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Cao Cao made the decision to negotiate peace and authorized Cao Pi to be fully responsible for the negotiations. In fact, this was a decent failure of the Cao army. Cao's army could not defeat the Han army in national strength and had to seek peace.

Cao Cao was also very clear that losing Hefei was inevitable, but if Shouchun could be preserved, he could still maintain a foundation south of the Huai River. More importantly, the people in Hefei moved to Shouchun, making Shouchun a big city with a population of 200,000.

Shouchun is not comparable to Hefei in terms of status and strength. Giving Hefei and maintaining Shouchun will allow Cao's army to still have a certain influence in the southeast direction. Although Shouchun's strategic position in Jiangdong is not as good as Hefei, it is backed by the Huai River. As long as Shouchun is not lost, it will not be so easy for the Han army to cross the Huai River and go north to the Central Plains. At this level, Shouchun also has certain strategic value.

This was Cao Cao's wishful thinking. He gave up Hefei and preserved Shouchun, so that the Han army had to set up an alliance under the city in Shouchun and accept the influence of Cao's army continuing to be south of the Huai River when its national strength was almost exhausted.

Although Cao Cao thought it wonderfully, Liu Jing may not accept it. The reason why the Han army took a year to fight for the national strength to launch the Hefei Battle was not just to seize the dominance of Jiangdong.

A deeper significance of the Hefei Battle is to compete for the Jianghuai River. Once Hefei is captured, the Han and Cao armies will no longer divide the boundary with the Yangtze River, but will push the power line north to the Huaihe River line, which will echo the capture of Nanyang County east and west.

Therefore, the Battle of Hefei not only includes one city in Hefei, but also Shouchun and even Guangling City in the east, including the entire Jianghuai region. It only puts the battlefield in Hefei City. If Cao Cao wants to admit defeat in the Battle of Hefei, he must give up Shouchun at the same time. This is Liu Jing's bottom line.

Both sides have their own thoughts, so they can only compete in front of the negotiation stand and behind the negotiation stand.

On the morning of that day, a team of Cao army cavalry guarded Wang Lang to the Han army camp outside Hefei City. Wang Lang was about 60 years old. He was the county magistrate of Kuaiji. After Sun Ce conquered Kuaiji, Wang Lang returned to the court after many twists and turns, served as the counselor of the Sikong military, and later became the county magistrate of Wei. This time he followed Cao Pi to the south and was named the magistrate of the army.

Wang Lang was one of Cao Pi's confidants. When he served as a military officer, he actually obtained the power of Cao's army to manage the military, laying the foundation for Cao Pi to fully control the military. This time, he came to negotiate a ceasefire with the Han army at the order of Cao Pi.

In front of the Han army camp, the military advisor Fa Zheng had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Wang Lang coming, Fa Zheng greeted him with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."

Wang Lang quickly turned over and dismounted, bowed and bowed back, and said politely: "Let the French military advisor wait for a long time."

Wang Lang himself had no prejudice against the Han army, and the Han army captured Kuaiji County, causing the Jiangdong army to return in a defeat. In some ways, Wang Lang felt a sigh of anger that had been depressed for many years.

"Is Your Highness the King of Han in the military camp?" Wang Lang asked with a smile again.

"His Royal Highness of the Han Dynasty is in the Chaohu Naval Army camp and is not in the military camp for the time being."

Fazheng's answer made Wang Lang understand in his heart that today was not a formal negotiation between the Han army, and both sides were testing. Wang Lang smiled and said, "I hope to meet with His Highness the King of Han as soon as possible."

"This is also our expectation, please."

"please"

Fa Zheng general Wang Lang and his deputy envoy Chen Jiao invited him to the Han army camp and came to the side tent. Both sides divided the guests to sit down. The Han army accompanied Fa Zheng to negotiate, and the chief Bo Qin Mi. Both sides had deputy envoys, and they were both heavyweights, showing their importance to negotiations.

A soldier got hot tea, and Fa Zheng smiled and said, "I heard that it has snowed in Hebei for the second time, and it seems that it is a bit late this winter."

"Compared with last year, this year is indeed much later. This year only has light snowfall twice, and there has been a blizzard at this time last year. In contrast, the impact of light snow on traffic this year is really not worth worrying about."

Wang Lang tried to downplay the adverse effects of the weather on Cao's army, but both sides knew very well that once the second snow came, the first snow would arrive soon, which would not be as simple as a light snow. Heavy snow would have a great obstacle to Cao's army's food transportation.

Of course, Liu Jing didn't know the fact that Cao's army had finished their food, which was the highest secret information of Cao's army. If Liu Jing knew this information, he would inevitably refuse to negotiate with Cao's army, but would continue to besiege Hefei and force Cao's army to make full concessions.

In fact, the Han army's grain station in Hefei could only last until early February. If the food and grass from Chaisang were not sent in early February, the Han army in Hefei would also have no food. This was also the top secret information of the Han army, and Cao army did not know about it.

After a few greetings between the two sides, they began to get to the point. Wang Lang sighed and said, "This Hefei battle lasted for a year and had a great impact on the people's livelihood in the world. Duke Wei could not bear to the people's suffering again, so he suggested that both sides stop the battle in Hefei, hoping to get a response from the Han army."

Fa Zheng smiled slightly, "Spring plowing is approaching, and my Han King is willing to end the battle in Hefei as soon as possible and is willing to respond to the initiative of Duke Wei."

Both sides expressed their opinion and were willing to end the Hefei War, but it was Cao Fang who took the initiative to end the battle, that is, Cao's army seeking peace, so the Cao army must make concessions. Both sides knew this well and could not be ambiguous.

Wang Lang pondered for a moment and said, "In order to show the sincerity of Cao's army, Duke Wei was willing to give up Hefei and withdraw his troops back to Shouchun. Duke Wei proposed to use Chengde County as the boundary, and the Han army south of Chengde County, and the area north of Chengde County, including Chengde County, belongs to Wei State. I wonder if the Han army can accept Duke Wei's sincerity."

Wang Lang's implication was to tell Fazheng that the Cao army at most gave Chengde County to the Han army, which was the potential concession condition for Cao army.

Fa Zheng shook his head, "We don't think this is the sincerity of Duke Wei. If Duke Wei is really sincere, it should be based on the Huai River. The Han army can guarantee that it will not cross the Huai River within two years."

Wang Lang's face suddenly changed drastically. The other party really wanted Shouchun. How could he wink Chen Jiao quickly? Chen Jiao understood and immediately said solemnly: "Hefei is the first strategic location of Jianghuai. To defend Hefei, Cao's army has devoted all its national strength and paid a heavy price of tens of thousands of casualties. Now Hefei is still in the hands of Cao's army. We are willing to give up Hefei for the sake of the people's livelihood in the world. This is the greatest sincerity. Why is the Han army still greedy and looking forward to Shu?"
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