After meeting Jia Xu, Yan Xing had already made up his mind, but in the next two days, Yan Xing was still waiting for Hedong's strict letter.

Fortunately, Anyi is not far from Michi, and on the second day, Anyi Kuaima sent a reply from Yan Zhi.

Yan Zhu's words have always been severe, and he does not care about the consequences of direct advice, but this time he did not explain his attitude in the letter, but he babbled to Yan Xing a bunch of things about the transportation of grain and grass in the rear and the recruitment of the people.

He said that the autumn grain from all parts of Sanhe has been collected one after another, or put into storage or transported to the front line, but Hanoi and Hongnong have been affected by the military in this year's agricultural affairs, and Hanoi County was originally rich and there is still surplus grain to support, but Hongnong is the same as Henan, and has to rely on the grain and grass in Hedong.

After a series of events such as Duan Xuan's troops, Zhang Yan's rebellion, and Hedong's pacification, Jia Kui, who temporarily served as Hongnong's Taishou, could not change up more grain to fill the demand, and urgently needed Hedong to transport grain for relief.

After Pei Qian and Yang Pei recruited displaced people and implemented Tuntian, Henan could have been slowly self-sufficient, but after the Son of Heaven returned to Luoyang, the population of Luoyang City ushered in a round of huge expansion: the ministers of the court, the harem attendants, the families of hundreds of officials, and the slave guests who arrived with the Son of Heaven; Celebrities and talents, state and county envoys, craftsmen and people who came from all over the Kanto region were recruited; I am glad to hear that the Son of Heaven is still in the capital, the Han family is prosperous, and the exiles who enthusiastically return to it; Families under the rule of Yin in Henan Province who returned to their hometown of Sangzi in groups······

A large group of powerful families such as the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials do not produce, but need to be worshipped, and the envoys, travelers, craftsmen, and civil servants will not produce food, and the exiled people who have been attached not long ago have just been settled, and there will not be much food output in a short time.

Originally, there was still a foreign town of Liu Biao in Jingzhou that could supply some grain and grass, but after Yuan Shao and Cao Cao sent troops, Liu Biao, a member of the Han family, could also go up to the table without any scruples to explain that the soldiers were disrupted, the roads were not quiet, and the supply of grain and grass from Jingxiang to Luoyang could only be suspended.

Supply outstrips demand, there is a serious mismatch between output and demand, and with the news of the resurgence of the Kanto war, food prices have skyrocketed, which is also a major reason for people's panic.

In order to curb the soaring food prices, Hedong needs to transport grain to Luoyang on a large scale.

Coupled with the additional expenditures of Shangjun and Xihe, the huge consumption of military rations on the Kansai and Kanto fronts, and the grain harvested in Hedong in the two seasons this year will be consumed rapidly, and it will not take much time for the warehouses everywhere to be completely exhausted.

It is now the end of July, Yan Xing has calculated an account to maintain the current situation, the grain and grass in Hedong can not support three months, reduce the war on one side, the grain and grass in Hedong can last until the end of the year, if Yan Xing stops the war on both sides, then there is still surplus grain in Hedong that can be used to prevent next year's spring famine.

If these can't be done, Hedong is rich in jujubes, and now it is close to the harvest season, Yan Zhi suggested that the jujubes harvested this year should be used as military food, and Yan Xing set an example every day, like the soldiers, they all eat jujubes, then the grain and grass in Hedong can last for three months, maybe four months.

After reading the letter, Yan Xing couldn't help but smile bitterly, if the whole army was eating jujube while fighting with the enemy, the tens of thousands of troops would not be far from the army's confusion and fleeing without a fight.

This can be regarded as a statement of stern non-statement.

Since Yan Xing founded the foundation, so far, the ruling is still quite virtuous, but there are three things, all of which have been opposed by many subordinates, one is to train the boat master, the other is to form a school, and the last is to depose the Son of Heaven.

In the first two things, Yan Xing tried his best to disagree with the public and did it, but in the last case, Yan Xing thought about it, but he didn't dare to do it yet.

In that case, let the Son of Heaven, who cannot be deposed, stir up the situation in the Kanto region.

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At the beginning of August, Yan Xing led his army back to Luoyang City, and the whole city was under martial law.

Yan Xing personally met with Wang Bi, the envoy of Yanzhou, in the Hussar General's Mansion, and clarified the matter of the alliance between the two families, the discussion and withdrawal of troops, and the welcome of the Son of Heaven.

Cao Cao, who had been waiting for a long time in Changyi, got the report, and convened Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Dong Zhao and other ministers overnight to discuss, and everyone presumed that Hedong had exhausted his strength, and in order to prevent the Son of Heaven from having many dreams at night, he must send troops to meet the Son of Heaven before the end of August.

Therefore, Cao Cao sent an envoy to return to Luoyang to contact him, and on the other hand, he personally led the army to leave Yanzhou and accelerated to Zhongmu County, which was full of dangers and was in danger in the past.

The two sides finally agreed that in mid-August, Cao Cao and Yan Xing would jointly meet the Son of Heaven at the Yuting in Xingyang.

On the thirteenth, Xiahoudun led the army to withdraw from Xingyang and Aocang, and retreated to Longcheng, leaving 50,000 stone military rations in accordance with Cao Cao's military order.

On the 14th, Zhai Hao and Wei Xuan sent troops to investigate the two cities of Xingyang and Aocang, and after discovering that Cao's army had kept its promise and retreated to Longcheng, they also replanted the banner of Yan Xing's army in the two cities, symbolically recovering the two cities.

Regarding the military rations left by Cao Jun in the city, Zhai Hao and Wei Xuan were afraid of fraud, and after a brief inspection, they did not move lightly, but continued to seal them in the treasury.

On the 15th, Yan Xing led 6,000 horsemen to escort the ministers of the Son of Heaven and the relatives of the palace family to enter the Yuting in Xingyang.

On the same day, Cao Cao also led 2,000 infantry with his brother Cao Hong, and he commanded 6,000 soldiers and horses, and arrived in the territory of Xingyang Yuting.

The soldiers and horses of both sides were stationed in the lower village of the pavilion, and Yan Xing detained the harem of the Son of Heaven and the families of hundreds of officials, and only let the Son of Heaven and the ministers go to the pavilion to set up a royal tent under the escort of a thousand horsemen in the east of the river, waiting for Cao Cao to come to the audience, and when Cao Cao came to see him, he could only lead a thousand soldiers and horses to come.

In the afternoon, Yan Xing took a group of civil and military officers and waited for Cao Cao's arrival in the Yu Pavilion.

But the first to come was Cao Hong, who was arrogant and came to explore the way for Cao Cao in advance with a hundred cavalry.

Compared with the first year of Ping, Cao Hong has matured a lot, has grown a beard on the side of his mouth, his body has become a little blessed, and he sits on a horse, and he also has a bit of the demeanor of a leading general.

At this time, he saw that the Hedong people and horses had already come out to greet him, and he also caught a glimpse of the hussar general's banner and the dazzling knot, but he saw that the burly general under the hussar general's banner did not dismount, thinking that the Yanzhou side could not weaken his momentum, and simply did not take the initiative to dismount, pretending that there was no one around, and he was about to come forward with a hundred cavalry.

When they were defeated by the Xiliang army on the bank of Bianshui, the Cao family lost their armor and unloaded their armor, and the 30,000 Yanzhou soldiers and horses were wiped out, and they never had a chance to fight back.

However, Cao Hong's self-esteem behavior made the king of Changshi, who was also waiting for Cao Cao in the ranks of Hedong people and horses, frown, and he finally managed to promote the two families to kill the army and persuade the Hedong monarchs and ministers to welcome the Son of Heaven out of Chenggao.

Wang Bi was about to come out to remind Cao Hong to pay attention to his identity, when the Hedong people saw that a small Cao army general was so arrogant and rude, he had already changed color, and the youngest secretary Zuo Pei Wan was already furious:

"There is no disrespect for the courtesy, no law is solemn, the little general, arrogant, seeing the banner of the Venerable and not dismounting, seeing the Son of Heaven and not bowing, do you think that there is no blade in the east of the river?"

With Pei Juan's first angry reprimand, the people and horses in Hedong were even more emotional, so frightened that Wang Bi was frightened, and hurriedly went out to ask for guilt, and then ran to Cao Hong's horse, grabbed Cao Hong's bridle regardless of his identity, and urged the reckless and rude Cao Hong to get off the horse and apologize.

Seeing that the always loyal and upright Wang Changshi was all discolored, Cao Hong finally realized that his assertive bravado had had the opposite effect, and when he recalled Cao Cao's instructions, he was suddenly frightened and sweaty, and hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, wanting to apologize for his sin.

This is the Hedong people who have been excited, and the military strategy Peng Zhou Liang even encouraged the generals to shout with all their might:

"Tomorrow is fair and the day is gracious to raise soldiers, today the enemy general is rude, who can capture him?"

Seeing this, the strong crossbow captain Wei Xuan also raised his spear and shouted:

"We cannot lay down our lives for the Lord to cut down the enemy, but let the Lord be despised by the villain, and we will be humiliated!"

Zhai Hao, Bao Chu, Dian Wei and other generals were furious, and immediately raised their troops and horses, wanting to rush out to capture Cao Hong, Cao Hong over there saw that these Xiliang generals were fierce, and his face changed in fright, and he shouted to the cavalry around him to come forward to resist.

Seeing that there was about to be chaos in the field, Wang Bi disregarded his safety, and hurriedly ran to the field and shouted:

"Yan Hussar, today the two families are here for peace, how can they ruin their friendship because of a little thing, and please restrain the horses, don't disturb the Son of Heaven!"

Seeing Wang Bi shouting loudly and looking anxious, Yan Xing, who had been indifferent, finally raised his palm and stopped Zhai Hao and other generals who were prancing out of the horse.

Hearing Yan Xing's solemn order, Zhai Hao, Bao Chu and other generals reined in their horses, put away their swords obediently, quickly turned their horses' heads, and slapped their horses back to their own people.

After this scene just now, Cao Hong didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, and when he saw Wang Bi walking back again, he was a little embarrassed, and he also said with some complaints:

"Wang Changshi, these Hedong people are still so fierce under the bend, why didn't you come out in advance to tell me just now, and let me know those etiquette, lest I be honest and make a fuss now, I have to apologize for my sins now, I came first on behalf of the general, how bad the general's face is!"

As soon as Cao Cao arrived in Yuting, the imperial court couldn't wait to crown him as a general, Marquis of Wuping, Cao Cao can be described as a step to the sky, a very popular minister, and the limelight is flourishing, which also makes Cao Hong smug, thinking that he can take the opportunity to shake the majesty of the general in front of people, but he didn't expect to make a shameful scene of telling the truth and getting off the horse to apologize.

Wang Bi heard Cao Hong's complaints, and secretly scolded in his heart, you yourself are young and frivolous, but you want to blame me, just at your reckless behavior just now, don't say that you have ruined the face of the general, and even the general's major affairs will almost let you be ruined alone.

It's just that in front of the people of Hedong, Wang Bi didn't want to reprimand Cao Hong too much for his arrogance and recklessness, so he whispered:

"Don't make a noise anymore, step aside and wait for the general to come, don't spoil the general's big business!"