"Bong-hyo! My Bonghyo, you're finally back. ”

In front of the yamen of Hefei County, Cao Cao rushed over excitedly, hugged Guo Jia's shoulders, and with tears in his eyes, he recounted his lovesickness.

Cao Xin looked at it and got goosebumps, how did this Cao Boss use Uncle Liu's skills?

Guo Jia couldn't stand Cao Cao's enthusiasm, so he only glanced at Cao Xin and told him to come and relieve the siege.

Cao Xin smiled, turned around and walked out of the hall, not disturbing their gentlemen and ministers.

"General, Lao Pei is here."

Liao Hua ran over and said.

"Haha, it's a good time, it should be the result of the new field war."

Cao Xin took Liao Hua and strode to the tea hall.

After he left Nanyang with Langya Cavalry, Liu Biao and others in Jingzhou thought that there was an opportunity, so they took Cai Mao as the main general, Kuai Yue as the military division, Zhang Yun Cai He and others as the deputy generals, and led 30,000 soldiers and horses into Kou Nanyang.

Li Yan and others obeyed Cao Xin's orders, abandoned the southern county seat, and tried their best to protect Xinye and Huyang.

The Jingzhou army successfully recovered Caiyang, Zaoyang, Yuyang and other counties.

When he reached Huyang, Cai He went out to fight with Wei Yan, but Wei Yan pretended to be defeated and retreated.

Cai He didn't know what the strategy was, so he led the army to pursue, and encountered Wei Yan's counterattack on the way, and the ambush troops came out together, killing and wounding more than 2,000 Jingzhou troops, and capturing nearly 3,000, Cai He fled with only more than ten followers.

The Jingzhou army suffered a major setback, but the main force still existed, and the Jingzhou general Cai Mao led more than 20,000 people to storm Huyang, and Wei Yan held on for three days and led the army to withdraw to Xinye.

After taking Huyang, Cai Mao and others greatly increased their confidence, and turned around to attack Xinye again.

What the result will be, I won't know until I see Pei Yuanshao.

"Yuan Shao meets the general!"

In the tearoom, Pei Yuanshao put down the teacup and stepped forward to clasp his fists in salute.

This guy is wearing a black robe, carrying a long sword on his back, and wearing a hat, like a chivalrous man who travels the rivers and lakes, and he is chic and enviable.

"Yuan Shao doesn't have to be polite, can the journey go smoothly?"

Cao Xin picked up Pei Yuanshao and asked.

"It's very smooth, my subordinates will take the Jingzhou waterway, and they will arrive in three days."

Pei Yuanshao talked about the experience of walking the waterways of the great rivers, and also talked about the situation of the New Field Army and the Jingzhou Army in World War II.

Ten days ago, after the Jingzhou army occupied Huyang, Cai Mao led 25,000 men and horses to continue to attack Xinye.

There are more than 10,000 defenders in Xinye City, although most of them are new troops, but it is not difficult to defend the city, the Jingzhou army can not attack for five days, and the loss of tens of thousands of horses and horses, only more than 18,000 horses remain.

Cai Mao and others had no choice but to retreat, planning to garrison Huyang to guard against Cao's army.

It's just that when retreating, Yu Poison led 3,000 Shanzi battalion infantry, Bai Feng led 1,000 Langya infantry, Wei Yan led 3,000 blood-clothed battalions, Liu Dashi led 2,000 heavy battalions, and Li Dayan and Pei Yuanshao led 600 light cavalry out of the city.

The whole army pressed up and attacked the Jingzhou rear army.

The Jingzhou army attacked the city for days, the soldiers lacked physical strength, the army was unstable, and was defeated and retreated by the Xinye army, but the number of the Xinye army was too small, and it was too difficult to completely defeat the Jingzhou army.

At this moment, Zhang Xiu led 800 Xiliang cavalry and 4,000 infantry to attack.

Flanked from both sides, the Jingzhou army was defeated.

Only a few generals such as Cai Mao fled back to Xiangyang, and the forward Cai and deputy general Deng Zhangyun and others, as well as more than 10,000 Jingzhou soldiers, were all captured by the Xinye Army and the Qicheng Army.

"Zhang Xiu also made a move?"

Cao Xin was a little surprised.

"General, Zhang Xiu is not in vain, when Jingzhou was preparing to withdraw the army, there were less than 10,000 people left in Xinye City, most of them were new soldiers, Jingzhou still had 18,000 men and horses, and it was not easy to eat the Jingzhou army.

So Yi Zhu Bo went to the city to discuss, persuaded Zhang Xiu to send troops to help, Zhang Xiu said that Jingzhou Liu Biao had accepted the Xiliang army, gave the Xiliang army territory, and had kindness to the Xiliang army, and could not bear to betray.

Yi Zhu Bo retorted that Jingzhou killed Zhang Ji in Yicheng, where did it come from? Jingzhou let the Xiliang Army be stationed in Wancheng and Wancheng, and only used the Xiliang Army as a watchdog, where did it come from? Zhang Xiu has already signed an alliance with our army, just when it is to prove his faith, why should he shirk?

Yi Zhubo said that after the matter was completed, he would send 50,000 stone of military rations to the Xiliang army.

Zhang Xiu asked for 100,000 stones, and after discussing with Li Gongcao, Yi Zhubo agreed to Zhang Xiu's request, and Zhang Xiucai led the army to attack the Jingzhou army. ”

Pei Yuanshao said.

"I see, this embroidery is also a master who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles."

Cao Xin nodded, listening to Pei Yuanshao continue to explain the war in Nanyang.

After defeating the Jingzhou army, the Xinye Army successively recovered Huyang, Caiyang, Zaoyang and other cities, and garrisoned 10,000 troops in Caiyang, posing a posture of attacking Xiangyang.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou was shocked and hurriedly sent Deng Xi to Xinye to negotiate peace.

The Jingzhou side said that it would accept the request put forward by Cao Xin in the last reply, redeem all the captured Jingzhou soldiers at the price of 30 guan for each surrendered army, and recover Caiyang with 600,000 guan, totaling 1 million guan of goods, grain and grass.

The condition was that Cao's army would not attack Caiyang and all parts of Jingzhou for the next five years.

Li Yan and the others couldn't make a decision, so they sent a message to ask for his opinion.

"One million, Jingzhou is really rich."

Cao Xin exclaimed, thirty guan for a captive, 600,000 guan to buy Cai Yang, it was he who casually proposed a number, but Jingzhou was able to take out this wealth, which shows that Jingzhou is really rich.

Pei Yuanshao said with a smile, "If you don't give it, you can't do it, Jingzhou defeated Nanyang twice, losing forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses, and Liu Biao only has less than 100,000 soldiers and horses left, in addition, there has been recent turmoil in Changsha and Guilin and other counties, and Liu Biao needs troops to stabilize Jingzhou." ”

Cao Xin nodded, "Then change, ask Li Yan and the negotiators in Jingzhou to sign a "Xinye Peace Treaty", with Caiyang, Deng Xian, and Suixian as the boundary, Nanyang to the north, and Jingzhou to the south, and they must not attack each other in the next five years, and Liu Biao must also sign the contract." ”

"Yes, General!"

Pei Yuanshao said with his fists clenched.

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After Guo Jia returned, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahoudun in the north each led 5,000 reinforcements to Shouchun, and Cao's army in Huainan reached 20,000.

Cao Cao ordered an attack on Lujiang County, connecting Huainan, Lujiang, and Runan to facilitate garrisoning.

The battle went smoothly, and in less than seven days, Cao's army successively occupied eight county towns in the north of the Lujiang River, close to half of the area of Lujiang County.

Cao Jun continued to advance, but at this moment, an urgent report came from Xuzhou.

Lü Bu led an army to attack Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xiaopei, Liu Bei was defeated and asked Cao Hong for help, Cao Hong led 5,000 soldiers and horses to support Liu Bei, and was defeated at the hands of Gaoshun Zhang Liao.

Cao Hong sent someone to Cao Cao for help.

Cao's army had less than 20,000 men in Huainan, and the troops in other directions were insufficient to support the two-front battle, so Cao Cao could only order the withdrawal of the army.

Before leaving, Cao Cao appointed Yang Hong, a subordinate minister, to serve as the Taishou of Huainan and manage the affairs of Huainan County and Lujiang counties.

Xiahoudun served as the general of the town guard, and with General Yu Ban, he led 10,000 horses and horses to garrison Hefei County to defend Danyang Yuan Shu, Jiangxia Huangzu, and Huiji Sun Ce.

Chen Lan, a general, served as the county lieutenant, responsible for military security, and led 5,000 men, and most of the other positions in the county were from the children of large local families.

There are five people in Feng Juanniang's family who serve as errands in the county, Feng Xi serves as the county commander of Hefei, Buqi serves as the head of the nest, Wei Jing serves as the Chengbo county governor, and several other people also have their own appointments.

And Cao Xin himself was also promoted by Cao Cao as the general of Pingnan and the Marquis of Duting because of his contributions in Nanyang and Huainan.

Duting Marquis is a title one level higher than the Marquis of Guannei, there is no fixed fief, and he can receive a sum of three or four hundred stones from the court every year.

General Pingnan belongs to the Siping General sequence, one level higher than the miscellaneous generals, and up is the Si'an General, the Four Towns General, the Four Zheng Generals, the front and rear left and right generals, the Wei Generals, and the Che Cavalry Generals.

At present, Cao Cao is a general of the chariot and cavalry, and the rank of the generals under him will not be too high, and Cao Xin's official position among the generals of the Cao army ranks in the top three.

"Ziyu, you are the general of Pingnan, and the military of Nanyang Huainan will be handed over to you in the future, and the prime minister must concentrate on dealing with Lu Bu, a traitor."

On the way back to Xudu, Cao Cao looked in the direction of Xuzhou with a sinister face.

At first, he followed Chen Deng's advice and used the method of boiling eagles to deal with Lu Bu, giving him a little benefit each time, but not much, to prevent him from eating enough and harming others.

But Lu Bu's eagle is too capricious and too difficult to control, so it is safer to kill it as soon as possible.

"Prime Minister, I'll keep an eye on Huainan here, do I need to fight Lu Bu?"

"You... It's better for you to go along. ”

Cao Cao hesitated and said.

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

Cao Xin clenched his fists and smiled.

"Ziyu, why are you so happy to fight with Lu Bu?"

Boss Cao said suspiciously.

"Prime Minister, you forgot that there is a big beauty in Xuzhou."

Guo Jia said quietly.

Boss Cao was stunned, his eyes lit up,

"Diao?"

"Exactly! Cao Ziyu is lustful, as long as he hears that there is a beauty, he will be very excited. ”

Guo Fengxiao pouted disdainfully.

"Prime Minister, don't listen to Guo Fengxiao's nonsense, the last general likes to fight with fierce generals, Lu Bu is the first fierce general in the world, and the last general wants to compare with him, and it has little to do with Diao Chan."

Cao Xin glared at Guo Fengxiao.

Boss Cao bowed slightly, with a hint of deep thought in his eyes.

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