Zhang Fei was so angry that he was unwilling to give up, so he kept chasing him. But at this moment, Guan Yu, who was standing beside him, grabbed Zhang Fei's reins and forced him to stop.

Zhang Fei was furious and shouted, "Second brother, what are you doing?" Guan Yu said, "Don't chase the enemy! Besides, the enemy is light cavalry, chasing them is just a waste of effort!" Zhang Fei felt that what Guan Yu said made sense, and cursed angrily: "Think Xu Chu is lucky! Next time I see him, I will poke a few transparent holes on him!"

Guan Yu ordered the troops to stop chasing and retreat into the camp.

When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei returned to the camp, they saw Liu Bei coming with Zhuge Liang. The two of them immediately stepped forward to pay homage to him: "Brother!" Liu Bei sighed: "Thanks tonight, thanks to the two virtuous brothers, otherwise this floating bridge would not be able to be defended! Xu Chu was called the number one general of the Cao army. Today, he was indeed well-known! Just 20,000 combat cavalry beat my 50,000 or 60,000 troops almost couldn't resist it!" Zhang Fei felt dissatisfied and shouted: "If he comes again, I will definitely poke seven or eight transparent holes on his body!"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Yide's courage is naturally not inferior to that of Xu Chu!" Then he clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, "Lord, it must be that Lu Bu led his army to defeat Cao Hong under the Nanjun City, so that Xu Chu's surprise attack was caused!" Liu Bei asked in a daze. "What is this?"

Zhuge Liang said: "After Cao Cao and his team learned that Cao Hong was defeated, they must have judged the current situation of our army. It was too late for them to rescue Cao Hong at this moment, so they wanted to simply advance eastward to destroy our troops and seize Xiling. I expected that only Xu Chu's 20,000 combat cavalry would be there. Cao Cao would definitely lead the army himself, and his hundreds of thousands of troops would be behind. It won't be long before Cao Cao's army will be overwhelmed."

Liu Bei looked shocked and couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid we won't be able to guard the floating bridge in this way!"

Zhuge Liang said: "At this time, we have no other choice. Staying here is just to worship and consume our strength. We can only retreat to the east coast and burn the pontoon bridge immediately!"

Liu Bei couldn't help but nodded, but then said worriedly: "Lu Bu and the others have not been able to retreat yet, I'm afraid they will put them in an unfavorable situation!" Zhuge Liang said: "You can immediately send someone to notify Lu Bu and the others, so that they can retreat into the city of Nanjun and Sun Jian and others to defend Nanjun. In this way, although the troops on the east bank of the Han River have been reduced by half, with the Jiangdong Navy, I predict that Cao's army will never dare to come rashly to attack Xiling at this moment." After hearing Zhuge Liang's analysis, Liu Bei felt suddenly enlightened and nodded, "Okay! Just do as the military advisor's wishes!"

One hour after the Great River, it was already dawn, and there were only people and horses on the west bank of the Han River, like tides and flags like clouds. Cao Cao indeed led a large army to the west bank of the Han River. However, Cao Cao had to stop at this moment, because three floating bridges were burning on the current Han River, and the wreckage and the bridge body were peeling off and drifting downstream.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing and cursed: "Liu Bei is such a big-eared thief, who is really a cunning person! He knew that my army was behind, so he escaped from the shore early to burn the floating bridge!" Guo Jia, who was beside him, said: "Liu Bei probably didn't have such knowledge. It should be the idea that Zhuge Liang gave him." Cao Cao said with regret: "I didn't expect that Liu Bei would actually get Zhuge Liang's help. This is really the so-called 'good luck'!" Guo Jia clasped his fists and said: "Prime Minister, now the fighter has been lost. I think we should retreat to Xiangyang first and then make plans." Cao Cao thought for a while and nodded.

Speaking of which, Ailang led an army of 80,000 unexpectedly to defeat Cao Hong, and then he was ready to return to the east bank of the Han River quickly as planned. However, he received a message from Liu Bei sending people to him, saying that they could not resist the fierce attack of Cao's army, and had withdrawn to the east bank and burned the floating bridge, asking them to stay in Nanjun to help Sun Jian. Ailang was very angry and kept scolding Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, the gay man, to destroy the bridge across the river!

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Lord, don't blame them. It's understandable that they did this. It was just a helpless move that was forced by the situation. It's hard to cross the river at this moment, so let's go to Nanjun." Ai Lang nodded helplessly and said unhappily: "What else can I do now? I can only go to Nanjun first! Damn, Sun Jian's old dog will definitely laugh to death in his stomach!"

Ailang had no choice but to lead his army to turn around and turn to Nanjun 180 degrees. Sun Jian suddenly received a report and learned that Liu Bei had retreated to the east coast and Lu Bu had no choice but to come to Nanjun. He couldn't help but feel gloating. However, he was also happy about this. After all, with the more Lu Bu's troops, he was somewhat sure to defend Nanjun. When Ailang led the army, Sun Jian set up a sumptuous banquet in the lobby of the prefect of Nanjun to welcome Ailang and his group.

At the same time, Cao Cao did not retreat to Xiangyang, but ordered Guo Jia to lead the 300,000 troops to set up a large camp in Dangyang and Maicheng dozens of miles north of Nanjun to monitor the Lu Bu army of Sun Jian in Nanjun and Liu Bei army on the east bank of the Han River.

Cao Cao returned to Xiangyang. As soon as he came back, he summoned Cai Mao. Cai Mao hurried back to the city to pay homage to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao stood up, walked to Cai Mao, and said, "You have been training the navy for several months. Haven't the training been completed yet?"

Cai Mao hurriedly said, "Report to the Prime Minister. Although the naval army is available at present, it is not enough to use it to deal with the elite naval army like the Jiangdong naval army!" Cao Cao was a little impatient, "A few months have passed, and you actually told me it is not enough?" Cai Mao heard the displeasure in Cao Cao's tone, and couldn't help but feel a stern heart and quickly explained, "Prime Minister is not as good as on land. It is impossible to learn to use the wind direction and water flow to fight overnight. Whether the water battle can be won, the morale of the officers and soldiers is second.

It mainly depends on their ability to control the wind and water flow. If this ability is not enough, even if you are brave enough, you will have nowhere to use it! In addition, the number of large warships in our army is far from enough. Most of the warships today are transformed from requisitioned civilian ships. Civilian ships are completely different from warships. If civilian ships fight against the opponent's warships on the water, even if the sailors on both sides are of equal quality, there is absolutely no possibility of victory. Therefore, to fight against the Jiangdong naval army, one must strengthen the training of the navy, and the other requires time to build enough warships."

Cao Cao was well versed in military tactics. After hearing Cai Mao’s words, he felt that what he said was in line with the facts and did not deceive him. He couldn’t help but nod. Seeing this, Cai Mao couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Cao Cao paced back and forth and asked, "How long will it take for you to prepare?"

Cai Mao thought for a while, and said with his fists: "The flood season in June this year should be ready." Cao Cao said, "Okay. Since that's the case, I'll wait until June." He looked at Cai Mao, "I will order Xuchang to ask Xuchang to gather carpenters and blacksmiths from the north as much as possible for you to use. I don't want you to tell me that the warships are not enough in June." Cai Mao was grateful and happy, and said with his fists: "With the Prime Minister's order, if the last June is not ready, he will be the military law!"

The sight returned to Nanjun.

Ailang and Jia Xu left the prefect's house to return to their temporary residence after the banquet. Ailang suddenly said in confusion: "Old Jia, why did your father-in-law, who was the bastard, beat Nanjun and went back? Don't he plan to defeat Nanjun?"

Jia Xu thought, "Cao Cao's purpose of attacking Nanjun was not to attack Nanjun, but to lead our actions to move. In fact, judging by the current situation, Cao Cao may not really come to attack Nanjun for the time being. Because for Cao Cao, it is best to destroy our coalition main force in Nanjun, so that the battle will be much easier afterwards. He should not want the troops of Nanjun to escape to the south of the Yangtze River, because in this way, it will be even more difficult for him to attack Jiangnan in the future......"

When Ailang heard this, he understood and said, "I understand. Cao Cao must now feel that the navy in his hand is not good yet is not a match for the Jiangdong naval army. In this case, he would not be able to stop the troops from retreating across the river! That's why he stopped moving!" Jia Xu smiled and said, "My wise, this is the reason!"

Ailang smiled and waved his hand, "It's a wise thing! If you hadn't explained this to me, I wouldn't know what medicine was selling in my bastard's gourd!" Jia Xu laughed.

Ailang suddenly frowned and said, "That young man in Zhou Yu must have thought of this. But he had no intention of retreating at all. It seems that he is still determined to implement the plan he had made before!"

Jia Xu nodded and thought, "To implement that plan, we must first eliminate the opponent's naval army, but the Cao army's naval army has always stayed upstream in Xiangyang, which makes Zhou Lang powerful and have nowhere to use it!" Ai Lang said, "Cao Cao must be stepping up training his naval army." Then he frowned and said, "Aren't Zhou Yu worried that Cao Cao would train a naval army that was enough to defeat his Jiangdong naval army?" Jia Xu smiled and said, "I think Zhou Yu still has this confidence. After all, no matter how much the Cao army's naval army is trained, it is just a new army that has never been on the battlefield. Compared with the elite elites of the Jiangdong naval army in all battles, the gap is irreparable. I think Zhou Lang should have thought of this that he sat in Diaoyutai so firmly."

Ailang smiled and said, "Okay! Since he has the confidence to defeat Cao Cao's navy, we have a great chance of winning this battle! Alas, wait! I'm so unlucky that I was actually left in Nanjun!" Jia Xu knew that his lord was thinking about his ladies again, so he couldn't help but smile.

Seeing that there was a luxurious restaurant in front of him, Ailang said to Jia Xu, "I didn't feel happy when I drank with Sun Jian just now, so let's go to the restaurant and have a good meal!" Jia Xu naturally would not object, and smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Lord has a fate, my subordinates sacrificed their lives to accompany you!" Ailang rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Exaggeration! Drinking is not poisonous!" Then he ran towards the restaurant. Jia Xu Dianwei quickly rode his horse and followed.
Chapter completed!