Everyone repeatedly tried to persuade Cao Cao, but after all, he was still a member of the Cao family. The death of his cousin Cao Ren was nothing, but if he went back without his body, he would not be able to explain to his ancestors. After thinking about it, Cao Cao finally listened to everyone's advice. He was weak.
Waving his hand: "That's all, just follow Long Fei's request! As long as I can bring back Zixiao, I accept it! But sooner or later I will avenge this!"
Five days later, the two armies made an exchange in Shiyang between Jingling and Sanjiangkou. A huge convoy of coffins came from Jingling. On Long Fei's side, Cao Ren lay in rags.
On a bullock cart, the wounds on the body were still open, the blood had dried up, and the whole body was somewhat rotten. Waves of stench were wafting in the air. No one wanted to get close, and everyone stayed away.
Cover your mouth and nose with your hands.
"Play music! Welcome our hero!" Zhang He shouted, and the musicians behind him immediately played the sound of triumph, the rumbling war drums, and the majestic shouts of the soldiers, which overwhelmed Cao's army.
Jiang Ji handed the delivery document to Zhang Liao. After reading it, Zhang Liao waved his hand, and the three thousand soldiers who had been prepared immediately stepped forward, knocked down the drivers, and brought back all the coffins and carriages. Waiting until the last one
The carriage passed by, and Zhang Liao waved his hand. The ox-cart made a creaking sound and slowly headed towards Cao Jun.
Jiang Gan looked at it and shook his head repeatedly. Some soldiers hurriedly pulled over the coffin that had been prepared. Several people gently lifted Cao Ren and slowly put it into the coffin without closing the lid. Because Cao Ren died miserably,
The wounds and clothes were not treated, and they had to be carefully packed after returning. Zhang Liao raised his hand on the horse, took the reins, turned the horse's head and followed the advancing convoy towards Sanjiangkou.
Long Fei personally greeted the dead warriors at the big tent. Ling Tong led hundreds of people who had returned from Hebin Village to kneel on the roadside. Every time a carriage passed by, they kowtowed and shouted: "Brother, come back."
Home!"
The Jiangdong Army on the side looked at the Jingzhou Army doing this with such a big fanfare, and some people were quite disapproving. Xu Sheng, the captain of Fenwei School, snorted coldly: "Huh, the war is about to happen, and you don't think about how to kill the enemy, but you do such a thing, it's really
Ridiculous!"
These words happened to be heard by Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu looked back at Xu Sheng and shook his head: "Hey! You are still too young. The reason why Long Jun is so strong and brave is because Long Fei values every soldier. He does not do this just to do anything to the dead.
The advantage is, firstly, it can give an explanation to the families of the deceased who stayed in Jingzhou, and secondly, everyone in the Long Army can feel the warmth, this is the highest state of leading troops!"
Lu Su nodded: "It doesn't look interesting, but it actually makes Long Jun fight for his life. With such an army and horses, why can't they defeat Cao Cao!"
"Didn't Brother Zijing say that Long Fei might be defeated?" Zhou Yu glanced at Lu Su intentionally.
"Ahem!" Lu Su coughed, turned around and led the generals, lieutenants, and captains who came from Moling away.
Long Fei was in the camp and organized all the officers above the rank to pay homage to the three thousand dead soldiers. The scene was grand. For this memorial ceremony, Long Fei prepared for half a month. Sun Quan specially sent Yu Fan from Moling.
Come here. When the worship is over, Long Fei asks Xun Yu and Jia Xu, who stayed in Xiangyang, to dispatch civilian vehicles and transport the three thousand soldiers and horses back. There will be another memorial ceremony in Xiangyang.
The entire military camp was filled with excitement for several days before it finally stopped. Looking closely at these two battles, although the losses were not large, they did not cause serious damage to Cao Cao's army. Cao Cao would definitely not have suffered some losses.
After giving up, a war has begun to brew. Cao Cao needs to cheer up his troops. If he continues to be depressed like this, he will lose three points without a fight.
"Report...!" The messenger hurriedly rushed into the tent: "Lord, Wuchang is empty, Jiangdong Army is slack, General Mao Jie has arrived secretly!"
Cao Cao nodded and waved to signal the soldiers to go down. Cheng Yu was stunned: "My lord, are you planning to attack Wuchang?"
Cao Cao glanced at him: "Tanma came to report that Long Fei divided the Yangtze River defense line into two sections, with Sanjiangkou as the boundary, and Long Fei guarded the west side. It can be said that they are similar to iron barrels, and the Jingzhou army is brave and tenacious. If you want to break into the difficult situation,
It's even more difficult, but Jiangdong's army is easier to deal with."
Liu Ye hurriedly said: "If my lord hadn't sent Mao Jie to look for Yu Jin, how could he have arrived in Huangzhou?"
Cao Cao laughed and said: "It seems that even you have been deceived. Looking for Yu Jin is just a pretense. Yu Jin is in the army. The reason for letting Mao Jie lead the army is to paralyze Long Fei and others. Now it seems that they don't care about Mao Jie."
These soldiers and horses.”
Dong Zhao said: "My lord, think twice. Although Wuchang is good, it is a small city and dilapidated. If we send people to rush over and attack Long Fei and Zhou Yu from both sides, we may suffer another Huarong defeat! It is not too late to withdraw our troops for this plan. Lord Wan
Don’t fall deeper and deeper.”
Dong Zhao poured a basin of cold water down, and everyone in the tent fell silent. Cao Cao also nodded silently. Attacking Wuchang was extremely risky, and he didn't know if what the insider said was true. After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao said: "This time we attack
Jiangdong has spent all its troops and horses. If it cannot win as soon as possible, it will be a disastrous defeat. No matter whether Wuchang can be defended or not, we must give it a try!"
"Where is Le Jin!"
Le Jin hurriedly came out of the queue. Cao Cao picked up the bag of tips from the table and handed it to Le Jin: "After opening it in the evening, just follow the plan and never let the second person know."
Le Jin quickly stretched out his hand to catch it and nodded: "No!"
Cao Cao called Li Dian and did the same thing as Yu Jin, but there was a slight difference in time. No one knew the contents of the kit, let alone asked, but there was some inexplicable psychological feeling.
Sad. Cao Cao conveyed his news in this way. It was obvious that he was not at ease with them. The successive failures made Cao Cao suspicious of his subordinates, and they were very suspicious.
Not only Cao Cao was suspicious, but even Sun Quan, who was far away in Moling, also began to doubt. In order to deal with Cao Cao this time, Sun Quan could be said to have put all Jiangdong's chips on Zhou Yu. The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Zhou Yu were the most capable of Jiangdong.
All the troops and horses were brought out. If Zhou Yu had any intentions, he would be unable to deal with it, so Sun Quan sent Lu Su to supervise him.
This time Yu Fan came from Moling, firstly to express condolences to the soldiers of Jingzhou, and secondly, more importantly, he wanted to see if Zhou Yu had any other intentions. Inside the large tent of Jiangdong Army, Yu Fan was very polite and treated everyone
Everyone was polite and polite. He chatted with Zhou Yu for a long time and didn't notice anything wrong. He already knew Zhou Yu's behavior in the past few days from Lu Su's mouth, so he didn't have any doubts.
Standing up to say goodbye, Zhou Yu personally sent Yu Fan out of the tent. Zhou Yu naturally knew Yu Fan's purpose. After sending Yu Fan away, he shook his head and sighed. Zhu Huan on the side said: "Grand Governor, my lord is very good to us. He even sent Yu Fan to work for the army. My lord.
The accessories given to Dadu are really beautiful." Zhou Yu didn't say anything, just glanced at him and walked away with his head lowered.
Yu Fan was escorted by Lu Su all the way out of the military camp. The two of them were chatting at the entrance of the camp when a fast horse suddenly galloped from the left camp. In the dust-filled air, the two of them choked.
Coughing. Before the horse could stop, Huang Gai jumped off the horse as soon as he raised his legs. Lu Su secretly screamed something bad, and just as he was about to speak, Huang Gai suddenly pulled out his sword with a cry.
"Yu Fan, I have something to tell you. It's just you and me. If anyone else dares to take a step closer, I'll chop him with a sword!" Huang Gai glared fiercely at Lu Su and a group of Jiangdong soldiers behind him.
Yu Fan took two steps back. Huang Gai grabbed Yu Fan's wrist and pulled him towards the woods. Everyone wanted to follow, but Lu Su stretched out his arm to stop them: "Don't worry, Old General Huang
I won’t do anything to Master Yu!”
After a full hour, Yu Fan came out of the woods with a very strange expression on his face. Behind him, Huang Gai held a sword in one hand, opened his clothes, and strode towards his horse. He got on the horse and returned
The sword was sheathed and he raised his hand to Yu Fan: "Master Yu, the life and death of our Jiangdong is in your hands. You must convince the lord and never raise a tiger to cause trouble!"
When Lu Su heard this, he glanced at Yu Fan hurriedly. Yu Fan nodded: "Don't worry, old general, I will have a good talk with my lord."
Huang Gai grabbed the horse's belly and rode away. Lu Su grabbed Yu Fan and moved him to the side: "What did General Huang say?"
Yu Fan looked at Lu Su, then turned to look at the speeding Huang Gai: "This! This matter is of great importance. I can only report it to my lord. I hope Lu Canjun will forgive me!"
Lu Su took a long breath, looked at Yu Fan and said: "I know even if you don't tell me, but I would like to advise you, sir, not to tell your lord what Old General Huang said before the war is over, otherwise I, Jiangdong, will really be exhausted.
Danger!"
"Ah?" Yu Fan was in a dilemma: "This...!"
Lu Su said: "Who among our generals in Jiangdong can resist Cao Cao? Although Cheng Pu and Huang Gai are also generals and veterans of Jiangdong, they have no wit. You and I, the scribes, do not have the ability to charge into battle. If this is the case,
If it is revealed, I don’t know what my lord will do when he is angry. Please think again, Mr. Yu!”
Yu Fan stopped talking, and the expression on his face was extremely solemn. He felt like he was holding a hot potato in his hand, and he couldn't pick it up or put it down. He was in a dilemma. Yu Fan nodded: "I have written down what Lu Canjun said.
I will handle it at my discretion, take my leave!"
Hundreds of miles from Sanjiangkou to Moling, Yu Fan had something on his mind, so the carriage slowly walked back. When they arrived at the foot of Moling City, Yu Fan didn't even think about handling it as before. The matter was wandering around in his mind, and as soon as he closed his mind,
The eyes are Huang Gai and Lu Su, one on the left and one on the right. They are arguing and chattering endlessly, and they can't even sleep peacefully.
Sun Quan personally met Yu Fan in the study. As soon as Yu Fan walked in, Sun Quan stood up with a shout: "How is it? Is there any movement in the Sanjiangkou military camp?"