Deng Fan was not as calm as he showed.
A heavy rain last night caused mud to be covered in Jingxiang. Especially around Lumen Mountain to the northwest, between the vast and deep forests and valleys, mud covered the road, covering the horse's hooves and calves. The soldiers were almost unable to move.
Within the Lumen Mountain area, Lei Yuan led hundreds of people to confront Cao Xiu and tens of thousands of people. Although Lei Yuan was very bold and prepared for bluffing, the more he became the larger the troops, the harder he could barely march in such an environment.
If the large army struggled in the mud for two days to arrive at Paishan, and the weather was clear and the ground was dry... the defenders on Paishan rushed down, then they would be in a state of overwhelming rush. No matter how many Jiaozhou troops were, in Cao Xiu's opinion, it was not something that his extremely tired soldiers could resist.
The situation faced by Ren Hui and Deng Fan's troops is no essentially different from that of Cao's army in Lumen Mountain.
After two days of their march, the soldiers seemed to have bathed in sludge, and almost everyone turned yellow. They traveled dozens of miles and their fatigue was beyond the limit of ordinary people's physical strength. Deng Fan's own family knew that if the Cao army's guards could not retreat and held the camps at the height of Liuyan, the soldiers on their side would never have the strength to repeatedly tug and attack.
Deng Fan actually did not expect that Cao's army would lay so many people on this very ordinary dam. There were no less than 30 or 50 artificial water conservancy facilities such as Jiliuyan from Xinye to Wan County. Several of them had the functions of major traffic arteries. It would be fine to set up more defenders. Thousands of people were placed in each place, so wouldn't they use 30,000 to 50,000 troops?
No matter how many soldiers and generals of Cao's army are, what are they going to put 30,000 to 50,000 people in these places? Is it beautiful to place the logos of these troops on the map?
At least Deng Fan couldn't think of the reason.
So he had to consider: If his offensive was not smooth, and when his morale declined again, he would be exhausted, and the Cao army soldiers in the camp rushed out in one go? No matter how strong his troops and armor were, what would he use to fight?
Ren Hui is a long-standing general who has experienced many battles and should have noticed this. But he didn't say much, but led the elite troops in the headquarters to drag him back slightly, clearly intending to suppress the back formation with all his might in case. Deng Fan knew this very well, and he guessed that perhaps General Lei had something to say to Ren Hui and asked Ren Hui to let him go and give him a chance to perform.
Deng Fan's determination was settled. Thinking of General Lei's favor, his fighting spirit became stronger. He arranged a lot of means such as seducing the enemy, ambushing, infiltrating, and intimidating, just to make this attack smooth.
He didn't think about backup plans at all.
Either embark on the road to establish great achievements or lose on the spot, and there is no third path to go!
When his capable soldiers mingled among the defeated soldiers and fled into the camp, Deng Fan was so nervous that his hands were trembling. When he climbed the high slope, his feet became weak and he staggered several times.
The personal soldiers behind Deng Fan were not as nervous as Deng Fan when they saw their captains look like this. However, since the captains have made up their minds, even if there is an abyss ahead, they can only rush forward with their teeth.
Although the soldiers in Cao's army camp were a little clamored, the arrangements along the earthen walls had not dispersed. Everyone exchanged glances in private, thinking about whether they should try to rush forward. Who knew that once the rear camp was noisy, the morale of Cao's army in the entire camp collapsed suddenly and collapsed suddenly.
When the deputy general Cao's army in the camp jumped out alone, he was obviously deliberately seeking death. Without Deng Fan's order, Jiang Li waved his hand and shot him into a blood gourd with blood everywhere on his body.
As soon as this person died, Cao's army shouted in the camp. It could be vaguely heard in the noise, and many people roared and tried to continue fighting. But more people were shouting: "Escape! Escape!"
Some people were also shouting: "Don't fight, we surrender!"
Deng Fan didn't hear it clearly for a while and turned around and wanted to ask Jiang Li. Only when he saw Jiang Li's face full of joy did he be sure that he had heard it wrong.
Deng Fan was surprised and happy, and his heart was beating wildly for a moment. But he heard Lei Yuan say that he should be calm for the general, so he smiled and said to Jiang Li: "Master Jiang, don't shoot arrows... Although everyone in the camp was moving."
Jiang Li laughed and waved his hand to stop shooting.
Deng Fan was about to mobilize light troops to cross the earthen wall, putting more pressure on the Cao army. He saw that the wooden fence on the top of the earthen wall was overturned several places, and Cao's soldiers rushed out in a brigade.
They waved their hands, showing that they were not holding weapons, and shouted repeatedly, "We are here to surrender! Don't shoot arrows!"
Seeing this situation, Deng Fan was very calm and knew that the Liuyan camp had already been taken down.
The troops immediately entered the camp quickly, and 4,000 people were divided into three groups. Some of them took the lead in resting and eating, some of them rectified the camp, and some of them turned back to the civil camp under the dam to restore order.
Previously, the Minjia camp was disturbed by Deng Fan's troops. Although the fire could not be burned at all in this weather, the civilians trampled on each other, frightened each other, and suffered many casualties. At this moment, the Jiaozhou army had to send people to control the camp and try their best to save the lives of ordinary people.
The people in the Minyi camp came from all directions and were forcibly recruited to join the army. They were already shocked. At this time, they ran around and controlled them, which was more difficult than suppressing the chaotic soldiers.
Ren Hui, Deng Fan and Jiang Li each brought their men there. When they finally calmed down the two camps. It was almost the third day of the sky, and it was about to dawn in two hours.
The three of them assigned Deli's subordinates to serve and returned to their headquarters for rest.
On this day, Deng Fan's physical strength and energy were exhausted to the limit. As soon as his body was relaxed, he fell asleep.
It seemed as if someone was shaking him hard as soon as he closed his eyes.
"Person Deng! Captain Deng wake up!"
Deng Fan suddenly opened his eyes: "What's the matter?"
"General Ren is summoned urgently."
Deng Fan grabbed his own sword and stood up and walked out: "Let's lead the way quickly."
The moment he opened the tent, he was shaken by the dazzling sunlight. The thick clouds that had been hanging down for many consecutive days dissipated. Although the air was still humid and stuffy, today was a rare sunny day.
Deng Fan followed his personal soldiers and climbed the tower at the high place in the camp. Looking around, he could see a large area of ​​water under the dam, with shoals and swamps, sparkling waves. There were tracts of grass, shrubs and forests by the artificial lake, several rolling hills, and several dilapidated and collapsed houses.
"General Ren, what's the matter with me?"
Ren Hui pointed his finger and pointed: "Look at the northeast."
Deng Fan looked in the direction pointed by Ren Hui and saw several figures of riders appearing on the slopes in the distance.
Because the various parts of the Jiaozhou Army were scattered, Ren Hui's troops and Lei Yuan's headquarters temporarily lost contact. They moved by the rain and their actions were extremely abrupt, so Lei Yuan probably couldn't guess where they were.
What's more, these riders all came from the north.
Deng Fan frowned: "Is it the envoy of Cao's army?"
Ren Hui nodded: "Eight out of ten."
At this time, Jiang Li also arrived. Ren Hui immediately ordered him to send his subordinates to closely guard the captured Cao army soldiers. If anyone had any wrong with him, he would kill him immediately without leaving any trouble. Jiang Li understood Ren Hui's intention on the spot and rushed away excitedly.
Deng Fan suddenly thought of something and hurriedly looked up at the many flags in the camp.
Chapter completed!