Wenpin led the 50,000 troops stationed in E County to slowly retreat, and finally returned to Shaxian. Although Cao Ren took action for a few days before Wenpin, in order to ensure the secrecy of his action, he traveled through mountains and ridges day and night.
It still takes several days to get to Kunyu Mountain.
Su Dai's scouts rushed all the way, passed through Nanjun and went directly into Xiangyang.
"My Lord, urgent report from Su Dai in Changsha."
Kuai Yue came directly to Liu Biao with a sad look on his face.
"Urgent report from Su Dai?
What happened to Changsha County?
Could it be that the Yellow Turbans are rising again and he wants me to send troops to rescue him?"
When he heard that it was Su Dai's urgent report, Liu Biao was immediately stunned. Su Dai had always ignored him because of his contribution to the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Why did he send people to Xiangyang now?
"My lord, Cao Cao marched into Jiangxia, but did not go to Xiling. Instead, he led an army of 100,000 people directly southward. Now he has arrived at Xiajun. He also said that he was following your order to take over Changsha County. After Su Dai got the news,
Send someone directly to Xiangyang to inquire about the whole story."
Kuai Yue felt that his head was going to explode. What the hell did Cao Cao want to do? Didn't he tell himself that he wanted to go to Jiangxia first and then exchange Jiangxia for Changsha County?
Why don't you act according to common sense?
"Cao Cao led his troops to Xiajun?
what should we do?"
Hearing the news, Liu Biao also felt a headache. It seemed that he had really underestimated others. He originally thought that Cao Cao had no way out. Who knew that he would go directly to attack Changsha County? What should he do?
"Lord, the reason why Cao Cao dares to send troops south to directly attack Changsha County now is because we are fighting Jiangxia now and cannot spare any resources to support Changsha. I think we should suspend the Jiangxia offensive and order General Cai Hao to lead the army south to Changsha. He must not be allowed to go south to Changsha.
Changsha has a firm foothold."
Kuai Yue thought about it for a while and decided to drive Cao Cao away first and not let him grow big in Changsha.
"Then what should Jiangxia do?
Now we have captured half of the territory in Jiangxia, and I am not willing to leave like this."
Hearing Kuai Yue's words, Liu Biao frowned. Jiang Xia was about to capture them all, and his plan to kill chickens and scare monkeys was going to succeed. But now you want me to temporarily abandon Jiang Xia and lead the army south to support Changsha County.
"My lord Jiang Xia is just dead, and Huang Zu is just hanging on for a breath. Even if we give him time, he will not be able to do anything. After we defeat Cao Cao, we will counterattack Jiang Xia with a great victory. Huang Zu will not be able to resist.
Cao Cao is different. Even Yuan Jiujiu lists him as a major enemy. If he really captures Changsha County, even if we destroy Huang Zu, it will be extremely difficult to capture Changsha County.
If we give him time to establish a foothold in Changsha, he will definitely attack Lingling and Guiyang counties, which will become a serious trouble for us. I hope my lord will think twice."
Seeing that Liu Biao was still reluctant to fight the war in Jiangxia, Kuai Yue felt that he was going to die of anxiety, so he directly told Liu Biao all the possible situations.
"Is that true?"
Liu Biao was stunned when he heard Kuai Yue's words. He never imagined that Cao Cao's capture of Changsha would have such big disadvantages.
"It is very possible, and the situation will even be worse than what I said. If other aristocratic families join forces with Cao Cao, maybe Xiangyang, where the lord is, will also be in danger."
Kuai Yue nodded firmly to Liu Biao.
"Okay, then send people to Cai Mao's camp immediately and ask him to lead his army south to support Changsha immediately."
Now Liu Biao was really panicking. Indeed, as Kuai Yue said, if a wealthy family felt that Cao Cao was more suitable to be the Lord of Jingzhou than him, they would probably abandon him to cooperate with Cao Cao. By then, he, the shepherd of Jingzhou, would really not be able to sit still.
Stable.
"promise."
Kuai Yue went directly to An Lu and rushed towards Anlu where Cai Mao was. While the scouts were running wildly, Huang Zu also raised an army of 50,000 troops and left Xiling and headed towards Anlu.
Huang Zu traveled west without any cover, and was soon discovered by the scouts arranged by Cai Mao, who directly passed the news to his account.
"What did you say?
Huang Zu led 50,000 troops out of Xiling and came towards Anlu?"
After hearing the news from the scouts, Cai Mao immediately felt that his brain was a little exhausted. Huang Zu, an old dirty turtle, dared to come out of his den in Xiling and march towards Anlu where he was?
Did he take some expired medicine that made his brain go crazy?
"Absolutely true."
Feeling that Cai Mao didn't believe it, the scout could only nod again.
"Hahahahaha, Huang Zu'er is overestimating his own capabilities and dares to lead his troops to our Anlu. If you come, please immediately inform Wenpin and ask him to lead his army north from Shaxian and join me in a decisive battle with Huang Zu'er.
"
Cai Mao was immediately excited. Although his Cai family had the merit of being a follower, his status was on par with Kuai Yue's family. If he could defeat Huang Zu in a battle this time, Cai Mao could use the power of annihilating the Huang family to defeat him.
The family will surely reach the top of the list of the best family in Jingzhou.
"promise."
The scouts soon set off from Anlu to Shaxian. While the scouts were marching, the pangolin Cao Ren finally led his army to the Kunyu Mountains safely. Looking at the road in front of him, Cao Ren's eyes flashed with a look of satisfaction. This was indeed a suitable place for an ambush.
.
"The entire army is stationed in the mountains, and scouts are sent out to investigate the situation outside Shaxian. Remember not to alert the enemy, otherwise military law will be engaged."
Cao Ren glanced at the elite behind him, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"promise."
The soldiers began to look for mountain passes to garrison, and at the same time, scouts began to fly to the north of Shaxian to investigate the situation in all directions.
The clouds and waves here in Jiangxia were strange. Yuan Shu's troops finally came out of Lujiang County and entered Yuzhang County from Wan County. Magistrate Pengze opened the city and surrendered without hesitation.
After capturing Pengze, Yuan Shu divided his troops into two groups. Along the way, Yan Liang led a direct attack on Chaisang to the west, while he led his army southward to Nanchang.
Yan Liang led his army to Chaisang. When the defenders saw Yan Liang's army approaching, they immediately offered sacrifices to the city. At the same time, they told Yan Liang the news that Cao Cao had left Chaisang and entered Jingzhou.
"What did you say?
Cao Cao and his army have left Chaisang and gone to Jiangxia?"
Yan Liang looked at the submissive county magistrate in front of him, with a flash of light in his eyes.
"Indeed, they have been in Jiangxia for at least ten days."
The county magistrate nodded directly to Yan Liang.
"Come here, send someone immediately to look for the lord and tell Cao Cao everything about his entry into Jingzhou. The whole army is temporarily resting and ready to attack Jingzhou at any time."
Since this matter is true, Yan Liang still dares to neglect and directly sends scouts to Yuan Shu to inform Yuan Shu of the situation. At the same time, the army is revised and ready to attack Jingzhou at any time.
"Gongtai, if you say we go south to Yuzhang, how will Cao Cao react?"
Yuan Shu spoke to Chen Gong while driving.
"My lord, I am not afraid of Cao Cao's defense in Nanchang now. What I am afraid of is that he has left Yuzhang one step ahead of us and fled to Jingzhou to join forces with Liu Jingsheng. If we want to go to war with Jingzhou by then, it may be difficult."
Chen Gong frowned and looked at Yuan Shu.
"Don't be impatient, haven't we already thought of Cao Cao going to Jingzhou?
If he goes to Jingzhou, it will save me the trouble of chasing him and let Liu Jingsheng and Yuan Benchu scratch their heads. This is a dragon crossing the river, and they two local snakes will probably be very depressed."
Hearing Chen Gong's words, Yuan Shu didn't take it seriously. He never thought that he could capture Cao Cao in Yuzhang County.
This guy's sense of war is more sensitive than anyone else. He went directly to Yangzhou without even meeting him in Xuzhou. After arriving in Yangzhou, Dan's disciple was defeated, and he went directly to Yuzhang. Now that he has come to Yuzhang, Cao Cao may have already arrived.
Then he ran to Jingzhou.
"But Cao Cao is a big problem after all."
Although Yuan Shu said this, Chen Gong still felt that letting Cao Cao go was a serious problem.
"A serious problem is a serious problem. You also said that if he really goes to Jingzhou, as long as we are not ready to mobilize troops against Jingzhou, there will be nothing we can do to him. We will make peace with him once he comes. As time goes by, our strength will only
Will it become stronger and stronger, and will Cao Cao still be in serious trouble when we have millions of troops?"
Although Yuan Shu has always regarded Cao Cao as his number one enemy, sometimes he cannot do what he thinks.
If Cao Cao enters Jingzhou and he still pursues him, Liu Biao, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will definitely put aside their prejudices and work together to fight against him. This is not a situation he wants to see.
What he wants to see is the internal fighting among the three families, consuming each other's strength. After he takes over other places, a small Jingzhou is just a pebble and will be kicked away by him at any time.
"Chen Gong understands."
After hearing Yuan Shu's words, Chen Gong still felt a little regretful, but that was all he could do.
