Sun Quan ignored Lu Meng and Lu Su and continued to look coldly at Cao Cao on the island.

Political alliances have always been fragile, and only interests will last forever. Although he knew that Cao Cao was alienating him, he still had doubts in his heart.

At this time, the clouds opened and the fog dispersed, the long-lost skylight shone on me, and the lake surface shone with golden light.

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he saw this. As long as the sky is clear and the weather is clear, Cai Mao will come soon. No matter how powerful Sun Quan's navy is, there are only a few thousand people in it. Even if he fights at all costs, he will be defeated.

"The fog has dissipated, can we still ambush? If my people cut off the return route, will Jiangdong still have anything to do with you?" Cao Cao laughed.

"Didn't the Prime Minister have a lot of thoughts about the naval forces trained by Cai Mao?" Although Sun Quan spoke harshly, there was also a trace of worry in his heart.

Cao Cao didn't seem to want to persuade him anymore. He waved his hand and asked someone to carry out a corpse, and then retreated to the island. Before leaving, Cao Cao finally said: "Is this man a general from Jiangdong? If he stays here, he may be eaten by wild beasts. Zhong Mou

It is better to take it back to your hometown for burial. Whether you retreat or not is entirely up to your own free will..."

"My lord, it's the Yuan Dynasty..." Jiang Qin said excitedly.

Sun Quan nodded lightly, "When Cao Jun is far away, you can pick him up on the ship..."

"Wei." Jiang Qin instantly became sad.

Cao Cao had just taken a few steps when he suddenly turned around and reminded Sun Quan: "Your father and I were once brothers in arms, and here is a word of farewell. There are no permanent enemies in this world, let alone permanent allies. If we were defeated in Wulin in the past,

If Liu Xuande is willing to work harder, he might not be able to return to Xudu. You can think about the reasons yourself..."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he left without looking back. Sun Quan was even more suspicious at this time. Could it be that Liu Bei let Cao Cao go on purpose?

After Cao's army left, Jiang Qin personally disembarked from the ship and retrieved Dong Xi's body.

Sun Quan and everyone else observed a moment of silence to pay tribute to Dong Xi, and many people on board cried.

"Zijing, if Cai Mao from Chaohu Water Village sends out all his troops, can our hundreds of warships be able to stop him now?" Sun Quan asked doubtfully.

Lu Su frowned, "It's a pity that we lost thousands of soldiers just now, but we should still be able to survive for a long time. Seeing that we haven't returned to Ruxuwu for a long time, Cheng Gong will definitely lead his army to come to meet us. On the contrary, Cai Mao's warships should not be many."

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"If that doesn't work, we should withdraw. There's no point in spending time here. Cheng Gong knew that he would come to meet him even though he was so far away. Those people in Cao's camp are more eager to be the savior..." Sun Quan sighed.

Lu Su hurriedly admonished: "Lord, if you don't miss this opportunity and don't come back, if you give up rashly..."

"It's not that I don't want to capture Cao Cao's thieves, but Cao's soldiers' fighting power is amazing. The strong attack just now defeated the Yuan Dynasty..." Sun Quan shook his head.

"How about we trap them for a few more days?" Lu Su really didn't want to give up.

"Grand Governor, have you seen the tall, long-bearded old man next to Cao Cao? With this man around, Cao Bing will never starve to death..." Lu Meng reminded.

"What does Ziming mean?" Lu Su looked confused.

Lu Meng sighed and said: "That person is Cheng Yu. Fortunately, they sent the body of the Yuan Dynasty back, otherwise..."

After Lu Su heard this, he immediately understood that Cheng Yu was a ruthless man. When Cao Cao fought against Lu Bu in Yanzhou and when Xuzhou was fighting against Tao Qian, due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, there was a shortage of food in various places. He either mixed human flesh into the military rations, or even directly held a banquet of human flesh.

, the thousands of Jiangdong people on the island would probably sacrifice to Cao Jun’s Five Internal Organs Temple.

Cao Cao didn't have to worry about running out of food. There was no point in waiting here. Besides, there were no commanders in the camps on both sides to control the formation. There might be some trouble. Thinking of this, Lu Su stopped trying to persuade him.

"Weigh the anchor." Sun Quan said calmly.

"Wei." Lu Meng clasped his fists and accepted the order, waved the flag and sailed the ship.

Sun Quan was like riding a roller coaster. He experienced ups and downs in this day. Although he was helpless, he could only go back in despair. The genial sunshine in the sky was originally very warm, but there was no smile on Sun Quan's face.

Because he was worried about encountering Cai Mao on the return trip, Lu Su asked the fleet to go north and then east, trying to return to Ruxuwu as close to the north of Chao Lake as possible.

"Lord, don't be discouraged. We have captured dozens of warships, and this trip is not considered empty-handed." Lu Su comforted.

Sun Quan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "These are nothing compared to the capture of Cao Cao's thief. Look, who among the princes such as Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian and others was directly captured? Even the reckless Lu Bu was defeated and surrendered and was killed. We almost died.

Can write history..."

"After several battles between us, Cao Cao lost more than half of his navy. The defense of Ruxuwu will be easier. My lord should be happy..." Lu Su meant that it would be good if we could hold on. After all, the disparity in strength between the enemy and us is too great.

Damn, what happened today was purely due to luck.

Sun Quan sighed: "I can only think so, but Cao Cao's words are not unreasonable..."

Lu Su was startled when he heard this, "This is Cao's traitor's plan to alienate people. I know the situation in Chibi best. Duke Xuande only has a few soldiers and horses. It is not easy for him to coordinate Gong Jin's attack on Xiangyang..."

"But Liu Xuande won Jingzhou in vain, and we Jiangdong put in so much effort and hardly saw any benefits. Now he is plotting Yizhou again. The Sun-Liu Alliance cannot always suffer the loss on me." Sun Quan frowned.

"Xuan Degong was invited in by Liu Zhang. Now that Liu Zhang suddenly has evil intentions, there is nothing wrong with Jingzhou going to rescue him." Lu Su explained for Liu Bei that he would try his best to maintain the Sun-Liu alliance.

"Liu Zhang has evil intentions out of thin air? Zijing, do you believe it yourself? Even Gong Jin wants to take Yizhou, Liu Xuande will help him in vain?" The warship sailed in Chaohu Lake, and the ripples on the lake were like the ripples in Sun Quan's heart.

Lu Su saw that Sun Quan's idea was becoming more and more dangerous, and hurriedly advised him: "Cao Cao is strong today and Sun Liu is weak. Even if Xuande Gong is not so upright, we should not fall into the enemy's plot. I will go to him personally to negotiate and win over

I have to go back to one or two counties in Jingzhou..."

"Zijing is wishful thinking, who will give up the land and the people?" Sun Quan shook his head.

"It is said that everything depends on man-made efforts, but we should be united in dealing with the outside world, otherwise we will die..." Lu Su continued to reason.

"I understand. We will wait until Cao Jun retreats to discuss the rest..." Although Sun Quan was temporarily persuaded by Lu Su, the thorn buried in his heart was difficult to remove.

The weather cleared and Cao Cao did not return. Cai Mao led the navy to launch a search and finally rescued Cao Cao in the evening.

After Cao Cao escaped from danger and returned to the camp, he was not in the depressed mood he had been in Chibi. Instead, he smiled and gathered his ministers for a banquet. Because Cao Cao's soldiers suffered almost no damage, it proved that the land battle of Jiangdong soldiers was really weak.

Cao Cao rewarded Xu Chu for his bravery at the banquet, praised Cai Mao and others for their timely rescue, and encouraged the soldiers to fight again in the future.

Starlight fell on Cao Cao's camp at night. After the shocking banquet, Cao Cao stood outside the tent and looked up to the sky, laughing.

Cheng Yu and Jia Xu followed him out, wondering what the hell is the prime minister doing?

"Prime Minister, the night is as cold as water and you are frightened again today. Please rest early." Cheng Yu bowed and said.

"Ah? It's Zhongde and Wenhe, have you seen the stars in the sky?" Cao Cao turned around and asked with a smile.

Cheng Yu and Jia Xu looked confused. They saw Cao Cao asking and answering: "It has been drizzling recently. It has been a long time since we have seen the starry sky. Tomorrow must be a good weather."

"The Prime Minister said..." Jia Xu seemed to have guessed something.
Chapter completed!