After two days of marching, the team soon returned to the east bank of Anhui again.

And this time it was not the original path, but also to avoid encounters with the possible arrival of the Jiangdong Army.

The reason why Qin Feng was in such a hurry to leave the nest with his men and horses was also to hurry as soon as possible while the ice and snow had not yet melted, because once the ice and snow began to melt, the roads would be muddy at that time, and the speed of the march would be greatly slowed down.

On the shore, Juniper reported to Qin Feng: "Duwei, the ice can still be pedestrians, but people and horses can't be too concentrated!" In addition, our army scouts have explored a radius of more than ten miles on the opposite bank, and have not yet found the Jiangdong army! ”

Qin Feng nodded, and was about to order the soldiers and horses to cross the ice to the opposite bank, when Huang Yi galloped over on a fast horse.

"Captain, the secret post left in Juchao has just caught up with the team of men and horses and reported that the two armies of the Jiangdong Army have arrived in Juchao, and these two groups of people and horses have not stayed in Juchao, one is coming in the direction of our army, and the other is going to the northwest!"

Qin Feng's brows furrowed after hearing this, "It's coming so fast!" ”

He took out the map from his bosom, opened it, looked at it, and said: "Now it is impossible for our army to go to the east or northeast, otherwise it will definitely encounter the Jiangdong army!" ”

He put away the map and ordered: "Lü Meng, send an order to the whole army, disperse across the river, and automatically assemble on the opposite bank!" ”

Lu Meng clenched his fists and agreed: "No! ”

He galloped all the way on horseback and held the order flag, and loudly conveyed the military order as he galloped.

In the only carriage in the line, little Joe sat on a cushion, her legs covered by a thick fur mattress, her hands folded in her wide-sleeved robe.

Sensing that the car began to move again, Xiao Qiao lifted the curtain and asked, "Where are you?" ”

The maid said, "Miss, you have arrived at the west bank of Wanshui, and you are about to cross the river!" ”

"Got it!"

Xiao Qiao said, she took out an object from her sleeve robe, but it was an object similar to a compass, the edge of the disc was carved with a simple and complicated pattern, the disc was engraved with gossip graphics, and a pointer in the middle pointed to the west, not moving, but this pointer had no needle tip.

"Measure this to the good luck!" Little Joe picked up the disc and said softly.

I saw the pointer in the middle of the disc sticking out a needle tip, and then it turned rapidly, and soon stopped, and the pointer pointed and pointed to the north.

"Huh?" Xiao Qiao frowned slightly, "The direction of this trip is to the west, is it dangerous to go west?" The pointer points to the north, indicating that the north is safe! ”

Putting away the disc, Xiao Qiao pondered, and after a long time, she lifted the curtain and said, "Go and invite the captain to come over, and say that I have something to tell him!" ”

"Yes, Miss!"

The maid sitting in the carriage agreed, and immediately relayed Xiao Qiao's words to the chief next to him, who nodded, and galloped forward.

At this time, Qin Feng had just arrived on the other side of the river with his horse.

"Du Wei, the young lady sent a message to ask Du Wei to come over, saying that she has something to talk to Du Wei!" Shi Chang rode over to report.

Qin Feng listened and thought for a while, and ordered Juniper: "After the army crosses the river, let the soldiers rest in place for a while!" ”

"No!"

Qin Feng quickly came to Xiao Qiao's car, lifted the curtain and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xiao Qiao said: "You get in the car, I have something to say!" ”

There are so many things to do with women!

Qin Feng muttered in his heart, jumped off the horse and stepped on the wheel, took off his boots and got into the carriage.

It was warmer inside the carriage than outside, after all, there was a charcoal stove burning underneath.

Qin Feng knelt opposite Xiao Qiao, "Say, the team has stopped on the other side now!" ”

Xiao Qiao asked, "You plan to take these horses to Jiangxia?" ”

Qin Feng said: "Just now, the spies from the palace came to report that there were two Jiangdong troops who crossed the river from Wu County and arrived near Juchao, and did not make any stops to chase after my rear, Zhou Yu's men and horses are in Longshu County, it is estimated that they should have gone south at this time, and to the south is Anhui City, we can only go west to Jiangxia!" And I have discussed with several gentlemen, it is safest to go to Jiangxia, Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu and Sun Ce have a grudge against their father, and the enemy of the enemy is a friend, he should accept us! ”

"When we get to Jiangxia, let's see if the situation is to go or stay!"

After listening to this, Xiao Qiao said, "You can't go to Jiangxia!" ”

Qin Feng had suspicion in his eyes, "Why?" ”

"Jiangxia is in danger!" Little Joe said.

"How do you know?" Qin Feng sneered, he didn't really believe that Xiao Qiao was doing it for his good.

Xiao Qiao said: "Have you ever thought about why there are Jiangdong soldiers and horses in the east, south and north, and why only the west does not?" If Zhou Yu really wants to encircle and suppress you in Lujiang County, it is impossible to leave such a big flaw! ”

"You also said that Sun Ce and Huang Zu have a grudge against their father, according to common sense, they should block the road to the west to prevent you from entering the Jiangxia realm, because once you enter the Jiangxia realm, Sun Ce will be beyond reach, if he wants to continue the pursuit, he must start a war with Huang Zu, isn't this a lot of trouble?"

Qin Feng frowned when he heard this, this analysis makes sense!

He said to himself: "Why did Sun Ce and Zhou Yu do this? ”

Little Joe said, "Unless ······"

Qin Feng looked at Xiao Qiao, "Unless what?" ”

"Unless they originally planned to raise a division to attack Jiangxia, encircling and suppressing Rubu is just a coincidence!" Little Joe said.

"But ······" Qin Feng was even more puzzled, "Sun Ce and Huang Zu have a grudge against their father, he and Zhou Yu don't need to use me as an excuse to attack Jiangxia, it's too much!" ”

"Definitely!" Xiao Qiao shook his head, "It's not to use Rubu's escape into Jiangxia as an excuse, but to paralyze Huang Zu or Jingzhou!" Transferring troops across the river into the Lujiang River It seems that in order to encircle and suppress Rubu, Jiangxia will not think that Sun Ce has just beaten Liu Xun away and dares to fight them, and when the Jiangdong army chases you into Jiangxia, Huang Zu will have no time to transfer troops and send generals! ”

Qin Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Wouldn't it be better to let Jiangxia fight with Huang Zu, and we can just get out!" ”

Xiao Qiao snorted coldly: "Hmph, you think it's quite beautiful, since Zhou Yu has such a layout, he will definitely arrange for a back hand to let you wait for your wings to escape!" ”

Qin Feng heard the sweat on his forehead, "Is there a way to crack this game?" ”

Xiao Qiao said: "If you want to live, you can't continue according to his routine, and you can't be led by his nose!" Now the only way to survive is to go north! ”

"To the north?" Qin Feng hesitated, "Isn't Zhou Yu just in the north?" ”

Xiao Qiao asked rhetorically: "The north side is so big, you know where he is?" Sun Ce did not have many soldiers and horses when he first came to attack Lujiang, relying on sneak attacks to break the city, at this time Zhou Yu had at most 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and it was impossible for such a long defense line in the north to be completely flawless, but it was different to the east and west, and the Jiangdong army was coming in a steady stream, and to go was to die! ”

When he got off the carriage, Qin Feng was worried, he didn't know whether to trust Xiao Qiao or not, she was snatched by him, it stands to reason that she should hate him to the bone, how could he really help him?

It's really strange today, she actually helped him analyze the situation, and hit the nail on the head!

When he rode on horseback to the front of the team, Qin Feng took out the map from his arms again and looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Xiao Qiao's analysis was reasonable.

"Could it be that I was really used as a pawn by Zhou Yu?"

Once this question is generated in Qin Feng's mind, it always lingers.

When he returned to the front of the team, Yang Hong came over and said; "Captain, I heard that the Jiangdong Army is chasing from the direction of Juchao?"

"Not bad!"

"In this case, let's let the soldiers set off cleanly, and we can't delay any longer!" Yang Hong said.

Qin Feng squinted his eyes and pondered, he raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Order, the whole army turns to the north!" ”

"No!" The herald immediately held the command flag and rode his horse to convey the military order.

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang looked at each other, and their faces showed doubts, "Duwei, this is ······ How did you change course? ”

Qin Feng said: "If our army keeps advancing westward, Sun Ce and the others will definitely understand our intentions, and they will definitely send troops to intercept them, and we will go north for a while to confuse them!" ”

Yang Hong said: "Captain, this matter has been considered below, it is inevitable that Sun Ce will send troops to intercept it, and he will definitely guess that our army is going to Jiangxia, because this is the only way to survive, can it be that the Jiangdong army will intercept our army?" There will definitely be losses, and they can be significant, but as long as you can get to Jiangxia, everything is worth it! ”

"If our army continues to circle and stay in Lujiang County, the probability of our army being completely surrounded and annihilated will become greater and greater!"

Qin Feng listened to Yang Hong's analysis and felt that it made sense, but his heart was more inclined to believe that Zhou Yu's layout would definitely not be as simple as Yang Hong imagined, if Zhou Yu didn't take advantage of such a good opportunity, would Zhou Yu still be Zhou Yu?

"I have made up my mind, the whole army is going north!"

Looking at the back of Qin Feng beating his horse to the north, Yang Hong and Yan Xiang looked at each other, shook their heads, and sighed each.

Qin Feng found Huang Yi and asked him to send people behind the palace to clean up the traces of the army after the march at the same time, increasing the difficulty of the Jiangdong Army's sentinel reconnaissance.

In these years, communication can only rely on legs, even if Sun Ce and Zhou Yu get the news that Qin Feng has led his army to the north, it is estimated that it will be several days later.

After continuing to march for two days, he encountered two Jiangdong army outposts on the way, and two people were taken away, and the news had already spread.

Qin Feng's heart also began to get anxious, now is it to continue to the north, or to turn to the west?

Just when Qin Feng and his men and horses were about to continue marching north, a soldier came to report: "Captain, Miss Xiao Qiao, please come over, saying that she has something to say!" ”

Qin Feng came to Xiao Qiao's carriage with doubts, lifted the curtain and looked in.

I saw Xiao Qiao said: "Now immediately order the whole army to turn to the northwest, it will be dangerous to go any further, this place is already the territory of Longshu County, Zhou Yu must have received the news, I am afraid that I have been waiting in the north for a long time, just waiting to drive your Rubu to the west!" ”

Qin Feng took out the map and looked at it, and walked northwest for two more days to reach the foot of Dabie Mountain, didn't Zhou Yu deploy troops there? When pigs fly.

"To the northwest is Dabie Mountain, Zhou Yu must have deployed heavy troops there, and even if our army barely passes, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and it is difficult to say whether you can get out of the mountains after entering the mountains, maybe the whole army will freeze to death and starve to death in the mountains!"

Xiao Qiao said: "At this point, you can only gamble, otherwise you will wait to be fiddled with by Zhou Yu at will!" ”