By the time Cao Shuo arrived, the battlefield had already been cleared.

The heads of Liu Bi and Gong Du were placed on the tray, and a soldier held them high in both hands and handed them to him.

Glancing at the heads of Liu Bi and Gong Du, Cao Shuo asked, "Are these two people Liu Bi and Gong Du?" ”

"Exactly." Xu Shu replied: "General Lu is brave, and in a fight, he cut down two enemy generals. ”

"Did you let Liu Bei run away again?" Cao Shuo asked.

Standing beside Xu Shu, Lu Bu said with annoyance: "The last general is incompetent, and the son forgives his sins." ”

"General Lu took the lead and made the first contribution, how can I blame you?" Cao Shuo smiled slightly and said to Lu Bu: "Compared with me, the one who wants to kill Liu Bei more should be the general." ”

"Guan Yu and Zhang Fei still have some skills, the two of them are together, I really can't win against them for a while." Lu Bu said: "If they hadn't stopped me, I would have cut off Liu Bei's head a long time ago." ”

"Liu Bei has been mixed up for so many years, isn't it his two brothers who rely on him?" Cao Shuo said with a smile: "General, don't worry, you can let Liu Bei escape, but his life should not be extinguished." If you meet him next time, you will never give him a chance to escape. ”

"That's what Childe said." Lu Bu said: "If I meet Liu Bei next time, and ask Gongzi to allow me to be a pioneer, I will definitely cut off the head of the big-eared thief and give it to Gongzi." ”

Cao Shuo nodded: "General, don't worry, as long as Liu Bei is present, I will definitely ask you to be the vanguard to crusade against him." ”

"Thank you, Childe." Lu Bu clenched his fists and bowed to Cao Shuo.

"Childe, what are we going to do next?" Sima Yi asked Cao Shuo.

"Rest in Runan first, and when the soldiers are relieved, we will go to Guandu to help my father."

Cao Shuo was stationed in Runan.

A few days later, a fast horse arrived at the barracks.

"Urgent." Entering the barracks, the knight on horseback shouted, "Where is the childe?" ”

The soldier guarding the gate pointed to Cao Shuo's tent: "Gongzi should still be in the tent." ”

Turning over and dismounting, the knight ran to the outside of Cao Shuo's camp, clenched his fists and bowed down and said, "Qiyu Gongzi, there is an urgent military report from Jiangdong. ”

"Come in and talk." Cao Shuo's voice came from inside the tent.

The knight entered the tent and saw Cao Shuo who had just gotten up, wearing armor with the help of Cai Ji.

"What emergency military report?" Cao Shuo asked.

"After Sun Ce's death, Li Shu rebelled, and Sun Quan led his troops to fight, and Li Shu was forced into Zongyang City." The knight replied: "Li Shu sent a messenger to ask Cao Gong for help, but Cao Gong refused. ”

"Zongyang ......" Cao Shuo thought for a while and said, "It should be in Jiangbei." ”

"Exactly." The knight replied.

"If Sun Quan is allowed to get Zongyang, when he pacifies Jiangdong, he can send troops to make trouble with me at any time." Cao Shuo asked, "Did Li Shu send someone to ask me for help?" ”

"Yes." The knight replied: "But he did not send people to Runan, but sent people to Shouchun." ”

"You go first, have a full meal, and have a good rest." Cao Shuo said: "I'll ask someone to find you when I go back." ”

In fact, he stepped back.

Cao Shuo instructed Cai Ji: "Go, Zhong Da and Yuan Zhi are invited." ”

Helping Cao Shuo put on his clothes and armor, Cai Ji retreated.

Cao Shuo sat down behind the table in the tent.

After a while, Sima Yi and Xu Shu arrived.

After entering the handsome tent, the two of them sat down on the left and right after greeting Cao Shuo.

"I got the news just now that Li Shu rebelled against Sun Quan and asked his father for help but was rejected." Cao Shuo said: "He is now trapped in Zongyang, and the situation is very urgent. I asked you two to ask you two if we should go to the rescue? ”

"Zongyang is north of the Yangtze River, once it falls into the hands of Sun Quan and fights against the Jiangdong Sun family, we will have no Yangtze River natural danger." Xu Shu said: "It stands to reason that you should save it." It's just that Li Shu didn't ask Gongzi for help......"

"Help." Cao Shuo said: "The people who asked for help are in Shouchun, but I thought about it for a while, there are not many defenders in Shouchun, and there are Gongtai and Shiyuan in charge, and they can still be safe." If I want to save Li Shu, I have to choose one of the two to go to Zongyang. They don't have a ...... by their side."

"The three generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Ju Yi are also in Shouchun." Sima Yi said: "It is not impossible to leave General Ju Yi to cooperate with Gongtai to defend the city, and Shiyuan will lead the two generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou to rush to the aid of Li Shu and repel Sun Quan." ”

"Zhong Da is right, in fact, I also have the idea to let Shi Yuan lead Yan Liang and Wen Chou to go." Cao Shuo said: "But I also plan to let Ju Yi go with me." ”

"If Ju Yi also goes, there will only be two generals left in Shouchun City, Lei Shu and Chen Lan." Sima Yi said: "The two of them cooperated with Gongtai to defend Shouchun, and there was no General Ju Yi sitting there. ”

"Shouchun is in the hinterland of Huainan, and Zongyang is on the southern border of the Lujiang River." Cao Shuo said: "As long as our army can defeat Sun Quan in Zongyang, Shouchun will definitely not make any mistakes." Even in the first battle of Zongyang, our army failed to win a complete victory, and Sun Quan did not dare to go deeper. You must know that once the Jiangdong army penetrates deep into the hinterland of Huainan, it will be a decisive battle between me and the Jiangdong Sun clan. ”

"Childe is right." Xu Shu said: "It's just that I don't think I can rush to the aid so quickly." ”

"What does Gennao think to do?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Li Shu can betray the Jiangdong Sun family, and he may also betray his son in the future." Xu Shu said: "Since Gongzi wants to be saved, he has to be grateful to Dade, and as long as he lives, he will remember the good of Gongzi." ”

"Yuan Zhi means that when Li Shu is unable to defend the city, our army will go to help?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Exactly." Xu Shu said: "When the city was about to be broken, and Li Shu was almost desperate, our army suddenly killed, and martial arts made him desperate. With such a cognition in my heart, as long as there is no problem with his character, it is impossible to turn his back on his son in this life. ”

"Yuan Zhi is right." Sima Yi also helped on the side: "There are too many people who go back and forth in the troubled times, Li Shu is against Jiangdong today, and he will be able to oppose Gongzi tomorrow." Even if you want to save him, you have to let him know that if it weren't for Childe, he wouldn't even be able to survive this catastrophe. ”

Pinching his chin, Cao Shuo nodded, and then ordered outside the tent: "Find the person who reported the news." ”

Following Xu Shu's suggestion, Cao Shuo asked the messenger to return to Shouchun as soon as possible, and asked Pang Tong to lead Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Ju Yi to send troops to help Li Shu when he was almost desperate.

There is no advanced way to spread the news, and what happened in Lujiang has reached Cao Shuo's ears, and it has been more than half a month.

When the knight of the summons returned to Shouchun, Li Shu in Zongyang City was in a hurry at this time.

He sent someone to Cao Cao for help, but Cao Cao refused.

asked Cao Shuo for help, but Cao Shuo led his troops to Runan and was not in Shouchun, and there was no news about whether anyone would come to help.