Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Just as the fighting in Xiapi City was in full swing, Tao Qian had already joined Chen Deng in the south of Xuzhou.

Chen Deng looked at the embarrassed Tao Qian and couldn't help asking with surprise: "My lord, has Pengcheng been lost?"

Tao Qian nodded with an ugly expression, and then asked: "Yuanlong, how did you handle the matter I asked you to do?"

"Don't worry, my lord, Sun Wentai has agreed for us to take refuge in Jiangdong. I'm coming back this time to pick you up, lord!" Chen Deng hurriedly explained to Tao Qian to reassure him.

Tao Qian breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

When Tao Qian fled, he only brought more than a thousand troops with him, but he was the governor of Xuzhou after all. He continued to gather the remaining troops along the way south.

By the time Tao Qian and Chen Deng met, there were already more than 10,000 troops around him.

It's just that each of these soldiers looked decadent. They were obviously very tired from traveling long distances.

Chen Deng looked at these soldiers and said helplessly: "My lord, when you go to Jiangdong at this time, do you still need to take so many people with you?"

Tao Qian was stunned when he heard this, and then asked Chen Deng: "Why, doesn't Sun Wentai not allow me to lead troops to defect to him?"

When Chen Deng heard this, he shook his head with an ugly expression and said: "No, Sun Wentai did not say that you are not allowed to lead troops to surrender to him. On the contrary, he also hopes that you can leave more troops to defect to him."

Hearing Chen Deng's explanation, Tao Qian became even more puzzled: "If that's the case, why did Yuanlong ask like that just now?"

Chen Deng hesitated for a moment, then said: "When I was crossing the river, I saw an extra fleet on the river. The flags on the boat were Cao and Chen!"

"What?" When Tao Qian heard this, he couldn't hold back at all: "Yuanlong, you mean, Cao Ang sent a navy to my Xuzhou? Did he really want to do this so badly? "

When Chen Deng heard this, he hurriedly comforted him: "My lord, don't worry. I see that after the fleet arrived at the south of Xuzhou, it stopped moving. It just practiced on the ship and on the shore every day, and had no intention of entering Xuzhou!"

"And, according to my observation, those soldiers seem to be waiting for something. If my prediction is correct, they are waiting for Cao Ang's order!"

After listening to Chen Deng's words, Tao Qian slowly calmed down and said, "Yuanlong, are you saying that those soldiers are waiting for Cao Ang's order?"

"That's right!" Chen Deng nodded, and then continued: "So, lord, if we want to cross the river to Jiangdong, then we have to walk separately from these soldiers. After all, these tens of thousands of people are crossing the river together. It’s really too conspicuous.”

"Cao's troops on those ships, even without Cao Ang's orders, would probably take action against us when they see more than 10,000 people crossing the river together!"

When Tao Qian heard this, he said with an expression on his face: "Then what should we do? Do you mean that I don't have any soldiers, so I just go to Jiangdong to be a lonely man?"

Chen Deng knew that if only a few people went to Jiangdong this time, Tao Qian's life in Jiangdong would be difficult in the future.

In today's world, as long as you have soldiers in your hands, you will have the right to speak wherever you go.

If you are alone, no one will give you a second glance.

Just like when the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang went to make an alliance, and the heroes challenged Dong, the three of them and three cavalry made the alliance alone, without any soldiers under their command.

No one from all the princes cared about what brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang said, not because they had no soldiers in their hands!

If the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang had brought an army of two to three hundred thousand to the alliance, how could Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu dare to talk too much!

Chen Deng knew the importance of the army. He thought about it and said to Tao Qian: "My Lord, now we have to take a detour!" "Cao Jun's navy fleet is parked south of Guangling County, Wu On the river north of the county, if we, more than 10,000 people, want to cross the river, we can only go south to avoid Cao Jun's navy fleet, so that we can reach the east of the river safely."

Tao Qian actually didn't want to take a detour. After all, this detour would take more time to reach Jiangdong.

And if he stayed in Xuzhou for one more day, he would be frightened for one more day.

But asking him to give up his men is absolutely impossible.

Thinking of this, Tao Qian could only sigh helplessly and said: "That's all, let's take a detour."

After making the decision, Chen Deng sent someone to deliver a message to Sun Jian.

Originally, they agreed to pick up Tao Qian from Wu County and go to Jiangdong. As a result, they could only enter Jiangdong from Danyang County.

After Sun Jian made an agreement with Chen Deng, he took Zhang Zhao and others to Wu County early to prepare to welcome Tao Qian.

In fact, Tao Qian is just a bereaved dog now, and Sun Jian can send someone to pick him up.

But in order to show his generosity, Sun Jian came to pick him up personally.

When Sun Jian came to the river north of Wujun, he also saw the fleet parked on the river, and he couldn't help being shocked.

"What kind of ship is that and why is it so tall?" Sun Jian looked at the Ming Dynasty treasure ship equipped by Cao Jun's navy and muttered in shock.

Zhang Zhao on the side was also confused. He claimed to be well-informed, but he had never seen such a big ship.

The Jiangdong Army was already known for its powerful navy, but now such a large ship suddenly appeared, and there were more than one. How could Sun Jian and others accept this?

Just when Sun Jian and others were shocked, the messenger sent by Chen Deng to deliver the message arrived.

After Sun Jian read the letter, he realized that the big ship parked on the opposite shore was a warship belonging to Cao Jun!

A total of eight large ships were docked on the other side, and there were countless other small ships.

According to Chen Deng's speculation, such a large ship could probably carry about a thousand soldiers, which surprised Sun Jian.

You know, the largest of their Jiangdong warships can only carry about a hundred people.

The large ship on the other side can carry ten times as many people as them!

In fact, what they don't know is that Cao Jun's treasure ship also contains daily necessities, so each ship can carry a thousand people. If it is just a cross-river clan battle and does not carry daily necessities, then the ship can carry more people.

Sun Jian was shocked and took Zhang Liao to Danyang County to meet Tao Qian.

At the same time, he also sent people to find out where Cao Jun's eight warships were obtained.

Sun Jian himself did not even think about the fact that Cao Jun could build his own ships.

When Sun Jian and Tao Qian met, the battle between Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Lu Bu at the foot of Xiapi City was coming to an end. (End of chapter)