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In the early morning of the next morning, the report of Cao's army's sneak attack on the grain transport team was placed on Liu Jing's desk, but Liu Jing was not surprised. He knew the importance of grain transportation to him, so he sent 20,000 troops to protect the grain. How could Cao's army take advantage?

As he expected, under the joint force of Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun, the Qian Cao army was wiped out and the enemy's chief general Xiahou Lan was captured.

However, Zhao Yun said in the report that Xiahou Lan and him were fellow villagers and grew up together since childhood. He begged Liu Jing to spare this person's life. Liu Jing pondered for a moment and immediately ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Go and bring the prisoner of war Xiahou Lanti to see me."

Of course he would give Zhao Yun a face, and if Xiahou Lan was willing to surrender to him, he might get some important information from him. He always felt that it was a bit strange that Cao's army was disturbing the food channel this time.

Liu Jing turned around and smiled at Fa Zheng, "Didn't Xiaozhi realize that Cao Cao seems to be more impatient than me this time?"

Fa Zheng nodded, "This time Cao Cao sent troops to harass the food road, it was indeed a bit strange. Logically, he should know that we have a strict protection of the food road. Sending a thousand people to harass the food road is not very effective, and these thousand people are equivalent to dying. As long as he stabilizes his position and confronts us, over time, we will naturally withdraw due to insufficient food and grass. This time he really does not need to harass our food road, and he always feels that there seems to be a purpose hidden in it."

Fa Zhenggang said this, a personal soldier reported outside the tent: "Qi Bingzhou Governor, Cao Cao sent someone to deliver the letter."

Liu Jing was stunned and immediately said, "Let the messenger come in."

After a moment, a messenger was led into the tent and knelt down on one knee to salute, "Send a message to Liuzhou Mu on the order of the Prime Minister."

He took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands. Liu Jing took it and looked at it. It was indeed Cao Cao's handwritten letter. He opened it and read it carefully. In the letter, Cao Cao accused him of being a local official of the court and crossing the border without authorization. This was a contempt for the heavens and ordered him to withdraw his troops immediately. At the end of the letter, Cao Cao proposed that as long as he was willing to withdraw his troops, he would submit to Tian to grant him the governor of Yizhou and ensure the safety of his withdrawal.

Liu Jing smiled and said to the messenger: "I won't write a reply. Please tell the Prime Minister that I led the army north to escort the auxiliary people back home. When the auxiliary people are settled, I will withdraw my troops naturally. Please don't worry the Prime Minister."

The messenger gave a gift, "I will tell you, farewell."

Liu Jing ordered someone to send him out, and then he handed the letter to Fa Zheng, "It's a bit strange to Xiaozhi look at the letter."

Fa Zheng took the letter and read it, pondered for a moment: "It is actually meaningless to accuse the provincial governor of sending troops north without authorization, but in the end he hopes that we will withdraw the troops and he will ensure the safety of the army. I think this is the focus of the whole letter, and the purpose of Cao Cao's writing this letter is... Why did he ask the provincial governor to withdraw his troops?"

Liu Jing nodded, "I also find it a bit strange. Cao Cao was not at a disadvantage in the entire battle situation, and he had even discovered my weakness. He should show weakness and do everything possible to keep me in the West City. He actually guaranteed the safety of my withdrawal. Could it be that he pretended to be a pretender?"

"I don't think this is like Cao Cao's principle of doing things."

Fa Zheng said in a little puzzled manner: "I feel that something must be strange here. We might as well wait and see what will happen."

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In the evening, more than a dozen personal soldiers escorted the captured Xiahou Lan. Xiahou Lan was about forty years old. Although his surname was Xiahou, he had nothing to do with the Xiahou family. He was from Zhending, Changshan County and was a fellow villager with Zhao Yun. In fact, after being captured, he expressed his willingness to surrender to the Han army and begged Zhao Yun to plead for his life.

Xiahou Lan was taken into the tent, kowtowed and said, "Submitted general Xiahou Lan pays homage to the governor of the state."

After reading Zhao Yun's letter, Liu Jing knew that Xiahou Lan had the intention to surrender, but Xiahou Lan was not Wang Ping, but a mediocre general. Liu Jing had no interest in him. Liu Jing sat down and said coldly: "General Xiahou is exempted from the gift, please sit down."

A soldier brought the seat, and Xiahou Lan sat down tremblingly, looking very cramped. Liu Jing smiled and asked, "I have some questions, I don't know if General Xiahou can explain it."

"Everyone who is humble and knowledgeable"

Liu Jing nodded and asked, "I want to know what happened there, Cao Cao, so anxious to attack my food road. Can General Xiahou give me an explanation?"

Xiahou Lan was confused. He was just ordered to tamper with the Han army's food supply road. How could he know what happened?

"This...Prime Minister Cao generally won't explain much to the general."

As soon as he said this, Xiahou Lan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "I remembered it."

"You said" Liu Jing stared at him tightly.

Xiahou thought for a while and said, "There is a saying in Cao's camp that Ji County was attacked by Di cavalry, and the situation was a bit bad. I also listened to the soldiers who sent grain in Ji County. The Di people were very rampant in the food route, which should be true."

Liu Jing suddenly remembered that before he sent troops, Di King Yang Qianwan sent his brother Ge Yuan to find him and proposed to send troops to help the war. Because Ma Chao said that the Qiang and Di people had poor reputation, he did not take it seriously. Could it be that the Di people sent troops?

He looked at Fa Zheng again, and when he saw Fa Zheng was confused, Liu Jing comforted Xiahou Lan a few words and appointed him as the deputy captain. As Zhao Yun's general, Xiahou Lan retreated with great gratitude. As soon as Xiahou Lan left, Liu Jing smiled at Fa Zheng and said, "No wonder Cao Cao wants to ensure the safety of my withdrawal. They really have problems. It seems that our time is running."

Fa Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Although this matter is possible, we should still be cautious and be careful not to be scammers. Cao Cao used tricks to deceive us."

Liu Jing nodded, "Then let's wait and see, but once the information is true, it is true that the Di people attacked Ji County, so we must seize this opportunity. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us to defeat Cao's army."

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In the second half of the night, Liu Jing was sleeping, but was woken up by the urgent call from his personal soldiers, "The Palace and the Muslim Palace have important military information."

Liu Jing suddenly woke up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Just just got emergency information from the scout, Cao Cao withdrew his troops."

"What"

Liu Jing sat up, and he was very surprised. He put on a military robe and walked out of the tent quickly and asked, "When did it happen?"

"Just just now, it should be time to withdraw troops."

Liu Jing looked at the night scene and probably before the fourth update arrived, he immediately ordered: "Go and invite the French military advisor and General Zhao to the central army tent, and say there is important military intelligence discussion."

At this time, Pang Tong went to Wudu County to urge grain. He was not in the camp for the time being. The only military advisor in the camp was Fa Zheng. Soon, Fa Zheng and Zhao Yun came to the central army's tent one after another. Candles were lit in the tent, and the lights were bright. Liu Jing asked the two to sit down and said, "I just got the information, Cao Cao had retreated north."

Zhao Yun frowned slightly, "Is it because the Di people launched a large-scale attack on Jicheng?"

"It's very possible"

Liu Jing said in a deep voice: "Jicheng is Cao Cao's military ration logistics site. If Jicheng is in trouble, it will reverse the entire situation. Cao Cao will undoubtedly be defeated, so it is reasonable for him to withdraw his troops and return."

Liu Jing took two steps behind his hands and said, "We don't know how many Di cavalry attacked Jicheng. According to common sense, Jicheng must have heavy troops to protect him, but Cao Cao actually withdrew his troops for this, which shows that the number of Di cavalry will not be small. The key now is whether we should take the opportunity to pursue Cao's army and attack the main force of Cao's army with Di cavalry from north to south. This is a good opportunity for us to seize the battle situation in Longxi and even seize Guanzhong."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing turned around and looked at Fa Zheng. Fa Zheng pondered for a long time before slowly saying: "I still have the same opinion. I can seize this opportunity, but I must be cautious. I must confirm the facts before sending troops to prevent Cao Cao from using tricks."

At this time, a personal soldier outside the tent reported: "I reported to the governor of the state, and there was a Di envoy named Ge Yuan asking for a visit, saying that the governor of the state knew him."

Liu Jing laughed and said to Zhao Yun and Fa Zheng: "Just as soon as he talked about the key points, the key people came."

He immediately ordered his personal soldiers to "bring him to the Central Army's tent."

After a moment, the personal soldiers invited the Di people Ge Yuan into the big tent. Ge Yuan knelt down on one knee and clasped his fist and said, "See the governor of the state."

Liu Jing waved his hand with a smile, "Please get up"

Ge Yuan stood up and bowed to Fa Zheng and Zhao Yun, and then he couldn't hide his excitement and said: "Qi Bingzhou Governor, we have sent troops to attack Jicheng and cooperate with the battle between the Han army and the Cao army."

"How many troops do you send?"

"Report to the provincial governor, we dispatched ten thousand cavalry soldiers, led by my brother himself. In the sky, the Thousand Pioneers of the Pioneers attacked Jicheng first. Unfortunately, they were discovered by Cao's army and could not break the city. Yesterday, my brother had led the main force of ten thousand cavalry soldiers into Tianshui County and obeyed the provincial governor's arrangements at any time."

Liu Jing nodded secretly, no wonder Cao Cao wanted to withdraw his troops, Wan cavalry was indeed a great threat. He thought about it and asked again: "What is your plan?"

Ge Yuan smiled embarrassedly and said, "I want to hide the food and grass that Cao Cao stored in Jicheng. Unfortunately, he was discovered by Cao's patrol. The vanguard army was unable to seize the city in time. There were only 6,000 defenders in Jicheng, but we are not good at siegeing the city. Now my brother is willing to follow the arrangements of the provincial governor."

Liu Jing thought about it and asked again: "Where are you stationing troops now?"

"We are now stationing troops on the south bank of the Wei River, about ten places west of Ji City."

Liu Jing quickly walked to the sand table, looked at the terrain, and pointed the wooden pole at a small town west of Jicheng, "Is it here?"

This was the first time Ge Yuan saw such a sand table. He was very surprised. He pointed at Liu Jing's wooden pole for a while and nodded, "It should be that's it. There is indeed a small town nearby, but everyone in the town ran away."

Liu Jing stared at the sand table for a long time. If Cao's army retreated north, the Di cavalry could indeed intercept the south of Jicheng. Thinking of this, Liu Jing said slowly: "I want you to intercept Cao's army from the north and cooperate with me to attack the main force of Cao's army from the north and south. You may do it."

"Of course, just..."

"Just something" Liu Jing stared at him with sharp eyes.

A trace of greed flashed in Ge Yuan's eyes and he laughed dryly: "You Han people often say that you can get up early without profit. We have worked hard to come from Hehuang and exhausted our horsepower. The governor of the state should give some hard money."

Liu Jing sneered in his heart. He knew that these guys would not help him for no reason. To put it bluntly, they just came to take advantage of the situation. Ma Chao was right. There was no enough profit, so he would not let these guys work hard.

Liu Jing asked without hesitation: "What conditions do you want?"
Chapter completed!