After a fierce battle, with casualties on both sides, the Han army took control of the pontoon bridge and was finally able to retreat, and thousands of Han troops quickly withdrew to the south bank under the leadership of Liao Hua.

Cao Jun surrounded the pontoon bridge, and at this time, Cao Jun soldiers were about to pour fire oil on the pontoon bridge, but Yu Ban stopped them, "Don't burn this pontoon bridge!" ”

Yu Ban looked at the south bank coldly, although the prime minister ordered him to burn the three pontoon bridges, but that was to annihilate the five thousand Han troops on the north bank, and now the Han army has escaped the pontoon bridge, leaving a pontoon bridge to give an account to the prime minister.

At this moment, a soldier pointed into the distance and shouted: "General, our army has arrived!" ”

Yu Ban looked back, only to see a black line in the distance, stretching for more than ten miles, this is the prime minister arrived, Yu Ban immediately ordered a tooth general, "Go and occupy Anyang County first!" ”

He turned his horse's head and galloped away with several cavalry in the direction of Cao's main force

This army that arrived was the main army of 100,000 led by Cao Cāo himself, Cao Cāo was originally in Ancheng, he hoped that Liu Jing's main force could cross the Huai River to the north and go to Ancheng to confront him, but Cao Cāo gradually found that Liu Jing had no intention of fighting with him, but just confronted him, Cao Cāo changed his name to Ji Lu, and took the initiative to lead the army south, preparing to confront the Han army across the Huai River.

The 100,000 Cao army was less than ten miles away from the Huai River, and he could clearly see Anyang County in the distance. ”

Cao Cāo nodded and asked, "How is the situation of the Han army in Anyang County?" ”

"Back to the prime minister, before the arrival of our army, Liu Jing was in Anyang County, he saw through our strategy, the Han army had already prepared to evacuate, we and the Han army had a fierce battle at the bridgehead, but they still withdrew, our army killed more than 500 enemies, and injured less than 300 people."

Hearing that Liu Jing was actually in the city, Cao Cāo felt a little annoyed in his heart, and knew how good it would be for him to send cavalry to attack the pontoon bridge first, but this chagrin disappeared in an instant, and he asked again: "How is the situation on the pontoon bridge?" ”

Yu Ban had already heard the prime minister's tone, and was secretly glad that he had left a pontoon bridge in his heart, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Back to the prime minister, two of the three pontoon bridges were burned, but the last one was not ordered to be burned, and the prime minister was lost." ”

Cao Cāo finally had a smile on his face, "You did a great job, I'm going to see the pontoon now!" ”

Cao cāo turned over his horse, under the escort of thousands of soldiers to the bank of the Huai River, not long after, Cao cāo came to the bank of the Huai River, only to see that the Huai River has frozen, a two-zhang wide pontoon bridge straight to the opposite bank, the Huai River here is not wide, only more than 50 zhang, you can clearly see the Han army camp on the opposite bank.

At this time, a large group of cavalry also appeared on the opposite side, Yu Ban's eyesight was very good, he recognized Liu Jing in the cavalry group at a glance, and said to Cao Cāo: "Prime Minister, I saw Liu Jing in my humble position." ”

Cao Cāo nodded, he pondered for a moment, and then smiled at the forbidden: "General Yu, can you go and say something to Liu Jing for me, I want to say a few words to him, right on the pontoon bridge." ”

Yu Ban's heart was extremely bitter, and he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "I am willing to go!" ”

He turned his horse's head, led his horse to the opposite bank, and led his horse to the opposite bank. Laughing, Cao Cāo glared back at him, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Xiahoudun couldn't hold back a laugh and lowered his head, Cao Cāo turned back to the generals and said coldly: "I know that you are laughing at General Yu's repeated defeats in the hands of Liu Jing, but aren't we the same?" How many times have we fought with Liu Jing, and how many battles have we won? Back then, General Yu let Liu Jing go in Yushan, how could I not, who knows what will happen in the future, and who dares to ridicule General Yu in the future, I will be responsible. ”

The generals hurriedly bowed down and said, "Don't dare!" ”

Cao Cāo said to Cheng Yu on the side again: "Zhongde, do you say that we can fight this battle?" ”

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Judging from the current situation of the Han army, they want to confront us across the Huai River, but Weichen is also a little puzzled, why Liu Jing will choose to fight with us in the cold winter, you must know that they are the southern army, fighting in winter, the southern army is at a disadvantage, and the river is frozen, and they can't give full play to the advantages of their water army, to be honest, I don't understand." ”

Cao Cāo nodded, "The military advisor's doubts are reasonable, and I am also deeply confused, but the matter has come to this point, and I can only take one step at a time." ”

Yu Ban crossed the Huai River, and said to the Han army on the bank: "Don't release arrows, I will seal the order of the prime minister, and I have a message to Liu Zhoumu." ”

Liu Jing slowly urged him forward, he recognized Yu Ban at a glance, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be General Yu, we haven't seen each other for many years, and General Yu looks as good as ever." ”

Yu Ban smiled bitterly and said: "Thank you for your concern, I came to convey the message by the order of the prime minister, the prime minister wants to say a few words to the state pastor, is the state pastor willing?" ”

"Yes, I'm looking forward to meeting the prime minister too."

Liu Jing pointed to the pontoon bridge with a horsewhip and said with a smile: "Just talk on the pontoon!" Thanks to General Yu for not burning down the pontoon bridge. ”

"I'm going to report to the prime minister!"

Yu Ban was nervous and turned around to leave, but Liu Jing stopped him again, "General Yu, please stay!" ”

Yu Ban turned around slowly, "Is there anything else going on with the state pastor?" ”

Liu Jing smiled, "I have always regarded General Yu as an old man, although we have had a lot of grievances, but now that I think about it, it is a kind of fate, I have a sentence, please General Yu must remember." ”

"The state pastor, please speak, Yu Wen will listen to you."

Liu Jing said slowly: "General Yu wants to leave a way back for himself, and I believe that General Yu will have a day to regain his strength in the future." ”

Yu Ban was shocked, he understood what Liu Jing meant, he bowed silently, led the horse and turned away.

Keeping looking at Yu Ban and walking away, Liu Jing smiled meaningfully, this Yu Ban has been moved by his own words, or rather, his confidence in Cao Cāo is insufficient, Yu Ban is like this, what about other Cao Jun generals?

Half an hour later, Liu Jing and Cao Cāo each took a dozen guards to walk up to the pontoon bridge and meet in the middle of the pontoon bridge, at this time the middle section of the pontoon bridge has been dismantled, and the two sides are five zhang apart, although the guards on both sides did not bring gong crossbows, but still look at each other.

"Virtuous nephew, don't come unharmed!" Cao Cāo smiled heartily.

Liu Jing hugged his fists and saluted, "The prime minister is old, but he has to go out in person, in such a cold weather, I hope the prime minister will take care of his health." ”

Different from Liu Jing's sarcasm when they met in the Meridian Valley last time, this time Liu Jing said very sincerely, caring about Cao Cāo's body, just like a younger generation cares about an elder, which actually made Cao Cāo's heart feel a little moved.

He sighed, "My dog is incompetent, and he can't go out for me, so he can only go out in the old man, but it is the responsibility of the virtuous nephew to go out in such cold weather!" ”

"I just don't want to hurt the peasants, the war has been in turmoil for more than 20 years, and the people of the world have suffered greatly, I hope to end the war as soon as possible, unify the world, and then lightly punish the meager endowment, so that my people can recuperate for a hundred years, this is my greatest wish."

Cao Cāo nodded, and sighed: "I can understand the ambition of the virtuous nephew, in fact, I am the Han Xiang, I and the ancestors have been blessed with Hann for a long time, I also hope that the Han Dynasty can continue, and I hope that there will be another rule of Wenjing, I proposed that I would like to support the virtuous nephew as the emperor, and our monarchs and ministers will strive to govern, Zhongxing Han, and leave a good name for the ages, how can the virtuous nephew refuse to accept it, I regret it to this day." ”

Liu Jing smiled faintly, "I can accept the prime minister's good intentions, but can the prime minister accept Chengdu's prime minister's control?" ”

Cao Cāo's face changed, of course he knew what Liu Jing meant, that is, he wanted to accept the multi-phase system and give up power, how could it be possible, he sneered in his heart, and said with a pretended regret on his face: "I am not in love with power, I really have a lot of grievances, if I lose power, I am afraid that the person who kills me and then the fast one will squeeze through my door, and in order to save my life, I have to hold a sword in my hand." ”

"The prime minister's words are inappropriate, as long as I don't kill the prime minister, who in the world dares to touch the prime minister, if the prime minister is willing to let go of power, I will ensure that the prime minister is safe, and the Cao family is unharmed, if the prime minister is obsessed, I am afraid that there will be no Cao surname in the world in the future!"

Cao Cāo was furious, and pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword and glared at Liu Jing angrily, "Are you threatening your true appearance?" ”

"I'm not threatening the prime minister, but frankly, the prime minister is old, how long can he still be in power, at this time, the prime minister should think more about his name behind him."

Cao Cāo stared at Liu Jing, gritted his teeth for a long time and said, "It was my lifelong hatred that Yushan didn't kill you back then. ”

Liu Jing laughed, he laughed, and said coldly: "This is the will of heaven, God asked me Liu Jing to recover the Han, I have a word of advice, please keep in mind the prime minister!" ”

"You say!" Cao Cāo held back his anger and burst out these two words from between his teeth.

Liu Jing arched his hand to him, "The prime minister's family affairs are also the affairs of the world, if I am the prime minister, I will establish the son of the son as the son, be loyal to the ear, and the prime minister will respect himself!" ”

After speaking, Liu Jing turned around and strode towards the south bank, but Cao Cāo did not have a seizure, he looked at Liu Jing's back, repeatedly chewed Liu Jing's last sentence, and established the son of the son as the son, he realized that this was not Liu Jing's alarmism, there was a deep meaning, at this time, Cao Cāo sighed, he suddenly felt as if he was ten years old.

Cao Cāo waved his hand tiredly, "Let's go!" ”

With the help of two guards, he staggered towards the north shore

Cao Cāo set up a large camp on the north bank, tens of thousands of soldiers were busy digging up the civil engineering to build a wall, in Cao Cāo's back tent, the soldiers had lit a brazier, making the tent as warm as chūn, Cao Cāo was sitting on a soft couch in a thick robe, holding a historical record and reading silently, but his mind was not on the scroll, still thinking about his meeting with Liu Jing.

At this meeting, Liu Jing's bearing was completely different from before, especially Liu Jing's self-confidence brought him a great impact, and it also made Cao Cāo feel Liu Jing's domineering spirit that reigned over the world, which made him palpitate for a while.

Cao Cāo was still thinking about Liu Jing's last sentence, 'Family affairs are also world affairs, please establish the son of the world!' ’

This sentence has a deep meaning, and Cao Cāo also understands in his heart that Liu Jing is actually alluding to the ambition of his eldest son Cao Pi, which makes Cao Cāo can't help but have deep concerns, and any person's persuasion is not as great as Liu Jing's words have a greater impact on Cao Cāo, after all, this is related to his name behind him, and it is related to Cao's family.

At this time, Cao Cāo thought of another sentence from Liu Jing, 'The prime minister is old, how long can he still be in power, at this time, the prime minister should think more about his name after death.' ’

At that time, he was so angry that he did not take this to heart, but now that he thought about it, Cao Cāo was suddenly frightened, and he stood up, walked to the tent door with his hands in his hands, and looked far away in the northwest direction, his heart was in turmoil.

At this moment, Cheng Yu's voice came from outside, "I have something urgent to see the prime minister, report it for me quickly!" ”

Cao Cāo opened the curtain and walked out, "Zhongde, what's the urgency?" ”

Cheng Yu hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and said with an anxious face: "Prime Minister, Weichen has already figured out Liu Jing's true strategic intention to launch this Central Plains Campaign, and the situation is probably not good." ”