"Lord, uh......"

Liu Ye entered the big tent, but when he saw Cao Cao being surrounded, everyone's faces were not quite right, so he was a little confused, he didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly swallowed the words he just wanted to say back into his stomach.

"Defenseless!"

Cao Cao waved his hand, sat up straight, ordered everyone to go back to their respective seats, and let Liu Ye take a seat, before asking: "How about Ziyang's trip to Huainan, can Sun Ce agree to temporarily borrow Huainan and Lujiang two counties to be in Gu?" ”

Liu Ye suppressed the question in his heart and replied: "King Wu has promised to lend the two counties of Huainan and Lujiang to the lord!" ”

"Okay, great!"

Cao Cao cheered hard, and the bad news continued for several days, and finally heard a good news.

All the civil and military forces also showed a smile on their faces, Sun Ceken Jianghuainan and Lujiang two counties gave way, which is definitely good news for the owners and tens of thousands of troops of Cao Cao's military group who are currently living in peace.

Although it was said to be a temporary loan, everyone tacitly understood what was going on.

Although there is no allusion to Jingzhou, everyone understands it in their hearts.

Cao Cao borrowed Huainan, and he definitely borrowed but did not pay it back.

After discussing various matters for a while, Cao Cao immediately decided that he would raise troops to cross the Huaishui River and go south tomorrow, negotiate with the officials sent by Sun Ce on the specific matters of receiving Huainan and Lujiang, and do his best to appease the people's hearts and arrange defenses to prevent the cadres from going south.

Liu Ye looked at Cao Cao's face, and still asked the question in his heart, "Lord, but what happened?" ”

Cao Cao sighed, his face gloomy and did not speak.

Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao's face and told him about Xiahoudun's death.

When Liu Ye heard this, he couldn't help crying, and the joy and excitement just now were gone.

Xiahoudun, as the head of Cao's army, is Cao Cao's most powerful arm, but now he has died on the battlefield, not to mention that the blow to the morale of the army is very fatal, even Liu Ye and Cheng Yu, who have been following Cao Cao for a long time, also have a feeling of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox.

Naturally, everyone is not optimistic about the future.

This is the consequence of Xiahoudun's death, and this effect will not be transferred by human will.

The next day, Cao Cao immediately led his army across the Huai River into Huainan to settle the matter with the officials sent by Sun Ce.

Half a day later, Gao Shunqin led 8,000 troops to catch up, but it was too late.

Cao Cao was cunning and wise, although he was defeated by Gao Shun in the head-to-head decisive battle between the two armies and suffered a small loss, but if he wanted to run away wholeheartedly, it was not Gao Shun who could stay, even if he had a law to plan, he still couldn't drag Cao Cao.

If it weren't for Fa Zheng's several times to see through Cao Cao's calculations, Gao Shun might have been killed by Cao Cao.

After all, a head-to-head battle to win the battlefield is different from a pursuit battle.

In the head-on decisive battle, there is nothing to hide in the conspiracy and tricks, relying on the commanding ability of the general and the overall combat effectiveness of the army.

But the pursuit war is different, and all kinds of tricks can exert the maximum lethality.

Gao Shun is not good at this, but Cao Cao is good at it.

Dig a trap casually, Gao Shun may step into it if he doesn't pay attention to it.

Fortunately, Luo Zheng had prepared for a long time and let Fa Zheng come to the army to use his strategy, so as not to be killed by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had already escaped Huaishui and could not catch up, and after discussing with Fa Zheng, Gao Shun ordered the army to camp on the spot.

Two days later, the rear army arrived, set up camp in front of Xuyi, and waited for the arrival of Luo Zheng's army.

Luo Zheng's army came quickly, 30,000 cavalry took less than ten days, on the seventh day after Cao Cao fled to Huainan, he rushed all the way to the Xuyi camp, Gao Shun and Fa Zheng set up camp early, and 30,000 cavalry were directly stationed in the left camp.

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

Before Luo Zheng could solve his clothes, he summoned all the generals above the captain to discuss the military.

At a glance, there were no less than forty people in the tent.

Many commanders and colonels can only be called by name, but people are not familiar with them at all.

Luo Zheng said in a deep voice: "Are you sure, Sun Ce really gave up Huainan and Lujiang to Cao Cao?" ”

Fa Zheng nodded and said, "It's been confirmed, this matter is true!" ”

Luo Zheng frowned suddenly, and only said after a while: "Sun Ce is not simple, although Cao Ce is scheming, Sun Ce is not a simple person, he can be so decisive, and give up the rich Huainan and Lujiang to Cao Ace, and he has to let the lonely and widow look at each other." ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said: "Sun Ce also has the posture of a hero, not under his father Sun Jian. It is known that the Eastern Wu Navy is good at fighting, and if we do not try to lift the blockade of the Jiangdong Navy, our army is afraid that it will not be able to cross the Huaishui. ”

Fa Zhengdao: "It's a pity that General Gan Ning's water army is still in a stalemate with Yuan Shang in the river, otherwise if there is a water army to respond, our army can take advantage of the situation to cross the Huaishui River to the south, break Cao Cao in one fell swoop, and completely drive Sun Ce back to Jiangdong." ”

Luo Zheng frowned and was silent, even if the Ganning Navy came, it might not be the opponent of the Dongwu Navy Army.

It has nothing to do with the ability and level of the generals of the navy, but it is due to regional characteristics.

A man who grew up on horseback was undoubtedly more suitable to become a cavalryman.

Southerners living near the water are naturally more accustomed to water warfare than northerners. Although the river is rich, it is far less than the river. The people in the south mostly rely on the river water for their livelihood, and they have been fishing in the water since they were children, and it has become an instinct to be proficient in water.

In this regard, it is incomparable to the northerners.

Northerners, on the other hand, are more accustomed to riding horses, are stronger than southerners, and are more suitable for being soldiers, which is also incomparable to southerners.

When it comes to the water army, Ganning's water army is indeed not as proficient as the water armies of Soochow and Jingzhou.

However, when it comes to cavalry and infantry, neither the Jingzhou Army nor the Jiangdong Army are as strong and good at fighting as the Qianjun Army.

"That's it!"

Luo Zheng thought for a long time before waving his hand and said, "Wait for the follow-up army to arrive, and then make plans!" ”

"The lord is wise!"

All the civil and military officials praised the praise, and then discussed other military affairs.

Five days later, the 25,000 troops stationed in Lingbi rushed to Xuyi to assemble.

In the middle of July, another 15,000 troops arrived in Xuyi.

Cao Cao gave up Xuzhou, has lost the heart of the people, Xuzhou Shi clan was used to see the wind and rudder, seeing that Cao Cao has given up Xuzhou and run away, who else is willing to continue to fight with the dry army, immediately turned against each other, the dry army soon captured the whole territory of Xuzhou.

However, Xuzhou was new, and the people's hearts were undecided, so Luo Zheng still left 10,000 troops to garrison various places.

So far, Luo Zheng has gathered more than 100,000 troops on the front line of Xuyi and Anfengjin.

Luo Zheng adopted Jia Xujian, took Chen Deng as the assassin of Xuzhou, and wantonly used the Xuzhou scholars who took the lead in serving to stabilize the situation in a very short period of time, and then discussed the strategy of advancing into Huainan with a group of confidants.

When the news reached Huainan, Cao Cao and Sun Ce were also actively preparing for war, preparing to join forces to resist the southward movement of the cadre army.

For a while, the war clouds were thick in the land of Huainan, and the situation was unprecedentedly tense. R1152