With the arrival of the heavy rainy season in Jingbei, the floods broke down the dams and flooded the plains on both sides of the Han River.

General Guan Yu also took the opportunity to take a large ship and lead his troops to attack.

As a result, they defeated the Seven Forbidden Army in one battle and won a complete victory.

Because of this battle, Guan Yu was able to shock China.

With the water on the flat ground reaching several feet deep, the walls of Fancheng were only a few planks away from being completely submerged, and many of the defense lines collapsed and were destroyed.

Guan Yu took the opportunity and led his warships to besiege Fancheng.

For a time, the connection between inside and outside the city was completely cut off.

That's not the worst!

Due to the flooding, most of the grain and grass collected in the city gradually became moldy.

If there is no new rice shipped in, we will soon be in a state of food shortage.

And because the previous series of annihilation battles in the wild were defeated.

At this moment, Cao Ren only had a few thousand troops at his disposal.

Looking at the Jingzhou Army surrounded by three layers of water spreading outside the city, many generals under his command had different expressions on their faces and felt panicked.

One of his subordinates held up his hands and persuaded him, "General Cao, our army is now in dire straits. It's God's will, not our own fault."

"Rather than just waiting to be killed, how about taking advantage of the enemy's encirclement before it shrinks and tightens, and escape on a light speedboat at night?"

"Although we will lose the city, can we still save the lives of the thousands of people under our command?"

As the general persuaded one word after another, after Cao Ren listened, he could also understand the difficult situation between him and him. After thinking for a while, he couldn't help but hesitate!

After thinking for a long time, he unconsciously went to consider the opinion of Man Chong, the governor of Runan who was transferred to help him defend the city, and asked, "Bo Ning, for our current plan, floods are all over Fancheng. The Jingzhou army is obviously well prepared.

Come!"

"If our army continues to fight, something may not be right!"

"The general wants to lead his troops to evacuate the city, what do you think?"

As soon as he said this, Man Chong didn't even show the slightest hesitation. His expression turned serious, he raised his hands and said in a deep voice:

"General Cao, why are you so worried?"

"This flood is just an ordinary rainy season in Jingbei!"

"Floods tend to come and go quickly and cannot last forever."

"I heard that Guan Yu seems to have sent troops to the Jiaxian area, causing the entire people south of Xudu to panic."

"But the reason why Guan Yu did not dare to lead the main force to continue marching north is that Fancheng has not yet been conquered and he was worried that our army would cut off his retreat!"

"If the general withdraws at this moment, the large area south of the Hong River may no longer belong to the imperial court."

"Therefore, General Chong should continue to hold on and wait for the opportunity."

After hearing these words, Cao Ren couldn't help but think deeply for dozens of seconds.

"What Bonin said is great!"

Later, Cao Ren also adopted this strategy and continued to defend Fancheng, waiting for help.

Not only that, in order to boost the hearts and morale of his soldiers, Cao Ren even sunk his white horse into the water and drowned in public to show his ambition.

When this strategy is implemented, the effect is quite good!

The soldiers of Cao Cao, who were still a little shaken in military morale at first, gradually felt at ease.

"I am willing to serve General Cao to the death!"

All the sergeants raised their sharp weapons and shouted in unison.

After besieging the city for several days, I saw that the morale of Cao's army in the city was stable and not in a state of collapse.

After Guan Yu thought deeply, he also divided his troops and led his troops to besiege Xiangyang.

Henghai General Lu saw the situation, and he was very calm and ordered his soldiers to hold on to the city and resist tenaciously.

The two cities of Xiang and Fan were tightly surrounded and completely cut off from any contact with the outside world.

It can be said that except for these two cities, everything around Xiangfan is under the control of the Jingzhou Army.

And after various military information about the Flooded Seventh Army gradually came out.

The soldiers and people in the surrounding states and counties were all shocked!

Hu Xiu, the governor of Jingzhou, Fu Fang, the governor of Nanxiang, and other officials all chose to surrender.

Sun Lang and other soldiers who had previously launched riots in Luhun and other places because of their resistance to corvee service all accepted the seals and ribbons assigned by Guan Yu and returned to their hometowns to recruit troops and continue to harass Cao's rear.

In response to the Jingzhou Army's offensive between the two cities of Xiangfan.

And because of this battle, Guan Yu's army was at full strength, and its reputation resounded throughout the world.

Not only Nanjun and Nanyang counties in the north of Jingzhou, but also the counties in Yuzhou headed by Xu Du were suddenly in turmoil.

The soldiers guarding Cao's rear were panic-stricken and there was a rumbling sound.

The local scholars and people had already had enough of Cao's cruel corvee, and this time they also spontaneously raised their flags and made a noise, and many people took the opportunity to cause chaos.

Among them, Liang County, Jiaxian County and other places where Jingzhou's army reached were undoubtedly the hardest hit areas.

Local bandits, bandits and other forces also accepted Guan Yu's seal, planted the banner of the Jingzhou Army, and became branch members of Guan Yu's army.

For a time, the Cao family's rule south of the Yellow River seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

The entire battlefield situation was greatly reversed as a result.

From then on, the general Guan Yu firmly controlled the overall situation.

He also became powerful in China because of this battle!

As the saying goes, when the house leaks, it rains all night.

When the Central Plains defense line was in danger, great changes also occurred in the Wei palace in Yecheng, the core ruling area of ​​the Cao family.

Wei Xi saw the fierce offensive of the external Jingzhou army. As a former official of the Han Dynasty, he seemed to see the dawn of the restoration of the emperor and his seizure of power.

So he united with a group of like-minded friends in order to raise troops to capture Yecheng, then welcome the emperor, and form an internal and external alliance with Guan Yu's army.

Unfortunately, before the incident happened, his accomplice Chen Yi was afraid and surrendered to Prince Wei, who was temporarily in power.

When Cao Pi heard about this, he was furious.

He then quickly mobilized the imperial guards to strangle Wei Xi's rebellion in the cradle!

This rebellion can be considered a false alarm.

Cao Pi then stabilized the rear.

only.

Although the internal situation has stabilized, the crisis on the Jingzhou front line still exists.

The Jingzhou Army is still eyeing the two cities of Xiangfan.

Cao Ren is also in danger of overthrowing at any time!

This military information soon spread to Cao's military camp, which was facing off at the Hanzhong front line.

When Wei King Cao Cao heard this news, his face was full of disbelief!

"What?"

"All seven armies are gone?"

"Yu Jin surrendered and Yan Xing died in battle?"

When he held the military report in his hand, his old scalp even seemed to be trembling.

Cao Cao couldn't imagine how long it would take for his reinforcements to support Xiangfan? Then the entire army would be wiped out?

What on earth is that guy Yu Jin doing?

Even if he had been out of battle for a long time, he wouldn't be able to collapse in the face of Guan Yu, right?

As various suspicious thoughts arose, he suppressed the anger in his mind and continued to read the battle report.

When the Han River burst its embankments and submerged all seven armies, and the Jingzhou Army took advantage of the situation to launch an attack using large boats, and recorded all military information in detail, he could no longer live in Bengbu.

Especially when Cao Cao saw that Yu Jin actually led his troops to surrender, he sighed without regret, "Yu Wenze has been following Gu for more than thirty years, starting from a young age, and going through more than a hundred battles."

"In such a dangerous situation, why can't you be as good as Yan Xingye?"

Sighing, sighing, but now the war situation in Jingzhou has suddenly opened a gap. Cao Cao knows that if this matter cannot be handled properly, there may be a big chaos.

Xiangfan is the important town of Wan, Luo and even Xudu.

If these two places are lost, I fear that the entire Central Plains will be completely exposed to the front of the Jingzhou Army.

"Everyone, do you have any good ideas?"

When the situation suddenly changed, Cao Cao was worried about the situation in Jingzhou. At the same time, he was also worried about the safety of his general Cao Ren. He was deeply afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of Xia Houyuan who was once at the foot of Micang Mountain. So he couldn't help but quickly blame all the civil and military generals for the incident in Jingxiang.
To be continued...