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Chapter 606 It’s all under control
In front of the dock, the lights were on, and the torches and braziers of Su Yao's army made the place as bright as day.

Su Yao's personal soldiers surrounded an open space. Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Wen Pin, Wang Ling, Jia Xu and other civil and military officials formed a circle with Su Yao as the center and talked a lot.

"An army of seven or eight thousand people?"

"Does Lord Su really mean what he said?!"

The one who couldn't help but ask the first question was Wen Pin from the Nanyang Army.

This time, he also brought a thousand-man Nanyang army to cross the river first, and now more than half of them have arrived.

Originally, as a guest general, he should not have asked such rash questions and questioned the decision of the main general.

However, Wen Pin really couldn't help it.

What happened to this champion Hou’s team?

As their side was conducting a beach landing late at night, he was highly focused and was observing the situation in the opposite camp.

However, he could guarantee that without any report from the patrolling scouts, Lord Su would just slap his forehead and say that seven or eight thousand bandits were coming, and told them to be prepared for a fight, and he would start arranging tasks without explaining the situation.

Even, it is still a task to take the initiative to attack!
What’s even more bizarre is that no one in the Champion Marquis’ team questioned the reliability of this order?

It was the same before.

As for the outrageous rumor that Champion Hou won the water battle by riding a Pegasus and defeating the enemy, his subordinates remained quite calm. Not only did they not question or clarify it, they even spread it with great relish.
We can assume that this is a legend they made up to boost morale.

However, now is an important time to cross the river, a critical moment involving our lives.

As a general, the decisions you make must be based on absolutely objective facts, rather than your own subjective conjectures.

But at this moment, because of a rumor that came from nowhere, they obeyed the Champion Marquis's impulsive order, put aside the most important things in their hands and launched a night battle.

How blindly following is this?!

This is simply gambling with the lives of the entire army, which is really unbelievable.

After Wen Pin spoke, Jia Xu immediately followed up and expressed his concerns.

However, he did not directly question the accuracy of Su Yao's intelligence.

Although he now also shoulders some responsibilities for military confidentiality, Jia Xu is so smart that he soon discovered that Su Yao did not make decisions based solely on the information reported by him.

Jia Xu understood this very well, but he still couldn't figure out the source.

Was it the Zhen family's intelligence network? Or was it some other source of information? Although Jia Xu had not yet found out, it was obvious that the Champion Marquis must have another secret team in charge of this matter.

I have to say, this made him admire her very much.

It seems that the victory of Champion Hou in every battle is inseparable from his emphasis on military intelligence and information.

This is truly commendable for a young up-and-coming star.

However, the only problem was that this Champion Marquis was sometimes too impatient.

They are happy to hear about war and are eager to achieve success, but at the same time they lack patience and always want to win the battle quickly and achieve success in one go.

Although this is a common thing for young people, it is indeed

"My Lord, this matter is of great importance."

"Although I haven't received any intelligence yet, if there really are that many people, then it can only be Xu Rong's main team that has arrived."

"If this is true, we should immediately strengthen our defense and prepare to hold our ground instead of taking the initiative to attack."

"As long as we wait until tomorrow when our army has crossed the river and the army has gathered, we will be able to defeat not only Xu Rong's 7,000 or 8,000 men, but also Dong's 10,000-plus troops in Luoyang. Why should you be so anxious?"

Jia Xu and others were very clear about Dong Zhuo's military situation in Luoyang.

With the addition of the Nanyang Army, Jia Xu, Zhang Ji's troops and the incorporated surrendered soldiers, Su Yao's total military strength exceeded 10,000 people.

With these troops, plus the many capable generals under Marquis Guanjun, it seems that they can take down the thief Dong step by step.

Therefore, as soon as Jia Xu's suggestion came out, it was immediately responded to by many generals, and even Wang Ling advised:

"Your Excellency has been fighting for a whole day and night. There is really no need to rush. It is better to rest well and prepare for the battle tomorrow."

——"Opportunities are rare and will never come back again!"

Su Yao waved his hand:

"You all must know that it is not me who seeks a fight, but the Dong thieves will not give us time to rest."

"That thief Dong has already fled with the emperor tonight. Xu Rong and his men will surely bite us like mad dogs. This will give that thief time."

"If we let their evil plan succeed and Dong escapes to Chang'an, it will be very difficult to catch him."

"If the war drags on for a long time, and people suffer, that is not what I want."

"Therefore, I hope you can go one step further and follow me to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, pursue the victory and prevent Dong Zhuo from returning to the west."

Su Yao's words were powerful and every word was sonorous. Wen Pin, Jia Xu and other generals looked at each other in shock.

"Dong the thief ran away?" "Yes, I am sure of it."

Su Yao replied firmly.

And it seemed to echo his words.

Just as everyone was discussing, changes occurred in the bandit camp in the distance.

A long dragon with torches lit had already left the camp and was slowly coming towards them.

At this moment, everyone was speechless.

Wen Pin even bowed his head and clasped his fists, saying:
"Lord Su, you have foresight. I admire you!"

Su Yao raised his lips slightly and waved his hand:
"Okay, everyone, no need to say more. Now that the enemy troops have arrived, let's prepare to fight them."

Everyone clasped their fists in agreement, and Su Yao immediately began to assign tasks.

Except for Wang Ling and Jia Xu, who led Li Yi, Zhang Long and other Dong Zhuo surrendered soldiers who had surrendered before and fought several battles, to guard the ferry and continue loading and unloading and guiding people across the river, the others and the more than 1,800 fresh troops who had already crossed the river, all attacked and encountered the enemy outside the dock.

Especially Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others, they gave priority to changing to war horses, ready to follow Su Yao and lead the Chiyun Knights in a concentrated attack.

However, just as they were leaving the camp and forming a battle line, Su Yao shouted "Huh?" and stopped everyone.

"My lord, what's the situation?" Lu Bu stopped his horse and asked anxiously.

Before Su Yao could say anything, Zhao Yun had already noticed something was wrong.

Zhao Yun raised his silver spear, pointed at the long dragon in the north and said:

"The number of the bandits is far from seven or eight thousand. It is only one or two thousand at most."

"May I ask, sir, is there something wrong with the military intelligence?"

"Um???"

Su Yao closed his eyes and looked at the red dots that were slowly moving on the system map and scattered all over the place. He then opened his eyes and looked towards the northwest direction shrouded in the dark night, sneering:
"interesting."

"It's not enough to trick me once, you want to stir up trouble again?"

"Looks like we have to strike hard!"

"What do you mean by this, my lord?"

Wen Pin looked puzzled, while Guan Yu seemed to have realized something:

"But that bastard Xu is plotting something again?"

Guan Yu still remembers it.

Xu Rong launched a sneak attack the night before. When Xu Rong arrived at the shore, Hun Qiu did not dare to fight him. He just walked away, leaving him a mess.

Judging from this person's style, he would not come out to fight them head-on:
"Could it be that the bastard wants to lure the enemy deeper into our territory and set an ambush to besiege us?"

"Yun Chang is right."

Su Yao smiled and said:

"The troops coming before us are standard bait. Their army has been lying in ambush in the dark, trying to lure us into the trap."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this and looked at Su Yao.

Su Yao pinched his chin, stared at the system map and continued:

"The main army is over there at their camp, and they sent another troop around to go around."

"I just don't know whether they want to attack us from behind or steal our house."

"His target must be the ferry!"

Guan Yu immediately said:

"Your Excellency has won every battle, so I think this person is quite afraid of you. Last time, he took the opportunity to burn our ferry."

"This time, he sent a decoy force to attract our attention, while secretly deploying troops. I think he is using the same old trick again, trying to destroy our ferry in one fell swoop and cut off our retreat."

"The question is what do we do now?"

Lu Bu said anxiously:
"The garrison at the ferry crossing is less than a thousand men, and they are exhausted from the long battle, so they are not strong enough to defend."

"And we only have 2,000 mobile troops now. If we split our forces hastily, we will undoubtedly lose our strength and will not be able to gain an advantage on any battlefield."

"Why don't we go back first? It's more important to guard the ferry." Zhao Yun suggested.

"Don't panic, everyone."

Su Yao raised his lance and chuckled:
"The thieves' movements are under control."

"Since Xu Rong wants to play dirty tricks on us, I'll just tell him - in the face of absolute strength, his little tricks are not worth mentioning at all!"

(End of this chapter)