Guan Yu led his army out of the camp, maintaining a speed of forty miles per hour. It was neither fast nor slow. After six hours, Guan Yu ordered the army to rest for a while.
Liao Hua came from the rear, and he was also responsible for cleaning up the tail. If there were any tails behind, Liao Hua's soldiers would have to clean them up.
"How is it?" Guan Yu asked Liao Hua.
Liao Hua dismounted and knelt on one knee." General, the Cao army didn't even send a single scout."”
Guan Yu sat on a tree stump by the roadside and nodded slightly. He was not surprised, but Zhou Cang, who was carrying the saber for Guan Yu, sighed."Le Wenqian is too stubborn. We only have 5,000 people. He can chase us down and kill us. It seems that he was scared by the Marquis in Dangyang a few months ago and doesn't dare to leave the city now.”
Tell Zilong and Su Fei to return to the team." Guan Yu said to Liao Hua.
"I will immediately send a message."
The original plan was for Le Jin to hunt down Guan Yu. Guan Yu had ambushed Su Fei's 5,000 men and Zhao Yun's 1,000 cavalrymen behind him. As long as the battle between Le Jin and Guan Yu broke out, Su Fei's 5,000 men would surround him, and Zhao Yun's cavalrymen would hold the fort and wipe out the pursuing Cao army. If the Cao army chased after him had a large number of troops, Guan Yu could still take Xiangyang after a great victory. However, Guan Yu had met Le Jin this time and Le Jin did not fall for it.
The army rested for an hour before continuing their journey. In the evening, Zhao Yun and Su Fei's teams caught up with Guan Yu one after another.
"Zilong, your cavalry should be at the vanguard. We're about to enter Bian County.
Cao Ren's scattered troops should be on this route. If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to meet them.
You can handle it well as a striker." Guan Yu said to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun led the cavalry out to patrol day and night, deterring the Cao army. His face was tanned, and he was a little thin, but he still looked very energetic.
"Alright, I'll do it.
Do you want me to send someone to investigate?" Zhao Yun asked.
Guan Yu shook his head." I've already asked Liao Hua to send someone to investigate. Zilong, your 1,000 men are very important. We shouldn't tire them out."”
Cao Ren had about five thousand men following him, and they had fled from Jiangling City for dozens of miles. Seeing that Liu Bei did not send any troops to pursue them, Cao Ren ordered the army to slow down.
At the same time, Cao Ren sent more than ten scouts to Xiangyang and Jiangxia to send letters, requesting Yue Jin and Wen Pin to send troops to help him.
"General, Guan Yu has surrounded Xiangyang. We can't go in the direction of Xiangyang.”Niu Jin said anxiously to Cao Ren with a haggard face.
"Don't I know?" Cao Ren said angrily. If we don't go to Xiangyang, where should we go? How do we cross the Han River?"
"If we go to Xiangyang, we might run into Guan Yu's army. With our current morale, we will definitely lose if we run into Guan Yu."
General, why don't you find a place where the Han River's water flow is moderate and build a pontoon bridge? We'll be safe after crossing the Han River.”
"It's autumn now, and the water level of the Han River has dropped.
However, the pontoon bridge has been built for a long time. If Liu Bei's army catches up with us and we have the Han River as our back, what will happen to us in the end?”Cao Ren asked.
Everyone was speechless.
Man Chong walked over and said to Cao Ren,""Head towards Lankou. The river there is narrow and the water is gentle. It is late autumn now, and there are some places in the river that are enough to cross the river.”
"How did you know?" Cao Ren asked.
"Last autumn, I once led an army to pass by the Lankou Gathering.”Man Chong said.
Cao Ren was still worried and decided to send scouts to investigate.
On the other side, he ordered the army to rest and sent out scouts to scout for Liu Bei's army within a 20-mile radius.
"Where is Li Tong buried?" Chen Jiao looked at Man Chong and asked.
"When we cross the Han River, I'll bring the ashes of the dimension back to his hometown."”
Cao Ren was also in a bad mood." 20,000 soldiers followed me to guard Jiangling. They defeated Zhou Yu's spirit and even caused him to lose his life at Jiangling City. Now, only a few thousand people have survived. This is my sin!"”
"General, to be able to defend Jiangling for a year and defeat the Sun Liu alliance army is already not easy.
Zhou Yu died in Jiangling City. It was not easy for him to do so. Please forgive him.”Chen Jiao advised.
"A small achievement can't cover up a huge defeat. Losing more than ten thousand people is a huge mistake.”
Man Chong saw that Cao Ren's tone was dispirited and he had lost his will to fight. He said unhappily,""There are still 5,000 soldiers who have pledged their lives to General. They hope that General can bring them across the Han River and return home alive. If General is so dispirited, why don't you just take these brothers and surrender to Liu Bei?”
"Man Bonin, do you think I don't dare to kill you?" Cao Ren glared at him.”
"Now that we're calculating Jiangling's gains and losses, can you, Cao Ren, survive if you kill my full favor?”
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Chen Jiao and Niu Jin hurriedly pulled the two apart. If Cao Ren really lost his mind and beheaded Man Chong, the soldiers that Man Chong brought over from the 5,000 scattered troops would probably mutiny. In this way, before Liu Bei's army could attack, they would be completely annihilated.
Moreover, although Cao Ren was in charge of the Jingzhou military as the South Conquering General, he did not have a fake talisman in his hand. He could not kill a general like Man Chong. If he really killed Man Chong, he would be protected by Cao Cao when he returned to Xudu. However, for the sake of the big picture, even if Cao Ren did not die, he would never be used by Cao Cao.
Chen Jiao was Cao Ren's right-hand man, and he was responsible for all the logistics in Jiangling City. Without Chen Jiao, Cao Ren would not have had an easy time dealing with the Sun and Liu allied forces. Moreover, Chen Jiao was appointed by Cao Cao, so he had the responsibility of supervising the army. Therefore, his words carried some weight to Cao Ren. Chen Jiao pulled the angry Cao Ren to the side and said,"General, Man Chong's words are not without reason. Now, the hope of thousands of soldiers to survive is on you. You must not let these people lose their lives in the Jing State. General, you have to bring them home. If you lose your will to fight, your already low morale will disappear. General, please reconsider."
"I'll definitely settle the score with him when we get back to Xu Capital." Cao Ren snorted coldly.”
Man Chong naturally did not care about Cao Ren's opinion of him. Even when Lan Kou gathered, the two of them did not meet. Man Chong only stayed behind to urge the soldiers to speed up the march.
Lankou was a small village. The people here lived by the Han River and made a living by fishing. When the people saw the dense army heading towards their village, the hundreds of people in the village carried their food and fled into the mountains.
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