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The next day, it was lightly bright.

The biting cold wind whistled by, and the top of Hangu Pass was covered with silvery white, like crystal clear cream. This was the frost that fell last night.

For the snow-covered wilderness mountains and rivers, this is a real insult to the snow, making it even colder.

In the closed city gate, Guo Jia, who had not been sleeping all night, personally sent Cheng Yu out of seclusion, and Jia Xu and two hundred personal guards were also here to see him off.

"Can Mr. Wenhe be able to make peace with me and let me meet the captured generals of our army before leaving, and at least let me confirm that they are all alive."

When approaching the city gate, Cheng Yu stopped with his war horse. When Jia Xu stepped forward, he whispered earnestly.

Jia Xu was slightly stunned when he heard the sound, and then he narrowed his eyes and looked at Guo Jia with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

When he saw Guo Jia's clear eyes and slightly raised corners of his mouth, Jia Xu immediately understood and knew that Guo Jia had not revealed the current situation of Cao Hong, Cao Zhen and others. Cheng Yu's real intention was to ask Cao Hong and others about their life and death from Jia Xu's mouth.

"Zhongde's words are serious. But there is a bit of inconvenience at the moment. It's not that Jia doesn't let you see it, but that all the prisoners of war captured by our army are detained in the Tongguan camp and are not in Hangu Pass. However, Zhongde can rest assured that our army has always treated prisoners of war well, and has never had any abuse of prisoners of war to death."

After hearing Jia Xu's words, Cheng Yu's expression suddenly changed, his heart became tight, and he was inexplicably full of doubts.

The reason why he spoke just now was to confirm the life and death of Cao Hong and others. In fact, he had already believed in his heart that Li Li would not attack the captured Cao Hong and others for the time being. But at this moment, seeing Jia Xu smiling and his answer was so straightforward. Cheng Yu instead doubted whether Cao Hong and Yu Jin and the six major generals were still alive. Perhaps they were ordered to be executed by Li Li after they were captured. Because, if the generals of Xiliang were in Cao Cao's hands, they would have been dead for a long time. Serve others by themselves and think from the perspective of others. Now that Cao's generals are in the hands of Li Li, how can they survive?

The reason why Cheng Yu believed that Li Li would not execute Cao Hong and others was based on his understanding of Li Li's style of conduct and his politeness and character, and his conclusions were drawn after a comprehensive analysis.

But now facing Jia Xu who was smiling, Cheng Yu suddenly felt that his previous analysis was wrong. Li Li has always been very tolerant of people who have no power to resist, and even if it is an enemy, he would not torture or abuse him. But Li Li was the commander of the first army after all, and he would not focus on the prisoners at all, and he would inevitably hand over the prisoners to his subordinates for handling.

What Cheng Yu was most worried about was because all the prisoners of war captured by the Western Liang army were in the hands of Jia Xu. Cheng Yu was a little scared when he saw him at first sight, and was sure that this person was a kind-hearted and vicious person. Even if Cao Hong and others fell into his hands, they would have to peel off even if they didn't die, and they might even have to torture to death by him.

"Mr. Wenhe must not deceive me. Please tell me the truth. Are the captured generals of our army already dead?"

Jia Xu smiled indifferently: "Zhongde is worried too much. The name of benevolence and righteousness of my lord has spread all over the world. For enemies without the power of resistance, he will not kill people at will. Or in other words, my lord disdain to kill prisoners of war. If he wants to kill him, he will not capture him alive, saving food. Usually, for some people who are extremely guilty or stubborn enemy generals, we subordinates usually work for them. Uh??? Zhongde must not be misunderstood. The stubborn enemy generals that Jia said do not include your generals. Hahaha!"

"Mr. Wenhe's implication is that all the captured generals of our army have surrendered. How is this possible?" Cheng Yu exclaimed in disgrace.

Jia Xu smiled and shook his head: "Zhongde must have known that the generals under Cao Cao tried to harm my lord many times, so even if they were willing to surrender, we would not dare to accept them without the lord's approval. So???Hahaha, they are all very good now, Zhongde can rest assured!"

After hearing Jia Xu's explanation, who can rest assured? Who would have thought that something had happened to Cao Hong and the others, or that they had been dead for a long time.

Suddenly, Cheng Yu's expression changed drastically, and his face turned pale in an instant. He looked at the smiling Jia Xu in disbelief. He opened his mouth to talk but didn't know what to say and what to say.

"Are you all dead? What should I do? If my lord Cao Cao learned that Cao Hong and Cao Zhen and others were all dead, then what's the use of the covenant we agreed last night?" Cheng Yu said to Jia Xu with a loss.

"Uh! This is not all dead, there are two who are not dead." Jia Xu hesitated for a while and finally told the truth.

"Two?" Cheng Yu was shocked when he heard this and said anxiously: "Who are these two?"

"Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu." Jia Xu didn't say much, and directly said three names.

"Cao Hong, Cao Anmin and Yu Jin are both dead, how did they die?" Cheng Yu asked without hesitation.

As soon as this said, Guo Jia's face changed and he hurriedly winked at Cheng Yu. Unfortunately, Cheng Yu did not see it and was still staring at Jia Xu for questioning.

After Cheng Yu asked the question thoroughly, the smile on Jia Xu's face disappeared instantly, replaced by a calm face, deep and obscure eyes, giving people a sense of unfathomableness. Anyone who is familiar with Jia Xu can see that he is already angry at this moment. The calmer his face means that the more uneasy he is in his heart, and once he is angry, the consequences are very serious.

"Cao Hong, Cao Anmin and Yu Jin were seriously injured. They were already dying when they were treated after the war. They were seriously injured and died that night. In addition, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu were not injured. Now the injuries are getting worse and worse, at most half a year, or at least three months, they will definitely die!"

As Jia Xu finished speaking, Cheng Yu angrily said indignation: "Why don't you save Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu? Do you want to save him when you die?"

"No one paid or provided us with food. Why should we save them? Until now, they have not starved to death or been killed. We are already very kind. Do you want us to save our enemies? Why? I really don't know why you ask such a stupid question. Do you think we are as naive as you?" Jia Xu shouted bluntly.

"You??? Jia Wenhe, you are cruel!" Cheng Yu pointed at Jia Xu with a pale face and said gritting his teeth.

Jia Xu smiled coldly and said in a deep voice: "I'm ruthless? No. My lord once said that I was a 'poison soldier'. Since I was a ruthless soldier, it is inevitable that he was ruthless. So?? Zhongde, you are wrong. It's not that I'm ruthless, but that I'm already ruthless!"

"Uh!" Jia Xu's words made Cheng Yu roll his eyes so much that he stared at Jia Xu with wide eyes and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Brother Zhongde, it's getting late, so get out of seclusion quickly. If you delay like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave today!" Seeing that Cheng Yu and Jia Xu were arguing with each other, Guo Jia hurriedly blocked the two and pushed Cheng Yu and left quickly.

Cheng Yu was stunned after hearing this, and looked at Guo Jia and the hundreds of Xiliang soldiers behind him in surprise. It was not until this time that he realized that he was standing in Hangu Pass, which was the territory of the Xiliang army. He was so excited that he forgot where he was, and then suddenly woke up. He was instantly scared into a cold sweat and his back was chilly.

Then, Cheng Yu subconsciously turned over and wanted to leave here immediately. Otherwise, Jia Xu would detain him in anger. It would be really accused of being unscrupulous.

At this time, the city gate slowly opened a crack. Only one horse was allowed to leave the city. Cheng Yu waved his hand to signal the three followers to go first and stay for the end. When he rode his horse out of the city, he still said to Jia Xu in anger: "Jia Wenhe, listen, now you and our army are allies. I hope you can treat Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu well, and the money and food required will be delivered to you later. Remember!"

After saying that, Cheng Yu whipped the horse without waiting for Jia Xu to reply. It seemed that he could not leave if he hesitated.

As the city gate was closed again, Jia Xu and Guo Jia walked side by side, climbing the city upstairs without any rush or slow.

"What Fengxiao said just now? Do you think I will force Cheng Yu to stay or even harm him?"

"Brother Wen and don't misunderstand it. You and Zhongde were arguing with each other just now. I just went forward to smooth things over, and I had no other intentions."

"Does Fengxiaozhen think I'm angry?"

"Isn't it? Brother Wen and his face changed just now. Aren't they angry?"

"Hahaha!" Jia Xu laughed and shook his head, "It's not that I want to be angry, but how can I anger Cheng Yu if I don't pretend to be angry? If Cheng Yu is not angry, how can you and me complete the task delivered by the main bus?"

Guo Jia was stunned when he heard the sound and said in confusion: "What does Brother Wenhe mean? All the alliances we just agreed with Zhongde are the conditions we put forward, and Cao Cao has shown enough sincerity. Each of the four things is very important to us. Isn't this considered completing the lord's entrustment?"

Jia Xu nodded slightly: "Yes, Fengxiao is right. It is because of this that you truly regard Cheng Yu as an ally and think that we should treat him with courtesy, right?"

"Since you are an ally, you must treat each other with courtesy. What's wrong with this?" Guo Jia continued.

"In this way, does Fengxiao think that our army should return the captive Cao army generals to their allies as well?"

"This???" Guo Jia hesitated when he heard the sound, then nodded slightly, and said, "In theory, this should be the case. After all, we and the Cao army are now allies. However, the lord still has to agree to this matter, and it is not something we can decide without authorization."

Jia Xu smiled and shook his head: "Fengxiao attaches too much importance to this so-called ally. Do you still remember what the lord said to you and me? Some generals of the Cao army cannot let go, and the lord will destroy Cao Cao sooner or later. From this, it can be seen that the lord does not believe in the so-called ally at all, and never thought of resolving his past grudges with Cao Cao, but instead became more and more anxious to get rid of Cao Cao."

"Oh? So that's it." Guo Jia's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly realized: "Brother Wenhe deliberately called Cao Hong, Cao Anmin and Yu Jin died. I thought this was the angry words you said. Now it seems that this is the purpose of Wenhe's intentional anger Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu's question just now is equivalent to pushing Cao Hong and the other three into a dead end. I guess Wenhe will order people to see them secretly execute them later."

Jia Xu nodded happily: "That's true. In fact, only two of the four top secret information brought by Cheng Yu are important military information that we don't know yet. Now everything is clear, and our army's chances of victory have increased by 20%. The war is imminent, which is exciting!"

"Only two intelligences are useful to our army? This is not ordinary intelligence that our army can find in detail. Where does the other two intelligences come from?" Guo Jia said in confusion.

Jia Xu shook his head gently and smiled, "The time has not come, and all forces are intertwined, so it is difficult to decide which one is right or wrong. When the two armies fight decisively, everything will be decided immediately. The most mysterious thing about the war is not the head-on battle between the two armies, but the clever layout hidden under the battle."

Guo Jia was shocked when he heard this, and then nodded thoughtfully. Then he followed Jia Xu up the city tower. He looked up and saw Li Li standing on the city tower, looking at the railings and looking at the backs of Cheng Yu and others leaving.

When they approached, they heard Li Li whispering to himself: "Liu Bei actually led 50,000 troops into the alliance, and had already entered Hedong County two months ago; Xin Ping, the Xin Pi brothers were ordered to persuade the two princes to raise an army and attack me from behind. I knew nothing about such important information, and I almost took a hundred steps and had a half-ninety, and failed. It seems that the strength of Hawkeye's Sei-Work is still too weak, far less powerful than that of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. We still need to supplement the capable generals to strengthen Hawkeye's strength, otherwise it would be too passive!"

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Chapter completed!