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"Tell me what I said to Li Dian..." Cao Cao said to Jia Xu with a cold expression, "Before the 18th of this month, he would have to block the Jingzhou army west of Pingyu no matter what.

I will allocate reinforcements to Runan, but these reinforcements can only be done. He is the only one who can really rely on himself. Zhang Fei wants to stop and the rebels have to fight.

After the eighteenth day of guarding, he will be a hero. I will give him any rewards. After the eighteenth day of guarding, he will be a sinner. Don’t come to see me at that time. Just cut off your head and send it to Xuchang. “

Jia Xu knew very well about Runan's situation. Naturally, Cao Cao was so strict with Li Dian's requirement. Even if the reinforcements transferred to Runan a few days ago were added, the actual number of troops available in Li Dian was less than 15,000.

Of course, Runan still has nearly 10,000 counties and state soldiers.

However, the combat power of these county and state soldiers is extremely weak, and guarding the city may still be able to fill the scene. If the battle head-on, there is still a big question whether it can withstand an impact from the Jingzhou army.

Internally, it is necessary to suppress the increasingly fierce rebellion. In externally, it is necessary to resist the Jingzhou army, which is at least twice as powerful as the army stationed in Runan. The opponent is Zhang Fei, who is shocking China. The heavy responsibility Li Dian shoulders can be described as being pressed down on Mount Tai.

However, Jia Xu also knew that this was a decisive choice made by Cao Cao helplessly, and no matter who advised him, it would be impossible for him to change his mind.

"I will go north to Xingyang to wait for Han Sui. After I leave, Wen Ruo will be the subject of military and political affairs. Once all military information and war reports are spread to Xuchang, I will be sent to Xingyang immediately.

"Cao Cao turned his gaze to Xun Yu and ordered solemnly, "Wenruo, please send a letter to Yuan Rang and Zixiao, so that they can be patient, follow the previous strategy, and continue to entangle with the Yangzhou army.

Especially for Zixiao, you must do your best to delay the speed of migration of refugees to the south. Try to keep them in Xuzhou.

If hundreds of thousands of refugees stay for one more day, the Yangzhou army's food and grass will be tighter. The greater the flaws they may leak, and the greater the chances of our army's counterattack will be successful."

"Yes!" A hint of sadness appeared deep in Xun Yu's eyes, but it disappeared quickly and nodded and responded.

"Wenhe stays, let the rest of you disperse first..." Cao Cao held his forehead with his left hand and waved his right hand lightly, and said with a little fatigue.

All the ministers in the hall came out one after another, leaving Jia Xu looking at Cao Cao quietly.

After a while, Cao Cao still maintained his forehead-holding position and did not move. He seemed to be asleep.

"Prime Minister, do you want to come over?" Jia Xu knew that it was Cao Cao's head wind bleed, and this posture helped relieve the pain. In the past month, due to excessive hard work, Cao Cao's head wind bleed was several times more frequently than before.

When it hurts the most, it is like dying.

He raised his right hand and waved it lightly, but Cao Cao still didn't say anything.

Jia Xu sighed inwardly and continued to wait.

After almost two cups of tea, Cao Cao's headache may have weakened, and his body finally slowly rose: "Wenhe, except for Qingxu, what are the people in other states and counties?"

Seeing Cao Cao speak, Jia Xu felt even more worried. After a severe headache, Cao Cao looked unusually haggard and his eyes were covered with blood.

However, he replied quickly: "Don't worry, Prime Minister. Because we have strengthened our detailed search of the enemy, Liu Bei can no longer create rumors in our prefectures and counties.

In addition, the remarks that "Liu Bei forced the people of Qingxu to go south to Yangzhou" have been spread out by our side. With the blockade of General Xiahou and General Cao, refugees from Xuzhou and Qingzhou have no other way to go except to go south.

Therefore, no one can verify whether these remarks are true or false.

Therefore, there has not been any major fluctuations in other prefectures and counties yet!"

"That's good!" Cao Cao nodded, and a ugly smile appeared on his face. "The rumors will come true even if they have passed thousands of times! Since we have taken the lead, we will not use the rumors to do anything else.

As long as we can stabilize the hearts of the people first and win time for our army's counterattack, the goal will be achieved. Wenhe, you must pay more attention to this matter and must not make any mistakes.

The mistakes in Nanyang have caused great shock. If there are any mistakes in this matter, the problem will be big!"

"Xu understands!" Jia Xu nodded lightly.

After pausing for a while, just when Jia Xu was worried that Cao Cao would be in trouble again, Cao Cao suddenly said, "Wenhe, how much chance does Mancheng (Li Dian) have to persevere?"

"In his opinion, the number of five or five..." After a little thought, Jia Xu replied cautiously, "It depends on how Zhang Fei acts! If he attacks fiercely without any scruples, General Li Dian will have little chance of defending Runan without getting foreign aid.

On the contrary, if Zhang Fei was cautious in using troops, General Li could fight one or two battles to the death, and the Prime Minister's suspicious soldiers who were used as reinforcements, he should be able to delay until the counterattack!"

Jia Xu said this without any leakage, but he was also afraid that Cao Cao would mistakenly think that he would respond to the answer, so he raised his eyes carefully and glanced forward.

"It's almost enough to be 50% sure!" Cao Cao closed his eyes slightly and sighed.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Jia Xu continued, "Prime Minister, it may be inappropriate for you to meet Han Sui in person. Han Sui is a human being, after all, you still can't believe it too much. It's better to choose another important minister to go to Xingyang to discuss the war with him."

"If it were five years ago, if I didn't bring the army to see Han Sui, he would definitely capture me as a lie without hesitation and think it was a threat. But now, if you give him ten courage, he wouldn't dare to do anything to me at all.

"Cao Cao's slow speech showed unusual confidence, "If I make a mistake, Liu Bei will definitely win the Central Plains.

Even if Han Sui could make some soup from it, how could he resist Liu Bei, Yun Chang and Zhang Fei? After I died, Han Sui could not escape the fate of being wiped out by Liu Bei within three years.

Although Han Jiuqu has been repeatedly, his mind is still working, and I am not afraid of him doing stupid things!

In fact, with his ability, separating Xiliang is already the limit of his ability. If you think about anything else, you can only bring shame to yourself..."

Jia Xu naturally wanted to find these truths. The reason why he reminded Cao Cao was just a sign of loyalty as a subordinate.

Standing up and slowly walked off the seat, Cao Cao sighed to the sky: "The heroes of the world are the only ones who are Cao and the envoys! This was actually a test of Liu Bei. I never thought that ten years later, the words would come true!"

"Hahaha..." Cao Cao slowly walked away from the hall, "The heroes of the world are Cao and the envoys..."

"Heroes of the World..." Jia Xu murmured every word, then shook his head gently.

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On May 13, 2018, I personally led a 40,000 army on the middle road to occupy Gucheng County. On the right road, Huang Zhong led his army to successfully conquer Yilu County.

On the left, although Zhao Yun led the Feng Cavalry Army without siegeing the city and taking the county, he relied on his powerful power to disturb the Cao army in Runan.

Zhao Yun is very familiar with the humanities and geography of Runan. The Fengqi Army is like entering and leaving from the home yard.

It should be said that Li Dian's resistance was quite tenacious. He boldly abandoned several cities without screens and concentrated his troops on several strong cities.

At the same time, relying on the advantages of the mountain, he tried to block our middle army in Da'an Pavilion and Xiagu Pavilion.

However, the disadvantage of military strength is a huge problem that Li Dian cannot avoid. What's even more serious is that he cannot effectively defend against the rushing attacks of the Fengqi army. Both blocking battles were taken into account by Zhao Yun, and forced Li Dian to lead his army to retreat.

But he also forgot it, and he could escape safely under the eyes of the wind cavalry every time.

On the fifth day of the attack on Runan, one-third of Runan County had fallen into the hands of our army. If Shan Xin added, the six counties under Jia Yun's involvement were less than half of the territory still under Li Dian's control.

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I feel a lot of emotion when I return to the ancient city.

Eight years ago, it was in the ancient city that "I" came to this era when heroes were exalted but withered, and became one of the most famous generals in the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty; also in the ancient city, I "meeted" the eldest brother, second brother, Zilong, Wen Chang, and another extremely important local man; it was still in the ancient city...

The ancient city and small county have left me with infinite memories.

After eight years, I finally returned to the ancient city.

However, eight years later, everything in the ancient city can only be described as "things are not true" and "people are not true" (the change of things are not true).

The city wall that was once decorated was now even more destructive. Perhaps due to the heavy rains and floods last year, several sections of the city wall collapsed. The collapsed city wall has not even been repaired, and I am afraid it cannot even be defended against thieves.

In the city, many of the residential buildings that are still familiar to me in my memory have become damaged and have not been repaired.

Even the county government is in pieces. A gust of wind blows, and even a "crunch" sound can be heard, which makes people worry about whether it will suddenly collapse.

The once familiar city people are hard to find now.

During the continuous wars and natural disasters, the people died and left. Most of the people in the city now migrated later.

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Less than two hours after the army arrived at the ancient city, a flying pigeon brought an emergency military situation from Xiangyang. As worried by Pang Tong, Lu Xun and others, the Cao army in Hanzhong suddenly attacked Xichuan and officially intervened in the civil war in Sichuan.
Chapter completed!