"Fengxiao! My Fengxiao, you are finally back."

In front of the Hefei County Government Office, Cao Cao rushed over excitedly, hugged Guo Jia's shoulders, and talked about his lovesickness with tears in his eyes.

Cao Xin had goosebumps all over his body. Why did Boss Cao use Uncle Liu Huang's skills?

Guo Jia couldn't stand Cao Cao's enthusiasm, so he just winked at Cao Xin and told him to come to the rescue quickly.

Cao Xin laughed, turned around and walked out of the hall, not disturbing the intimacy between the monarch and his ministers.

"General, Lao Pei is here."

Liao Hua ran over and said.

"Haha, you're good to go, the Xinye War incident should have come to an end."

Cao Xin strode to the teahouse with Liao Hua.

After he left Nanyang with Langya Cavalry, Jingzhou Liu Biao and others thought they had an opportunity, so they led 30,000 troops into Nanyang with Cai Mao as the chief general, Kuai Yue as military advisor, Zhang Yun, Cai He and others as deputy generals.

Li Yan and others followed Cao Xin's orders and abandoned the southern county to defend Xinye and Huyang.

The Jingzhou Army successfully took back Caiyang, Zaoyang, Yuyang and other counties.

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

Cai He, unaware of the ruse, led his army in pursuit. On the way, he encountered a counterattack from Wei Yan. He ambushed all his troops and killed and wounded more than 2,000 Jingzhou troops and captured nearly 3,000. Cai He fled with only a dozen followers.

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

After taking Huyang, Cai Mao and others became more confident and turned around to attack Xinye.

We won't know what the outcome will be until we meet Pei Yuanshao.

"Yuan Shao meets the general!"

In the teahouse, Pei Yuanshao put down his tea cup and stepped forward to greet him with fists in his hands.

This guy was dressed in a black robe, carrying a long sword on his back, and wearing a bamboo hat. He looked like a great knight who traveled around the world, and he was so chic and enviable.

"Yuan Shao doesn't need to be polite. Is the journey going smoothly?"

Cao Xin helped Pei Yuanshao up and asked.

"It went very well. I'll take the Jingzhou waterway and arrive in three days."

Pei Yuanshao talked about his experience of walking down the river, and then talked about the situation in World War II between the New Field Army and the Jingzhou Army.

Ten days ago, after the Jingzhou army occupied Huyang, Cai Mao led 25,000 troops to continue attacking Xinye.

There were more than 10,000 defenders in Xinye City. Although most of them were new troops, it was not difficult to defend the city. The Jingzhou army was unable to attack for five days and lost tens of thousands of horses, leaving only more than 18,000 horses.

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

However, during the retreat, Yu Du led 3,000 Shanzi battalion infantry, Bai Feng led 1,000 Langya infantry, Wei Yan led 3,000 Blood Clothes Battalion, Liu Dashi led 2,000 heavy baggage battalion, and Li Dayan and Pei Yuanshao led 600 light cavalry out of the city.

The whole army pressed forward and attacked Jingzhou's rear army.

The Jingzhou Army had been attacking the city for days. The soldiers lacked physical strength and their morale was unstable. They were defeated by the New Wild Army. However, the New Wild Army was too small in number and it was too difficult to completely defeat the Jingzhou Army.

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

Attacked from two sides, the Jingzhou army was defeated.

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

"Zhang Xiu also took action?"

Cao Xin was a little surprised.

"General, Zhang Xiu's efforts were not in vain. When Jingzhou was preparing to withdraw its troops, there were less than 10,000 people left in Xinye City, mostly new soldiers. Jingzhou still had 18,000 troops. It would not be easy to capture the Jingzhou army.

So Yizhu Bo went to Rangcheng to discuss and persuade Zhang Xiu to send troops to help. Zhang Xiu said that Liu Biao of Jingzhou had accepted the Xiliang army and gave it territory. He was kind to the Xiliang army and could not bear to betray him.

Yi Zhubo retorted: Jingzhou killed Zhang Ji in Rangcheng, where did it come from? Jingzhou let the Xiliang army stationed in Wancheng and Rangcheng, and only regarded the Xiliang army as watchdogs, where did it get its virtue? Zhang Xiu had already

When you sign an alliance with our army and prove your loyalty, why should you shirk it?

Yi Zhubo said that after the incident was completed, he would give the Xiliang army 50,000 shi of military rations.

Zhang Xiu asked for 100,000 stones. After Yi Zhubo and Li Gongcao discussed it, they agreed to Zhang Xiu's request, and Zhang Xiu then led his army to attack the Jingzhou army."

Pei Yuanshao said.

"So that's it, this embroidery is also a master who doesn't let go of eagles when he sees rabbits."

Cao Xin nodded and listened to Pei Yuanshao continue to explain the battle in Nanyang.

After defeating the Jingzhou Army, the New Field Army successively took back the cities of Huyang, Caiyang, Zaoyang and other cities, and stationed 10,000 troops in Caiyang, in a posture to attack Xiangyang.

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

Jingzhou expressed its acceptance of Cao Xin's request last time, and redeemed all captured Jingzhou soldiers at the price of 30 guan for each surrendered soldier, and took back Cai Yang with 600,000 guan, totaling 1 million guan of goods and grain.

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The condition is that Cao Jun cannot attack Caiyang and Jingzhou in the next five years.

Li Yan and others could not make a decision, so they sent a letter asking for his opinion.

"With one million coins, Jingzhou is really rich."

Cao Xin exclaimed, "Thirty guan for a prisoner and 600,000 guan for Cai Yang. He just mentioned the figure casually, but Jingzhou was able to come up with this wealth. This shows that Jingzhou is really rich."

Pei Yuanshao smiled and said, "It's impossible not to give. Jingzhou defeated Nanyang twice and lost 40,000 to 50,000 troops. Liu Biao only had less than 100,000 troops left. In addition, there has been unrest in Changsha, Guilin and other counties recently. Liu Biao needs troops."

Stabilize Jingzhou."

Cao Xin nodded, "Then let's change it. Ask Li Yan and the negotiators from Jingzhou to sign a "Xinye Peace Treaty", with Cai Yang, Deng Xian, and Sui County as the boundaries, with Nanyang to the north and Jingzhou to the south. The next five years

They are not allowed to attack each other during this year, and Liu Biao must also sign the contract."

"Yes, General!"

Pei Yuanshao said with his fists clasped.

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After Guo Jia returned, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun from the north each arrived in Shouchun with 5,000 reinforcements. Cao's army in Huainan reached 20,000 troops.

Cao Cao ordered an attack on Lujiang County and connected Huainan, Lujiang and Runan into one area for easy garrisoning.

The war progressed smoothly. In less than seven days, Cao's army successively occupied eight counties in the north of Lujiang, nearly half of the area of ​​Lujiang County. The prefect of Lujiang, Qiao Rui, was defeated and withdrew his troops to Shucheng, south of the Huaihe River.

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

Lu Bu led his 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 troops to support Liu Bei, but was defeated by Gao Shun Zhang Liao.

Cao Hong sent people to ask for help from Cao Cao.

However, Cao Cao's army had less than 20,000 troops in Huainan, and there were not enough troops in other directions to support a two-front battle. Cao Cao could only order the withdrawal of troops.

Before leaving, Cao Cao appointed Yang Hong, the surrendered minister, as the governor of Huainan to manage the affairs of Huainan County and Lujiang County.

Xiahou Dun served as the garrison general, and he and General Pi led 10,000 troops to garrison Hefei County to defend against Yuan Shu in Danyang, Huangzu in Jiangxia, and Sun Ce in Kuaiji.

Chen Lan, the surrendered general, served as a county lieutenant, responsible for military security and commanding 5,000 troops. For other positions in the county, children of wealthy local families were mostly selected.

Five people in Feng Juan's family serve as errands in the county, Feng Xi serves as the magistrate of Hefei, Bu Zhi serves as the chief of Juchao, and Wei Jing serves as the magistrate of Chengbo County. Several others have also been appointed.

Cao Xin himself was promoted by Cao Cao as General Pingnan and Marquis of Duting due to his contribution in Nanyang and Huainan.

Dutinghou is a title one level higher than Guanneihou. He has no fixed fiefdom and can receive a salary of three to four hundred shi from the court every year.

General Pingnan belongs to the Siping general sequence, which is one level higher than General Zahao. The following are General Si'an, General Four Towns, General Four Expeditions, Generals Front, Back, Left and Right, General Guard, and General Chariot.

At present, Cao Cao is a chariot and cavalry general, and his generals' ranks are not too high. Cao Xin's rank among Cao's generals ranks among the top three.

"Ziyu, you are General Pingnan. From now on, I will leave the military affairs of Nanyang and Huainan to you. I have to concentrate on dealing with the traitor Lu Bu."

On the way back to Xudu, Cao Cao looked in the direction of Xuzhou with an evil look on his face.

At first, he followed Chen Deng's suggestion and used the method of boiling an eagle to deal with Lu Bu, giving him a little benefit every time, but not too much to prevent him from harming others when he was full.

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

"Prime Minister, I will keep an eye on Huainan. Do you need me to fight Lu Bu?"

"You...you'd better go along."

Cao Cao hesitated and said.

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

Cao Xin cupped his fists and smiled.

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

Boss Cao said doubtfully.

"Prime Minister, you have forgotten that there is a great beauty in Xuzhou."

Guo Jia said quietly.

Boss Cao was stunned for a moment, his eyes lit up,

"Diao Chan?"

"Exactly! Cao Ziyu is as lustful as life. Whenever he hears that a beauty is around, he will be very excited."

Guo Fengxiao curled his lips and said disdainfully.

"Prime Minister, don't listen to the nonsense of Guo Fengxiao. The general likes to compete with powerful generals. Lu Bu is the most powerful general in the world. The general wants to compete with him. He has nothing to do with Diao Chan."

Cao Xin glared at Guo Fengxiao.

Boss Cao nodded slightly, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Chapter completed!