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The rear camp of Cao's army was very quiet and did not launch an attack to retake the front camp.

Since the Han army occupied the front camp last night, it has never launched an attack, but maintained a trend of both offense and defense. From time to time, you can see neatly lined up Han soldiers appearing on the avenue, but soon retreated and the damaged camps were rebuilt, and the Han army also built two high viewing towers.

The real intention of the Han army is hard to understand, but the Cao army is not nervous. After all, the Han army did not approach the back camp. Xun You ordered that the Cao army soldiers should not be removed and the weapons should be kept, and they should try their best to rest. That's how it is, the Cao army camp is silent, and most of the soldiers have fallen asleep.

At this time, Xiahou Dun and Zang Ba hurried to the central army's tent. The tent was brightly lit. Xun You was standing in front of the sand table for a long time and silent, his expression was very heavy.

"Military advisor, what happened?" Xiahou Dun asked when he walked into the tent.

Xun You smiled bitterly and said, "General Xiahou, I have bad news to tell you."

"But Shangbi County is lost," Xiahou Dun asked nervously.

Xun You nodded, but shook his head again and sighed: "If Shangbi County was just lost, I wouldn't have been so anxious to invite the two generals. In fact, the problem is even more serious, Qibei Fort was lost."

"What"

Xiahou Dun and Zang Ba were shocked at the same time. The two looked at each other. They couldn't believe that Qibei Fort was captured by the Han army. Where did the Han army fight from?

But soon, the two of them reacted, and Zang Ba asked in a deep voice: "Is it the Han army coming from Shangbi County?"

"That's right, there are 10,000 people, led by Zhao Yun, who have captured Qibei Fort."

"How is Zhang Heng's situation?" Xiahou Dun asked anxiously.

Zhang Heng is his confidant general, and he doesn't want something to happen to Zhang Heng. Xun You shook his head, "Frankly speaking, I don't know, two scouts who were patrolling the outside world escaped the disaster and came to report to me, General Xiahou, just think about the worst."

Xiahou Dun's fist was tightened. Zhang Heng would not surrender to the other party. Ten was killed. At this time, Xun You said worriedly again: "What I am worried about now is the food problem. If Qibei Fort was captured, our military rations lost supplies. The problem is very serious now."

"How serious is the problem?" Xiahou Dun asked worriedly.

"We have 70,000 troops in our military camp, but only 8,000 stones of food are left. On average, each person can only last for five days at most. What should we do?"

Xiahou Dun and Zang Ba both showed shame on their faces. They shouldn't have been so embarrassed. There were 50,000 stones of grain in the military camp, but most of them were in the front camp. When the front camp was lost, the food was gone. Xun You saw that they were ashamed and comforted them and said, "This has nothing to do with the two generals. This is my responsibility. My poor deployment led to the Han army breaking through Mumenzhai and Shangji County, causing the Han army to enter the Weihe Valley. I was careless. Until I learned that Shangji County was lost, I thought about the danger of Qibei Fortress and it was too late to increase my troops."

Xiahou Dun shook his head, "This is not the responsibility of the military advisor. Liu Jing has always been our strong enemy. He is attacking and we are defense. He takes the initiative and we are in a passive state. It can only be said that we cannot prevent it. If we must hold the responsibility accountable, I think the responsibility should be on Zhang He. After all, the military advisor gave him eight thousand troops, and there was a Mumenzhai almost in a hurry, but he could not defend it. If he was not responsible, who would take responsibility?"

Zang Ba's face next to him was a little unnatural. He had a close relationship with Zhang He, and Xiahou Dun actually turned to Zhang He for all the failure. Then the responsibility for the defeat of the former camp was not responsible for the failure of Xiahou Dun, which caused the rescue of the right wing to be in time and was caught by Liu Jing, how could they have been defeated in a miserable way? More than half of the troops were lost?

Zang Ba sighed in his heart. Xiahou Dun did not blame himself because he saved him once, so Zang Ba kept silent and refused to inquire about the real reason for the defeat in the camp. Only the two of them understood this in their hearts.

At this time, Zang Ba changed the subject and asked: "May I ask the military advisor, when will the Prime Minister arrive in Jicheng?"

"The Prime Minister has arrived in Chang'an, but I heard that Wu Yi's Hanzhong army sneaked into Dasan Pass in Chen Cangdao. Guanzhong is very nervous now. The Prime Minister told me a lot of things. Judging from the Prime Minister's tone in the letter, he may not necessarily come to Longxi."

"What should we do?"

Xiahou Dun immediately said anxiously: "We only have five days of food. How can we defend Shangfang Valley? Otherwise, I will lead thousands of troops to regain Qibei Fort."

As soon as Xiahou Dun finished speaking, a soldier reported outside the tent: "Report to the military advisor, report to General Xiahou, and fire appeared in the direction of Qibei Fort."

The people hurried to the tent and looked north from a distance. Their terrain was high and they could clearly see that the location of Qibei Fort was located was soaring into the sky, the flames were more than twenty meters high, and the smoke was rolling. The people's expressions were frozen. This was the Han army burning Qibei Fort.

After a long time, Xun You sighed and said, "The Prime Minister said in his letter that if the upper valley cannot be defended, he will retreat to Jicheng. Unexpectedly, he will be really criticized by the Prime Minister."

"Did the military advisor decide to withdraw?" Xiahou Dun asked in frustration.

Xun You nodded, "I'll withdraw my troops tonight."

He also said to Zang Ba: "If I was not wrong, Zhao Yun set fire to Qibei Fortress, and actually reported to Liu Jing that Liu Jing might send troops to pursue us. General Zang Ba can lead 10,000 troops as the rear army to stop the Han army's pursuit for us. Please ask General Zang for our safety."

Zang Ba hurriedly bowed and said, "Abide by the orders of humble duties"

On the viewing tower in the front camp, Liu Jing received a report from the soldiers and rushed to the north. He stood on the viewing tower and looked to the north. He saw fires soaring to the sky dozens of miles away. He couldn't help but smile with a gratitude on his face. This was his agreement with Zhao Yun. After seizing Qibei Fort, he would burn the city with fire. Once Qibei Fort is lost, the food of Cao's army will be cut off. Their food storage will not last long, and they will inevitably withdraw soon.

Liu Jing turned around and smiled at Jia Xu, "I originally thought that Long would be able to capture Qibei Fort tomorrow, but I didn't expect that good news would be heard tonight, which is really gratifying."

Jia Xu also smiled and said, "General Zhao has always been steady in his work, and will not be greedy for merit and make progress, nor will he miss the opportunity. It is indeed reassuring. Now that Qibei Fort is lost, Cao's army is about to withdraw. Congratulations to the provincial governor for completely seizing Shangfang Valley."

"I don't know when the military advisors think Cao's army will withdraw."

"The latest day is tomorrow, and the fastest is now."

Liu Jing looked at the Cao army camp, and could not see the movement of Cao army from him. He immediately turned around and ordered: "Where is General Wei Yan?"

Wei Yan hurried forward and bowed and said, "The last general is here."

"You can count as ten thousand spear troops slowly advancing forward, and try to attack Cao's camp without a fierce attack, just test."

"Abide by the order"

Wei Yan went down quickly, and ordered 10,000 spear troops out of the camp, and rushed to the north.

Liu Jing watched the army go away, and a big rock he pressed into his heart finally moved away. Occupying the upper valley means that his power has entered the Weishui River Valley.

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Wei Yan was unable to participate in the battle to attack the front camp, but stayed at the back to defend, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. Now he finally got the opportunity to send troops. As soon as he got on, he was considering that if he took advantage of this opportunity to make another great contribution, it was obvious that the governor of the state thought that Cao's army would retreat north tonight, so he asked him to test Cao's camp. If he really retreated north, would he want to take advantage of the victory to pursue it?

The governor of the state did not give him this military order, but he did not allow him to pursue him while he was victorious. This made Wei Yan very confused and had difficulty making a decision. He rushed with his army and soon, he rushed to the front of the Cao army camp.

Outside the range of crossbow arrows, Wei Yan ordered the soldiers to stop advancing. He looked at Cao's camp in confusion. There should be heavy catapults in the camp. He had already entered the killing range of the catapults, but there was no movement. Did Cao's army really retreat north?

Wei Yan pondered for a moment, and then said to his general Zhang Nanling: "You can lead two thousand troops to attack the enemy camp and order your brothers to pay attention to defense."

"Abide by the order"

Zhang Nan bowed and led two thousand soldiers to rush towards Cao's camp. Wei Yan immediately ordered: "Play the drum to cheer."

The fierce fighting drum sounded, and two thousand soldiers shouted loudly. They held shields in one hand and spear in the other, and rushed towards the Cao army camp. Just as they rushed forward, they saw a dense Cao army suddenly appeared on the wall of the village, and they all fired arrows at the Han army rushing towards them. Tens of thousands of arrows were fired at the heavy rain. The Han soldiers were caught off guard and were shot down more than two people.

Wei Yan saw that Cao's army had at least seven or eight thousand people, and two thousand people rushed up to suffer a great loss, so he hurriedly ordered: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops."

The bell rang, and the Han soldiers rushing forward retreated like a tide.

At this moment, dozens of heavy rocks in the village creaked and fired together. Dozens of kilograms of heavy rocks rose into the air and roared over the head of the Han army. The huge rocks rolled in the crowd. The Han soldiers screamed, and several of them were smashed to pieces and died tragically on the spot.

Wei Yan then realized that he had been fooled. The other party did not fire a huge rock, but wanted to attack first with an arrow, and then smash it with a catapult, causing him to suffer heavy losses. Wei Yan shouted in a hurry: "Retreat quickly."

More than 9,000 people retreated south like a tide. At this time, the second round of huge rocks was thrown out, and the tail army behind them could not run enough, and more people died tragically under the huge rocks.

In just one attack, nearly eight people were killed or injured in the Han army, which made Wei Yan both hated and heartbroken. He had no choice but to send someone to report to Liu Jing that Cao's army was prepared and failed to test, causing him to suffer heavy losses.

Zang Ba stood on the wall of the village and looked at the Han army coldly. The other party sent only 10,000 people, obviously just to test it. It seems that Liu Jing already suspected that they were withdrawing the troops, but even if Liu Jing confirmed it, so what? Will he be willing to send an army of 50,000 to attack his own village at the cost of thousands of casualties?

Zang Ba looked back at the camp. The camp tents in the village were empty. Xun You led an army of 60,000 to retreat north, but the evacuation speed was relatively slow. He had to hold on for another day to buy their army time to evacuate.

Wei Yan evacuated five steps away, and remained silent, waiting for news about the provincial governor. Soon, Liu Jing and Jia Xu led more than 10,000 people to the front of the Cao army camp. Wei Yan stepped forward to report: "The attack on the humble position failed and nearly 1,000 people were lost. Please punish the provincial governor."

"This is my order to test you, it has nothing to do with you. General Wei please get up."

Liu Jing turned around and asked Jia Xu: "Does the military advisor think Cao's army really retreat?"
Chapter completed!