Han Xiang

Chapter 340

Huang Yi looked bewildered, and asked stupidly: "Cao Cao? Pro-leader? What do you mean?"

Chen Lan supported the horse's neck, leaned over and gave Huang Yi a sneer smile: "What's the point? Don't you know how Cao Cao used his troops? Did Huang Concubine forget how Yuan Shu was defeated in Kuangting? How did Chen Guo escape in embarrassment? ?”

"He..." Huang Yi swallowed: "Didn't he go to a decisive battle with Yuan Shao? Why did he go to Huainan?"

"God knows"

Chen Lan shook her head lightly, and said solemnly: "If the son-in-law wants to wait for Marquis Wu, he will wait, but I can't wait. I heard that in Chen State, if Yuan Shu didn't run fast, Cao Cao might have caught up with him. Think about it Thousands of people are besieged in Qi County, so I must leave immediately."

Huang Yi was at a loss: "No. Where is General Chen going? Didn't you defeat Xiahou Dun?"

"Xiahoudun is known as the often defeated general. Can the blind man compare with Cao Cao? In short, I will avoid it first. If Wuhou can defeat Cao thief, I will come back to help but" Chen Lan's words came to an abrupt end.

Huang Yi asked: "But what?"

Chen Lan had a bitter face: "I heard that Jiangdong's elite are all under the command of the governor, and the soldiers led by Marquis Wu are almost all Yuan Shu's old troops. I don't have any confidence at all."

"Ah this."

Just when Huang Yi was at a loss for words, Chen Lan continued to add: "I and the soldiers under my command sincerely served Jiangdong, but I didn't want to die in the hands of Cao Jun so soon, please trouble my son-in-law to apologize to Marquis Wu for me, I'm going to find a place to temporarily Avoid the edge."

"Where does the general intend to go?"

"I dare not go in the direction of Wan County. Cao Jun went south from Zipeng Mountain, and the first to bear the brunt were Shu County, Juchao, and Wan County. I advised Huang Concubine to leave this place early. I don't have a boat to cross the river at this time, so I can only go northeast. Walk in the same direction, it might be safer to be closer to Governor Zhou."

"General Chen intends to go to Guangling?"

Huang Yi suddenly realized, and then made a suggestion: "The general does not have a boat to replace his feet. The long journey is quite hard. Why not follow me to Xiang'an and wait for a while. Wuhou's warship should arrive soon."

"My son-in-law Huang, if we are really waiting for the Marquis of Wu's army in Xiang'an, will these brothers escape by then? Don't hurt me, leave!"

Chen Lan held the reins and clasped her fists, then abandoned Huang Yi and galloped away. Soon, she led tens of thousands of people under her command and headed northeast toward Chaohu Lake resolutely.

Huang Yi also panicked at this time. The pressure brought by Cao Cao was too strong. He should have sent someone to warn Sun He, but he forgot because he left too hastily. In the end, Sun He had no time to retreat, and was finally besieged by Cao Jun in Wan County.

Less than half a day after Chen Lan and Huang Yi left Shu County, Cao Cao led his army across Zipeng Mountain to the border of Lujiang.

The southern part of the Lujiang River is located in the valley of two mountain ranges. Like the Yangtze River, several large cities are located in the valley corridor in a southwest-northeast direction. They are Wanxian, Juchao, Shuxian, Linhu, and Xiang'an five counties. Sunhe is at this time Stationed in the most southwestern Wan County.

As Chen Lan and Huang Yi withdrew one after another, Cao Cao occupied Shu County with little effort.

At the suggestion of Guo Jia and Jia Xu, Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao and Cao Chun to take Xiang'an, Gao Lan and Shi Huan to take Linhu, Xu Huang and Han Hao to take Juchao, and pulled out all the strongholds outside Sunhe. Embroidered around Sunhe in Wan County.

Cao Cao's tactics in this battle have only one word: speed.

In addition to Wanxian County, which has many soldiers who can defend it, the three counties of Xiang'an, Linhu, and Juchao fell in less than half a day, especially Xiang'an, where Huang Yi stayed, fell the fastest.

Huang Yi just arrived in Xiang'an after Chen Lan, and was about to find the county magistrate to clean up the dust for him, but he received a warning from rangers as soon as he entered the city.

An army of about 3000 people came straight to Xiang'an County under the banner of Cao and Zhang.

Upon hearing Cao Ziqi, Huang Yi almost peed in fright.

As soon as Huang Yi arrived at the county government office, he didn't bother to drink a sip of water, and immediately rushed out with his entourage.

There were only a few hundred garrison troops in Xiang'an, and after thinking for a while, the commander of Xiang'an followed Huang Yi and abandoned the city to escape. Zhang Liao and Cao Chun just occupied an empty city.

Xiang'an County is tens of miles away from Ruxushuikou. Huang Yi and the Xiang'an defenders headed east all the way, crossing to the east bank of Ruxushui before they stopped their horses and set up camp to rest, and set up flags on the riverside to warn.

At noon on the second day, hundreds of warships sailed slowly towards Ruxu Shuikou, and saw the red flag of Jiangbei waving in the distance.

The watchmen's scouts reported the news in time, and Sun Quan immediately called Wu Jing to the deck to check.

"Uncle, what semaphore is this?"

Wu Jing shook his head slightly: "I have been marching for so many years, and I have never seen such a strange semaphore, but I took the clipper to investigate, and there is Ruxushuikou not far ahead, maybe Bohai (Sun He) sent someone to greet him."

"Alright."

Sun Quan nodded slightly, then called the young general Lu Meng, and asked him to take a boat to investigate.

Lu Meng left the big boat and walked up the boat, ordered his oars to go upstream quickly, and went straight to the place where the Jiangbei red flag was waving, only to find Huang Yi on the shore.

Huang Yi couldn't wait for Sun Quan to land, so he hurriedly followed Lu Meng to see Sun Quan. He had already told Lu Meng about it on the way, and when he got up on the deck, he was like Xianglin's wife again, and he sent Chen Lan to Guangling and Cao Cao went to Lujiang. Speak out.

Sun Quan was stunned for a long time without saying a word. He had thought that such a day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Half an hour ago, Sun Quan was still discussing with the conspirator Qin Song, guessing where Cao Cao was marching northward at this time.

Unexpectedly, when I said Cao Cao, Cao Cao was right in front of me.

Maybe Cao Cao put too much pressure on others. After Huang Yi finished narrating, the deck was quiet, only the sound of the warship breaking against the current was heard.

Seeing that the atmosphere was dull and speechless, Yuan Shu's old general Lu Mian scolded: "Chen Lan thought he had improved, but he is still so unreliable. He ran away without seeing Cao Cao."

Huang Yi glanced at Sun Quan, and said meaningfully: "In fact, what General Chen said is not bad. Cao Mengde's military skills are very high. In the past, his uncle (Yuan Shu) was defeated many times. Wu Hou led the main force this time. That's why he ran so fast. .”

"Chen Lan is so afraid of Cao, but it makes us work hard, and it's in vain for me to expect so much from him."

Sun Quan squinted his eyes halfway. Although he said that Chen Lan was afraid of Cao, he hated him for believing in Zhou Yu but not himself.

You bastard, don't you know who is the Lord of Jiangdong?Wait until after the war to see how I play you to death.

Seeing that Sun Quan didn't say anything, Lu Mian hurriedly clasped his fists and asked for instructions: "Since Cao Cao shows up in Huainan, the attack on Shouchun will come to naught. I don't know what the lord's plan is now, whether to continue forward or return."

Before Lu Mian could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Wu Jing waving his hand: "What are you going back for? Even Xiang'an has Cao soldiers showing up. I'm afraid there will be problems in the whole Lujiang River. Zhongmou, we have to find a way to support Wan County, otherwise Bohai (Sun He) is in danger."

Sun Quan nodded slightly: "Uncle has rich experience in combat, and you can give me an idea on how to support Wan County."

"Well" Wu Jinglu had to think for a while, pointing in the direction of Xiang'an and said: "According to the current situation, I don't know how many soldiers Cao Cao has come, but the army in Xiang'an only has 3000 people, you can try them first. The strength of Cao Jun."

(End of this chapter)