Han Hao's heart sank after hearing this, but he didn't want to believe Jiang Qin's words.

Because Cao's army had an advantage in Lujiang's intelligence, knowing that Zhou Yu's main force was contained by Zhang Liao, and Chaohu had many eyeliners at the same time, it was impossible for Shuxian not to warn of such a large-scale military transfer.

Han Hao had such a misunderstanding because of poor information.

During the negotiation between Zhang Liao and Zhou Yu, the situation in Guangling underwent major changes, Chen Deng withdrew his troops on all fronts for unknown reasons, and Guangling was instantly freed from his hands.

Zhou Yu and Zhang Liao decided to exchange prisoners at that time, so he ordered Lü Fan to lead 8,000 troops from the Yangtze River to support.

Lü Fan hid in the mountains west of Xiang'an, intending to eat a group of Cao troops in the field first, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue and directly attack Shu County, or flank and eat Zhang Liao and Cao Chun's elite troops in front and back.

In addition to the additional troops, Wu Lao Er was regarded as the real Wu Jing, and it was also Zhou Yu's poor information.

Cao Cao took the initiative to sacrifice this card, and Zhou Yu couldn't take advantage of it.

He knew that with Jiangdong's military strength, it was impossible to completely annihilate the Cao army in Huainan, and it would be a success to be able to eat tens of thousands.

Han Hao's 2,000 men faced Lu Fan's 8,000 people, and it was the old department of Sun Jian and Sun Ce's era, he couldn't replicate the brilliant achievements of Zhang Liao and Cao Chun, and after half a fierce battle, he broke more than half of them, and finally fled back to Shu County with only more than 200 people.

The main reason is the war horse, the foot soldiers brought out by Han Hao can't run away, but Lu Fan can't catch up with the horse team immediately, which is also a big disadvantage of the entire Jiangdong Army in land warfare.

After Lü Fan defeated Han Hao, he and Jiang Qin advanced directly to Shu County, and sent scouts to contact Zhou Yu for the next move.

The combined forces of Zhou Yu and Lu Fan were only more than 20,000 people, and they did not have the corresponding siege equipment.

With the experience of storming Hefei, even if the defenders of Shu County are only two or three thousand, Zhou Yu does not plan to attack the city and gnaw hard bones, his initial plan is to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

Han Hao fled back to Shu County in embarrassment to ask for guilt, and Cao Cao was shocked when he learned about the situation.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu, two smart people, also thought it was incredible, Zhou Yu's 'big change of life' made nearly 10,000 people, and the captured prisoners were fake Wu Jing.

It is a matter of life and death, Jia Xu, who has always been low-key and loving, suddenly became very active.

After Cao Cao finished pacifying Han Hao, Jia Xu hurriedly reminded: "Ming Gong, no matter whether Anhui County is defeated or not, you should quickly transfer troops to the front line to help, otherwise Zhou Yu will have to inch in, and you must beware of him encircling and sending reinforcements." ”

Cao Cao's expression was solemn: "The defeat of the Yuan heir in Xiang'an is mainly because of the disparity in troops, as well as the middle plan, Wen Yuan, Zihe is the elite of our army, counting Lu Fan's soldiers and horses, can Zhou Yu gather 20,000?" As long as the two generals want to return to the city, I don't think Zhou Yu can stop him with 20,000. ”

Jia Xu added: "Don't forget that there is still a part of Chaohu, if Zhou Yu is all transferred, it is estimated that the total strength can be close to 30,000, and the comparison of troops will be more than four times by then, even if the two generals Zhang and Cao are brave, and the soldiers under their command will fight hard to kill the enemy, they will always be tired in the face of the disparity in strength, and it is not easy to train an elite army, especially Zihe's tiger and leopard cavalry."

Hiss.

Jia Xu instantly talked about Cao Cao's pain points, at this time, because of the strict selection, the total number of tigers and leopards is only a few thousand, and everyone's protective gear and weapons are very sophisticated, and it is a costly and expensive Xiaorui.

If the tiger and leopard cavalry suffered major damage, Cao Cao would not only have heartache but also physical pain, so he then sent an order to the battlefield of Anhui County, asking Xiahou Yuan to withdraw all the siege troops and come north to support Shu County as soon as possible.

has been 'bullied by more and less' by Sun Quan many times, Cao Cao will be really angry, he plans to hedge with the same force, and also make Sun Quan and Zhou Yu feel pain.

Guo Jia saw that Cao Cao was so 'impulsive', and hurriedly stopped Cao Xiu to advise Cao Cao: "Ming Gong can't be impatient, with the current situation in Shu County, only General Xiahou needs to send 10,000 people to help, I guess Anhui County is already about to be broken, wouldn't it be a pity to give up at this time?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head and explained: "What about conquering Anhui County? It's nothing more than a little bit of food, a little people, now Hefei is not in our hands, and we will still not be able to hold it in the future, and our army's food and grass have begun to run out, I am thinking about a decisive battle with Zhou Yu, Yuan Shao may have received news from Huainan, and is currently assembling in Liyang, leaving us little time."

"If it weren't for the burning of cargo ships and warships, we would have saved time to go back by water, and we would have to leave more time for the overland march."

Guo Jia took out his point of view and responded to Cao Cao, and urged Cao Xiu: "General Wenlie go and give an order, and the city defense will be arranged later, and Lu Fan's pursuers are estimated to arrive soon." ”

"Oh."

Watching Cao Xiu walk out of the council hall, Guo Jia turned to Cao Cao and reminded him: "Duke Ming, it's hard to say whether Lu Fan surrounded the point to send reinforcements, but there are only more than 1,000 defenders in Shu County, so you'd better unify your dispatch and command, and beware of inciting the people in the city, which will affect the morale of the soldiers."

"Haha. Okay."

Cao Cao got up and laughed: "Since I started the army to rebel, I have rarely encountered this kind of experience of defending the city, but managing the security of a small county, is it not easy to manage?" Thinking of the old days when he was the lieutenant of northern Luoyang, so many years have passed, and it's just Lu Fan."

Lu Fan is Sun Ce's confidant, and he gets along well with Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and others, and he is a character like a panacea.

Although Lu Fan fought many victories with Sun Ce, and also had a record of leading troops to defeat Chen Yu alone, Cao Cao only regarded Zhou Yu as an opponent at this time, and his reputation in the imperial court was even inferior to Long Xiang and Lu Su.

defeated Han Hao in Xiang'an, which was regarded as avenging Lu Mian and his subordinates who died in battle.

Lu Fan did not have the ambition to go far to fight Shu County, he passed through Shu County and deliberately stationed troops outside the north gate to rest, in order to test the movement of the defenders in the city.

Sending troops shows that the defenders have a lot of troops, and they can continue to bully more and less; If there are no troops, it means that the number of defenders is limited, and even if they go north to attack Zhang Liao as originally planned, they do not need Cao Cao to send troops to attack him.

Lu Fan rested and provoked for a long time, and when he saw that the defenders in the city were just watching solemnly, he understood that he roughly understood the details of the city, and decisively led his troops north to attack the rear of Zhang Liao.

At the same time that Cao Xiu gave Xiahou Yuan an order, he also sent someone to warn Cao Chun in the north, so the second general on the front line was mentally prepared.

Zhang Liao and Cao Chun planned to withdraw to Shu County before Lü Fan, but Zhou Yu did not give them a chance to withdraw easily, and began to attack at the same time as he pulled out his camp.

Cao Jun did not fall in love with the battle and fought and left, because at first it was only Zhou Yu's unilateral pursuit, so the pressure on Zhang Liao and Cao Chun was not great, and they kept the formation and retreated from Rongnan until Lu Fan's 8,000 men joined the battlefield.

When Jiangdong's military strength exceeded 20,000, and it was still the elite soldiers left by Sun Ce, Zhang Liao and Cao Chun immediately felt uncomfortable, but under the premise of inferior troops, they could still be equal to their opponents in battle.

Even though it was only twenty miles away from Shu County, Cao Jun was bitten by Zhou Yu and Lu Fan and couldn't get out.

Zhang Liao knew that there were still enemy troops in Chaohu, and if the nearly 10,000 people were also put into the battlefield, it was very likely that they would be wiped out.

Even if the casualties are exchanged, the Jiangdong side will also make a lot of money, because half of the Cao army is a tiger and leopard horseman.

(End of chapter)