As soon as the army arrived at Dantu, they began to evacuate in a planned and orderly manner, while Song Xian took the lead and ran towards Jiujiang County.
Cao Cao also mobilized his troops here, and the elite soldiers who had been scattered and sent to various places gathered again and rushed towards Dantu.
Compared with Cao Cao's emergency mobilization, Yuan Shu was indeed unhurried. It was time to rest and recuperate, and it was time to strengthen defenses and strengthen defenses. They were now waiting for time for their troops to arrive.
Without stopping day and night, it took three days and finally arrived at Shouchun City, covered with travel dust.
"My lord, Song Xian would like to see you."
When Chen Wen heard Song Xian's request for an audience, he was stunned. Wasn't he with Dantu and Cao Cao resisting Yuan Shu?
Why are you here now?
"Let him in."
After thinking for a while, Chen Wen decided to meet Song Xian first.
"Song Xian pays homage to Mr. Zhou Mu."
Song Xian entered the room and saluted Chen Wen directly with fists in his hands.
"Song Xian, aren't you a disciple of Dan?
Did anything happen there when you came back now?"
Seeing Song Xian's tired appearance, Chen Wen asked directly.
"Sir, there has been a change in Alchemy."
Song Xian glanced at Chen Wen and said four words directly.
Chen Wen and Zhang Xun's hearts skipped a beat when they heard these four words. What they were most afraid of now was hearing the news. If Dantu couldn't resist it, they wouldn't be able to defend Yangzhou at all.
"What's going on? Tell me quickly."
Chen Wen's heart was scratching like a cat, and he quickly asked Song Xian to speak.
"Sir, the situation is like this. Yuan Shu has deployed heavy troops on the front line of Wangdu, with at least 200,000 soldiers and horses. However, we estimate that Yuan Shu has sent additional reinforcements and will open a second battlefield in the direction of Jiujiang County to suppress Jiujiang.
The county's method allows you to send my generals to lead their troops back, so that they can attack Cao Cao on the Dantu line and open up the battlefield.
The idea of Cao Cao and my general is that since Yuan Shu wants to open a second battlefield, he should first catch Yuan Shu off guard in Jiujiang County.
My lord leads an army of 50,000, coupled with 50,000 elite troops supported by Cao Cao. The total number of troops is 100,000. He will first eat Yuan Shu's troops in Jiujiang County, and then return to Dantu to continue to resist Yuan Shu's attack."
Song Xian directly told Chen Wen what Lu Bu told him.
"Will Yuan Shu really open up the Jiujiang County battlefield?"
After hearing Song Xian's words, Zhang Xun directly asked the central question.
"It's very possible, otherwise Cao Cao wouldn't have been able to send 50,000 elite troops to return to Jiujiang County with us under the current circumstances."
Facing Zhang Xun's question, Song Xian also nodded. If it wasn't extremely urgent, how could Cao Cao risk everything to let his troops march westward to Jiujiang County.
"Lord, it seems that the battlefield in Jiujiang County will become the decisive point in the battle of Yangzhou."
Song Xian's narration made Zhang Xun aware of the urgency of the matter. You must know that Yuan Shu's 200,000 troops were stationed in Wangdu City not far from Cao Cao, and under such circumstances, Cao Cao actually divided his 100,000 troops to Jiujiang County, which shows that the situation was broken.
Let’s look at the Battle of Jiujiang County.
"Then what should we do?"
Looking at Zhang Xun, Chen Wen felt a little confused.
"Do your best to support the battle of Jiujiang County, and be sure to defeat Yuan Shu's troops as quickly as possible. In this case, Yangzhou will still have the strength to fight. If we fail to complete the combat goal, Dantu may not be able to stop it."
Zhang Xun glanced at Chen Wen, his eyes full of solemnity.
"Okay, then I'll do as you say. Instruct Zhou Ping to lead an army of 70,000 to coordinate with Lu Bu and Cao Cao's troops to defeat Yuan Shu's possible troops in one battle."
Now that Zhang Xun has said this, Chen Wen can only fight for his life. The 70,000 troops account for most of his troops. He now only has 100,000 troops, which still includes the 30,000 newly recruited soldiers.
"Well, then I will go back immediately and tell my general the news. I believe Yangzhou will be able to overcome this difficulty."
Song Xian was relieved when he heard Chen Wen's decision. What he fears most now is that Chen Wen is short-sighted and cannot see the importance of this battle, and everything will be over by then.
"Well, go ahead."
Chen Wen waved his hand, and Song Xian clasped his fists and left, continuing to gallop on his horse to fight Lu Bu.
After Song Xian left, Chen Wen looked at Zhang Xun with a trace of confusion in his eyes.
"Zhi'an, do you think we can stop Yuan Shu this time?"
Looking at Chen Wen's appearance, Zhang Xun hesitated for a while, but immediately became tenacious again.
"My lord, you must be strong. Don't forget that behind you is His Majesty, the foundation of the Han Dynasty, so we must win this battle."
After hearing Zhang Xun's words, Chen Wen's eyes became slightly stronger.
"Okay, I understand, you go down, I'm tired and want to rest."
"promise."
Chen Wen gave an order to the army, and Zhou Ping, the prefect of the state, immediately gathered his army and rushed to Dongcheng. This was the first line bordering Xuzhou and Yangzhou. If Yuan Shu sent troops, this would be the first place to attack.
As time went by, Zhang He finally arrived at Xiapi City with an army of 40,000 people. However, after arriving at Xiapi City, he stopped temporarily and did not go to Wangdu because Yuan Shu's order had already come, asking him to stay in Xiapi City.
Fight with Yan Liang, and then attack Jiujiang County as the second echelon.
While Zhang He was waiting for Yan Liang, the coalition forces of Lu Bu and Xi Zhicai also traveled a long way to the east city and joined forces with Zhou Ping Shengli there. The main task of the two sides was to wait.
Zhang He was waiting for Yan Liang's troops, while Xi Zhicai was waiting for Yuan Shu's troops.
Finally, Yan Liang also led his army to Xiapi. Then, with Zhang Zhao as the military advisor and Yan Liang as the general, he led the Polu Army, Xiliang Army, Jianzhong Army and 50,000 militiamen directly south to attack Jiujiang County.
"My lord, Yan Liang and the others have already gone to Jiujiang County, shouldn't we take action too?"
After hearing the news about Yan Liang and others sending troops, Chen Gong also suggested that they should take action here.
"Well, let's go down and send the whole army to attack, and go south to Dan Tu. After the war starts in Jiujiang County, we will also launch a simultaneous attack here."
Yuan Shu nodded, and after waiting for more than half a month, the battle was finally about to begin.
Yuan Shu gave an order, and more than 200,000 troops stationed in Wangdu came out and headed directly towards Dantu.
"My lord, Yuan Shu has sent out troops, and they are all heading straight for Dantu. I guess there will be a war in Jiujiang County soon."
As soon as Yuan Shu's army moved, Cao Cao's scouts immediately discovered the situation and directly passed the news to Dan Tu.
"Everyone, it's up to us next. We must guard Dan Tu, do you understand?"
Cao Cao glanced at Le Jin and Cao Hong beside him, his eyes full of determination, because he could only win this battle but not lose, otherwise everything would be over.
"We must guard Dantu."
"We must guard Dantu."
Cao Hong and Le Jin knelt down on one knee and expressed their determination to Cao Cao.
"Okay, then Cao Cao will live and die with Dantu."
The morale of Cao's army at Dantu's defense line was also high. Everyone knew that this battle was about their life and death, and they could only win but not lose.
"Mr. Zibu, what do you think is the situation in Jiujiang County? Is it easy to fight here?"
