Chapter 173 The situation in Huainan
Chen Gong said: "At present, there should be no room for us to intervene in the war in the north. The general can go to Huainan. I will ask the general to take Zilong and his cavalry to go there, and General Ju Yi will lead a group of infantry and then go south." Ailang nodded, "Okay. Then I will leave all the matter here to you." Chen Gong held his fists and agreed.
Ailang suddenly remembered something and said, "We are rich now, I want to expand the army immediately! Mom, I have had enough of the pain of insufficient troops! The expansion of the army is also the responsibility of the Gongtai!" Chen Gong held his fists and agreed.
Ailang only rested in Qingzhou for one night, and early the next morning, he left Qingzhou with Dian Wei and his personal soldiers and rushed south to Huainan. At about the same time, Zhao Yun and Ju Yi also received orders. Zhao Yun led nearly 10,000 cavalry to leave Linji and cross the Ji River to the south, while Ju Yi led 40,000 infantry adapted from surrendered officers and soldiers to move south from Donglai.
Ailang hurried south, and a lot of things fell on Chen Gong. Chen Gong ordered Huang Zhong to guard Linji and was on close guard. He also arrested Yu Donglai County and Beihai County to transfer Zang Ba and his main force back to Qingzhou from Beihai and Donglai. While busy redeployment, Chen Gong also asked Huang Wudie, the wife General, to be responsible for the reorganization of the captured Yuan Shao army, and then ordered the recruitment of new recruits in various places, and Gao Shun was responsible for the responsibility of this. The recruitment of new recruits was not limited to Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Huainan.
Ailang headed south all the way. Because he was worried about the battle in Huainan, Ailang did not go home when he passed by Xuzhou. The group passed through the city. He traveled day and night, traveled 600 miles a day, and after another two days, he crossed the Huai River and arrived in Shouchun. At this time, Ailang and others were tired, and even the red rabbit horse under Ailang's crotch could not bear the rushing for several days. Ailang had no choice but to rest in Shouchun for one night and rush back tomorrow morning.
That night, Ailang had supper, rested early, and prepared to rush to Hefei early tomorrow.
Just as Ailang fell asleep in a daze, a hurried knock on the door suddenly came, awakening Ailang.
Ailang sat up and yelled and cursed in anger: "What's the point?" The voice of general Hao Meng immediately came from outside: "General, there is an emergency military information from Hefei!"
Ailang's heart thumped and muttered in a low voice: "Mom's is not the fall of Hefei, right?" At the same time, he hurriedly got up and walked to the door and opened the door.
When Hao Meng saw Ai Lang, he hurriedly presented a roll of bamboo slips and said, "This is the urgent military report I just sent from Hefei!"
Ailang became nervous, grabbed the bamboo slips and opened them in a hurry. He looked at them quickly, only worried that he would see the words he least wanted to see. After browsing this way, Ailang showed an incredible expression and quickly looked carefully. The bamboo slips read:... Our army Yu Xiaoyaojin succeeded in attacking Sun Jian's army, killing and killing more than 20,000 enemies, and capturing nearly 10,000. At the same time, Taishi Ci led his elite troops across the Yangtze River to capture Dantu. The morale of the enemy was frustrated, and he was worried that our army would capture Wujun, and he had already retreated in a hurry.
Ailang was overjoyed and praised repeatedly: "That's great! Great! Wenyuan is amazing! Hahaha!" Then he said to Hao Meng: "You immediately send the news of Hefei's victory over Sun Jian with his tail and running away everywhere. I want everyone to know about this big victory!" Hao Meng held his fists and ran down immediately.
More than ten days later, the city gate tower in Hefei.
Ailang looked into the distance and felt a little depressed. Although the Battle of Hefei severely defeated Sun Jianjun's spirit, the big county in Lujiang was finally lost, which was really unhappy. At this time, Jia Xu, General Yang, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhao Yun, Ju Yi and a tall and mighty general stood behind Ailang.
Ailang turned around and praised the tall and mighty general: "Ziyi is amazing. You almost defeated Wujun by you! Sun Jian and Zhou Yu must be so scared that he was so scared!" It turned out that the tall and mighty general was Taishi Ci. No wonder he could fight Sun Ce in history to tie.
Taishici said regretfully: "It's a pity that Huang Gai came too quickly, which caused our army's plan to capture Wujun to fail."
Ailang waved his hand and said, "You have fought well enough! This time, our troops are much worse than Sun Jian's army, otherwise how could they take advantage of them!" He couldn't help but think of the lost Lujiang again, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken and cursed: "Damn! My Lujiang!"
Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Lujiang's mistake is the responsibility of his subordinates. Please punish him!"
Ailang waved his hand and said, "What are you saying! If you hadn't seen through Zhou Yu's sissy trick, we wouldn't just throw away Lujiang now, the whole Huainan would be fucking the end! Wen and you have made no mistakes, don't say anything about punishment or not!" Jia Xu was very grateful, and then secretly decided to take back the revenge of Lujiang's arrow.
Ju Yi looked at Ailang, and his eyes naturally showed admiration and love. It turned out that over the past few days, Ju Yi had taken Ailang's words and behaviors in his eyes, and felt that although Ailang spoke rudely and swear, he was very fair in his actions. He treated his subordinates with no airs and was like a brother and friend. Ju Yi had no choice but to seek revenge, but after spending time together, he couldn't help but admire the new lord from the bottom of his heart. His original imperative had become a sincere effort. In addition to wanting to take revenge, his current thought was to make a great man under Ailang's men.
Lujiang, Zhang Liao, Taishi Ci, and Xu Huang's sudden counterattack made Sun Jian's army very busy, and now it has finally stabilized.
Zhou Yu quickly walked to Sun Jian, clasped his fists and said, "Lord, General Huang Gai sent a military report. Taishi Ci has led his army back to Jiangbei. Now our army's morale has stabilized and we can attack Hefei again!"
Sun Jian did not comment and handed a roll of bamboo slips to Zhou Yu and said, "You can take a look at this first."
Zhou Yu took the bamboo slips, opened them and looked at them, and looked surprised on his face, saying, "Have Lu Bu's army captured Qingzhou?"
Sun Jian said: "The scout came to report that he found someone suspected of Lu Bu's appearance on the gate tower of Hefei. Now that the battle on the northern front has ended, they can free up their hands, and our army did not annihilate the opponent's main force in Huainan as planned. If this battle continues, it will be a long-term stalemate and it will not be worth the loss. I want to send someone to repair it with Lu Bu and end the war. Although this battle is not as expected, it is not bad. It has occupied Lujiang, a rich county, and has greatly improved our strength!"
Zhou Yu was a little unwilling to give up, but he also felt that what Sun Jian said was correct. The so-called 'you must let go when it should be', the time is no longer there, and if you continue to fight, there may be an unpredictable speed change. As soon as he thought of this, he clasped his fists and said, "My wise."
Sun Jian stood up and smiled and said, "In this battle, we not only captured Lujiang, but also made Lu Bu very dissatisfied with Liu Biao! Liu Biao, a weak old guy, didn't expect that he would be so stupid. He did not give any help when Lu Bu needed it! Even if he didn't want to lose his strength, he should do it!"
Zhou Yu smiled and said, "When our army rested for a while, we can attack Jingzhou in large quantities! At that time, Liu Biao wanted to ask Lu Bu for help, but I was afraid that Lu Bu would not pay attention to him!" Sun Jian nodded with a smile, and then asked, "Gongjin thinks who is the right person to go on a mission to Hefei?"
Zhou Yu thought for a while and said, "The Zhuge Jin who just surrendered to his lord is cautious and intelligent, and has no hindrance to take on this responsibility!" Sun Jian nodded, "Okay, let's call Zhuge Jin." Then he ordered someone to call Zhuge Jin. Sun Jian walked to Zhou Yu and smiled and said, "The war has come to an end for the time being, and it's time to deal with the marriage between Gongjin and Ce'er! I plan to go to Qiaojiazhuang in person to propose marriage for you!"
Zhou Yu couldn't help but think of Xiao Qiao's pretty and lively appearance, and couldn't help but feel heart swayed, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Lord's face. The lord's face is the supreme honor of his subordinates! But this is the suspicion of overwhelming people with his power! My subordinates hope to impress Miss Xiao Qiao with their own talent. I think Brother Bo Fu and I should have the same thoughts as me."
Sun Jian asked with a smile: "How do you plan to impress those two beauties with your talents and skills?"
Zhou Yu said: "I'll ask the lord to ask Mr. Qiao to hold a civil and military gathering in Qiaojiazhuang and invite all the civil and military talents from all over the world to attend the meeting. My subordinates are willing to fight against all the world's talents with the music of the article at the conference. I think Brother Bo Fu is also happy to meet the heroes of all over the world. Those who win the civil and military conference can marry two Qiaos of two big and small!"
Sun Jian stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "Gongjin wants to show his talents in front of the beauty and win the hearts of the beauty!" Then he pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay! With your talent and Ce'er's martial arts, I believe no one can match it! It's better to take this opportunity to let the people in the world see the prosperity of my Jiangdong civil and military affairs!" Zhou Yu was overjoyed and thanked.
At this time, a young man wearing a Confucian robe with a handsome and extraordinary appearance quickly stepped in and clasped his fists at Sun Jian and said, "Zhuge Jin pays homage to the lord!"
In Hefei, Ailang heard that a large Luoyang merchant named Qin Bang came from Luoyang along Xuchang, then to Jingzhou, and then came to Hefei. He couldn't help but be interested in this person, so he asked someone to invite Qin Bang to the prefect's mansion.
When Ai Lang saw Qin Bangs' gentle and kind look, he felt a fondness. Qin Bang clasped his fists and said, "Grand people pay homage to the general!"
Ailang smiled and said, "You're welcome, sit down." Qin Bang thanked him and knelt down at the guest chief.
Ailang asked, "Sir, is a big merchant from Luoyang?"
Qin Bang clasped his fists and said, "The villain is indeed from Luoyang. However, because of business, he often travels south and north. Most of the time in a year is wasted outside. If it is to say that Luoyang people are probably laughing at it."
Chapter completed!