Wen Chou rode his horse to catch up with Liu He.

Liu He heard the sound of horse hooves behind him, and a smile flashed across the corner of his mouth. He tied the reins of the horse, slowed down, and waited for Wen Chou to catch up. The two walked side by side. Wen Chou turned around and looked behind him. Chunyu Qiong and Xun Chen stood together, not knowing what they were saying.

"Gongheng, do you really want to enter Lujiang?" Wen Chou asked.

Liu He asked without commenting and said, "What suggestions do Zijun have?"

"I'm blunt, I don't think it's right. There are no mountains in Runan. Just these crisscrossing waterways have already given us a headache. Lujiang not only has a lot of water, but also has mountains on both sides, and there are not many flat grounds suitable for cavalry to gallop. Once the rear route is cut off, it's hard for us to withdraw safely. Furthermore, Runan is the old county of the lord. Originally, he promised to provide us with food and grass, but now he has changed his hexagram. Who can support us in Lujiang? Without food and grass, it takes a few days to lose the war. Without arrows, we cannot fight. What's the difference between this and dying?"

Liu He held his mount and frowned. "This is the reason, why didn't General Chunyu and Xun You think of these reasons?"

"Is this a thing that is either stupid or cruel." Wen Chou spitted and cursed: "These southerners are unfaithful, and each one is more treacherous. Gongheng, we cannot listen to them. After passing the Huai River, we will not be able to come back, and we will definitely lose."

Liu He coughed, and held back his laughter and reminded: "Zi Jun, too much words will lead to mistakes."

Wen Chou also reacted, but refused to admit it. "Will Gongheng report it to me?"

Liu He laughed and looked back. "Let them find the boat first. If you can't find the boat, you can't say anything. Zijun, hurry up and collect some food and grass, borrow it if you can, and rob it if you can. If you can't, you can. If you don't prepare, let us retreat. If they want to go to Lujiang, let them go, and each will have their own destiny." He paused for a moment and said, "Anyway, they are not subordinates, and they don't listen to us, so we don't need to listen to them. Gentlemen are harmonious but different, seek common ground while reserving differences, right?"

Wen Chou knew what he wanted and smiled.

Liu He returned to his camp, ordered someone to take out paper and pen, and wrote two letters.

A letter was given to Yuan Shao. After expressing the current situation, he proposed that the Runan family changed their minds, and it was difficult to raise food and grass, and it was inevitable that the people would be disturbed. Sun Ce had withdrawn the siege of Yuzhang, and the expected tasks were basically completed. The cavalry should withdraw from Yuzhou as soon as possible to avoid the deterioration of the impact. He planned to switch to Xuzhou and support Yuan Xi in the battle, hoping that Yuan Shao could send people to contact the Qing Xu family to provide them with food and grass, so as to avoid soldiers plundering the people because of their survival.

A letter was given to Liu Yu and Yuan Shao's subordinates who had serious internal strife, especially discriminating against the northerners, and treating them as barbarians, so it is difficult to cooperate. In the future, cooperation should be alert and not to fall into danger.

After Liu He finished writing the letter, he immediately sent his confidant to deliver it.

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Guan Yu and Zhou Cang crossed the Huai River and rode their horses quickly.

After killing two Wuhuan cavalrymen, they snatched the horses and bows of the Wuhuan cavalrymen. They rode in turns with horses. They were very fast and arrived near Lu'an in half a day. Guan Yu had ambushed Zhou Yu here, which was the most beautiful battle he had fought since he joined the army. He was very happy whenever he thought of it. When he revisited the old place, he couldn't help but stop and hurriedly looked at the reed marsh beside the pond, and he was filled with emotion.

But his feelings soon became vigilant, and a disdainful sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He reached out to take off the Qinglong Yanyue Sword from the saddle, looked around, and signaled Zhou Cang to be careful.

With a special sound of hooves, more than ten cavalry slowly walked out of the grass around them. Some of the knights on the horses held spears and some of them opened their bows. They looked like they had no rules, but they surrounded Guan Yu tightly. No matter which direction Guan Yu broke through, he would encounter at least two spear-holding knights, and at the same time he had to face long-range strikes with at least three bows.

Guan Yu observed carefully. These knights did not use the banner and wore Han army armor, so they could not tell which side they were from. The cavalry that invaded Runan was also dressed in the same way, but their faces were different from those of the Han people. The appearance of these knights also had a sense of alien race, but they couldn't tell which one they were from.

Guan Yu was not in the mood to ask where they were. After looking around, he stared at a boy opposite. The boy was about twenty years old, wearing a snow-white cloak, not wearing armor, but wearing a white brocade robe. He rode a white horse, holding a spear, and a bunch of spear tassels made of white ponytails tied to the spear, and a white pretty face. He was a pretty man, but his eyes were a bit unruly and not so gentle. Judging from his clothes and war horses, he was undoubtedly the leader of these cavalry.

The boy looked at Guan Yu for a while, especially staring at the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in Guan Yu's hand for a while, and suddenly smiled and said, "Chang Guan Yun?"

Guan Yu sneered, held a knife in one hand, stroked the other, and gently pushed it out. "Since you know Guan's reputation, don't you let go?"

The boy was Ma Chao. He couldn't stop in the camp and took Pang De and others out to hunt and reconnaissance. He saw Guan Yu coming three times and riding a northern war horse. He thought Guan Yu was the scout of the other party, so he wanted to ambush him. Seeing Guan Yu's appearance, he recognized Guan Yu's sword. He had already dissipated his hostility and said hello. After hearing Guan Yu's words, he was immediately unhappy.

"Ma Qian laughed. "You will be defeated in every battle. What's your reputation? He is so big, but he doesn't have a brain. He squinted his eyes and only saw the frog in the well three feet in front of him. " He closed his smile and shouted sternly: "Where did you come from? Why did you come from? Is there any official document transmission?"

Seeing that Ma Chao was rude, Guan Yu became angry and was too lazy to explain to him. "Why bother with your child when Guan comes to see General Sun? Get out of the way! Otherwise, don't blame Guan for being ruthless under the knife."

"Looking at your scathing look, you still want to see General Sun? If you want to see him, you can throw away your sword and dismount so that I won't be troubled..."

Guan Yu was furious: "Hu Nu is arrogant! Take me a knife." He kicked the war horse hard, rushed towards Ma Chao, waved the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, and slashed it head-on.

Ma Chao's grandmother was a Qiang girl. She looked different from the Han people. It would be fine if she was in Qiang, but when she returned to Guanzhong, she was often scolded as a Qiang species. She was very sensitive to this. When she heard the word "Hu Nu", she suddenly became passionate and her handsome face turned red. Without saying a word, she kicked the war horse and held the spear to fight.
Chapter completed!