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Chapter 256 Clumsy Countermeasures

Dengxian Wharf is the opposite shore of Longzhong Wharf. Because this area is relatively deserted and is still nearly ten miles away from Dengxian, it is not a famous place. Therefore, people are used to calling this place the Longzhong Wharf to echo the Longzhong Wharf on the other side.

At this time, there were already crowds of people on the dock in Deng County, and teams of soldiers were lined up to board the ship. More than 7,000 troops led by Cai Mao crossed the river to the other side of the river. Nearly 200 Jiangxia warships had been moored in the Han River, and were continuously transporting Jingzhou soldiers to the south bank.

Although Liu Jing and Cai Mao had a bad relationship, Liu Jing did not want to impose this hatred on the soldiers in Jingzhou.

On the dock, Cai Mao stood on a small hill, looking at the big ships leaving the dock with complicated eyes. If he could choose, he would never ask Liu Jing, but now he had no choice but to lower his head.

"military adviser!"

A soldier pointed to the east and shouted: "Jiangxia army is here!"

A cavalry of hundreds of people was coming from the east and heading to Cai Mao. He bowed to the leader of a military marquis and said, "Report to the military advisor Cai, Prefect Liu invites the military advisor to Fancheng!"

When talking about Fancheng, Cai Mao felt ashamed, but he had no choice but to sigh for a while, "Please tell your prefect, just say that I am very grateful for his help, but as a military advisor, there are many official duties that need to be handled urgently, so I will not go to Fancheng."

"I understand, I will report to the prefect now."

The Junhou turned his horse's head and led the soldiers to go east quickly. Cai Mao thought of his embarrassment today, and he finally couldn't hold back his face and cursed softly, "Fake a false love!"

He turned around and walked towards the big ship. He no longer wanted to stay in Jiangbei. He was so embarrassed that he only wanted to return to Xiangyang.















Yu Jin was taken on a small boat, and two soldiers escorted him to the other side. Perhaps because Liu Jing ordered that abuse was not allowed, the ropes on Yu Jin's shoulders and legs were untied, and only his hands were tied back.

The boat was sailing slowly in the river. Yu Jin sat in a corner of the boat, staring at the two soldiers with his eyes narrowed, thinking about a way to escape. Although he could turn over and jump into the river now, he was not good at water and his hands were tied backwards. He would definitely die when he went into the water.

However, he still found the opportunity. Behind him was a box with iron sheet wrapped around the edge of the box. The iron sheet was sharp and could break the rope. His body swayed with the boat, but his wrist was grinding little by little on the iron sheet.

"Second brother, this ambush Cao's army is really accurate! It will fail one minute earlier or one minute later, which makes me admire the prefect's method more and more."

The two guards sat on the other side chatting, with their hands under their heads, quite relaxed, and threw the knife aside.

Another soldier sneered and said, "Do you think there is such a coincidence in the world? If no one secretly reports the news, the prefect will be so precise."

"Who secretly reported the news?"

"Of course he is an important figure in Cao's army!" The soldier said, and quickly glanced at Yu Jin from the corner of his eyes.

"Who is it? Can my second brother tell me?"

"I saw a letter on the prefect's desk last night with the name on it."

When the soldier said this, he stepped forward and whispered to another person. Although his voice was very low, Yu Jin's ears were extraordinary. He still clearly heard the word "Jia".

"It's him! It's impossible! He is the second-person figure of Cao's army."

"What's impossible? People's hearts are separated by their belly. You know how they can think."

Yu Jin was shocked and suspicious. The second person, he thought of Jia Xu. Are they talking about Jia Xu?

But he had no time to thank him. With a light sound of "Broken!", the rope had been broken by him, but this sound also aroused the alertness of the two soldiers, and they all came to Yuguan.

Yu Jin rushed towards the sword beside him, grabbed the sword. Before he could pull out the sword, the two soldiers reacted at the same time and jumped out of the boat, without any trace.

Yu Jin was very anxious, pulled out his battle knife, stepped forward and put it on the boatman's neck, and said viciously: "Hold the boat honestly, otherwise you will be killed with one knife!"

















As night fell, Yu Jin came to the shore from a remote place, quickly entered the forest, and ran north with no life.

The next day, when it was almost dawn, Yu Jin found a Cao army on the official road that was escorting grain to Xinye. He got a war horse and ran towards Wancheng.

At this time, Yu Jin was in a mess, and more than 10,000 troops were wiped out. He was guilty of being very guilty. How could he explain to Cao Ren? With Cao Ren's strict military temperament, he had to kill him. Le Jin just robbed Hekou Town and was almost killed. Now he died and sent more than 10,000 brothers. Will Cao Ren let him go?

The more Yu Jin thought about it, the more he became, the more afraid he was. In this situation, he could only go to Cao Hong to plead with him. He had a very good personal relationship with Cao Hong. I hope Cao Hong can help him.

And he could find an excuse, that is, Jia Xu secretly communicated with Liu Jing, which led to his defeat this time.

In fact, Yu Jin thought about it for a long time last night, and he gradually understood that Liu Jing asked two soldiers to escort him across the river, but in fact he wanted to let him go. As for the two soldiers saying that Jia Xu colluded with the enemy, he even deliberately told him that such a secret matter, how could the two young men know about it?

This was obviously Liu Jing's clumsy counter-split plan, but although it was a counter-split plan, Yu Jin felt that this plan could indeed allow him to escape. As long as he had an excuse and used Cao Hong's hatred of Jia Xu, he might be able to reduce his guilt.

Yu Jin ran northward, about thirty miles away from Wancheng. A Cao army came towards him, densely packed with thousands of people, with flags waving and neatly brimming with the general. The leader was Cao Hong.

Yu Jin was overjoyed and waved from afar and shouted, "Zi Lian, it's me!"

Cao Hong received a quick message from Cao Ren and learned that Yu Jin's army was ambushed by the Jiangxia army and almost wiped out the entire army. This news surprised Cao Hong and immediately clicked 5,000 troops to go south to support him.

Cao Hong saw a man riding a horse running towards him from afar, and he faintly heard the person coming shouting his words. He was stunned. When the person coming rushed in, he recognized that the miserable person was actually Yu Jin. He hurriedly ordered Yu Jin to bring him up.

Cao Hong looked him up and down, frowned, "Wenze, why did you become like this? You are not...?"

Yu Jin sighed, "It's hard to say! I'll eat something first."

Cao Hong hurriedly ordered people to take Yu Jin down to wash and eat. The team continued to move forward. Soon Yu Jin changed into a military uniform, and the stains on his face were washed away, urging his horse to follow Cao Hong.

"How can you escape?" Cao Hong glanced at Yu Jin and asked with a smile.

Yu Jin naturally would not tell the truth. He sighed and said, "It was also my luck. A Jiangxia Junshi chief who was guarding me happened to be my fellow villager. I am very familiar with his father. When crossing the river, this fellow villager secretly cut the rope for me, and I searched for an opportunity to escape."

Cao Hong nodded, "This is really a lucky person. Otherwise, you will be captured and Lu Xiang will be killed, and we will really not be able to explain to the Prime Minister."

"But the question is that more than 10,000 troops were almost wiped out. How can I explain to the general? You also know his temper. He only recognizes military laws and not people. Can he spare me?"

Yu Jin's concerns were actually Cao Hong's concerns. Of course, he knew very well what kind of punishment Yu Jin would suffer. Although victory or defeat was common in military affairs, Yu Jin was ambushed and defeated. It was just that he was not careful in leading his troops. It was not that the army's combat effectiveness was inferior to the enemy's army. The responsibility was on Jin.

With his brother's temper of military law, Yu Jin will lose his skin even if he doesn't die this time. Cao Hong also knew that Yu Jin could not go to Xinye and came to find him, just to ask him to plead for him, but how could he plead for him?

After being silent for a long time, Cao Hong felt embarrassed: "Wenze, you also know my elder brother's temper. He doesn't recognize his relatives in the military camp. If there is no reasonable reason, I will not plead with you."

Speaking of this, he looked at Yu Jin in embarrassment, and Yu Jin bowed his head and said nothing. Of course, he understood what Cao Hong meant. He was a little hesitant to tell Jia Xu about it. Now even Cao Hong had no choice but to take a gamble.

"Save my fellow villager and I secretly told me a secret. The reason why Liu Jing saw our intentions so clearly is because someone in our army secretly informed Liu Jing."

Cao Hong was startled, "No way! How can ordinary people know such a secret?"

"The problem is that the person who reported the news is not an ordinary person." Yu Jin sighed.

"Who is it?"

Yu Jin hesitated for a while, and said with a stuttering lips: "Jia Xu."

"So it's him!" Cao Hong was furious, "How dare you trash the damn Shu Ru and betray the Prime Minister!"

Yu Jin hurriedly said, "This is just the words of my fellow countrymen. I have no evidence, and I am afraid I cannot prove Jia Wenhe."

Cao Hong glanced at him and said coldly: "You also think the ambush is strange, right?"

"Yes!" Yu Jin wiped the sweat from his forehead. "It's really strange. Liu Jing could not know that Cai Mao would be defeated, nor could he be ambushed by the official road so accurately. Moreover, with the relationship between Cai Mao and Liu Jing, Cai Mao would not let Liu Jing come to pick him up, so I can assert that someone must have leaked our plan to Liu Jing in advance."

"That's fine. This plan is only you, Mancheng, Lu Zhongshi, Jia Xu and Wen Xiao, and the other five know that Lu Zhongshi was killed by Liu Jing's own hands. Of course, it is not him. Wen Xiao is the main general, and of course it can be ruled out. Then the rest is you. Mancheng and him and Jia Xu may leak it, but you and Mancheng are veterans who have been with the Prime Minister for many years and will never betray them. Only Jia Xu, who has already had a precedent for betraying the Prime Minister, and the leaker must be him."

When Cao Hong said this, Yu Jin felt a little relieved, but he felt that there were loopholes in it. For example, he told his personal soldiers about the plan to lure troops last night. If Jia Xu used this as an excuse, how should he explain it? Thinking of this, Yu Jin said again: "Maybe someone accidentally leaked it to the personal soldiers."

"impossible!"
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