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Cao Cao set up a temporary camp in Xinye City at this time. He originally planned to withdraw from Wancheng as much as possible, but the unfavorable withdrawal of troops made Cao Cao very upset.

Zhang He was in the Bishui River and lost more than half of the loss. Cao Cao could barely accept it. Cao Xiu was ambushed at the top, and most of the five thousand elite cavalry were killed or injured. Cao Cao could tolerate it, but he could not accept that the rear army was completely wiped out.

It is not only an army issue, but more importantly, Zhang Liao, the leader of the rear army, was his most trusted confidant general. Once Zhang Liao was captured or surrendered to Liu Jing, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Of course, Cao Cao also knew that Zhang Liao would not surrender to Liu Jing, but if Zhang Liao was unwilling to be captured and would rather die for his country, it was also a painful pain that he could not accept. How to withdraw Liu Jing's army as soon as possible and withdraw the army from the rear was a major event that Cao Cao was in his mind.

Cao Hong proposed a plan, and he advocated that the army would go south again, fight the Han army to defeat Liu Jing's army with the advantage of cavalry, but this plan was eventually rejected by Cao Cao. After Cao Cao had fought, he knew that even if there were cavalry, he might not be able to defeat the Han army.

More importantly, the food and grass are all in the rear army. Once his army goes south, Liu Jing will not give him another chance. He will definitely withdraw back to the south bank after annihilation of Zhang Liao's army. If the food and grass are cut off and the morale of the army is chaotic, the Han army will take the opportunity to fight back, and he will be defeated on the whole line, and he cannot afford this consequence.

After repeated consideration, Cao Cao finally decided to seek peace and ended the southern expedition with a stance of admitting defeat. Although it was ugly, he still achieved his goal and successfully delayed the Han army's northern expedition on the western front, winning time for Xun You to prepare for war.

In the big tent, Cao Cao was paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, waiting anxiously for the news from Chen Qun. It was already dark. According to Cheng, Chen Qun should have returned long ago, or sent someone to send a letter. Why is there no news at all now? Is something wrong with him?

Just when Cao Cao began to feel a little irritated, the guards came to the door to report: "Report to Prime Minister, Chen Zongjun is back."

Cao Cao was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Take him in."

After a moment, Chen Qun hurried into the tent and bowed to him and said, "I'm going to see the Prime Minister."

"No need to be polite, tell me what's going on"

"Report to the Prime Minister, I was unable to see Liu Jing. Jia He received me, but he just avoided talking about the conditions."

Cao Cao was stunned. What did he mean? He waved his hand and said, "Sit down and talk in detail."

The two sat down, and then Chen Qun explained in detail what happened when he saw Jia Xu, and finally said: "After considering the humble position, it should be a condition for Liu Jing to improve. But he was unwilling to express his opinion, but hoped that the Prime Minister would take the initiative to propose it."

Cao Cao nodded, "You are right. Since he is surrounded and not attacking, he just wants to bargain with us, but he doesn't want to give up the excuse of taking advantage of others' danger, so he refuses to take the initiative to make the offer. He hopes that I will express my opinion, just ask me to offer it."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "He had previously proposed not to abolish the Queen Fu. This is a harsh condition. What else should he do?"

Chen Qunran was silent. Many people could not understand the profound meaning of this condition, but he knew very well that this was not a material transaction that could be seen in money, grain, weapons, etc. It was a political game. Once Empress Fu was deposed, it would be the Cao family who would become the queen. Cao Cao would become the father-in-law and gain a large political bargaining chip. This formed a pattern of Cao and Liu sharing the world. Then Cao Cao was granted the title of King of Wei, which was natural.

Chen Qun knew that Cao Cao had been waiting for this day for a long time, and even Fu Wan conspired to collude with ministers and bribed dead soldiers. Cao Cao knew that these things were even acquiesced to the expansion of this behavior, which created conditions for him to abolish Queen Fu.

But Liu Jing also saw this problem and proposed the condition that the Empress was not allowed to be deposed, which undoubtedly hit Cao Cao's key point, so Cao Cao refused to agree. Chen Qun did not dare to persuade him, but just waited patiently for Cao Cao to make a decision.

Cao Cao paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, stopped and looked at the top of the tent. After a long time, he finally sighed and said, "Okay, I promise him that I will not abolish the Queen Fu for the time being."

Chen Qun's heart suddenly relaxed. In this way, at least he could explain to his father-in-law Xun Yu. Chen Qun said carefully: "I'm afraid that this condition alone is not enough."

"I know"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Tell Liu Jing that there will be an imperial edict. He can grant titles below the town marquis, and I just hope he will not impose a title."

Chen Qun rushed to Fancheng again without stopping, and ran away as soon as he changed his horse. When it was dawn, he finally saw the Han army camp from afar.

On Bailonggang, the battlefield had been cleaned up, and the grain and carts were reorganized into defensive formations, and the swords, guns, arrows were gathered one by one, and the cattle and sheep pen was repaired intact. Tens of thousands of cattle and horses were quietly staying in the circle. In the open space to the west, Cao's army laid several large tents, which was the place for the injured soldiers to rest.

It was just dawn, and most of the Cao army soldiers were sleeping. The hills were particularly quiet. Zhang Liao had already gotten up early and was patrolling the injured soldiers in the camp west. A fierce battle injured more than 5,000 people in Cao army, including thousands of seriously injured. More than five people have been killed due to excessive injuries.

In fact, the proportion of this type of death after injury is very small. This is all thanks to Zhang Zhongjingming's blood coagulation patch and wound treatment pills. It was first equipped in the Jiangxia army. Each soldier was equipped with a medical bag. Later, this medical bag was passed to the Cao army, and Cao Cao also ordered promotion. Each Cao army soldier was equipped with one.

The soldiers called this medical bag as a life-saving bag. After being injured, the soldiers could save themselves and stop bleeding and heal their injuries in time, which greatly reduced the mortality rate of the war. The same is true for this battle. Only one of the ten injured soldiers died because of death. If it were in the past, at least half would have died.

Zhang Liao visited several large tents in a row. At this time, a soldier rushed over and bowed: "General, Liu Jing has sent an envoy to see the general."

Zhang Liao nodded, turned around and followed the soldiers. When he walked to the hillside, he saw several Cao troops aiming at a young soldier with bows and arrows. Zhang Liao stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Who are you looking for me and what's wrong?"

The young man bowed and bowed and said, "Liu Min, who is the governor of the state, joins the army under the tent and entrusts the state, and sends a letter to General Zhang."

Liu Min said this, but did not take out the letter, which meant to go to the military camp to discuss in detail. Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao shook his head, "The two armies are facing each other, so Zhang Liao will not receive the enemy envoys."

Liu Min had no choice but to take out the letter and submit it to Zhang Liao, "Then please take a look at the handwritten letter written by the governor of my Jiazhou."

Zhang Liao took the letter and saw that the letter was written on the letter, General Yuan of the Han Dynasty personally opened it, but he returned the letter, "I will not accept this letter, please take it back."

Liu Min was stunned, "Why is General?"

Zhang Liao was silent for a moment and said lightly: "If Liuzhou Mu is doing business, please tell the Prime Minister directly. Zhang Liao is just a subordinate general and dare not accept the trust of the provincial governor. If it is doing private matters, Zhang Liao and the provincial governor seem to have not yet communicated with each other, so Zhang Liao will not receive private messages."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away quickly, and heard the order from afar: "Send Liu Ganjun down the mountain."

Just when Liu Min had no choice but to go down the mountain to report to Liu Jing, Chen Qun had already arrived at the Han army camp. Chen Qun ran back and forth for two days, exhausted and exhausted. He was almost helped by soldiers into Liu Jing's tent.

This time, Liu Jing met him in person. In the big tent, Chen Qun drank a bowl of hot soup and rested for a while before he recovered his strength. Liu Jing sat aside and looked at him with a smile and said, "Sir, don't worry, I just got news from your military detective. The army can support water storage for two days, and there is enough food. Why don't you go to bed first and then talk in detail?"

Chen Qun shook his head, "Thank you for your concern to the Palace Master. It's important. I will work harder. The Prime Minister clearly promised that the Palace Master would not abolish the Queen Fu for the time being."

Speaking of this, Chen Qun took out Cao Cao's letter from his arms and presented it to Liu Jing with both hands. "The Prime Minister's written promise is in the letter, so please check it out."

Liu Jing opened the letter and read it. In the letter, Cao Cao promised that the Empress Fu would not be abolished due to the rebellion of foreign relatives. Liu Jing nodded. As Cao Cao's identity, since he made a promise in person, he would not repent easily. This is not the same as him tearing up the armistice agreement. This is a political commitment, and he gained benefits from this promise.

At this time, Chen Qun said again: "In addition, the Prime Minister can also promise that the provincial governor has the right to be granted titles. The imperial edict will arrive in about a few days, but it is limited to the following marquis of the town."

Liu Jing and Jia Xu looked at each other, and they both laughed with urgency. It seemed that Cao Cao was very worldly and gave him another condition. He nodded, "Since Prime Minister Cao is so sincere, I can let the rear army return north, but all the supplies are left, only the army will leave."

"There is no problem with this"

Chen Qun hurriedly said: "Can I go up the hill and explain to the generals?"

"Sir, please feel free"

Liu Jing ordered someone to send Chen Qun up the mountain, and then Jia Xu sighed and said, "Although Cao Cao promised not to abolish the Queen Fu for the time being, there will inevitably be changes in the future. I know him and he will definitely do what he wants to do, and maybe it will be delayed by a few years in time."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "I understand this, but he is in his twilight years. Even if he wants to do many things, he will be somewhat worried about the name behind him."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing walked to the tent with his hands behind his back, looked at Bailonggang bathed in the morning glow, and looked at the flying flag of Cao army. He sighed softly, "If Zhang Liao was willing to surrender to me, I would rather not have the right to be granted title."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "The long-term loyal general is a general, why can the governor of the state be able to fulfill his achievements?"

"The military advisor said it well"

Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Tell me my order, the army will evacuate the encirclement, withdraw the troops eastward for one mile, and let Cao's army return north."

On the hill, Zhang Liao led Li Dian and the generals to worship north. Zhang Liao said loudly: "Zhang Liao remembers the kindness of the Prime Minister's rescue in his heart. I wish to be heartbroken and die for the Prime Minister."

Chen Qun nodded and said to Zhang Liao: "Remote and evacuate as soon as possible. The Prime Minister is still waiting in Xinye for the general to return north together."

Zhang Liao looked at the Han army slowly retreating east, and he turned around and ordered in a deep voice: "Give up all supplies and go down the mountain and retreat north immediately."

Teams of Cao's army lined up to the bottom of the mountain. Zhang Liao rode down the mountain under the escort of Yu's personal soldiers. At this time, he stopped his horse and looked east.
Chapter completed!