Xinye County is almost an empty city with less than 2,000 residents. Some of the gentry went to Wancheng, while most ordinary people fled with Liu Bei, making Xinye County deserted and rarely saw pedestrians on the official road.

But Cao's army did not really retreat to Xinye County, but set up a temporary camp in the south of Xinye County in a wilderness only five miles away from Hekou Town.

Cao Ren was waiting for news from Yu Jin and Li Dian, and Li Dian brought him excellent results. He got 230 ferries, all of which arrived in Hekou Town and defeated three thousand Jingzhou troops, which was a brilliant victory.

But Yu Jin's results were bad news. According to the reports of the fleeing soldiers, Yu Jin was ambushed by the Jiangxia army on the official road west of Fancheng, and almost all the troops were wiped out. Deputy General Lu Xiang was killed in battle, and the chief general Yu Jin was captured. This news made Cao Ren almost vomit blood.

Ten thousand troops were wiped out, reducing his total strength to 35,000. If he failed, the Jingzhou army would take advantage of the victory to pursue him. What should we do if the Central Plains do?

At this moment, Cao Ren received an emergency order sent by Cao Cao from Yi County, ordering him to maintain his intimidation against Jingzhou and not allow the Jingzhou army to go north to the Central Plains.

The Prime Minister did not forget the war in Jingzhou during his expedition, which shows that the war in Jingzhou is of great importance, which invisibly added huge pressure to Cao Ren.

Cao Ren paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking worried. At present, Liu Jing personally led 6,000 people to stay in Fancheng, and the remaining 12,000 navy troops were moored at Fancheng Wharf on more than 300 warships, and could support Fancheng at any time.

In addition, the general Guan Yu led an army of 10,000 to station on the west bank of the Bishui River mouth east of Fancheng. It is less than ten miles away from Fancheng. It is a horn with the Jiangxia army and echoes each other, which makes Cao Ren extremely troubled.

If it was a few days ago, Cao Ren was looking forward to fighting with the Jingzhou coalition forces, but now his troops have been reduced by 10,000 people, and the Prime Minister's letter brought him great pressure. If he was defeated, the consequences would be extremely serious, which made Cao Ren dare not fight easily.

At this time, Jia Xu and Li Dian, who were standing aside, changed their eyes, and Jia Xu advised: "The general doesn't have to worry. Although Yu Jin was defeated, it does not affect the overall situation. As long as we deal with it properly, we can still complete the Prime Minister's trust, but it may not be realistic to capture Xiangyang."

Cao Ren sighed, "It would be great to maintain the deterrence against Jingzhou now, and he no longer had the luxury of occupying Xiangyang."

"If so, I have two plans for the general to consider."

"What plan do you think?"

"The first solution is to maintain the status quo and wait for the opportunity. Neither Liu Jing nor Guan Yu will stay in Fancheng for a long time. After a few days of stalemate, Liu Jing and Guan Yu's coalition will inevitably go north. If I guess correctly, more than 300 warships will also go north along the water, which is far narrower than the Han River. We also have tincture oil on our hands. We can use tincture oil to seal the river and burn all enemy warships. When Liu Jing comes to rescue, we ambush halfway, and we will definitely be able to kill and defeat."

Cao Ren nodded and asked again: "What about the second plan?"

Jia Xu smiled again and said, "The second plan is to withdraw troops back to Nanyang, but still occupy Xinye, but there is no need to have many troops, two or three thousand people are enough. Occupying Xinye will maintain its deterrence against Jingxiang. When the troops of Jiangxia and Nanjun are withdrawn, we will attack Xiangyang with a thunderclap. If we can occupy it in one fell swoop, it will inevitably shock Jingzhou."

As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, he heard a sneer from outside the tent, "What a sneer from withdrawing troops back to Nanyang. Jia Zongjun really cooperated with Liu Jing!"

Cao Hong walked in from outside the tent and followed Yu Jin. The three of them in the tent were stunned for a moment. Didn’t Yu Jin be captured? Why did he come back?

Yu Jin stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "I will escape by chance and apologize to the general!"

Cao Ren glanced at him, and his heart was filled with various doubts. How did he escape back? How did he lose? Why did he appear with Cao Hong again?

However, Cao Ren’s biggest doubt was what Cao Hong said, what does “Jia Zhanjun and Liu Jing cooperate well?”

Cao Ren waved his hand at Jin, "You can wait aside for a while, I'll ask you later?"

Yu Jin stood up and stood aside, waiting for the development of the situation in his heart.

Cao Ren asked Cao Hong again, "Wen Lian, what did you mean just now?"

Jia Xu next to him was also angry and said coldly: "I also want to hear General Cao's explanation."

"Jia Jun, you know it well. Let me ask you, will Liu Jing really return to Jiangxia when we withdraw our troops back to Nanyang?"

"Where can he go if he doesn't go back to Jiangxia?"

Cao Hong shook his head with contempt, "A such a wise man in Jia Jun actually spoke nonsense. Did Liu Jing really come to rescue Xiangyang? He was just an excuse to rescue and wanted to be the lord of Jingzhou. When we left, he could just seize power calmly on the excuse of defending Cao Jun. But when we were there, he didn't have this opportunity. Jia Jun seemed to be giving advice, but in fact he was cooperating with Liu Jing. It was really a good method!"

Jia Xu was stunned at first, then his face turned red and pointed at Cao Hong and was furious, "You are slandering people!"

Cao Ren also frowned, "Wen Lian, why did you say this?"

Cao Hong stepped forward and bowed, "Can you know why General Yu was ambushed by Liu Jing? The Jiangxia army, which was originally impossible, appeared in the west of Fancheng. By chance, General Yu's troops were ambushed by the extreme, causing almost all 10,000 troops to be wiped out. I can tell the General that someone leaked our combat plan to Liu Jing, so that Liu Jing was prepared, and this leaker was Jia Xu!"

There was an uproar in the big tent, and Li Dian couldn't help but exclaim, how could it be possible!

Cao Hong pointed at Jia Xu, "It was this person who secretly contacted Liu Jing and leaked the secret that we failed miserably."

At this time, Jia Xu had calmed down. He thought that Cao Hong was still the same as before, and he opposed his own plan and deliberately opposed him.

But now he found that Cao Hong accused him of having an affair with Liu Jing, which was obviously a pretentious plan. He wanted to frame him by using the case of the defeat of the monarch, which was a serious matter.

Jia Xu sneered, "It is not difficult to infer that our plan is not difficult. As long as we have the intention to plan, we can arrange to ambush Cao's army. There is no coincidence. As long as we see that we are not sincerely withdrawing our troops.

The key is that we must be vigilant. Scouts along the march to explore the way. If you think that the Jiangxia army cannot appear, then of course you will definitely lose. This has nothing to do with someone leaking the secret. But I want to know, General Cao kept saying that I had an affair with Liu Jing, what evidence do you have?"

"Of course there is evidence!"

Cao Hong waved his hand and said, "Bring the person up."

Several soldiers brought in a soldier in Jiangxia Army uniform. Cao Hong was not stupid. He knew that it was difficult to prove Jia Xu by using the exclusion method, so he simply found a soldier from Cao Army soldiers who pretended to be Liu Jing's personal soldiers.

Cao Hong pointed to the soldier and said, "This person is Liu Jing's personal soldier. It was him who secretly rescued General Yu. He can prove that Jia Zongjun colluded with Liu Jing."

Cao Hong said to the soldiers again: "Don't be afraid, just tell the truth."

The soldier knelt down and kowtowed, and said tremblingly with a Jiangxia accent: "The villain is named Li Ping, he is from Xiakou, and is a guard next to Liu Taishou. The night before yesterday, the prefect ordered me to take two brothers across the river to see one. We rode the boat across the river and saw a child with a big black mole on the tip of his nose. He sent us a letter and said that the situation was urgent, asking me to go back and hand it to the prefect immediately. He mentioned that the letter was written by Mr. Jia."

Having said that, everyone in the tent understood that the little boy with a black mole on the tip of his nose was Jia Xushutong Xiaobaner, who looked very well-known.

How can you hide this trick of frame-up from Jia Xu? Jia Xu sneered and asked: "Since you are Liu Jing's personal guard, I'll ask you, how the Battle of Chaisang was fought back then, maybe it's a little longer, so let's talk about how the Battle of Yicheng last month. Tell me now?"

The soldier was speechless and couldn't answer it. Cao Hong only told him some of Liu Jing's situation. He knew nothing about other things, so how could he answer Jia Xu's question.

Jia Xu asked coldly again: "I'll ask you again, where did Jiang Xiajun get the turmeric oil? What color is the turmeric oil used now? You shouldn't know it!"

A few days ago, Jiangxia warships threw turbulent oil tanks to attack the sand wall. One of them was not broken, which made Cao's army obtain the turbulent oil sample of Jiangxia army. Everyone in the tent knew about this, but how could this soldier possibly answered it? He lowered his head and trembled all over.

Jia Xu stared at him for a while, his eyes were full of anger. He turned around and knelt down for Cao Ren, "Please make the decision for me!"

Cao Ren knew it well, and he glared at Cao Hong fiercely. Cao Hong also lowered his head with guilt. He didn't expect that he would show up so quickly, which made him very angry. He wanted to kill the soldier with one knife. At this time, Cao Ren shouted loudly: "Come!"

More than a dozen personal soldiers rushed in, Cao Ren pointed to the soldier, "Drag this person out and beat him to death!"

The personal soldiers grabbed the soldier like an eagle and caught a chicken. The soldier begged Cao Hong, but Cao Hong turned his back and was dragged out for a moment. Cao Ren glared at Jin again, "Do you know your crime?"

Yu Jin secretly scolded Cao Hong for being troubled and insisted on finding a stupid person to testify. He was exposed in just a few words. It would be better to use the method he eavesdropped on. Anyway, there is no evidence, at least he will not fall into it. But at this time he had no choice but to kneel down and "I will know the crime!"

Cao Ren stared at him and said, "You relax your vigilance and were ambushed by the enemy, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army. This is your crime of misinspection. You should have been beheaded, but the Prime Minister has an order. He must deal with it himself, so I will spare you for the time being, but I will be punished by death. I will drag you out to beat a hundred military sticks and demoted you to the general of the military!"

Although he escaped and died, Yu Jin was extremely sad when he thought of his relegation from General Huwei to General Tooth. He could only say with tears in his eyes: "The last general Xie General Xie for not killing him!"

Several soldiers took him out for a scepter, and Cao Ren angrily scolded Cao Hong, "Get out if you don't want me to get out!"

Cao Hong looked ashamed and hurriedly stepped down. Li Dian also retreated. Only Cao Ren and Jia Xu were left in the tent. Cao Ren helped Jia Xu up and comforted him, "Sir, I understand it very well."

At this time, Jia Xu's heart was cold. He killed the soldier and beat Yu Jin, but Cao Hong, who framed him, was not hurt at all. What is this to deal with?

Jia Xu knew in his heart that if Cao Hong had falsely accused other counselors, no matter who they were, Cao Ren would not let Cao Hong go. He would at least have to blame a hundred military sticks as a punishment, but only when it was his turn, Cao Ren let Cao Hong go lightly.

The fundamental reason is still in Cao Ang and Cao Anmin. Perhaps with Dian Wei, Cao Ren respects him on the surface, but in his heart, he hates him to the core like Cao Hong.

This hatred was vividly expressed from today's scene, but there was a little more hypocrisy to cover it up, which made Jia Xu's thoughts go away. He sighed and said, "The next battle is a protracted war. My stay here will only make the general embarrassed. I want to go back to Yecheng to visit my mother and hope that the general will be on leave."

Cao Ren thought to himself, 'Jia Xu and Cao Hong are in the same situation. If Cao Hong plots against Jia Xu, he will cause trouble, so it would be better to send him away!'

He nodded and agreed, "Sir, how can I not be satisfied with such filial piety, come!"

A personal military garrison commander walked in quickly, knelt down and bowed, "Please give orders to the general!"

"You can lead a team of soldiers to guard Jia Join the Army back to Yecheng without any mistakes!"

"Abide by the order!"
Chapter completed!