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Early the next morning, Yu Jin summoned the generals of the three armies, conveyed the signing of the armistice agreement between Han and Cao, and Wei Gong's withdrawal order, officially announcing the withdrawal of Cao's army northward.

The [-] Jiangdong Army set out and marched in the direction of Jingkou. Some soldiers rushed to report to Sun Quan. When Sun Quan learned that Cao Jun in Piling County had decided to retreat north, he was secretly happy and worried at the same time.

He immediately ordered Lu Fan, the prefect of Danyang County, to rush to Jingkou to raise [-] merchant ships for Cao Jun to assist Cao Jun's north crossing, and asked Jingkou county magistrate to allocate [-] shi of grain from the treasury to Cao Jun as food for Cao Jun's northward retreat.

At the same time, Sun Quan secretly ordered generals Huang Gai and Zhou Tai to lead [-] troops each to deploy in the Jingkou area to monitor Cao Jun's withdrawal across the river.

Three days later, [-] Cao troops arrived at Jingkou. At this time, more than [-] merchant ships were moored on the pier outside Jingkou, most of which were thousand-shi cargo ships, and five thousand shi grains were piled up on the pier.

When Yu Jin led the generals to the pier, Lu Fan, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted him. Lu Fan cupped his hands and smiled from afar, "Wu Hou wanted to send General Yu back to the north in person, but he was busy with business, so he entrusted me to represent him." I would like to express my sincere thanks to General Yu.”

A lot of beautiful words can't match Sun Quan's cold reception for not coming to see Cao Jun off, but at this time Yu Jin has no interest in Jiangdong, and he received an urgent pigeon letter from Cao Cao last night, ordering him to go north immediately. Xuzhou, the Han army in Xuzhou has withdrawn from Pengcheng County to the southeast.

This was Cao Cao's second order, officially ordering him to withdraw from Jiangdong. Yu Jin felt a little strange. Logically, Xuzhou was Cao Ren's sphere of influence, and Cao Ren's army should be stationed in Xuzhou. How could he allow himself to garrison Xuzhou.

This made Yu Jin puzzled. Yu Jin was sensitively aware that it was very likely that there had been a major adjustment of Cao Wei's internal military power, which should be related to the son. Yu Jin had an inexplicable worry in his heart, and his attitude towards Jiangdong at this time would not let go. It's on my mind.

Yu Jin nodded, looking at the thousands of packages of food piled up on the pier in the distance, he asked, "Are those food rations for us?"

Lu Fan quickly laughed and said: "Exactly, it is the military rations that Marquis Wu gave Cao Jun on the way, a total of five thousand shi!"

"It's only five thousand stones, you Marquis Wu are sending beggars away!" Yu Jin said extremely dissatisfied.

Lu Fan quickly explained: "Marquis Wu sent [-] shi of grain to Cao Jun. This is only half of it. The other half is in Gaoyou County, Jiangbei. There is also [-] shi of grain stored in the official warehouse there. General Yu can take away five thousand shi of grain."

Sun Quan's thoughtfulness is really contemptible, Yu Jin snorted lightly, and then ordered the general behind him, "Send someone to receive the rations!"

Then he clasped his fists to Lu Fan again and said, "Mr. Lu, please tell Marquis Wu. Thank you Marquis Wu for taking care of you in the past six months. We will meet later!"

"I wish General Yu the best of luck!"

Yu Jin and Lu Fan bid farewell, and led the army to board the ship. A batch of large ships sailed slowly to the north of the river. The [-] troops were transported for a full day before Cao Jun finally left Jiangdong.

Lu Fan waited for the last batch of Cao Jun to board the boat and leave. Then he heaved a long sigh of relief and turned his head and said: "Go to Jianye and report to Marquis Wu, saying that Cao Jun has left Jiangdong."

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When Cao Jun went ashore in Jiangbei to reorganize his army, generals Huang Zhong and Gan Ning each led [-] troops to quickly march towards Guangling County. Moving eastward, it seems very likely that Cao Jun will be surrounded and wiped out.

At this time, the army led by Yu Jin had left Guangling City, an important town in the north of the Yangtze River, and was marching northward along the Zhongdu River. They were preparing to cross the Huaihe River in Huaiyin.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the Jiangbei area was covered with a large area of ​​barren saline-alkali land and swamps. Most of the population moved to the south of the Yangtze River, making the Jiangbei area sparsely populated, with few cities and no human habitation for tens of miles. There are water swamps and forests everywhere.

In this barren land, the only important thing is a canal opened in the Han Dynasty, named Zhongdushui. The canal connects the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River. There are frequent trade exchanges between the Jianghuai River and the Jiangdong area. Half of it is shipped via the Yangtze River, while the other half is shipped to Jiangdong via the Zhongdu River.

In the middle of the canal, there is a county called Gaoyou County. This is the transfer station of the canal, and many grain and material warehouses have been built. In spring, Gaoyou County was spared because it belonged to Jiangdong, and there were still five thousand shi of grain in the warehouse, which Sun Quan had ordered to send to Cao Jun.

Yu Jin was in urgent need of the five thousand shi of grain, so he sent his troops northward along the Zhongdu River. That evening, as he was not far from Gaoyou County, the sky suddenly began to rain heavily.

As night fell, the rain became heavier, the road became muddy, and the march was difficult. Cao Jun, who originally planned to camp in Gaoyou County, was forced to change his camping plan and camped overnight in a forest. In the heavy rain, the soldiers kicked deep, With a light kick, they rushed into the woods one after another.

Yu Jin took dozens of his own soldiers and rode on horseback to inspect the camps of the Cao soldiers. Since there were not many tents, only a few hundred, only officers and sick soldiers could stay in the tents, and most of the soldiers had to hide under the big trees. They huddled together overnight, and it was impossible to bury the pot for cooking, so they could only drink raw water and chew fried rice.

At this time, it was early spring and February, and it was warm and cold, and the rainy night was extremely humid and cold. Even Yu Jin was shivering from the cold and had to wrap himself in a blanket. His soldiers' morale was low and the cold was unbearable, so they couldn't help sighing Tone, this kind of weather and cold can easily make people depressed, and if the body is a little weak, they will fall ill due to the cold.

Ten miles to the north is Gaoyou County, which is the only middle county before arriving in Huaiyin. It has a population of about [-] households. There are more than a dozen large warehouses in the city. According to the news, there are about four or five thousand shi of grain in the Gaoyou granary, which is extremely important to them.

On the other hand, the fact that the soldiers were able to enter the city was also a great comfort to the soldiers who had been marching alone for a few days.

He originally planned to go to Gaoyou City to rest for three days, but the rain was too heavy and the roads were muddy, so they couldn't rush to Gaoyou County tonight.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes in the woods, and a scout outside the woods asked loudly: "Where is the general? There is an emergency situation."

Surprised, Yu Jin urged his horse out of the woods, just in time to meet several scouts, "What happened?" Yu Jin asked.

The leader of the scouting team clasped his fists on the horse and said, "General Qi, there is a Han army coming from the north, about [-] people. They came by boat and brought a lot of ships."

Yu Jin wondered, more than two thousand soldiers of the Han army went south, what happened?He asked again, "When did it happen?"

"It happened just an hour ago."

Yu Jin bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses, and asked anxiously, "Have the Han troops entered Gaoyou City?"

"Gaoyou County has been occupied by the Han army."

Yu Jin was suddenly anxious. He didn't have much military food in his hands, and it was difficult for them to reach Xuzhou. Considering that the food in the official warehouses in the Jianghuai area had been transferred to Shouchun, the only supplement they had was the five thousand shi grains from Gaoyou County. If the Han army What should they do if they move the food away?

Yu Jin could no longer care about the possible conflict with the Han army. In any case, he must leave five thousand shi of grain. Yu Jin immediately ordered Wang Jin, the deputy general who had just arrived: "General Wang can lead three thousand soldiers to Gaoyou County. The fleet of the Han army is not allowed to transport the food away, and try not to break out of conflicts, I will arrive later."

Wang Jin received the order and immediately led [-] troops to Gaoyou County ten miles away in the rain. Yu Jin waited for more than half an hour, and when the rain subsided, he led [-] troops to support Lieutenant General Wang Jin.

But when it was three or four miles away from Gaoyou County, Yu Jin's army encountered several cavalrymen who were rushing to report the letter. There were heavy casualties, and General Wang was also seriously injured, so I begged the general for immediate reinforcements."

Yu Jin was taken aback and said angrily, "What's going on? Why did fierce fighting break out?"

"When we rushed outside Gaoyou City, we happened to meet the Han army carrying grain to the ship. General Wang ordered the Han soldiers to stop, but the Han army refused. A conflict broke out between the two sides for grain, and a fierce battle broke out immediately. We killed Hundreds of Han soldiers outside the city were also attacked from the back by the Han army inside the city, and nearly a thousand brothers were killed or injured."

Yu Jin also knew that conflicts were inevitable once they competed for food, but he hoped that such conflicts would be as small as possible and not make things big, but he did not expect that a fierce battle broke out and the lieutenant was also seriously injured.

Yu Jin was angry and anxious, and ordered his subordinates to say, "Go at full speed and head to Gaoyou County!"

At this time, fierce battles were fierce on the wharf north of Gaoyou County. Thousands of people fought in the rain in the dark. Bows and arrows could not be used in the rain. They could only be stabbed with spears and hacked with swords. , rainwater mixed with blood, corpses were trampled in the mud, both sides went crazy, and it was even difficult to distinguish the enemy and the enemy, killing each other.

Although the Han army only had more than [-] men and was inferior to the opponent in terms of numbers, their ability to fight at night was stronger than that of Cao's army. In an hour of bloody battle, the casualties were less than half of Cao's army. Even so, the Han army still suffered more than [-] casualties.

At this moment, there was a burst of offensive horns in the distance. This was the sound of the arrival of Cao Jun's reinforcements. Cao Jun, who had been killed and retreated steadily, suddenly boosted his morale and began to counterattack the Han army.

At this time, piercing bells sounded from the Han army, and more than a thousand Han troops began to quickly retreat northward, leaving behind hundreds of tugboats and thousands of shi of grain that had come to transport grain, and retreated northward in panic.

Yu Jin did not pursue the Han army retreating to the north. He ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up, the soldiers of the two armies who died in battle were buried, and the soldiers carried all the grain in the warehouse onto the ship. At dawn, all [-] Cao troops arrived in Gaoyou County. Yu Jin originally planned to rest in Gaoyou County for three days, but there was a battle for food in Gaoyou, and he didn't want to delay any longer, so he ordered the soldiers to regroup and march north immediately.

But Yu Jin never dreamed that the Gaoyou food struggle incident had evolved into a serious incident in which Cao Jun attacked the Han caravan in Huainan and violated the armistice agreement. This made the Han army find an excuse to send troops. The [-] army divided into two groups and quickly killed Guangling County Come.

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