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The original Han army's troops were stationed on the west bank of Chaohu Lake, where the Han army gathered tens of thousands of troops, less than a mile away from Hefei. However, in order to jointly deal with the Huns, the two sides reached a withdrawal agreement. The Han army retreated from Chaohu Lake and retreated to Wan County. Huang Zhong immediately ordered the army to station in the mouth of the Yangtze River and set up a water camp there.

At present, the Han army has more than 10,000 troops stationed in Ankou, led by veteran Huang Zhong, while Gan Ning stationed troops stationed in Chaisang as a support response.

In addition to Ankou, there are also 5,000 troops stationed in Nanling County, about inside and outside the east of the Yangtze River, including Ruxukou and Wuhu on the other side. The Han army has garrisoned each other, and dozens of beacon towers along the river were built, forming a response momentum of thousands of miles on the Yangtze River.

When Cao's army tore up the agreement reached by both sides last year and suddenly launched a large-scale attack on Ruxukou, dozens of beacon towers along the Yangtze River immediately ignited the police fireworks, day and night.

At this time, the Han army was preparing for war in Hefei. Although Cao's unexpected attack made the situation confusing, Huang Zhong was unmoved. According to the emergency plan deployed by Liu Jing last year, he ordered the two thousand Han troops stationed in the mouth of Wuhu River to enter Wujun and handed them over to Lu Xun's unified command. At the same time, he ordered the Han troops in Ruxukou and Nanling County to withdraw to Wankou to minimize the losses of the army.

The Cao army expanded southward to the Ruxukou area, while the Han army retreated westward to the Wankou. At the same time, Pang Tong, who received the news, also led 10,000 naval troops to the Wankou. As long as the Wankou and Wan County were not lost, the Han army would have a foothold in Lujiang County, which was also the key to fighting for Hefei.

In the Ankou, in the Navy's Dazhai, Huang Zhongzheng and his military advisor Pang Tong discussed countermeasures in the Central Army's tent. Pang Tong was appointed as the Eastern Military Advisor by Liu Jing, mainly responsible for planning the Battle of Hefei. Pang Tong spent most of his time in Chaisang, assisting Ganning in training the navy's night battle.

"Frankly speaking, I find it very strange. Why did the Cao army attack Ruxukou If Cao army had a strong naval army, it might be meaningful to attack Ruxukou, but Cao army was weak in water wars, so they could not defend Ruxukou at all. With Zhang Liao's wisdom, he would not make such a decision, which only means that Cao army has other plans."

This is also something that Pang Tong couldn't understand. At the critical moment when the Han army was intensively deploying the Hefei War, Zhang Liao did not hurry up and prepare for the war, but instead dispersed his troops to attack Ruxukou. This was an unwise move in any case. Zhang Liao's plan would not do this inferior strategy. Cao's army must have something to do. What would that be

Huang Zhong pondered for a while and said, "I heard that Cao Cao went south to inspect and arrived in Qiao County ten days ago. There was no news later. From the time point of view, Cao Cao should be in Hefei now."

Pang Tong was also in deep thought. As a military advisor, of course, he would not simply think that Cao Cao ordered the capture of Ruxukou. The current situation was clearly that Han attacked Cao's defense. Cao Cao should be more concerned about the defense of Hefei City, and would never extend the defense to Ruxukou. As long as the Han army advances in water and land, it can cut off the retreat of Cao's army in Ruxukou and wipe out Cao's army. Even if Cao Cao doesn't understand this result, Zhang Liao is very clear about this.

Cao Cao must have made other plans. Could it be that Jiangdong's idea flashed through Pang Tong's mind? But Pang Tong felt it was impossible. At this time, Cao's army attacked Jiangdong was like digging his own grave.

At this moment, a soldier rushed to the door of the tent to report: "Qi reported to the old general, Qi reported to the military advisor, a large ship came from outside the water village. The boatman claimed to be a mining ship coming from Liyang, and there are important things to report."

Huang Zhong and Pang Tong looked at each other, and they both realized at the same time that something might have happened in Liyang...

In the water village, a five-stone impeller was slowly led up by several Han army patrol ships. This was one of the impeller ships among several mining ships. It originally belonged to the Tao family. After the Tao family gave up the fleet, the impeller ship was sold to the Su family in Wuchang.

Pedal impeller ships have always been warships of the military and are generally not allowed to be owned by the people. However, Ma Jun first built more than a dozen five-stone pedal impeller ships for the Tao family for transportation on the Han River. This pedal impeller ship was one of the first pedal ships built by Ma Jun that year.

The pedal boat slowly landed. Huang Zhong, Pang Tong and several soldiers had been waiting on the shore for a long time. At this time, five boatmen got off the pedal boat, all of whom were still scared, and knelt down to salute for the boss of the boat, "Little Min Tan Fu paid homage to the old general."

Huang Zhong ordered him to get up and asked again: "Where are you from, why are you here?"

The boatman named Tan Fu cried and said, "Xiaomin is the boatman of the Su family boat trip in Wuchang. He is mooring in Liyang with a number of other mining ships in the Su family boat trip. He is preparing to transport ore back to Jingzhou after the beginning of spring. Unexpectedly, just four days ago, Cao's army suddenly attacked Liyang, and all the mine ships were captured by Cao's army. The villain was repairing pedals with several subordinates at that time, so we were lucky enough to escape."

Liyang belongs to Jiangdong territory. The Han army has no garrisons or beacon towers in Liyang. The news is tightly blocked. Wankou has no idea what happened in Liyang at all. This news surprised Pang Tong. He asked quickly: "How many mining ships are there in Liyang?"

"There are about four ships, basically all of which are more than a thousand stones of mine. The largest mine ship has a thousand stones, and all of them were obtained by the Cao army."

Huang Zhong next to him also asked: "What did Cao's army do? Did the ship set fire?"

"No, I didn't see any fire."

Huang Zhong immediately understood that Cao's army attacked Liyang in order to rob the mine ship. He told Pang Tong: "Civil ships are different from military ships. They cannot withstand violent impacts. They can only be used as logistics transportation at most, and cannot be used as naval wars. Cao's army snatched civilian ships should be used to transport food and grass troops."

Pang Tong sighed: "Zhang Liao started to invest nearly 100,000 people in the clearing of rivers last year. I heard that a thousand stone ship can be driven between Shouchun and Hefei, but they face the embarrassing situation of having rivers but not ships. A large amount of food and grass supplies are gathered in Shouchun. To transport materials to Hefei, a large number of ships are needed. It is too late to build ships, so snatching the mine ships is their best strategy. I only realize this now."

Huang Zhong nodded, "The military advisor is right, so in this way, it is understandable that Cao's army seized Ruxukou."

"That's right, the attack on Ruxukou is to allow more than four mining ships to enter Hefei from the Yangtze River. With this batch of mining ships, the transportation capacity of Cao's army will be greatly increased, and a large amount of food and grass can be transported from Shouchun Water to Hefei. Zhang Liao is worthy of being the number one general of Cao's army. He is not only bold and meticulous, but also very cautious. He will only act after Cao Cao agrees. It can be said that he will make a decision and then move. He will be our biggest enemy."

Huang Zhong and Pang Tong both felt a little disappointed. Zhang Liao sent surprise troops to seize the mine ship. They obviously lost this battle. Huang Zhong pondered for a moment and said: "This fleet will inevitably transport food, grass and supplies between Shouchun and Hefei. If we also sent surprise troops and burned this batch of mine ships, would the military advisor think it was feasible?"

Pang Tong shook his head, "Zhang Liao thought of attack, how could he not have thought that defending these warships was so important? He must have been prepared for a long time. Moreover, Cao Xiu led a thousand cavalry to station on the Shou Ship and use cavalry to protect the ship. To be honest, we have little chance."

Huang Zhong pondered silently. This group of ships would greatly strengthen the transportation capacity of Cao's army, but he turned a blind eye. This was not his Huang Zhong's style. At this moment, a letter sender rushed over from behind and shouted from afar: "Military advisor, Jianye urgently wrote a letter."

Another important reason why Huang Zhong was stationed in Wankou is that Wankou has always been an intelligence transfer station between Jingzhou and Jiangdong. The information was transmitted between Jianye and Wuchang by flying pigeons. The pigeons first arrived at Wankou and then transferred to Wuchang. This intelligence system was fully controlled by Pang Tong.

Pang Tong turned around suddenly, Jianye urgently reported four words like needles, pierced his mind. He immediately realized that something must have happened in Jiangdong. The sender turned over and dismounted and handed a roll of red silk to Pang Tong, which meant that the information was urgent.

At this time, Huang Zhong also came up, frowned and asked, "What happened?"

After reading the information, Pang Tong sighed in a low voice: "Under our imagination, Sun Quan has decided to form an alliance with Cao Cao."

Huang Zhong was stunned. Sun Quan actually formed an alliance with Cao Cao, which would have a significant impact on the battle in Hefei. He immediately realized the serious problem and said to Pang Tong: "We must report this news to His Highness the King of Han immediately."

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Although Wuhu belongs to Danyang County, after the split of Jiangdong, Wuhu was occupied by Wujun's army and became the exit from Wujun to the Yangtze River. The Han army also obtained a natural harbor in Likou Town on the other side of Lishui, becoming the Han army's garrison on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Due to the sudden change in the situation, Cao's army seized Ruxukou, which made the situation in Wuhu across the Yangtze River suddenly tense. Wu County had thousands of garrisons in Wuhu County, commanded by the young general Sun Huan.

Due to the mutiny of Ruxukou, Sun Huan became nervous and ordered the army to strengthen its vigilance. He ordered dozens of warships to patrol along the river to prevent Cao's army from crossing the river to the south. At the Wuhu pier, Sun Huan stood in a pavilion and looked out to the north, with a worried look in his eyes.

A tooth general next to him advised: "The Cao army does not have warships, so it should not be able to cross the river. General, don't worry."

Sun Huan sighed, "Although the Cao army does not have warships, Jianye has enough warships. Now the Han army has evacuated from Ruxukou. Once Cao army takes Jianye warships to the south, it will be a disaster for us."

"Isn't this a way to lead a wolf into the house?" Yajiang said in surprise.

"Not necessarily," Sun Huan shook his head and said, "The situation is complicated now. The Han army wants to launch the Hefei Battle. Cao army is too busy to protect itself. At this time, Cao Cao should not have the intention to occupy Jiangdong, but will join forces with Sun Quan. This is what I am most worried about. Once Cao's army intervenes in the Jiangdong battle, the situation becomes complicated. I am most worried about Cao's army attacking Wujun. If the Han army does not have time to reinforce, Wujun may not be able to hold on."
Chapter completed!