On this night, Xiangyang changed hands, and the news of Guan Yu going north was spread to various places by messengers.
The shocked by this news was not only Yu Jin, but also Zhu Ling's troops, including Cao Xiu's troops in Lumen Mountain and Cao Zhen's troops in the upper reaches of Wanshan Mountain. In the end, many parties sent capable personnel to continue to spread the news overnight, delivering this terrible news to the King of Wei's army from the north.
In the vast area starting from Fancheng in the south and ending at Wancheng in the north, countless messengers of Cao army rode horses and boats, running around in the dark moonlight, struggling to walk between the boundless swamps and wetlands. Some people were lost as they walked and were swallowed by swamps or wild beasts.
At the same time, there were also spies and messengers from the Jiaozhou Army who were busy. Fortunately, they did not have to convey any complicated information, so often they only needed one or two whistles, one or two imitation bird songs or dog barking, or even one or two sharp whistles, which were enough to let the subsequent companions understand the information and continue to pass it backwards.
Lei Yuan's troops stayed in a harbor on the east bank of the Qingshui River tonight. It was a little far from Cao's army, so the soldiers were able to breathe a little, while Ma Zhong, who was responsible for collecting military information from various places, did not sleep all night.
In the past few days, all parts of his army were scattered and intertwined with Cao's army. Although Ma Zhong was a civil servant, he had to be prepared to fight with a sword. So he had not slept well for several days, and most of the time he only squinted his eyes slightly and had to get up to deal with emergencies at any time.
What's more, on that night, as the scouts came back to report in groups of people, and the news from everywhere was summarized bit by bit, Ma Zhong's spirit became more and more excited, and he was completely sleepy until the next morning. His eyes were deep and his red eyes were covered with bloodshot, which was a bit scary no matter how you look at it.
He looked at the stack of military newspapers in front of him again, confirmed the news from all parties again, compared them with each other, and finally got up.
Because he had been sitting on the cold ground for a long time, his legs were so cold that they were almost stiff. He staggered for two steps, hurriedly held an old tree, and stepped on the ground hard to make the blood vessels of his legs and feet unblocked.
At this time, the soldiers of the Jiaozhou Army were ready to pull out the camp. Seeing Ma Zhong get up, someone came to help him clean up the camp tent. Some soldiers carried bows and knives and calmly counted the arrows and the amount of food and fodder.
These soldiers are veterans who have been in the battlefield for a long time. Even when the battle was fierce a few days ago, they could smile, talk a few dirty words to each other, and make some jokes, and never take life and death to heart. But at this time, although the military situation has not been announced, decades of accumulated experience tell the soldiers that something really big happened. So each of them was a little excited and could not suppress it. During the action, they naturally had murderous intent, and the voices in the camp were much less.
General Ma Zhong closed the newspaper and held the document recording the summary information in both hands to search for Lei Yuan.
Lei Yuan took the paper and read it at a glance, his eyes stayed at the last few sentences.
"In other words, all the provoyeurs we sent out have sent back messages? Confirm that the main forces of the Cao army are moving and accelerate their way south?"
"Yu Jin's troops ordered troops last night, and 20,000 people moved first in the early morning. Zhu Ling's troops also accelerated their march. In the direction of Xinye, the Nanyang prefect Tian Yu's troops left the city yesterday and marched in the early morning. In addition, Cao Cao's base camp was noisy at the beginning of the morning, and then more than 20,000 infantry and cavalry immediately dispatched. They passed Xinye an hour ago, and were advancing together on land and water, and heading south quickly."
"What about their course of action?"
"Yu Jin's troops marched along the west coast, probably to go to Zhengcheng and Dengcheng."
This is a matter of course. Lei Yuan nodded: "How is Zhu Ling's troops?"
"Close to the clean water, and go along with water and land."
"Where is Cao Cao's headquarters? How to walk?"
"It has not been discovered yet. However, it's almost time for the next batch of sentry detectives to return at noon."
Lei Yuan was silent for a moment, and Ma Zhong didn't say anything.
After a while, Lei Yuan said: "Send more personnel to reconnaise with all your strength! The light and dark posts are equipped with three times the personnel, and report every hour!"
"yes."
Lei Yuan did not sleep well last night, and his eyes were very dry at this time. He rubbed his eyes, walked a few steps higher, and looked across from Jingshui.
The terrain on the west side of the Qingshui is lower than the east side. Therefore, when the east bank is roughly beginning to return to dryness, the overflowing river water in the west has not yet receded. With Lei Yuan's sight, there are lakes and swamps everywhere, and the continuous reeds, poles, and forests are not in the water, shaking with the water. As the water surface fluctuates, the reflections of the plants are repeatedly gathered and scattered.
The information collected last night was as scattered as the reflection on the water. However, Lei Yuan had already understood the general situation.
Guan Yu indeed captured Xiangyang, and then followed Lei Yuan's suggestion to cross the Han River and threaten Fancheng.
If Xiangfan changes hands at the same time, the Cao army will no longer have any danger to defend in the northern part of Jingzhou. In the future, the battlefields of the Cao and Liu armies will be placed around Wancheng and even Kunyang and Ye County, and even Xu, who is in the heart of the Central Plains, will not be safe. This is a terrible scene for the Cao regime. As a result, the generals of the Cao army were indeed extremely frightened and immediately dispatched troops and rushed to the south to the enemy.
Unfortunately, the two armies were a little far apart at this moment. Lei Yuan and Ma Zhong didn't know how Guan Yu captured Xiangyang and how he threatened Fancheng. In any case, this famous general of the contemporary era tried his best to prove his unparalleled courage and prove that he is worthy of being a venerable enemy of thousands of people.
In the next battle, Guan Yu will definitely carry out the previous plan. He will definitely fight around Fancheng, taking advantage of the period when the flood has not yet retreated and the Cao army brigade is difficult to carry out, and strive to win Dengsai, Fancheng, and even Zhengcheng, Dengcheng and other fortresses, and continue to push the front north, so that the entire lake area on the west bank of the Qingshui River will become a fierce battlefield.
"Mr. Guan Jun is really amazing." Lei Yuan praised.
Ma Zhong couldn't help but say, "At this time, the Cao army's troops rushed over. If Guan Junhou had to use all his strength to suppress the entire Jingxiang, and then compete with the main force of Cao's army. General, you are really powerful to force Guan Junhou to this point."
Lei Yuan nodded slightly: "We will definitely reward Guan Junhou with such kindness... we will never let his hard work be wasted."
Guan Yu's original purpose was only Xiangyang. Lei Yuan put forward a more dangerous suggestion and forced Guan Yu to make every effort. It was also to cover Lei Yuan's actions that Guan Yu crossed the Han River after capturing Xiangyang, and placed himself directly opposite the King of Wei and even Cao's camp army, and underwent unprecedented tremendous pressure.
The pressure on the battlefield is on the one hand, and on the other hand, there is also huge pressure, which hit Lei Yuan's shoulders.
Guan Yu did everything he could do. The Jingzhou army took risks and tried his best. He will continue to do his best to fight against Cao's army's strong city and main force. So, what should Lei Yuan do? Can he fulfill his promises and live up to Guan Yu's adventures and efforts?
Lei Yuan believed that he could do it.
Every step in the development of the battle situation is as expected, and now it is only one last step away.
With the current situation, after Guan Yu seized Xiangyang, his power would inevitably shake the world. The only chance for the Cao family to turn the tables is to defeat Guan Yu head-on, so Cao's army must go south with all its might.
At this time, from the perspective of Cao's army, the flood in the west of the Qingshui River had not yet faded, and Guan Yu was fighting rampantly, which was difficult to accommodate large troops and stationed in this place. Therefore, in addition to the troops fighting with Guan Yu, the subsequent troops would naturally advance along the drier east coast of the Qingshui River.
In this way, the main force of the Cao army could be connected with Cao Xiu in Lumen Mountain, forming a force to attack Guan Yu on three sides. After the flood receded, the ground was muddy, making it inconvenient for the army to camp. The main force of the Cao army was on the east bank and could also rely on camps originally arranged in various tributaries of the Qingshui River.
This is all common sense for military use, and Lei Yuan was about to do so.
At this time, he stopped talking to Ma Zhong, but turned his head and stared at the map in front of him.
The map is very large and exquisite. The mountains, rivers, cities, roads, and rivers above are all complete, and there are different color markings, which are obviously commonly used by Lei Yuan. Such maps are very precious and can be a treasure in the army. However, at this time, a certain part of the map was roughly smeared with strokes, and many signs were drawn and many words were written. Because the markings were written again and again, it looked like a huge ink stain, covering a whole area of ​​the map.
Chapter completed!