At his words, everyone in the hall instantly paled. Even Zhou Yu and Lu Su were taken aback.
"How is that possible?"
Han Dang was the first to cry out, his face full of shock. "Lü Bu is attacking Yu Province right now. Aren't Cao Cao's troops fighting him?"
"Where did he get thirty thousand troops to occupy Jiangdong?!"
With the fighting in Yu Province raging, how could Cao Cao suddenly transfer troops from the front there to Jiangdong?
Could his soldiers fly?
Sun He said, "According to the reports we received, Cao Cao's troops marched out of Huainan and Lujiang Commanderies, crossed the Yangtze River, and headed straight for Wu Commandery and Kuaiji Commandery."
"And the Cao Army moved out shortly after we engaged Zhang Liao. In other words, Cao Cao had hidden his troops there long ago, intending to strike our rear while we were off guard."
Everyone was shocked once again.
This had been planned all along?
Once Lü Meng recovered, he immediately cursed, "That Cao Cao! With a powerful enemy before us, he actually dared to break our alliance and stoop to stabbing his allies in the back!"
"What a shameless rat!"
Then he turned furiously to Sun Quan and proposed, "My lord, let us muster our troops immediately, march straight back to Jiangdong, and fight the Cao Thief to the death!"
His words instantly drew agreement from the other generals.
"Yes, fight to the death!"
"We cannot let the Cao Thief seize Jiangdong!"
"We must make the Cao Thief pay!"
Their home had been stolen and their retreat cut off. How could they stay here fighting Zhang Liao? Their most urgent task was to return to Jiangdong!
"It is too late."
Lu Su suddenly spoke, his brows tightly furrowed. "The commanderies in our rear fell