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After leaving the camp, the Han army hurried south all the way. The road was not smooth. It took about one day to march for a distance of more than one hundred miles. After three hours of forced march, the army had already left the camp far away. Liu Jing hoped to get Wei Yan The news of the army and Cao Jun ordered the army to rest on the spot for half an hour.

At this time, night had already fallen quietly, and tens of thousands of Han troops temporarily rested in a wide valley road, surrounded by sentries and scouts, watching the movement before and after vigilantly, Liu Jing sat alone on a big rock, staring at the sky A round of crescent moon, lost in thought.

Fazheng walked over slowly. He sighed apologetically and said, "This time I fell into Cao Jun's trick, and I have a great responsibility. I hope Zhou Mu can punish me!"

Liu Jing looked back at him, with a gentle smile in his eyes, "Why does the military commander blame himself so much?"

"If it wasn't for my misjudgment, I'm afraid we wouldn't be so passive. How can I not blame myself?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "I'm not trying to excuse you. You are indeed responsible for this matter, but it's not serious. In fact, the root cause is still on me. This time the northern expedition was too hasty. I was in a hurry to go north and I was not fully prepared. Yes. The lack of awareness of the difficulties of the Northern Expedition led to the problem of grain and grass transportation, which is the root cause of our trap."

Fazheng lowered his head, and after a long time he asked again: "Does Zhou Mu want to withdraw his troops back to Hanzhong?"

Liu Jing sighed a long time, "I don't want to withdraw, but this battle has taught me a lot. Some things can't be rushed, and you can make a lot of money. Let's go step by step!"

At this time, a soldier rushed to report, "Report to Zhou Mu, General Zhao sent an urgent military situation." [

"Come and meet me!"

Liu Jing has always been worried about the situation of the West City Camp. He has already decided to retreat, so the safety of the West City Camp is related to whether he can retreat unscathed. After a while, a messenger soldier was brought up. He saluted and took out Zhao Yun. The second letter, different from the first letter, used red paper, which meant that this time it was a good news.

It was not completely dark yet, and Liu Jing hurriedly read Zhao Yun's letter under the half-dark sky, and he was overjoyed. More than [-] troops, this is simply great news.

He smiled and handed the letter to Fazheng, "Let's have a look at it! Encouraging news."

Fazheng took the letter and looked at it, and said excitedly, "It's a battle to turn things around!"

Liu Jing nodded. Zhao Yun's success in ambushing Xiahouyuan really turned the tide of the battle. Camp is also full of confidence.

At this time, Liu Jing asked again: "Is there no news from Wei Yan?"

Not long after, the scout urged the horse to gallop to report: "Report to Zhou Mu, General Wei sent someone to report, Cao Jun's attack was fierce, his force was too small, more than half of the casualties, he was unable to resist, and was forced to retreat, please Zhou Mu Withdraw south quickly."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment. Although Xia Houyuan was beheaded, he no longer had to worry about being attacked by the enemy, and he could fight the main force of Cao's army freely, but there were still [-] Cao's troops attacking the city at the Xicheng camp, so he still had to worry about his future. He gave up the idea of ​​fighting, and said to the left and right: "Quickly pass on my order, and the army will immediately leave to retreat south!"

The order was passed on, and the soldiers got up one after another and set off in formation. At this time, Fazheng smiled at Liu Jing: "You can show Cao Cao this military report from General Zhao, and I believe he will make a correct judgment. .”

Liu Jing nodded, and ordered to the soldiers: "Bring up the arrested spies!"

The soldiers quickly brought up the two captured Cao Jun spies. Liu Jing handed Zhao Yun's letter to them, and said to the two: "I will let you go back. You can give this letter to Prime Minister Cao and pass it on to Zhao Yun." He said, 'When the fish dies, the net will be broken!'”

The two spies kowtowed to thank them and left. Liu Jing watched them go away, and then urged his horse to follow the team, and quickly withdrew his troops to the south.

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In order to open the passage as soon as possible, Cao Cao did not hesitate to use tiger and leopard cavalry. Under Cao Jun's fierce attack again and again, Wei Yan's army suffered more than half of the casualties and was forced to retreat. Even so, Cao Cao's army was blocked by Wei Yan's five thousand troops. A whole hour and a half. [

This made Cao Cao very annoyed. He pointed at Cao Chun with a horsewhip and scolded loudly: "Useless things, I spent a lot of money and food to make you build elite cavalry. Is this your achievement? Three thousand cavalry, still defeated by five Thousands of infantry fought for an hour and a half, killing and wounding more than [-] cavalry, how can you explain it to me!"

Cao Chun has a reason, not that his cavalry is not good for combat, but the terrain is not conducive to cavalry combat. Even if there are [-] cavalry, they can only attack with less than a hundred cavalry at a time. How can this have cavalry effects?But Cao Chun didn't dare to explain, and lowered his head to accept the prime minister's reprimand.

Trembling, Yu Jin stepped forward and asked for instructions: "Wei Yan's army has withdrawn, shall we continue to pursue?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Cao Cao asked with a sullen face.

Seeing that the prime minister was angry, Yu Jin didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he immediately led his soldiers to continue to pursue southward, and the army chased for more than [-] miles. It was already dark, and it was two o'clock. The flames flickered like a long fire dragon.

At this time, several patrols brought the two spies up, "I want to report to the Prime Minister, these two are spies from our army, and they brought news about Liu Jing."

"What are you going to say?" Cao Cao asked coldly on the horse.

The two spies knelt down and presented a letter to Cao Cao, "To the Prime Minister, this is the letter that Liu Jing asked us to deliver to the Prime Minister!"

Cao Cao took the letter, and immediately a guard held up a torch behind him. By the light of the fire, Cao Cao read the letter hastily. Cao Cao was taken aback. Xia Houyuan was ambushed and killed. He was stunned as if struck by lightning.

At this time, a man galloped up on horseback. It was Xiahouba, the son of Xiahouyuan. !"

In this ambush, not only Xia Houyuan was killed in battle, but Xia Hourong, the fifth son who followed Xia Houyuan, also died tragically in the rebellion army.

Cao Cao hurriedly helped Xiahouba up. Xiahouyuan and him were brothers and sisters. Now that he was ambushed and killed by the enemy, Cao Cao felt the pain in his heart. There was a kind of grief that wanted to burst into tears. Jue was already full of tears, he wiped away the tears, suppressed his grief and said: "Nephew, please give me your condolences, one day, I will use Liu Jing's head to sacrifice to the soul of your father."

He turned back to the two spies, "Is there anything else to report?"

"Also, Liu Jing asked us to bring a message to the prime minister."

"Say!"

"It's just that he hopes that the prime minister will not be caught dead."

"Fish is dead and net is broken! Fish is dead and net is broken!"

Cao Cao murmured a few words, then suddenly shouted: "He killed my brother, does he still want to get out of his body?"

Cao Cao was so angry that he ordered in a sharp voice: "March faster, and those who kill Liu Jing will be made princes and households, and will be rewarded with ten thousand hectares of fertile land!"

Amid Cao Cao's roar, the soldiers of Cao's army speeded up their march again. Cao Chun personally led three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry in pursuit. Although Cao Cao was furious, the road soon became narrow and rugged, which was not suitable for cavalry After running away, Cao Jun's cavalry had to lead the horses slowly, and the marching speed quickly dropped.

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At five o'clock, Liu Jing finally led the army back to the camp located in the south of Xicheng. At this time, Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren had already received the order sent by Liu Jing, and they had already packed up the tent materials and made preparations for withdrawing the troops. Prepare.

In the light of the hunting fire, Liu Jing urged the horse into the camp, and finally let go of his heart. At this time, Zhao Yun, Pang Tong and Zhang Ren led the generals to come forward to salute. The retreat is the result of your desperate resistance to Cao Jun's attack. I will never forget your achievements, but now... we are going home."

Zhao Yun, Zhang Ren and others looked at each other, Zhao Yun stepped forward and said, "We are still strong enough to fight Cao Jun, why doesn't Zhou Mu insist?"

Liu Jing sighed and said: "The preparations for this Northern Expedition were not sufficient. The food problem has always been our weakness. Even if we have the upper hand right now, we may not be able to capture Guanzhong. We should go back and prepare well. Calm down and prepare for the next battle."

Speaking of this, he glanced back at Xu Huang's camp in the distance, and then turned his eyes to the dark city wall of the western city. He shook his head slightly, and then ordered: "Pass my order, the army retreats south!"

The nearly [-] troops began to retreat slowly, heading towards Hanzhong. At this time, Pang Tong stepped forward and suggested, "I suggest occupying Licheng as our stronghold on Qishan Road to create conditions for the next Northern Expedition."

Liu Jing nodded, this plan can be adopted, and he immediately said to Zhang Renling: "If you burn down the camp, nothing will be left to Cao Jun!"

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Cao Cao led his army to the west city after dawn. On the way, he saw the flames burning in the south. He knew that it was Liu Jing who burned the camp and retreated south.

At this time, Cao Cao finally calmed down, and Xun You took the opportunity to persuade him: "Although Liu Jing's army could not be wiped out, at least we have defeated Liu Jing's Northern Expedition. We have attacked Hanzhong, and frankly speaking, Hanzhong is a quagmire for us now, once we get stuck, it will be difficult to get out, I hope the Prime Minister think twice!"

Cao Cao sighed and said: "In fact, I also understand in my heart that although the Han army failed in the Northern Expedition this time, I also paid a heavy price. Miaocai died in battle, which made me feel deeply pained, but how can people not die in battle? If he was able to die on the battlefield, he deserved his death, I will not chase south any more, this battle is over, let's go back to Ye City to recharge our batteries!"

At this time, Xu Huang, Hao Zhao, and Chen Qun stepped forward to salute. Cao Cao sighed and said to the crowd: "Miaocai has been killed in battle. I don't want to hold the responsibility for not taking down the enemy's camp. Liu Jing has retreated. But I believe he will make a comeback, Xicheng will be the most important moment for us to defend the Han army from going north, we must deploy heavy troops to garrison."

Everyone was ashamed, and saluted together: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your kindness!"

Cao Cao said to Hao Zhao again: "General Hao will lead an army of [-] troops to garrison the west city. Don't be careless."

Hao Zhao hurriedly saluted, "I obey you!"

Cao Cao took another look at the gradually extinguished Han army camp, and suddenly felt depressed, and ordered to the left and right: "The army rests for three days and returns to Chang'an!"

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