Cao Cao's generals were mainly the five good generals and the eight tiger riders of the kinship, as well as Li Dian and other earlier generals who died.

The Cao clan has a transcendent status, and there are many brave and good fighters. Cao Xiu Cao Zilie, who belongs to the youngest of the Eight Tiger Riders, is Cao Hong's cousin, the same generation as Cao Pi, and Xiahou Shang and Cao Zhen, they are all juniors.

He was exiled in Jiangdong when he was a teenager, and later Cao Cao raised troops to fight against Dong, spread the word to the world, Cao Xiu saw the news, returned to the north thousands of miles away, and was called a thousand miles by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's southern expedition to the north, Cao Xiu has always been taken by his side, as a junior war zone commander training, only because he stayed in Jizhou with Cao Zhang to guard against Liaodong, he did not appear on the Chibi battlefield.

He also served as the lieutenant of the Haw Par Cavalry, and his status in the Haw Par Cavalry was second only to Cao Chun.

After returning from Bingzhou, Cao Chun was in poor health, and Cao Xiu was gradually taking over the tiger and leopard ride.

Cao Wu didn't expect that after refusing Xu Chu to accompany him, Cao Cao actually sent him to Jiaozhou with him.

Looking at the neat cavalry team, although there were less than a thousand people, it seemed to be looking at ten thousand troops, and at first glance, it was the team at the bottom of the box in Cao's camp.

Cao Wudao: "How is my brother's Chinese army?" ”

Cao Xiu said respectfully: "Uncle Hui, it is being formed." The prime minister asked me to lead the elite of the 800 tigers and leopards to protect my uncle. ”

"Good. Among the Chinese army, the Central Protector Army and the Central Army are still vacant. ”

Cao said meaninglessly, turned and walked forward.

Cao Xiu was overjoyed, hurriedly turned over his horse, and led the cavalry to fall behind Cao Wu and the others.

In Cao Cao's camp, Zhilu is not the most important, but the distance from Cao Cao's relatives is important.

Originally, this team nominally escorted Manzhong into Jiaozhou, but in fact it was to escort Cao Wu. Now that he has gone to Jiaozhou, he seems to want to emulate Liu Jingsheng's old story of riding into Jingzhou alone.

Cao Wucai is too lazy to care, he has to be full of favor to toss himself, and when he can live until he passes, he will naturally protect him.

The tiger and leopard cavalry joined, and the team grew a lot, and the traders and people along the way did not even dare to look at them, and the cavalry was everywhere, they were standing on the side of the road, trembling and waiting for them to pass.

In particular, the two "Cao" flags made them dare not move.

The reason why the people of Xinye fled south with Liu Bei was because the name of Cao Cao's slaughter of the city spread far and wide, but Cao Cao also had the deeds of cutting his beard on behalf of him, and the army was ruthless to the enemy, but he rarely violated his own people.

They passed through Nanjun all the way to Jiangling, and Cao Hong, who was stationed in Jiangling to guard Yizhou, was already waiting outside the city.

Cao Hong is known as the best in the army, and he likes to make friends with guests, but he rarely waits for several days.

Seeing Cao Wu coming, Cao Hong was overjoyed, pulled the old days, and completely left his nephew Cao Xiu aside.

After several greetings, Cao Wu didn't even enter the city, so he crossed the river by boat from Jiangling.

Ah Wu and Ah Ba left from here, because Zhao Yan was supervising the work for relief in Jiangxia, Ah Wu went to Zhao Yan and Wenpin to reconcile. Liu Bei took the people of Xinye to Xiakou, but left them behind, and in the end they became the main force of work-for-relief.

Bidding farewell to his second daughter, Cao Wu went south along the road, passing through Wuling County, Changsha County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County.

Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan, Lingling Taishou Liu Du, Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan, and Changsha Taishou Han Xuan all went out of the city to greet them, and this team of 1,000 people was treated almost as an envoy of the Son of Heaven.

However, Cao Wuzao knew that they would greet them, so he avoided them one after another, and only met with the four of them: Le Jin, the general of Zhichong, the general Yu Ban, the general of Huwei, the general Xu Huang, and the general Li Dian.

Along the way, the temperature is getting hotter and hotter, and there are more and more mountains, and many of the soldiers are sick.

But there are more and more soldiers he leads, just because Lejin and others have also joined in.

At the beginning, the four generals were left in the four southern counties in order to deter the four counties from acting rashly, but now that Cao Cao has a new goal, they also follow south to Jiaozhou.

These four people, each with 5,000 foot cavalry, a total of 20,000, marched south after Cao Wu's cavalry.

The troops left behind by the four generals were led by the deputy generals in their army, and they were unified under the dispatch of Zhao Yan, the assassin of Jingzhou.

Their speed was not as fast as Cao Wu's, and they were soon distanced, but Cao Wu agreed with the four generals to meet at the Jiaozhi border in the middle of the month.

In the team left behind in Guiyang, Cao Wu saw a familiar figure.

The official position of the school captain Biqiu Jian has not changed, but he has already served as the deputy in the first army, and the number of men and horses led by him has changed from 1,000 to 5,000.

Obviously, Zhao Yan still remembered Cao Wu's care for Biqiu Jian.

Cao Wu only nodded to Biqiu Jian, and then entered the innermost part of his military tent, where Zhang He was lying on a Hu bed.

Zhang He was seriously injured, and when he saw Cao Wu, he gritted his teeth and wanted to get up, but was supported by Cao Wu.

Along the way, he has met countless generals, and it is the first time that he has been so important to a person.

Zhang He said: "General Beifu, 8,000 steps to ride in the ambush, the returner is only 12/12, I am ashamed of the prime minister!" ”

Cao Wu took his hand and said with a smile: "Victory and defeat are commonplace, General Zhang cultivates with peace of mind, and there will be us after that." ”

Zhang He's face showed gratitude, and the onlookers had calculations in their hearts, especially Le Jin, who had fought the Battle of Chibi with Cao Wu, he always felt that Cao Wu already had the demeanor of Cao Cao Lixian.

But he quickly shook his head and shook the idea out, he was just a martial artist, born in the end of the world, from the army, thinking too much will only harm himself.

Zhang He nodded yes, and without waiting for Cao Wu to ask, he told the story of the attack.

……

Somewhere in the mountains of Wuling, Liu Bei made a fire.

It has been more than a thousand miles since he went south from Xiakou and fled south to here, and there is one more on the road map for his escape.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu sat down beside him, and Zhao Yun guarded beside him.

Liu Bei sighed: "Alone from Zhuo County, Jizhou is the north of the world, and now it is the south of the world." ”

The three generals were silent, looking at the dark mountains, not only resentment and unwillingness to Liu Bei's situation, but also a lot of helplessness.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Hasn't the military advisor come back yet?" ”

Guan Yu shook his head.

This military advisor is not referring to Pang Tong, who has been seriously ill since he participated in the Red Cliff Water War, and although he was sent back to Liu Bei's army by Jiangdong, he has rarely made suggestions.

The current military advisor is Ma Liang Ma Jichang.

Ma's five constants, in Jingxiang has a great reputation, but did not come out, but heard that Liu Bei did not commit Xiakou's benevolent deeds, the five of them admired the south, caught up with Liu Bei to vote.

In the face of such a defeated army, five more strategists are actually of little use, especially since a few of them are still young.

But Ma Liang brought a big boost to Liu Bei.

Zhao Yun said: "Zhang Wenyuan is really a talent of the wolf Juxu, and he really can't take it lightly." ”

Liu Bei nodded, remembering that he and Zhang Liao were also old acquaintances in the past, and sighed again.

The sky is long, how thin is it for me.

……

The problem Zhang Liao is facing now is no longer how to pursue Liu Bei, but how to bring these 8,000 cavalry back to the four southern counties.

He is actually only more than 100 miles away from Guiyang County, but this is not the Central Plains, and almost all of the mountain roads on the five ridges are rugged and difficult, and they are not suitable for the march of large armies.

He has been studying since he was a child, and he is very envious of the deeds of General Fubo Ma Yuan's southern expedition to the north, and knows that Ma Yuan once fought in the south. He didn't expect that he was just on the edge of Cangwu, and before he stepped into Jiaozhou, he was in a dilemma.

Now, he already knows who defeated Zhang He.

In the past few days, he has already fought with the other party.

It was not Liu Bei's 2,000 people, but another force hidden in the mountains.

Wuxi Man, the barbarian king Shamoko.

Wuxi was active in the mountains of Wuling County, and he didn't know when he had joined Liu Bei and arrived here.

These barbarians were fighting in a disorderly manner, but they didn't know who commanded them, and they actually advanced and retreated with evidence, harassment, ambush and various tactics, which made people annoying.

He sent several envoys to Guiyang to exchange information, but there was no reply, and it can be guessed that he had been killed.

Between continuing to pursue and preserving his strength to return to the division, Zhang Liao must make a decision.

……

In Yuzhang County, Lu Su wore sackcloth shoes and inspected a fortification.

After the defeat of Chibi, Changsha became Cao Cao's territory, and there was a third strategic junction area between Cao and Sun in addition to Jiangxia and Hefei.

Yuzhang and Changsha are close to each other, the defense line is hundreds of miles long, Cao Qiang and Sun are weak, and the defensive pressure is very great.

Fortunately, there are mountains between the two counties, and it is not easy for the army to march. But there are still some gaps that can be used with soldiers.

Lu Suli overrode public opinion and proposed to build beacon towers along the line to connect the defense line.

So, when Cao Cao was recuperating and not vacating, nearly 100 beacon towers were built at the same time.

Cao Cao took Jiangxia as the Great Wall in the south, but he didn't know that Lu Su and Lu Zijing were already building the Great Wall with their own hands.

Of course, this Great Wall only has a beacon tower, no troop transport road, and can only be used for sending messages when encountering a large army.

However, the foundation of the four southern counties is too poor, and there is no way to support the army to attack Jiangdong based on this, otherwise the supply of grain and grass will not be available.

It is impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to come from Changsha, otherwise Cao Cao would not have chosen to go east along the river in Jiangling, instead of going south to the four counties and then going east.

In this way, the Great Wall of Yuzhang County was enough to defend against the small army that came from Changsha.

There is this beacon line in the west, the Yangtze River in the north, and the iron wall in the east of the river, so that there can be a respite.

This is the forward vision of Lu Su, a strategist.

However, Lu Su understood that there was still a gap in this line of defense.

He looked south at Wuling, and his mind was restless.

"I don't know if Gongjin can take Jiaozhou south and take the lead."

……

At the junction of Cangwu County and Yuzhang County, in a deep mountain.

Thousands of elite soldiers are quietly advancing.

The leader was dressed in a white robe with a handsome face, and was looking around at the terrain.

Not long after, a young general came running from behind, clasped his fists and said: "Governor, it has been ascertained that it was Cao General Zhang He and Liu Beijun who fought a few days ago. ”

"Zishan, I'm not the governor anymore."

The man in front chuckled and looked west.

The general behind him said solemnly: "The governor is just a temporary choice, and there is nothing to do if he is gone." In my heart, Gong Jin Gong is a person who should be the governor of the world, and he deserves to be the governor! ”

It turned out that these two people were the relatives of Jiangdong Zhou Yu and Mrs. Sun Quanbu!

This is really, the heroes of the world, gathered in Jiaozhou.