Cao Cao and Yang Qiu were also old acquaintances. They met him in person. The guards took Han Sui's documents from him. Cao Cao took them over and saw that it was a letter from the Western Liang army to cede territory and seek peace.

After reading the letter, Cao Cao actually said that the Xiliang army was going to cede land and seek peace!

Cao Cao was shocked and puzzled. Now that his siege and Xu Huang had just begun. In the past, Xiliang had the absolute advantage in fighting several times, especially Ma Chao, who had always taken the initiative to send people to fight. This time, Han Sui suddenly proposed to cede land and seek peace. The first thing he thought of was that Han Sui's move was a fraud!

Cao Cao was unsure of his mind for a moment, but it was okay to take the airs first, so he said to Yang Qiu:

"I am certainly happy that you want to cede land and seek peace, but my generals are a little anxious when they fight you, and may not be willing to make peace with you. We need time to consider it. You go back first. After I discuss with the soldiers, I will make some regulations and send someone to you tomorrow."

After Yang Qiu said goodbye, Cao Cao thought about it and generally knew that the reason for the Xiliang coalition's peace request this time was nothing more than two problems: internal discord and difficulty in transporting food and grass. They should have both.

The Xiliang Army was almost all cavalry, with many horses and a huge consumption of forage. They have been confronting Cao Cao here. Even if the military rations can be supported, the horses and forage are still a heavy burden!

Cao Cao summoned a group of civil and military officials to discuss peace affairs, and everyone agreed that although Han Sui and Ma Teng's peace request was not sincere, they were forced to breathe a sigh of relief.

It is now winter, and the northwest is cold and the ground is freezing, which is not a good time to fight! In addition, Cao's army has suffered a lot and has no power to fight again for a while. The army also needs rest and replenishment. A temporary truce is actually what Cao's army needs.

When discussing the conditions for peace talks, Xiahou Yuan strongly proposed:

"The Xiliang army raised troops to capture Chang'an and Tongguan for no reason. Now if we want to seek peace in various places, we must return the occupied cities and passes unconditionally, otherwise we will not be able to negotiate!" Last time, Xiahou Yuan chased Ma Chao with anger and was played with by Ma Chao, which almost made Cao Cao fall into danger. He was always worried!

Cao Hong supported Xiahou Yuan's suggestion and believed that: "It is also a good thing to get the lost Tongguan and Chang'an without spending a soldier!"

Yu Jin analyzed:

"Even if Han Sui and Ma Chao use fraud, only the generals should use more thoughts and be careful when accepting Tongguan and Chang'an, there will be no losses, and the situation will not become worse than now." The implication is also to support peace talks!

Almost all the civil officials and military generals present agreed to temporarily discuss peace with the Western Liang army. Cao Cao was very kind and finally decided that he would lead the army to retreat slowly. Xu Huang also withdrew from Han Sui's Hexi land. Cao Ren led the army to take over Tongguan, and Xiahou Yuan led two thousand cavalry and whipped it to take over Chang'an.

After the arrangement was completed, everyone took the order and left, but only Jia Xu fell to the end, as if he had something to say.

After everyone left, Jia Xu said to Cao Cao:

"Since the Prime Minister has already deployed troops, he naturally wants to pacify Xiliang. Now he has temporarily negotiated peace with the Xiliang army. There should be other arrangements, right?"

Cao Cao asked with a smile: "Wenhe thought, how should we arrange the peace talks after the peace talks are appropriate?"

Jia Xu replied:

"Since ancient times, soldiers have never been tired of deception. Maybe Han Sui and Ma Chao have their own little abacus, but returning Tongguan and Chang'an is a prerequisite for peace talks. It is possible to take back these two places. In fact, it is not important whether the Xiliang army really negotiates peace talks. The prime minister finally needs to pacify Xiliang with force, but it may not necessarily have to defeat the Xiliang coalition forces by force now. You can first agree to discuss peace talks with them, and then use counter-espionage tricks to make Han Sui and Ma Chao suspicious of each other. The Xiliang coalition forces are disunited and even have internal strife. After they separate, they will pick a reason and defeat them one by one, and the entire Xiliang can be taken into his pocket!"

Cao Cao knew that Jia Xu would not speak lightly during the military discussion, but he would hit the mark! He heard Jia Xu's words and applauded and laughed:

"The so-called heroes' views are similar! Wen He's plan is exactly what I think, and there is no doubt about this!"

So, Cao Cao sent someone to reply to Han Sui, agreeing to the peace agreement, and agreed in the letter:

"When I slowly withdraw my troops and return to the land of Hexi, after I cross the river, you should withdraw from Tongguan and Chang'an."

After Cao Cao sent the letter to Han Sui, in order to show his sincerity, he taught the army to build a floating bridge and make preparations before retreating.

It happened to be Ma Chao inspecting this day and got Cao Cao's reply. After reading it, he felt an indescribable aggrievance in his heart!

Because of this rebellion, Ma Chao's father and brothers were killed by Cao Cao, and the army was also greatly damaged. After finally capturing Chang'an and Tongguan, they now have to hand over to Cao Cao. The land in Hexi that Cao Cao returned was Han Sui's territory occupied by Xu Huang.

In other words, Ma Chao paid for this peace talks, but Han Sui benefited.

Ma Chao was alone and he was not a reckless person. Naturally, he would not turn against Han Sui and the Eight Tribes of Xiliang for this matter, but it is inevitable that he was unhappy!

Ma Chao took the letter and handed it to Han Sui himself, and suggested to him:

"Although Cao Cao was happy, his treacherous hero was unpredictable. If he was not prepared, he would be subject to his control. I think we should divide the troops into two groups, take turns to monitor Cao Cao and Xu Huang to retreat, and take the lead in preparing to prevent his fraud." Han Sui followed the plan.

For two consecutive days, Han Sui and Ma Chao moved their troops and took turns to follow Cao Cao and Xu Huang's army. Someone had already reported this to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was discussing with Jia Xu how to get apart Han Sui and Ma Chao, and then he said to Jia Xu:

"The opportunity to use counter-espionage strategy has arrived!"

Cao Cao asked the spy:

"Who will follow our army tomorrow?"

The spy replied: "Han Suijun."

The next day, Cao Cao stepped up and retreated, and he waited alone in the middle of the road.

Seeing Han Sui leading his army, Cao Cao sent someone to say to Han Sui:

"The Prime Minister would like to invite General Han to have a conversation."

Han Sui saw Cao Cao waiting for him alone, and took off his armor and came out with a horse.

Cao Cao also walked forward slowly, and the two of them intersected their heads and each pressed their bridles to speak.

Cao Cao wanted to get close to Han Sui, pretended to be reminiscent of him and said to Han Sui:

"The father of General Han and I were both filial and honest. When I was an official in Luoyang, I treated your father as my uncle. Now General Han and I are also an official in the same dynasty. Time flies so fast! How much youth does General Han have this year?"

Han Sui's father had long been dead. He had lived in Luoyang for several years and was also an old acquaintance with Cao Cao. When he saw him mention his deceased father, Han Sui's eyes were slightly red and replied:

"It's over forty!"

Cao Cao sighed:

"In the past, we were all young and young in the capital. Even you are middle-aged so quickly! I don't know when the world will be peaceful and we share happiness!"
Chapter completed!