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Jiujiang County, Xiquyang, Siya Main Hall, July 27.

The generals of Cao Ying gathered together, but there was no warm atmosphere, but there was a depression in the air.

The Jiangdong Army is gone, the Xinye Army is gone, and the Wancheng Army is gone. At present, only the Yuzhou army is left in this Huai. To go, or not to go? It's a conundrum.

Guan Yu is gone, this is normal, since Ma Han appeared, this second master has not shown up much. There have only been two times before and after, once when Huaishang was facing the horse, and once when he watched the duel from a distance. Now that everything is over, if he doesn't leave, I'm afraid the second duel will come again.

Hu Che'er is also gone, Yuan Shu is gone, and there is no excuse to stay any longer. Liu Biao has not yet made up his mind to confront Ma Han, so as a guest army, he naturally has to follow the wishes of his master.

The above two groups of people are gone, and Cao Cao expected it, anyway, those who should hook up have already hooked up, and they will leave. Only Sun Ce's departure seemed very sudden, which made people feel caught off guard. Obviously, two days ago, he negotiated an alliance with Zhou Yu, an important minister of the Jiangdong Army, but just after the first round of talks, the conditions were not negotiated, and the Jiangdong Army suddenly withdrew its camp and returned to the division, and even Zhou Yu did not have time to come to the door in person to explain the reason, only sent a person to apologize in a hurry, said "Wait for the meeting", and went by himself.

This time, Cao Cao and his army of 25,000 were placed in an embarrassing situation of isolation. Let's go, unwilling; If you don't go, disaster will come. How is it good?

How is it good?!

Cao Cao, who sat upright and had a calm complexion, did not ask this sentence, but every senior general of the Cao army present. They are asking themselves, what is the next step?

In the dull atmosphere, the marching Sima Mao Jue spoke first: "The current situation, all the monarchs must be clear, there is no need to say more. I need to remind you that today's general has sent someone to urge us to hand over the Shouchun East and South Second Gates to the ......."

"This is the city that I have fought so hard to build, and he wants to take it with all his might. Don't! With this roar was accompanied by the sound of thumping and thumping.

Zhu Ling on the side hurriedly said: "Zhongkang, don't be angry, be careful of the wound." ”

Cao Cao also said gently: "If Zhongkang is unwell, you don't need to participate in today's meeting and go back to rest." ”

Xu Chu shook his head and said resolutely: "Thank you for Ming Gong's care, Chu has nothing to do, and I am willing to share the worries of Ming Gong with all of you." ”

Xu Chu is worthy of being a man like a cow, with a strong physique. Better than the little overlord. With such a severe laceration, he was only in a coma for half a day and had a high fever for two days. Once the fever subsides, rest for a few days. I can eat and drink again, and I have a rough voice.

However, at present, Xu Chu is somewhat weak due to excessive blood loss. And only one arm can move, and half of the body is wrapped in thick gauze. The doctor instructed not to use your right arm for 100 days, otherwise it would ...... Maybe it's the fate of another Sun Bofu.

Xu Chu's condemnation. It is also the voice of the generals. Yes, this half of Shouchun City was fought by them to the death, and thousands of children were killed in battle, why did you take it all with a single sentence?

"The general also has additional compensation." Cao Cao's expression was indifferent, and he said slowly, "You can let a Lujiang Taishou give me and so on." ”

There was silence in the hall, and then there was a cold sneer.

Lujiang is too guarded? Let's not talk about this Taishou autonomy, just the Lujiang River is separated by Jiujiang and Huaishui, and there is no border with Yuzhou, which is a typical "isolated island". Once something happens, in addition to saving yourself, you can only pray for God's blessing. Whoever is too shou of Lujiang needs to have the consciousness of being a turtle in an urn.

Not every of the generals present here is as willful as Xu Chu, at least Xun Yan, the mastermind of Cao Cao, who has just supervised the return of grain and grass, is quite rational in his remarks: "Our army has handed over the west gate before, and the east and south gates will be returned sooner or later." Jiujiang is not a place for us to stay. Yan means that it is acceptable to Lujiang Taishou ......"

There was a commotion among the generals below, Cao Cao stretched out his hand and pressed it falsely, Cao Hong, Cao Ang and others were about to open their mouths to refute, but they had to shut up obediently.

Xun Yan looked calm and continued: "Shu died in Lujiang, its county is in chaos, each county is self-reliant, and Chen Lan and Lei Bo are in chaos. At this time, the Lujiang River is twice the result and half the result, not to mention the Jiujiang River partition...... In this case, why not use Lujiang as a bargaining chip in exchange for what we need. ”

Cao Cao and the generals were all bright-eyed.

Xun Yan stretched out his hand and pointed to the southeast, smiling slightly: "We don't need Lujiang, but someone does." ”

Cao Cao smiled and stroked his hair: "Yes, turn harm into benefit, it would be good if Hugh discussed this." ”

Mao Jue also stroked his palms and praised kindness: "Exactly, the next time Zhou Gongjin comes to talk, we will have a heavy bargaining chip again." ”

Cao Hong said in a sullen voice: "Hong only wants to know, can the soldiers and servants we recruited in Jiujiang be brought to Huaibei?" ”

Mao Jue hurriedly said: "This matter has been repeatedly negotiated with Gongda and Fengxiao, and finally the general has agreed to take away 5,000 Huainan soldiers, and if this number is exceeded, no one can cross the river." ”

Xiahou Yuan sneered: "What a domineering general, I think, this is the real overlord." ”

Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong and Cao Ang, who were in charge of recruitment, and asked, "How?" ”

After Cao Ang received Cao Hong's signal, he replied respectfully: "There are 3,000 Huainan soldiers who have surrendered in the front, and 3,000 Huainan disciples have been recruited in the back, a total of 6,000. ”

Cao Cao closed his eyes and pondered for a while, Fang sighed: "Okay, it's the only way to do it......"

Xu Chu was still unwilling: "Ming Gong, Ma Jinglong only has about sixty percent of our army's strength, and most of them are water pawns. In this Shouchun City, there are only more than 2,000 armor soldiers, and our army controls the two gates......"

Cao Cao raised his hand to stop Xu Chu's unfinished words, took out a letter from the case with one hand, and shook it to Xu Chu: "Zhongkang has been bedridden recently and has not been able to see things, so he doesn't know anything. This is Wen Ruo's letter, with a thousand words attached, only one of the most critical sentences - from Chen Guo to Peiguo, from land to Shuize, a large number of Yanzhou soldiers and horses have emerged. Lejin has been on the border of Chen Bingyan and Henan. As soon as there is any change in our place, Yuzhou will be attacked by the dragon and wolf army. ”

Xu Chu was speechless at this time, and he hung his head.

Cao Cao looked around and saw that the generals had no objections, and immediately decided: "Even so, we still unite with Sun and Liu according to the previous proposal." Wait for the opportunity. When a covenant is made with Sun Bofu and Huainan is a common map, there will be a place for us in this Jiangzuo; In this Shouchun City, sooner or later we will come back. Gentlemen, the coming day is long, and it is not a fight. In this game, Ma Jinglong took advantage. Gu Ming resigned to Ma Jinglong, and the whole army crossed the river and returned to Qiaocheng. ”

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Early the next morning. Cao Cao took his two sons to Shouchun and bid farewell to Ma Han.

Ma Han set up a banquet to entertain, and the two chatted about the world during the banquet, looking back on the past of Xuzhou, like old friends for many years. As for the Battle of Xiapi that happened two years ago, the tragic battle that changed Cao Cao's fate, the two kept silent, as if they were between each other. There have been no conflicts or unpleasant incidents, just good old days.

Cao Cao was quite satisfied with this meeting, and Ma Han was quite polite to him. The only dissatisfaction is that the two sons' expressions are not satisfactory. In the whole banquet, Cao Ang and Cao Pi were also good. In the face of Ma Han, they are all restrained, cautious, and even a little cowering. It's even more fearful than facing your own Lao Tzu.

Cao Cao saw it in his eyes, how could he not be angry.

In fact, it's no wonder that this big Cao and the second Cao. These two men, one was captured by Ma Hansheng and held for nearly two years; A person who witnessed the first fierce general of Cao Ying, in front of this person, suffered a heavy blow unbelievably. Such a heavy blow and strong stimulation cast a huge psychological shadow on the hearts of the brothers. They are far inferior to their powerful fathers, just imagine how they can be tough in front of Ma Han?

When Cao Cao and Ma Han pushed the cup to change the lamp and talked and laughed, Shouchun East and South Ermen were also handing over in an orderly manner, and the handover ceremony was presided over by Captain Cao Hong.

Just after the handover of the south gate was completed, and when he was about to turn to the east gate, a sweaty post man squeezed into the crowd and handed over an urgent letter to Cao Hong's servants.

When Cao Hong saw the word "speed" printed on the seal, his heart jumped suddenly, and he took the seal tube and looked at it carefully, confirming that it was sent from Jiangdong. At that moment, he handed over the urgent matter to Hu Cong's team leader, and said in a low voice: "Immediately hand it over to the envoy, quickly!" ”

When the team led the team to rush to the Shouchun Palace, Cao Cao's father and son had not yet come out, and the team led the team to hand over the urgent item to the Hu servant brought by Cao Cao, who handed it over.

Cao Cao, who was drunk and hot, took the opportunity of changing clothes (going to the toilet) to open the urgent item in the toilet under the whisper of Hu Cong. At this glance, I almost urinated.

After a while, Cao Cao hurriedly said goodbye with his two sons, and as soon as he left the palace gate, he immediately said to Cao Pi: "Ride on a fast horse, rush to the east gate immediately, and tell Sù Zilian, no matter what method he thinks, he must not hand over the east gate to the Dragon Wolf Army - at least not today!" ”

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Cao Pi didn't care to ask for details, turned on his horse, and galloped away.

Over there, Cao Hong also vaguely felt that something was wrong, and he had been delaying the handover and grinding. It took less than two minutes for the south gate to be handed over, and the east gate was not completed for half an hour.

At the critical moment, Cao Pi arrived.

As soon as Cao Hong received the order, he immediately said to Zhang He, who took over the city defense of the East Gate: "The guard of the East Gate is Xu Zhongkang, I originally ordered him to bring the talisman here, but I never thought that the second son of Fang Cai sent a message, when Xu Zhongkang was about to go out, the old wound relapsed and he was sick in bed. Please wait for a while, and return to Xiquyang immediately to get the talisman and then hand it over. After speaking, he apologized to Zhang He again and again.

Zhang He didn't want to say anything, but fortunately, he was not in a hurry, so he had to wait.

Half an hour later, Cao Cao and Cao Hong returned to Xiquyang, and immediately summoned the generals, and without waiting for the generals to finish their salutes, the first sentence of the split was: "Sun Bofu is dead!" ”

The generals were collectively stunned at first, and after three or five breaths, they exploded.

"Sun Bofu is dead? How can a good one die? ”

"No wonder the Jiangdong Army went in such a hurry, it turned out to be so ......"

"It's bad, as soon as Sun Bofu dies, the Jiangdong situation is bound to be chaotic, and he is too busy to take care of himself, and the alliance with our army will have twists and turns."

Cao Cao raised his hand, and the venue immediately fell silent, and more than a dozen eyes focused on the lord's face, waiting for a decision.

Cao Cao looked around at the generals and said the second sentence: "Now we are the only ones left, there are no allies, no backup, and more importantly, we have no choice...... I decided not to withdraw the troops, but to gather them - to attack Shouchun and capture the horses alive! (To be continued......)