Zhang Fei's two consecutive raids have already exposed the whereabouts of his cavalry troops, and Liu Beijun's desire to use Zhang Fei's cavalry troops to sneak attack Cao Jun or Sun Cejun has become impossible.

This is also the reason why when Jin Hou offered advice to Liu Bei, he repeatedly mentioned that Zhang Fei should obey the military order and return to the army immediately after defeating Lejin's department.

You must know that even if Cao Jun and Sun Cejun are now allies, it is only temporary, and even if he soon learns of Lejin's defeat, Cao Cao has no obligation to inform Sun Cejun of this news.

Originally, Cao Cao sent Le Jin to attack Lujiang County without notifying Sun Cejun, and he also took advantage of the gap between the two armies to seize the area north of Lujiang County from Sun Cejun.

Therefore, Liu Bei could have used Zhang Fei's strange army at any time to destroy or even completely reverse the situation of Sun Ce's army in any area of Jiangbei, but now that Sun Ben's troops have retreated in such a defeat, even if he lost a lot of troops in the process of retreating to Jiangbei, he also had enough time to report the whereabouts of Zhang Fei's troops to Sun Ce and Zhu Zhi in a timely manner.

For this matter, after the war, Liu Bei deliberately called Zhang Fei to his side alone and reprimanded him beautifully.

In fact, the battle situation in Lujiang County, even if Zhang Fei does not take the initiative to intervene, even if Zhao Yun or Jin Jue are close at hand, they will also not interfere, and without the threat of Lejin, it will definitely be a piece of cake for Tai Shici to deal with Sun Ben.

With enough troops, Tai Shici can compete with Sun Ce, not to mention Sun Ben, who has not left many records in history.

Even so, Zhang Feina won two battles in a row, compared to him, the performance of Guan Yu, another general under Liu Bei, can only be described as lackluster.

In Pengcheng, Guan Yu was once again entangled by Xiahou Dun, who was nearly half of the difference in strength between the two sides.

Under Cao Cao, Xiahoudun was the number one general, but he did not have many records in his life, on the contrary, he was defeated by Lu Bujun many times.

However, this does not mean that Xiahoudun has no ability, but only relies on nepotism.

In fact, most of the soldiers of Cao Cao's army were trained by Xiahoudun, and most of the system of Cao Cao's army was established by him. And Xiahoudun's high ability to govern is also very rare among the generals of the Three Kingdoms.

After Sun Qian finished speaking, Mi Zhu also told him about the situation in Donghai County when he left.

At present, Chen Zhi is also desperately entangled Xiahou Yuan in the southern part of Langya County, which is controlled by Changba. Before, although Changba successfully held Kaiyang County, he had been frightened by the Cao army led by Xiahou Yuan, even if he had enough troops in his hands, and Xiahou Yuan was entangled by Chen Zhi, but he never dared to send troops out of the city to assist Chen Zhi to attack Cao's army.

In this regard, Chen Zhi knew very well, and in accordance with Liu Bei's prior order, he did not send someone to contact Changba and forcibly let him send troops.

At the beginning, Jin Jue sent Liu Shan to bring a message to Liu Bei, and he mentioned Changba, this person is capricious, shameless, and can unite, but he can neither be too gullible to him, nor can he be persecuted. In fact, as long as Changba stays in the south of Langya County, it is the greatest support for Liu Beijun.

Before, Xiahou Yuan's sudden attack on Kaiyang County is the best proof. If it weren't for this, Xiahou Yuan's army would have invaded Donghai County at this time and destroyed the summer harvest work of Donghai County.

was unable to capture Kaiyang County in one go, which was something that neither Xiahou Yuan nor Cao Cao could think of in advance. The reason why he attacked Changba, who did not take refuge with Liu Bei in Mingli, was that Cao Cao wanted to use Changba's head to deter Zang Ba and the other two Taishan thief leaders at both ends of the first rat.

At this time, the situation of the Sun brothers in Taishan County was embarrassing.

The battle was scorching, Changba and Xiahou Yuan sent envoys to them at the same time, one wanted the Sun brothers to send troops to blockade Taishan County and seal Xiahou Yuan's retreat, while the other was to let their brothers quickly send troops to rescue themselves from the predicament. Although the Sun brothers were devoted to Cao Cao, they did not dare to accept the letters sent by the envoys sent by these two.

If the Sun brothers dared to send troops to rescue Xiahou Yuan at this time, it would be tantamount to directly stating their position.

Perhaps, for a period of time, neither Changba nor Liu Bei could do anything about them, but once Liu Beijun successfully resisted Cao Jun's attack this time, the situation was completely different.

At that time, let alone Liu Beijun and Changba, maybe even Zang Ba will not spare them.

Therefore, the Sun brothers could only choose to stand still and did not reply to either party.

On the other hand, Yuan Tan fully showed his incompetence.

In the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Tan Shuaibu beat Beihai Xiang Kong Rong to the point that he was powerless, but this time, when he faced the three Taishan thieves, he had been beaten by Zang Ba and began to doubt his life.

If it weren't for Yuan Shao's scruples, at this time, Zang Badu would have been able to enter Beihai County again. It was for fear of angering Yuan Shao that Zang Ba stopped after defeating Yuan Tan's army in Donglai County.

Therefore, at this time, the two armies were stationed on their respective borders, waiting for the results of the Third Battle of Xuzhou.

However, Liu Beijun's strength has always been limited, and it is very difficult to break the situation by relying on his own strength. If there is no external force to intervene, it will depend on who has better patience and who has more staying power.

Overall, on the surface, the situation is still unfavorable for Liu Beijun.

If things are bad, it will be bad in the Chen family in Guangling County.

Originally, Guangling County under Liu Bei's rule, under Chen Deng's combing, compared with Jiujiang County and half of Lujiang County, its comprehensive strength was the strongest. After all, Guangling County belonged to Xuzhou, while these two counties belonged to Yangzhou, and Liu Bei took it from Yuan Shu for no more than a year.

Coupled with the severe drought that affected the entire Huaihe River basin last year, Liu Bei had a very big problem with the grain reserves in the region.

If, at this time, Liu Biao is willing to make a move, even if he does not send troops, just to support Liu Bei with some food, it will be enough to solve the dilemma that Liu Beijun is currently facing.

Fortunately, Jin Jue predicted that this time, the possibility of Sun Ce and Cao Cao joining forces made Liu Bei prepare in advance, so that Liu Beijun did not collapse under the joint efforts of the two armies.

At this time, Fu Gan, Wei Yan and Fu Tong, as well as Wei Yan's personal guards who had already served as Sima of other departments, had already left Nanyang City, and with the 3,000 infantry supported by Zhang Xiu, they were about to arrive in Runan County.