As for the situation in Caoyang, Chen Lin has not stopped spying since he entered the pond, and the strange thing is that there is chaos in Caoyang City, but Hu Zhen in the rear has not made the slightest move, neither increasing troops nor appointing new guards. This made Chen Lin have to march cautiously, originally a half-day march at full speed to reach the distance, Chen Lin walked for a day, and came to Caoyang City at night that day. There was chaos in Caoyang City, and the flags on the city walls were slanting from east to west, and the morale was low at a glance. Chen Lin's army was tired, and it was not easy to attack the city at night, so he had to camp for the night. Liu Bei and the three of them actually brought a thousand soldiers and horses, and there were some of them, which made Chen Lin have to admire.

The scene in Caoyang City at this time is definitely something that Chen Lin can't imagine, the original 5,000 troops left by Li Meng are not 2,000 left at this time, and there are no generals who can command, so these 2,000 men and horses have become chaotic soldiers, burning and looting in the city, thousands of people are panicking day and night, and they are looking forward to being rescued by heavenly soldiers in the future. Unexpectedly, this wish of the people came true, and many people saw a dense army outside the city during the day, and if it hadn't been dark and night, they would have attacked it long ago. The people were happy, but the two thousand Dong troops in the city panicked, and many people sneaked away from the west gate at night, first one or two, and then more than a dozen people together, and finally formed a flee led by Wu Changtun.

Chen Lin, who was just about to rest, was woken up by a rush of footsteps, Chen Lin hurriedly got up, but saw Chen Ze waiting, and when he saw Chen Lin coming out, Chen Ze: "Big brother, the wolf rider found that the defenders in Caoyang City went out of the city from the west of the city overnight, first three or two, and finally they went out of the city in groups, which looked very much like fleeing." Chen Lin was startled, and hurriedly called Jia Xu, Jia Xu: "This, during the day, I feel that the defenders of Caoyang are not like the defenders, and now they are out of the city at night, could it be that the defenders in Caoyang have begun to flee?" After hearing this, Chen Lin hurriedly ordered: "Zhong Zhi, immediately go and arrest the deserters for torture." After Chen Ze left, Chen Lin immediately ordered a large army to fight, which provoked Liu Bei to send someone to ask nervously, and then Liu Bei did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly commanded the troops to prepare for war.

Chen Ze's wolf riding speed was very fast, and after a while, he saw that Chen Ze was immediately holding a person, and more than a dozen wolf riders behind him were all tied to one person on the horse. Chen Lin hurriedly personally tortured these captured deserters: "Say, who is Cao Yang in charge of the troops now, how many soldiers and horses are there, you say it first, and the others will take it away." "It's a typical separate torture, and then proofreading the information, if anyone is talking nonsense, it's clear at a glance. The deserter was caught, frightened, full of panic, and had something to say. Chen Lin was shocked, and glanced at Jia Xu, Liu Bei and others, Cao Yang was unguarded?

Jia Xu: "Lord, you might as well try it to know the truth and falsehood." Chen Lin also felt that it was better to act immediately than to speculate here. Chen Lin turned his head to look at the generals, Zhang Ba and the others knew that Chen Lin was a selected general, and they all scrambled to be the first, and finally Zhou Tai scolded loudly: "I don't have to fight in Mianchi, who fights with a certain pioneer first, I first asked the big knife in my hand." These words can't frighten anyone, Zhang Ba and the others are even more barbaric than Zhou Tai, so they want to shout, but Chen Lin doesn't want the generals to be a pioneer, so he said: "Shut up, Youping go." Chen Lin spoke, everyone returned to their original positions one by one, and Zhou Tai grinned and rushed over to command the soldiers and horses.

As soon as the 1,500 people of Zhou Tai's department set off, Chen Lin ordered the generals to be ready to respond, if Zhou Tai was ambushed, they could be rescued as soon as possible, and the various departments of the Hanzhong army also slowly leaned towards the city wall. Over there, Zhang Fei shouted that he was going too, but was stopped by Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were just tightly on the left side of the Hanzhong army, advancing step by step.

Everyone held their breath and looked at Zhou Tai, only to see that Zhou Tai led his troops to rush to the city wall, crackling and running up, there was no reaction on the wall, no warning, no shouting, the silence was terrible. Knowing that the city gate was opened, Chen Lin had been hesitating and didn't dare to wave his army into the city, which was too smooth, which made Chen Lin a little unbelievable. Chen Lin didn't move, Liu Bei didn't dare to move at this time, not because he was afraid, but because the city gate was opened by Zhou Tai, if Liu Bei was the first to enter the city, he was afraid that it would cause the unhappiness of the Hanzhong army, so Liu Bei had to stand silently, knowing that it was so easy, so he let Zhang Fei go too.

For half an hour, Zhou Tai had been on this city wall for half an hour, and he didn't see anything unusual in the city, so Chen Lin ordered: "Ji Wei led his troops into the city." Yang Ren commanded the army to rush in, knowing that he disappeared into the streets inside the city gate, and there was no shout, indicating that there was no accident. Chen Lin once again: "Han ascended into the city. One after another, they all went in one by one, and in the end, the entire city was under the control of the Hanzhong army Chen Lincai believed that it was true at this time, and couldn't help but look at Jia Xu: "Wenhe, this is too easy, Hu Wencai shouldn't retreat to Hangu Pass, just like abandoning the three counties of Xingyang, and also giving up Caoyang Jiaxian and other places." ”

Cao Yang was captured, there was no imaginary war, and there was no harvest that Chen Lin expected, the city of Caoyang was in tatters, and the people were all skinny. The Hanzhong army rushed in, and there were seven or eight hundred Dong troops who surrendered automatically, Chen Lin looked at this city, and couldn't figure out Hu Zhen's intentions at all. Hurriedly ordered Chen Zewolf to ride to Hongnong County in the south of Caoyang and Jiaxian County in the west to spy on what the situation was. However, Chen Ze brought back a piece of news that frightened Chen Lin: nearly 10,000 troops passed through Kunshan from Hongnong last night and went east with the Hanzhong army.

Chen Lin was frightened and went east, which was the retreat of the Hanzhong army. Chen Lin hurriedly convened the generals to discuss the matter, this news frightened Liu Bei even more, Jian Yong did not have many soldiers and horses left in Michi, Liu Bei heard it, and hurriedly shouted: "Bozhi, hurry back to help." Guan Yu hurriedly grabbed Liu Bei: "Brother" Liu Bei quieted down. Jia Xu sighed: "Hu Wencai's plan again, Hu Wencai deliberately ignored Cao Yang, used Cao Yang as bait to deceive our army to come, and then he sent a large army to attack our army's retreat, so that our army was attacked on both sides." Lord, now there are two suggestions for the lord to choose, one is to stick to Caoyang, send a fast horse back to Luoyang to ask the allies for help, if the allies arrive, the enemy on both sides will become the Dong army of Michi; The second is to quickly attack Jiaxian, storm Hangu Pass, * force the Dong army of Michi to come to the rescue, and then our army retreated sharply and turned to attack the Dong army of Michi. ”

Liu Bei: "Mr. Wenhe, why can't you go back to rescue Mianchi immediately?" Jia Xu: "There are not many soldiers and horses stationed in Mianchi, nearly 10,000 troops went to attack Mianchi, and Michi must have been in the hands of Dong Jun at this time." ”

Chen Lin patted his desk, and all the generals stood up together. Chen Lin: "A certain decision to immediately storm Jiaxian, even if Hu Wencai has the wisdom of the sky, it is impossible to count our army in every step, at this time Hu Wencai must not have imagined that our army will not return to rescue Mianchi, nor will it stick to Caoyang, but abandon Caoyang and attack Jiaxian." This battle will surely be fought down, and the army will move forward. After that, he pulled out his sword and pointed forward, his eyes were full of firmness, and the generals promised, the Hanzhong army and Liu Bei, who had not yet sat on the hot ass in Caoyang, immediately opened the road to Jiaxian again, this time Chen Lin grabbed two thousand people in Caoyang to help escort grain and grass in order to speed the march, and the speed was much faster.

At this time, in Mianchi City, it was Hu Zhen, who was angry at the two people kneeling on the ground: "Zhao Cen, don't you say that Chen Jiazi only has 4,000 soldiers and horses, why is it that a scout now reports that Chen Jiazi is now leading an army of more than 10,000 to Jiaxian, and Jiaxian only has 3,000 soldiers and horses." It turned out that after these two people were released by Chen Lin that day, they went directly back to Hangu Pass, and told Hu Zhen that Chen Lin only had 4,000 soldiers and horses. So as soon as Hu Zhen summed it up, he secretly withdrew 3,000 soldiers and horses from Caoyang, leaving only 2,000 there to fend for themselves, and then pay attention to Chen Lin every day. This time Chen Lin came out of the pond, Hu Zhen was careless, and did not ask the scout how many soldiers and horses Chen Lin had, Hu Zhen took Hongnong and the soldiers and horses drawn from Jiaxian, and merged the Hanguguan part of a total of 15,000 troops to come over secretly, and the pond was easily captured. However, the news of the scout made Hu Zhen frightened, and Chen Lin's 10,000 troops left Caoyang and went to Jiaxian.

Zhao Cen on the ground was not very convinced of Hu Zhen in the first place, but seeing that Hu Zhen scolded himself without scruples at this time, Zhao Cen was also angry, stood up with a pout, and shouted at Hu Zhen: "Hu Wencai, a certain general is also a general, how can you be so insulting." Hu Zhen didn't laugh angrily, and said hahaha: "A general? Which side? Michi? The 10,000-strong army can't hold the pond and dare to speak out. Come on, push these two down and behead them. Poor Zhao Cen father and son had no soldiers and no horses, so Hu Zhen cut off his head, Hu Zhen also scolded: "Incompetent general" Then Hu Zhen hurriedly rushed back with 8,000 soldiers and horses, and rushed towards Chen Lin's army, and at the same time quickly returned to Hangu Pass, closed the city gate, and did not let Chen Lin steal the pass, otherwise he would die at that time.

At this time, if Hu Zhen knew that Chen Lin appeared here, he would definitely be even more surprised, because this was Hongnong County. Chen Lin looked back at the army behind him, and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, let the people disguise themselves as an army and trick Hu Wencai into going to Jiaxian, will Hu Wen be fooled?" Because Chen Lin had already used this trick once, he asked. Jia Xu smiled and said: "Don't worry, even if Hu Wencai won't be fooled, he is far away in Mianchi, and he won't be able to catch up in a while." Our army had enough time to capture Hongnong, and Hongnong was immediately connected to Kunshan, which was where our army was going when it was in a critical situation. If Hu Wencai is fooled, when he returns to Jiaxian, our army will quickly turn east to Caoyang at the foot of Kunshan Mountain, and return to the army again to Michi, and kill him by surprise. When Hu Zhen went to Jiaxian from Caoyang, Chen Lin was in Hongnong County, and when Hu Zhen came to Hongnong County from Jiaxian, the Hanzhong army would turn to Caoyang to attack Michi. In order to ensure that Hu Zhen's scouts did not find Chen Lin, a total of 1,200 wolf riders went out, and only foot soldiers were on the way to Hongnong County at this time.

Chen Lin Taishou looked at Hongnong County, which was not far ahead, and regardless of fatigue, he immediately ordered: the whole army will attack all at once.