"Draw the ground and rule?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "I heard it right, would the Son of Heaven say such a thing?" ”

The generals sitting on both sides also laughed.

Zhang Jaw took the opportunity to say: "Cao Cao is scared of being beaten and wants to negotiate peace?" Then let's put it bluntly, why pretend to be in the name of the Son of Heaven? Up to now, who doesn't know that the edicts issued by the Son of Heaven are all through the hands of Cao Cao, and they are no longer the will of the Han court, so who will abide by them? ”

"General Zhang, don't talk nonsense." Yuan Xi's heart has long stopped taking the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty seriously, and he has planned to seize the world from the beginning, but before the great cause is achieved, he can't expose his ambitions, especially not let Ma Chao know at least, he can't say it, otherwise the next battle, the Xiliang army will not necessarily obey the command.

Yuan Xi said seriously: "After all, the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, although we have repeatedly performed miraculous feats and hold artifacts in our hands, we still have to obey the orders of the Son of Heaven, this is the way to be a minister, you must remember." ”

"Yes."

The jaw opened and bowed slightly.

Xun Hui said: "The general is a cheerful person, and he spoke bluntly. The prime minister does have the intention of making peace, and I am here precisely because I hope that the prime minister and the general will shake hands and make peace. ”

"What are the conditions?" Yuan Xi asked the most crucial point.

"On the condition that it is." Xun Hui was about to speak.

Yuan Xi interrupted him: "Mr. Xun, I'll put the ugly words in front, the general two conditions, you'd better not open your mouth, don't say that I have refuted your face." ”

Xun Hui said with a smile: "Please rest assured, the conditions offered under the order are absolutely generous." ”

Speaking of this, he took out a map, borrowed a brush on Yuan Xi's desk, and drew a large circle on the map, including the six counties of Xuzhou, Shouchun, Hefei, Liyang and other places.

"General, please see, the prime minister is going to give all these places to the general, without charging a penny, as long as the general agrees, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court will be withdrawn immediately, and the general can receive these places without much effort."

After Xun Hui finished speaking, the hall was stunned.

Yuan Xi's mouth opened even more in shock.

Zhang Jaw asked excitedly: "Are you serious?" ”

"Under is the prime minister's envoy, every word he says represents the prime minister. These cities were personally explained by the prime minister and sent to the general, how can they be fake? Xun Hui said.

"Huh."

Yuan Xi laughed a few times in embarrassment.

I got up and walked back and forth, not knowing what I was thinking.

"Mr. Xun, as far as I know, Cao Cao still has more than 100,000 troops in Xuzhou, and there are nearly 100,000 elites in Yangzhou and Yanzhou, so he won't be scared to abandon Xuzhou, right? It doesn't seem to be his style. ”

"I don't know about that." Xun Hui prevaricated: "Xu is the prime minister is benevolent and righteous, and he doesn't want to see the people of Xuzhou suffering from the war again?" ”

It's pretty much the same thing.

Yuan Xi thought to himself.

It must have been Jingzhou's urgency, which made Cao Cao make a trade-off, at the cost of abandoning Xuzhou, to rescue Jingzhou with all his might.

It's okay to occupy Xuzhou without spending a single soldier. Controlling Xuzhou is equivalent to controlling the Central Plains, and he will start fighting again in the future, no matter where he fights, he can make contributions within a few days.

And after Cao Cao withdrew from Xuzhou, he faced Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, which was a difficult bone to gnaw, and even Yuan Xi didn't dare to say that he would win

At that point, there will be a good show to watch.

Yuan Xi returned to his seat and said to Xun Hui: "Okay, I promised Cao Cao to negotiate peace." Give him 15 days to withdraw all the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and after 15 days, I will send someone to receive them. ”

"The general is wise." Xun Hui took the opportunity to say: "Since peace has been negotiated, General Zang Ba who is trapped in the mountain." ”

"After I occupy Xuzhou, I will let him go back. I promise, not a single hair of his hair will be hurt. "Yuan Xi also has to beware of Cao Cao, in case it is in the name of peace and actually rescues Zang Ba, it will be worth the loss.

Xun Hui also understood this, and arched his hand: "This is very good. ”

After the conversation, Xun Hui took his leave.

The generals in the tent are still discussing fiercely.

Why did Cao's army, which was not weak in combat, suddenly withdraw its troops?

Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry, defeated the vanguard battalion and the wolf cavalry army in a row, although more than half of the casualties were killed and wounded when besieging the giant beast, but it was still a powerful existence, and the Yuan army was not sure of victory. In this case, Cao Jun is very advantageous.

Moreover, the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the giant ape have all been wiped out, and the Titan Python has not come to the front line, so Cao Cao has no reason to be afraid.

In the eyes of Zhang Jaw, Zheng Gu and others, it is possible for Cao Cao to win the battle of Xuzhou.

"Lord, will there be any fraud in this?" Jaw asked.

"No, it won't."

Yuan Xi said what was in his heart.

In a word, Jingzhou was in a hurry, and Cao Cao had to abandon Xuzhou.

Zhang Jaw said: "The last general still can't believe it. Is Jingzhou really unable to hold it? It was only a long time before Cao Cao made such a decision. As far as the last general knows, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang have 110,000 heavy soldiers in their hands, although most of them are new soldiers, but the military strength is more than twice that of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, and it is not difficult to hold Xiangyang. Moreover, Cao Ren defeated Ma Chao in Wancheng, and he could rush to Xiangyang within two days. And why bother to transfer troops from Xuzhou. This doesn't make sense. ”

Yuan Xi smiled: "It's really a little strange. However, negotiating peace with Cao Cao is of great benefit to us. I hope to take over Xuzhou without bloodshed. It's also good to let the troops recuperate. Eliminate Yuan Tan as soon as possible, recover Qingzhou, consolidate our strength in the Central Plains, and prepare for the next war. ”

"Of course it's great to be able to do that." Zhang Jaw still has concerns.

Not only him, but also the generals in the tent were worried that this was Cao Cao's trap.

Although Yuan Xi said that there would be no deception, he was always on guard against Cao Cao.

The first month of the fifteenth year of Jian'an.

Cao Cao and Yuan Xi held talks for more than two hours on the outskirts of Pengcheng, talking and laughing, and finally not only signed an agreement to sell Xuzhou, but also formed an alliance on the spot, agreeing not to fight for three years.

However, this kind of agreement is generally not highly credible, and it should be fought.

After the talks.

Cao Cao's troops and horses in Xuzhou were successively withdrawn to Yanzhou and Yangzhou. Cao Chun personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry, and within two days, 800 miles long, attacked Zhou Yu's camp, and defeated Zhou Yu with more than 1,300 elite cavalry.

Zhou Yu lost his troops and retreated to Hefei.

At this point, the battle of Yangzhou came to an end, and Li Tong, the governor of Yangzhou, was stationed in Huainan and ceded part of Yangzhou's territory to Zhou Yu, so that the territory of Jiangdong was connected to Yuan Xi's Xuzhou.

Cao Cao, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and others, after leaving Xuzhou, urgently returned to Yanzhou to deploy defenses, and mobilized heavy troops to rush to Xiangyang to help in the war.

After Cao Ren, who was stationed in Wancheng, learned the news, he no longer defended Wancheng, and transferred more than 30,000 elites from Yingchuan to join forces with his Wancheng troops, about 50,000 people, and marched to Wuguan, preparing to counterattack Wuguan and rescue his son Cao Tai, because until now, Chang'an City is still in Cao Tai's hands, and Yan Liang and Ma Chao are still besieging Chang'an City, not advancing an inch. l0ns3v3