Originally, Cao Cao did not intend to let Bai Feng take away Li Cunxiao, Li Yuanba, and Qin Liangyu.
However, most of the areas west of Hanzhong were bandits and foreign tribes. It was unrealistic to not bring soldiers.
The weak city guards in Hanzhong City were not enough to do anything.
During this time, Cao Cao had sent most of his generals to Xiliang and Liaodong.
There were no suitable generals to send to Bai Feng.
Thus, he could only let Li Cunxiao and the others leave with Bai Feng.
Moreover, Li Cunxiao, Li Yuanba, and Qin Liangyu were Bai Feng's subordinates.
Their Black Armor Cavalry and the Eighteen Steeds of Misty Cloud only listened to Bai Feng's orders.
If one was not in a hurry, it would take about five days to travel from Xuchang to Hanzhong on horseback.
Bai Feng was naturally not in a hurry. This period of time should be the most comfortable for Bai Feng.
While Bai Feng was traveling to Hanzhong.
Jiangdong.
Sun Quan and Lu Su were sitting at the table, brewing a pot of tea.
"Why has Cao Cao been so quiet these days?"
Sun Quan calmly took a sip of tea and said indifferently.
During this period of time, Sun Quan and Liu Bei had been on guard to prevent Cao Cao from launching a surprise attack.
However, Cao Cao had moved all his troops back to the north and retreated to Fancheng. He had no intention of attacking.
Sun Quan could not help but feel puzzled.
Lu Su frowned and said,
"The scouts we sent out a few days ago have returned."
"Cao Cao has moved all his troops to Hanzhong and Bashu. They are currently engaged in a fierce battle."
"What?!"
Sun Quan was shocked. He immediately narrowed his eyes and said,
"What's the situation?"
"Bashu and Hanzhong are easy to defend and hard to attack; as long as they impede each other, they will be able to hold each other back.
No matter how many elite soldiers Cao Cao sends, it won't be of any use. "
Lu Su sighed softly.
"However, my lord must not forget that Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang are not wise masters."
"These two do not have great talents and do not know how to use virtuous people."
"Thus, in a short month, both of their cities were breached."
Upon hearing this, Sun Quan was stunned.
How was this possible?
Sun Quan knew that Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu were not smart people.
However, these two huge areas, especially Bashu, which had six provinces, were destroyed by Cao Cao in a month's time?
Even if a pig was tied up there, it would be able to survive for at least half a year, right?
"Liu Bei didn't take any action?"
Sun Quan said with a frown.
Bashu was so close to Jingzhou. No matter what, Liu Bei would have taken some action.
However, Sun Quan did not hear any news during this period of time.
Due to the strict defense, he did not dare to send out scouts to investigate.
After a month, Sun Quan asked Lu Su to send out scouts.
In the end, he received such shocking news.
Lu Su smiled bitterly and said,
"Liu Zhang sent Fa Zheng and Zhang Song to Jingzhou to seek help from Liu Bei."
"However, Liu Bei was forced to retreat. Bashu was completely isolated and without help. It was crushed by Cao Cao's army …"
At this point, Lu Su knew that there was no need for him to continue.
Sun Quan said with a worried expression,
"The heavens want me to die, the heavens want me to die!"
"Bashu is gone, Hanzhong is gone."
"Isn't it Jingzhou and Jiangdong's turn next?"
Lu Su sighed and said,
"Milord's words are true, but we still have the strength to fight."
"Although Liu Bei has been defeated, he still has hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command."
"During this period of time in Jingzhou, he has not been idle."
"He used Liu Qi as a rallying point in Jingzhou and accumulated a lot of soldiers."
"With Jingzhou in front, we only need to send troops to help and prevent Cao Cao from going south."
"Jiangdong has the Yangtze River as a natural barrier. It's not impossible to fight."
Sun Quan nodded his head heavily and said,
"I didn't expect Liu Bei to develop so quickly in Jingzhou."
"What about Bai Feng? Why haven't I heard anything about him for a long time? "
"Could it be that Bai Feng was the one who attacked Bashu and Hanzhong?"
Lu Su shook his head and said, "That's not true.
Bashu and Hanzhong were taken by a young general named Deng Ai, who led a few generals under Bai Feng and the Ferocious Cavalry. "
"It's said that this young general named Deng Ai is Bai Feng's personal disciple."
Sun Quan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
"Bai Feng's personal disciple?"
"Then what about Bai Feng?"
Lu Su shook his head gently and said, "The scouts haven't sent any scouts.
"The scouts haven't sent any news yet. We don't know where he went."
"However, as far as I know, Bai Feng doesn't seem to plan to go to the battlefield again. Instead, he wants to do farming."
Sun Quan looked at Lu Su in disbelief.
"Is the information reliable?"
Lu Su nodded heavily and said, "This can't be underestimated.
"We cannot be careless with this information. I've sent three scouts, and they all said so."
Hearing this, Sun Quan was a little confused.
"What is Bai Feng up to this time?"
"Instead of being a great general, he wants to be a farmer?"
"And he even sent his personal disciple to the battlefield to be a great general?"
Lu Su said with an extremely solemn expression.
"If I may be so bold as to guess, Bai Feng might be doing this to avoid suspicion."
"Cao Cao is a suspicious person. Bai Feng's achievements are even greater than Cao Cao's."
"If Bai Feng doesn't do this, his achievements will overshadow his master's. I'm afraid …"
Lu Su originally didn't want to say this. After all, Zhou Yu was forced by Sun Quan because his achievements overshadowed his master's.
But now, it seemed that he had to say this.
One was to pretend to be a wise man.
The other was that this news was too shocking. Lu Su didn't dare to not tell Sun Quan.
After all, the person who posed the greatest threat to Jiangdong in the Cao camp was Bai Feng.
"But this is good."
"Since Cao Cao can't tolerate him, this is a good opportunity for us."
"If he wants to be a farmer, let him be. He can spend the rest of his life in Hanzhong. It's best if Cao Cao doesn't use him for the rest of his life."
Sun Quan clenched his fists and murmured.
It was a pity that such a talent wasn't under his command. Instead, he was working for Cao Cao.
Sun Quan felt that it was a pity that Cao Cao treated Bai Feng like this.
However, Lu Su shook his head helplessly.
After following Sun Quan for so long, how could Lu Su not know what he was thinking?
Speaking of Cao Cao, he was full of suspicions.
But if he thought about it carefully, how could Sun Quan not be suspicious?
Zhou Yu was wholeheartedly devoted to Jiangdong, but he was torn apart by Bai Feng's sowing discord.
In the end, Zhou Yu refused to go to Jiangdong.
This incident had long inspired Lu Su.
Sun Quan was a wise master, but he was definitely not a virtuous master.
If Zhou Yu didn't die, Jiangdong might still be able to fight.
Whether it was in terms of strategy or military strategy, Lu Su believed that he was definitely not as good as Zhou Yu.
The position of Viceroy really made Lu Su feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.
But there was no other way. In the current Jiangdong, he could only take one step at a time.
But Lu Su didn't think that Bai Feng's retirement was real.
He felt that something was wrong.
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