Although Sima Yi's Heaven Changing Heaven did not take long to comprehend, and the power was not enough to change the climate of one heaven and earth with a wave of his hand, with full preparation and the assistance of the formation, it was no problem to change the climate within a range of dozens of miles for half a day.

Under the cover of the fog, Cao Hong led 500 elite soldiers to cross the Han River, but because of the fog, it was not only the enemy army that was affected, but also his own family members could not see clearly, so some soldiers lost their way in the fog and broke away from the brigade, and some of them accidentally fell into the water and died in the river.

Of the 500 elite soldiers of the Forbidden Army, only 400 of them finally arrived on the other side, and in this case, even if the soldiers of the Forbidden Army were in the elite and the generals were strong, they could not avoid attrition - this was the first time that the Forbidden Army had such a serious non-combat attrition.

After arriving at the other side and making it clear to his men and horses, Cao Hong was furious, losing so many soldiers before the start of the battle, and it happened under his own leadership, even if this battle was finally won, his merits would inevitably be more stained.

"Kill me! Kill all the traitors who disobey Your Majesty!"

Annoyed, Sun Cejun became the best target to vent, Cao Hong led more than 400 soldiers to rush directly into Sun Cejun's camp under the cover of the fog, and then set fire everywhere, cutting people when they saw them, plus at this time more than half a day has passed, the fog has gradually begun to disperse, and the visibility is much higher, Cao Hong does not have to worry about accidentally injuring his own people.

As for Cao Hong himself, he rushed left and right in the camp with a long knife, cut people when he saw them, and then kept looking for Cheng Pu, the chief general of Sun Cejun's army, but unfortunately he didn't find it for a long time, and finally listened to the report from his subordinates, and Cheng Pu saw that the battle situation could not be reversed, and he had already led some guards to Xiangyang and fled.

"The old ghost escaped fast enough!"

Scolding resentfully, Cao Hong began to clean up the mess, and then waited until the fog cleared, and asked his men to cross the river by boat to inform Lu Bu that the other side had been taken and that he could arrange for the army to cross the river.

When Lu Bu received Cao Hong's report, he immediately arranged for the army to cross the river, and at the same time told Liu Xuan, the son of heaven, about the battle situation.

As for Sima Yi......

"Zhongda has made a lot of efforts this time, but it is not suitable to continue to follow the army at the moment, why don't you stay in Fancheng to rest, and when Xiangyang is defeated, I will send someone to pick you up!"

Although Sima Yi did not fall to the ground and couldn't move at this time, his face was pale, his forehead was full of sweat, and his spirit was even more sluggish.

Hearing Lu Bu's arrangement, Sima Yi did not object, and directly agreed, and then Lu Bu arranged for personal guards to escort Sima Yi back to Fancheng, and he continued to arrange for the army to cross the river.

Just when the imperial vanguard army crossed the river, Liu Xuan also received a report from Lu Bu.

At this time, he was talking about the situation in Jingzhou with the military including Liu Ye and Guo Jia, and Liu Ye was still discussing with Guo Jia how Lu Bu should cross the Han River, and it happened that Lu Bu's battle report was delivered at this time.

Liu Xuan took a look, and it wrote in detail how Lu Bu crossed the Han River.

Including Sima Yi's change of the sky to cover the river with fog, Cao Hong led 500 elites to cross the river under the cover of the fog, and then took advantage of Sun Cejun's Cheng Pu unpreparedness to launch a surprise attack and captured the camp on the other side of the ferry, so that Lu Bu could cross the river smoothly.

After everyone heard this, they didn't expect Lu Bu to use such a method to get through this first hurdle in such a short time.

In fact, when Liu Xuan used Lu Bu as the vanguard to conquer Jingzhou, many people did not agree with it.

People including Guo Jia and Liu Ye thought that Huang Zhong was more suitable than Lu Bu, and that Lu Bu should be in charge of the Chinese army, and it was much better to send him out during an important decisive battle than to be the vanguard directly.

It's not that Huang Zhong's strength is stronger, but Huang Zhong has lived in Jingzhou for a long time, and he is more familiar with the environment of Jingzhou, plus he has also been a military attache in Jingzhou for a considerable time, which places can be ambushed, which places are key, and which roads are easy for the army to pass, especially the waterway network that runs through the south, Huang Zhong is definitely more familiar than Lu Bu. ...,

But Lu Bu took the initiative to ask for battle, and everyone didn't want to offend Lu Bu because of this, so they didn't speak, and the Son of Heaven also nodded and agreed, so the matter was settled.

Of course, considering that Huang Zhong and Gan Ning were both in Fancheng, they felt that the waterway might be able to trap Lu Bu for a while, but not for long. It's just that I didn't expect that this general of Zhengxi didn't stump at all, and he passed it directly with such a move.

Well...... It should be said that none of them thought that Sima Yi, as a marching staff officer, would know such a trick.

In fact, Liu Xuan knew that Sima Yi knew that trick, but in his opinion, Sima Yi couldn't exert the true power of this trick at all, but he didn't expect that even if this move couldn't play its due power, it could still play a big role.

However, in Liu Xuan's eyes, it was still not advisable to do so, especially seeing that Sima Yi directly needed to cultivate for a month in order to perform this trick, and he couldn't cast any spells for the whole month, which was equivalent to directly scrapping it.

He didn't want his generals to do this, he still wanted the generals to fully master those abilities before using them, so that no accidents would happen.

Putting down the battle report, Xun Yu raised his head and said to Liu Xuan: "Now that General Lu's army has passed the Han River, and Xiangyang is close at hand, I think that with General Lu's force and the strength of our army's vanguard, Xiangyang City will not be able to resist General Lu's offensive at all, so it will be a matter of the near future when Xiangyang City is captured!"

Liu Ye nodded: "Once Xiangyang is captured, even if our army occupies the central and northern regions of Jingzhou, the rest of the place further northwest is originally under the rule of General Zhang Xiu, since it was broken by Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu was defeated by General Lu, that area has never been occupied, although Liu Biao wants to send someone to take over, but our army is in Nanyang, so that it does not dare to act rashly, so don't pay attention to it, just send General Zhang to pacify the local people!"

He is talking about Shangyong, Xincheng and Nanxiang, this area was previously occupied by Zhang Ji, and then Zhang Ji was destroyed, and Yuan Shu was destroyed by Lu Bu and his troops before he could completely occupy it.

Later, the imperial army shrank its soldiers and horses in the Nanyang area, and never took over that area - because Xiangyang was below, if it was accidentally stuck in the middle of the key point by Liu Biao's troops, it would become an enclave.

And Liu Biao was taken by the imperial army next to him, so he didn't dare to take over, so this area has been empty and no one has occupied it, and now each city and county has its own life, and there are some local peasant soldiers or mountain bandits entrenched. Now that the imperial army is marching south to Xiangyang, there is no need to worry about Liu Biao being able to get stuck, and at the same time, the Zhang family has been operating in that generation for a few years, which is also quite prestigious.

Once Shangyong was taken, then the passage from Jingzhou to Yizhou was opened, and if Guan Yu's army was frustrated in the direction of Xiegu, the imperial court could completely divide its troops from Shangyong into Hanzhong and then enter Xichuan.

At that time, under the attack of the two sides, the Heavenly Master Dao will definitely be difficult to parry, and Liu Zhang is still making noise behind him, and he can't help but be vigilant, and the Heavenly Master Dao has no possibility of turning the tables at all.

Speaking of Xichuan, Guan Yu's army did not go smoothly at all in the process of marching, and Yizhou's geographical advantages were too obvious, even more headache than Jiangdong.

Mountains, mountains, and mountains.

The only road that can be walked is the plank road built on the mountain wall, and the difficulty of walking the plank road makes people's scalp tingle just by thinking about it.

During this period of time, there have been several good news from Lu Bu's side, and the news from Guan Yu's side is all this: On the road! On the march! Wait, they haven't even seen an enemy now.

As for the passes built between the mountains, it is not a problem, anyway, with Guan Yu's strength, he can completely ignore those passes, and it is not impossible to directly blast the city gate out of a big hole and then break through. ..., so, in the final analysis, what really affects the Pingchuan army is still the road of the pit father.

However, no matter how bad the road is, there will be a day when it comes to the end, according to the news from Guan Yu, it will not be long before they will enter the sphere of influence of the Heavenly Master Dao, according to Guan Yu's plan, they will first take Wudu County and Yinping, and then clean up the various passes in the Qinling Mountains, and then continue to attack Hanzhong in the south, and finally use Hanzhong as a temporary resting place to start the final attack on Xichuan.

In fact, once Hanzhong is defeated, then the Heavenly Master Dao will be considered finished, because they have not defeated Chengdu so far, and if Hanzhong is lost again, then they will be sandwiched between the two armies of Liu Zhang and Guan Yu, and there will be no place to settle down and replenish ordnance and grain in the vast mountains.

Once it reaches that level, what Heavenly Master Dao Zhang Lu has to think about is not how to turn the tables, but how to find a safe escape route from this vast mountain range - of course, this problem is not difficult, Liu Xuan will arrange it for him, and even let him escape with some cronies.

For this reason, Liu Xuan deliberately asked Ma Teng to send an envoy to the Western Regions to contact some Qiang tribes, so that they could help Zhang Lu escape when necessary.

Even Liu Xuan didn't mind being noticed by Zhang Lu that there was a shadow of the imperial court behind this matter, anyway, even if he saw it, what could he do? Zhang Lu would definitely not be able to survive in the Han world, either he would commit suicide for the rest of his life, or go to a place that the Han could not threaten to regroup, and maybe there would be a chance to counterattack and come back for revenge after a few decades.

As for any conspiracy or something, anyway, Liu Xuan won't send someone to follow Zhang Lu, he's afraid of Mao!

"But speaking of which, maybe you can really arrange someone to do this kind of thing, at least you can keep guiding Zhang Lu to develop in Europe!"

Sun Ce has Yu Ji there to do this, he doesn't have to worry, but Zhang Lu is here...... I really can't think of the right person for a while.

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