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The next morning, Yu Jin summoned the generals of the army to convey the signing of a ceasefire contract between Han and Cao and the withdrawal order of Duke Wei, and officially announced the withdrawal of Cao's army to the north.

Twenty thousand Jiangdong troops set out and headed towards Jingkou. Soldiers had already rushed to report to Sun Quan. Sun Quan was secretly happy when he learned that the Cao army of Piling County decided to retreat north. He was secretly happy and a little worried.

He immediately ordered the magistrate of Danyang County to rush to Jingkou, raise 50 merchant ships for Cao's army, assist the Cao army in the north, and ask the Jingkou County Magistrate to allocate 5,000 stones of grain from the treasury to Cao's army as the ration for Cao's army to retreat north.

At the same time, Sun Quan secretly ordered General Huang Gai and Zhou Tai to lead 10,000 troops to deploy in Jingkou area to monitor Cao's army crossing the river and retreat northward.

The queen, 20,000 Cao troops arrived at Jingkou. At this time, more than 50 merchant ships had been moored on the wharf outside Jingkou, most of which were thousands of stone cargo ships, and five thousand stones of grain were piled on the wharf.

When Yu Jin led the generals to the dock, Lu Fan, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted him. Lu Fan bowed and smiled, "Mr. Wu originally wanted to come and see General Yu return to the north in person, but the affairs were busy, so he entrusted me to express his sincere thanks to General Yu on his behalf."

He said a lot of beautiful words, but it was not as good as Sun Quan's refusal to see off the Cao army. However, at this time Yu Jin was no longer interested in Jiangdong. He received an emergency message from Cao Cao last night, ordering him to go north to Xuzhou immediately. The Han army in Xuzhou had evacuated from Pengcheng County to the southeast.

This was Cao Cao's second order, which officially ordered him to withdraw from Jiangdong. Yu Jin felt a little strange. Logically, Xuzhou was Cao Ren's sphere of influence. It should be Cao Ren's army that entered Xuzhou. How could he let himself garrison Xuzhou?

This made Yu Jin puzzled. Yu Jin sensitively realized that it might be that the internal military power of Cao Wei had undergone major adjustments, which should be related to the world. Yu Jin felt inexplicable concern in his heart, and at this time he did not take Jiangdong's attitude towards him.

Yu Jin nodded, and looked at the thousands of bags of grain piled on the dock in the distance and asked, "Are those grains given to us military rations?"

Lu Fan quickly smiled and said, "That's exactly what the military rations consumed by the Marquis of Wu to Cao's army, a total of five thousand stones."

"It's only five thousand stones, you Marquis Wu is sending beggars," Yu Jinwei said dissatisfied.

Lu Fan quickly explained: "Wu Hou sent 10,000 stones of grain to Cao's army, which is only half. The other half is in Gaoyou County, Jiangbei. There are also 5,000 stones of grain stored in the official warehouse there. Wu Hou has sent a letter to the magistrate of Gaoyou County, and General Yu can take away the 5,000 stones of grain."

Sun Quan's little thoughts are really despised. Yu Jin snorted lightly, and then ordered the generals behind him to "send someone to receive military rations."

He then clasped his fists to Lu Fan and said, "Please tell Mr. Lu to tell Mr. Wu, thank you for your care over the past six months, we will have a date in the future."

"I wish General Yu a good fortune"

Yu Jin and Lu Fan said goodbye, led the army to board the ship, and batches of large ships slowly sailed towards Jiangbei. After a full day, the Cao army finally left Jiangdong.

Lu Fan waited for the last group of Cao troops to board the ship and left, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and turned around and ordered: "Go to Jianye to report to the Marquis of Wu, and say that Cao's army has left Jiangdong."

Just as Cao's army was setting up ashore in Jiangbei, General Huang Zhong and Gan Ning each led tens of thousands of troops to quickly advance to Guangling County. The Han army divided into two troops, one advancing eastward along the south of the Huai River, the other passing through Zhaoguan, and the Yangtze River northward along the Yangtze River, as if they were going to encircle Cao's army and annihilate it.

At this time, Yu Jin led his army to leave Guangling City, an important town in Jiangbei, and was marching north along the Zhongdu River. They were preparing to cross the Huai River in Huaiyin.

During the Chinese period, Jiangbei was distributed with large areas of barren saline-alkali land and swamps. Most of the population moved to the south of the Yangtze River, making the Jiangbei area sparsely populated, with few cities and few people. There were no people in dozens of miles, and water and forests were everywhere.

On this barren land, the only important thing is a canal opened during the Han Dynasty, called Zhongdu Water. The canal connects the Huai River and the Yangtze River. There are frequent trade between the Jianghuai River and Jiangdong. Half of the materials and grain in the Jianghuai region are transported through the Yangtze River, while the other half is transported through the Zhongdu Water to Jiangdong.

There is a county town in the middle of this canal called Gaoyou County. This is the transit station of the canal. Many grain and material warehouses were built. During the Hefei War, the stock of the official warehouses in various parts of the Jianghuai River had basically been transferred to Shouchun, and Gaoyou County was spared because it belonged to Jiangdong. There were still 5,000 stones of grain in the warehouse, and Sun Quan had ordered it to be given to Cao's army.

It was precisely because Yu Jin urgently needed the five thousand stones of food that he ordered his army to head north along the Zhongdu River. In the evening, it suddenly started to rain heavily in the sky.

As night gradually fell, the rain became heavier and heavier, the road became muddy, and the march was difficult. Cao's army, who had originally planned to rush to Gaoyou County to camp, was forced to change their camping plan and camp overnight in a forest. In the heavy rain, the soldiers rushed into the woods with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Yu Jin led dozens of personal soldiers to inspect the Cao army soldiers camped and set up tents. Since there were not many tents and only a few, they could only allow officers and sick soldiers to enter the tent. Most of the soldiers had to hide under big trees and squeeze into groups overnight. It was impossible to bury the pot and cook rice. They could only drink raw water and chew fried rice.

It was early spring February, and it was still cold. It was extremely wet and cold in the rainy night. Even Yu Jin was trembling with coldness and had to wrap a blanket. His soldiers were in a low morale and unbearable cold. They couldn't help but sigh. This weather and coldness could easily make people feel depressed. If their bodies were a little weak, they wouldn't be able to withstand the cold.

Ten miles north is Gaoyou County. It is the only central county before arriving in Huaiyin. It has a population of about 2,000 households. There are more than a dozen large warehouses in the city. It is a transit station for Jianghuai Grain South Transportation to Guangling. Yu Jin got news from Lu Fan that there were about 4,000 or 5,000 shi of grain in Gaoyou Grain, which is important to them.

On the other hand, the soldiers were able to enter the city, which was also a great comfort for the soldiers who had been marching lonely for several days.

He originally planned to go to Gaoyou City to rest for a day, but it was raining heavily and the road was muddy and difficult to walk. They couldn't rush to Gaoyou County tonight.

At this moment, a sudden burst of horse hooves came from the woods, and the scouts were heard asking loudly outside the woods: "Where is the general who has an emergency military situation?"

Yu Jin was shocked and urged his horse to walk out of the woods. He happened to meet several scouts, "What happened?" Yu Jin asked.

He clasped his fists on the horse and said, "Report to General, a Han army came to the north, with about 2,000 people. They came by ships and brought many ships."

Yu Jin was puzzled, more than two thousand Han soldiers headed south, what was going on, he asked again: "When did it happen?"

“It happened just an hour ago.”

Yu Jin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, suddenly woke up, and asked anxiously: "Have the Han army entered Gaoyou City?"

"Gaoyou County has been occupied by the Han army."

Yu Jin was suddenly anxious. He didn't have much military ration and could not support them until they arrived in Xuzhou. Considering that the grain from the official warehouses in various parts of the Jianghuai River had been transported to Shouchun, their only supplement was the five thousand stones of grain in Gaoyou County. What should they do if the Han army moved the grain away?

Yu Jin no longer cared about the possibility of conflict with the Han army. In any case, he must leave five thousand stones of grain. Yu Jin immediately said to Wang Jinling, the deputy general who had just arrived: "General Wang can lead a thousand soldiers to Gaoyou County and seize the Han army's fleet. They are not allowed to transport the grain away. Try not to break out of conflict. I will arrive later."

Wang Jin received the order and immediately led a thousand troops to rush to Gaoyou County ten miles away in the rain. Yu Jin waited for more than half an hour. When the rain was slightly lower, he led five thousand troops to support Deputy General Wang Jin.

But just four miles away from Gaoyou County, Yu Jin's army met several cavalry who rushed to return letters and reported loudly to the cavalry: "Report to General Yu, a fierce battle broke out with the Han army, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. General Wang was also seriously injured and begged the general to provide reinforcements immediately."

Yu Jin was shocked and said angrily: "What happened? How could a fierce battle break out?"

"We rushed outside Gaoyou City and happened to meet the Han army transporting food to the ship. General Wang ordered the Han soldiers to stop, but the Han army refused. The two sides clashed while fighting for food, and then fierce fighting broke out. We killed several Han soldiers outside the city, but were also attacked by the Han army in the city from behind, and nearly a thousand brothers were killed or injured."

Yu Jin also knew that once the competition for food was fought for, the conflict was inevitable, but he hoped that such a conflict would be as small as possible and not to make things worse, but he did not expect that a fierce battle broke out and the deputy general was seriously injured.

Yu Jin was angry and anxious, and ordered his subordinates to say, "Go forward at full speed and rush to Gaoyou County."

At this time, the war was fierce on the dock north of Gaoyou County. Thousands of people were fighting in the rain in the dark. The bows and arrows were unable to be used in the rain. They could only stab with spears, chop with swords, and shouts of killing were shocking the sky. They killed each other to death. The rain and blood were mixed, and the corpse was trampled in the mud. Both sides were crazy, and it was even difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy and kill each other.

Although the Han army had only more than 2,000 troops and was inferior to the other side in terms of force, the ability of night battles was stronger than that of Cao's army. In one hour, the casualties were less than half of the Cao's army. Despite this, the Han army still suffered more than seven casualties.

At this moment, waves of attacking horns came from afar. This was the sound of Cao's reinforcements coming. Cao's army, who had been killed and retreated step by step, suddenly had a great morale and began to counterattack the Han army.

At this time, a harsh bell sound came from the Han army, and more than a thousand Han troops began to retreat north quickly, leaving behind the tugboat and thousands of stones of grain that came to transport grain, and retreated north in panic.

Yu Jin did not pursue the Han army that retreated north. He ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up and the soldiers who died were buried. He also ordered the soldiers to carry all the food in the warehouse onto the ship. When dawn was approaching, all 20,000 Cao troops arrived in Gaoyou County. Yu Jin originally planned to rest in Gaoyou County for a full day, but a battle for grain for Gaoyou occurred, and he was unwilling to delay any further. He ordered the soldiers to reorganize and march north immediately.
Chapter completed!