Cao Cao's army did not have much grain and grass, which was not conducive to long-term holding, but Hefei was a strategic place, and Cao Cao could not let Jiangdong easily take it, so he wanted to open Tuntian in Hefei.

Xun You suggested: "There is an Anfeng pond in the northwest of Heqi, also known as Shaobei, which was repaired by Sun Ao, the prince of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and irrigated more than 40,000 hectares of fields in two or three hundred miles in a week. You can open a tuntian here. ”

Cao Cao stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay! According to Gongda's words. Ordered Mao Jiejie to lead 10,000 Tuntian troops to Tuntian in Shaobi. ”

Yu Ban has just recovered from his serious injuries, and he can't go into battle lightly, this time he just commanded the army to break Mei Cheng. Yu Ban Chen Bing in Di County, waiting for Mei Cheng to fight. Mei Cheng used a trick to deceive Yu Ban. After returning to the army, Mei Cheng and Mei Qian moved to Lishan.

Let's say that Zang Ba led five or six thousand men to Fenglong, and on the way encountered reinforcements sent by Lu Fan to rescue Mei Gan. The Jiangdong general who commanded this group of men and horses was Zhang Qiang, who was the brother-in-law of Lu Fan's eldest son, and was promoted to the captain of the household.

Zhang Qiang led these two or three thousand men and horses to walk on the road without hurrying, and Zang Ba had already lined up the military formation. Zhang Qiang saw that Cao Jun suddenly appeared, and there were still so many people, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, and this panic was terrible. The Jiangdong army retreated in a hurry, abandoning the armor, and Zang Ba saw that he would not be able to command the troops, so he waved his army in pursuit.

The cavalry of Cao's rear army was in hot pursuit, and Zhang Qiang's troops were defeated, but fortunately, Zang Ba's brigade of infantry did not catch up, and Zhang Qiang was able to pick up a life.

Zang Ba marched to Jiashi, Lu Fan sent Gao Meng to meet Zang Ba, Zang Ba personally led 500 Qingzhou cavalry to attack the Jiangdong Army formation, Gao Meng rode his horse and raised his sword to fight. The two fought, and Zang Ba stabbed Gao Meng under the horse with a shot.

Zang Ba took the opportunity to wave his army to attack the Jiangdong Army, and the Jiangdong Army was defeated. When Lu Fan heard that Zhang Qiang was defeated and returned, he was furious and wanted to behead Zhang Qiang, but his eldest son Lu Shu interceded for him, so he spared Zhang Qiang from the death penalty and dismissed Zhang Qiang from his position as captain.

Lü Fan personally commanded 10,000 troops to attack Zang Ba, Zang Ba returned to the army to defend Shucheng, and Lü Fan had to retreat after a long time.

"What kind of person is this Zang Ba? Even Ziheng was defeated by him? Han Hao looked at Lu Fan and sighed.

Lu Fan was ashamed when he heard this, Cao Cao's subordinates did have a large number of soldiers, which Jiangdong could not match.

"Zang Ba was originally a general of Tao Qian, and then he joined Lu Bu, and now belongs to Cao Cao. has always been 'listening to the tune but not listening to the announcement', General Zhennan can make people give money to buy Zang Ba. Chen Qun suggested to Han Hao.

Han Hao led tens of thousands of sailors to take a boat to settle troops to relieve their mouths, and divided their troops to rescue Mei Cheng. Who knew that the people sent by Han Hao failed to persuade Zang Ba to defect to Jiangdong, and the envoy was beheaded by Zang Ba to show the public.

Zang Ba then sent troops out of Shucheng to attack the reinforcements sent by Han Hao to rescue Mei Cheng, and asked Cao Cao to send troops for support. Han Hao had no choice but to lead the army back, and Zang Ba chased after him overnight, killing thousands of Jiangdong soldiers.

By the next day, Zang Ba had marched more than 100 miles, and was flanked by the reinforcements sent by Cao Cao. The Jiangdong army was embarrassed and anxious, and did not have time to get on the boat, and many people jumped into the water to escape. So Han Hao failed to save Mei Cheng, and Cao Cao's general Zhang Liao led Zhang He, Niu Gai and others to attack Tianzhu Mountain and kill Mei Qian and Mei Cheng.

Lei Xu led tens of thousands of troops to flee to Jingzhou to join Liu Du, Liu Du was overjoyed and appointed Lei Xu as a partial general.

Cao Cao took advantage of the victory to pursue Han Hao to the mouth of the water, Zang Ba and Zhang Liao were the vanguard, and suddenly encountered rain on the way to the march, and the river swelled when the army arrived. The ships of the Jiangdong Army advanced slightly, and Cao Cao's soldiers were uneasy, they had already learned the power of the Jiangdong Navy when they fought in Chibi before.

Zhang Liao saw that the army was unstable and was about to retreat without authorization, but Zang Ba stopped him and said: "Cao Gong is blunt and clear about the war, how can he abandon us and others?" ”

The next day, Cao Cao ordered the withdrawal of the army. Zhang Liao told Cao Cao what Zang Ba said, Cao Cao praised Zang Ba, and then said: "Xuan Gao is loyal to the imperial court, and he is powerful Jiangzuo, and the old man will worship you as a general of Yangwei, and he will be a fake festival." ”

Seeing that Cao's army finally withdrew, Han Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Jiangdong also lost a lot of soldiers and horses this time. Zhong Xuan said: "Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui are indecisive, and Cao Cao must go to pacify the rear. I won't go south in a year or two, and I'm going to take advantage of this Jiangdong to recuperate! ”

"What Dr. Zhong said is extremely true! According to Zhao's opinion, he should send an envoy to Cao Cao to ask for peace, and wait for the return of the Marquis of Chu to make plans. Zhang Zhao hurriedly said, as a representative of the Jiangdong Shi clan, he wished that the war would end as soon as possible. Koto is their territory.

Han Hao was just about to ask Zhang Hongxiu to send the book to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao had already sent a letter first, which said: "The battle of Chibi is worth the disease, and the lonely burning ship retreats, so that Chen Wu has won this name. ”

In December of the thirteenth year of Jian'an (209 AD), Cao Cao could not win at the mouth of the water, and learned that Cao Ren was defeated from Jiangling, so he withdrew his troops and returned to the army, leaving Zang Ba and Xiahoudun and other troops to live in the nest, so that Zhang Liao, Lejin, Li Dian and others led more than 7,000 troops to Hefei.

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Du received a lot of Cao's troops and moved north to occupy the southwest of Nanjun. Liu Qi was under Liu Du again, and many old ministers of Jingxiang returned. Liu Du's power grew day by day, so Liu Du convened all the strategists to discuss the strategy of protecting Jing Xiang.

Sitting down, the white-shirted scribe stepped forward, only to see two pinches of white hair between his eyebrows, it was Ma Liang, Ma Liang said: "Jingxiang is surrounded by enemies, I am afraid it will not be able to defend for a long time; can make the son Liu Qi recuperate here, and summon the old man to keep it, so he will play the son as the assassin of Jingzhou to calm the hearts of the people. Then the south conquered the land of Jiaozhou, accumulated money and grain, and thought it was fundamental. This is a long-term plan. ”

Liu Du set up the administrative office and base camp at the mouth of the Youjiang River in the southern part of Nanjun and renamed it Gong'an. During this period, many officials and soldiers before Liu Biao's death defected to Liu Du.

Liu Qi's body had already been hollowed out because of his addiction to alcohol, and he finally died of illness soon after. Liu Du was very sad on the surface, but he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, Liu Du led Jingzhou Mu and appointed Zhao Yun as the Taishou of Xiangyang and Wen as the Taishou of Yidu.

In order to show favor to Han Hao, Liu Du went to the court to recommend Han Hao to ride the general and lead the Xuzhou pastor. After Liu Du's strength was expanded, Han Hao was naturally a little afraid, and he turned a blind eye to Liu Du's expansion in Nanjun, and only taught Chen Wu to guard Jiangling.

Liu Du was a person who was not greedy enough, thinking that his territory in Nanjun was too small to settle the people, so he went to Jingkou to meet Han Hao.

Han Hao, Chen Wu, Lu Fan and others led the crowd to greet them, they were the emperor's brothers, so this pomp and circumstance naturally had to be bigger. Only play the music, please Liu Du enter the account first.

Everyone sat down, and Liu Du bowed his hand and said: "Today, my two families have broken Cao Cao together, which is really the result of sincere cooperation." However, although Cao Cao's army retreated, it still occupied Nanyang and Fancheng, and Nanjun was an important place in Jingzhou. When Xichuan is obtained, my two families will attack Cao Cao from south to north, and the world can be determined! ”

Han Hao was a little hesitant when he heard this, Liu Du said it righteously, in fact, he wanted to swallow Nanjun completely. Han Hao glanced at Chen Wu, Chen Wu didn't look at Liu Du at all, he already regarded Liu Du as a hypocrite like Liu Bei.

Chen Wuxin said: "Okay, you Liu Du, you said that you 'borrowed Nanjun', is there a loan or not?" ”

Han Hao didn't immediately agree to Liu Du, but only said that he wanted to discuss with everyone and ask Liu Du to stay here first.

After the banquet, Chen Wu hurriedly came to see Han Hao with Lu Fan, and Chen Wu said: "Liu Du is the hero of the world, and he will not return the loan from Nanjun." My Jiangdong spent money, food, and a huge number of troops, and finally defeated Cao's army and captured Jiangxia and Nanjun, how could I give Nanjun to him? ”

Lu Fan also echoed: "What General Chen said is extremely true, according to Fan's opinion. Liu Du only brought a few hundred followers here, so it was better to put him under house arrest. Zhao Yun and Pan Feng are both tiger generals in the world, and they can be executed by Liu Du to order General Chen to lead his people to seize the land of Xichuan. Wouldn't it be better for me Jiangdong and Cao Cao to divide the world in two? ”

When Lu Su heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded Han Hao and said, "General Zhennan can't be like this!" Now Cao Cao's troops are still there, and the focus of the southern expedition has shifted to the eastern front, and I Jiangdong has no strength left to defend Danyang, how can I compete with Liu Du for a southern county. It's better to sell personal favors to him, so that his governor Nanjun and my general will reject Cao Cao together. ”

Han Hao thought for a while and said, "Today, Cao Cao is in the north, and there are many generals. My Jiangdong is against it, and it is the time to employ people, how can I imprison a talented person like Liu Du and damage my own arms? The general was determined to let Liu Du return and hand over all the land west of Jiangling to Liu Du. Zilie can supervise Jiangxia with Xingba, don't make mistakes! ”