"It seems that the arrangements made in Hanzhong have not been completely effective..." Jia Xu said carefully.

"It's not that it failed to work completely, but that it didn't work at all!" Cao Cao admitted the failure of the plan very simply. "Although Liu Bei failed to take over Hanzhong, judging from the current situation, he must have had an agreement with Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu took over Hanzhong, which would help quickly stabilize the people's situation in Hanzhong. And Liu Bei's guy must have done some tricks and prepared to eat Hanzhong step by step.

By then, the situation in Hanzhong will be stable, and Liu Bei may have successfully controlled Zhang Lu."

The strategy of disturbing Hanzhong with rumors and provoking Liu Bei and Zhang Lu to fight was made by Cao Cao himself, so Jia Xu was not inconvenient to say that he had made a mistake before, but since Cao Cao himself admitted his failure, this layer of concern naturally disappeared.

"Zhang Lu went to Lujiang a few days ago. If there was any agreement between the two sides, it must have been decided at that time!" Nodded slightly, Jia Xu said in a deep thought: "However, Xu was a little confused. Why did Liu Bei dare to believe that after Zhang Lu regained Hanzhong, he would be willing to obey his mercy? Zhang Lu may not be an ambitious person, but his civil and military personnel may not be like this.

Prime Minister, with his opinion, our arrangements cannot be considered a real failure. If we can make some adjustments and make good use of Yang Song and others, it may not be impossible to provoke Zhang Lu and Liu Bei to rebel!"

Seeing Cao Cao nodding, Jia Xu continued, "And the most urgent thing is to let General Miaocai withdraw from Hanzhong as soon as possible. If our army stays in Hanzhong for one day, Zhang Lu will not change the target he is on guard against Liu Bei.

Since you are going to retreat eventually, it is better to retreat early than to retreat late!"

"Well..." Cao Cao nodded after thinking for a while, "Then send a letter immediately. Let Miaocai retreat to Chang'an. That boy Ma Dai seemed a little restless!"

"Yes!" Jia Xu stood up, gave a slight tribute, turned around and was about to leave.

As soon as they walked out of the hall, they happened to meet Xun You who was rushing to come, and the two almost ran into each other head-on.

"Gongda, why is it so hurry?" Jia Xu asked in surprise.

Xun You's expression was a little heavy.

He frowned and replied, "I just received an urgent report. The Wuhuan army, who had just attacked Gongsun Kang in conjunction with Xiahou Zhengdong (General Xiahou Dun), suddenly turned against each other and attacked our army's rear. Fortunately, Xiahou Zhengdong discovered something wrong in time and was wary of it, so that the losses were minimized."

"How could this happen?" Jia Xu's calmness and calm expression changed drastically.

Xun You sighed slightly and walked into the hall.

Jia Xu frowned and thought for a while. He turned around and returned to the hall.

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After reading the battle report written by Cheng Yu, Cao Cao thought for a long time before he spoke out: "This move is not simple. If it weren't for Yuan Rang's alertness, and the Wuhuan army's conduct was too revealing, our army would probably not be able to escape defeat."

He raised his eyebrows, Cao Cao seemed to be talking to himself, and also to Jia Xu, Xun You and the other two asked, "Does Gongsun Kang really have such a scheming?"

The offensive and defensive battles in Youzhou where Cao's army and Gongsun Kang have been in progress for more than May. In the early days, due to the shortage of food and grass, Zang Ba, who took on the heavy responsibility of defense, tried his best to escape the fate of retreating step by step.

In less than a month, the entire western Liaoning and two counties of Youbeiping were lost. Then even Yuyang County became in danger.

Fortunately, Cao Cao was prepared for Gongsun Kang and sent envoys to Wuhuan and the Xianbei tribes in time. After several lobbying, he finally persuaded the Wuhuan King Tadun, who had a rift with Gongsun Kang, and the Xianbei Tuoba tribe to send troops to respond.

The attacks of the 30,000 Xianbei and Wuhuan cavalry made Gongsun Kang unhappy. And Cao's army.

At Cheng Yu's suggestion, Zang Ba ordered the soldiers to pick up the enemy's bodies and cut their flesh to feed them. After barely solving the shortage of military rations, he finally managed to defend Yuyang County with difficulty and supported the end of the war between Cao and Liu.

After completing the autumn harvest, Cao Cao immediately ordered Xiahou Dun to lead the army northward to Youzhou and launch a counterattack.

After more than a month of fierce fighting, Xiahou Dun finally formed a counter-suppression of the Liaodong military and local governments.

Gongsun Kang, who was already in a difficult situation, was reluctant to withdraw due to his face problems. This just gave Xiahou Dun an opportunity to take advantage of it——at Cheng Yu's suggestion.

Xiahou Dun pressed Gongsun Kang with the method of step by step, and at the same time asked the Wuhuan army to raid the Liaodong army's supplies line day and night.

When Gongsun Kang Rumeng woke up, he realized that he had fallen into a very embarrassing situation. There was no hope of attack, and he had to face the urgency of Xiahou Dun and the harassment of Wuhuan and Xianbei cavalry, and even the supply of food and grass could not be guaranteed.

Gongsun Kang was in a difficult situation, but Xiahou Dun was waiting for the opportunity.

According to Cao Cao's estimate, Gongsun Kang would not be able to support it in at most half a month. At that time, as long as he could seize the opportunity to repel him, he could take advantage of the victory to attack Liaodong and eventually completely eradicate the power of Gongsun Kang.

However, just when the dawn had already appeared and the prospect was bright, such a big change happened, so how could Cao Cao not anger? However, he was more concerned about the cause of the change.

"The Prime Minister said it well, there are indeed problems here." Jia Xu nodded and said, "According to Zhongde's handwritten letter, the actual combat power of the Liaodong military is not as weak as it had previously shown.

It is very likely that Gongsun Kang deliberately created an illusion of military exhaustion to conceal his true intentions.”

"Contacting with the Wuhuan Army's rebellion, You suspected... Gongsun Kang was probably a play that was jointly made with the Wuhuan people." Xun You said thinking, "If this is true, Gongsun Kang's shortage of food and grass may also be a fake.

The one responsible for intercepting the Liaodong military food, grass and supplies was the Wuhuan people."

"Did the Wuhuan people have been cooperating with Gongsun Kang's guy from the beginning?" Cao Cao said in a deep voice with a sharp look on his face.

"It shouldn't be..." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Since the previous invasion of Youzhou, Gongsun Kang has not had a good relationship with the Wuhuan tribes. Moreover, if the Wuhuan people had gone along with Gongsun Kang at the beginning, Zang Xuangao might not have been able to survive until the war on the southern front end.

Gongsun Kang could have worked with the Wuhuan people to defeat our army in one fell swoop, and then directly enter the hinterland of Youzhou. At that time, Youzhou's defense was weak, and once Zang Xuangao's army was broken, he would have no more strength to resist the Liaodong army.

In his opinion, these two sides should have successfully conspired after the war on the southern front (referring to the northern expedition of Jing and Yang armies). Gongsun Kang saw that the prime minister's major troubles in the south had temporarily disappeared and he did not dare to act recklessly anymore, so he wanted to use this trick to plot against our army.

"However, as the Prime Minister said, this plan is indeed extraordinary. The Wuhuan Army had been assisting our army before without showing any strangeness, and Gongsun Kang was indeed forced into a difficult situation. Faced with such a situation.

Our army's slight indifference is completely reasonable.

If it weren't for chance, and Xiahou Zhengdong was cautious and agile, who would have expected that the Wuhuan army would turn against each other and attack Yuyang. If Yuyang was lost, it would be impossible for Gongsun Kang to attack Wuhuan army on both sides and defeat our army.

"Jia Xu said with a serious expression, "This plan is long-term and interlocking, which is difficult to detect. People who are not smart and far-reaching cannot do it.

I'm afraid there is no such person under Gongsun Kang's command."

"Wenhe means..." Cao Cao's eyes were clear and he said to Jia Xu.

"I'm afraid it's Liu Bei who is messing with the ghosts, and only under his command can he have such a wise man." Jia Xu said with a wry smile. In his opinion, Liu Bei is most likely to intervene in this matter.

If this is true, the matter would be too "interesting" - Cao Cao wanted to design Liu Bei on the Hanzhong issue, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei would also make a comeback in the Youzhou war. Although the two sides had a ceasefire, they still fought endlessly.

But he wins the battle field.

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, stood up and said, "I'll go to Youzhou in person..."

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Liaodong County, more than 50 miles north of Pingguo City, in a thatched cottage

Fa Zheng held the silk book in his hand, shook his head, and sighed, "This strategy still fails. Gongsun Zhenbei. I am in vain to help you secretly. After this incident, Cao Mengde may soon go north.

If you are enemies of Xiahou Dun, you may still have a 30% chance of winning; if you are enemies of Cao Mengde, you may not even have a half chance of winning."

Throwing the silk book into the fire brazier beside him, Fa Zheng clapped his hands and suddenly laughed: "However, it is not uncommon to be an enemy of Cao Mengde..."

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On the ninth day of the second year of Zhanghe, Lujiang

I was teaching Bao Er and Deng Aiwuyi in the courtyard of the mansion. Suddenly I felt the sky fading strangely. At the beginning, I thought the sun was covered with dark clouds.

But when I raised my head, I saw an amazing scene. The sun, which had slightly shifted westward, appeared a little black shadow from the lower right corner, and the range was gradually expanding, as if it was swallowed by something.

"Tiangou Food Day!" Little Deng Ai noticed the changes in the sky and shouted in shock.

The sun, which was gradually "swallowed", became smaller and smaller in shape, and finally there was a narrow bright band, like a crescent moon in the night sky. The sun seemed to be trying hard to resist the fate of being swallowed by black spots, but manpower is sometimes poor, and the sun is no exception.

After a moment, the sun was covered with shadows, completely losing its glory, and becoming a black sphere hanging in the sky.

Just as the sun lost its glory, the earth became dark, as if the night had really fallen.

I covered my eyebrows with my hands and watched the rare "total solar eclipse" scene with interest, but I was suddenly hugged by something. When I looked down, I realized that it was a bud.

At the same time, there were waves of horror shouts in the mansion, as if the doomsday was coming.

At this time, I woke up———In my opinion, there was no mysterious "total solar eclipse", but in the eyes of people of this era, it was so strange that it could not be more weird. Many celestial phenomena that cannot be explained normally are often associated with human affairs.

Astronomical phenomena such as "solar eclipse" are usually seen as God's warning to the world.

I wonder if this "total solar eclipse" will be used to pervert some worldly affairs...

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The next day, at the court meeting, Qin Yi, a doctor from Zhongsan, submitted a report and said, "Try to be selected". The two systems of "meeting and people" violated the ancestor's system, which caused the heaven to be angry and brought down the "Tiangou Food Sun" vision, as a warning.
Chapter completed!