Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

However, before Sun Quan could vent his anger towards Zhou Yu, another news came to him like a bolt from the blue!

The messenger sent by Han Dang arrived.

The messenger went straight in a light boat all the way, and soon arrived at Chaohu Lake in Hefei through the Yuxi River waterway.

When he heard that more than a hundred warships of Cao Jun that could carry a thousand men appeared in the Yangtze River and easily defeated Han Dang's navy, Sun Quan was shocked first, then calmed down quickly, and said to the guards around him Said: "Hurry up, call all the generals to come and discuss the matter quickly!"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the atmosphere was a little tense.

Sun Quan inspected the generals in the big tent, and said, "Everyone, General Han Dang has an urgent message. It is said that Hussar General Lu Yan has led a hundred ships and a hundred thousand sailors to invade the Yangtze River basin in the east of our country!"

Sun Quan's news is still very shocking.

"Lu Yan is really here?!" Huang Gai was also surprised when he heard the words, and said: "Isn't his navy in the Yellow River, and how did he come to the Yangtze River? Could it be true that he came from the sea???"

At this time, someone else said: "But it is also possible that the water came from Xuzhou."

Everyone discussed Cao Jun's navy one by one, and finally reached a consensus: Cao Jun's navy should be launched from Xuzhou.Because it is difficult for the current warships of the Jiangdong Navy to sail in the sea for a long time, it is even more impossible for the warships of the Cao Jun Navy.

But the question now is not where Cao Jun's navy came from, but what they will do to Jiangdong.

Now Jiangdong's troops are all in Huainan and Runan, and Jiangdong's mainland is like a completely defenseless beauty facing a group of rude and hungry men...

Sun Quan looked at his most important think tank and asked, "Zijing, what do you think we should do now?"

Lu Su had already thought about it. After hearing Sun Quan's question, he immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, according to my subordinates, although Lu Yan's navy is huge, they dare not really attack our homeland."

Sun Quan leaned forward and asked, "What is the basis?" Obviously he was very concerned about this.

Lu Su continued: "It's very simple. Although Lu Yan's navy is full of people, it only has 10 people. If you want to capture Jiangdong with only 10 people, it is tantamount to a dream!"

It's not that Sun Quan doesn't know this truth, it's just that if he cares about it, he will be chaotic.

Lu Su's words were tantamount to reassuring Sun Quan.

Sun Quan nodded and said, "Then what should we do now, don't we care about them?"

When Lu Su heard the words, he shook his head seriously and said, "No, my lord. My subordinates suggest that we withdraw immediately!"

"What? Withdraw the troops?" Huang Gai looked at Lu Su in disbelief, and asked, "Zijing, do you know how many soldiers' lives we have already paid and how much food and grass we have consumed... Once the troops are withdrawn, what will happen?" Isn’t it all in vain??”

"That's right! And the governor is about to capture Runan soon. We can turn around and deal with Cao Jun's navy after we gain a firm foothold!"

"Lu Yan only defeated General Han by relying on his large number of ships. As long as the main force of our navy comes back to help, Cao Jun's navy will be destroyed!"

Lu Su's words aroused a wave of opposition, and even Sun Quan felt that Lu Su was making too much of a fuss.

"Zijing, since we have no worries in our homeland, why take the huge risk of hastily withdrawing our troops?"

Lu Su waited until the voices of the people in the hall died down, and then he replied: "My lord, when we first captured Lujiang County, there was no one in the city, and there was no grain left...Our current military rations are all relying on Transport along the Wuhu and Xurukou waterways.

Now that Lu Yan is here, with his strategic vision, he will definitely control this line of waterways and cut off our army's supply line.May I ask everyone, in the absence of food, which soldier can continue to fight? "

Lu Su's words made everyone fall into silence.

Yes, food!

Hijacking the grain road is the fine tradition of Cao Jun!

Back then, whether it was defeating Yuan Shu, or defeating Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, Cao Jun's interception of food and roads was called flying.

Wei Yan's hundreds of cavalry intercepted Ji Ling's army for a few days without food and without a fight; Gan Ning burned Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass on the eve of Guandu, forcing Yuan Shao to be left with Wuchao's last grain storage area.In the end, Cao Cao and Lu Yan came to attack Wuchao at night, and directly burned Yuan Shao's underwear.

"Jianliangdao...is really a headache!" Sun Quan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

But asking him to withdraw his army and give up Runan, which he was about to acquire, made him extremely unwilling!

After weighing it over and over again, Sun Quan thought of a compromise and said, "How about...listen to what Gongjin has to say first?"

Now that Sun Quan had said so, Lu Su no longer insisted, and replied: "Let the Lord arrange it."

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After Zhao Yun's reinforcements arrived, Pingyu City survived another day without any danger.

The arrows of the Dragoon Army had been exhausted, and they also began to try hand-to-hand combat.But only the next day, after adapting to the threat behind him, the Jiangdong Army intensified their attack on the city.

However, seeing that the city was about to be broken, Sun Quan's messenger brought a piece of news that made Zhou Yu almost lose his composure and go berserk!

"Lu Yan led an army of [-] sailors into the Yangtze River. General Han Dang fought with him and returned in a complete defeat!"

After hearing the messenger's report, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Meng and others were all silent.

"It's too bad! Lu Yan's navy will definitely cut off our army's food supply... so what can we do?" Veteran Cheng Pu saw the pain at a glance, and at the same time looked at Zhou Yu full of worry, and asked.

Zhou Yu's face trembled and twisted uncontrollably.

He spent so much effort and sacrificed so many soldiers and generals. Seeing that the city was about to be broken, he was cut off by Lu Yan's magical soldiers from the sky.

"Lu Yan...Lu Yan!!!" Zhou Yu's voice was almost squeezed out of his throat, full of hatred and unwillingness!

"Send me an order to quickly withdraw troops and return to Hefei!"

"Withdraw the troops?! Commander-in-Chief, no!"

"Governor, we will be able to take Runan soon!"

"Withdrawing the troops now, wouldn't all previous efforts be wasted!"

Zhou Yu stood up abruptly, and said with grief and indignation in his eyes: "You think I want to withdraw? Let me tell you, if Lu Yan cuts off the grain road, we can still rely on the grain and grass in Runan for a while, but it won't be half a month, my lord." The army will run out of food and grass!

If the lord is defeated at that time, we will be trapped alone in Runan... Do you all want to bury your bones in a foreign land? "

"But... alas!!!" Everyone felt unwilling but could not refute.

Veteran Cheng Pu finally said helplessly: "Gongjin's worries are correct, let's withdraw!"

Chapter 484 The scenery here is unique, let's go all the way and have fun

After receiving Zhou Yu's reply, Sun Quan pinched his knuckles until they turned white.

Originally, he took some luck and hoped that Zhou Yu, who had always been tough with the outside world, would give him encouragement and encourage them to continue to attack.

But when Sun Quan never expected, this time Zhou Yu replied very simply: Wait for me to come back, and retreat together!

Zhou Yu's reply means that the Northern Expedition has almost failed.Tens of thousands of soldiers died in vain, and hundreds of thousands of food and grass were wasted in vain... It may take two to three years for Jiangdong to recover, and by then, Cao Cao's army is probably under pressure.

But if they don't withdraw, once the 10,000+ army is cut off by Cao Jun's navy and has no food, maybe they will all have to play by then, and it won't be able to slow down in two or three years.

Sun Quan pinched Zhou Yu's reply letter, and asked Lu Meng who sent the letter extremely unwillingly: "Zi Ming, can't we send some navy to destroy Lu Yan first, or take a step back and keep the food roads open?"

Lu Meng was actually not reconciled, but judging from the current information,

"According to General Han's news and detailed information, Lu Yan's navy is all big ships, and equipped with a very strange and powerful weapon.

If our army sends fewer sailors, it will only be Lu Yan's contribution; if it sends more, Hefei will definitely be raided, and there may be a rout. "

Sun Quan fell silent when he heard the words.

Lu Meng's words are very reasonable, but Sun Quan is really not reconciled.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside. It turned out that another messenger came to report.

"Report! Report! My lord! A letter from Chang Shi, please return to the teacher immediately for reinforcements!" After the messenger finished speaking, he presented the urgent letter with wax paint with both hands.

Lu Meng took the letter and strode forward to hand it to Sun Quan.

After Sun Quan opened the envelope, he trembled when he saw the contents of the letter at first sight!

"My lord, what did you say in the letter?" Lu Meng asked in a low voice.

Sun Quan took a deep breath, suppressed his anxiety and anger, and said, "Lu Yan...Lu Yan! That guy actually destroyed our fortifications along the way. He has already destroyed dozens of fortifications. Went to nearly ten thousand stone grain and grass!

Not only that, he also blocked the Ruxukou, completely cutting off our army's water and food channels! "

"hiss!"

Everyone couldn't help but gasp,

"As expected of Lu Yan, the action is really fast, accurate and ruthless!"

"This guy is such a vicious method!"

At this time, Lu Su finally stood up again, cupping his hands to persuade: "My lord, Lu Yan is the most famous general in the world, we can't take any chances... Now there is no other choice, let's withdraw our troops. "

Lu Meng also retreated into the hall, clasped his fists and said, "My lord, the governor will probably return to Hefei by this evening... Let's get ready to retreat!"

All the civil and military personnel in the big tent began to persuade: "My lord, withdraw!"

Sun Quan looked up at the top of the big tent, sighed deeply, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Pass my military order, pack up your luggage in secret, and prepare to evacuate!"

"Here!"

......

When Zhao Yun led the army to rush into Zhou Yu's camp, he realized that Zhou Yu had already withdrawn, and the withdrawal was clean and tidy without the slightest delay.

Xia Houlan looked incredulously at the barracks with military flags all over the walls, but the camp was empty inside, and murmured, "Zhou Yu ran away? Why?"

The Jiangdong army was still attacking the city in the middle of the night last night, why there was no movement at all this morning.

Zhao Yun felt a little puzzled, so he led the Dragon Cavalry Army to investigate the camp of the Jiangdong Army.

Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan discovered after this investigation that the army led by Zhou Yu had already withdrawn overnight!

In the city of Pingyu, Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, and Man Chong were sitting in the prefect's mansion.

Man Chong, who was wrapped in several blood-oozing bandages, also murmured to himself in disbelief: "Zhou Yu actually withdrew this time, did he just do that?" as if he was still in a dream.

They still can't think of a reason for Zhou Yu's withdrawal.

"Could it be that the lord has sent reinforcements again?" Man Chong looked at Zhao Yun and asked.

Zhao Yun shook his head and said, "Probably not... Before we left the army, Xuchang only had [-] defenders led by General Cao Hong and his wife, and there was no extra troops at all."

"Then maybe General Xiahou defeated Sun Quan, so Zhou Yu had to retreat?"

However, Man Chong quickly vetoed his second conjecture, "It shouldn't be...General Xiahou only has [-] troops, and it is basically impossible to defeat Sun Quan's [-] troops in such a short period of time."

"That's weird..."

At this time, Xia Houlan, who had always been out of her mind, suddenly asked with a strange expression: "You two, I have a guess. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Man Chong heard the words, grinned and said: "We are all old brothers, what else can't we talk about?"

Xia Houlan also laughed, and said, "Sir, isn't he planning to lead the navy to go out... Do you think that Zhou Yu's sudden withdrawal may have something to do with Mr.? Of course, this is just a conjecture..."

Although Xia Houlan said that he was just a conjecture, these words opened Zhao Yun and Man Chong's thinking, and made their thinking suddenly clear!

Hey!

Man Chong suddenly stood up, and then stared at Xia Houlan with wide eyes... After a long while, he burst out laughing: "Hahahaha! That's right! In terms of understanding Mr., you must be Xiahou Ziheng !!!”

Zhao Yun also became excited. He changed his usual calm image and couldn't help walking back and forth in the hall, "That's right, that's right...it must be Mr.!"

"But... how did sir do it?" Xia Houlan asked another question.

"I don't know!" Man Chong and Zhao Yun replied simply shaking their heads.

"Eh..." The corners of Xia Houlan's mouth twitched...

At this time, Zhao Yun showed a very sunny smile, and said to Xia Houlan and Man Chong: "Since Mr. has made a move, the news should come soon, let's wait and see!"

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Moisturize mouth.

The ten three-masted warships in the front row fired three consecutive bombardments at the Jiangdong Army water fortress on the mouth of Ruxu.

The wooden wall of the water village was almost crumbled, and the soldiers in the water village were wiped out with the water village before they even came back.

Gan Ning fired two cannonballs himself, and finally got over some hand addiction.

After finishing the work, he came to Lu Yan with the smell of gunpowder all over his body, and asked:

"Sir, the fortifications of the Jiangdong Army in Ruxukou have all been dismantled, what should we do next?"

Lu Yan looked at the Jiangdong soldiers who were still fleeing in panic on the shore, and replied in a calm tone: "The Jiangdong Navy should be coming back soon, let's withdraw from Ruxukou first, continue westward all the way, and destroy the Jiangdong Army along the coast. fortifications."

"In this way, we will definitely not be able to increase our speed... What if the Jiangdong navy catches up?" Gan Ning asked again abruptly.

Lu Yan turned his head and glanced at Gan Ning, then asked, "Don't you eat the meat delivered to you?"

Hearing this, Gan Ning subconsciously stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his chapped lips, "Hehe, sir, you are joking...there is no reason not to eat the meat delivered to you!"