While Liu Qi stirred up the situation in Guanzhong, Cao Cao also led his troops to Shouchun, preparing to take the land north of the river and put pressure on Eastern Wu.

200,000 troops were transferred from Qingzhou and Xuzhou, plus the navy trained at Xuanwu Lake, falsely claiming to be 500,000, advancing by land and water.

When Cao Cao first arrived in Shouchun, he fully transferred troops, Xiahou Dun, the governor of the east road, and Cao Ren on the west road, led the Chinese army, deployed soldiers and horses from the Huai River to the Yangtze River, and connected Hefei in the west, Guangling in the east, and the battalion of a hundred miles.

Wanting to take advantage of Zhang Liao's victory over Sun Quan, Eastern Wu was afraid of the residual might of Cao's army, and subdued Wu's army, making it difficult to retreat.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Huan, the general of the guard, first pretended to be invincible and did not dare to fight, and waited for Cao Ren's vanguard to arrive, but he set up an ambush outside the water village, killing Cao's army and returning in defeat.

Cao Cao was furious and personally led his troops to Chaohu to confront the enemy, and transferred Cao Ren to Liyang to put full pressure on the Wu army.

Sun Yu sent troops to support, in Xiang'an in Zang Ba ambush, returned with a feather, Zhu Huan was difficult to support alone, the water village was lost, and the remnants of the army retreated to Niuzhu.

Cao Jun won a big victory in Hefei a few years ago, and the Wu army had long been bound to win, and now Cao Cao has taken the wet beard again, and approached Jiangdong along the river, and his morale was greatly boosted.

Xun Youyan said: "The prime minister has greatly boosted his military might, and the Eastern Wu is frightened, so he can put pressure on Sun Quan again, return the Lujiang River, hunt in Jiangxia, destroy Liu Qi together, divide the land of Jingzhou, and form an alliance forever." Sun Quan will be suspicious and obey, give up the alliance with Liu Qi, and Jingzhou's revenge can be avenged. ”

"That's what I mean!" Cao Cao stood by the river with his hands in his hands, facing the river wind, and ordered someone to send a letter to Sun Quan again.

When the news reached Jianye, Eastern Wu was shaken, and Sun Quan hurriedly convened civil and military discussions, and sent people to Chaisang to transfer Zhou Yu to command the troops and resist Cao's army.

Zhang Zhao pointed at Lu Su and said angrily: "The old man said before that Wu Hou and Liu Biao's father and son have a grudge against their father, how can they ally with their relatives?" When Lian Cao destroyed Liu and took Jingzhou as the best policy, Cao Cao hated Liu Qi to the core, and persuaded Wu Hou to marry him, angering Cao Cao, 500,000 troops Linjiang, where is Liu Qi, where is Jingzhou's support? ”

Yan Jian sneered: "I heard that Liu Qi had the intention to plot Guanzhong, and went to Wuguan in person, when the real person's heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, Guanzhong is blocked from the mountains and rivers of Jingzhou, and this frustration is not only not successful, I am afraid that Jingzhou will be shaken, and it will be difficult to protect itself." ”

"Little boy, how can you understand the general trend?" Zhang Zhao was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "Relying on Nanyang's geographical advantages to win a battle, I thought that the world was invincible, and I didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and there would be a catastrophe." The lord inherits the foundation of his father and brother, protects Jiangdong, and must not be burned by this madman and cause great trouble for Jiangdong. ”

Cheng Pu hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, the lord doesn't need Liu Qi's support, the old minister is willing to lead the people and horses, cross the river and go north, and kill the Cao thief." ”

Zhang Zhao stroked his beard and sneered: "Cheng Gong said wildly, did he forget the battle of Hefei a year ago? Zhang Liao can't win, let alone Cao Cao's personal arrival? Hitting a stone with an egg is not self-sufficient. ”

Cheng Pu said angrily: "We have started a business with General Sun, and we have fought hundreds of battles, so why are we afraid of Cao thieves? When you surrender without a fight, you are still in the public court, can you know the word shame? ”

Zhang Zhao was furious: "Cheng Pu, you ...... You are a martial artist, how do you know the general trend of the world, why do you always have to humiliate yourself? ”

Cheng Pu sneered: "Losing power and humiliating the country, chaotic ministers and thieves, and all major events in the world are bad for you rotten Confucians." Zhang Zhao's prestige in Jiangdong was on par with Cheng Pu, and he was insulted by him in person, and his temper also came up, and he rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "Lord, I want to fight him alone and fight to the death." ”

Zhang Hong and the others hurriedly stopped him and pulled Zhang Zhao behind, while Cheng Pu stood there with his arms crossed, respecting his age in the past, but today he did not give in.

Zhang Hong hugged his fists and said: "Lord, for the sake of today's plan, it is better to return Lujiang from Cao Cao's intentions." Cao's army can attack Jiangxia from the Lujiang River, and we will take Xiakou from the waterway, attack Liu Qi together, and capture Jingzhou. ”

Huang Gai said loudly: "Don't worry, my lord, we are willing to fight to the death, our heads can be broken, blood can be shed, and we will not swear to make peace." ”

Zhang Zhao jumped to his feet and shouted: "Have you forgotten the battle of Hefei? ”

The generals who said it were angry, but they couldn't refute it, and Sun Quan's face was so gloomy that he could drip water.

Seeing that the two sides were arguing, Bu Qi said: "With the power of Jiangdong, to meet the Cao army, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch it, it is better to go to Jingzhou for help, and see how Liu Qi intends to make a decision: if he is willing to give up Guanzhong to help Jiangdong, it shows that this person has the intention of uniting, and he can complete the marriage contract by the way to fight against Cao Jun; If they only seek personal gain, watch from the wall, and vainly try to reap the benefits of fishermen, they can join Cao and attack Jingzhou. ”

Zhuge Jin also hugged his fists and said: "Lord, since the two families have decided to marry each other, they will regret it at this time, and they will be laughed at by the people of the world, I am willing to go to Jingzhou again and borrow troops from Liu Qi." ”

Sun Quan glanced at Lu Su and saw that he was looking at his nose and his nose and his heart, standing there without saying a word, and did not argue with Zhang Zhao.

Everyone complained, and sure enough, as Zhou Yu expected, these people were short-sighted and only wanted to be safe, and the expedient measure was just to drink to quench their thirst.

Sun Quan's face became more and more gloomy, the pros and cons of this, the three of them had already discussed, there was no need to say more, there was a way out to resist Cao, and Liancao was seeking skin with the tiger.

Even if Jingzhou is taken, it is only to strengthen Cao's army, Cao Cao has the Jingzhou naval army, occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and goes down the river, and there are Huainan troops, and the situation will be even more severe than now.

Most of them agreed with Zhang Zhao's approach and persuaded Sun Quan to immediately send people across the river to make peace, otherwise hundreds of thousands of troops would cross the river and the land east of the river would be wiped out.

The defeat in the first battle of Hefei is still in sight, although Zhang Liao was transferred, but the fear of the Wu army for the Cao army has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the morale is extremely low.

Discussion for half an hour, the scene was one-sided, although Cheng Pu and Huang Gai were the main ones to meet the enemy, but Zhang Zhao and others seized the precedent of the Battle of Hefei, and couldn't help but sarcastic, and the generals couldn't argue, and they were about to start again.

Lu Su finally spoke: "The Cao army has not enough warships, and they dare not cross the river, so they can order Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to lead the naval army to defend along the river, and wait for the arrival of the majority of governors to discuss." ”

Sun Quan held back his anger and asked everyone to retreat, leaving Lusu and Zhuge Jin behind, his face pale: "I have led Jiangdong for nearly ten years, and I believe that the people's hearts are attached, and the soldiers are good enough to compete with the heroes of the world." Now that I am facing the enemy, everyone is asking for peace, am I not as good as Liu Qi who is dying and sick? ”

Several of them were the first to discuss joining Liu Kangcao, and now it is the most dangerous moment, and it is all in one move to test whether the decision is correct.

Zhuge Jin said: "Today, Cao Cao did not avenge the defeat of Nanyang, but instead raised the southern invaders, because Liu Qi was strong, and Jingzhou fought to the death, so that he was afraid of worry, so he came to bully Jiangdong. ”

Lu Su sighed: "In the past, the rebellious general weakly crowned himself as a captain to start a business, swept through Jiangdong, and Cao Cao took the initiative to marry and seek peace, which is also reasonable. If Bo Fu has never been killed, with his slightly different material and heroic spirit, how dare Cao Cao face Jiangdonghu? ”