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4 miles north of Lujiang City.

"Third brother, there is no need to send it off!" The eldest brother sneered at the horse and said to me with a smile: "Don't worry about Shouchun, just concentrate on how to deal with Jiangdong! Also, no matter what you do, be careful about everything!"

I hugged my hands together and said earnestly: "Brother, be careful! If there is anything wrong with the battle in Shouchun, I must let someone tell me!"

"Haha... are you worried about your second brother and I? Even Cao Mengde didn't kiss him. Just the rest of the people in Cao's camp... can't do anything to me!" The eldest brother said with a long laugh, and his hearty laughter had a heroic spirit of guiding the country.

"Yeah!" I nodded excitedly by the elder brother's passion.

"Okay! Third brother, I'll go back to Shouchun first... When I calm down, take the time to go back to see my brother and sister!" The eldest brother nodded at me with a smile, then stepped off his war horse and headed north to Juechen.

"General, I will say goodbye!" Lin Bao, who was in charge of protecting the safety of the elder brother, bowed and bowed to me, then shouted loudly, leading 50 wind cavalrymen to follow the elder brother tightly......

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On the evening of July 12th, the Shouchun County Governor's Office

Liu Bei, who rushed back to Shouchun overnight, quickly recruited Guan Yu, Xu Shu, Gong Du, Zhao Yun (after conquering Lujiang, Zhao Yun had already returned to Shouchun), Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others discussed how to deal with the three attacks of Cao's army.

"Military advisor, has the specific situation of the attack on Cao's army been discovered?" Liu Bei asked Xu Shu in a calm and harmonious manner.

"Reported to the lord, I have collected some information. The Cao army invaded the northern route of the north currently has only one cavalry, and the number should not exceed 4,000 cavalry. It has plagued the northern frontier of Shouchun for two consecutive days, killing some people and the army's probation. The harassment of this cavalry is quite frequent, and it seems to be getting closer and closer to Shouchun City. It never loves fighting, and always leaves with one blow, which is extremely difficult to deal with; Runan on the east route, on the number of imperial guards is unknown, and invades Shou County last night.

, was personally led by the defenders of Shou County Magistrate Li Bin, but Cao's army suffered minimal casualties. In addition, some new grains that had not yet been harvested in Shou County had been stolen by Yu Jin; the number of Chen Deng's troops in Guangling on the West Road was not detailed, and they had stumbled against Tu Zhong and Tu Tang counties during the day and night yesterday. Although no major casualties were caused, many grain fields were destroyed by him." Xu Shu quickly briefly reported to Liu Bei all the information he had obtained so far.

"Cao Thief really just wanted to harass our army to force Yide to return to Shouchun, thereby reducing the pressure Sun Quan was under!" Liu Bei's eyes appeared slightly, and he said in a harmonious voice.

"What the lord said is very much, General Guan and I are also guessing! Although Cao's army is just harassing, if it cannot be driven out of Shouchun in time, it will definitely seriously affect farming production and cause panic among the people." Xu Shu nodded and said.

"I have a way to retreat without any effort from Cao's army on the east route, but Cao's army on the other two routes will have to bother the military advisors!" Liu Bei said in a harmonious voice.

"No need for one soldier?!" Xu Shu said in surprise, but then he seemed to have some realization, "Does the lord want to persuade Chen Deng to withdraw his troops?"

"Not bad! Chen Yuanlong was a talented man and knew his military skills. If he wanted to forcibly expel his Guangling army, it would probably take a lot of time and military strength. But based on my understanding of Yuanlong, he was not a person who was dedicated to helping the King. Although he was serving under Cao Cao's command, it was just to protect the Chen clan. If I wrote a letter by myself and sent someone to him secretly, I thought I would be very sure that he could withdraw his troops!" Liu Bei nodded and said calmly.

"I wonder how confident is the lord?" Xu Shu asked seriously.

"..." Liu Bei pondered for a moment and replied affirmatively: "It should be 80%!"

"Since Chen Deng's army and horses have been resolved by the lord, it is no problem to repel the remaining two Cao troops!" Xu Shu said with a smile.

"Oh~?!" Seeing Xu Shu's confidence in his words, Guan Yu couldn't help but ask curiously: "Did the military advisor have a clever plan?"

"Yeah!" Xu Shu nodded and said calmly: "Shu has indeed made some plans. Please ask the lord, the lord, and you all to discuss it! First of all, the Cao army on the West Road. I heard that Yu Jin was cautious in using troops and knew the military strategy. Therefore, when Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, he ordered him to guard Runan County. Since the people in Runan were not determined at present and Liu Biao threatened him outside, Yu Jin did not dare to send a large group of troops to attack Shouchun. In Shu's opinion, the Cao army on the West Road was at most 34,000, and according to the information sent back, they should be all infantry. If you want to retreat this army, you can take a three-pronged approach!"

"What are the three entries under it?" Guan Yu asked with a long beard on his chin.

"First, I can order Xiaozuo to sneak into Runan territory and falsely say, "The lord wants to send troops with Liu Biao to recover Runan" to cause panic in Runan territory and force Yu Jin to return; second, I send an envoy to Jingzhou and invite Liu Biao to use a few troops to attack Runan; third, I send a part of the Fengqi camp to garrison to Shou County to use guerrillas to attack guerrillas. Yu Jin disturbs our borders with infantry, so I disturb his infantry with cavalry. In this way, within ten days and half a month, Yu Jin will retreat!"

"Wonderful!" Liu Bei slapped the case and shouted: "With these three-pronged approaches, he would not be allowed to retreat to Runan. Military advisor, how should the Cao army cavalry on the north road deal with it?"

"These thousands of Cao's light cavalry advance and retreat like the wind, and retreat with one blow, which is really difficult to deal with. But as long as they can bind their hands and feet, it should not be difficult to break the enemy." Xu Shu said with a smile.

"How can I do this?" Liu Bei asked inexplicably.

"Since the Battle of Chang'an, Cao Cao has been hiding in Xuchang for several months. Can you tell me the reason?" Xu Shu asked in harmony.

"...Food and grass!" Liu Bei said affirmatively after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, it's because of the food and grass. Cao Cao had fought ten battles with his lords, Yuan Shao and Ma Teng in the past year, and the food and grass consumed a lot. According to Mi's investigation, more than two months ago, the food and grass were in short supply in the prefectures and counties under Cao Cao's rule. The new grain harvest will probably be one month later. With such a shortage of food, if a batch of food and grass suddenly appears in front of these Cao's cavalry, they should be moved! As long as they become greedy, the opportunity to break the enemy will appear in front of them!" Xu Shu said with a faint smile.

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In the early morning of July 15, the sixth year of Jian'an, the Wan River was 5 miles into the Yangtze River. The main fleet of the "Jinfan Camp" - a total of 16 Mengchong warships, and 51 boats were docking here. Gan Ning sat cross-legged on the bow of a Mengchong ship that was leading the fleet, staring at the river in front with a comfortable expression.

"Boss, I'm back!" Accompanied by Ding Feng's shouts, a fast boat sailed towards the Ganning fleet in the south wind.

"Boss, there is a 'buy'!" Ding Feng climbed the edge of the boat, jumped onto Mengchong, and came to Gan Ning and said excitedly.

"What kind of 'buying'?" Gan Ning asked with a smile.

"It's a batch of grain ships, about 30!"

"How many escort warships are there?" Gan Ning asked carefully.

"I haven't seen the specific number clearly, but it will not exceed 30 ships. Most of them are ships, and there are not many ships in Mengchong. Boss, with our strength, it's no problem to make this 'buy', so how about taking action?" Ding Feng said excitedly.

"..." Gan Ning said after thinking for a moment: "Not busy! Anyway, you can't go much far at the speed of the grain ship. Please take me to see it first!"

"Boss, do you suspect there is a fraud?" Ding Feng asked in confusion.

"Not necessarily! But be careful!" Gan Ning smiled and jumped off his ship and jumped to the fastboat that Ding Feng had just taken. "Chengyuan, come down, let's go and have a look!"

"Okay!"

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"You find a place to hide first, and I will go and explore the situation!" Ding Feng said to the Jinfan soldier walking on the boat.

"Pu!" "Puu!"

Gan Ning and Ding Feng jumped into the river, leaping like two dragons in the water. Soon, a fleet of Jiangdong Army appeared faintly in sight.

"Boss, look, they are here!" Ding Feng said softly to Gan Ning.

"Yeah!" Gan Ning stepped on the water easily (Note: it is not really stepping on the water surface, the "step" here is a swimming posture), responded in a low voice, but his eyes were staring at the slowly traveling westward Jiangdong grain ships and the escort fleet.

"30…31…32!…26…27…28! A total of 32 grain ships and 28 escort warships. There are only 3 Mengchong?!!" Gan Ning murmured in a low voice.

"Yeah~~?" After carefully exploring the Jiangdong fleet for a while, Gan Ning suddenly had a flash of light in his eyes and a slight ejaculation sound came from his mouth.

"What's wrong? Boss!" Ding Feng asked to Gan Ning with some surprise.

"Chengyuan, I'm back!" Gan Ning said with a smile, then sank his body and sneaked into the river.

"Oh!" Ding Feng responded inexplicably. Seeing that Gan Ning had already dived back, he had to dive down...

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"Boss, have you seen something? We still don't do anything at all?" Ding Feng asked Gan Ning anxiously as soon as he climbed up the walkway.

"Chengyuan, did you really not see it just now?" Gan Ning replied after wiping the water droplets on his face.

"What did you see?" Ding Feng looked stunned.

"Haha... those grain ships are not loaded with food at all. If I guess well, most of them should be Jiangdong soldiers!" Gan Ning said with a smile.

"Ah~? How did the boss see it?"

"If the ships loaded with food are indeed all grains, the draft of these grain ships should be at least one foot deeper than they are now."

"Maybe the food on the ship is not full?"

"Haha... Of course there is this possibility! But Chengyuan, if it is really the Jiangdong Army who intends not to fill the food, what do you think is the purpose?" Gan Ning asked with a smile.

"...To increase the speed of the boat!" Ding Feng said after thinking about it.

"By the way! But you saw just now that the speed of those grain ships has increased faster? - These 'grain ships not filled with grain' have not only not increased faster, but have become slower! Do you know the reason?"

"They deliberately slowed down and waited for us to grab it!" Ding Feng came over after a while.

"Not bad! If there is really food on the ship, will they wait for us to grab it? So the people hidden on the ship should be all people, and this grain fleet is just a trap for us. However, the people who set this trap can't help but underestimate me. I have been doing business on the river for more than ten years. If I can't even see this trick, how can I survive to this day?"

"Boss, since it's a trap, let's let him go!"
Chapter completed!