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In the early morning of the next day, the report of Cao Jun’s sneak attack on the grain transport team was placed on Liu Jing’s desk, but Liu Jing was not surprised. He knew the importance of grain and grass transportation to him, so he sent [-] troops to protect the grain team. May take advantage.

As he expected, the three thousand Cao troops were strangled by Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun's two armies, the entire Cao army was wiped out, and the enemy general Xia Houlan was captured.

However, Zhao Yun said in his report that Xia Houlan was from his hometown and grew up together. He begged Liu Jing to spare this person's life. Bring it up to see me!"

Of course he would give Zhao Yun a face, and if this Xia Houlan was willing to surrender himself, he might be able to get some important information from him. He always felt that it was a bit strange for Cao Jun to harass Liang Dao this time.

Liu Jing turned back and smiled at Fazheng: "Didn't Xiaozhi realize that Cao Cao seems to be more irritable than me this time?"

Fazheng nodded, "It's really strange that Cao Cao sent troops to harass the Liang Dao this time. Logically, he should know how tightly we guard the Liang Dao. Sending 3000 people to harass the Liang Dao will not have much effect, and these 3000 people are equivalent to To die, he just needs to hold his ground and confront us. After a long time, we will naturally withdraw due to insufficient food and grass. This time he really didn't need to send troops to disturb our food road. I always feel that there seems to be a hidden purpose in it. .”

As soon as Fazheng said this, a soldier reported outside the account: "Report to Zhou Mu, Cao Cao sent someone to deliver the letter!"

Liu Jing was startled, and immediately said: "Let the messenger come in!"

After a while, a messenger was led into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "By the order of the prime minister, send a letter to Liu Zhoumu."[

He took out a letter from his pocket and presented it with both hands. Liu Jing took the letter and looked at it. It was indeed a letter written by Cao Cao. He opened it and read it carefully. Cao Cao accused him of being an important minister of the court At the end of the letter, Cao Cao proposed that as long as he was willing to withdraw, he would be granted the title of Yizhou Mu by Emperor Biaozuo and ensured that he would withdraw. Safety.

Liu Jing smiled, and said to the messenger: "I won't write a reply, please tell the prime minister, I led the army northward to escort the Sanfu people back to their hometown, and when the Sanfu people settle down, I will naturally withdraw, please You don't have to worry, Prime Minister."

The courier saluted, "I will tell you, goodbye!"

Liu Jing ordered someone to take him out, and then handed the letter to Fazheng, "Xiaozhi, please read the letter! It's a bit strange."

Fazheng took the letter and read it again, pondered for a moment and said: "It's really meaningless to accuse Zhou Mu of sending troops northward without authorization, but in the end he hopes that we will withdraw and he will ensure the safety of the army. I think this is the point of the whole letter, and Cao Cao The purpose of writing this letter, the question is why does he want the state chaplain to withdraw?"

Liu Jing nodded, "I also think it's a bit strange, obviously Cao Cao didn't lose out in the whole battle, and even discovered my weakness. He should show weakness and do everything possible to keep me in Xicheng, and he actually guaranteed the safety of my withdrawal. Is it his posturing?"

"I don't think this is like Cao Cao's principle of doing things."

Fazheng was a little puzzled and said: "I feel that there must be something strange here, we might as well wait and see what will happen?"

In the evening, more than a dozen soldiers escorted the captured Xiahoulan. Xiahoulan was about 40 years old. Although he changed his surname to Xiahou, he had nothing to do with the Xiahou family. He was from Zhending, Changshan County, and was from the same hometown as Zhao Yun. , In fact, after he was captured, he expressed to Zhao Yun that he was willing to surrender to the Han army, and begged Zhao Yun to intercede and spare his life.

Xia Houlan was escorted into the big tent, knelt down and kowtowed: "General Xia Houlan pays homage to Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing read Zhao Yun's letter and knew that Xia Houlan had the intention of surrendering, but Xia Houlan was not Wang Ping, but a mediocre general. Liu Jing had no interest in him. Liu Jing sat down and said coldly: "Xiahoulan General excuse me, please sit down!"

A soldier brought a mat, Xia Houlan sat down tremblingly, looking very cramped, Liu Jing smiled and asked: "I have some doubts, I wonder if General Xiahou can explain?"

"Humble position knows nothing!"

Liu Jing nodded and asked, "I want to know, what happened to Cao Cao? Can General Xiahou give me an explanation for why he was so eager to attack my grain road?" [

Xia Houlan was at a loss for a while, he was only ordered to harass the Han army food road, how did he know what happened?

"Prime Minister Cao usually doesn't explain too much to the general."

As soon as I said this, Xia Houlan suddenly remembered something, and said hastily: "I remember it."

"Say it!" Liu Jing stared at him closely.

Xiahou thought for a while and said: "There is a secret rumor in Caoying that Ji County was attacked by Di people's cavalry, and the situation is not good. I also listened to the soldiers who delivered food in Ji County. Di people are very rampant on the grain road. , should be true."

Liu Jing suddenly remembered that before he sent troops, Di Wang Yang Wanwan had sent his brother Ge Yuan to find him and proposed to send troops to help in the war. Because Ma Chao said that the Qiang and Di people had a bad reputation, he didn't take it too seriously. Could it be that Di Did people send troops?

He glanced at Fazheng again, seeing that Fazheng also had a puzzled look on his face, Liu Jing comforted Xiahoulan a few words, appointed him as a deputy captain, and as Zhao Yun's subordinate, Xiahoulan was very grateful and withdrew As soon as Xia Houlan left, Liu Jing smiled at Fazheng and said, "No wonder Cao Fuck wants to ensure the safety of my withdrawal. They really have a problem. It seems that our luck has changed."

Fazheng pondered for a while and said: "Although this matter is possible, we still have to proceed with caution, be careful that soldiers are not tired of deceit, Cao Cao uses tricks to deceive us."

Liu Jing nodded, "Then let's just wait and see, but if the information is true, and it is indeed the Di people who attacked Ji County, then we must seize this opportunity. This is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defeat Cao Jun."

In the middle of the night, Liu Jing was sleeping, but was awakened by the urgent call of the soldiers, "State herdsman! State herdsman! There is an important military situation."

Liu Jing suddenly woke up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Just received the urgent information from the scouts, Cao Cao withdrew his troops."

"what?"

Liu Jing sat up all of a sudden, very surprised in his heart, put on a military robe and quickly walked out of the tent and asked, "When did this happen?"

"It was just now, it should be the time of the third watch to start withdrawing troops!"

Liu Jing looked at the night, and guessed that the fourth watch had not arrived, so he immediately ordered: "Go and invite the French army division and General Zhao to the central army tent, and say that there are important military discussions."

At this time, Pang Tong went to Wudu County to urge food, and he was not in the camp for the time being. Fa Zheng was the only military adviser in the camp. Not long after, Fa Zheng and Zhao Yun came to the big tent of the Chinese army one after another. , Liu Jing asked the two to sit down, and said: "Just got the information, Cao Cao has already retreated north."

Zhao Yun frowned slightly, "Could it be that the Di people are aggressively attacking Jicheng?"

"It's very possible!"

Liu Jing said in a deep voice: "Jicheng is the logistics center of Cao Cao's army. If Jicheng is lost, the whole battle situation will be reversed, and Cao Cao will definitely lose. So it is reasonable for him to withdraw his troops back."

Liu Jing took two steps behind his back and said, "We don't know how many Di people's cavalry attacked Jicheng. From common sense, Jicheng must be heavily defended, but Cao Cao actually withdrew his troops for this, which shows that the number of Di people's cavalry is not large. There will be few, the key now is whether we should take the opportunity to pursue Cao’s army, and join the Di cavalry to attack the main force of Cao’s army from north to south, this is a good opportunity for us to win the battle in Longxi, and even Guanzhong.”

Speaking of this, Liu Jing turned his head and looked at Fazheng. Fazheng pondered for a long time before slowly saying: "I still have the same opinion. You can seize this opportunity, but you must be cautious. You must confirm the facts before sending troops to prevent Cao Cao from using tricks. .”

At this time, there was a report from a soldier outside the tent: "Report to Zhou Mu that a Di person envoy named Ge Yuan asked to see him, saying that Zhou Mu knew him."

Liu Jing laughed, and said to Zhao Yun and Fazheng, "As soon as we talked about the key point, the key person came."

He immediately ordered his soldiers, "Bring him to the camp of the Chinese army!"

After a while, the soldiers invited Di Ren Ge Yuan into the big tent, Ge Yuan knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists and said, "See Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing smiled and waved his hands, "Please get up!"

Ge Yuan stood up and bowed to Fazheng and Zhao Yun, then couldn't hide his excitement and said: "Qizhou Mu, we have sent troops to attack Jicheng to cooperate with the Han army and Cao army."

"How many troops did you send?"

"Reporting to Zhou Mu, we dispatched [-] cavalry, led by my elder brother himself. Three days ago, [-] vanguard cavalry first attacked Jicheng. Unfortunately, they were discovered by Cao Jun and failed to break through the city. Yesterday my elder brother led [-] cavalry. The main force enters Tianshui County and obeys the state herd's arrangements at any time."

Liu Jing nodded secretly. No wonder Cao Cao wanted to retreat. Thirty thousand cavalry were indeed a great threat. He thought for a while and asked, "Then what is your plan?"

Ge Yuan smiled embarrassedly: "To tell you the truth, Zhou Mu, we wanted to seize the grain and grass stored in Jicheng by Cao Cao, but unfortunately, Cao Jun patrolled and discovered that the vanguard army failed to capture the city in time. There were only [-] defenders in Jicheng. But we are not good at attacking cities, what does my brother mean now, are you willing to follow the state pastor's arrangement?"

Liu Jing thought for a while and asked again: "Where are you stationing troops now?"

"We are now stationed on the south bank of the Wei River, about thirty places west of Jicheng."

Liu Jing walked quickly to the sand table, looked at the terrain, and pointed at a small town west of Jicheng with a wooden pole, "Is it here?"

It was the first time for Ge Yuan to see this kind of sand table. He was very surprised. He followed Liu Jing's wooden pole and looked at it for a while, then nodded, "It should be like this. There is indeed a small town nearby, but all the people in the town have run away. gone."

Liu Jing stared at the sand table for a long time. If Cao Jun retreated northward, the Diren cavalry could indeed intercept it south of Jicheng. Thinking of this, Liu Jing said slowly: "I want you to intercept Cao Jun from the north and cooperate with me to attack the main force of Cao Jun from north to south. You can do it?"

"Sure, just"

"Just what?" Liu Jing stared at him sharply.

A flash of greed flashed in Ge Yuan's eyes, and he said with a dry smile, "You Han people often say that if you don't get up early, we have worked so hard to come from Hehuang and exhausted our horsepower. The state shepherd should give us some money for our hard work!"

Liu Jing sneered in his heart. He knew that these guys would not help him for any reason. To put it bluntly, they were just here to take advantage of the fire.

Liu Jing asked quietly, "What conditions do you want?"

Ge Yuan bowed and saluted and said: "We Di people have always been straightforward. Let me tell you the truth. We have two conditions. First, the food in the city of Ji belongs to us, and the fodder is free. Second, we hope that we can exchange war horses for pig iron in the future." .”

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