Jia Xu said: "If I were Cao Cao, then I would launch an attack immediately to prevent the coalition forces from escaping from Nanjun. For the sake of the present, I could only give up Nanjun immediately, and the army immediately retreated to Jiangnan, and then make plans!" Sun Jian showed an unwilling expression on his face and did not say anything. Sun Ce clasped his fists at Sun Jian and said: "Father, Mr. Jia Xu is right! Now that things have come to this, we can't hesitate anymore! If we don't make a decision, not only will Nanjun be protected.

, I am afraid that the army will encounter a catastrophe! If the army is wiped out in Nanjun, the entire Jiangdong will be out of stock!" Sun Jian was shocked and nodded, "Okay! Retreat immediately!" Then he said to Sun Ce: "Ce'er, you lead the cavalry to cut off the rear. After all the troops left the city, you will immediately set fire to the warehouse's stored food! Humph, although Nanjun cannot be saved, I will not leave the food and grass to Cao's army!" Sun Ce agreed with his fists and hurried away.

Sun Jian said to Ailang: "Brother Fengxian, let's gather the army now!"

Jia Xu said: "I thought it would be better for you and me to retreat in two groups. General Sun led his army south to retreat across the river. We retreated eastward and retreated to the Lulin Mountain Camp through the Han River. This would be more beneficial to the subsequent battles."

Sun Jian nodded, then frowned and said, "But now that Cao's navy has won a great victory, I'm afraid you will find it difficult to pass the Han River!" Jia Xu smiled and said, "It's okay. Although Cao's army has won a great victory, it has not completely wiped out the Grand Commander's troops, so its navy must take advantage of the momentum to siege the Grand Commander. The line of the Han River is temporarily safe." Then he clasped his fists and said, "General Sun, you must retreat to the south bank of the Yangtze River as soon as possible to support the Grand Commander's navy to fight.

If the Cao army naval army had the entire army wiped out, there would probably be no suspense in this battle!" Sun Jian frowned and nodded, clasped his fists at Ailang and said, "Since that's the case, let's divide the troops." Ailang clasped his fists and said, "Brother Wentai, take care of him!" Then he led Jia Xu and Dianwei to hurried away. Sun Jian looked at the figures of the three of them hurried away and couldn't help but frowned. Then he sent a message to the army in the city to prepare for retreat.

Almost an hour later, the south gate opened first, and the vanguard troops led by Zhou Tai first left the city, followed by the main troops led by Sun Jian. At this time, the east city gate opened, and Ailang led his army out of the east gate and quickly marched eastward. In order to prevent ambush, Ailang divided his cavalry into three teams and occupied three positions in front, middle and back to protect the infantry brigade. The troops marched quickly, without saying a sound, only the rumbling footsteps and the sound of horse hooves and heavy breathing of people and horses were heard.

Perhaps Cao Cao did not expect that they would give up the retreat of Nanjun so decisively. Ailang and his team had been marching for a night without being blocked by half of the enemy. When the sun rose, Ailang and his team successfully arrived at the west bank of the Han River. Jia Xu clasped his fists at Ailang and said, "Lord, you should immediately order the cavalry to be on guard to the west and north. At the same time, he sent someone to cross the river to contact Xu Shu and the others, and asked them to quickly row the wooden rafts and bamboo rafts to pick our army up across the river!" Ailang nodded and immediately ordered as Jia Xu's words. The cavalry took action immediately. Zhao Yun led a cavalry to be on guard to the west, while Wen Chou led a cavalry to be on guard to the north. At the same time, several officers rowed a small fishing boat found from nearby and crossed the Han River to the opposite shore.

Time passed slowly while everyone was waiting anxiously. At this moment, what everyone was most worried about was that the Cao army suddenly arrived. If that happens, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Ailang was paced back and forth in front of the Red Rabbit Horse anxiously. The Red Rabbit Horse opened her big eyes and looked at the anxious master in front of her. He probably didn't understand why his master was so anxious. At this time, there was still silence above the Han River, and there was no sign of the supporting troops at all.

Ailang couldn't help but say, "What's going on? Why haven't Xu Shu and the others come yet?" Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Don't be impatient. Xu Shu and the others must hide the bamboo rafts in the harbor that is not easy to detect. It will take some time to come." Ailang couldn't help sighing and continued to pace there, looking like a burning butt.

At this moment, a cavalry scout suddenly rushed from the west. Everyone couldn't help but feel heartbroken when they saw this. Ailang couldn't help but curse, "It's not that my bastard father-in-law came here, right?" Jia Xu said, "There was no sound of killing, it must be that not. Maybe..."

The scout rushed to Ailang, suddenly pinned the horse, turned over and clasped his fists and said, "Report to General, Sun Jian's army was ambushed by more than 100,000 Cao's army on the bank of the river, and suffered heavy losses!"

Ailang was shocked and shouted, "What?!" Jia Xu, who was standing beside him, looked as normal and did not look shocked.

Ai Lang came back to his senses and asked hurriedly: "Sun Jian's army will not be wiped out, right?" "That's not, but the army has been lost more than half, and Sun Jian and Sun Ce have already escaped the river by leading the remnants of the defeated generals!" Ai Lang breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't care about Sun Jian and the others' lives, but knew that if Sun Jian and the others were really wiped out, he and Liu Bei would not be able to resist Cao Cao's military attack.

"There are wooden rafts coming!" An officer next to him suddenly pointed to the water surface and shouted. Ailang quickly turned around and saw a large number of wooden rafts floating from the east bank! Ailang was very surprised and said unexpectedly: "What's going on? The order was sent for only one night. How could Xu Shu and the others prepare so many wooden rafts!" Jia Xu smiled and said, "I guess Xu Shu and Ge Liang had already built a large number of wooden rafts for emergency purposes just in case!" Ailang couldn't help but laugh and praised, "Okay! Great!"

Soon, the wooden rafts and bamboo rafts leaned on the west bank. Xu Shu stood on the wooden raft in wine, smiled and clasped his fists at Ailang, saying, "Lord, I am here to come!" Ailang laughed and praised, "Old Xu, you did a good job!"

The troops began to cross the river in an orderly manner. Due to the large number of wooden rafts and bamboo rafts, the speed of crossing the river was very fast. Before the sun set, all the soldiers and horses had already crossed the Han River. Xu Shu clasped his fists to Ailang and said, "Lord, we and Liu Bei set up a camp near Sanjiangkou. Let's go there." Ailang nodded and immediately led the troops to drive to Sanjiangkou Daying. The army arrived at Sanjiangkou Daying and saw Liu

Bei had already led his two brothers to wait at the gate of the camp. Ailang turned over and dismounted, and Liu Bei immediately came up and said, "I finally felt relieved when I saw Brother Fengxian return safely!" Ailang smiled and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your concern, Brother Xuande, fortunately there was no danger." Liu Bei invited Ailang and others into the camp. Naturally, generals from the army team went to arrange their residences, and Ailang led Jia Xu and Xu Shu to the tent with Liu Bei.

When both sides sat down, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect it! I didn't expect that Zhou Yu, the first general in the water battle, would be defeated!"

Zhang Fei couldn't help but mock him, "What is the number one general? I think he is just a little white-faced person who can seduce women!" Ai Lang couldn't help laughing. Liu Bei scolded Zhang Fei angrily and said, "How can third brother be so rude!" Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Anyway, that boy Zhou Yu is not here now, so I will not offend Jiangdong if I say this!" Liu Bei was amused and crying when he heard this.

Liu Bei's thoughts returned to the current war and couldn't help but sigh: "Zhou Yu's defeat in this battle will not be realized!"

Ailang remembered the report he received before crossing the river and frowned: "It was not just Zhou Yu who was defeated. Sun Jian led his army to retreat south, but encountered ambush by more than 100,000 Cao's army, and lost more than half of it. Fortunately, the remaining troops escaped the river."

Liu Bei and others couldn't help but look shocked. Liu Bei said worriedly: "Sun Jian's water and land army suffered a crushing defeat and suffered heavy losses. Our strength has been much weaker than before! What should we do?" Guan Yu frowned his phoenix eyes and said: "Cao Cao is likely to cross the river to attack us. We must be prepared!" Everyone nodded. Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said: "We have already covered the beacon towers on the east bank of the Han River. Cao's army has moved in any direction in the Han River.

We can all know immediately. Fortunately, the Cao army could not have crossed many troops across the Han River at once. We only need to place the cavalry on a few key points. When there is an alarm, the nearby cavalry will immediately rush to the scene, and we will definitely kill Cao's attempt to cross the river in the initial stage." Ailang nodded and said, "Okay. Leave this matter to my army." Zhuge Liang smiled and clasped his fists and said, "This can only be a blessing for the general!" Ailang smiled and said, "It's okay to say it!"

Liu Bei frowned and said, "But this alone can only ensure safety temporarily! If Cao's army divides multiple routes and forces the Han River to cross, what should we do?"

Jia Xu said: "If this happens, we can only do our best!" When everyone heard this, their expressions became solemn.

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Ailang led Jia Xu and Xu Shu out of the big tent and walked towards his big tent. Ailang suddenly said, "Old Jia, tell me honestly, did you expect that Sun Jian's troops would be ambushed by Cao Cao?" Jia Xu smiled and said, "The subordinates do have this feeling. With the wisdom of Cao Cao and Guo Jia, it is very likely that our army would withdraw from Nanjun. In this way, setting up ambushings in the south of Nanjun became an inevitable option..."

Ailang couldn't help but sigh: "So we sent Sun Jian and the others to Cao Jun's tiger eloquence so that we could get out of it!"

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "But it is not the case. In fact, it is not certain whether the Cao army would set up an ambush in the east or an ambush in the south at that time. It is just that the possibility of setting an ambush in the south is greater. Furthermore, under the circumstances at that time, we and Sun Jian had no choice but to retreat, so our subordinates simply did not say this speculation, so as not to affect Sun Jian's decision in vain." Ai Lang suddenly realized, and then asked in confusion: "Why can the Cao army only set an ambush in one direction? Can't we set an ambush in both directions at the same time?"
Chapter completed!