Soldiers come to the world

Xinye County is almost an empty city, with less than [-] residents. Some gentry went to Wancheng, while most ordinary people fled with Liu Bei, making Xinye County deserted, and few pedestrians were seen even on the official roads.

But Cao Jun did not really retreat to Xinye County, but set up a temporary camp in the south of Xinye County, in a wilderness only five miles away from Hekou Town.

Cao Ren was waiting for news from Yu Jin and Li Dian. Li Dian brought him excellent results. He got 230 ferries, all of which sailed to Hekou Town, and defeated [-] Jingzhou troops.

But the result of Yu Jin's battle was a sad news. According to the report of the soldiers who fled back, Yu Jin was ambushed by Jiang Xia's army on the official road west of Fancheng, and almost his entire army was annihilated. The lieutenant general Lu Xiang was killed in battle, and the chief general Jin was captured. Cao Ren was so angry that he almost vomited blood. .

The entire army of 5000 was wiped out in this way, reducing his total force to [-]. If he fails, the Jingzhou army may take advantage of the victory and pursue it. What will happen to the Central Plains?

At this time, Cao Ren received an urgent order from Cao Cao from Yi County, ordering him to maintain a deterrent to Jingzhou and not allow the Jingzhou army to go north to the Central Plains.

The prime minister did not forget the battle in Jingzhou during the expedition, which showed that the battle in Jingzhou was of great importance, which invisibly added tremendous pressure to Cao Ren.

In the big tent, Cao Ren paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking very worried. Currently, Liu Jing personally leads 6000 people to sit in Fancheng, and the remaining 1 sailors are moored at Fancheng wharf in more than [-] warships, ready to support Fancheng at any time.

In addition, general Guan Yu led [-] troops to station on the west bank of the Bishui River estuary east of Fancheng, less than ten miles away from Fancheng.

If it was a few days ago, Cao Ren was looking forward to a battle with the Jingzhou coalition forces, but now, his force has been reduced by 1, and the prime minister's letter has brought him great pressure. If he loses the battle, the consequences will be extremely serious. Cao Ren did not dare to fight lightly.

At this time, Jia Xu and Li Dian, who were standing aside, exchanged glances. Jia Xu persuaded: "General, don't worry. Although Yu Jin was defeated, it doesn't affect the overall situation. As long as we deal with it properly, we can still fulfill the prime minister's trust. Xiangyang is probably not realistic."

Cao Ren sighed, "It's good to be able to maintain the deterrence of Jingzhou now, and we don't have the extravagant hope of occupying Xiangyang."

"If this is the case, I have two options for the general to consider."

"Say, what plan?"

"The first plan is to maintain the status quo and wait for the opportunity. Neither Liu Jing nor Guan Yu will stay in Fancheng for a long time. After a few days of stalemate, Liu Jing and Guan Yu's coalition forces will inevitably go north. If I guess correctly, more than [-] ships The warships will also go north along the Bishui, which is far narrower than the Hanshui. We also have kerosene, which can be used to seal the river and burn all the enemy's warships. defeat."

Cao Ren nodded and asked again, "What about the second plan?"

Jia Xu smiled again and said: "The second plan is to withdraw the troops back to Nanyang, but still occupy Xinye, but the force does not need to be large, two to 3000 people are enough. Occupying Xinye will also maintain a deterrent to Jingxiang, and wait for Jiangxia and Nanjun troops If we withdraw, we will attack Xiangyang with a speed that cannot be heard, and if we can occupy it in one fell swoop, Jingzhou will definitely be shaken."

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, he heard a sneer from outside the tent, "It's good that Jia Canjun and Liu Jing cooperated so well after returning to Nanyang from the retreat!"

Seeing Cao Hong walking in from outside the tent, followed by Yu Jin, the three people in the big tent were all stunned. Wasn't Yu Jin captured?Why are you back.

Yu Jin took a step forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "The last will be Yu Jin, escaped by luck, and pleaded guilty to the general!"

Cao Ren glanced at him, his heart was full of doubts, how did he escape back?How was it defeated?Why did he appear with Cao Hong again?

However, Cao Ren's biggest doubt was the sentence Cao Hong said, what does it mean "Jia Canjun and Liu Jing cooperate well?" '

Cao Ren waved his hand at Jin, "Just wait a moment, I'll ask you later?"

Yu Jin got up and stood aside, anxiously waiting for the development of the situation.

Cao Ren asked Cao Hong again, "Wen Lian, what did you mean by what you just said?"

Jia Xu next to him was also irritated, and said coldly, "I also want to hear General Cao's explanation."

"Jia Canjun, you know it well, let me ask you, if we withdraw our troops back to Nanyang, will Liu Jing really return to Jiangxia?"

"If he doesn't go back to Jiangxia, where can he go?"

Cao Hong shook his head contemptuously, "A man as smart as Jia Canjun is talking nonsense. Is Liu Jing really here to rescue Xiangyang? He is just an excuse to rescue and wants to be the master of Jingzhou. Let's go, he It just happens to be an excuse to defend Cao Jun and calmly seize power, but we are here, he does not have this opportunity, Jia Canjun seems to be making plans, but in fact he is cooperating with Liu Jing, really good tricks!"

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red, and she pointed at Cao Hong, furious, "You're spitting blood!"

Cao Ren also frowned, "Wen Lian, why did you say that?"

Cao Hong stepped forward and saluted, "General, do you know why General Yu was ambushed by Liu Jing? Jiang Xia's army, which was impossible to appear in the first place, appeared in the west of Fancheng. By coincidence, they ambushed General Yu's troops, almost annihilating the [-] troops. I can tell the general that someone leaked our battle plan to Liu Jing, so that Liu Jing was prepared, and this leaker is Jia Xu!"

There was an uproar in the big tent, and Li Dian couldn't help exclaiming, how is it possible!

Cao Hong pointed at Jia Xu, "It was this person who secretly communicated with Liu Jing and leaked the secret, so we failed miserably."

At this time, Jia Xu had calmed down. He thought that Cao Hong would still be the same as before, opposing any of his plans and deliberately opposing himself.

But now he found out that Cao Hong's accusation of having an affair with Liu Jing was obviously premeditated, and he wanted to use the defeat of the forbidden army to frame him, which was very serious.

Jia Xu sneered, "It's not difficult to deduce our plan. As long as we plan carefully, we can arrange to ambush Cao's army. There is no coincidence, as long as we can see that we are not sincerely withdrawing troops.

The key is that we have to be more vigilant and send scouts along the march to explore the way. If we think that Jiang Xia’s army is unlikely to show up, we will surely lose. This has nothing to do with someone leaking secrets, but I want to know that General Cao kept saying that I had an affair Liu Jing, what evidence do you have? "

"Of course there is evidence!"

Cao Hong waved his hand, "Bring him up."

Several soldiers brought in a soldier in Jiangxia uniform. Cao Hong was not stupid. He knew that it would be difficult to testify against Jia Xu by exclusion.

Cao Hong pointed to the soldier and said, "This man is the commander of Liu Jing's personal army. He was the one who secretly rescued General Yu. He can prove that Jia Canjun colluded with Liu Jing."

Cao Hong said to the soldiers again: "Don't be afraid, just tell the truth."

The soldier knelt down and kowtowed, and said tremblingly with a Jiangxia accent: "The villain's name is Li Ping, he is from Xiakou, and he is the personal guard of the prefect Liu. The night before yesterday, the prefect ordered me to take two brothers across the river to meet him. We Rowing the boat across the river, I saw a boy with a big black mole on the tip of his nose. He gave us a letter and said that the situation was urgent, so I should go back and hand the letter to the prefect. Write."

Having said that, everyone in the tent understood that this boy with a mole on the tip of his nose was Jia Xu Shutong Xiaobaner, and he looked very recognizable.

How could this little trick of framing hide the truth from Jia Xu?Jia Xu asked with a sneer: "Since you are Liu Jing's personal guard, let me ask you how the battle of Chaisang was fought back then, maybe a little later, how did the battle of Yicheng last month go?" , you tell me now?"

The soldier was speechless and couldn't answer. Cao Hong only told him about Liu Jing, and he knew nothing about other things. How could he answer Jia Xu's question.

Jia Xu asked coldly again: "Let me ask you again, where did Jiang Xiajun get the kerosene? What color is the kerosene used now? You probably don't know it!"

A few days ago, Jiangxia warships threw kerosene tanks to attack the sand wall, and one of the kerosene tanks was not broken, so that Cao Jun got a sample of kerosene from Jiang Xia's army. Everyone in the account knew about it, but how could this soldier Answering it, he lowered his head, trembling all over.

Jia Xu stared at him for a long time, his eyes were burning with anger, he turned around and knelt down before Cao Ren, "May the general make the decision for me!"

Cao Ren knew it well, he gave Cao Hong a hard look, and Cao Hong lowered his head in guilt. He didn't expect to be exposed so quickly, which made him hate him so much. He wished he could kill this little soldier. "Come on!"

More than a dozen soldiers rushed in, Cao Ren pointed at the soldiers, "Drag this man out and beat him to death with sticks!"

The soldiers grabbed the soldier out like an eagle catching a chick. The soldier begged Cao Hong, but Cao Hong turned his back and was dragged out for a while. Cao Ren stared at him again, "Are you convicted?"

In his heart, Yu Jin scolded Cao Hong for being troublesome. If he insisted on finding a stupid witness, two sentences would be exposed. It would be better to use the method of eavesdropping. He had no choice but to kneel down, "I will be convicted!"

Cao Ren stared at him and said, "You let your guard down and were ambushed by the enemy, causing the entire army to be annihilated. This is your crime of negligence. You should have been beheaded, but the prime minister ordered him to deal with it personally, so I will spare your death for the time being, but the crime of living is unavoidable, I will drag you out and beat you with a hundred army sticks, and you will be demoted to the rank of general!"

Although he escaped death, Yu Jin was still extremely sad when he thought that he was demoted from General Huwei to General Ya, so he could only say with tears in his eyes, "Thank you, General, for not killing me!"

Several soldiers escorted him out to execute him with the cane, and Cao Ren then scolded Cao Hong angrily, "Get out of here!"

Cao Hong was ashamed and hurriedly retreated, Li Dian also retreated, only Cao Ren and Jia Xu were left in the big tent, Cao Ren helped Jia Xu to comfort him, "Mr. is innocent, I understand very well."

At this time, Jia Xu's heart was cold. He killed Xiao Bing and beat Yu Jin, but Cao Hong, who had framed him, was unscathed. What kind of punishment is this called?

Jia Xu knew in his heart that if Cao Hong framed the other counselors, no matter who they were, Cao Ren would not let Cao Hong go, at least one hundred army sticks would be severely punished as a punishment. Cao Hong.

The root cause still lies with Cao Ang and Cao Anmin, perhaps with the addition of Dian Wei. Cao Ren respects him on the surface, but in his heart he hates himself like Cao Hong.

This kind of hatred was vividly expressed in today's scene, but it was just covered up with a little more hypocrisy, which made Jia Xu lose all hope. He sighed and said: "The next battle will be a protracted one, I will stay here It will only embarrass the general, I want to go back to Yecheng to visit my mother, and hope that the general will allow me to leave."

Cao Ren thought to himself, "Jia Xu and Cao Hong are already in the same situation. If Cao Hong plots against Jia Xu, there will be disasters. It's better to send him away!" '

He nodded and agreed, "Mister is so filial, how can I not fulfill it, come on!"

A soldier commander walked in quickly, knelt down and gave a salute, "Please give orders, General!"

"You can lead a team of soldiers to escort Jia Canjun back to Yecheng, there must be no mistakes!"

"Follow the order!"

Seeing that Cao Ren did not hold back her, Jia Xu felt even colder in her heart.

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