After leaving the camp, the Han army rushed south rapidly. The road was not smooth. It took about one day to march for more than 100 miles. After the army forcibly marched for three hours, it had already left the camp. Liu Jing hoped to get news from Wei Yan's army and Cao's army later, so he ordered the army to rest on the spot for half an hour.

At this time, night had quietly come, and tens of thousands of Han troops temporarily rested in a wide valley. The valley was surrounded by patrols and scouts, watching the movements from the front and back with vigilant eyes. Liu Jing sat alone on a big rock, staring at a crescent moon in the sky, and fell into deep thought.

Fa Zheng slowly walked over, and he sighed apologetically and said, "This time I fell into the plan of Cao's army, and I have a great responsibility. I hope the provincial governor can punish me!"

Liu Jing looked back at him, with a soft smile in his eyes, "Why do military advisors blame themselves so much?"

"If it weren't for my mistake in judgment, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been so passive. How could I not blame myself?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "I don't want to excuse you. You do have a responsibility for this matter, but it's not serious. In fact, the root of it is still in me. This Beizhan was too hasty. I was eager to go north and was not fully prepared. I lacked awareness of the difficulties of Beizhan, so that there was a problem of food and grass transportation. This is the root of our trap."

Fa Zheng lowered his head, and after a long time he asked again, "Does the governor of the state want to withdraw his troops and return to Hanzhong?"

Liu Jing sighed, "I don't want to withdraw my troops either, but this battle has taught me a lot of things. Some things cannot be rushed. Only by accumulating a lot can you make a lot of money. Let's go step by step!"

At this time, a personal soldier hurriedly came to report, "Report to the governor of the state, General Zhao sent him an emergency military situation."

"Bring me quickly!"

Liu Jing has always been worried about the situation in Xicheng Camp. He has decided to retreat. Then the safety of Xicheng Camp is related to whether he can escape unstoppable. After a moment, a report soldier was brought up. He bowed and took out Zhao Yun's second letter. It was different from the first letter, which used red paper, which means that this time it was a good newspaper.

The sky was not completely dark. Taking advantage of the half-dilm and half-dark sky, Liu Jing hurriedly read Zhao Yun's letter. He was overjoyed. Zhao Yun led three thousand troops to kill Xiahou Yuan in the Ancient Valley and defeated more than 10,000 troops heading north of Xiahou Yuan. This was simply a great news.

He smiled and handed the letter to Fa Zheng, "Look at the military advisor! Encouraging news."

Fa Zheng took the letter and looked at it, and immediately said excitedly: "It's simply a battle to turn the world around!"

Liu Jing nodded. Zhao Yun's successful ambush of Xiahou Yuan did indeed turn the situation around, preventing himself from the severe situation of being attacked from both sides, and creating conditions for himself to escape unscathed. Since Zhao Yun was able to successfully ambush Xiahou Yuan in Chenyuan Valley, Liu Jing was also full of confidence in the Xicheng Camp.

At this time, Liu Jing asked again: "Is there no news from Wei Yan yet?"

Soon, the scout urged the horse to come and report: "Qi Bizhou Governor, General Wei sent people to report that Cao's army had a fierce attack, and his troops were too few, more than half of them were killed or injured, and he could no longer resist it. He was forced to retreat. Please ask the provincial governor to retreat south quickly."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment. Although Xiahou Yuan was killed, he was no longer worried about being affected by the enemy from both sides and could give up on the main force of the Cao army, but there were still 50,000 Cao troops attacking the city on the Xicheng camp, which still had worries. He had to give up the idea of ​​fighting and said to his left and right orders: "Send my order quickly, and the army will set off to retreat south immediately!"

After the order was passed, the soldiers stood up one after another and set off. At this time, Fa Zheng smiled at Liu Jing and said, "You can report General Zhao's military letter to Cao Cao, and I believe he will make the correct judgment."

Liu Jing nodded and said to his personal soldiers: "Bring the captured spies up!"

The soldiers quickly brought the two captured Cao army spies, Liu Jing handed Zhao Yun's letter to them, and told them: "I'll let you go back. You can hand this letter to Prime Minister Cao and tell him a sentence, 'The fish will be broken if you die!"

The two spies kowtowed and thanked him for leaving. Liu Jing watched them walk away, and then urged the horse to follow the team and quickly retreated to the south.

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In order to open the passage as soon as possible, Cao Cao did not hesitate to use the tiger and leopard cavalry. Under the fierce attacks of Cao's army, more than half of the Wei Yan's army were injured and killed and forced to retreat. Despite this, Cao Cao's army was blocked by Wei Yan's five thousand troops for an entire hour and a half.

This annoyed Cao Cao. He pointed at Cao Chun with a horse whip on the side of the road and scolded loudly: "I spent countless money and food to make you build elite cavalry. Is this your achievement? Three thousand cavalry were blocked by five thousand infantry for an hour and a half, and more than 500 cavalry were killed and injured. How do you explain to me!"

Cao Chun had reason, not that his cavalry was not ineffective in combat, and the terrain was not conducive to cavalry combat. Even if there were 10,000 cavalry, they could only invest less than 100 cavalry at a time. How could this have a cavalry effect? ​​But Cao Chun did not dare to explain and lowered his head to accept the reprimand of the Prime Minister.

Yu Jinzhan came forward tremblingly and asked for instructions: "Wei Yan's army has retreated. Will we continue to pursue?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Cao Cao asked with a calm face.

Seeing the prime minister angry, Yu Jin did not dare to ask any more questions, and immediately led the soldiers to pursue the south. The army chased for more than fifty miles. It was already dark. It was two o'clock. Cao Cao's army carried the torch south, and the flames were dotted, like a long fire dragon.

At this time, several patrolmen brought two spies up, "Report to the Prime Minister, these two are spies of our army, and they brought news about Liu Jing."

"What are you going to say?" Cao Cao asked coldly immediately.

Two spies knelt down and presented a letter to Cao Cao, "Report to the Prime Minister, this is the letter that Liu Jing asked us to hand over to the Prime Minister!"

Cao Cao took the letter and immediately a guard raised a torch behind him. With the light of the fire, Cao Cao hurriedly read the letter. Although the letter was a good news from Zhao Yun to Liu Jing, the content of it surprised Cao Cao. Xiahou Yuan was ambushed and killed in battle. He was stunned as if he was struck by lightning.

At this time, a man rode a horse and rushed to Xiahou Ba, the son of Xiahou Yuan. He ran to Cao Cao, turned over and dismounted and cried, "Prime Minister, my father and younger brother died tragically in the army. The Prime Minister wants to make the decision for me!"

This ambush not only Xiahou Yuan was killed, but the fifth son Xiahou Rong, who was following Xiahou Yuan, also died tragically among the chaos.

Cao Cao quickly helped Xiahou Ba up. Xiahou Yuan had a brotherly relationship with him. Now he was ambushed by the enemy and died in battle. Cao Cao felt sorrowful. He felt a sense of sorrow that he wanted to cry loudly. Before he knew it, he wiped away the tears and endured the grief and said, "My nephew, please be mournful and follow the changes. One day, I will use Liu Jing's head to sacrifice to your father's undead."

He turned around and asked the two spies, "What else should I report?"

"And it's also Liu Jing who asked us to bring a message to the Prime Minister."

"explain!"

"It's just that he hopes the Prime Minister won't be defeated."

"The fish is defeated by the death! The fish is defeated by the death!"

Cao Cao murmured for a few words, and suddenly shouted: "Does he still want to escape without hesitation after he killed my brother?"

Cao Cao was furious and ordered a stern voice: "Start up the march, kill Liu Jing, who is the Duke of the Kingdom and the Marquis of Ten Thousand Houses, and reward the rich land for thousands of acres!"

Amid Cao Cao's roar, Cao's soldiers accelerated the marching speed again. Cao Chun personally led three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to pursue him in front. Although Cao Cao was furious, the road soon became narrow and rugged, which was not suitable for the cavalry to run. Cao's cavalry had to lead his horse and slowly move, and the marching speed quickly dropped.

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At the fifth update, Liu Jing finally led the army back to the camp south of the west city. At this time, Zhao Yun and Zhang Ren had already received the order from Liu Jing to send someone to send. They had packed up the tent supplies and prepared to withdraw the troops.

In the light of the fire, Liu Jing urged the horses to enter the camp, and his heart finally let go. At this time, Zhao Yun, Pang Tong and Zhang Ren led the generals to salute. Liu Jing nodded and praised: "This time we can escape unscathed, which is the result of you fighting to the death to resist the attack of Cao's army. I will not forget your achievements, but now... we are going home."

Zhao Yun, Zhang Ren and others looked at each other, and Zhao Yun stepped forward and said, "We are still in strength and can fight against Cao's army. Why doesn't the provincial governor insist?"

Liu Jing sighed and said, "This Northern Expedition is not fully prepared, and the food problem has always been our weakness. Even if we have the upper hand now, we may not be able to seize Guanzhong. Let's go back and prepare well, calm down and prepare for the war, and strive for the next success."

Speaking of this, he looked back at Xu Huang's camp in the distance, turned his eyes to the dark Xicheng city wall, shook his head gently, and then ordered: "Tell me my order, the army retreated south!"

Nearly 70,000 troops began to retreat slowly and retreat towards Hanzhong. At this time, Pang Tong stepped forward and suggested: "Weizhi suggested occupying Licheng as our stronghold on Qishan Road, creating conditions for the next northern expedition."

Liu Jing nodded, this plan could be adopted, and he immediately said to Zhang Renling: "Burn the camp with one fire, leaving nothing to Cao's army!"

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Cao Cao led his army to Xicheng after dawn. On the way, he saw the flames lit up in the south. He knew that it was Liu Jing who burned the camp and retreated south.

At this time, Cao Cao finally calmed down. Xun You took the opportunity to persuade him: "Although he was unable to completely wipe out Liu Jing's army, at least he defeated Liu Jing's northern expedition, and we have gained something. If we chase south, we will attack Hanzhong. Frankly speaking, Hanzhong is now a quagmire for us, and once we get stuck, it will be difficult to get out. I hope the Prime Minister thinks twice!"

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Actually, I also understand in my heart that although the Han army failed in the Northern Expedition this time, I also paid a heavy price. My destruction in the battle made me feel deeply sad. But how can I not die in a war? He can die on the battlefield, which is considered a place to die. I will not chase south again. This battle ends here, and return to Yecheng to accumulate energy!"

At this time, Xu Huang, Hao Zhao and Chen Qun stepped forward to salute, Cao Cao sighed and said to everyone: "Miaocai has been killed. I don't want to hold the responsibility for not taking down the enemy camp for the time being. Since Liu Jing retreated, I believe he will make a comeback. Xicheng will be the most important moment for us to defend the Han army from the north. We must deploy heavy troops to garrison."

Everyone was ashamed and bowed together, "Thank you for your gratitude for not reproaching me!"

Cao Cao said to Hao Zhao again: "General Hao led 10,000 troops to station in Xicheng, and there must be no carelessness."

Hao Zhao quickly saluted, "As for the order of humble duty!"
Chapter completed!