If you expand your sight to the entire Jingxiang battlefield, you can see that the arrangement of Cao's army was initially about a "cross". The four apexes of the cross are Wancheng, Xinye in the north, Anlu in the east, Suixian in the south, Yicheng in the south, Fangling and Zhuyang in the west, and the midpoint of the cross is where the intersection of the Qingshui and Han Rivers, and around Fancheng.

More than 200,000 Cao troops were distributed on this huge cross. Relying on convenient water and land transportation, they all had the same smooth journey and were both resilient and flexible. After the water defeated the enemy, several Cao troops performed their duties, Xiangyang and Fancheng continued to defend, while the other three Cao troops pressed towards the central government at the same time.

In this way, the people who are energy-abundant, eliminate Jingzhou, which was washed away by the water, and the soldiers of Jiaozhou will be like Mount Tai to crush the eggs, and it is easy to win.

However, who knew that Guan Yu and Lei Yuan seemed to have the ability to awaken themselves. The flood was obviously suddenly coming, and even Cao's army placed in front of the front was not spared. However, the two armies of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou actually pulled away with time and avoided it?

Since this flood could not destroy the enemy, it immediately became the death-seeking ghost of Cao's army. Since the entire "Ten"-shaped formation was covered by floods, no matter how many Cao's army in the north started to raft, the speed of support to the south was slower.

So Guan Yu first broke Xiangyang, making the original "Sen" shape an inverted "Ding".

When Guan Yu captured Deng Sei, Cao Cao's headquarters was driven straight into the Jiaozhou army on the Rei Liuyan and smashed it to pieces... The word "Ding" seemed to be out of shape, and it was about to become three "one" isolated from each other.

If the midpoint of the character T is cut off, what is the line in Wancheng? Let's not talk about it. The two characters "one" left and right have tens of thousands of Cao troops, including Cao Cao who was running towards the midpoint, who was fleeing, will all die.

On the contrary, as long as the Dengcheng camp and Fancheng are still there, the midpoint of the character "Ding" will not be out of control, and the Cao army will still have the possibility of dispatching troops to save the defeat and turning the situation around!

Therefore, Yu Jin could only grit his teeth and press his Dengcheng camp and tried his best to fight Guan Yu.

At this time, the most unnecessary control of the Cao army on the entire battlefield was the large area west of Fancheng. From Fangling and then to Hanzhong, there were large areas of high mountains and ridges. It was not necessarily that Cao Zhen could still enter the southern Zheng in Hanzhong in one go?

As Yu Jin said, Cao Zhen's troops were most suitable for immediate mobilization. As soon as Cao Zhen arrived in Dengcheng, Guan Yu's offensive would be blocked; and Yu Jin and Zhu Ling could free up his hands to run to pick up Cao Cao.

Since the flood, Cao Zhen's attention has been going east and led his troops to move closer to Fancheng, preparing to support Zhang He in Fancheng, Yu Jin and Zhu Ling in the north of Fancheng.

Cao Zhen was far away from the killing sounds in the direction of Liuyan before, and he failed to notice them in time. However, when Guan Yu stood out from Dengsai and swept along the way, Cao Zhen could not react. He had already led his subordinates to patrol in case of accidents.

When he saw Guan Yu rolling across the battlefield like a storm, Cao Zhen himself was not discouraged, and all the generals and schoolmen around him were shocked.

Cao Zhen once served as the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and was extremely brave. Three years ago, he was in Guanzhong, and he had fought against the elite cavalry under the Hanzhong King led by Chen Dao; later he joined hands with Li Dian to fight against Huang Zhong's troops. After years of war, he had some military achievements and some visions. Those who gathered around him were all warriors who dared to fight, and would never easily convince others.

But the situation in front of everyone at this moment made everyone sweat on their foreheads and their calves seemed to be cramping. The generals were hesitating what to do, and the military envoy sent by Yu Jin rushed over, bringing news that the King of Wei was attacked in Liuyan and was retreating along the river of Yanshui.

How could this happen? How could this situation become so terrible?

Cao Zhen only found it absurd.

Just ten months ago, he discussed with Sima Yi that he had to return to Jingxiang before the situation was settled, so as to show his performance in front of the King of Wei, and then to win a higher position in the court after the transformation of the Han and Wei Dynasty. In just a few days, Xiangyang was lost, Deng Sai was lost, and the King of Wei was about to run around in a mess.

Since Cao Zhen joined the army, he had never seen such a situation. The strong military and political group that was originally enough to replace the Han Dynasty seemed to suddenly show some decline and wavering at this time.

The King of Wei must not be in trouble!

Cao Zhen felt chill all over and shook his horse's back.

Everyone thought he was about to faint, so they quickly helped him off the horse, and someone tried to press others.

Clinker Cao Zhen thrust his waist hard, then jumped up and shouted: "Get out of the camp immediately! Hurry up! Hurry!"

When the commander took the order, Cao Zhen calmed down a little and encouraged his subordinates, "The troops of Guan Yu's troops were limited, and most of them were tired soldiers who fought in Dengsai for ten days. At this time, although the attack was like fire, it was in line with the principle of being strong and easy to break. We wait for the effort to fight with it."

Speaking of this, he also called another entourage: "The defeated soldiers who have been gathered these days are slowly mobilized, so we will not wait for them. The infantry and cavalry of our army, together with all the Zhongjian battalions, were the first to be dispatched. Two thousand soldiers of the Zhongjian battalions were in front of them, Sima Fei Yao led the army, and the cavalry of our army divided into the left and right wings with a thousand cavalry, and two hundred cavalry were behind them. The remaining tens of people were personally led by our general and set off immediately."

Speaking of this, he looked up at the sky, and couldn't figure out what time it was in the afternoon.

The sky was originally dark today, and with Dengsai and the battlefield on the front line of Fancheng were filled with dust. It seemed that it was almost dusk in a trance.

In order to gain something before dark, the Jiaozhou army will definitely chase and kill more closely. After dark, it will be more difficult for the King of Wei troops to maintain the establishment, and no one knows what will happen.

"This is the time to kill the thief and serve!" Cao Zhen raised his voice: "I'm waiting here. Within fifty breaths, our army and the backbone will gather here! Those who are late will be killed!"

Soon, the sound of drums and horns of the gathering army came one after another, the soldiers shouted, and the neighing of war horses roared.

Cao Zhen put away his armor and was about to get on the horse when he suddenly heard a commotion behind him. He quickly turned his head and saw a civil servant with wide robe and big sleeves galloping over and running towards Cao Zhen with sweat on his head.

But it was Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, what are you here to do?"

"Zi Dan, follow me!" Sima Yi reached out to grab Cao Zhen's horse's reins.

Cao Zhen didn't understand why, so he took a few steps on his horse and quickly stopped him: "Zhongda, what are you doing? Our army must immediately support Dengcheng and pick up the King of Wei, which cannot be delayed!"

Sima Yi lowered his voice: "The enemy situation has changed! Zidan, my troops cannot move lightly!"

Cao Zhen shouted in disbelief: "Zhongda, what are you kidding?"

Sima Yi pulled Cao Zhen’s reins hard, and I don’t know where he got such great strength: “Come on! Let’s go up the slope to see!”

Cao Zhen felt that Sima Yi was a little crazy. But this person was a confidential official in the Wei Palace, and was kind to Cao Pi, and his status was extraordinary. Even Cao Zhen could not be too slow. So he was pulled all the way to the nearby high slope.

Cao Zhen looked east on the slope and saw the brigade of Cao troops who had originally besieged Dengsai running around. One by one, the flags were thrown to the ground, and the brigade of soldiers trampled past the flags that had just floated majestic and stepped deep into the continuous mud caused by the flood.

The Jingzhou army continued to move forward with unstoppable momentum. On the way they passed, they could vaguely see the bodies of Cao's soldiers and abandoned weapons, just like the Han River rushing to the shore and throwing countless debris on the mudflats.

Cao Zhen's face twitched and he couldn't help but sigh: "If this continues, it will be difficult for Yu Wenze to persist! We must support it as soon as possible!"

Behind him, Sima Yi's angry voice came: "Zi Dan, look west! Look here!"

Cao Zhen turned around suddenly.

Sima Yi pointed directly to the west of Fancheng, in the direction of the Golden Rooster's Mouth upstream of the Han River.

It was a land hill that stretched for about ten miles, about seven or eight miles away from the camp of Cao Zhen's troops, and about opposite to the Wanshan Mountains south of the Han River. On that day, Zhang He built a floating bridge to connect the two sides, and one end of the north bank was placed under the Jinjizui, and a corresponding camp was built. However, after the flood, the floating bridge was destroyed, and Zhang He had long abandoned the Jinjizui camp and brought the entire army into Fancheng.

Logically, the place should be empty and nothing.
Chapter completed!