The setting sun fades away at the end of the horizon.

Next to the mountain spring in the woods, dozens of dragoon guards held torches and surrounded Liu Wei and others in the center.

Dozens of torches burned, illuminating the surrounding area.

Wang Liu lay flat on the ground next to the mountain spring. ，

Her eyes were tightly closed, her cheeks flushed in the light of the fire, and her breathing was more rapid than when she had just fallen unconscious.

Squatting beside her, Hua Tuo first probed her forehead with the back of his hand, and then picked up her wrist and took her pulse.

"How?" Standing behind Hua Tuo, Liu Wei bent down and asked in a low voice.

"Thankfully, it's not too late!" Looking back at Liu Wei, Hua Tuo said to him: "Your Highness first used cold water to cover General Wang Liu's forehead, and then let her hold burdock root, although it is hot, but it is not extremely hot, and His Majesty still has a way to heal." ”

"Didn't hurt the bones, did you?" In the past two days, Liu Wei was most worried that Wang Liu's bones were injured, and once the bone marrow flowed into the bloodstream, even if it was an immortal, he was afraid that he would not be able to save Wang Liu.

Shaking his head, Hua Tuo said to Liu Wei: "If the bones are damaged, there is nothing your subordinates can do!" ”

While talking, he took out the medicine box, selected a few herbs from it, and said to a guard on the side: "Go and decoct this medicine thoroughly, feed General Wang Liu, and wake up at this time tomorrow." ”

The guard bowed, took the herbs handed to him by Hua Tuo with both hands, and went to decoction for Wang Liu.

learned from Hua Tuo's mouth that Wang Liu should wake up on the second day, and Liu Bian's hanging heart finally fell into his stomach.

At the same time that Liu Wei was stationed in Songshan, he was in Nanpicheng in Hebei.

Cao Cao, who had recently captured Nanpi, was full of melancholy.

When the Qin army entered Hebei, Liyang and Yecheng were guarded like iron buckets, and the military rights of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were also deprived by the Qin army, and all Yuan troops were incorporated into the Qin army sequence.

In this way, if Cao Jun wants to seize Hebei, it is as difficult as ascending to the sky.

Sitting in the front hall of the Nanpi Mansion, Cao Cao's brows were tightly locked, and he asked a strategist sitting in the hall: "I lost Xu Du and lost my Majesty today, and this morning I have no ability to issue an edict to the world, and the Qin army is stationed in Hebei again, what do you think should be done?" ”

Everyone in the hall bowed their heads and remained silent.

The current situation, in anyone's opinion, is very clear.

Although Cao's army broke through Nanpi, Nanpi is just a small city in Hebei.

Defending Nanpi, once the Qin army besieges the city, the Cao army will eventually end up with no way back and can only be annihilated.

The current situation has long become a dead end, if Cao Cao is still entangled in Hebei, the battle for hegemony in the Central Plains will not be long before there will be a result.

Of course, that result was something that Cao Cao and his subordinates did not want to see.

Silent!

There was silence in the vast hall.

All the strategists in the hall bowed their heads and were silent, and no one proposed to Cao Cao a proposal that could reverse the situation.

Looking around at everyone, Cao Cao's brows were tightly locked, and seeing that no one spoke, he asked again: "What are you waiting for?" Why is no one talking? ”

"Cao Gong!" Seeing that Cao Cao was a little moved, Xun You stood up, clasped his fists and said to Cao Cao: "The Qin army is stationed in Hebei, and now whether it is Liyang or Yecheng, our army is usually difficult to break. Once the army falls into a death match, it is Cao Gong who suffers after all. ”

"What does the public mean, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Hearing Xun You's words, Cao Cao hurriedly gestured to him to please.

"The subordinates heard that the crown prince of Goryeo was killed, and the murderer left behind a short sword engraved with the word Liaodong!" Putting down the fists he had picked up, Xun You said to Cao Cao: "The Qin army is stationed in Hebei, and our army is already irretrievable from the situation, and now Cao Gong should take advantage of the situation to send troops to Liaodong, and after occupying Liaodong, he will try to advance south in the future!" ”

Compared with Hebei, Liaodong is located further to the north and the climate is colder.

Although the black soil in Liaodong is very fertile, the long winter every year makes the growth cycle of crops there very short.

The crop growth cycle is short, indicating that the harvest season is different from that of Jianghuai, Hebei and other places, and there is only one harvest per year, and the preparation of grain and grass is much more difficult than that of the Central Plains.

Occupy Liaodong and then try to advance south in the future, it will not be more convenient to sit on the Central Plains in the first place.

But the advance of the Qin army has entered Hebei, and more Qin troops will advance in a big way when the war starts.

Once that time comes, Cao Jun has no chance of turning the tables at all.

Twisting his brows and muttering for a long time, Cao Cao finally nodded and said, "Just according to Gongda's words!" ”

As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, a person in the hall stood up, strode to the middle of the front hall, hugged his fists and said to him: "Cao Gong, Hebei must not be lost!" ”

It was none other than Xun Yu's uncle Xun Yu who stood up and spoke.

Looking at Xun Yu, Cao Cao said with a face full of entanglement: "How can I not know that Hebei cannot be lost, but now in the shape of shì, our army is trapped in Hebei, it is better to go to Liaodong, once you get the territory of Liaodong, it is not impossible to go south in the future!" ”

"Cao Gong!" Maintaining the posture of holding his hands into fists, Xun Yu said to Cao Cao: "Liaodong is a bitter cold place, Gongsun Du has occupied Liaodong since he has conquered Liaodong, and has repeatedly had the heart to go south, but it is difficult to prepare for grain and grass, and it is not easy to recruit soldiers and horses. Even if Cao Gong won Liaodong, the population and property were insufficient, the army was difficult to prepare, and the soldiers whose families were in the Central Plains would be homesick at that time, I am afraid that it would not be easy to even gain a firm foothold! Leading the army to Liaodong is just a dead end! ”

What Cao Cao was worried about was exactly what Xun Yu said.

He is also entangled, if he arrives in Liaodong, the soldiers under his command will be emotional, and the combat power will be greatly reduced.

At that time, if the Liaodong Army cannot be defeated for a while, he and his generals will fall into a bitter cold place.

With his brows tightly locked, Cao Cao turned his gaze to Xun You's body.

Seeing Cao Cao looking at him, Xun You clenched his fists and said: "Cao Gong, now it is the beginning of spring, and it won't take much time before the weather will get warmer. Although the population of Liaodong is not large, the people of the north are people who can recruit and fight well, and they can rush to the battlefield with only a little training to recruit soldiers and horses. As for the products, once Cao Gong marched south, he could collect grain and grass along the way, so why should Liaodong supply it? ”

Xun You's words also sound very reasonable.

Tightly frowning, Cao Cao finally waved his hand and said to everyone in the hall: "That's it, this matter is settled!" After a short rest, our army went to Liaodong! ”

Cao Cao decided to leave Hebei and led the army to Liaodong.

Yuan Xi, who rushed to Youzhou with 2,000 soldiers earlier, was also summoned by Liu Wei and hurriedly left Youzhou and went to Yecheng.

Between Youzhou and Yecheng, the distance is still very far.

After being summoned by Liu Bian, he set off immediately, and Yuan Xi hurried all the way, and it took more than ten days to reach Yecheng.

As soon as he arrived outside Yecheng City, he felt that something seemed wrong about the situation.

On the wall of Yecheng, there are battle flags of the Qin army, and the battle flags of the Yuan army in the past have long been gone.

The battle flag of the Qin army planted at the head of the city rolled the flag body under the blowing of the wind, and it was also spectacular when viewed from a distance!

Looking at the Qin army that was all over the city of Yecheng standing up, Yuan Xi's face turned a little pale in an instant.

The change of the battle flag indicating the ownership of the city to the banner of the Qin army can only show one problem, the Yuan army in the city is no longer dominant, and the entire city is already under the control of the Qin army.

The foundation of the Yuan clan in Hebei Province is afraid that it has been washed down like a surging river with the change of the battle flag.

was quite sentimental in his heart, and Yuan Xi was helpless, so he could only ride a horse and march slowly towards the gate of Yecheng.

Behind Yuan Xi, in addition to a team of Yuan soldiers accompanying the guards, there was also a burly general.

This person is not someone else, it is Gao Ran, who said goodbye to Liu Wei earlier and wants to return to Hebei.

When Gao Ran returned to Hebei, he inquired all the way, and learned that Yuan's army had suffered another defeat, and Yuan Xi had already led his men and horses to Youzhou, so he hurried all the way to Youzhou.

When they arrived in Youzhou, they met Yuan Xi, and the two talked about what they had seen and experienced in the past many days, and they couldn't help but sigh.

After spending some time in Luoyang City, Gao Ran saw the military appearance of the Qin army with his own eyes.

Referring to the Qin army with Yuan Xi, Gao Ran did not shy away from saying that he thought that the world would fall into the hands of the Qin army in the future.

Yuan Xi, who had already sworn in to Liu Wei, was also silent for a long time after listening to Gao Ran's story.

Yuan Xi's mood was very conflicted.

He hoped that the Qin army would be strong, the world was so big, and only a strong Qin army could defeat Cao Cao.

But at the same time, he was also afraid of the strength of the Qin army.

When he took Zhen Mi to Luoyang, he felt that King Qin was completely different from his early years.

When attacking Gongsun Zhan, King Qin was still a generous royal family, but now King Qin has a little more imperial spirit.

When he met King Qin's gaze, Yuan Xi couldn't see the slightest emotion in his heart.

All he can see is the desire for the country and the control of power.

Today's King Qin has already possessed the bearing of a generation of emperors, and what he lacks is nothing more than to restore the Han Dynasty and become a generation of real emperors.

Riding a war horse, marching towards the gate of Yecheng, Gao Ran leaned behind Yuan Xi and whispered to him: "Childe, Yecheng is afraid that it has fallen into the hands of the Qin army. ”

Nodding, Yuan Xi sighed lightly, turned his head to Gao Ran and said, "King Qin will accept Chan Rang and return to the throne in the near future." He is a promising king, he wants the unification of the world, how can he be willing to put the military power in the hands of the Yuan family? ”

"What are Childe's plans?" Yuan Xi's words revealed a loss that could not be concealed, and Gao Ran then asked in a low voice.

"Loyal to a man, being an official in a prosperous era is always much stronger than holding military power and being a hero in troubled times!" The corners of his mouth barely pulled out a smile, and Yuan Xi pretended to say calmly: "King Qin has seized a certain level of military power, and if he wants to govern Hebei in a certain way, a certain good student can do things for him!" ”