Chen Ji said calmly: "Actually, when I led my army to leave Wancheng, I expected that you would inform Prime Minister Cao!"

Jin Shang was surprised and said, "Since you know that the lower officials will expose you to the Prime Minister, why do you insist on leading the army south?"

"My husband can do whatever he wants." Chen Ji's expression suddenly became firm and said in a deep voice, "For the continuation of the Chen family's bloodline, someone must make sacrifices! The third brother's talent and courage are ten times better than the one who is the eldest brother, so it is also necessary to sacrifice himself to fulfill the third brother."

"Not good!" Liu Ye immediately understood Chen Ji's intentions and turned to Jin Shang and said sternly, "Mr. Jin Shang, please send a quick horse immediately to intercept the messenger sent by Chen Ji to Wancheng, otherwise Wancheng will be over!"

"It's too late!" Chen Ji said calmly, "As soon as you stepped into the central army tent, the fast horses sent by me have left the camp and headed for Wancheng!"

"Hmm?" Jin Shang was confused when he heard this and asked Liu Ye in confusion, "Sir, what's going on?"

Liu Ye paused and said, "Chen Ji wanted to clear the obstacles for Chen Dao to join the horse butcher with his own death!"

"Ah?" Jin Shang was still puzzled and asked, "Chen Dao defected to the horse butcher? What's going on?"

Liu Ye said: "It's not easy yet. The Chen brothers wanted to join the horse butcher, but they were worried that the horse butcher was unwilling to use it seriously, and they might even be suspicious of harm! Therefore, Chen Ji chose to sacrifice himself for Chen Dao, or for the Chen family! If Chen Ji died at the hands of the prime minister, then it would be natural for Chen Dao to avenge his brother, and the horse butcher would have no reason to suspicion of Chen Dao."

“So that’s how it is.”

Jin Shang couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning after hearing this, and then looked at Chen Jishi's expression was already solemn.

Chen Ji smiled faintly, raised his thumbs up to Liu Ye, and praised: "I am worthy of being a confidant adviser in front of the Prime Minister's tent. I guess the good intentions of the officials so quickly. Come on, summon all the knives and knives outside the tent. The officials have decided their intentions and will never be given a title easily. Be careful, gentlemen!"

"Look at the sword!"

Chen Ji shouted, drew his sword and stabbed Liu Ye.

It was a while since then, a figure outside the tent flashed, and two elite Cao troops had already flashed in, slashing Chen Ji with their swords. Chen Ji's eyes suddenly had a strange smile. Instead of retreating, he actually greeted the blades of the two Cao soldiers with his chest. With a puff, blood splattered, and Chen Ji's body was penetrated by the sharp blades.

The next day at noon.

The mountain road was rugged and covered with snow, and Cao Cao was leading his troops to cut off the rear.

While Cao Cao and Guo Jia were riding their horses slowly, the rapid sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded from the mountain road ahead, and under the pale snow field, a horse was galloping like a flying horse.

"Prime Minister, Mr. Liu Ye condemns the quick horse and reports urgently!"

When the fast horse rushed closer, Cao Cao realized that he was a general Tibetan.

"Oh?" Cao Cao said anxiously, "What did Ziyang say?"

Zang Domineering: "Mr. Liu Ye said that Nanyang Prefect Chen Ji had committed suicide fearlessly. Chen Dao, who stayed in Wancheng, was likely to rebel against the butcher, so he asked the Prime Minister to be on guard early!"

"Um?"

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this and turned around and exchanged glances with Guo Jia.

After a brief shock, Cao Cao keenly captured the possibility that Cao's army would escape from it! Chen Daoru rebeled from the horse butcher, as long as Jin Shang took the initiative to return to Wancheng in large numbers, the Liang army would inevitably lead the troops north to Wancheng for the overall situation of Nanyang, so that it would be impossible to divide the troops to pursue Cao's army!

Guo Jia looked cold and said to the general Yu Jin beside him, "General Yu Jin, please condemn Mr. Liu Ye quickly and inform him of the horse, so that he must convince Mr. Jin Shang to lead his army north and return to Wancheng! Even if the Prime Minister will lead the army to Wancheng later, and then fight the Liang army to the death in Wancheng!"

As soon as Guo Jia said this, Yu Jin suddenly looked cold.

Yu Jin is also a general of a hundred battles. How can I not know Guo Jia’s direct and practical intention? This is clearly a sacrifice of Jin Shang’s three thousand Nanyang troops to attract the attention of the Liang army so that Cao’s army can get rid of the disputes between the Liang army in time and return to Xudu as soon as possible. What is the purpose of abandoning the soldiers and protecting the car? This is the purpose of abandoning the soldiers and protecting the car.

"Abide by the order!"

Although he had insight into Guo Jia's intentions, Yu Jin carried out the order without any hesitation. For an iron-blooded soldier like Jin, sacrificing three thousand Nanyang miscellaneous soldiers was nothing. What if he was necessary even if he sacrificed his lord's three thousand personal guards?

For the sake of the overall situation, nothing cannot be sacrificed. If one day Cao Cao decided to sacrifice Yu Jin for the sake of the overall situation, Yu Jin would never have any complaints. This is the fate of the general. Since the day when Yu Jin swore allegiance to Cao Cao, the fate of the general has been destined.

When the Jin went far away, Guo Jia said to Zangba again: "General Zangba, quickly condemn the fast horses to inform the ten ambushers. The plan to ambush the Liang army will be cancelled, and the entire army will withdraw back to Yingchuan as quickly as possible!"

"Abide by the order!"

The Tibetan barbarian responded to the promise and galloped away.

Watching the figure of Zangba disappear on the mountain road, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh and said, "I don't know when I will return to Nanyang when I leave! Ma Butcher Ma is not easier to deal with than Chen Ji. Once he has a firm foothold in Nanyang, it will be not so easy to drive him away."

Guo Jia said: "If you want to give up, you will gain only if you give up. Compared with the gains and losses of Yan and Henan provinces, the survival of the lord's prime minister's foundation, the gains and losses of Nanyang County are insignificant."

"There is no need for our army to fight against the Liang army in Nanyang at the risk of its destruction! If Nanyang County is lost, it does not mean that the hinterland of Yanzhou and Yuzhou will be empty. As long as our army relies on Luoshui, Xuanyuan Mountain and Yingshui to rebuild a line of defense, it can still block the Liang army's cavalry from the country."

"Forget it, there is no need to excuse me for being filial to me now." Cao Cao sighed and said in a low voice, "The Battle of Nanyang has ended no matter what. The Battle of Ma Butcher won this battle! After the reign of the court, I reported to the emperor to ask for a half-year salary to be a warning to others."

Outside Rang County.

In the Liang army camp, the Liang army soldiers were already wearing all their clothes and waiting for each other. Ma Yue was crowded with people in the tent of the Central Army. Jia Xu, Li Su, Gao Shun, Ma Chao and other Liang army generals had already gathered together.

"Report~~ Cao's central army has withdrawn from Rang County and is advancing eastward."

"Report~~ Cao's left army has withdrawn from the Dazhai and is slowly advancing eastward."

"Report~~ Cao's Right Army has evacuated Dazhai and is moving slowly eastward."

"Report~~ Cao's central army retreated to ten miles east of Rang County to seize the position, and Cao Cao personally left behind to block the rear to protect the left and right armies to retreat eastward first!"

The horse explorer reported the movements of Cao's army back to the tent like flowing water. Seeing the Cao army retreating in large numbers, all the generals in the tent were eager to try. They all stared wide and were looking forward to Ma Yue's order to pursue him, but Ma Yue ignored it and was terriblely calm, or he had never planned to pursue Cao's army at all!

"Lord!" Tiger general Xu Chu took a step forward and shouted in a gull, "If you don't pursue me, Cao's army will run away!"

"Yes, it's time to chase!"

"It would be too late to not pursue it!"

"You must never let the tiger return to the mountain!"

"Lord, you must take the opportunity to kill Cao Aman!"

Xu Chu said something, and the other generals agreed. For a moment, the tent was infuriated, like a spark thrown into a dry firewood, and the fire ignited.

"No hurry!" Ma Yue said coldly, "Don't wait for Cao's army to retreat a hundred miles away, you must not chase after him!"

Ma Yue's words were like a bucket of ice water, and in a blink of an eye it extinguished the burning fire of war in the hearts of the generals. Xu Chu and the generals drooped their heads one by one, and looked at Jia Xu with help from their eyes. If someone could change Ma Yue's decision, then the military advisor Jia Xu was the only one.

"Don't look at me." Jia Xu said calmly, "It's useless to see me. It makes sense that the lord is not allowed to pursue. Cao Cao has always used his troops. Guo Jia and Xun You are even more wise and tricky. How can we leave our army with an opportunity to take advantage of? If our army pursues us in a large scale, it will inevitably be ambushed, and instead lose its troops and generals."

"The ambush is afraid of a bird." Xu Chu said, "Just set fire to the mountains and burn them out!"

Jia Xu said: "But General Xu Chu, do you know which valley Cao's army is lying in? You can't set all the valleys in Nanyang County? Then, even if you set the mountain on fire, Nanyang County is so icy and snowy, how can this fire be so easy to burn?"

Xu Chu spread his hands and said angrily: "I am stupid, but I can't say that the military advisor is. I just feel frustrated when I wait like this."

"Don't be anxious!" Ma Yue took two steps forward, gently stroked Xu Chu's back, and said in a deep voice, "Although Cao Cao's use of troops was not leaking, it could not make the Cao army always maintain a high level of vigilance and impeccable formation! At present, Lu Bu is very anxious to attack Pei State, and Cao's army is eager to return to Xudu. Once they withdraw a hundred miles away, the soldiers will be eager to return and will no longer be careful of our army's pursuit."

"At that time, our army will cover up and chase after him, and we will definitely kill Cao's corpses everywhere." Jia Xu took Ma Yue's words and said to Xu Chu, "At that time, General Xu Chu will be the vanguard of the Liang army! It may be unlikely to capture and kill Cao Cao, but no matter what, you must leave thousands of elite soldiers in Cao Cao."

"No problem!" Xu Chu clenched his iron fist, his murderous intent was revealed in his eyes, and he said in a stern manner, "It depends on the last general at that time."

"Report~~" As soon as Xu Chu finished speaking, a small school suddenly stepped in from outside the tent and knelt down and shouted, "Xinye urgently!"

"Xinye?" Ma Yue's face changed and he said loudly, "Speak!"

The school gasped and said, "The Nanyang Army suddenly mutiny occurred fifty miles north of Xinye County. Half an hour later, we caught a scout in Nanyang and found out the reason after torture. Due to the instigation of Cao Cao's envoy, Shouchun's old subordinates, headed by Nanyang Chief Jin Shang, suddenly launched a mutiny. Nanyang Prefect Chen Ji was killed in a stubborn resistance. Now Jin Shangzheng led three thousand old subordinates to the north and prepare to return to Wancheng!"

"Oh?" Ma Yue's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said loudly, "Do you mean that the Nanyang Army was instigated by the envoy of Cao Cao to launch a mutiny, and then Nanyang Prefect Chen Ji was killed in resistance?"

The primary school breathed: "That's right."

"God helps me!" Ma Yue said, "The revenge of killing brother is irreconcilable. It is impossible for Chen Dao to vote for Cao Cao again! If you don't vote for Cao Cao or Liu Biao, then Chen Dao can only join me, haha."

"Lord!" Jia Xu thought for a moment, then his face changed drastically, and he said anxiously, "I'm afraid Chen Dao didn't know that Chen Ji had been killed, so he might be harmed by Jin Shang without any defense! However, this is probably Cao Cao's plan to escape from the shell. It's just to mobilize our army, making our army unable to divide its troops to pursue Cao's army. In this way, Cao's army can retreat to Yingchuan as quickly as possible."

"Yeah." Ma Yue's face darkened and he said sternly, "Even Cao Aman's plan to escape from the shell, he can't care about it now. Compared to killing thousands of Cao's troops, this general values ​​the gains and losses of Nanyang County and the loyalty of a good general! He ordered the entire army to immediately set off the camp and march towards Wancheng!"

"Lord." Xu Chu took a step forward and said sternly, "I will be the pioneer in the end."

Ma Chao also stood up and said sternly: "I also want to be the pioneer."

"Okay!" Ma Yue said quickly, "Xu Chu, Ma Chao."

"The last one will be there."

Xu Chu and Ma Chao took a step forward at the same time and stood side by side in front of Ma Yue.

Ma Yue glanced at the two generals majesticly and shouted loudly: "Ma Chao is the left vanguard and Xu Chu is the right vanguard. Each leads two thousand iron cavalry to run to Wancheng at night. He must intercept Jin Shang before he returns to Wancheng, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Abide by the order!"

Ma Chao and Xu Chu agreed with a loud promise, turned around and left quickly.

Wancheng, the prefect's office.

It was already very late at night, but Chen Dao was completely sleepy. He stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and looked at the night sky and sighed. It has been two days and one night since his elder brother Chen Ji led his army to leave Wancheng. It was time to go to Xinye according to the itinerary! But no news has been heard back yet. Will something happen?

"Three Generals." Suddenly, Nanyang School entered the inner school and reported, "The Liang army envoy Li Su's mansion asked for a visit."

"not see!"

"Three Generals, Li Su has been guarding outside the mansion for a whole day and a night!"
Chapter completed!