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Cao Pi knew that since Cheng Yu came to find him, he must have already made a plan, otherwise he would call him a military division.

Sure enough, Cheng Yu smiled slightly and said, "In fact, I believe that the Han army can continue to fight a protracted war without such a big fight. It is a fierce attack on Hefei and a sneak attack on Xuzhou. It is obviously a pressure on us. This also reveals the dilemma of the Han army, and they are almost unable to hold on and are eager to end the battle in Hefei."

"But there are still tens of thousands of cattle and sheep in the Han Dynasty, how could there be insufficient food?" Hua Xin asked next to him.

Cheng Yu said calmly: "I also know that the Han army had tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, but the problem was how to transport them to Hefei. The Han army had thousands of ships in Chaohu, but they could not return to Chaisang against the wind and against the current. As far as I know, after mid-December, the Han army had no fleets coming from Chaisang, which means that Chaisang had no ships and no means of transportation. Even if Chaisang had tens of millions of stones of food, it would not quench its near thirst."

Hua Xin was speechless. After a while, he laughed dryly and said, "It turns out that Junshi Cheng is quite well-informed."

"I can't say that I'm good at it, I just care about the situation."

Cao Pi then took his words and said, "Since Military Advisor Cheng has been paying attention to the situation, then you might as well tell me what I should do now."

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Due to the current situation, Weichen suggested that Shi meet with Liu Jing immediately, give up Shouchun, and exchange the Han army for withdrawing from Xuzhou. As for Duke Wei, Weichen will explain."

Cao Pi and Hua Xin looked at each other, and both of them showed shock in their eyes, especially Cao Pi, who was in a mess. How could Cheng Yu dare to make such a decision? There is only one reason to explain, either Cheng Yu had just received his father's order, or his father gave Cheng Yu the right to make a decision before leaving.

The former reason is unlikely, because the time is too late, while the latter reason is the greatest. Cheng Yu has always endured it because he has the real decision-making power in hand.

But at this time, Cao Pi did not think about it carefully, so he nodded, "I will send someone to contact Liu Jing immediately."

Cheng Yu said goodbye and left. As soon as Cheng Yu left, Cao Pi smashed the teacup to pieces and gritted his teeth and said, "One day, I will destroy the whole family of this old thief."

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The fall of Pengcheng became the last straw that overwhelmed Cao's army. Cao's army had to fully accept the conditions for ceasefire issued by the Han army. Cao's army evacuated to the north of the Huai River, abandoned Hefei and Shouchun, and the two armies were bounded by the Huai River.

As a concession, the Han army agreed to give up Pengcheng and evacuate Xuzhou. Liu Jing also promised that the Han army would not cross the Huai River within two years. At this point, the Hefei Battle, which lasted for nearly a year, finally came to an end.

As Liu Jing and Cao Pi signed the agreement separately, the Cao army began to give up Hefei and Shouchun City and evacuate north along the Huai River floating bridge. On the north bank of the Huai River, Cao Pi looked at the Cao army trooping north in panic, and felt an indescribable loss in his heart. At first glance, the borderline retreating team was full of Cao army soldiers, and there were no civilians from Shouchun following him.

Cao Pi knew what the problem was, and he collected all the food for the people. The people of Shouchun had already hated him to the core. Cao Pi couldn't help but sigh and said to Wang Lang: "In this battle, we have completely lost the hearts of the people in Jianghuai."

Wang Lang comforted Cao Pi and said, "The world doesn't have to think too much. The main reason is that the people are unwilling to leave their hometowns, especially the Huai River. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the water in the south of Huai is rich and the land in Huaibei is barren. The people are unwilling to follow Cao's army to retreat north, which is expected by the weak ministers."

Cao Pi smiled bitterly, shook his head again, turned his horse's head and said to Cao Zhenling: "Once all Cao's troops retreat, set fire to the floating bridge immediately."

"Abide by the order"

Cao Pi then whipped the war horse, and the war horse ran north quickly. Cao Pi didn't want to look at Huainan again. For him, the war was over, and he should consider how to take over Cao Wei's power.

According to the agreement reached between the two sides, the Cao army must hand over Shouchun City to the Han army before evacuation. Therefore, on the night of the agreement signed, all Cao army soldiers retreated outside the city to station. Fa Zheng led a thousand-man Han army to enter Shouchun City, closed the city gates, maintained order in the city, and prevent Cao army soldiers from looting Shouchun while they were defeated.

This is Liu Jing learned from Cao Hong's lesson of looting Wancheng by Cao Hong and taking the lead in controlling Shouchun City with a population of 200,000. It should be said that this is a very necessary measure. Since the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, defeat and chaos in the city have almost become a law.

Therefore, Liu Jing clearly required Cao Pi to withdraw all Cao army soldiers from the city before the armistice agreement was conveyed to Cao army, and then the Han army entered and closed the city gate. Even if there were Cao generals who wanted to make money in the chaos, they would not have time to plunder the troops, so that the safety of the 200,000 people in Shouchun was kept, making the people in Shouchun full of gratitude for the Han King.

Just the day after Cao's army crossed the Huai River, Liu Jing entered Shouchun City under the escort of thousands of soldiers. The main roads in the city had been cleaned up. Every household set up incense tables at the door, burned incense and knelt down to welcome His Royal Highness the King of Han into the city.

Hefei and Shouchun both belong to Huainan County, Shouchun is the governor of Huainan County. When Liu Jing arrived at the county yard, the county magistrate Jia Fang led a dozen officials to greet him and knelt down to pay homage to Liu Jing, "See Your Highness the King of Han."

Liu Jing asked his personal soldiers to help everyone up, then turned over and dismounted and smiled at everyone, "In the future, Shouchun and Hefei will rely on everyone. I hope everyone will work hard and do more for the people."

Everyone was overjoyed. The Han King meant to value local officials. They hugged Liu Jing into the lobby like stars holding the moon. Liu Jing sat down on the top and waved his hands to order everyone to sit down. Then he asked, "I want to know how many Hefei people are in the city."

Jia Fang sighed and said, "Now the population of Shouchun is about 210,000, half of which are moved from Hefei, and most of them are boarded in residential houses. Various chaos lasts for a year, and Shouchun City is overwhelmed."

"What is the biggest problem in Shouchun now?" Liu Jing asked again.

Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "The biggest problem is that there is no food."

Jia Fang said anxiously: "About ten days ago, Cao's army had finished all the food in the city and implemented grain rations. Each household had less than one rice per day, so the people were in vain and complained. Now Cao's army has evacuated and taken away all the food. The city was out of food yesterday."

Fa Zheng next to him said, "June Jia is right. There is indeed no food in the city. Yesterday, Weichen set up fifty relief porridge sites in the city, which only one day could be spent. If the food problem is not solved, there will be chaos in the people."

Liu Jing nodded and turned around and asked Qin Mi: "How much food do we have now?"

Qin Mi thought for a while and said, "Our military rations are still enough to support twenty days, but yesterday the wind turned to the east wind, General Gan personally led the fleet to Chaisang to transport grain."

Liu Jing thought for a moment, and if it goes well, the food will arrive in ten days. He said to Fa Zheng: "You can take out half of the military rations to help the people of Shouchun and help them live the most difficult days. Once the grain transport fleet returns, the food problem will be alleviated."

The officials were moved and kowtowed and cried, saying, "Your Highness the King of Han is kind, which is the blessing of the people of Shouchun."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "Since the people of Shouchun are my people, of course I cannot ignore them, but I still have a few things to help you."

"Please give your order."

Liu Jing said slowly: "Hefei City has basically been destroyed by war and needs to be restored. In addition, spring farming has begun in various places, and Shouchun is no exception. So I plan to implement military control in Shouchun and Hefei for half a year. That is to say, 200,000 people in Shouchun City must participate in labor. Of course, children and the elderly can be exempted. Some people participate in the military farming, and some people participate in the reconstruction of Hefei City, and then renovate rivers and clear water conservancy. This is a condition for the Han army to provide food. This requires everyone to mobilize all major families, work together to restore people's livelihood well."

The officials looked at each other, but in fact, there was no problem with the people's labor. The key was the land issue. Previously, the land in Hefei and Shouchun had owners. Once the land was implemented, what should I do if the land property was done.

Jia Fang carefully expressed his concerns, "Your Highness, Huainan people regard land as their lifeline. If they lose land, it may cause strong dissatisfaction among the people, and even riots will occur. Please give your highness a clear guide."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "I will not confiscate people's land. It is only a half-year limit. After the summer harvest, the original land ownership will be restored. You can register the land in advance. In addition, Baixiashuize has submerged tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. It is estimated that many people will suffer losses. They can be allowed to reclaim land and open the land again and exempt them from ten years of taxes. As long as you arrange these things properly, I will let you upgrade to another level."

Everyone was overjoyed, especially the county magistrate Jia Fang was so happy that he couldn't stop talking. That is to say, he would be promoted to Huainan County Magistrate in half a year.

Liu Jing immediately appointed Fa Zheng as the Huainan military farm lieutenant, led 10,000 troops to cooperate with local people to repair the city and farm, and restore the Huainan economy that was destroyed by the war.

Liu Jing immediately rushed to Shouchun and led a large army to return to Ruxukou by boat.

Although the battle with Cao's army ended, it does not mean that the Han army completely controlled the Jianghuai. In fact, they currently only controlled the western part of the Jianghuai. The Jianghuai is mainly composed of counties, Lujiang County, Huainan County and Guangling County. Among them, the Han army controlled Lujiang County, Cao's army controlled Huainan County and Guangling County, and the southern part of Guangling County belonged to Jiangdong.

After the Hefei Battle, Cao's army completely withdrew from the Jianghuai River. The Han army controlled most of the land in Jianghuai River, but the southern part of Guangling County was still in the hands of Jiangdong, which is the Jiangbei area east of Liyang County.

It does not mean that Liu Jing must occupy the entire Jianghuai River, but once the Han army occupied the southern part of Guangling, it means that the Han army will control the entire Yangtze River and the Jiangdong army will not have any chance to revive the navy.
Chapter completed!