Cao Xiu looked out of the hall with an anxious expression.

Under Cao Xiu's anxious gaze, a scout's flustered figure appeared in the hall.

Seeing the return of the scout, Cao Xiu hurriedly asked him:

"How's the military going?"

Cao Xiu's voice was a little hoarse.

The hoarse voice, coupled with Cao Xiu's bloodshot eyes, proved the fact that Cao Xiu had not slept well for a long time.

And all this because of that scholar general named Lu Xun!

Just some time ago, Cao Xiu suddenly received an urgent report from the Chaohu sentry post, saying that there was an elite Wu army that had attacked the sentry post.

When he learned the news, Cao Xiu was stunned for a while.

Chaohu Lake is the only way for Wu Jun's navy to go north to Hefei, and it is because of this that he will arrange a sentry post at Chaohu Lake.

And the sudden surprise attack of the Wu army on the Chaohu outpost undoubtedly directly illustrates one thing - that is, the Wu army is likely to take a large-scale military operation against Hefei next.

This was something that Cao Xiu hadn't expected before!

Previously, Cao Xiu judged that Lu Xun was a timid scholar general, and he despised him extremely in his heart.

Under contempt, Cao Xiu thought that Lu Xun would not rashly lead his army to attack the fortified city of Hefei.

It was precisely because of this judgment that Cao Xiu would transfer most of the elite inside and outside Hefei to Guanzhong to resist the invasion of the Han army.

But what Cao Xiu didn't expect was that after he transferred the elite soldiers of Huainan to Guanzhong, Lu Xun began to show his fangs to himself as if he had suddenly changed as a person.

At present, Hefei is empty, and the Wu army is approaching step by step, how can this not make Cao Xiu worried.

Faced with Cao Xiu's inquiry, the scout hurriedly replied: "A large number of Wu army warships have appeared on the Shishui River!" ”

After hearing the scout's report, Cao Xiu's mood changed from worry to anxiety.

Hefei is located next to Shishui, and a large number of Wu warships appear in Shishui, which means that in a few days at most, the Wu army can launch a fierce attack on Hefei.

As early as after the news of the Wu army's surprise attack on the Chaohu outpost spread, people began to panic in Hefei City, which was weakly defended.

In this case, once the Wu army launched a fierce attack on Hefei City, could he rely on those old and weak soldiers with turbulent military morale to hold the onslaught of nearly 100,000 Wu troops?

It's something you don't need to think about.

After realizing this, Cao Xiu, who felt that a catastrophe was coming, slapped his palm on the bookcase in front of him angrily.

Cao Xiu stood up and roared at the deputy general standing on the side: "Why hasn't Jiangxia Wenpin led the army to arrive yet?"

Is he going to sit back and watch Hefei lose? ”

As early as the first time he discovered that Wu Jun intended to go north, Cao Xiu sent this military situation to Luoyang in an expedited way.

And Cao Ei's edict was also rushed to Cao Xiu's hands soon after.

In the edict, Cao Rong asked Cao Xiu to hold on for a period of time, and he had already issued an edict to let Jiangxia Taishou Wenpin support Hefei.

It has been several days since Cao Ei's edict reached Cao Xiu's hands.

But in the past few days, Cao Xiu has never seen the appearance of reinforcements.

Although Hefei will be in danger, it is Cao Xiu's decision-making mistake.

But Cao Xiu, who is a relative of Cao Wei's clan, how could he easily admit his mistakes?

He naturally turned his anxiety and self-blame into anger and vented it on Wen Ping.

Seeing Cao Xiu furious, the deputy general on the side was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out.

And the lieutenant's cowardly performance made Cao Xiu feel even more angry.

He glared at the lieutenant general and said, "Send another messenger to urge."

Let the messenger tell Wen Ping that if Gu still can't see Wen Ping's reinforcements within three days, Gu will definitely impeach him for delaying the march. ”

Cao Xiu is a relative of Cao Wei, and although Wen Ping has been guarding the border for more than ten years, he is a general after all.

Under this status gap, Cao Xiu believes that his threat will definitely make Wen Ping feel intimidated.

After listening to Cao Xiu's words, the deputy general bowed to Cao Xiu and hurriedly ran out to give the order.

If you calculate carefully, this is the fourth time in the past few days that Cao Xiu has sent an envoy to Jiangxia to urge Wen Ping to come to help.

It seems that Cao Xiu is really in a hurry.

On the land of Huaisi, where the water system is crisscrossed, a Wei army is advancing rapidly towards Hefei City under the leadership of a veteran.

This veteran is the general of Empress Wei and Jiangxia Taishou Wenpin.

Wen Ping, who was riding on a war horse, looked in the direction of Hefei from afar, even if he was still hundreds of miles away from Hefei, he couldn't see anything at the moment, but his face still showed an impatient look.

Impatience has always been a taboo for generals, and this kind of taboo will not be committed in the past with the ability to hire people.

But this is not the same as it used to be.

Wenpin received Cao Ei's edict a few days ago.

As soon as he received Cao Rong's edict, Wen Ping was surprised by the rapid change in the situation in Huainan on the one hand, and on the other hand, Wen Ping immediately began to gather troops and horses.

But in a hurry, how can the soldiers and horses be so easy to assemble?

Moreover, as a clerk who is the Taishou of Jiangxia, he has to arrange the defense of Jiangxia County before leaving.

Under the delay of various affairs, Wen Ping led his army from Jiangxia to Hefei in the early morning of the third day after receiving Cao Rong's edict.

The tone in Cao Rong's edict was very urgent, which made Wen Ping also anxious to rush to Hefei as soon as possible.

But even if Wen Ping's marching speed is not slow, but along the way, Wen Ping has met three waves of messengers sent by Cao Xiu in a row.

Almost every day, there will be a wave.

And Cao Xiu's password brought by each wave of messengers, although there is no major change in the content, the wording is becoming more and more severe.

Cao Ei's eagerness and Cao Xiu's strictness caused a great psychological burden to Wen Ping.

In this state of mind, Wen Ping led the army to rush outside Lu'an City.

As a subordinate county of Lujiang County, Lu'an is only a few hundred miles away from Hefei.

In less than three days, Wen Ping would be able to lead the army to Hefei City.

In the past few days, Wen Ping has been leading the army to advance rapidly towards Hefei, and this high-intensity marching method not only makes Wen Ping's sergeants tired, but also Wen Ping.

Therefore, Wen Ping thought about leading the army to rest outside Lu'an City for a while, so as to recover some physical strength.

Of course, more importantly, once the Wei army crossed Lu'an, it represented that the Wei army officially entered the Huaisi waters, which were covered with a dense water network.

Wen Ping, who had guarded Jiangxia for many years, knew that for the Wei army, which was not good at water warfare, the area with a closed water network was one of the terrains they feared the most.

Even if he is very anxious, at this moment, Wen Ping still maintains the quality of a famous general and can make accurate judgments.

It's a pity that the current situation does not allow for a slight delay in the hiring of clerks.

Just after Wen Ping gave the order to set up camp outside Lu'an City, Cao Xiu's fourth wave of envoys came to Wen Ping's envoys.

This time it was Cao Xiu's lieutenant who arrived in person.

And Cao Xiu's lieutenant is Xiahou Ba.

After Xiahou Ba, who was a clan relative, came to Wenpin's army, he saw that Wenpin actually stopped marching and chose to camp outside Lu'an City for repair, which made Xiahouba angry.

It's only a few hundred miles away from Hefei, so why don't you rush to Hefei in one go?

Xiahouba found Wen Ping, and after repeating Cao Xiu's harsh words to Wen Ping, he himself said threateningly to Wen Ping:

"Does General Hou want to bring his troops to his own dignity?"

Xiahou Ba is far inferior to Wenren in terms of status and qualifications.

But he has a good father, so in front of Wen Ping, Xiahou Ba dares to say anything.

And when the words of self-respect fell into Wen Ping's ears, he was directly scared half to death.

No general would not be afraid of these four words.

Wen Ping immediately explained to Xiahou Ba bitterly.

But no matter how he explained, Xiahou Ba's attitude was very resolute - that is, to raise troops as soon as possible and continue to advance towards Hefei City.

After expressing this firm attitude to Wen Ping, Xiahouba turned around and returned to Hefei.

He could point out the "dereliction of duty" of Wenpin to his face, but after all, he had no command over Wenpin's army, let alone the right to supervise Wenpin.

However, Xiahou Ba was not worried, he knew that under the condition that he clearly relayed Cao Xiu's words, Wen Ping would definitely make a rational choice.

Sure enough, after Xiahou Ba left the barracks, Wen Ping looked up at the sky and sighed three times.

But in the end, for the safety of himself and his family, Wen Ping still chose to let the army set off.

After all, it is indeed possible that the Tang Tu army will be ambushed by the Wu army, but if he does not march immediately, he will definitely be liquidated by Cao Xiu in a few days.

It's easy to choose which of the two consequences is more severe.

The Wei army from Jiangxia did not rest for long, and set off again under the order of Wen Ping, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of many Wei troops.

If you knew this was the case, why stop and set up camp?

Isn't this a waste of energy?

The dissatisfaction of many Wei troops invisibly affected the military morale of the Wei army.

It's not that Wen Ping can't notice this, it's just that he can't help it.

At the moment, we can only hope to rush to Hefei as soon as possible, and then let the army under my command rest well.

But Lu Xun did not give Wenpin this opportunity.

Just after Wen Ping led his army to cross Lu'an City and enter the water area, an elite Wu army appeared in the rear of the Wei army, completely cutting off the Wei army's grain route.

In addition to cutting off the grain route of the Wei army, under the instruction of Lu Xun, the general Han Dang led the Wu army to go ashore at a port between Lu'an and Hefei, and then blocked the way for Wen Ping to lead the army to Hefei.

Due to the convenience of water transportation, the Wu army did not spend too much time to complete this military operation of encirclement.

And Wen Ping quickly learned the news from the scout's mouth.

When he learned that the ominous premonition in his heart came true, Wen Ping's brain fell into a downtime for a while.

At this moment, Wen Ping understood why Lu Xun first sent troops to occupy the entire territory of Lujiang at the beginning, and why he chose to send troops to Hefei in April.

Because once it occupies the entire territory of the Lujiang River, it means that the Dongwu Navy can be free and unfettered in the water system around Hefei.

And April is the period of the arrival of the spring flood of the Huai Sishui system, and during this period of time, the convenience of the march of the Wu army will be maximized, and it can almost come and go without a trace.

Occupying the entire territory of Lujiang is to create a favorable location, and choosing to send troops to Hefei in April is to create a day.

At present, Wu Jun, who has the right time and place, has to do the last thing - people.

It is also to swallow his support army, in order to complete a heavy blow to the heart of the Hefei army!

The troops are weak, and the morale of the army has been hit hard, can Hefei still hold it?

Knowing Lu Xun's overall plan, looking at the large number of Wu troops who appeared dozens of miles ahead, his face was already pale.

Hefei can't hold it.

Yesterday's second chapter.

(End of chapter)