They are really losers, powerless losers.

Even if you retreat to Yuzhang County and lean against Jingzhou, you may not be able to withstand the fierce attack of the Wei army. The fall of Wujun and Danyang County has become a foregone conclusion. You can't resist with just one Yuzhang County, which has a shallow foundation.

Unless Liu Biao sent the Jingzhou army to help them defend Luling, fight against the Wei army with the advantages of Jingzhou naval army, and use Penglize as the combat center to force the Wei army to fight against the Wei army's attack with them, and use the advantages of water war to fight against the Wei army's attack.

In this way, perhaps we can still hold on to Yuzhang County.

But then we must get the help of Liu Biao, and the cooperation of the Jingzhou sailors, and the two armies fight together to prevent the Wei army's attack.

Otherwise, the Wei army would never stop and would have to destroy them.

Now that things have come to this point, Huang Gai is helpless after crying and losing voices. As he sees the occupation shifting towards an unstoppable disadvantage, what can he do alone?

There is no need to defend Wuhu anymore and it cannot be defended at all. If you continue to defend, once Xu Huang crosses the river, it will cause disastrous consequences.

The battlefield along the river is in danger, but Huang Gai no longer intends to send troops to support him.

The remaining army was sorted out, and a group of people and more than 3,000 people quickly left the city. All the people on the official side were taken away, and all the food and things before were taken away, leaving only the whole city of people.

They planned to go to Wanling County, Danyang County, and then take the roads of Jing County, Lingyang County and Poyang County to enter Yuzhang County, and settle down in Yuzhang County first.

Then at the same time, Lu Fan requested to go on a mission to Jingzhou to move reinforcements in Jingzhou, and at least help to protect Yuzhang County. That would be beneficial to Liu Biao, and Liu Biao would not be confused.

So the plan was decided.

Sun Quan and others fled all the way. Lu Fan took three fast horses and a group of guards to Jiangxia County, Jingzhou to ask Huang Zu what was going on, and he could still send troops.

Lu Fan thought so, thinking of joining the Jingzhou troops in Yuzhang County to fight another battle, stop the Wei army's attack, protect Yuzhang County and even Luling County, and retain a trace of vitality and a little hope for recovery for the Wu State.

The rest can only be left to fate.

However, for Yu Jin and others, they were willing to do anything to eliminate Wu's gift to Guo Peng and to make Guo Peng happy in the stall established by the New Dynasty.

What a joke?

Lifelong glory and wealth are all in this struggle. Do we still need to give up this great opportunity?

Yu Jin could not tolerate it, nor did Zhang Liao and Guo Jia, so the three thousand iron cavalry were led by Jin to chase it all the way.

Originally, Yu Jin was a little nervous about whether he could catch up, thinking that they might not be able to catch up, and they might really lose such a great opportunity, but soon, Yu Jin discovered something.

"Our war horses have horseshoes, right?"

During the break, Yu Jin asked Wei Yan, who followed him to pursue him.

"Yes, general, our war horses have horseshoes. After the horseshoes are nailed on the horseshoes, not only does the horseshoes have greatly reduced the loss, but the war horses also run much faster."

Wei Yan nodded.

"Yes, that's it."

Yu Jin squatted down, raised one of the horse's hooves under his crotch, and looked at the horse's hooves below: "Wen Chang, now all the cavalry in the world are only our horses nailed to the horse's hooves, right?"

"That's natural. Only we have horseshoes, so the loss of our war horses has been greatly reduced. Until now, the horses of the war horses of the heavy cavalry of the Tiger Guards under my command have not been damaged. It seems that they can continue to fight. In the past, after a fierce battle, the war horses will be three out of ten."

Wei Yan couldn't help but sigh: "So, when Emperor Wu counterattacked the Huns, if the war horses had horses, they would not only be able to fight against Mobei? Maybe they could always pursue the Huns westward and completely destroy the Huns, and they would not have caused the domestic household registration to be cut by half and the war horses would be greatly damaged."

"This is the case of the Northern Expedition of the Huns in the Han and Wu of Han. Do you know this? It seems that you have read a lot of books? Have you also read "The Book of Taishi Gong"?"

Yu Jin was a little strange.

"Yes, after reading some, the king told me that if you are a general, you are a reckless man. You have to read more to take on the heavy responsibility of commanding troops and conquering the war. Therefore, the king asked me to read a lot of books, and sometimes he would personally guide me to read and solve my doubts."

"The King personally guides you to study? He also helps you solve your doubts? Really?"

Yu Jin was surprised.

"Yes, really."

Wei Yan nodded.

Yu Jin looked at Wei Yan in surprise, looked at him, and then smiled.

"The king is right. Read more is not bad. People who do not study cannot lead thousands of troops. Well, let alone this. In the past, we all knew that horse hooves were severely damaged. If you drive too much, the damage will also accelerate. Therefore, we dare not use horsepower too much. We have to rest for a while.

Although it is the same now, if we have horseshoes, we don’t have to worry too much about damage to the horseshoes. Compared to the Wu people who don’t have horseshoes, we have an advantage in this regard. They are afraid, we are not afraid, right?"

Wei Yan frowned and nodded.

"The general is right. We don't have to worry about the wear and tear of the horse's hooves, but what does that matter?"

"It's a big deal."

Yu Jin said, "We are not afraid of horse hooves being damaged. We can run faster. They are afraid of horse hooves being damaged, so we must run very slowly. We can run faster than them. Just let the war horses fill their stomachs. But they can't do it, and they must rest more times than us."

“That means…”

Wei Yan suddenly reacted and said in surprise: "We can catch up with them! We just need to eat and sleep. They must let the horses rest for a while. Moreover, our horses are better than their horses, and they have more numbers, so they will be faster!"

"Yes! Although they are running ahead, we will definitely catch up!"

Yu Jin clenched his fists hard.

"Why didn't you expect it before?"

Wei Yan looked excited: "It's still a new thing. We've gotten used to the way we used to, but now it's different. With saddles and stirrups, we save more effort. We can exert horsepower to the extreme. If they can't do it, they have to squeeze the horse's belly with both legs and have to rest after running for a while, otherwise the horse can't stand it!"

"sure."

Yu Jin looked at Wei Yan with some appreciation: "It's not bad, I didn't read the book in vain. I thought of these things so quickly. Very good. You are right, just like this. In this way, we will definitely catch up with them soon, so they don't want to run to Jingzhou!"

Wei Yan nodded repeatedly, then called the soldiers to eat dry food quickly, drink more water, chew a few pieces of jerky meat, and then continued to chase him on the road.

Wei Yan was really satisfied with the fighting rations.

If you can eat enough and eat a few bites of meat, you can't even think about it when you didn't join Guo Peng's army before.

Guo Peng has never slacked off in military rations since the beginning of the founding of the army.

While other warlords were generally still eating vegetable porridge and wild vegetables, Guo Peng had already farmed in Shanggu County to allow soldiers to have a few dry meals.

When the other warlords were hungry, they went up the mountain to pick fruits and went down the river to catch fish, Guo Peng could already guarantee that the soldiers could have a dry meal a day.

After arriving in Qingzhou, Guo Peng took advantage of the seaside because of the seaside, using a large amount of sea goods and a large amount of ducks obtained from controlling locusts to replenish the soldiers' meat.

When the area occupied more and the scale of military farms became larger and larger, the staple food of Wei soldiers completely separated from the category of thick vegetable porridge and turned into dry rice.

After conquering Hebei, the trade channel with nomads was opened, and the number of livestock was greatly increased, so beef, mutton and horse meat also became meat that Wei soldiers could eat.

When the Wei army was about to carry out large-scale war operations, Guo Peng would also make large batches of jerky in advance to equip the soldiers.

Especially for cavalry, when long-distance raids, jerky meat and pancakes are the best food. Basically, one person has two horses, one horse rides a man, one horse carries food and water, and other necessities.

When the three cavalry artifacts are equipped, you can easily stabilize the body without clamping your legs when riding on the horse. Even some daily needs can be completed on the war.

Apart from resting at night and letting horses rest, it is almost non-stop.
Chapter completed!