesitantly: "Then..."

"We will take everyone to go south together! If we can lead enough troops to reach Jiangxia, we will still be of great importance. Wu Hou and Liu Yuzhou will try their best to win us over. Isn't this better than being a stray dog?" Lei Xu helped his hands and tried his best to support his body: "From here to Jiangxia in the south, the road is around Yiyang, Xiyang and other places in Runan County. The Cao army is guarded by the city blocks there, which is difficult to sneak through; but the thousands of mountains and valleys east of Yiyang Xiyang Pass are the places we are used to to, so there is no small road to access?"

"Of course there are small roads, and there are more than one, but those roads..." Chen Lan suddenly widened her eyes.

"Are those roads apart cliffs and winding paths, I know! But why not try it? I will send effective personnel to explore the route, and I can also mobilize nearly 3,000 strong men to quickly repair the bridges and plank roads along the way. As for food, fodder and supplies, those are never enough. They are nothing more than providing storage and support, and picking yams and wild fruits along the way!"

Chen Lan was still hesitating: "General, our tenants are only attached to each other. The group of people is afraid that there will be nearly 20,000 people!"

Mei Qian spoke in a corner away from everyone: "Not only...not only...Kuke Cao has a reputation for massacre of cities and prisoners, and the people are afraid of it like tigers. I guess there may be more than 30,000 people who are willing to follow us south."

"Then take 30,000 people away!" Lei Xu stared at the two of them.

He gathered 30,000 people and retreated into the vast mountain dangerous path under Cao's nose, carrying out a large retreat of hundreds of miles!

Chen Lan was dumbfounded: "This is too difficult...it's simply crazy!"

"Or you can lead the troops to attack and fight the Cao army to see who is so crazy." Lei Xu said calmly.

The hall was quiet for a moment.

Chen Lan suddenly felt angry: "General, I have no other intentions, I will follow your orders."

"Where are you?" Lei Xu stared at Mei Qian in the shadow.

"I... listen to the general." Mei Qian smiled dryly.

"Where are the rest?"

The powerful men between the Jianghuai River have always been the only ones who are Lei Xu, Chen Lan and Mei Qian. Since the three of them have reached an agreement, the rest have agreed one after another.

"no problem!"

"Done!"

Although they were once panicked, these people were men who had been tempered by troubled times. Since the plan had been decided, they no longer hesitated and immediately began to discuss the specific arrangements related to the major retreat. The hall suddenly became lively.

Lei Xu turned his eyes to the tall figure standing a little far away from the hall. The eldest son who was highly anticipated by him and had already begun to take over the handling of the matter: "Ah Xiu, do you have any other opinions?"

Although Lei Xu was old and sick, the decisive and resolute character of his character did not fade, and there was no need to wait for a long time to make a decision. The reason why he delayed this meeting was to look forward to his eldest son participating. In his opinion, his eldest son's bravery and strength was enough to intimidate everyone, and then gradually established his position in the entire Jianghuai heroic group by leading this massive retreat.

However, Lei Feng was speechless for a moment, as if he was stunned.

Lei Yuan gently pulled his brother's sleeve and whispered: "Brother, while evacuating, Cao's army will go south at any time, and there must be no one who will lead the troops to intercept. He should ask the leaders of each family to recruit all the heroes under his command and give them to you for unified command and to enter Lu'an in advance to prepare for war!"

"What?" Lei Xiu showed a confused look.

"In critical moments, someone needs to stand up and embrace people's hearts and be the backbone! My father is sick and weak, will my brother expect Chen Lanmei and others to take on such heavy responsibilities?" Lei Yuan said anxiously.

"Uh..." Lei Xiu was moved, but asked again: "What if those two people don't agree?" He was brave and brave on the battlefield and was far away from ordinary people, but outside the battlefield, he was too hesitant.

At this time, Lei Xu, who was sitting on the top, gradually showed an impatient expression.

And Lei Xiu just subconsciously stroked the knife handle.

Lei Yuan took a deep breath and exhaled it hard.

He suddenly stood up from behind Lei Xiu and walked into the middle of the hall. He shouted: "Father, uncles and elders, please listen to me. Everyone's troops are scattered in the vast areas of Ruyin in the west and Jiujiang in the east, including many villages in the mountains in the mountains in the upper reaches of the water. Even if the order is issued immediately, it will take about ten days to gather. The next whereabouts of Cao's army are unpredictable. We must prepare early to prevent Cao's army from raiding!"

The leaders gradually became quiet. Someone whispered: "As long as we run fast enough..."

Lei Yuan interrupted the man and continued to shout: "When you take your family, how fast can you go? If Cao's army directly takes the mountain camp at this time, how can we organize the retreat? If Cao's army chases all the way to the mountains, how many family assets can we leave? If only a few people left in the end were left to Jiangdong as wealthy families... Then you can leave now, will it take so much time to discuss?"

Amid the noise, Lei Yuan emphasized: "Even if you retreat, you must leave a considerable amount of troops to provide cover for the camp to ensure safety!"

Xin Bin suddenly asked, "How many troops are left? If you keep less, you will be vulnerable in front of Cao's army; if you keep more, you will be afraid that you will not be able to bear the losses."

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When the disaster is coming, they are still calculating their own small accounts. This is a common problem for many local forces. They have no political ideals, no long-term goals, and no sense of overall situations. They are in a mess to protect their own interests. When they need to pay for their own efforts, they still think about their own interests. As the ancients said: Those who combine profits can force poverty and harm to each other and abandon each other.

Lei Yuan hates this situation very much, but he must deal with it in time.

"Everyone, there is no need for many troops, nor will there be large-scale combat!" He shouted: "Although we are afraid of the powerful strength of the Cao army, the Cao army is also afraid of our desperate attempt. As long as you gather a capable army, carry more flags, vehicles, mules and horses, and enter the six counties with great fanfare, disguising as if the leaders all went to the front line and wanted to fight the Cao army to the decisive battle. Then the Cao army will inevitably gather large troops and be on guard... In this way, delaying for an additional three or five days will not be a problem."

Lei Yuan looked around everyone: "At the same time, everyone who stayed behind in the camp was focused and organized the people to retreat with all their might, which can ensure that everything is complete."

"When Cao's army gathered, how did this unit evacuate?" Xin Bin asked again.

"There is Fanshan twenty miles south of Lu'an City, Xiaohuoshan sixty miles, and Tianzhushan one hundred and seventy miles. Follow this path, fight and retreat with the terrain, and finally follow the brigade to retreat to the south.

Chen Lan paced back and forth a few steps, and fisted and clapped her hands and said, "I think it's feasible!"

Plum nodded slightly.

Xin Bin's eyes flashed and he slowly sat back to his original place.

So everyone looked at Lei Xu.

Lei Xu gently tapped the edges of the desk with his thin fingers, making a regular sound. His brows frowned tightly, revealing a deep thoughtful look. His eyes, which seemed to be open, dragged out crow's feet, making his eyes deeper and deeper.

After a while, he nodded.

Lei Yuan kept staring at Lei Xu with his breath. When Lei Xu nodded, Lei Yuan felt his heart beating violently.

The deliberate performances in recent times should have accumulated enough reputation for himself. Moreover, considering that his elder brother is simply brave and good at planning, he is at least a good candidate for assistants. As long as he can assume this responsibility, there will be too much to do afterwards... Lei Yuan saw Chen Lan take a little step forward, but was gently pulled the sleeves of the robe by the person behind him and stopped it. Very well, this task was not suitable for him.

Lei Yuan bowed slightly to his father, and was about to say something, but he heard Lei Xu say calmly: "Ashu, you are responsible for this matter. I will ask He Song, Liu Yu and others to help you, and... Well, please ask the Captain Mei Gan to go with you. You should ask more questions for all matters, big or small."

Mei Gan was obviously a little surprised. He sighed and stood up to salute, and nodded to Lei Xiu again.

Lei Xu emphasized: "Now you go and prepare the troops. Each family must send elite troops, and everyone will set off tonight!"

Lei Xiu was stunned for a moment and hurried down to the center of the lobby to salute: "Yes."

Lei Yuan looked at his toes, as if he saw Lei Xu's inadvertent voice falling from a high place like a heavy stone falling from a high place, and fell on the dark ground one by one: "Ayuan, you have nothing to do, so take some people west and inform the villages we are familiar with today's decision. Whether to follow the action is up to them to judge, and you don't force it."
Chapter completed!