After Ma Chao arrived at Kuimen, he immediately went out to the White Emperor City. In the following period, Ma Chao went to the city every day to challenge, but the Jiangdong Army could not hold out.

The eyes turned to Xuchang.

Sun Jian's envoy arrived at Xuchang, but he did not see Cao Cao, but he was met by Xun Yu, who told him that Cao Cao had gone to Liaodong. The envoy was anxious to see Cao Cao, told Xun Yu what he requested, and begged Xun Yu to summon him, Xun Yu agreed to him, and asked him to wait for news in the inn.

Cao Cao's campaign against Liaodong was very smooth, and before the cavalry, the three families of Gongsun Kang of the two Yuan Dynasty were already fighting in the dark, Gongsun Kang wanted to expel the two Yuan, and the two Yuan tried to replace Gongsun Kang. However, when Cao Cao led an army of 200,000 to come, he met with almost no resistance, and Gongsun Kang immediately surrendered, and then cooperated with Cao Cao to attack the two Yuan, the two Yuan soldiers were defeated like a mountain, and were killed by their subordinates in the chaos, and Liaodong was pacified.

Liaodong eldest sister, Cao Cao rewarded the three armies. At the banquet, Cao Cao received a handwritten letter from Xun Yu. After Cao Cao read the letter, his brows furrowed slightly, and then he asked Dian Wei to take a pen and paper, and wrote a handwritten letter, ordering the herald to send it back to Xuchang in the starry night.

Sun Jian's envoy, who was anxiously waiting for news in Xuchang, suddenly got the news, and Mr. Xun Yu summoned him. The envoy hurried to the official office and met Xun Yu. Xun Yu replied with a salute and said with a smile: "The lord has already replied, my army will soon march west to respond to Wuchenghou!" "The messenger was overjoyed, and thanked him.

Look back at Kuimen.

Ma Chao shouted and cursed under the White Emperor City for several days, and finally returned in vain. There was cheering in the White Emperor City.

A few days later, South County.

The world is disturbed, but Nanjun is a peaceful scene, every day the four doors are opened as usual, merchants and pedestrians come in and out, the hawkers' shouts come and go, and the warm sunshine sprinkles on the city and sprinkles on people's bodies, making people have a lazy feeling. When the sentry saw a cavalry team appear in the field outside the city, he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, and muttered, "How can there be a cavalry coming!" Although he was puzzled, he didn't have any bad feelings, he didn't think there was anything wrong with that cavalry, and it was no wonder, after all, this Nanjun was located in the hinterland of Jingzhou south of Xiangyang, how could there be an enemy army.

The army came not far away, the sentry saw from afar, the cavalry was about thousands of people, all of them were under the banner of the Jiangdong Army, the knight was like a tiger, the war horse was galloping like a dragon, and the sentry couldn't help but exclaim: "Good guy! When did we have such powerful cavalry?! The sentry next to him said, "Maybe it's the lord's pro-army!" Another sentry asked suspiciously, "Does the lord have such a personal army?" ”

While they were talking, the cavalry had come to the city and drove into the city. The sergeant at the gate just watched and didn't ask.

When the cavalry entered the city, the general at the head suddenly shouted: "Do it! ”

Thousands of cavalry immediately moved to kill the Jiangdong Army near the city gate. This was completely out of Jiangdongjun's expectations, and they were not stunned at all, and the soldiers who had finally escaped had not yet figured out the situation. At this moment, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from outside the city, and the people outside the city were shocked to see tens of thousands of Lu Bu's war horses pouring into the city like a torrent. The garrison in the city hurriedly met the battle, but where was the opponent of the blue wolf army, it was killed in a blink of an eye, and Ma Chao personally commanded a cavalry to kill outside the mansion, and started a melee with Taishou and hundreds of soldiers. The blue wolf army's iron cavalry rushed forward, slashing with long knives, sprinting with horses, and in less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of people were killed and wounded, and even Taishou was killed in the chaos.

The defenders of Nanjun numbered 20,000 and as many as 60,000 militiamen, but before these troops could react, Taishou, as the commander-in-chief, was killed. The defenders of Nanjun were leaderless, and under the ruthless rush of the blue wolf army's iron cavalry, the corpses were piled up like a mountain, and the soldiers were defeated like a mountain. The Blue Wolf Army captured Nanjun in one fell swoop.

The urgent document was sent to Xiangyang, Jiangdong civil and military were greatly shaken, the civil officials were shocked inexplicably, the generals were a little at a loss, the strategic location of Nanjun was extremely important, not only the center of Jingzhou, but also the direct threat behind the loss of Nanjun to Xiangyang.

"Lord, the matter has come to this, I can only give up Xiangyang!" It was Zhang Zhao who spoke.

The civil servants chimed in.

Sun Jian frowned and looked at Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu said: "Although the matter is urgent, it is not without a chance to turn defeat into victory!" Sun Jian hurriedly asked, "What is Gong Jin's plan?" Zhou Yu pondered: "Although Nanjun has been lost, the line from White Emperor City to Yiling is still in the hands of our army. Ma Chao caught us off guard along the waterway, but we could cut off his water retreat! "Towards Sun Jian, he hugged his fist, "The lord can immediately send a main force of the navy to the south to cut off Ma Chao's retreat, and then the surrounding cities will be strictly guarded, waiting for the Cao army to attack Lu Bu, and the time for us to counterattack will come!" ”

Sun Jian nodded.

At this moment, a herald rushed in in a hurry, knelt down and said, "Oh no, my lord, Ma Chao has sacked Nanjun, and the army has crossed the river!" ”

Sun Jian was very surprised, and Zhou Yu also looked surprised.

Sun Jian hurriedly asked, "What is going on?" ”

The herald replied: "After Ma Chao conquered Nanjun, he raided all the scholars and ransacked all the treasury, distributed a large amount of food and money to the poor people of Nanjun, and then left Nanjun with a large amount of supplies and withdrew to Jiangnan. ”

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "What a poisonous scheme." He turned his head to Sun Jian and said, "They are doing this to provoke a conflict between the scholars and the poor people!" The scholars were naturally not willing to be robbed of their money and food, but now these money and food are in the hands of the local common people, which will inevitably lead to confrontation and even conflict between the two sides! After a pause, "Ma Chao gave up Nanjun to cross the river, which greatly surprised me, they should want to attack several counties around Dongting Lake. What a Zhuge villager, he expected our reaction, from the beginning he didn't plan to capture Xiangyang South County, it was just a false shot, his real goal was the counties in the south! 100,000 iron horses over, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

Cheng Pu said: "Our army should immediately send troops to support!" ”

Zhou Yu frowned and shook his head, "It's too late!" And to fight against the 100,000 iron cavalry, it takes a lot of military strength, and the pressure on this side is already huge. ”

Cheng Pu frowned and said, "Don't you care about that side?" ”

Zhou Yu was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Now I can only hope that they can rely on their own strength to survive!" If it can last until Cao Cao uses troops against Lu Bu, maybe the situation will take a turn for the better, otherwise......" The atmosphere in the hall was extremely depressing.