The deputy general saw many hidden places on both sides of the strait and reminded Cai Mao: "General, the river surface is narrow, and I'm afraid the bow and arrow will come."

Cai Mao smiled and said, "The river bank is dozens of feet away from the warship. Even if the bow and arrow are shot, it will be exhausted, and it is difficult to cause casualties."

Before he finished speaking, shouts suddenly erupted, and thousands of cavalry archers gushed out from both sides of the strait, holding torches in broad daylight.

"Shoot the arrow."

With the command, the rocket was actually played.

Rockets were rare in the late Eastern Han Dynasty because oil was not popular, soybean oil and vegetable oil were not enough, and this oil was not burned well, but the tung oil burned violently, but the amount was too small.

So rockets have never been popular, otherwise Zhuge Liang would not have borrowed arrows from the straw boat. He really wanted to have barbecue.

The rockets flew over the river, and Cai Mao shouted: "Bat back and prepare to put out the fire."

Retaliation is a joke. The shooting boat on the shore is easy to ignite because the boat is large in target and is made of wooden.

The sails burned first, followed by the flammable items on the ship.

The sailors were busy, and quickly put out the fire, shoveled, splashed water, and became a busy ball.

"Retreat, retreat"

Lu Bu always gave Zhuge Liang some face. If he really wanted to destroy Cai Mao and block the river directly, the more than 10,000 naval troops would be told.

When Cai Mao saw Lu Bu's big banner, he ordered someone to shout: "Wen Hou, wait."

Lu Bu ordered: "Stop."

The feather arrow stopped, and Cai Mao boldly approached a little.

"Wen Hou, let's wait. We have no intention of offending us. We just came to Jiangxia to take a look, and there was no malice."

"Oh, so that's it. That's the fault of General Cai. Please retreat and go back. Mr. Liu Qi has already arrived home now."

Cai Mao was so angry that he stomped his feet and retreated to return. The city did not catch it, and the ship was burned to black. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished and the warship did not sink in time.

When Lu Bu returned to the city, Zhuge Liang asked, "Lord, how is the battle?"

"The cavalry on both sides suddenly killed him, and the arrows fell like rain, and instantly burned Cai Mao's warship. Cai Mao said he was just coming to Jiangxia City to see, and there was no malice, so I let them go."

Zhuge Liang stomped his feet: "The lord is soft-hearted. Cai Mao is Liu Biao's left and right hand. It's just around the corner to take Cai Mao Xiangyang."

"After all, it's your uncle, so you have to be in a bit of love."

It was not because of Zhuge Liang that Lu Bu let Cai Mao go.

Now the Xuzhou army has taken over the northern part of Jiangxia and Nanyang. These two places are very huge, hundreds of miles away. It takes at least half a year to a year to form effective control.

After all, Lu Bu wanted territory, not like bandits. He fought and snatched it and left.

Whether it is Jiangxia or Nanyang, the Xuzhou army has not violated the people at all.

Just when Lu Bu attacked Nanyang and Jiangxia, Xiaopei and Baima were also performing big dramas.

At the beginning of the arrangement, we considered that if Lu Bu attacked Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao would definitely support him, so that Lu Bu, who was struggling to attack from afar, would be passive.

In order to prevent Cao Cao from providing support, Xiaopei and Baima calculated their days and prepared to assemble a large army.

Xiaopei, at the junction.

The Xuzhou army suddenly increased its troops on the originally calm border, Chen Gong, Song Xian and Cao Xing, a total of 20,000 iron horse troops, and 6,000 cavalrymen stepped across the border bridge for thirty miles and set up camp.

The originally calm Chenliu County was so scared that it was so fierce.

The Xuzhou Army's Iron Horse Army travels 200 miles a day, which is quite impressive.

Especially Cao Cao's territory is full of endless plains, and there is no danger to defend.

Chenliu County immediately reported to Xu Du, rushed to Xu Du, and rushed to Xu Du.

Cao Cao was waiting for the good news from Xiahou Dun when he suddenly ordered the troops to come.

"Report, Chenliu urgently."

When Cao Cao saw that the Xu army had Chen Gong as the main general, Song Xian and Cao Xing as the deputy general, 20,000 iron horse troops, and 6,000 light cavalry had crossed the border line and could attack Xudu at any time.

"Go down, I know."

The messenger went down, and soon the messenger from the north came over.

"The white horse moves abnormally. Lu Su and Gao Shun gather more than 20,000 troops. In the white horse round, Wen Chou Yan Liang has more than 20,000 troops. They are preparing for the troops and making equipment. It seems that they are ready to go south at any time."

Cao Cao was startled and immediately summoned his advisers, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and Guo Jia were all here.

After showing everyone the information, everyone looked worried.

Jia Xu frowned: "One of these two routes is fake."

Cheng Yu said: "Our food and grass can be barely maintained, but the new recruitment is not enough. But we will plant sweet potatoes this year, and we will have more food and grass next year."

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, and Guo Jia shook his head: "Xiahou Dun's army is in danger, so send someone to order them to withdraw their troops immediately."

A resourceful Jia Xu naturally dissatisfied: "What is your judgment? The Xuzhou army raised troops from the east and north. The danger should be Chen Liu and Xu Du. Why did General Xiahou Dun, who attacked Jiangxia, become dangerous?"

Cao Cao was not understanding and looked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia pointed to the map: "Please see that Hefei has only more than 700 miles from Jiangxia. If Lu Bu raises troops from Hefei to Jiangxia, then isn't Xiahou Dun dangerous?"

Guo Jia's words surprised everyone. Cao Cao shook his head: "The journey from Hefei to Jiangxia has to pass through Yuan Shu's territory, and it is probably not easy to pass through the mountains and ridges."

"Otherwise, Yuan Shu had already been a frightened bird and could not stop Lu Bu's army. Although the road was difficult, Lu Bu would not lack manpower now. If he accompanied 20,000 strong men, he would be able to make peace and walk along the way, and he would arrive in twenty days."

Jia Xu had nothing to say, and Cao Cao was anxious: "What should we do? Since these two ways are empty, we can send troops to rescue Xiahou Dun."

Guo Jia shook his head: "This plan has no solution. If we go to save Xiahou Dun, then both of these troops may become true, and Chenliu may not be able to protect it. If we do not save Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Dun's army should be defeated later, but it will not be seriously damaged."

"Why is this?"

"The army looked at Lu Bu's territory. Its territory was very huge, but Lu Bu had not recruited soldiers on a large scale in recent years, but only collected surrendered soldiers. Xuzhou's overall military strength was insufficient. Therefore, their troops to fight against Jiangxia would never exceed 50,000. Once it exceeded 50,000, Xuzhou would be full of loopholes."

Cao Cao took a breath: "So we can't do anything now?"

"No, I will immediately send someone to inform General Xiahou Dun and ask him to return to Nanyang to defend. As long as Xiahou Dun is stable, the two armies of Chen Gong and Lu Su will retreat on their own."

If Lu Bu heard this analysis, he would be shocked. It was so accurate. It was really worthy of being a genius Guo Jia.

However, Guo Jia did not even calculate that the Nanyang defenders were deceived by the city gate and easily lost Nanyang City.

By the time the fast horse informed Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Dun had already been defeated and had already retreated to Runan.
Chapter completed!