"Lord, the Tangyi defenders are withdrawing." In the Xuzhou Army camp, Lu Bu, Chen Gong, and Chu Nan were discussing how to fight next, but they saw Wei Xu running in excitedly and said to Lu Bu.
"Oh?" Lu Bu asked casually: "Where are you retreating to?"
After the previous battle, Jiangdong lost troops and generals. It is difficult to boost morale in the short term. The only two options are to defend Tangyi or withdraw troops. Holding Tangyi will be easy to get trapped, but if you can hold on, there will be many benefits.
Firstly, it can delay time, and secondly, it can kill Lu Bu's vigor in winning this battle. It is not incomprehensible to withdraw his troops now.
Chu Nan and Chen Gong even thought it was possible for Jiangdong to withdraw directly from Xuzhou.
"Retreat to the north." Wei Xu bowed.
"To the north?" Chu Nan and Chen Gong looked at the map and frowned.
Lu Bu looked at the two men: "What's wrong? Dongyang, safety is still in their hands, and there is a large lake here, which is suitable for the Jiangdong Navy."
"However, from Tangyi to Dongyang, there is not much water system obstruction, and the big lake cannot stop our army at all." Chu Nan frowned and said, the only thing the opponent can rely on now is the navy, so why are they running that way?
He didn't think that Zhou Yu and Sun Ce would make such a stupid mistake.
"Even if you withdraw your troops, you should retreat to the south. Rely on the big rivers to attack when you advance and defend when you retreat." Chen Gong clicked on the map: "If I were Sun Ce or Zhou Yu, the most important thing to do at this moment is to retreat to Yuguo, Jiangdu.
In this area, even if we are defeated, we can cross the river at any time and retreat to the east of the river, heading north, which is more like a place of death."
"I will risk my life to survive, but I can't think of any way for the other party to survive if he retreats here?" Chu Nan also frowned.
Of course, they are good at water warfare, and the people of Jiangdong can still walk by water. Dongyang is close to the big lake. After entering the water, you can go straight to the river. For Jiangdong, this is not a dead end, but the main force fighting them this time is Chen Deng.
The Guangling Army, the Guangling Army is not good at water warfare, how will they proceed?
If you want to imitate the overlord and sink the boat... Sun Ce is probably not very interested.
Lu Bu heard this and looked at the map silently. When it came to governance, he was indeed a layman, but when it came to fighting, he had a beast-like intuition about the battlefield. The enemy army retreated to Dongyang, passing through Chunan and Chen Gong.
He said that he also realized that Jiangdong was seeking death, and the only way to solve it was to defeat them in Dongyang.
But is it possible?
After yesterday's battle, Lu Bu had a rough understanding of the opponent's strength.
After all, there were not many soldiers and horses in Jiangdong in this battle, but there were many generals in Jiangdong. Although Chen Deng handed over the general power to Sun Ce, there were no well-trained soldiers and horses, which was a disaster for the generals.
This is like if Lu Bu were to command Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry now, he would be an unparalleled cavalry commander in the world, and the cavalry would also be the top cavalry in the world. However, the combined power of the two would be extremely limited, regardless of Lu Bu's personal combat power.
If so, this group of troops may not be able to defeat an ordinary elite cavalry. Those Jiangdong generals are indeed good. If there were enough Jiangdong soldiers behind them yesterday, even if they could win, they would not be able to win so easily.
"When something goes wrong, there must be a monster." Chen Gong groped his goatee, thought for a moment and said, "In this battle, it is best to be extremely careful."
"I am always careful when using my troops." Lu Bu nodded matter-of-factly. He was rarely in danger when leading troops.
Chu Nan: "..."
Did my father-in-law misunderstand the word careful?
"I think it is safer to occupy the two cities of Yuguo and Jiangdu first, then block the waterways, drive wooden stakes to the bottom of the river, and block the river with iron ropes to completely force them into a desperate situation, and then encircle them.
They surrounded them from all directions and eventually trapped them in the city without food, leaving only Dongyang or Ping'an City. Even if they have the power to reach the sky, they will not be able to escape!" Chu Nan expressed his suggestion.
"It's too time-consuming, but it is feasible to place wooden stakes in the river, which can prevent the Jiangdong troops from returning to Jiangdong. If Sun Ce and others can be left behind in this battle, we may be able to take advantage of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu to decide the winner.
On this occasion, we crossed the river and captured Jiangdong, thinking that our army would be in the rear!" Chen Gong did not completely deny his disciple's idea.
In fact, Chu Nan's idea is not wrong and is very stable. If the external environment is not considered, Chu Nan's strategy seems ordinary, but it is the most appropriate.
But they also have to grab time now. The battle between Yuan and Cao is almost one-sided. Yuan Shu is bullied by Cao Cao. Yuan Shu may be gone in a few days. Although the losses of the Chen family and the Jiangdong coalition are not much, their morale will be reduced after this battle.
, the generals suffered great losses. If they did not take advantage of this opportunity to fight quickly and send these people away in one wave, they would not be able to compete with Cao Cao for profit.
You know, when Lu Bu sent troops to attack Yuan Shu, it was not to attack Guangling. Guangling was nominally under Lu Bu's rule.
"That's alright." Chu Nan nodded. He also knew that if his strategy was really implemented, it would give Sun Ce and the others some time to recover. Winning was certain, but it would take a long time.
For Lu Bujun now, the most lacking thing is time.
"That's it, Gongtai. We still need to worry about the mobilization of logistics and military resources." Lu Bu was in a good mood at the moment and said to Chen Gong.
"Naturally." Chen Gong said with a smile and a sip of water.
"Zi Yan." Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan: "Everything is fine, how about I go take a look at your dragon?"
Lu Bu was still looking forward to such a legendary thing as the dragon. They had set up camp after the battle yesterday and had no time to see it. Now that the opponent has taken the initiative to retreat, and they have had some time, Lu Bu naturally wants to see what the legendary dragon looks like.
appearance.
"Okay, teacher, do you want to go with us?" Chu Nan nodded, and also let Xiao Baijiao meet his people, so as to avoid his family's repercussions in the future.
"Well, it doesn't hurt to take a look." Chen Gong stood up. Lu Bu was not only curious, but he also noticed what the dragon looked like.
When the next three people left the camp, Chu Nan thought for a while and asked Zhou Cang to call his wife. She must be curious too.
Zhou Cang met Wei Yue on the road and asked him where he was going. Zhou Cang told Wei Yue about the matter, and then all the generals in the army knew about it. When Lu Lingqi came over, Gao Shun, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Cheng
Lian, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan all came over.
"Why are you all here?" Chu Nan asked in surprise.
Then, everyone looked at Wei Yue who kept silent in unison.
"Let's go. The little white dragon was injured yesterday. Don't scare it later." Chu Nan withdrew his gaze speechlessly. It didn't matter if everyone went together, but Chu Nan had made up his mind that in the future, confidential matters would never be followed.
Wei Yue said, this guy's tongue is too long.
A group of eleven people came to the river in a mighty manner. The little white dragon was summoned by Chu Nan and surfaced in the expectant eyes of everyone. It climbed up on its four short legs and came close to Chu Nan, and kissed him intimately.
He cradled Chu Nan with his head, and there were still scars from yesterday's knife on his back, which made Chu Nan feel quite distressed.
"This... is a dragon?" Lu Bu looked at the little thing acting coquettishly in front of his son-in-law, with a strange expression on his face. It was different from what he imagined. It felt like it could be squeezed to death.
"Well, that thunder a few days ago was when it was going through a tribulation. It originally had a body of twenty feet, but it became like this after it went through the tribulation." Chu Nan nodded.
The little white dragon is actually not short, with a body of one foot, which translates to just over two meters. With such a size, it is not considered petite. However, although the dragon in everyone's mind is not a dragon, it should be majestic and majestic.
The existence must be at least ten feet long and at least one foot wide. It can take away a wave of people with just one roll. Compared with the Jiao they imagined, the little thing in front of them feels a bit small even if it is a python.
The contrast with what was imagined was so great that everyone felt a little uncomfortable.
The ants, mantises, and the giant pigeon that Chu Nan had brought out before were all many times larger than the ordinary ones. This Jiao should also be like this. But such a small thing came out, which is really shocking.
It was hard to accept for a while.
"Very good." Lu Bu stretched out his hand and touched the slippery head of the little white dragon: "Thanks to its help in yesterday's battle, the Jiangdong navy could be defeated so easily."
"Yeah~" The little white dragon was dissatisfied with someone touching its head, so it broke away from Lu Bu's hand and bared its teeth and claws at Lu Bu.
"Huh?" Lu Bu lowered his head and glanced at it.
"Yeah~" After the little white dragon looked at each other for a moment, he retracted his head behind Chu Nan, then poked it out and continued to show his teeth at Lu Bu.
Lu Bu smiled when he saw this, shook his head and said, "This little thing."
Wei Yue saw that Lu Bu was fine with it, so he reached out to touch it with envy. As a result, the little white dragon exploded, and with a flick of its tail, Wei Yue was knocked to the ground. Although his body was only one foot long, his strength was not small, and so was Wei Yue.
He was a good general in the army, but when faced with the whip-like tail of the little white dragon, he was knocked to the ground before he could even react, and he couldn't get up for a long time.
"Don't hit people randomly!" Chu Nan knocked on Xiao Baijiao's head: "When you meet these people in the future, you can't attack them. Do you understand?"
"Yeah~" Little Bai Jiao nodded aggrievedly.
"Can it still understand human speech?" Lu Bu asked in surprise.
"This dragon can be considered to have developed spiritual wisdom. It is still young now, but when it comes to intelligence, it is no less intelligent than an ordinary child. When it grows up in the future, its wisdom will not be inferior to that of ordinary people." Chu Nan nodded.
"Oh?" Lu Bu heard this and stretched out his hand to pinch the sharp corner of the little white dragon's head and said with a smile: "When it grows up, I wonder if it can fly in the clouds and mist."
Soaring in the clouds and riding in the mist, that is the dragon. Chu Nan looked at the confused little white dragon and thought about its five hundred years of life. When it grows up, it may die for him!
If you don't use luck to help it evolve and wait for it to grow up, there may be no hope in this life.
"I see, when it grows up, we won't have to worry about Jiangdong's navy any more in the future." Wei Xu chuckled at the side.
This little thing is much more pleasing to the eye than the pigeon, and it is very useful at first glance. Unlike the pigeon, it is looking for bugs to eat all day long, and often fights with Chu Nan's other two insects.
Chu Nan shook his head when he heard this. Judging from yesterday's performance, there is still a gap between Xiaobaijiao and those Jiangdong generals, but it doesn't matter. If Jiangdong generals stay this time, then they may really have to cross the river.
Jiangdong is east of the Yangtze River, and its help will be indispensable when the time comes. Otherwise, it would be impossible to cross the river with just the generals under Lu Bu's command.