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It was almost night, and nearly 30,000 Qin State foot riders were stationed outside the city.

After this city and then to the south, along the Jingshui south in less than two days, you can kill into the Guanzhong Plain, less than five days, you can kill under the city of Chang'an.

In the imperial tent, Cao Cao looked at the latest information in his hand, and there was a little pride in his eyebrows.

It was the latest information from Jieting, claiming that the general Xiahoudun had successfully pinned the Wei army to Jieting, and it was difficult to move an inch.

This gave Cao Cao hope, with Xiahoudun, he could attract all the main forces of the potters, and he himself could lead the army from Anding County to the south, copying the back road of the potters in one fell swoop.

This is Cao Cao's strategy of turning passive into active.

"It seems that the pottery thief is bent on attacking Longxi from the street pavilion, and he is completely unaware of our plan to lure the enemy, at this time tomorrow, His Majesty's iron hooves can set foot on the land of Guanzhong again, and give the pottery thief a big surprise." In front of the tent, Fa Zheng smiled and sketched a blueprint for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao smiled, his burnt face raised his long-lost confidence, and he raised his glass to drink.

At this moment, the curtain was lifted, and Liu Ye hurriedly entered, his expression flustered and solemn, and he shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, something has happened, something has happened." ”

Cao Cao's heart shook slightly, his spirit suddenly became nervous, and the cup that was sent to his mouth stopped and hung in the air.

"Your Majesty, the street pavilion, the street pavilion is lost...... Lost! Liu Ye almost cried out with a sad cry, squeezing out the bad news from between his teeth.

Bang!

The wine glass in Cao Cao's hand fell out of his hand, his empty hand froze in the air, and his burnt face was occupied by endless horror in an instant, and the expression was as if he had seen a ghost.

In front of the tent, Fa Zheng's smiling face shattered, and he was also stunned in an instant.

Ma Chao, Yan Liang and other military generals also solidified into ice, and the atmosphere of the entire tent fell to the freezing point in an instant.

The street kiosk is lost!

These four words, to Cao Cao's ministers, were simply unthinkable, and in a trance, they all hallucinated, thinking that they were drinking high.

That's the great general Xiahoudun, who led more than 12,000 elites, and his combat effectiveness was extraordinary, taking 10,000 steps back and saying, even if it would still be broken in the end, how could it be broken so quickly.

Ten days, less than ten days have passed!

"How could the street pavilion fall so quickly, Uncle Yuan Rang can't be so incompetent, impossible-" Cao Pi, who woke up, also asked in a heartfelt manner.

Now Cao Pi, the position of the crown prince is already in the bag, for him, the most important thing is to guard the street pavilion and guard the half of the Qin country, otherwise, let alone the position of the prince, even if he is made the emperor now, it is useless.

The fall of Jieting means that the soldiers of the Wei State have successfully entered Longxi, and the countdown to the destruction of the Qin State has begun, how can he not be frightened and nervous.

Liu Ye shook his head and sighed bitterly, and could only silently read out the detailed information, explaining in detail how Xiahoudun chose to camp on the lonely cliff, how Baiqi surrounded the mountain, how to break through other camps, cut off Xiahoudun's water source, and how to attack the mountain while Xiahoudun was thirsty, wiped out more than 10,000 Qin troops, and completely captured the street pavilion.

In the imperial tent, everyone silently listened to Liu Ye's report, and the entire tent fell into a deathly silence.

Cao Pi sat back with a fart, looking stunned and stunned.

"Yuan Rang, Yuan Rang, how can you make such a mistake, why don't you stick to Jieting City, why do you go up the mountain to camp, you really disappointed me, disappointed me too much......"

Cao Cao gritted his teeth, his fist hit the desk hard, and his scorched and distorted face was filled with indisputable grief and anger.

Fa Zhengze quietly exhaled, as if relieved, shook his head and sighed, muttering and sighing, complaining about his own clever plan, just because of Xiahoudun's mistake and fell short.

"What about Yuan Rang? Yuan allows him to break through successfully? Cao Cao, who was in pain, remembered that Xiahou was still alive and dead.

"The general, he ...... He ......" Liu Ye wanted to speak and stopped, looking embarrassed.

Cao Cao's face sank, and he already had a premonition in his heart, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "What happened to Xiahou Yuanrang, let's say it, I can bear it." ”

At this point, Liu Ye knew that there was no point in concealing it, and he still had to face the cruel truth after all.

Under Cao Cao's persecution, Liu Ye had no choice but to take a deep breath, and said silently in a painful tone: "General Xiahou was attacked by the enemy, and when he was defeated, he could only lead the army to forcibly break through, but he encountered Wei General Bai Qi at the foot of the mountain, and he was ...... Place...... Place...... Chop! ”

After stammering for a long time, Liu Ye spit out the word "chop" from between his teeth with difficulty.

Boom, another thunderclap, and it fell head-on.

Cao Cao's body shook for a while, and his body was about to fall down, his eyes burst out with endless pain, his face was twitching, and his expression was like his own flesh being slashed and hurting into the bone marrow.

Xiahoudun was killed!

That person, but on a par with Cao Ren, he Cao Cao regarded him as the eldest brother's figure, and since Cao Ren was killed, he Cao Cao trusted the most.

But just like that, he was killed by a potter, a man who pretended to be an ancient?

In an instant, endless anger rushed over Cao Cao's chest like a raging volcano, making him feel the urge to vomit blood.

But that mouthful of old blood was held to his throat and eyes, and Cao Cao finally forcibly swallowed it.

"Yuan Rang, Yuan Rang, I want to avenge you, I want to kill the potter, kill Bai Qi, I want to avenge you-" Cao Cao's fist hit the case again and again, roaring and roaring, and his teeth were biting out blood.

The left and right Fa Zheng and other civil and military subordinates were all secretly relieved.

Of course, they knew about the relationship between Cao Cao and Xiahoudun, for fear that after Cao Cao learned the news, he would be angry and would collapse.

If Cao Cao has three long and two short, then the Great Qin State will be finished.

As for Cao Pi, although he has some ability in their eyes, he is still immature and cannot bear the heavy responsibility at all.

Seeing Cao Cao roaring and scolding, venting all his anger, the ministers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Cao scolded for a long time, roared for a long time, and finally vented his anger, only then did he close his mouth, panting, and sat down on the dragon seat.

At this time, Fa Zhengfang coughed dryly, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, please put the country first and protect the dragon body, since the matter has come to this, it is better to think about what to do next." ”

Cao Cao woke up from his anger, his body shook slightly, he waved his hand, and said weakly: "Then you say, what should I do now?" ”

Fa Zheng pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The street pavilion has been lost, and our strategy of attacking the pottery thief's side from Anding has lost its usefulness. In the opinion of the ministers, His Majesty should rate the army to abandon stability, and rush to the important town of Jincheng by the road, and at the same time ordered the Xiahou general of Qishan to immediately retreat to Jincheng to join us, only by concentrating all the existing forces, we can hope to fight to the death with the pottery thieves. ”

As soon as Fa Zheng said this, all the ministers on the left and right nodded in agreement.

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, but he could only wave his hand slightly, and said weakly: "So far, I can only do this, wait for each of you to make preparations, I am tired, I want to be quiet alone, you can retreat." ”

After that, Cao Cao put his hand on his forehead, closed his eyes and pondered, and no longer had the strength to say even a word.

The ministers on the left and right did not dare to say more, and retreated one after another.

Cao Pi also withdrew from the tent, shaking his head and sighing along the way, muttering in his mouth, complaining about Xiahou Dun's uselessness and scolding the potter.

After taking a few steps, Cao Pi felt someone following behind him, glanced back, and found that Jia Xu was following behind intentionally or unintentionally.

Cao Pi's expression moved slightly, and he knew that Jia Xu must have something to say, so he also slowed down and waited for Jia Xu to follow.

After a while, Jia Xu passed by, and the two adjusted their pace very tacitly, pretending to walk side by side.

"I didn't expect that the pottery thief was so difficult to deal with, it only took ten days to break the street pavilion, and the current situation is really not good for my Daqin." Cao Pi lowered his voice and complained to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu also nodded slightly, and sighed: "I thought that Xiahou Yuanrang would be able to resist the pottery thief for a while, but I didn't expect this Bai Qi under the command of the pottery thief to be so good, which surprised me, and surprised me......"

Listening to Jia Xu's words, Cao Pi's heart sank again, and he hurriedly asked: "Sir, my father is going to retreat to Jincheng this time, do you think we can hold it?" ”

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it, that's the last hope of Great Qin, Your Majesty has no choice but to give it a go." Jia Xu sighed.

"What about me, what should I do, what should I do if my father is defeated?" Cao Pi's tone was already difficult to hide his anxiety.

"The first battle of Jincheng is more auspicious than lucky, and the second prince may have to make plans early and prepare to find another way out......" Jia Xu dropped a meaningful emotion, sped up his pace, and quickly disappeared into the night.

"Find another way, find another way out......" Cao Pi silently recited these four words over and over again, thinking for a long time, and suddenly seemed to have an understanding.

……

The next day, when the sky was still dark, Cao Cao led the main army of 30,000 to leave Linjing and took the northwest trail to Jincheng.

At the same time, more than 10,000 Qin troops stationed in Qishan received Cao Cao's withdrawal order not long after, so they had to abandon the Qishan camp that had been held for a long time and retreat to Jincheng in the shadows.

The Qin army of Zhulu was in turmoil, and they retreated without a fight, and Tianshui Nan'an and other counties in Longxi also fled in despair and fled towards Jincheng.

The street pavilion has been lost, the Longxi Plain has no danger to defend, Cao Cao's combat intention, naturally is to abandon the plain area, retreat to Jincheng, rely on the Huangshui as a risk, and block the Wei army on the south bank of the water.

The Qin army was retreating frantically all the way, and the Wei army was frantically pursuing.

After capturing the street pavilion, the pottery merchant ordered the army to rest for a day, the next day the whole army was exhausted, more than 100,000 troops entered the hinterland of Longxi, even broke through the important towns such as Luoyang, Jicheng, Xiangwu, Didao, etc., the iron hooves of the Great Wei did not take out seven days, attacked most of the Longxi County, and the troops went straight to the Jincheng County in the northwest.

Jincheng County, north of Liangzhou, south of Longxi, is the only place to attack Liangzhou.

The purpose of the pottery merchant was not only to capture Longxi, but also to sweep away Liangzhou and destroy the Qin State in one fell swoop.

Now Cao Cao retreated to Jincheng, obviously with his back to Liangzhou, the attempt to fight against the water, and the army of the pottery merchants was naturally also directed at Jincheng.

Ten days later, the army of pottery merchants came to Huangshui, looked north across the river, and the other side of the river was the towering golden city.

That city was also Cao Cao's last stronghold in Longxi, and as soon as the city fell, Cao Cao had no choice but to roll up the cover and flee to Liangzhou in disgrace.

Just when the potter was immediately on the south bank, thinking about the timing of crossing the river and breaking the city, Zhang Yi suddenly rode his horse and galloped over, shouting: "Your Majesty, Jizhou is urgent!" ”