After hearing the report, Cao Cao felt a chill run down his spine.
Several thousand men, fully equipped with armor-this was clearly a regular army, either Sun Quan's troops or the Imperial Court's!
But he controlled all the major ferries. How had so many men crossed the Yangtze River without a sound, without him discovering them?
Had they flown across?!
Xu You saw through his thoughts and said slowly, "The only way to cross the river is by boat. But right now, you control all the major ferries, and only the boats relocating the common people are traveling back and forth."
"If my guess is right, they mingled with the common people and used your boats to cross the Yangtze River in secret, then attacked the ferry."
"The Imperial Court could never do anything so despicable, so this must be Sun Quan's doing... Cao Mengde, you were still a step too late."
Disguising soldiers as commoners to cross the Yangtze River.
Such conduct could only be called shameless.
The Imperial Court cared about its reputation and would never do anything that invited such condemnation. Since these were not its troops, who had done it went without saying.
"My lord-!"
Just as Xu You finished speaking, Yue Jin hurried into the side chamber and reported to Cao Cao, "The scouts have sent word that Sun Quan's forces have mobilized in full and are heading toward Tongling Ferry by boat!"
At these words, Xu You looked at Cao Cao.
A mocking expression appeared on his face.
Cao Cao's face had turned livid. He kicked over the table before him and flew into a thunderous rage. "Sun Quan brat! How could you stoop to such ratlike conduct!"
"I swear I'll kill you!!"
The White-Clad Crossing of the River was even more despicable than