It has been nearly two years since the end of the Hefei War, with the return of population, land reclamation, and the completion of the new Hefei City, the south bank of the Huai River has gradually begun to regain its vitality, but militarily, the two armies of Han and Cao are still facing each other across the Huai River, and 40,000 Han troops are deployed on the front line of Shouchun, with Liu Hu as the main general.

On the other side, there were about 20,000 Cao troops, and the main general was originally Cao Zhen, and after Cao Zhen was promoted to the governor of Yuzhou, the post of the chief general of Huaibei was banned from office.

Han Cao two sides to the Huai River as the boundary, Huaibei belongs to the county, the south belongs to Huainan County, two years the two sides have nothing to do, although the Han army has a naval army composed of three hundred warships, control the Huai River, but the Han army never landed on the north bank, for a long time, the people's fear is gradually eliminated, the ferries on both sides of the Huai River become lively, people come and go every day, more are traders who come and go between the two places.

On this night, the city gate was closed early as usual, and the soldiers in the city were patrolling back and forth, because the defense line of the Huai River was too long, Cao's army only had more than 20,000 people, and it was impossible to deploy defenses everywhere, so they could only deploy troops to defend in some strategic places.

Yicheng County also belongs to the strategic place, it is located in the mouth of the whirlpool, the whirlpool connects the county and the Huai River, the river is wide and deep, you can exercise a thousand stone warships, the Han warships can directly enter the Central Plains from here, so the Cao army stationed 3,000 people here to defend this strategic city.

The time gradually came to the third watch, and the night became darker, at this time an army quietly approached Yicheng County, this Han army of about 8,000 people, led by the general Ding Feng.

After Ding Feng was destroyed by Jiangdong, he also officially surrendered to the Han army, and was named Zhonglang General by Liu Jing, Liancheng Tinghou, and another Jiangdong general, Ling Tong, became the right-hand man of the general Liu Hu.

Ding Feng led the army to cross the Huai River about ten miles away from the county seat, and quietly approached Yicheng County, he led the army to ambush in a forest about a few hundred steps away from Dongcheng, waiting for the city gate to open, as early as the morning, he sent more than 100 elite soldiers to pretend to be rural farmers into the city to sell fish, ready to cooperate with the outside and seize Yicheng County.

Due to the signing of an armistice agreement between the two sides, there has been nothing wrong with each other in the past two years, and Yicheng County is also far away from Shouchun, located on the edge of the defense, the vigilance of the defenders is not high, and they have not entered a state of combat readiness, and the Cao army inspecting the head of the city is less than 100 people.

There are only more than 20 Cao soldiers on the east city gate, responsible for opening and closing the city gate every day, at the third watch, most of the 20 Cao soldiers are sleeping, and there are only two soldiers on duty at the head of the city, and they have to open the city gate on time at the end of the hour.

At this time, a group of Cao soldiers came from the road, about 100 people, led by a tooth general, frightened two soldiers who were chatting quickly stood up, the tooth general looked left and right, and angrily reprimanded: "Why are there only two people, and the others?" ”

A soldier timidly pointed to the tower, and the general said angrily: "You dare to sleep in the middle of the night, tie me all up!" ”

More than 100 soldiers rushed into the city tower and tied up the sleeping Cao army, and more than 20 Cao soldiers knelt on the ground, their hands tied behind their backs, they were at a loss, when was there a rule that they were not allowed to sleep at night?

The tooth general snorted heavily, "I'll deal with you after dawn!" ”

He ordered people to block the mouth of more than 20 Cao soldiers with sackcloth and lock them all in the city tower, and then they showed their original colors, it turned out to be the Han army, they opened the city gate, and lit a fire at the head of the city.

In the distance, Ding Feng saw the signal on the city, and his heart was overjoyed, and he immediately shouted: "Kill into the city!" ”

Eight thousand Han soldiers rushed out of the woods, and under the leadership of Ding Feng, they rushed directly into Yicheng County, and the three thousand Cao troops stationed in the city almost did not react, and became prisoners of war of the Han army.

Ding Feng immediately released more than 100 prisoners of war and ordered them to return to Xiacai County, where the main force of Cao's army was stationed, to report the news.

At the same time that the Han army captured Yicheng County, hundreds of thousand-stone warships from Hefei also appeared in the Huai River, pressuring the north bank, and the Han army on the south bank entered a state of war, and all 30,000 Han troops were mobilized.

The Han army's abnormal movement made the Cao army on the other side of the river also nervous, the threat of the Han army on the opposite side, Yu Ban also urgently ordered the whole army to enter a state of war, at the same time, Yicheng County was captured by the Han army, and the news of the capture of three thousand defenders also reached Xia Cai, Yu Ban realized that the situation was strict, and he immediately sent an urgent military report of 800 li and sent someone to report urgently to Xudu.

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It was not just the shape of the Huai River that suddenly changed, in Bingzhou, 20,000 Han troops crossed the Yellow River and entered Hedong County, the defenders of Hedong County were forced to retreat north, the Han army occupied Hedong County, and the shape of Bingzhou also became critical.

The news of the annexation of Zhou and Huaibei arrived in Xudu almost at the same time, and at this time, only ten days had passed before the first negotiations between the two sides, and the shape of the state changed dramatically, causing Cao Cao's pressure to increase dramatically.

In the lobby, Cao Cao paced back and forth, the crisis in Huaibei and Bingzhou made him both annoyed and worried, and even he didn't expect that Cao's army's defense was so fragile that it was broken through by the Han army, and he realized that Liu Jing's real intention in triggering this Nanyang conflict was actually to test Cao's defense.

There was a crisis on the three fronts of Nanyang, Shouchun, and Hedong at the same time, which was clearly a rehearsal for the Han army to attack Cao in the future, and a small test made Cao's weak defense exposed.

But now Cao Cao is most worried that once Liu Jing finds out that Cao's defense is weak, will the temptation turn into a real attack, Cao Cao also has a little regret in his heart, knowing that he should accept Liu Jing's conditions last time and do his best to quell the conflict in Nanyang, rather than let the conflict escalate.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Duke Wei, the military advisor asks to see!" ”

Cao Cao also had a little opinion about Cheng Yu, he believed that Cheng Yu should have thought that the situation would deteriorate, so why didn't he remind himself and persuade himself to do his best to calm the conflict, as a military advisor, Cheng Yu did not do it satisfactorily this time.

"Let him in!"

Cao Cao sighed, restrained the anxiety in his heart, and sat back in his seat, and soon, Cheng Yu hurriedly came in, knelt down and bowed, "Meet Duke Wei!" ”

"Zhongde, the shape is not very good! The Han army has captured Hedong County and Huaibei Yicheng County a few days ago, and the 300 warships of the Han army have entered the whirlpool and will attack Qian County at any time. ”

Cao Cao handed the two emergency military reports to Cheng Yu, the anxiety in his eyes was difficult to hide, Cheng Yu was calm, these situations seemed to be in his expectation, he looked at the two military reports, and said to Cao Cao: "Please rest assured that Wei Gong, Weichen believes that this is still Liu Jing to put pressure on Wei Gong again, and now they are not ready to attack Wei on a large scale, this should be a temptation, Weichen believes that they will withdraw their troops." ”

"But even if I withdraw my troops, I have to agree to their conditions."

Cao Cao was very helpless, this conflict caused the price of rice in Yedu to soar three times, and the people's resentment boiled, which he did not expect, and he felt a little remorseful in his heart, this matter should not be delayed for too long.

On the other hand, Cao Cao has made Cao Zhen find out the truth, it is indeed caused by the son of Le Qun forcibly seizing the Cai family caravan, Le Yi also hid people and goods in Xiangcheng County, Cao Cao was furious, dismissed Le Qun's official position, and put Le Yi in prison, and now Cao Cao has the heart to agree to Liu Jing's conditions, but the face is a little unbearable.

Cheng Yu was very clear about Cao Cao's mentality, he smiled slightly and said: "Duke Wei doesn't have to worry too much about Liu Jing's side, after all, he is the son-in-law of Duke Wei, he will maintain the love of the son-in-law on face, and will not add any conditions, but I think the temptation of the Han army is not necessarily a bad thing for us, let us also see our own weakness, as long as in the next time, Duke Wei must strengthen and improve the weak links, and when the war really breaks out, we can deal with it calmly." ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Zhongde is right, from this point of view, the tentative attack of the Han army is indeed a good thing, and frankly, I didn't expect our defense to be so weak. ”

Cao Cao already understood why Cheng Yu didn't persuade himself, he also wanted to see how Cao Jun's defense was, Cheng Yu really saw it more thoroughly than himself, thinking of this, Cao Cao said again: "Can you please ask Zhongde to go to Wancheng for me and end this crisis for me." ”

Cheng Yu gave a deep salute, "I am willing to share my worries for Wei Gong!" ”

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Yecheng, Liu Jing arrived at the east gate of Nanyang County for two days, at this time Liu Jing stood on the head of the north city, staring at the sunset gradually falling in the distance, the sunset is like a huge fireball, gradually falling in the clouds, ten thousand rays of light from the clouds, dyeing the whole earth with gold and red.

Liu Jing hadn't noticed the sunset for a long time, at this time he suddenly felt that the sunset was so magnificent, which made him feel a lot of emotion in his heart, just behind Liu Jing, Cai Jin stood silently, but he was very flustered in his heart, he didn't notice the beauty of the sunset at all, he was found by Liu Jing, but he didn't know why the King of Han was looking for him?

"When I first came to Jingzhou, I also saw such a sunset in Qishan."

Liu Jing's voice was very low, full of nostalgia for the past, "Now I see such a sunset again, it is no different from that year, but nearly twenty years have passed. ”

"Twenty years later, the sunset that Your Highness sees is still the same." The Cai family replied cautiously behind him.

Liu Jing nodded, turned around and smiled: "Yifu is right, people should face the future, and should not always dwell on the past. ”

"Humble duty is unintentional."

Liu Jing stopped mentioning the sunset, and asked him again: "How is the Cai family now?" ”

Cai Jin sighed, "The Cai family is sinking more and more, giving up family studies and martial arts, and is keen on business, and if these slide down, in less than five years, the Cai family will become the largest businessman in Jingzhou, rich is rich, but the reputation of the family is ruined in the hands of this generation." ”

"And what are Yoshio's plans?" Liu Jing asked with a smile again.

"Me?"

Cai Jin pondered for a moment, plucked up the courage and said: "I am going to build another Cai family in Nanyang County, how many families support me, I wonder if His Royal Highness supports it?" ”

"How can you ask me such a thing." Liu Jing smiled and said: "But a person always has to be a little ideal, if Yifu decides his own path, he should stick to it, after all, life is too short, and some things can't be too hesitant." ”

Cai Jin nodded silently, he had been thinking about this matter for two years, and it was time to make up his mind

Two days later, Liu Jing met with Cao Cao's plenipotentiary envoy Cheng Yu in Ye County, and this time both sides had a tacit understanding, and when Cheng Yu returned the captured Cai family caravan and goods, and presented Le Yi's head, the sincerity of the peace talks between the two sides was established.

Cheng Yu fully accepted Liu Jing's two previous conditions, promising to encourage trade between the two sides without any obstacles, and at the same time, Liu Jing also promised to withdraw from the occupied city and restore the boundary between the two sides before the conflict.

As a result, a confrontation between Cao Han and Yan caused by a chance conflict was finally resolved.

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