Feeling the burning pain on his face, Huang Xu blinked, a little dazed.

He thought that he had made a great contribution this time, and he would definitely be rewarded when he went back, how could he ······ That's not right!

"No, father-"

"Still on your knees?"

Under the roar of Xi Yu, Huang Xu didn't dare to refute at all, and immediately fell to the ground with both knees.

"Let me ask you, how many of your brothers have you lost since the beginning of the war? As a general of my Han Dynasty, you can have such courage and strategy, I admire you and will reward you. ”

"But in the same way, you insist on going your own way on the battlefield, going deep alone, and putting the entire white cavalry in danger, which is a taboo in the army! If I hadn't come quickly, would you know that these more than 1,000 white horsemen would soon be surrounded by Cao Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops? ”

"But in a small city, even if you Huang Xu have the ability to reach the sky, it will be difficult to bring them all back, have you thought about this?"

Xi Yu pointed to his nose and scolded him, and his handsome face added a bit of fortitude after experiencing the baptism of war.

Looking at Huang Xu, who was silent with his head bowed, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he kicked it straight down, and roared: "If you kid dare to fight Lao Tzu like this next time, you will take the morning roll and get out!" ”

Huang Xu, who was still silent, stiffened when he heard this, and then raised his head and whispered: "Father-in-law, I will do this when I have the bottom in my heart-"

"Bastard thing, you have a bottom, what bottom do you have? But I'm really spoiling you! ”

Before he finished speaking, Xi Yu's eyes widened, and he immediately slapped him in the face again.

That "Smack! The white riders standing on both sides trembled in fright.

"Lord Qiqi—"

"Silence!"

Huang Xu let out a low roar and stopped Bai Qi who was trying to explain, he licked the scarlet at the corner of his mouth, looked up at Xi Yu and said seriously: "Father-in-law, this is my way of marching!" ”

"The child understands that the father-in-law feels sorry for me, but the child always remembers the purpose of the army, I am sure to attack the enemy for 800 miles and inflict heavy losses on the enemy, so that I can also force Cao Jun to buy time for my father-in-law on the front line, if I can do this, Xu'er will have no regrets even if he dies!"

"Bang!"

Xi Yu kicked out again, this time with heavy force, and almost didn't overturn Huang Xu.

"Let me ask you one last time, if you still have the right to command freely on the battlefield in the future, will you still make such a lonely soldier's taboo?"

Huang Xu understands that his father-in-law is for his own good, but he also has his own insistence.

Yes, he finally took a deep breath and said firmly: "As long as I can make great contributions to the army and defeat the rebel army, I, Huang Xu, will not die or destroy, and I vow to persevere!" ”

"Good!"

After a long time, Xi Yu's complexion softened, and he said lightly: "From today on, you are the White Horse Zero, and you will be the commander-in-chief of the White Horse!" ”

"Next, I will arrange for the expansion of the white cavalry, and the white cavalry army under your command will also change from the original three thousand to six thousand, among the army, whatever you can see, you can choose!"

"Huh?"

Huang Xu, who thought that he would usher in another beating and scolding, was taken aback by this sudden surprise.

Although Xi Yu's face was still a little ugly, he was happy like a child who had received his favorite toy, and he couldn't help but smile, pulling his big white teeth and smiling at the other party: "Father-in-law, your move is very wise!" ”

"Hehe, thank you father-in-law, the child still thought that his commander was going to be removed, who would have thought that you would expand your recruitment, hahaha, father-in-law, you are great."

Xi Yu looked at him coldly, and said with a smile: "What? Aren't you happy early? I'm going to recruit white riders to be wise, and it's stupid to want to remove you? Then why don't I take it back immediately, and see who dares—"

"Ah, no, no, no! The child is wrong, the child is wrong! ”

Without waiting for Xi Yu to finish speaking, Huang Xu took two steps forward, hugged the other party's legs, and smiled: "It's all children who can't speak, the righteous father is wise and powerful, and he is extraordinary, what you said is right, I must think about it when I go back!" Comprehend! ”

"Get out of here, what do you look like like this? Do you want to compete with the champion Hou? People have repeatedly made military exploits, been named a wolf, and won the highest honor, but what about you? If you die, you will be happy to be like this? ”

"Hey! Hey, hey, hey! ”

Huang Xu, who had a swollen face, didn't say anything at this time, only knew how to smirk.

In front of Xi Yu, he will show this naïve look, in the army, who doesn't know the name of Huang Xu, the commander of the white cavalry, with a cold-faced spear?

After taking Wuhuan City, the other Cao Pi armies in Hejian County gradually converged, but the place where they converged was getting farther and farther away from Wuhuan City.

Now that the battle is decided, even if they want to stop it, they have more than enough strength to stop it.

Moreover, everyone has seen the majesty and power of the Xi Yu army, and it is difficult to have the mind to compete with it again in their hearts.

Of course, the most critical point is that this battle has also been fought for more than a month, and the number of people nearby has decreased a lot, the young and strong have been disabled on the battlefield, and the remaining ones are old, weak, sick and disabled, and have no combat effectiveness, what can be done if they don't withdraw?

Similarly, after Xi Yu arrived in Wuhuan City, he didn't think about continuing to attack.

Anyway, most of the territory of Hejian County has already fallen into my hands, and it is time for internal development.

Then, he sent part of the army to defend the city in the territory of Hejian County that he had taken, and at the same time ordered people to seize the time to mobilize a large number of reserve talents from the schools in Qingxu and Xu, and gave the original magistrates and clan officials a major change.

In this regard, the clan officials did not dare to have the slightest resentment, nonsense, people were hollowed out, as for the previous kind of deterrence from the clan or something, it is a joke now, in such a situation, who dares to be dissatisfied?

They were all like this, and the former local officials below naturally had to give in.

Soon, a brief wartime peace order was established, and the people and refugees returned to their normal lives in the shortest possible time.

In fact, a large part of the reason why Xi Yu stopped continuing the offensive was because of these people.

He knew very well how much the war had hurt the people, so he thought about stopping and planning the lives of the people first, so that they would not be able to live a life of displacement and no permanent residence.

Of course, since we all have this idea, it is naturally indispensable to open a warehouse and release grain, and to promote benevolent government.

It didn't take long for the people in Hejian County to gradually ease their mentality under the effect of slow disaster relief, and the people who had lived in these places returned to their homeland and began to live a peaceful and warm life.

Even the people who were taken away by Xi Yu's orders before have returned to their homes.

Although everything is developing in a good direction, Xi Yu has always stayed in Hejian County and has not returned to Xuzhou.

He was waiting, waiting to see what the Cao family planned next.

······

Yecheng!

The restless Cao Pi finally waited for the news from the front, but only three or two days after the news reached him, Xiahou Chun, Cao Chun, Cao Zhen and others led the defeated army back from Hejian County in embarrassment.

Of course, these lucky people came back, but there were still many unfortunate people who could never come back, such as Xiahou Jie, and Cao Yong, Cao Xu, Cao Yu and others, all died on the battlefield.

In this regard, Cao Pi was extremely angry, but he was also lucky.

Although the army was defeated and a lot of people died, at least, the core of those people came back, especially Cao Zhen, as the most potential general of the younger generation, he was still very valued by Cao Pi.

Therefore, on the day they returned, Cao Pi rushed to meet everyone ten miles outside Yecheng early.

In fact, he already knew that this battle would not be easy.

When I received the battle report before, I was quite bored.

The war had reached this point, and it would be no good for him to continue fighting.

Rather than defeated, he now wanted to know how to make Xi Yu stop his attack.

Half of Hejian County was gone, and although he was saddened, he didn't worry too much.

After all, he still has a lot of food and grass, and the territory of Yecheng is also extraordinarily large, as long as he has a little more time, he still has the possibility of being a little bit higher than the corner of Xiyu.

But if the other party doesn't stop, the continuous war will give him no time to relax.

In addition, in Yanzhou, Xuchang, Luoyang, Chang'an and other places are all in a straight line, one is not good, it may not take a year, Xi Yu will be able to take all these places.

When the army returned, Cao Pi directly ordered everyone to set up a camp outside the city.

Then he led the people to the tent to discuss the matter.

Sitting on the main seat, he supported the case with one hand, looked at the few dejected generals below, and after a long time, he looked at Xiahou Chun and Xiahou Yuan and said slowly: "The two uncles don't have to blame themselves too much, we didn't lose this battle unjustly." ”

"Uncle has never led troops before, because we don't know his combat strategies and habits, so it's understandable that we are deeply involved in his strategy."

"In this way, even if your uncles are defeated, it is not considered to be useless, at least, our army has already fought with the Qingxu army, and we know a thing or two about it, and the next encounter will definitely not be the same as this time."

"On the battlefield, it is unpredictable to win or lose, the most important thing is combat experience, who can know, we will not turn defeat into victory in the future? Therefore, please don't blame yourself too much. ”

Hearing this, Xiahou Chun not only did not feel that he was comforted, but his face became worse.

He had never won a few battles in his life, and this defeat made him even more annoyed.

Speaking of which, he and Xi Yu have also fought several times on the battlefield, but every time they are commanded on the spot, and every time the battle has just begun, they are beaten and turned around and flees.

Although he was resentful, he had to say that he also knew that he couldn't beat Xi Yu at all, and he couldn't even hold on for three or four rounds.

Xi Yu, whether it is personal wisdom, strength or the combat effectiveness of the troops below, the cohesion is extraordinary, far from being comparable to himself.

Every time he thought of these heart-wrenching and helpless facts, he couldn't help but look heavy.

"Since I can't fight, it's better to make peace, I plan to make peace with my uncle, and give him the entire Hejian County last time, and at the same time make him the Duke of Shengguo······"

"As for the principality······ It is set to be in Xiapi, and at the same time, the three counties of Anping, Julu and Guangping are handed over to the direct jurisdiction of the uncle, I don't know what you think? ”

Cao Pi obviously had some hints in his question.

Now that we have been defeated, the most important thing now is to end this battle quickly, at least not to clash with the other party for a few years, and to avoid things like the use of swords.

Otherwise, not to mention the limitation of their own development, it will also give Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the south a certain opportunity.

At that time, Cao Weike, who is not good, will face the dilemma of being attacked in front and back, and being attacked by the enemy in the abdomen.

The two Xiahou Chun brothers can sit in the position of commander, naturally they also have some brains, and they also understand the current situation at the moment.

Now all the soldiers and horses in the territory are combined, not to mention four or five hundred thousand, plus millions of stone of grain, if you want to fight, there will definitely be no problems in a short time.

However, its own development must be limited, and it may not be able to win.

It's the same if you want to come to Xi Yu's side, if you really try your best to fight with yourself, I'm afraid that Qingxu Erdi will also suffer a lot of damage, at that time, no matter who loses or wins, the final winners should be those who have been sitting in the back and watching the tiger fight.

However······

They understood it, but when they thought of the defeat so quickly and aggrieved, they couldn't help but want to continue.

"Lord, in fact, we still have the possibility of a battle, as long as we can hold on for a while longer, I think they still have to go back to the land of Qingxu to coordinate the overall situation-"

"I've made up my mind, don't say more!"

Cao Pi was too lazy to listen to them talk about this: "If we want to gain a firm foothold in Jizhou, we have to pay a relative amount of attention, in this case, why not give a favor to send water?" Furthermore, if we don't talk about peace at this time, when will we wait? ”

"Where's Zhongda?"

"Wechen is here!"

Sima Yi, who was standing in the back, stepped forward quickly, stood in the center of the big tent, and bent down.

"Zhongda, this matter will be left to you."

Hearing this, Sima Yi sighed deeply and said slowly: "Lord, it is not appropriate for Weichen to go in this matter, and it may be better for the Zhongshu to order the Lord or the Lord of the Imperial History to go." ”

He said this for some reason.

The current Zhongshu Ling is Xi Zhicai, and Xi Yu is an old acquaintance, and they are peers with each other, so they want to talk to each other better.

As for the imperial history, Zhong Xuan, he is responsible for supervising the major officials, although he has always said that he has no direct or indirect communication with Xi Yu, but in the end he has praised the other party.

But Cao Pi didn't think so, when he saw that Sima Yi was unwilling, he immediately darkened his face and said in a deep voice: "How? You won't? ”

"Naturally not, Weichen Lingzhi!" Sima Yi, who was startled, hurriedly knelt on the ground and petitioned again and again, but deep down he was extremely uncomfortable.

Obviously, Cao Pi is starting to reuse himself······

"Well, when you return from the talks, the status of the Sima family in Xuchang and Chang'an may rise a little, by the way, I will order three hundred soldiers to open the way for you."

"I hope you can explain the reason in front of Uncle and weigh the pros and cons, this is the critical moment for my Cao Wei, remember, no matter what method you use, you must stabilize Uncle Xiao!"

Cao Pi didn't see half of his face improve after speaking, he got up and walked to the two brothers Xiahou Chun, and patted them on the shoulder, not knowing whether it was comfort or warning.

Then, he walked out of the big tent quickly in the confused eyes of everyone, and returned to Yecheng to start making up for sleep.

In today's Yecheng, a hundred officials have already been set up, and Liu Xie, who is Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, has always stayed by his side, and it is precisely because of this that the other princes have not dared to act rashly.

But······ Uncle didn't seem to have any scruples about this, and even ······ There is also some unscrupulousness.

When Cao Pi's figure completely disappeared into the camp, the two brothers Xiahou Chun reacted.

This time, he said that he was here to comfort the army, but in fact, Cao Pi came to beat himself.

As for the meaning, it is quite simple and clear, but it is just because of those tigers and leopards who have been completely annihilated.

Speaking of which, the name of this tiger and leopard ride is also louder in the north, but this is only if it does not meet the army of Xi Yu.

In the later stage of the conquest of the lord, Xi Yu's Xuzhou army did not appear in any battle, which caused everyone to forget the true strength of Xi Yu's army.

But in fact, those who have been on the battlefield in the early years should remember that his army is indeed a more elite existence than the tiger and leopard cavalry.

Of course, this is not to say that the tiger and leopard ride is equal to invincible without encountering the army of Xi Yu.

Once upon a time, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was also defeated by a large army - the Fudun Battle Formation.

This kind of battle formation was researched by Liu Bei and specially ridden against the tiger and leopard.

In Jingzhou that year, Liu Bei relied on this battle formation to severely damage the tiger and leopard cavalry, and shined in that battle.

Perhaps, the most important thing they should do now is not how to fight Xi Yu, but to study the battle formation against the black and white cavalry in a limited and short time.

The black and white cavalry is the right-hand man of Xi Yu, and if he can really develop a battle formation that can deal with the black and white cavalry, he will definitely be able to deal a big blow to the enemy.

When the time comes, you may have a few more years to recuperate, train your army well, and do a good job of fortifying your territory.

In this way, they can be regarded as having enough troops and capabilities to resist the enemies in the north and south!

Hence ······ Time is the most important thing for them.

The most important thing in today's plan is to stabilize Xi Yu, and when the time is ripe in the future, it will not be too late to fight him······

Thinking about this, both of them had a sense of sudden enlightenment, but at the same time, they felt that this plan was a bit too hasty.

Cao Pi's idea is very good, but in the end it is only his personal will, and many things are immature, and he is somewhat in a hurry.

But that's fine, at least I can take a short break.

After months of war, everyone was very tired, and it was good to have a proper rest.

"Big brother, let's start studying the battle formation in a few days, right?"

"Who would have thought that a literati would be so ······ in a war"

Terrible!

Xiahou Chun can't say this powerful word, even if he already approves of it in his heart.

Not to mention, in this battle, Jizhou also invested 150,000 troops, but Xuzhou is worth 100,000.

(End of chapter)