"You mean, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao did not follow Cao Chong's action, but rushed to Zhangbu's acupoint to set up an ambush?" Lu Su looked at the map with some disbelief and shook his head: "No, Cao Chong's troops suffered a fierce battle and suffered more than 2,000 losses. How dare Xu Huang and the others leave Cao Chong and have less than 4,000 people facing more than 20,000 of us?"

"It's unlikely, but we must not be careful." Zhou Yu stood up and looked at the small hillside in front: "The news from the scout said that although Cao Chong's station was a large camp of more than 10,000 people yesterday, some of the stoves had a lot of ashes. Maybe Cao Chong used Xu Huang's troops to leave the stoves to confuse us." He turned his head and said, "I have asked someone to count these stoves, which are exactly the number of four thousand people."

"Cao Chong is so brave!" Lu Su couldn't help but take a breath. If Cao Chong's subordinates were really only four or five thousand, then his behavior of taking more than 20,000 people on the other day would only explain the madness and boldness.

"No matter whether this is the case or not, there are still fifty miles away from Zhangbu acupoint. Since Xu Huang and Zhang Liao are waiting for me to hook up there, I will not give them this opportunity." Zhou Yu immediately made a decision and immediately issued an order to the messengers around him: "The messenger Dong Xi and Gan Ning will immediately lead their troops to catch up and entangle Cao Chong. If there is an ambush, they will retreat immediately. If not, they will block Cao Chong on the hillside in front, and Gan Ning's troops will immediately block the road in the direction of the bridge acupoint."

Seeing the commander running away, Zhou Yu glanced at the generals around him majestic and shouted sternly: "Everyone, in today's battle, the generals will work hard to capture Cao Chong, which is comparable to killing generals and robbing the flag. Yu should personally ask for credit for the generals."

"No!" When the generals heard this, they rushed away like they had taken stimulants, shouting loudly at their subordinates, encouraging and threatening, anyway, even if they tried their best, they would catch Cao Chong. They could die alive, and they would all be promoted and made money.

Cao Chong saw from the telescope that Dong Xi and Gan Ning, who had been far away, suddenly accelerated their speed. He was puzzled. Didn’t he have reached the Zhangbu acupoint yet? He exerted force so quickly, and wasn’t he afraid that he would lose his anger when he ran to the Zhangbu acupoint? After thinking for a moment, he sent orders to maintain the speed and move forward at a constant speed. When the tiger soldiers heard this, they let go one by one and trotted in front of them.

They were big and had big steps, so it didn't matter if they trot. Dong Xi and Gan Ning, who were so tired that they followed him, became anxious when they heard this. It was only twenty miles away. Why did he run away as soon as I ran? He also sent an order and let go of his steps and chased him wildly.

When Cao Chong heard the scout say that Dong Xi and Gan Ning were crazy behind him, he was puzzled. While he was leading the people away, he said to Zhang Song beside him: "Why did they suddenly start early? Don't follow the routine?"

Zhang Song smiled and said, "Young Master, Zhou Yu has followed you so far. Even if you guess something, I'm afraid we can't do anything. At most, the two generals Zhang Wenyuan and Xu Gongming will be in vain."

Cao Chong smiled and said, "After that being said, you must know how he saw through it. It's better to be prepared for the next time. You can't see through the situation and don't know where the mistake is. That's a bit of a loss and you haven't made any progress. Yuan Zhi, don't you think so?"

Zhou Buyi smiled and said, "I'm also surprised. There were no flaws along the way. Why did Zhou Yu suddenly exert his strength?"

Zhang Song suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Young Master, I know where the problem is. It must be a stove. Although we use the land as an old stove left by the two generals, we did not remove the ashes from the stove. In this way, we used more stoves than other stoves. I am afraid that Zhou Yu would go to count the stove after he became suspicious."

When Cao Chong heard this, he suddenly realized, slapped his head, looked at Zhang Song and laughed: "I made a mistake, but I missed it."

Zhou Buyi woke up like a dream, smacking his lips. Cao Chong smiled and said, "Okay, stop smacking his lips. I have been in a daze these days. I don't know what you are thinking. How can I still remember to remind me? I also remind you to prepare meals for me."

Zhou Buyi smiled awkwardly, without answering, but just trotted along the way.

Zhou Yu heard the message from the front that Cao Chong suddenly accelerated, and immediately understood that his guess was factual and ordered to move forward at full speed. He pulled the horse and just ran two steps, but Lu Su pulled his sleeves. He looked back and saw a messenger holding a letter of letter and running wildly. He couldn't help but feel a sank in his heart and quickly strangled the horse. The messenger ran to him, turned over and dismounted the horse, and raised the letter high above his head. Zhou Yu looked at the letter of letter and Sun Quan tied the rope on the letter and did not reach out to pick it up for a long time, but sighed a long time. Lu Su also sighed secretly, reached out to take the letter and took it away. After checking, he opened the letter and took it away, and smiled bitterly, and handed the letter and Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, lord..."

Zhou Yu did not receive the letter, but turned his horse's head, waved the whip in his hand weakly, and said to the messenger beside him: "The messenger Dong Shi Gan Ning, stop the pursuit, the entire army returns to Huarong City, Dong Shi and other troops to reinforce Hefei. Zijing, the battle is over, you, the captain of the Zan Army, should go too."

Cao Chong found that Gan Ning and Dong Xi suddenly retreated, and was even more puzzled. However, he was not so bold that he went to chase Zhou Yu, but he hesitated and rushed to Zhangbu acupoint. He met and was ready to fight Zhou Yu, an ambush, and then nearly 30,000 troops returned to Jiangling.

When he handed over the order to Cao Cao, he explained the whole process of the war. After hearing this, Cao Cao praised his previous combat arrangements. He felt incomprehensible about why Zhou Yu suddenly withdrew his troops in the end. He sighed repeatedly and regretted that Zhou Yu had arrived at the pocket and retreated again. It was God's will. Otherwise, even if he couldn't catch Zhou Yu this time, he could beat Zhou Yu to the dust and avenge the Red Cliff.

The Cao army was completely destroyed, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun lost their power, and survived by chance, so he returned to Xiangyang dejectedly. Cao Cao rested in Jiangling for a few days and decided to withdraw to the north. He appointed Cao Ren as General Zhennan, led the prefect of Nanjun, guarded Jiangling, Lejin guarded Xiangyang, Xu Huang guarded Fancheng, Zhang He followed Zhang Liao back to Changshe, Runan prefect Man Chong changed his position to General Xingfenwei, guarded Dangyang, and the other troops followed him back to Yecheng.

After the arrangement was made, he was about to set off, but Zhou Yu, who was unsuccessful in pursuit of land, forced to Jiangling City with 20,000 naval troops two days later. At the same time, various branches along the river also reported war reports, and they all retreated back to their original garrisons. The most critical of them was Hefei. Sun Quan personally led a 50,000 army to defeat Li Dian all the way back from Lujiang County and surrounded Hefei City. Zhang Zhao led his troops to Dangtu and cut off Li Dian's retreat route.
Chapter completed!