Yang Zhao led his troops south, and when he was about to arrive in Xinye, he obviously felt that the rain was much heavier.

The roads are muddy and difficult to walk.

Especially the artillery, etc., heavy things can easily make the wheels sink into the mud, slow down the march, and walk not very fast, and after walking for a long time, they have not been able to reach Xinye.

"This is how the rainy weather has an adverse effect on us."

Yang Zhao shook the drops of water on his clothes, the soldiers in the army basically have clothes, otherwise it will be more difficult, and they have to ensure that weapons such as artillery are not wet by the rain.

Fortunately, they have also prepared a lot of medicines to prevent water and soil adaptation or epidemic diseases, and there have been no special situations in the army for the time being.

"Lord, I have a plan."

Jia Xu braved the rain and stepped forward and said: "Now that the rain is raining and the road is difficult to walk, the Cao army in Xinye is waiting for work, and when we arrive in Xinye, we are already exhausted, and the Cao army will use this to consume our morale." We can't, we can't, be consumed like this, we should make some surprise plans. ”

"For example?"

"Raid Fancheng in southern Xinye."

Jia Xu continued: "Now that Cao Jun's attention is basically on Xinye, in the heavy rain, the scouts sent by Cao Jun are definitely not as dense as before, and there will be mistakes and omissions. We took this opportunity to send a team of people to bypass Xinye and raid Fancheng, so that Cao Jun could be caught off guard. ”

Xun You agreed: "My lord, Wen He's idea is good. ”

"I think it's doable, too."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly in agreement.

Yang Zhao thought for a moment and asked, "Gongjin and Zhongmou, can you help me go on this trip?" ”

Zhou Yu nodded and said: "The subordinates are naturally fine, but the raid on Fancheng, highlighting the word 'fast', the lord's artillery is too cumbersome to bring, but the mortar is feasible, the most important thing is to attack lightly." ”

Yang Zhao asked again, "What do you think?" ”

Xun You agreed: "What Gong Jin said is reasonable, the raid on Fancheng must be a surprise soldier, and the fast attack is the main thing, and you can't bring too many things and cause trouble." ”

Yang Zhao said: "Fancheng will be handed over to Gongjin and Zhongmou, but we must pay attention to one point to prevent the enemy from flooding and counterattacking." ”

He remembered that Guan Yun grew up in Fancheng and flooded the Seventh Army.

Although Liu Bei has long been driven out of Jingzhou, and now he is fighting against Cao Cao, but this worry must be had.

In case Xi Zhong and the others do the same, then Zhou Yu and the others may be trapped in the city.

"When the rivers are rising, the enemy is easy to attack with water."

Zhou Yu said: "Thank you for the reminder of the lord, Fancheng handed it over to us, no problem at all." ”

Sun Quan echoed: "Lord, please rest assured, I will not let you down." ”

Soon, they led 10,000 men out and raided Fancheng.

The rain in the sky is still falling, and it is even getting bigger and bigger.

The ground is full of stagnant water, and when you step down, it is either stagnant water or mud.

"It's pouring rain!"

Yang Zhao looked up at the sky for a while, and said, "Continue to hurry, in the evening, camp and rest, tomorrow afternoon, you should be able to rush to the outside of Xinye City." ”

Fortunately, they have Ma Jun, and the factory in Yecheng has done a lot of black technology.

There are things to prevent water, so that food and so on will not get wet.

There are also some alcohols that are convenient for grilling, etc.

The soldiers brought Ma Jun's things on the march, and now that the weather is not cold, when they are resting, they can bake a fire and eat something, and the soldiers can basically be active again and not be demoralized.

There is also a decoction for pre-epidemic diseases, and you have to drink a bowl every day.

Hua Tuo's medical school, the results are becoming more and more obvious.

The military doctors in the army are all students of Hua Tuo.

Those preventive drugs are also made by Huatuo.

Solved a lot of trouble for the army.

For Cao Cao, Yang Zhao just wants to make a quick decision, after all, the rainy season will not last long.

After surviving this period of time, you will be able to drive straight into the south and hit the south.

Another day passed, and Yang Zhao finally came to the outside of Xinye City.

As soon as Yang Zhao arrived, Xinye's guards were all nervous, including Xi Zhong, as for Lu Bu and them, they were ready to fight, but looking at the rain outside, they were relieved again.

When it rains, it's not easy to storm the city.

The rain during this period stopped a few times, but Yang Zhao's army was definitely more tired than ordinary when they were rushing in the rain.

They won't come to attack the city for the time being, and they can even counterattack.

After all, he is not as tired as Yang Zhao.

"How's it going, sir?"

Ma Liang looked out of the city and asked.

Wei Yan said: "I think we have to strike first, Yang Zhao just came, he definitely doesn't have much strength to deal with us, the surprise attack out of the city can have an effect, what does Mr. think?" ”

I saw that Xi Zhong thought for a while and said: "Wen Chang is right, arrange it, Feng Xian will lead the troops to battle, and try the power of our artillery, as well as Yang Zhao's situation, but it will be easy to fight until the rain stops." ”

"No problem!"

Lu Bu said first.

Outside the city.

Yang Zhao camped outside Xinye, and it was indeed difficult to march on a rainy day.

Especially when they had to carry so many things, the soldiers were tired.

"The whole army should rest as much as possible, do not save food, eat what should be eaten, and replenish enough physical strength."

Yang Zhao was inspecting the camp, and said, "Rest, we will attack the city tomorrow." ”

Xun You said: "Now the person who guards the city in Xinye is Xi Zhicai, this person's ability is not under me and Feng Xiao, our soldiers are tired, Xi Zhicai will not be able to guess, and it is possible to attack first." ”

Then rest is even more important.

Yang Zhao asked them to hurry, and they couldn't delay.

However, the rain outside continued, and after inspecting the camp, he also went back to the main tent to sit down and rest for a while, and asked: "According to the time, Gongjin and them have almost arrived in Fancheng." ”

The rapid march is not the same as the rush of their army.

Although Fancheng is farther than Xinye and has to take a detour, the speed of the rapid march will be faster.

"It should be almost."

Jia Xu judged: "We dragged Xizhicai to Xinye, and after Fancheng gained an advantage, he had to divide his troops to go back to save Fancheng, so Xinye's troops are insufficient, even if firearms are completely useless in rainy days, it is not difficult to break the city." ”

"If we break the city at the same time as Gongjin, maybe we can still keep the trick."

Zhuge Liang said.

cut off Fancheng's retreat, and Xi Zhong couldn't escape.

The rain did not stop until the evening.

There was a lot of water and mud outside the city.

However, when Xi Zhong came to Xinye to station, he did a good job of drainage.

He was also worried that Shinno would be flooded.

The stagnant water was quickly drained away, but the mud on the ground still couldn't be solved.

These did not have a great impact on Cao Jun.

Not long after the rain stopped, Xi Zhong passed the order to go to battle, and the prepared artillery carriage was immediately pushed out by the soldiers and stood outside Yang Zhao's camp.

On Yang Zhao's side, when he saw Cao's army leaving the city, the soldiers on duty beat the war drums, and the drums echoed outside the city.