( ) Chen Yan repelled Xiahoudun and returned to the barracks with his deployment. At this time, Chen Yan's army crossed Weishui and had gradually gained a firm foothold on the bank of the Weishui River. Liyang City is not far away, and Xiahoudun has just been frustrated, presumably not long after, Chen Yan's iron hooves can break through Liyang, and then attack Puyang City in one fell swoop.

The only problem now is to let the catapult cross the river, the water flow is turbulent, although Li Dian's military camp has a lot of river crossing equipment, but if you want a behemoth like a catapult to cross the river safely, I am afraid it will take more effort.

However, Chen Yan was naturally not in a hurry, because Xiahoudun had obviously injured his vitality, and Chen Yan had already beheaded General Li Dian in battle, and his morale was like a rainbow.

Chen Yan slowly paced back to the barracks, followed by Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao suddenly raised his eyes and looked around, and after seeing that there was no one, he asked in a low voice, "Junlang, have you already inquired about Mr. Jia Xu?" ”

Chen Yan nodded, but he was a little surprised that Zhang Liao was so well-informed, he said: "Yes, Mr. Jia Xu has nothing to hide, he admits that he does have Taoist cultivation in his body and is a practitioner, but this does not prove that he is an old immortal of Nanhua." ”

Zhang Liao also nodded solemnly. After all, Zuo Ci is an outsider, and he often does things to sow discord, and now is a critical period for unanimous external relations.

Chen Yan also has this plan, whether Jia Xu is an old immortal in Nanhua or not, this matter should always wait until Cao Cao is won.

At this moment, suddenly a figure flickered in the distance, and I saw Jia Xu and Sima Yi walking from a distance.

Zhang Liao and Chen Yan saw it in their eyes, and they both immediately shut up.

The Lord is here, but you can't talk nonsense.

When Jia Xu saw Chen Yan, he still had a calm expression on his face, without any embarrassment, he stepped forward quickly, took Sima Yi to salute, and immediately asked: "Lord, the military tent has been repaired, you are tired all night, go and rest." ”

Chen Yan smiled slightly, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, when we all have all the arrangements, it's not too late for me to go and rest." ”

Hearing this, Jia Xu nodded and smiled, obviously appreciating Chen Yan's actions.

Sima Yi suddenly spoke: "My lord, our geographical location at this time seems to be a little inappropriate. ”

When Chen Yan heard this, his brows moved, and he hurriedly said, "Oh? Erlang, what do you say? ”

Sima Yi glanced at Jia Xu, and then said: "The upper reaches of Weishui are close to Liyang, and our military camp is adjacent to Weishui, if Xiahoudun comes from the waterway, he can directly go down the river and attack our military camp. ”

Hearing this, Chen Yan nodded, and said, "It makes sense, do you know about this, Mr. Jia Xu?" ”

Chen Yan asked Jia Xu, because Jia Xu was half of Sima Yi's master at this time, and Sima Yi's affairs in the army were all handled with Jia Xu, so at this time, Sima Yi's opinion had obviously been informed to Jia Xu first.

Jia Xu nodded when he heard this, obviously already knowing, he said: "Erlang's insight is indeed in place, and I didn't find it before, Weishui is the only geographical reliance of Liyang City, not only can block the soldiers and horses on both sides of the river, but also can be used for transportation, so we have to guard against it." ”

Chen Yan knew in his heart that Sima Yi's reminder was very important, Cao Cao was not unscrupulous, if he really found this method and advanced by water, Chen Yan's army would directly face the danger of being attacked from both sides.

However, at this time, Xiahou was greatly injured, and Cao Cao's side was slow to move, Chen Yan couldn't help but begin to wonder if Cao Cao's side still had the strength to make such a large-scale strategic action.

"I think ...... Cao Cao's side won't have such a fast speed, right? ”

Zhang Liao stood aside and said, "Li Dian has just died, Xiahoudun has also suffered defeat, and the whole army has lost more than sixty percent, how can they have the ability to directly cross the river and continue to fight with us?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Cao Cao has never been a soft persimmon, we took Beihai and Dongjun, which is expected, but now attacking Puyang City, on this road, don't you think we are too smooth?" ”

Zhang Liao was asked by Jia Xu, and was speechless for a while, yes, Jia Xu's words are indeed irrefutable, Cao Cao was able to step into Yanzhou, relying on his own strength, and now although he has reached the end of the crossbow, but it is really a bit unreasonable to take Puyang City so easily.

Zhang Liao pondered carefully, and was finally persuaded by Jia Xu, and immediately nodded and said: "That's true, I'm afraid that our journey is smooth, but it is a trap set by Cao Cao, and it is a strategy to attract us to the bait......"

Halfway through speaking, Zhang Liao shook his head violently and said, "But if Cao Cao is really like this, wouldn't he waste the two generals Li Dian and Lu Qian in vain?" ”

Jia Xu sneered and said: "Whoever achieves great things must be ruthless, if Cao Cao can't bear to give up even a general, how can he achieve great achievements?" And how can we be baited? At this time, he has reached the point of exhaustion, if he can't bear to break his wrist, I'm afraid that he will be ruined......"

Chen Yan and the others who Jia Xu said had a numb back, but they had to admit that what Jia Xu said was really good.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yan said violently: "Don't get in the way, even if they go by water, we have a way to deal with it, General Wenyuan, I bother you to call General Mi Fang." ”

Zhang Liao gave an order and ran quickly, and before long, he had already hurried over with Mi Fang.

Mi Fang was confused, still didn't know what was going on, Chen Yan briefly explained the scene at this time to Mi Fang, and then said: "General Mi Fang, I have to bother you to go to the other side of the river, tell Yun Chang these things, let him be careful, and be ready to plan at any time before acting." ”

Mi Fang nodded, immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, and left without saying a word.

Chen Yan, Jia Xu, Sima Yi and the others nodded, knowing that on the other side of the river, Guan Yu and Chen Gong were in charge, and there would never be any baskets, even if Cao Cao had laid a net, Chen Yan would poke a hole in his net!

……

Gradually, when it was twilight again, there was suddenly an additional team outside Liyang City, this team was not very numerous, but it had a rigorous lineup, strong soldiers and strong horses, and it could be seen that it was another ace army.

The leader was riding on a horse, with a resolute face and a long knife hanging on the horse, which was the general under Cao Cao.

At this strange point in time, why did Yu Ban suddenly appear in Liyang?