September 5th.
Chen Mo arrived at Guangming County, which is less than a hundred li from Quanyang County. If he marched quickly, he could withdraw his Three Guards from the quagmire of Yu State in about three days.
But at this time, he received a reply from Yang Minggui.
From the letter, he learned that, besides himself, all five of Yang Minggui's grand generals, including Yuan Youchun, Dai Wangmin, and Wang Fa, had been ambushed by the Yu State Army, resulting in their entire annihilation.
Obviously, Yang Minggui believed that Yuan Youchun was killed by the official soldiers.
The other two grand generals, Wang Kai and Liu Fu, leading a total army of twenty-five thousand, were besieged by official soldiers at East Wei Bridge, requesting Chen Mo's immediate assistance.
Upon receiving this reply, Chen Mo exclaimed, "Well, damn!"
He had sent the urgent letter to Yang Minggui on August 23rd, and now it was September 5th when he received the reply, almost half a month later.
