Gao Cheng laughed, hurriedly pulled Xu Chu up, and said with a smile: "With Zhongkang to help me, I Yangzhou is like a tiger with wings! Since everyone has become their own people, of course I won't make it difficult for Zhongkang, this time I will spare the two of them once!"

"Thank you for your magnanimity!" Xu Chu hurriedly thanked him. If Cao Ang and Cao Hong had an accident in Xu's Wubao, then their Xu's reputation would be completely ruined, and the Cao family and Xiahou clan in Qian County would all regard the Xu family as mortal enemies.

It is true that he defected to Gao Cheng, but he was unwilling to watch his family unable to gain a foothold in Qian County, and even made enemies with the two major families in Qian County because of this.

If Gao Cheng forcibly left Cao Ang and Cao Hong behind at this time, Xu Chu, a peerless general who had just defected, would inevitably be centrifuged because of this. So he behaved very generously and let the two of them go directly. gave Xu Chu enough face.

"Eldest Prince, let's go!"

Cao Hong slowly got up at this time, endured the severe pain in his body, used his qi to suppress all the injuries in his body, and then greeted Cao Ang.

The two didn't say anything to Xu's people, turned around and walked outside. At this time, many Ding Zhuang and domestic servants of the Xu family were following Xu Chu to meet Gao Cheng and did not pay much attention to them.

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Gao Cheng didn't stay in Xu's Wubao for too long, gave Xu Chu the title of Huwei Captain, and asked him to recruit two hundred Xu's warriors as his own soldiers, and then the group left Qian County and rushed in the direction of Ruyin.

A few days later, everyone returned to Ruyin, by which time Wu Anguo had already commanded his soldiers and horses to break through most of the cities of Runan County, forcibly relocate the people, and plunder grain, grass and military supplies. A large number of civilians and material resources were continuously sent onto the warships. Hundreds of warships docked in Yingshui have transported 200,000 people and millions of deniers of grain and grass to Yangzhou.

"My lord, after our army defeated Yuan Shu's million-strong army, there was movement in Jingzhou and Xuzhou. Tao Qian is constantly hoarding soldiers and horses, arranging defenses along the Huai River, and Liu Biao in Jingzhou has also made moves, constantly dispatching soldiers and horses to Jiangxia, creating a great threat to Chai Sangda...... "Lu Dai recovered from his injuries, and after seeing Gao Cheng return, he immediately came up to report the events of the past few days.

Gao Cheng waved his hand and said: "Tao Qian, this is just a bluff, he doesn't have elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, and he is not vulnerable to our Yangzhou army at all! Even if he hoards more soldiers and horses, he is not afraid!"

"Now the only one who can bring us a little threat in the entire south is Jingzhou Liu Biao!"

The sailors under Liu Biao are not inferior to Yangzhou, and there are also generals such as Huang Zhong, Wen Ping, and Wei Yan. Gao Cheng wants to capture Jingzhou, and he has to spend a lot of time.

Now sitting in the Chaisang camp are Chen Zhi and Zhou Yu, among which Chen Zhi's strength catches up with Huang Zhong, Zhou Yu's talent is vertical and horizontal, and with a little tempering, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds. Even if Huang Zu and Huang Zhong joined forces, they have not attacked Chaisang for half a step in the past few years.

Even if Liu Biao has any changes, Gao Cheng will not have to worry about it in a short time. When the hundreds of thousands of troops in Yuzhou transported all the spoils back to digest, he would personally lead the army to the west to conquer Jingzhou. Step by step to complete the hegemony.

"There will be no enemies in Yuzhou in a short time, Dinggong, it is really hard for you to sit in Ruyin for many years! Next, you can return to Shouchun with me, and when you recover from your injuries, I still have a heavy responsibility to entrust to you!"

Gao Cheng saw that the other party's face was a little pale, and couldn't help but sigh slightly. Lu Dai defected to him when he was in Huai'an, and many years have passed now, and he has practiced the exercises he taught, but now he has only cultivated to the third level of refining, and compared with others, the speed of strength progress is very slow.

Gao Cheng knew that it was not that Lu Dai's talent was inferior to others, but that he was in danger of carrying an army of two or three hundred thousand, and was in charge of Yangzhou's northwest defense line, so he didn't have the time to cultivate wholeheartedly. And he is the main general of the army, and he can't charge into battle like an ordinary general, tempering himself in the fight.

"Thank you for your concern, your subordinates obey your orders!" Lu Dai had a trace of gratitude on his face, and he also felt that his strength was a little weak. This time to return to Shouchun, we must work hard. We must not live up to the trust of the lord.

Gao Cheng met with Lu Dai and Wu Anguo in succession in the camp tent, and handed over all the efforts to deal with the affairs of Runan to Wu Anguo, and then returned to Shouchun with Xi Zhicai, Xu Chu, Lu Dai and others.

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Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

The majestic city stands next to the Han River, the streets in the city are vertical and horizontal, there are countless pedestrians, Xiangyang is the seat of Jingzhou, communicating the north and the south, in addition to the ordinary people, there are a large number of merchants.

These merchants were in a hurry, their faces did not have the smile they had in the past, and they all rushed towards the outside of the city with solemn expressions, since not long ago Yangzhou Mu Gaocheng successively captured Guangling and defeated Yuan Shu's million-strong army, these people have become like this.

The merchants were very sensitive to the war, and after knowing the news, they instantly thought of the next step of the Yangzhou army, when Jingzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou joined forces to threaten Yangzhou, and now the other two princes were defeated and died, and the three-way army was left with Jingzhou.

Yangzhou Mu's next target must be Jingzhou.

Jingzhou and Yangzhou were already in the ascendancy of the navy, and it was inevitable that they would fight on the river, affecting the transportation of merchant ships from the north and south. These merchants were all ready to pack up their goods and leave Xiangyang before the big war.

Liu's Mansion.

The courtyard was deep, the grass and trees were green, and a burst of discussion came from the council hall in the middle of the courtyard, and kneeling on the top was an elegant middle-aged man with a three-foot black beard. He was dressed in a brocade robe, with a crown on his head and a wide-sleeved robe, which looked unusually chic, but when his eyes swept over, there was a kind of lofty nobility and majesty.

"My lord, I have ordered Zhang Yun to mobilize 150,000 sailors to march east to support Jiangxia to prevent the Yangzhou sailors from attacking. The 150,000 sailors, plus the 300,000 soldiers and horses under General Huang, will definitely make it difficult for the Yangzhou army to advance an inch......" On the left side of the middle-aged man in the brocade robe, a short-bearded man sat on his knees.

This middle-aged man in a brocade robe sitting at the top is Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and it is the military advisor Cai Mao who reports to him on the transfer of troops and horses. At present, in addition to the two people in the hall, there are also Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang.

They are the heads of the Cai family and the Kuai family in Xiangyang. He is the spokesperson of many families in Jingzhou, and together with Huang Zu, he assists Liu Biao and takes charge of Jingzhou.

Liu Biao nodded slightly, but his brows did not stretch, "Compared with the Yangzhou army, there are still too few soldiers under General Huang. However, there is Han Sheng to assist General Huang Zu, I hope they will really stop Gao Cheng, a thief, as the military advisor expected!"

"Lord, Brother De Jue has arranged it well, but there is still one thing to guard against, Gao Cheng now occupies Runan, and the army has not withdrawn, in case they enter Nanyang County and attack Xinye from Wuyin and Huyang, then Xiangyang will be dangerous!"