The defeat in the water battle seems to be impossible to require Cai Mao to do something big in a short period of time. Now, the most anticipated result is that Cao Ren and Wuxi Man can go over the river and the sea behind Gao Chong.

Just as Cao Cao was trying hard to break the enemy's good plans, a heart-wrenching headache pierced his brain. This pain was extremely sharp, just like a huge blood-devouring battle axe that kept chopping his head until it was split.

"Hey-oh!" Cao Cao finally couldn't help but scream. In the face of illness, even a man who was so strong was still powerless. At this critical moment, Cao Cao fell ill! He was helpless and held his head down on the brocade bed, holding his head in his hands, rolling constantly. When he couldn't bear it, he used his head to hit the wooden pillar supporting the military tent.

The sound of the soldiers who were escorting outside was alarmed, but none of them dared to turn over the tent, because once, Cao Cao pretended to be a ill guard who saw him as sick. He was dead when he entered the tent, and he was anxious to die if he didn't enter the tent. The guard who was so anxious that he called the military doctor to accompany him, and sent someone to invite military advisor Xun You, and hesitated to tell the truth about the situation.

Xun You was shocked. He did not dare to neglect and called Cheng Yu quickly. When the two of them entered the tent, Cao Cao had taken the sedative medicine prescribed by the doctor and fell asleep.

"Zhongde, if this continues, the lord's body will probably not be able to support it. As ministers, you and I must be responsible." Xun You withdrew from the account and said in a deep voice to Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu nodded solemnly and said, "My lord's disease is mostly caused by worrying about this war. To cure this disease, we should first ask about the cause. It seems that it is time for us to do our best."

Xun You turned around, grabbed Cheng Yu's hand tightly and said, "Okay, let's go to Jianggan Camp now."

These days, Jiang Gan, who followed the army south, has not had a good life.

After learning about two seemingly important information at the Xiangyang Conference, Jiang Gan couldn't wait to send the news to the meeting place that he had agreed to with Zhou Yu in advance, but he regretted it shortly after the servant left.

Cao Cao's 150,000 troops went south through the bamboo shoot, and all the enemies he blocked were defeated. In almost half a month, the strength and weakness had undergone tremendous changes. Originally, Jiang Gan promised Zhou Yu to be the inner room to see that Gao Chong was powerful and to leave a way out for himself, but now, the inner room's identity made him uneasy.

"It seems that Gao Chong is just a superficial strength, and Cao Cao is the real one!" Jiang Gan thought to himself.

"Ziyi, why are you worried about these days? Could it be that you have something to worry about?" Just as Jiang Gan hid in the tent and sat restlessly, military advisor Xun You and military advisor Cheng Yu turned over the tent and entered.

"Uh, it's Gongda and Zhongde! What kind of wind blows you?" Jiang Gan's expression tightened and said with a dry smile.

Cheng Yu laughed, sat on the main seat without hesitation, and said, "What wind, the southeast wind, why should Ziyi ask him knowingly?"

Jiang Gan's face changed and he said, "What Zhongde is saying, I don't understand?"

Xun You took out a letter from his arms, put it on the desk with a 'bang', and said coldly: "If Ziyi doesn't understand, let's take a look at what is written in the letter first. After reading it, you will understand everything!"

Jiang Gan glanced at the letter, and when he saw the lines on it, he completely collapsed because this letter was the one he handed to the servant a few days ago.

"If others don't know, unless you have never done it, Jiang Gan, you dare to have an affair with the enemy. If we report to the Prime Minister truthfully, then what is waiting for you will be..." Cheng Yu said word by word, with a smug smile on his face.

Jiang Gan's "Boe" fell to the ground, took a few steps on his knees, grabbed Xun You and Cheng Yu's hands and cried: "Gongda, Zhongde, this is absolutely not allowed. It seems that because of the good friendship between you and my colleagues, please hide it for you and leave a life for you. If you have any assignments from now on, you will definitely die!"

Jiang Gan cried and cried. As a little man struggling in troubled times, Jiang Gan had no great ideals. He only hoped to be successful in his official career and glorious in his ancestors. Now, his identity inside was exposed. In addition to death, he was also awaiting his reputation as a result of being ruined.

"Okay, since Ziyi is willing to regret it, then we will give you a chance in the past relationship. Now you will immediately go to Jiangling to tell Zhou Yu, and then you will find out that Cao Cao intends to send an elite soldier to cross the Yangtze River in the Baqiu area at night. If this news comes, we will not pursue your behavior of collusion with enemies." After Jiang Gan was sad and anxious for a while, Xun You slowly turned around and said indifferently.

Jiang Gan wiped away his tears and said silently: "Is Gongda's saying true?"

Xun You said seriously: "When will I, Xun You, say, don't count. However, if you have the will of betrayal, your wife, children and children in Xudu will be dead. Think about it carefully!"

After saying that, Xun You and Cheng Yu looked at each other and smiled. Since they discovered Jiang Gan's suspicious behavior, Xun You arranged for his subordinates to take Jiang Gan's family to Xu Du. This threat and temptation can be said to be a fatal blow to Jiang Gan, who has an old mother and a wife and a child!

"Gongda, Zhongde, I'll just agree!" Jiang Gan responded with a disgrace. He had no choice but to survive under power.

In the winter in the south, the cold nights at night are even more difficult than in the dry north, which makes it difficult for Cao Ren, a soldier who is accustomed to the dry and cold climate of the Central Plains, to adapt to this sudden change for a while.

The doctors accompanying the army were helpless about this extremely contagious disease, because in the north, the breeding of viruses is far less scrupulous than that of the south. In desperation, Cao Ren, who had planned to sneak and escape to the outside of Jiangxia City, had to rob along the way, hoping to get a cure this terrible disease from the mouths of the local people.

All the marched, soldiers fell out of their ranks along the way.

The epidemic caused nearly 1,500 of Cao Ren's five thousand elite soldiers to lose their combat capabilities. If there were a few days, there would be more soldiers infected with this army.

"Abandoned soldiers--!" After trying many methods, it was useless. Cao Ren made a quick decision. He decisively ordered the abandonment of the sick soldiers and led the remaining healthy soldiers to continue to advance eastward.

Since you cannot rescue, you can only choose to leave. This is to be responsible for the still healthy soldiers. War is struggling on the brink of life and death. After experiencing countless baptisms of blood and fire, Cao Ren's heart is as hard as iron.

The wind and lightning flashed. From Baqiu to Xiakou, Cao Ren's marching speed was only described in these four words. Zhu Huan and He Qi had just set up the first line of defense outside Jiangxia, and Cao Ren had already arrived.

"Design a formation to fight!" Zhu Huan rode his horse through the army with a nervous expression, shouting loudly. He did not expect the enemy to come so quickly, and the general who led the army was the famous Cao Zixiao.

"Kill!" Although one thousand soldiers were missing, Cao Ren still remained confident.

The distance was getting closer and closer. As Zhu Huan's flag shaking, the crossbowman who had just entered the ambush site was like a sudden rain. Cao Bing, who was running in front, was caught off guard. The dull sound of arrows piercing into his body echoed in the air.

In the first round of charge, Cao's army left behind about a hundred corpses.

Cao Ren's face turned pale, and his gestures remain unchanged. Attack, attack again! Because retreating means death.

In the second round, Zhu Huan fired crossbows, and the strong and dense rain of arrows made the approaching Cao soldiers fall in rows like weeds cut down, and even the flying flags were shot off by the powerful crossbows.

Finally, after paying the price of another 300 soldiers' lives, Cao Ren successfully approached Zhu Huan's guard and a melee began.

The soldiers of Cao Ren's army, led by low-level generals such as Sima and Duwei, were divided into hundreds of small teams to cover each other. Rows of long spears and swords combined into a dead iron wall, leaving Zhu Huan's army with almost no counterattack power. These Shanyue soldiers who were good at shooting at long distances of bows and crossbows went to the battlefield without undergoing complex tactical training. The disadvantages of the elite Cao soldiers suddenly could not be compensated for.

After half an hour of fighting, the miserable whine of the companions completely eliminated the fighting spirit of the Zhu Huan army soldiers who were still fighting. Zhu Huan could not believe that the six thousand soldiers could not resist Cao Ren's fierce attack.

Retreat———In desperation, Zhu Huan retreated for twenty miles in a row. Now he could only count on He Qi's rear army to take over in time.

Wuling Mountain is more than hundreds of miles long, with clouds and ravines, deep pools and water, and vast jungles embedded in it. The beautiful scenery is incredible. Sometimes, on small flat dams among the mountains, people who escape from the outside have logged wood and lived almost isolated from the world.

Among the tribes living in this area, Wuxi Man is the most powerful. Wuxi, as the name suggests, is Yuanshui, Baishui, Chishui, Xiushui and Wushui.

The ancestors of Wuxi Barbarians were famous. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, their tribesmen established their own country near Baidi City - the Ba Kingdom. During the period of the strongest power, the Ba people's control range went from Jiangling in Jingzhou in the east to Jiangzhou in Shuzhong in the west to Jiangzhou in Shuzhong in the north to Hanzhong, and to Yelang Kingdom in the south.

Making salt and creating bronze vessels is the most exquisite skill of the Ba people. Unfortunately, about two hundred years after the founding of the country, with the arrival of the Iron Age, the Ba Kingdom began to decline. Under the continuous conquest of the Chu Kingdom, the Ba people who survived one day left their homeland and began to migrate south. Their final destination was the Wuxi River Basin where no one visited the mountains.

The once glorious history allowed Wuximan to have his own belief in gods, and his obsession with witchcraft made the people of the clan both ignorant and brave and terrifying. Under the command of the great wizard driven by the gods, both men, women, and young and old would fight forward without hesitation.

It is precisely because of this fierceness that the Wuxi Barbarians survived the battle with other tribes and continued to grow. By the time of the Jian'an period of the Han Dynasty, their power was unprecedentedly powerful. Especially after the Barbarian King Shamoke succeeded to the throne, he led his troops to fight east and west, and over ten years he successively wiped out dozens of hostile tribes of all sizes. The current Wuxi barbarian forces have reached Jiaozhou in the south, Sanxia in the north, Wuling in the east, and Nanzhong in the west.

Shamoke was short and fat, with a red hair and a rough appearance. He was very scheming. After taking over as the leader of the clan at the age of 25, he took advantage of the escort to kill the great wizard who was not in harmony with him the next year. He combined the leader and the great wizard to achieve his position in the clan. The only thing he lacked was a "throne".

In fact, according to Shamoko's current power, he can be called king, but he doesn't want to do so.

The fact that his ancestors were creating glory and then declined made him understand that the prosperity of self-restraint cannot last long. If Wuximan wants to truly become the ruler of various tribes in the south, it must be recognized by a stronger regime from the outside world. This powerful regime that Shamoko believed in his heart must be looked up to was the Han court that lasted for more than 400 years.

Chu destroyed the Ba Kingdom, Qin swallowed the six kingdoms, and Liu Han destroyed Qin. These are just historical facts of normal dynasty replacements. In the eyes of Shamoke and his tribe members, they are the unexplainable will of heaven.

Therefore, when Liu Ba came to the Wuxi Barbarian Tribe with the appointment letter of the "King of the South" with the emperor's jade seal, his lobbying was soon successful. In the eyes of Shamoke, of course, it would not be the newly established New Xia Dynasty, because it was Gan Ning, a general under Gao Chong who killed his father, the old leader of the Wuxi Barbarians.

And this is the reason why he has been refusing to surrender to Gao Chong over the years.

Three thousand barbarian athletes, these dead soldiers carefully trained by Shamoko, were the elite troops he relied on to conquer all directions. Now they were all wearing carved feathers, shirtless and flat chests, holding sharpened spears and wooden bows, and pots of arrows behind them. Arrow clusters soaked with poisonous juice flashed with green light in the sun.

The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. Shamoko decided to take a gamble because he understood that once Cao Cao's powerful enemy no longer exists, Gao Chong will turn his head and fight him with all his strength.

In Jiangzhou, a fleet of colorful sails hung covered the Yangtze River during the dry season. After receiving the news that Cao Cao's army broke through Jingbei and went south, Ganning, stationed in Chengdu, could no longer sit still.

"Chengyuan, quickly click on the soldiers and ships to reinforce Jingxiang." After seeing the letters sent by Gao Chong, Gan Ning laughed and stood up. Although there were a few light wrinkles on his forehead, his body was still majestic.

Ding Feng shouted excitedly: "Governor, two hundred and seventy warships have been anchored in Jinjiang for a long time, just waiting for the Governor to say one word!"

"Okay - Jinyi is back home, Jinfan is sailing far away. This time we want everyone in the world to know our name!" Gan Ning was full of passion. Since the battle with Liu Bei in Tuoshui, the Jinfan army has never experienced major wars. With the continuous victory of the war in Hanzhong and Liangzhou, Gan Ning thought that this ability could only be used as a trivial matter of bandit suppression in the future, but he did not expect that there would be such a big battle waiting for him now.
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