Cao Xiu marched quickly, and it only took two days to enter Dangtu County and meet Zhou Yi.

On the day of entering Dangtu County, the Eastern Wu Army, which was responsible for the counterattack outside the city, suspended the siege and temporarily retreated ten miles, assuming a posture of defending on the spot.

After Cao Xiu entered Dangtu County, he did not launch a counterattack against the Eastern Wu Army at the first time, but accompanied by Zhou Yi, he inspected the city defense of Dangtu County to understand the specific situation of the Dangtu defensive battle in the past few days.

Zhou Yi naturally complained for a while, expressing the price he paid in order to defect to the Great Wei, and although he did not say it explicitly, Zhou Yi was somewhat dissatisfied with Cao Xiu's unhurried march all the way, resulting in the loss of defending the city.

But Cao Xiu was satisfied.

To be honest, at this moment, Cao Xiu can be regarded as truly believing in Zhou Yi.

Cao Xiu didn't believe Zhou Yi before, because he felt that Zhou Yi's defection was too sudden, and he really couldn't tell whether Zhou Yi was a fake or a real landing, and he was marching slowly all the way, and he also had concerns about this.

But now, Cao Xiu's concerns have finally been dispelled.

In the process of Cao Xiu's slow advance towards Dangtu County, Zhou Yi fought a five-day defensive battle against Dangtu, and the price paid was nearly 2,000 casualties, and the city wall of Dangtu County was also damaged in many places.

Judging from the traces of the battle left at the scene, the competition between the two sides was very fierce, and judging from the losses of Zhou Yi and the Dongwu army outside the city, the two sides were also fighting hard.

Fake surrender, but there is no need to do this.

After inspecting the city defense of Dangtu County, Cao Xiu finally let go of the suspicions he had always had about Zhou Doi, and after comforting Zhou Doi for a while, he immediately began to make official promises, saying that he would play the Son of Heaven, show Zhou Doi as the general of the left, and ask the Son of Heaven to be the marquis of Zhou Doi.

At this time, Zhou Yi took the initiative to propose to Cao Xiu while he was happy, and then withdrew Runan's suggestion.

The reason is very simple, he Zhou Yi has already succeeded in taking refuge in Dawei, at this time, shouldn't he hurry up to leave this place of right and wrong and go to the rear to enjoy the glory and wealth? !

Zhou Yi's proposal made Cao Xiu feel a burst of disdain in his heart, but he couldn't leak it out. Also, if this goods are not for the sake of seeking glory and wealth, why should they surrender to Great Wei.

But now, Cao Xiu doesn't want to withdraw from the army, so naturally there is no reason for Zhou Yi to retreat alone.

Cao Xiu repeatedly comforted Zhou Doi, and very generously let Zhou Doi continue to garrison Dangtu, while Cao Xiu himself began to think about how to deal with the frontal Soochow army.

At this time, Zhou Yi sent information in time: the Dongwu army that counterattacked Dangtu County was about 10,000 people, and after five days of fierce fighting, there were about 7,000 people left.

And the general who led the army was Quan Cong.

Quan Cong. Cao Xiu had heard of this person, and he was a bit famous, but more importantly, Quan Cong's wife seemed to be Sun Quan's eldest daughter.

Here's a digression.

Sun Quan's eldest daughter, Sun Luban, was first married to Zhou Xun, the son of Zhou Yu, and after Zhou Xun's early death, she was married to Quan Cong. But in this time and space, Zhou Yu is not dead, and Sun Quan will not marry his daughter to Zhou Yu's eldest son even if he is out of consideration for checks and balances.

Zhou Yu is a military tycoon, and if his son marries his own daughter, he has a relationship with the royal family. It doesn't matter when Sun Quan is alive, but if Sun Deng succeeds to the throne in the future, the Zhou family will be a big trouble for the Great Wu Emperor.

Sun Quan didn't know that he could live so long, and at this time, Sun Quan was not dissatisfied with the crown prince Sun Deng, and he would not leave uncontrollable hidden dangers for the prince.

Therefore, Sun Luban was directly married to Quan Cong by Sun Quan out of the need to win over the nobles of Jiangdong Wuxun.

But no matter what, in Cao Xiu's opinion, although Quan Cong has some reputation and ability, he can ascend to the throne, and there is a high probability that he will still be a relative of Dongwu.

In that case, Cao Xiu is not welcome.

The next day, Cao Xiu sent troops and officially broke his wrist with Quan Cong in the field battle.

Then, Quan Cong led more than 5,000 remnants of the army to retreat, intending to withdraw to Shouchun.

It's really not that Quan Cong has released water, it's really not dry.

Although it is said that Quan Cong married Sun Quan's eldest daughter Sun Luban out of political needs, Quan Cong himself is not a general who occupies a high position by virtue of his relative.

Quan Cong came out of Eastern Wu after the Battle of Chibi, and later pacified Shanyue and followed Lü Meng to attack Jiangling, all of which have his share, and his ability belongs to the upper level among the new generation of Eastern Wu generals, otherwise he would not be favored by Sun Quan and married his daughter.

Although according to Lu Xun's plan, Quan Cong will definitely be defeated outside Dangtu County, but Quan Cong doesn't want to be too defeated.

Therefore, Quan Cong really went all out and fought a field battle with Cao Xiu.

But. Quan Cong really wants to scold his mother!!

Cao Xiu's command and combat level is really much higher than Quan Cong, and Quan Cong's response did not have any mistakes, but he still lost, and the defeat made Quan Cong almost jump to his feet.

No matter how good the response is, the people who really go to implement it are still the soldiers, but the field combat ability of the soldiers of Eastern Wu is really, Quan Cong decided that after going back this time, he must support the general's drill plan, even if others oppose it, he will have to spend a lot of money to train his own world soldiers.

It was so embarrassing to lose, if it weren't for Quan Cong's quick opportunity, it would have been impossible for more than 5,000 people to withdraw.

Quan Cong felt embarrassed here, but Cao Xiu was already very surprised. How do you feel that today's Dongwu soldiers have to be beaten more than before?!

I remember that during the first battle of Chibi, the Eastern Wu Army, which was still the Jiangdong Army at that time, was actually repelled several times by the Wei army that had just experienced a crushing defeat in the process of pursuing Emperor Taizuwu in the process of pursuing Emperor Taizuwu, which made it possible for Emperor Taizuwu to return to Jiangling safely.

A few years ago, during the Qingxu War, after the Eastern Wu Army did not have the advantage of sneak attack, it also struggled more and more, and finally in the case of absolute superiority in troops, it was blocked from Pengchengguo by a group of remnants of the Wei army who retreated from Qingxu.

But now, although the Eastern Wu Army paid the price of nearly 2,000 casualties in the First World War, it also caused more than 1,000 casualties of the Wei army, and the speed of improvement in combat effectiveness is already very fast.

As a result, Cao Xiu became even more determined in his idea - if he continued to let Dongwu develop so secretly, the eastern border of the Great Wei would inevitably fall into continuous wars in the future.

This time the troops were sent to attack Shouchun, and it was indeed correct.

Therefore, after Cao Xiu saw Quan Cong's defeat and retreat, he immediately ordered the whole army to pursue.

It is necessary to cripple and disperse this Eastern Wu army, and not let them return to Shouchun to strengthen Shouchun's defensive forces.

At the same time, Cao Xiu didn't want to see this Eastern Wu army retreat after defeat, as a seed, to train more troops with similar combat strength.

With such a combat power, the Eastern Wu army can destroy as much as it can.

For this reason, Cao Xiu did not hesitate to personally lead the army and pursue Quan Cong's defeated army, as for Dangtu County, Cao Xiu still handed it over to Zhou Yi to garrison.

On the one hand, Zhou Yi took the initiative to take refuge, and Cao Xiu had to show at least a little trust and preferential treatment for Zhou Yi, if he directly removed Zhou Yi's military power and imprisoned him. If this matter spreads, who will be willing to lead troops to Dawei in the future?!

In troubled times, everyone pursues glory and wealth, but they don't want to lose their rights at the cost.

On the other hand, after a direct confrontation with Quan Cong, Cao Xiu also recognized the combat power of this Eastern Wu Army, and Cao Xiu no longer had the last trace of doubt about Zhou Doi, who was still stubbornly defending Dangtu under the attack of such an Eastern Wu Army.

Both sides have fought like this, Zhou Yi has completely cut off the possibility of returning to Soochow, it is better to push the boat down the river and hand over the heavy task to Zhou Yi to show reuse.

Of course, Cao Xiu was not stupid enough to really hand over all the back roads to Zhou Yi alone.

Cao Xiu incorporated Zhou Doi's headquarters soldiers and horses, and took these Eastern Wu soldiers to pursue Quan Cong, leaving Zhou Yi with 3,000 Wei troops to garrison Dangtu County.

Nominally, Zhou Yi has the right to command these Wei soldiers, but if Zhou Yi really wants to do any tricks, it is difficult to say to what extent these Wei soldiers will be executed.

This is the last insurance that Cao Xiu left for himself, and after doing these things, Cao Xiu personally led the troops, pursued Quan Cong all the way, and marched towards Shouchun by the way.

And Quan Cong. Quan Cong is real, unlucky.

Because Quan Cong really didn't expect that Cao Xiu would be so cautious, with an army of more than 20,000, chasing his 5,000 defeated soldiers endlessly.

Originally, Quan Cong still wanted to lead the troops to withdraw to Shouchun, but Cao Xiu followed closely behind, Quan Cong stopped a little and the Wei army caught up, making Quan Cong worried all the way, not to mention stopping the troops to rest, he didn't even dare to go in the direction of Shouchun City.

Just ran back to Shouchun City with the Wei army, with the current number of defenders in Shouchun City, it was not a reinforcement, it was to take the Wei army to storm the gate of Shouchun City.

Therefore, Quan Cong had to change his route halfway and retreat in the direction of Yinling.

And Quan Cong's change of course halfway made Cao Xiu very happy. The generals of Eastern Wu changed their route halfway and did not go to Shouchun, but it can prove that the current Shouchun defense force is insufficient, and there is no longer the ability to send troops to meet these defeated troops.

Therefore, Cao Xiu continued to pursue Quan Cong all the way, until he was less than twenty miles away from Shouchun, and then he chose to let Quan Cong go, reorganize the army, adjust the direction of the attack, and began to march towards Shouchun.

At the same time, Cao Xiu did not forget to convey the military order behind him, and asked Zhang Te, Zhang Pu, and Xue Qiao to lead the troops to join him.

As for Quan Cong's pursuit all the way, only more than 3,000 soldiers were still with him, and among these more than 3,000 soldiers, there were only more than 1,300 soldiers left who belonged to him.

Nearly sixty percent of the world soldiers have been lost, but these world soldiers have to be recruited, trained, and raised by themselves.

Quan Cong wants to cry without tears. I have experienced such a time under the city of Hefei, and I have experienced such a time under the city of Jiangling, and now I am here again?!

How unlucky, it's always yourself?!!

(End of chapter)