Just when the fight in Xiapi City was in full swing, Tao Qian was in the south of Xuzhou and had already joined Chen Deng.

Chen Deng looked at the embarrassed Tao Qian, and couldn't help but ask with a surprised face: "Lord, is this Pengcheng lost?" ”

Tao Qian nodded with an ugly face, and then asked, "Yuanlong, what I asked you to do, how did you do?" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, Sun Wentai has already agreed to let us take refuge in Jiangdong, and when I come back on this trip, I'm here to pick up my lord!" Chen Deng hurriedly explained to Tao Qian to reassure the other party.

When Tao Qian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

When Tao Qian fled, although he only brought more than 1,000 people, he was the assassin of Xuzhou after all, and he kept gathering the remnants along the way south.

By the time Tao Qian and Chen Deng converged, there were already more than 10,000 troops around him.

It's just that these soldiers all have decadent expressions on their faces, obviously because of the long-distance run, and they are not lightly tired.

Chen Deng looked at these soldiers and said with a helpless face: "Lord, when you go to Jiangdong at this time, do you still want to take so many people with you?" ”

Tao Qian was stunned when he heard this, and then asked Chen Deng: "What, then Sun Wentai doesn't allow me to lead troops to join him?" ”

When Chen Deng heard this, he shook his head with a somewhat ugly face and said, "No, Sun Wentai didn't say that you wouldn't allow you to lead troops to join him, but he also hoped that you could stay with more soldiers to join him." ”

Hearing Chen Deng's explanation, Tao Qian was even more puzzled: "In that case, why did you ask Yuanlong like that just now?" ”

Chen Deng hesitated for a moment, and then said: "When I was crossing the river, I saw that there was an extra fleet on the river, and the flags on the boat were Cao and Chen!" ”

"What?" When Tao Qian heard this, he couldn't hold back completely: "Yuanlong, you mean, then Cao Ang also sent a navy to my Xuzhou?" Is he really going to do it so badly? ”

When Chen Deng heard this, he hurriedly comforted: "The lord doesn't need to worry, after seeing that the fleet arrived in the south of Xuzhou, he didn't move, but practiced on the boat and on the shore every day, and didn't mean to enter Xuzhou!" ”

"And, according to Zaixia's observations, those soldiers, as if they were waiting for something, if Zaixia's expectations were good, they were waiting for Cao Ang's order!"

After listening to Chen Deng's words at this time, Tao Qian slowly calmed down and said, "Yuanlong, you mean those soldiers are waiting for Cao Ang's order?" ”

"That's right!" Chen Deng nodded, and then continued: "So my lord, if we want to cross the river to Jiangdong, then we have to walk separately from these soldiers, after all, these tens of thousands of people crossing the river together are too conspicuous. ”

"Cao Jun on those boats, even if they don't have Cao Ang's order, when they see more than 10,000 people crossing the river together, I'm afraid they will attack us!"

When Tao Qian heard this, he said with a sad face: "Then what should we do, do you mean that I don't bring any soldiers, so I go to Jiangdong to be a lonely man?" ”

Chen Deng knew that if he went to Jiangdong this time, only a few people, then Tao Qian's future life in Jiangdong would not be easy.

In this current world, you only have soldiers in your hands, and that is where you go, you have the right to speak.

If you're alone, no one will look at you more.

It's like when the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang went to the alliance, and the heroes asked for Dong, the three of them rode together, and they met the alliance alone, and there was not a single soldier under them.

None of the princes from all walks of life cared about the words of the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, it wasn't because they didn't have soldiers in their hands!

If the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang brought an army of two or three hundred thousand to the alliance, then Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, where would they dare to talk more!

Chen Deng knew the importance of the army, he thought about it, and then said to Tao Qian: "Lord, so far, we have to take a detour!" ”

"Cao Jun's naval fleet is parked on the river south of Guangling County and north of Wu County, and if we more than 10,000 people want to cross the river, we can only walk south and avoid Cao Jun's naval fleet, so that we can reach Jiangdong safely."

In Tao Qian's heart, he actually didn't want to take a detour, after all, this detour would take more time to reach Jiangdong.

And if he walks in Xuzhou for one more day, then he will be scared for one more day.

But let him give up his subordinates, that is absolutely impossible.

Thinking of this, Tao Qian could only sigh helplessly and said, "That's it, let's take a detour." ”

After making a decision, Chen Deng asked people to send a letter to Sun Jian.

Originally, they agreed to take Tao Qian to Jiangdong in Wu County, so that they could only enter Jiangdong from Danyang County.

After Sun Jian made an agreement with Chen Deng, he took Zhang Zhao and others to Wu County early, ready to welcome Tao Qian.

In fact, Tao Qian is just a lost dog now, and Sun Jian can send someone to pick him up casually.

But in order to show his generosity, Sun Jian deliberately came to pick it up in person.

When Sun Jian came to the riverside north of Wu County, he also saw the fleet of boats parked on the river, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

"What kind of ship is that, and why is it so tall?" Sun Jian looked at the Daming treasure ship equipped by Cao Jun's navy, and muttered with a shocked face.

Zhang Zhao on the side was also stunned, he boasted that he was well-informed, but he had never seen such a big ship.

The Jiangdong Army was already known for its strong navy, but now such a big ship suddenly appeared, and there was more than one, which made Sun Jian and others accept it.

Just when Sun Jian and the others were shocked, the messenger sent by Chen Deng to deliver the letter also arrived.

After reading the letter, Sun Jian knew that the big ship parked on the opposite shore was a warship belonging to Cao Jun!

There were eight large ships docked on the other side, and countless other small boats.

According to Chen Deng's speculation, such a big ship could probably have about a thousand soldiers, which surprised Sun Jian.

You must know that the largest of their warships in Jiangdong can carry about 100 people.

And the big ships on the other side carry ten times more people than theirs!

In fact, what they didn't know was that Cao Junbao still had daily necessities on his ship, so each ship carried a thousand people, and if it was just a war across the river, without carrying daily necessities, then the ship could carry more people.

Sun Jian was shocked, so he took Zhang Liao to Danyang County to greet Tao Qian.

At the same time, he also sent people to find out where Cao Jun's eight warships were obtained.

Sun Jian himself didn't think about Cao Jun being able to build his own ship.

When Sun Jian and Tao Qian converged, the battle between Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Lu Bu under the city of Xiapi was also nearing the end. (End of chapter)