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According to the normal plan, Cao Cao would return to Yedu from Yi County, but the failure of Cao's army in Nanyang County disrupted his plan. It was a heart-wrenching problem that he could not get rid of. After a short rest in Yi County, Cao Cao led an army of tens of thousands of elite troops to Nanyang.

Wancheng, although Cao Ren has been worried about the defeat of Xiangyang, and hopes that the time for Cao Cao's anger can be delayed again. He imagines that the cold winter in the Northeast region will approach and the war will be extended, and it will not end until next spring.

At that time, the situation will change, such as the outbreak of the Jingzhou family's civil war, and he can take the opportunity to make up for his previous defeat.

It’s a pity that ideals are full, but reality is very skinny. As soon as autumn arrived, Cao’s army ended the battle in Liucheng. Cao Cao personally led the army south to Wancheng. Cao Ren had to bite the bullet and face the storm and storm. The key is that he could not explain to Cao Cao about Jia Xu.

In Wancheng, Cao Ren led dozens of generals to kneel down in front of Cao Cao's horse and said tremblingly: "The last general Cao Ren welcomes the Prime Minister into the city."

Cao Cao looked at the generals. Jia Xu, Le Jin, Cao Hong and Li Dian, four generals, disappeared, which made him feel sad. He was not furious, but waved his hand, "Please get up, all the generals."

Everyone stood up, Cao Ren felt that Cao Cao's tone was calm, and there was no storm he was worried about. He felt a little relieved and hurriedly said, "Please enter the city."

Cao Cao rushed into Wancheng. He went straight to the lobby of the yamen and sat down, and held everyone away. There were only Cheng Yu, Cao Ren, Yu Jin and Mao Jie in the lobby. Cao Cao then asked Yu Jin and said, "I heard that you were captured, and then you escaped."

Cao Ren's heart was shocked. He did not say that Yu Jin was arrested. Where did the Prime Minister know? He felt even more uneasy and felt that the Prime Minister knew everything.

Yu Jin looked ashamed and stepped forward and bowed, "My subordinates are incompetent and cannot defeat Liu Jing. They were captured alive by him, but fortunately, their subordinates are lucky and get help from a village party and are half-escaping."

Yu Jin then told him about his escape process, but there was a little change. He escorted the two of them into more than a dozen people. One of the soldiers was organized into his fellow countrymen. It was this fellow countrymen who cut off the rope that bound him, which made him snatch the knife and kill people, kill several people in a row. The rest jumped into the river to escape. He forced the boatman to sail the boat back to the north shore.

This is a response statement he and Cao Ren discussed. The key is that there is no evidence. As long as it is reasonable, it can be reasonable, so that Jia Xu's affairs can be covered up.

Cao Cao did not delve into Yu Jin's capture, but just smiled, "It seems that you are really destined to be with Liu Jing. This is the first time you have been defeated by him. If he kills you, life will be boring."

Yu Jin was ashamed and could not say a word for a while. Cao Cao's face darkened and he stared at Cao Ren gloomyly and asked, "What's going on with Jia He? Come here to tell me the truth. If you dare to hide it at all, I will peel you off."

Cao Ren felt his legs weak. He wanted to stop, but finally he knelt down and had to tell the conflict between Cao Hong and Jia Xu as if he was talking about it.

When he came to Nanyang, Cheng Yu implicitly told Cao Cao that it was inappropriate to ask Jia Xu to go to Nanyang to supervise the war. At this time, Cao Cao already knew about Zhang Xiu's suicide. Only then did he realize that he underestimated the revenge of Cao's brother and Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu.

This is actually Cao Cao's responsibility. He treats others as himself and underestimates Cao Ang and the hatred left on the family by Cao Anmin's death. Cao Cao sighed secretly, and his heart was relieved of Cao Ren. He asked Cao Ren again: "What happened again that made Jia He surrender to Jiangxia."

Cao Ren had already felt Cao Cao's tone relaxed and quickly explained: "Because Liu Jing ambushed General Yu Jin, the timing was accurate, so we suspected that someone had leaked the plan. At this moment, there was a rumor in the military camp that Jia He secretly communicated with Liu Jing. After the confrontation between several parties, although it was proved that Jia He was innocent, Cao Hong and him were in the same situation.

At this time, Jia He also offered to go back to Yedu, so I agreed and sent someone to escort him back. Unexpectedly, half of the robbery by Gan Ning, Jia He was captured to Jiangxia. As for how he surrendered to Liu Jing later, his subordinates really don’t know."

Cao Cao was so experienced. He heard that Cao Ren had some unfinished words about Cao Hong. Cao Ren said it vaguely, but this was his family matter, and Cao Hong was still in Jiangxia, so Cao Cao stopped asking more questions.

He pondered for a moment and asked Mao Jie: "What is the biggest shortcomings of our army in this battle in Xiangyang?"

Mao Jie was also a little worried that Cao Cao would hold him accountable for his failure. He was uneasy. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao asked Jia Xu about the matter and stopped asking about the reason for the defeat in Xinye. He was also a little calmer and hurriedly said: "I believe that the lack of warships is the biggest weakness of our army. In this battle of Xiangyang, the reason why we have been passive in the battle of Xiangyang is that we have lost twice is because the Jiangxia navy has sharply controlled the river surface. If we want to continue to attack Jiangxia and Jiangdong, there must be thousands of warships."

Cao Cao nodded, "It is necessary to pacify the south, warships are necessary, and they need armaments. I don't know how many warships we have in our hands now."

Speaking of warships, Cao Ren couldn't help but feel ashamed. He was the chief general. He didn't want to reject this responsibility, so he said: "Report to the Prime Minister, we were defeated in the water battle. There was no warship in his hands, only a dozen small fishing boats. His subordinates really had no face to see the Prime Minister."

Cao Cao couldn't help but frowned. There were only a dozen small boats, so how could he go south next year

"How many ships are there in Xiangyang?" Cao Cao asked again.

"The Xiangyang navy was also annihilated by Jiangxia. As far as I know, there are only a dozen ferries at most."

Cao Cao was silent, and he realized the seriousness of the warship problem. If this problem was not solved, his plan to conquer the southern expedition would be the flower in the mirror.

At this time, Cheng Yu smiled and said, "I heard that there are more than 100,000 giant trees in the Xiangyang government warehouse, which are all excellent materials for shipbuilding. If we get it, we can build thousands of warships within a year."

Cao Ren shook his head and said, "It's too late. From the news from Xiangyang, Cai Mao and Liu Jing reached an agreement, and Xiangyang used these woods to exchange for Fancheng and Xinye and other Jiangbei lands."

"Then why don't you stop it?"

Cao Cao finally became furious and slapped the table and scolded Cao Ren, "Since you know this, why don't you stop Cai Mao and let him go. Don't you know the importance of warships to us?"

Cao Ren was so scared that he was trembling and looked down and did not dare to touch him. Cao Cao walked a few steps behind his back, suppressing his anger and asked, "When did this happen?"

"Just a while ago, less than a month."

Cheng Yu said, "If this is the case, there should be a part of the giant trees in the warehouse. It is impossible to transport them all within one month. The Prime Minister must make a decision immediately."

Cao Cao nodded. In fact, he had already thought about it clearly. Now he just wanted to implement it immediately. Cao Cao immediately wrote a handwritten letter and handed it to Cao Ren, "Send someone to send it to Cai Mao."

Cao Ren immediately ran out of the lobby, handed the letter to his personal soldiers, gave a few instructions, and returned to the lobby. Cao Cao then ordered: "The army immediately went south to conquer Xinye Fancheng, and drink Mahan River."

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Although Cao Cao was far from preparing to attack Jingzhou and Jiangdong in large numbers, this did not hinder his attack on Xiangyang. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun had long surrendered to him secretly. He is now just here to harvest the ripe crops and lay the foundation for his army to officially move south.

The 50,000 Cao troops were led by Cao Cao and marched southwards. The Queen of Heaven arrived in Fancheng, and the Jiangbei Governor Zhang Yunxian Fancheng and Xinye surrendered to Cao Cao.

On the surging Han River, Cao Cao stared at Xiangyang City on horseback. He turned around and smiled at the generals and said, "When I was young, I went to Xiangyang City to pay homage to Cai Feng in order to get the appreciation of this great scholar. This flash of ten years has passed. Today, I think about youthful things, and it is still vivid in my mind. It seems that it happened last night. Do you have this feeling?"

Zhang Liao smiled behind him and said, "The Prime Minister is a normal person, and his subordinates often feel this way. When you are touched by something, you will think of the past many years ago."

Cao Cao nodded, pointed to Xiangyang with a horse whip, and asked Zhang Yun with a smile: "General Zhang, can Xiangyang build a ship?"

Zhang Yun bowed and smiled flatteringly, "Reported to the Prime Minister, twenty miles east is the Xiangyang Navy camp, and next to the camp is the shipbuilding station. It covers a large area and has more than a thousand officials and craftsmen. During this period, they are rushing to build ferries day and night. Not only are officials, but in fact, there are private shipbuilding stations everywhere in Jingzhou. They are collected, and the scale is quite large."

"Will these officials escape in the chaos?"

"Please rest assured that Military Advisor Cai has considered this point, so he sent two thousand troops to guard the shipbuilding station, and they cannot escape."

Cao Cao remembered something again and asked: "How many shipbuilding materials are there in the Xiangyang warehouse?"

"This... Bei Zhi is not very clear about it, but some time ago, a large number of ships in Jiangxia came to transport them, and many of them were transported away, and it was probably only left."

"Only left"

Cao Cao's face suddenly sank, his eyes were filled with anger, and only he could live, what's the point

At this time, Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Actually, the Prime Minister doesn't have to worry about this. There are more than Jingzhou, and there are many shipbuilding craftsmen in the world, both sides of the Yellow River. The Prime Minister, who collected more than 10,000 people, and more than Jingzhou's shipbuilding trees. Later, the subordinates remembered that there were a lot of shipbuilding warehouses in Nanpi and Liyang. If they collected the materials from the world, they should be able to fully meet the needs of shipbuilding."

"How to solve the problem of transportable"

Mao Jie also explained from the side: "My grandfather is also good at building ships. I have seen them transport wood, using tung oil to brush a few pieces of wood. After the shade is dry, they are not afraid of water seeping. They directly tie it into wood radius and float it from the water, saving time and effort."

"Okay," Cao Cao nodded happily and said to Mao Jie: "I will leave this matter to you to coordinate. You can send orders to all counties and counties in the world to transport shipbuilding trees to Nanyang. They must be transported within two months, otherwise the county magistrate will ask."

"Subordinates obey orders"

Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu again: "I want to leave the shipbuilding matter to Zhongde for full responsibility. This matter is of great importance. I am not at ease to leave it to others. Only Zhongde can let me fall asleep on the table."
Chapter completed!