Chapter 774 Escape

In order to compete for property, the two Shanyue soldiers had aroused real anger. They even drew their swords at each other in front of the formation and started fighting risking their lives.

Not only this pair of Shanyue soldiers, there were also many Shanyue soldiers fighting against each other in front of the formation. They fought with their lives for the gold and silver on the ground.

Peng Hu couldn't help being furious when he saw this scene: "You idiots, you only know how to rob property, what should you do if you let Jiangdong Army go?"

Although Peng Hu gave orders repeatedly, the Shanyue soldiers were still fighting for each other's property and did not care about anything else. They could not catch up with Jiangdong's army for a while and could only sit back and watch Jiangdong's army go west.

"snort!"

Cao Cao frowned when he saw from a distance that the Shanyue army's forwards had stopped and were scrambling for the gold and silver belongings abandoned on the ground.

"The Shanyue soldiers are useless, huh!"

Cheng Yu also shook his head: "When Jiangdong is pacified in the future, we can use these Shanyue soldiers for our own use and train them. Then it will be easy to say."

Cao Cao frowned and said: "Order the entire army to step up the pursuit of Jiangdong Army and not let Sun Quan go."

"Here!"

Cao Jun pursued all the way forward, clinging to Jiangdong's army. Jiangdong's army was familiar with the terrain and disappeared without a trace. Moreover, many Jiangdong's soldiers died in the battle, which naturally provided help for the main force to escape.

Cao Ren led his cavalry back from retreat and rushed dozens of steps in front of Cao Cao before he stood still.

"Report to the Prime Minister, Sun Quan, who failed to capture, will be ashamed in the end." Cao Ren reported to Cao Cao.

"That's all, let's appease Kuaiji and other counties first. Now Sun Quan is just a rootless person. Without several counties in Jiangdong, I don't expect him to be able to make any waves." Cao Cao waved his hand.

Cheng Yu's eyes widened, and all kinds of schemes suddenly came to mind.

"Prime Minister, I have a plan. I can get Sun Quan's head handed over to me without our army taking action."

Cao Cao raised his brows, as if he thought of something, and said with a smile, "Just tell me your plan."

Cheng Yu smiled and said: "In the past, Sun Jianzhong died in ambush under Yanshan Mountain. Liu Biao of Jingzhou and the Sun family of Jiangdong were mortal enemies. Now Sun Quan is in trouble. I believe that after Liu Biao learns about this, he will not let Sun Quan go. He still needs me." Will the army take action?"

Cao Cao put his hands on his hands and laughed: "Zhongde's words are very true. Who do you think it would be better to send as an envoy?"

"Mao Xiaoxian can take on this responsibility." Cheng Yu replied after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, let's send Mao Jie as an envoy to Xiangyang." Cao Cao nodded.

In a mountain road, thousands of Jiangdong troops were walking in it, but they were all dejected. They had just suffered a defeat, so their morale was naturally low. To make matters worse, some soldiers' families are still in Wu County and Kuaiji County, so many soldiers fled together on the road. The former army of more than 20,000 people now has less than 8,000 people left. It can be said that it is full of vitality. Big injury.

As proud as Tai Shici and as calm as Zhou Yu, his face could not help but look gloomy at this moment as he rode quietly on his horse and moved forward.

"Ziyi, how far is it from Chaisang?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Grand Governor, we will arrive in less than eighty miles." Tai Shici said in a deep voice.

"Send someone to take off their armor and go to investigate. If the defense is weak, then take down Chaisang City in one go and secure a place for our army. Do you understand?" Zhou Yu ordered.

"Here!"

Taishi Ci led dozens of horses, took off their clothes and armor and headed for Chaisang City. Chaisang City is located in Yuzhang County. Sun Fu was responsible for guarding Yuzhang County at that time, but he defected to Cao Cao and took thousands of Yuzhang troops with him. Therefore, the defense of Yuzhang County today is empty.

The gate of Chaisang City was wide open, and Taishi Ci was brave. Seeing this situation, he led the cavalry to rush in through the south gate without saying a word. The city was weakly defended and there were not many guards. It was quickly captured.

Later, Taishi Ci sent an invitation to welcome Sun Quan and a group of Jiangdong's troops into Chaisang City. He also swept out the city guard's mansion and invited Sun Quan to stay in it.

In the city guard's mansion, a maid served wine and food, but Sun Quan didn't think about food and drink, and had a poor appetite. He ate a few casually with chopsticks and ordered to leave.

At this moment, a soldier walked in: "My lord, the governor wants to see you."

"Well, please invite the Governor to come in." Sun Quan said weakly.

The soldiers retreated and Zhou Yu came in.

"Zhou Yu pays homage to the Lord."

"Well, please invite the Governor, but I don't know why the Governor is here?"

Sun Quan said lazily.

"Yu wants to apply for the title of Lord."

"What's up?"

"Please, my lord, send an envoy to invite Liu Biao as an ally."

"What?"

As soon as Zhou Yu said this, Sun Quan was immediately shocked: "I invited the old thief Liu Biao to be my ally. Could it be that the governor is playing tricks on me?"

There is a blood feud between the Jiangdong Army and the Jingzhou Army. Sun Quan's father Sun Jian died at the hands of the Jingzhou Army. After that, the two armies fought many times, both trying to annex each other. Now that the Jiangdong Army's power has been greatly reduced, it would be fine if the Jingzhou Army doesn't come to beat up the drowned dog. , how could it be possible to become an ally with Jiangdong Army?

Zhou Yu's expression remained as usual: "Master, think about it, what is the relationship between Cao Cao and Liu Biao now?"

"They are allies. Is the governor confused?" Sun Quan asked curiously.

"Haha, we might have been allies before, but not anymore."

Zhou Yu said in a deep voice: "Now that Cao Cao is in the east, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command, his power is far greater than that of Liu Biao, and he has no intention of annexing Jingzhou. However, our Jiangdong army is weak, but Liu Biao will not take it seriously. If I The army is willing to be a vassal of the Jingzhou Army and resist Cao Cao for Liu Biao, my lord, do you think Liu Biao will agree?"

Sun Quan thought for a moment, frowned and said, "What the Governor said makes sense, but even if Liu Biao is willing, his generals will probably block it."

The Jingzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army had deep grudges. There were several attacks and killings between the two armies, and many soldiers died. Even if Liu Biao agreed, the civil and military ministers under his command would probably block it.

"It doesn't matter, you can send Lu Zijing there. Zijing has a good heart and an unparalleled eloquence. As long as he is alone, I am afraid that no one in the Jingzhou army will be dissatisfied." Zhou Yu suggested.

"Okay, okay, then send Zijing and his party to Xiangyang."

Sun Quan followed Zhou Yu's suggestion and sent military commander Lu Su to Xiangyang.

Suddenly, envoys from Cao Cao and Sun Quan were sent to Xiangyang, but they didn't know who could convince Liu Biao and whose ally the Jingzhou Army would eventually become.

Xiangyang City, in the Prefecture Mufu.

"Zhou Mu, Prime Minister Cao's envoy Mao Jie has arrived at the post house and asked to see Zhou Mu." Kuai Yue said to Liu Biao.

"Cao Mengde's envoy?"

Liu Biao nodded: "Okay, let him"

"Zhou Mu! Lu Su, the envoy of Jiangdong Army Sun Quan, also came to the post house and asked to see Zhou Mu." Kuai Liang also said to Liu Biao.