Three Kingdoms: The rebellion was eavesdropped by Cao Cao

Chapter 552 The disappearing army

"Then what should we do now?"

After hearing Zhuge Liang's analysis, Liu Bei couldn't sit still anymore!

Jiang Xia is his last straw!

Only by returning Jingzhou to Liu Qi can he keep his last piece of land!
But if Jiangdong took it, the meaning would be completely different. At that time, Jiangxia would be an isolated city. Even if Cao Cao could not come to attack, Jiangdong would not be able to tolerate him!
Zhuge Liang naturally knew the reason for his anxiety, then he waved his lupine fan and said calmly:

"My lord, don't be anxious. Although Zhou Yu's plan seems to be flawless, he underestimated Cao Su after all!"

Liu Bei was taken aback, "Could it be that Cao Su will see through Zhou Yu's scheme and make corresponding plans?"

He didn't quite believe it, although Cao Su could indeed count all the world's affairs, but Zhou Yu's calculations were too deep in this matter, he couldn't imagine what kind of means Cao Su would use to break the situation!

Zhuge Liang nodded, "I don't dare to say anything else, but Cao Su must have counted on Zhou Yu to destroy their food roads, and to inform Sun Quan of his plan to encircle and suppress Cao's army. When we came to support Cao Cao, we had already planned our way out!"

Liu Bei was a little hesitant after hearing this, but he also felt that what Zhuge Liang said made sense!
After all, he has seen Cao Su's mind long ago, so naturally he dare not underestimate it!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but murmured:

"Brother Shuren... how will he defeat the enemy?"

It is ironic to say that Cao Su, who was an enemy before, turned out to be an opportunity for them to survive this time, and the two sides seem to have reached some kind of self-evident cooperation!
After Zhuge Liang heard this, he smiled lightly, "I don't know how Cao Su defeated the enemy, but I can be sure that Zhou Yu will not feel good this time. My lord, what you have to do now is to act first and occupy Jingzhou! "

Hearing this, Liu Bei nodded!
He knew that only by standing firmly in Jingzhou can he have a place in this world, and he will have the weight to wrestle with Cao Cao and Jiang Dong in the future!
At this moment, a report from Xiaobing suddenly came from outside!

"Report! My lord, Lu Su, the Jiangdong envoy, begs to see me!"

After the words fell, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were taken aback at the same time!
After recovering from his senses, Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing wryly, "Jiangdong's military news is really fast. We haven't heard about General Guan's release of Cao Cao, and they have already come to Xingshi to question the crime. It's really... Haha!"

Liu Bei was also a little depressed. The arrival of Lu Su basically confirmed that Guan Yu did not kill Cao Cao on Huarong Road!
Even if he doesn't accept it, he has to bite the bullet and accept it!

He waved his hand and said:

"Understood, go down and serve wine to welcome guests!"

"Yes……"

……

the other side!
Cao Su has brought Cao Ang and the selected 2000 troops through the mountains and forests of Jingzhou!

Within a few days, they came to Zhou Yu's marching route given by Cao Ren earlier!
This is also the only way for Zhou Yu to stop Cao Jun. Cao Su knew this well, so he had already ordered Cao Ren to turn back and take the army to detour!

Although the mountain road is rugged, it is the safest road for now!

So no matter how Zhou Yu sent people out to search, there was no way to find the whereabouts of Cao Jun's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses!

"Did the 80 million soldiers and horses just disappear out of thin air? What are you doing for food?"

Zhou Yu just sent out sentries to investigate before, but it had no effect at all. Now he has sent hundreds of people to search around, but he still can't find Cao Jun's large troops, which makes him very irritable!
With 80 million horses, even if they were all killed suddenly, they could still smell the smell of rotting corpses, but now they didn't even see a single person. How could he not be angry?
"Report...report to the Commander-in-Chief, I have searched all the places where soldiers can hide along this road several times, but...but there is really no sign of Cao Jun!"

Tanshao knelt on the ground trembling, feeling very helpless in the face of Zhou Yu's fury!

Seeing this, Zhou Yu's anger remained undiminished, but he could only take a deep breath and shouted:
"Explore again!"

"Yes!"

The detective was relieved, and immediately took the order and left!
Zhou Yu looked at the mountain road in front of him at this time, his brows were already twisted into the word Chuan!
"Cao Su! Where did you hide your soldiers and horses?!"

Originally, he thought his plan was flawless, and he wanted to evacuate quickly. This was the only way for Cao Jun to go, but now he didn't even see a shadow, which made him feel as powerless as if he hit the cotton with his fist!
"Captain, will Cao Su gather all his troops to attack Jiangdong?"

Huang Gai asked worriedly from the side.

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"Impossible! Unless he wants to annihilate the hundreds of thousands of troops, he will never make such a stupid decision!"

"Then with so many soldiers and horses, where will they go? It won't be too far away, right?"

As Huang Gai spoke, he seemed to think of something, "The general knows that on the east side of Jingxiang, there is a trail that can go around to Nanjun, but in this way, the daily marching will have to be increased by at least ten days!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yu still shook his head and said:

"Impossible. Cao's army has already run out of food. It would only be more risky to take a detour. Cao Su would not do such a stupid thing!"

"Why don't you send someone over to investigate?"

Han Dang stood up and said.

Zhou Yu thought for a long time, and finally rejected it:

"Forget it, there is no need to investigate. I firmly believe that Cao Jun will definitely take a road. If he takes a detour, even if we rush there now, it will be useless!"

"Furthermore, even if we really went that way, it must be Cao Su who led everyone to evacuate. If it was me, I would definitely put down a suspicious soldier on this road to confuse our sight!"

Whoosh!
As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yu suddenly heard the sound of an arrow jumping up from the side, piercing the air!

Zhou Yu dodged subconsciously, the arrow passed by his temple and hit a soldier behind him!
"Enemy attack!!"

Huang Gai also reacted extremely quickly, and immediately drew out his sword to concentrate and drink!

The other Jiangdong soldiers raised their hearts one after another, and quickly made defensive postures in the direction of shooting arrows just now!
Zhou Yu only felt a chill on his back. The arrow just missed his head by a finger's distance, which made him so angry that he turned his head suddenly!

But when he saw the appearance of the visitor clearly, he was completely stunned!
"Cao...Cao Su?"

At this time, who else could be standing on the tree pole except Cao Su!
I saw Cao Su swinging his legs in a dawdly manner, with a faint evil smile on his face, playing with the Ten Liannu in his hand, and greeted with a smile:

"Captain Zhou, you are safe and sound, you seem surprised that I appear here?"

(End of this chapter)