In the autumn and August of the 14th year of Jian'an, Liu Ze swore in Chang'an, raised a four-way army, and launched a comprehensive attack on the seven states of the Central Plains that Cao Cao was far away. What about the four roads? The first route was Liu Ze personally in command, leading Yiye and the Tenth Army to the east out of Tongguan and pointing directly at Luoyang; The second route Guan Yu commanded Erye and the Third Army out of Xiangyang and attacked Fancheng and Wancheng; The third route was led by Zhang Liao and Sanye, and Zhou Yu of Eastern Wu formed a coalition army, which raised troops from Huainan and attacked Runan and Xuzhou; The fourth route was led by Zhang Ren to cross the Yellow River from Weibei to the east and attack the state.

The soldiers of the four-way army pointed out, the flag covered the sun, the company camp for hundreds of miles, and swallowed like a tiger.

The news was soon reported to Xu Du, Cao Cao was discussing with Zhu Wenwu, hearing the urgent report, everyone present was stunned and panicked, only Cao Cao's face sank like water, and he shouted: "The former Zilian, Miaocai's revenge has not been avenged, and today he will offend me again!" Liu Ze is a vertical son, he deceives people too much, and he is bound to break it! ”

After the end of the battle of Guanzhong, Liu Ze expanded the armament war, Cao Cao naturally did not idle, since the pacification of Yuan Shao to unify the north, Cao Cao's ambition was extremely inflated, and he did not put the world's heroes in his eyes at all, in his opinion, the unification of the world is just a gesture of effort, and he was busy tearing up the five-year covenant with Liu Ze, and the three-way army went south, intending to wipe out Jing and sweep Jianghan.

But Cao Cao's first battle in Xuzhou hit a hard nail, the artillery of the Jing army made Cao Cao suffer enough, and lost the first-class strategist ghost Guo Jia, although in the end Liu Ze took the initiative to retreat, Cao Cao took Xuzhou from the hands of Sun Quan, but Cao Cao's offensive momentum came to an abrupt end, and the southern expedition was anticlimactic, and Cao Cao's ambition was also overshadowed.

"Liu Bei, jumping clown!" As soon as he mentioned this, Cao Cao gritted his teeth with hatred, if it weren't for Liu Bei's rebellion in Youzhou. How could Cao Cao be the first to go to both ends and put the good situation in vain. But Youzhou is Cao Cao's rear after all, and if Youzhou is lost, it will directly threaten the safety of Yecheng, and Cao Cao does not dare to take it lightly. So although Liu Bei was just a clown jumping off the beam in Cao Cao's eyes, he also had to personally raise troops to meet the battle. But Liu Bei is like a treacherous little loach, no matter how Cao Cao exerts his strength, he can't completely exterminate him in the end.

Liu Bei can only be regarded as a spoiler, and Liu Ze can undoubtedly be called Cao Cao's henchman, especially Liu Ze's victory in Yizhou and his march into Hanzhong, which made Cao Cao obviously feel the potential danger. Longxi lost quickly, Chang'an was besieged, and Cao Cao's was tantamount to a slap in the face, although Zhen Mi abandoned the strategy of attacking the west and attacking the south, although Cao Cao appreciated it. But he weighed it again and again, but he still didn't make up his mind. However, Tongguan was steep, and after several months of fighting, Cao's army was never able to break through the Tongguan defense line, until Cao Hong's army was defeated and self-immolated and Chang'an, which made Cao Cao regretful and regretful.

But there is really no regret medicine in the world, Liu Ze gathered heavy troops in Chang'an. It's like hanging a sword over Cao Cao's head, the land of the Central Plains. Under the threat of Liu Ze at all times, Cao Cao could no longer have the strength to attack Jinghuai Jianghan in any case, and was forced to switch from strategic offensive to strategic defense to deal with the encirclement from the west and south.

Naturally, the news of Liu Ze's expansion of armaments and warfare could not be concealed from Cao Cao's ears and eyes, and Cao Cao did not dare to take it lightly. Carefully planned the defense strategy, appointed Cao Ren as the governor of Wancheng, led the history of Jingzhou, sat on the front line of Fancheng in Nanyang, and guarded the southwest gateway. Li Dian deputy; Appointed Le Jin as the governor of Runan, led the history of Yuzhou, sat on the first line of Runan and Huaibei, guarded the gateway to the central and southern regions, and Cai Yang was deputy; appointed Yu Ban as the governor of the East China Sea, led the Qingzhou Thorn History, sat in Qingxu Erzhou, controlled the Xuzhou Thorn History, and guarded the southeast portal; appointed Xiahoudun as the governor of Hedong, led the state assassin history, sat in Hedong, guarded the northwest gate, and Xu Huang was deputy; He also ordered Xu Chu and Cao Chun to lead their troops and horses to guard Hongnong and Luoyang, and this road was the key, and Cao Cao was personally in charge.

Cao Cao had already stopped deploying, and when he heard that the Malay army was attacking on a large scale, he immediately ordered all the governors to meet the enemy on the spot, and personally led an army of 200,000 to Hangu Pass to meet the battle.

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Pubanjin is an important ferry port in the Qin-Jin section of the Yellow River, located in Puban County, Hedong County, and only seventy or eighty miles away from Fengyi County in the west. As one of the most important ferries on the Yellow River, it has always been a fortress heavily defended by all sides, after the Jing army entered Guanzhong, the 28th Division has been sticking here, and at the other end of the ferry, the Wei army is also in full array, the two sides face each other across the river, but there has been no conflict.

Now that the 28th Division had been disarmed, it was replaced by the 4th Field Army Group, which was 15 times more numerous. Obviously, the Jing army's heavy gathering of troops at Pubanjin was definitely not for defense, but intended to cross the Yellow River eastward.

Zhang Ren stood high on the side of the Yellow River, the rolling turbid waves were rushing in front of him, and on the other side of the Yellow River, the camp banner of the Wei army could be faintly seen. Zhang Ren stood against the wind, the river wind stirred his snow-white cloak, and the title of the six cyan eight-pointed stars on his chest shimmered with silver light. No one would have thought that three years ago, in the dark Chengdu prison, Zhang Ren was still a prisoner waiting to be killed, but today, standing by the Yellow River, he is a general who commands thousands of troops and horses, full of spirit and pointing out the country. Zhang Ren understands that without Liu Ze's appreciation and support, he may be alone in prison, and similarly, Zhang Ren did not live up to this grace of knowledge, Dingjun Mountain Formation beheaded Xiahou Yuan, Tongguan Force rejected Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops, Zhang Ren proved Liu Ze's unique vision with his proud achievements, and it was no accident that he was able to sit in the position of the Governor of the Four Fields.

This is an honor and a responsibility, Zhang Ren understands that the burden on his shoulders is definitely not light.

After personally inspecting the enemy situation by the Yellow River, Zhang Ren returned to the Chinese military tent and held a meeting with Wei Yan, the deputy governor of the military division, Zhang Ren first said: "Cao Cao appointed Xiahoudun as the governor of Hedong and the history of the state assassin, and the general leader of Hedong 200,000 people, at present, Xiahoudun led 100,000 troops to guard Jinyang, Pingbei general Zhang Yan led 50,000 troops to guard Yanmen, and only Fengyi Zhonglang led Li Tong to lead 50,000 troops to garrison in Hedong County. Although Li Tong only had 50,000 horses and horses, and he had to defend the two key passes of Pubanjin and Fenglingdu, I look at his position today, Pubanjin is very well guarded, the river defense is strong, and our army lacks enough ferries, so it is not easy to break through the natural danger of the Yellow River. Rejecting the Hou report, Xu Huang, the deputy governor of Hedong, led an army of 30,000 troops from Jinyang to the south, and is now stationed in Pingyang, and will reinforce Pubanjin at any time. If our army crosses from Pubanjin, it will inevitably be frantically blocked by the Wei army. ”

Last year, the 28th Division was stationed in Pubanjin, which blocked the Wei army's 10 times the number of soldiers and horses from crossing the river, thus frustrating Cao Cao's plan to rescue Chang'an. Now that the offensive and defensive situation is changing, it is obviously a difficult thing for Siye to complete the forced crossing from Pubanjin, which is heavily defended by the Wei army.

Wei Yan has just been promoted to the governor of the Eighth Army, and this time the field army has been adjusted, and he has been transferred to Siye to serve as the deputy governor, although it is said that from the deputy general to the general, Wei Yan is almost promoted two levels in a row, but obviously he is still not very adaptable, Siye is almost the world of the Sichuan army, and he seems to be a little out of place as a general of the Jingxiang system. However, Zhang Ren has an easy-going personality, and Fa Zheng is also very easy to get along with, but several of his governors, such as Huang Quan, Li Yan, Mengda and others, are obviously a little resistant to Wei Yanheng's insertion into Siye.

"When the narrow road meets, the brave wins, and the Hedong Wei army has precautions, what to do, a certain is willing to be the striker, and vows to take Pubanjin!" Wei Yan said in a rough voice.

Fa Zheng smiled and said: "Wen Chang should not be anxious, Zizhong said so, there must be a good way to break the enemy, you listen to him." ”

Zhang Rendao: "The Yellow River flows through the land of Qin and Jin, thousands of miles of river, is there only Pubanjin that can be crossed?" Since the Wei army has assembled heavy troops in Hedong County, it is better for us to avoid the truth and go north along the Yellow River, find another place to cross the river, and surprise and attack it unprepared, so that we can break through the Wei army's Yellow River defense line. ”

"Where does the Governor think we should cross the river from?" Wei Yan also agrees with Zhang Ren's Jianyì.

Zhang Ren pointed to the map and said: "Xiahoudun sits in Jinyang, which is the center of the state, if you want to capture the state, you must first get Jinyang, and the location of crossing the river must of course be selected in a location closer to Jinyang, you see, from this to the north, is the Xihe County of Bingzhou, the Wei army is lax in the Xihe garrison, only the Xihe is too guarded by Qin Qi's 3,000 men and horses, here is our best breakthrough point." ”

Fa Zheng said suspiciously: "From Fengyi County to the north, it will enter the control area of the Southern Xiongnu, if our army wants to cross the river from Xihe County, it will inevitably clash with the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu are good at cavalry shooting, is a more difficult opponent, although we are not afraid to fight with it, but once we fight, it will definitely alarm the Wei army in the east of the river, so that it has some precautions, and our army's plan to smuggle across the West River is only afraid that it will be difficult to implement." ”

Zhang Ren smiled and said: "This matter is easy to hear, before leaving, the lord has already taught him a clever plan, and the Huns are not a problem." So Zhang Ren convened the generals of all corps and divisions above the general level to discuss the major matters of the march.

Soon the Ninth Army Corps Governor Huang Quan, Deputy Governor Liu Ba, the New Fourth Army Corps Governor Li Yan, Deputy Governor Zhang Yi, the New Fifth Army Corps Governor Wu Yi, Deputy Governor Meng Da, the 23rd Division Commander Leng Bao, the 24th Division Commander Deng Xian, the 25th Division Commander Wang Ping, the 26th Division Commander Lei Tong, the 27th Division Commander Wu Lan, the New 16th Division Commander Zhang Nan, the New 17th Division Commander Zhang Wei, the New 18th Division Commander Wu Ban, the New 19th Division Commander Du Lu, the New 20th Division Commander Liu Ning, the New 21st Division Commander Liu Yan, the New 22nd Division Commander Ma Zhong, Gao Xiang, the commander-in-chief of the New 23rd Division, Deng Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the New 24th Division, and Chen Shi, the commander-in-chief of the New 25th Division, all came, and at the same time Ma Dai, the commander-in-chief of the 11th Cavalry Division of the 10th Army Corps. (To be continued......)