Chapter 217 Intentions of all parties
Ailang became distressed and muttered: "As soon as my father-in-law dealt with San Yuan, he will definitely attack me. Damn, he went to war with his father-in-law. I have never thought about such a bullshit thing!"
Everyone smiled at each other, and then they couldn't help but feel a little worried. Everyone knew very well that Cao Cao was not comparable to any opponent he had met before. Cao Cao was cunning and very talented, and was very difficult to deal with. Now he defeated Yuan Shao and occupied Jizhou and Bingzhou. His strength had replaced the Yuan family as the leader of the princes, with a million troops. Cao Cao seemed to be invincible now.
Seeing everyone's faces showing worry, Ai Lang smiled and said angrily: "What are you doing with such a futile look? Isn't it very satisfying to have an opponent like my father-in-law? Damn, after this battle, no matter the winner, it will be a waste of time!" When everyone heard these words, they couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. Zhang Liao praised: "The General is no longer right! How can he care about the victory or defeat? As long as a man can be vigorous and vigorously.
There was no regret in life!" Everyone agreed. Ailang praised loudly, "Old Zhang said this well! It was better than me!" Suddenly, thinking of what he had heard before, he couldn't help but say it: "If you win, I will be lucky; if you lose, I will be lucky! If you are afraid of him, I will be afraid of him!" Everyone was excited and couldn't help but shout loudly, "I am afraid of him!" "I am afraid of him!" Even if Ailang was not the queen, it would be unprecedented.
Ailang handed over the Lujiang matter to Zhang Liao and Jia Xu, and then left Lujiang and returned to Xuzhou. His wife and children had already left Hefei and returned to Xuzhou before the war. Ailang missed them very much at this moment, so he took advantage of the opportunity that there was no war for the time being to rush back to Xuzhou to reunite with his wife and children.
After Sun Jian led his army back to Jiangnan, he felt exhausted and did not want to launch another attack for the time being. At this time, news came from Wujun that Sun Ce was seriously injured and was recuperating in Wujun. Sun Jian was worried about his beloved son's injury, so he ordered General Cheng Pu to defend the south bank, and he rushed to Wujun without stopping.
When he saw Sun Ce, Zhou Yu was there, and immediately stood up to pay homage. Sun Jian quickly walked to the edge of the bed. Seeing Sun Ce was about to get up, he quickly pressed his shoulder, "If you have any injuries, don't move!" Sun Ce lay back.
Sun Jian sat down beside the bed, looked at Sun Ce's face, and smiled and said, "It's okay. Your face is pretty good. It seems that the injury is not serious." Sun Ce smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern. My father is just a little bit of a skin injury." Sun Jian frowned and said, "This Lu Bu is really amazing. Even my son is not his opponent!" Sun Ce showed regret and sighed, "It's a pity that he was about to capture him this time, but he still let him run away! This is really God doesn't help me!"
Sun Jian couldn't help but sigh: "Lu Bu is really serious, he actually uses himself as bait! I have to accept it. I'm afraid I can't do such a thing!" Sun Ce frowned and nodded, then asked, "Father, I heard that Lujiang was lost?" Sun Jian nodded and said angrily: "It's all because of that bastard Cai Mao! As soon as the enemy launched a counterattack, he led the Jingzhou army to escape. Our army had no choice but to retreat! The battle situation has been unfavorable to us. Zhang Liao led the army to the city, and Zhao Yun led the cavalry to seize our retreat. He had no choice but to give up Lujiang and retreat to Jiangnan! Alas, the previous planning and hard work were still in vain!"
Sun Ce showed anger on his face and murmured: "Lu Bu, sooner or later I will make you kneel in front of me and kowtow and beg for mercy!"
Zhou Yu said blamingly: "This time it's mostly because of my poor plan, which has caused the current result!"
Sun Ce waved his hand and said, "Why do you have to blame Gongjin? Your plan is already quite powerful! But I didn't expect that Jia Xu would actually put one plan on it, which was completely unpredictable! Furthermore, if Cai Mao, a waste ally, had it not been known to escape in the battle!" Zhou Yu frowned and showed an unwilling expression on his face. He looked very proud of himself, but he suffered two great losses in the hands of Jia Xu. Although he had revenge not long ago, he lost overall, which made him really difficult to accept.
Sun Ce thought, "It may be difficult to capture Huainan now! I think we should change our strategy and change from attacking Huainan to attacking Jingzhou!" Zhou Yu and Sun Jian couldn't help but nod.
After Liu Biao learned that Lu Bu's army turned the situation around and defeated the coalition forces and recaptured Lujiang, he was shocked and angry and couldn't help but scold Sun Jian and Sun Ce for being useless and Zhou Yu for being useless.
Kuai Liang couldn't help but say, "I have advised my lord not to get into evil with Lu Bu, but my lord doesn't listen! Now we have a deep hatred with Lu Bu, how can Lu Bu be willing to give up!" Liu Biao couldn't help but regret it at this moment, but what's the use of regret? Thinking that Lu Bu recaptured the Lujiang army and was outside Jiangxia County, he couldn't help but feel panic. He raised his head and glanced at the counselors, and asked with hope, "What are the ways to deal with it?" Then his heart moved, "I will send an envoy to repair it with Lu Bu again, what do you think?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Kuai Liang clasped his fists and said, "Lord, after this time, how will Lu Bu trust us again? Besides, Lu Bu was eager to expand his territory, but he went south to Jiangdong and was blocked by the navy of Dajiang and Sun Jian's side. There was no need to think about it for the time being. The most feasible strategy for them at present was to move westward to Jingzhou! Instead of doing this useless thing, it would be better to concentrate on finding ways to deal with Lu Bu's possible attack. Now the alliance between us and Sun Jian is still there, with Sun Jian's army on his side, so Lu Bu dared not attack rashly. Even if he attacked, his troops would be limited, and we occupy the right place and people, are we still afraid of him?"
Everyone agreed, saying that what Kuai Liang said was very true. After hearing Kuai Liang's analysis, Liu Biao couldn't help but calm down a lot. He repeatedly praised Kuai Liang for his careful consideration, and then said with some gratitude: "Fortunately, Cai Mao and the others did not lose much. With that army here, he is not afraid of Lu Bu!"
Speaking of which, Ailang went north and came to Hefei. It was already late, so he rested in Hefei and prepared to set off again on the next day to go north to Xuzhou. Just after he rested, the local post minister came to ask for a meeting. Ailang didn't understand what a post minister could do, but he still met him.
Yichen was a short, fat middle-aged man. As soon as he saw Ailang, he immediately bowed: "The villain Zhang Chao pays homage to the lord and general!"
Ailang smiled and said, "The lord is the lord, and the lord is the lord. What is the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord and the lord are the lord and the lord and
Zhang Chao said flatteringly: "In the heart of the villain, even the general is the lord. The title of the general shows the villain's respect for the lord, and the title of the lord shows the villain's love for the lord! In the heart of the villain, the lord is the sun in the sky, illuminating the way forward, and like spring rain, nourishing all things and benefiting the people..."
When Ailang heard his stingy praise, he felt goose bumps all over his body and shouted angrily: "It's great, don't say it!" Zhang Chao replied repeatedly, peeking at Ailang carefully, looking afraid that he would be angry. Ailang looked at Zhang Chao and felt incredible. Why could he encounter such a tone in this ancient world almost two thousand years ago?
"You came to disturb me when I went to bed in the middle of the night. Is it just to say this nonsense to me?" Ailang asked angrily.
Zhang Chao heard the unhappy meaning in Ailang's tone, and cold sweat suddenly spilled out of his forehead. He couldn't help but kneel down to the ground with a thud and stammered: "Little man, what the villain said is all heartfelt words!" Ailang rolled his eyes, "Don't say these nonsense, just say what you are going to do!"
Zhang Chao was flustered and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Then he thought of the purpose of this, and hurriedly presented a bamboo slip bag in his hand and said, "This is what the lady who stayed in the inn has left for the lord. He wrote a letter in person. The villain, when he heard that the lord was coming, he came to present it to the lord overnight!"
Ailang then thought of Huang Yueying. Several days ago, they returned to Hefei together. Ailang rushed to Lujiang for something and left Huang Yueying's master and maid in the inn here. In fact, so far, Ailang still only knew that the lady was very beautiful and a great beauty. As for the name, I don't know.
Ailang thought of Zhang Chao's words and asked, "You said this letter was left to me by that lady. Could it be that she left?"
Zhang Chao hurriedly said, "That lady and her maid left three days ago."
Ailang said oh, but didn't care. He took out a roll of bamboo slips and shook his hand and spread it open. He saw that the bamboo slips were filled with fly-headed small regular script, with very beautiful handwriting. One of Ailang's biggest regrets in his life was that his writing was ugly, so when he saw the very beautiful fly-headed small regular script on the bamboo slips, he couldn't help but be surprised and sighed.
When Ailang read the content of the letter, he found that it was all poems written in extremely difficult classical Chinese. Ailang continued to read it all the way, and everyone knew it, but when they were all together, he was confused and had no idea what the words in his heart meant. He couldn't help but mutter to himself: 'Is that beauty testing my talent? Alas, women in ancient times were good, but this was not good! Men and women love each other, so why do they have to talk about these useless poems and songs?' I couldn't figure it out for a moment. I glanced at Zhang Chao who was standing respectfully in front of me, and felt that he should understand these inexplicable ancient poems, but if he had to help, his face would be gone. Forget it, this is not a big deal. Let's slowly figure out what the poems on it mean in the future.
Chapter completed!