The rainstorm came as scheduled.

"King, it's raining."

Ten days ago, Guo Jia opened the Chinese military tent and shook the wet rain, and the heavy rain did not stop after that. Before the heavy rain fell, the dark clouds accumulated in the land of Zhao Wei for half a month, and the prefectures and counties had already prepared, and did not cause much trouble to the Yan army to go south, Zhang Liaobu, who took the lead in the south, did not mention, even the Hu cavalry on the left and right flanks had already rushed to Dongjun to herd horses, but only the Chinese army headquarters in Yanbei and the rear army led by Gao Ran were left on the north bank of the Yellow River.

The impact of heavy rain on the military is less than the worry about agriculture in Yanbei's heart...... Jizhou has just experienced a major drought for several years, and it has not eased up last year, and this year it will be flooded again, and it is hopeless to count on self-sufficiency. In the blink of an eye, there is another war with the Cao Yuan coalition army, whether it is this year's agricultural affairs or the front-line soldiers to deliver the required grain and grass, no one in the shogunate can be easy.

What really worries Yanbei is not the rainstorm, but what happened after the rainstorm.

"The river swelled, and the ropeway was completely submerged, and it was unusable. We had to bring a large ship from the Bohai Sea, and when the rain stopped, we drove into the estuary. Yan Bei said to Guan Cheng'er, this general who was born as a pirate in the past and is now the commander of the Yellow River and Bohai River basins in the Central Plains of the Yan Clan, is in a terrible mood, and his dark face has been swarned by the sea breeze and sun for many years, and his face has turned black and purple, and he keeps bowing his head and saying yes. Yan Bei couldn't bear to say anything more when he saw his appearance, just patted his shoulder and sighed, shook his head and said: "It's not your fault that the water army was damaged, but this rain may continue to fall until September, and there can be no more negligence." ”

The rainstorm came quickly and quickly, and the sailors docked on the bank of the river had no time to react that day, and the heavy rain broke the iron anchor overnight, and more than ten large ships went east along the water, and the sailors who stayed overnight were washed down by the surging river. When the cavalry running east in the rain on the shore found their tracks five days later, the warships were all washed to the shore of the Qinting Territory in Dongjun, and the soldiers who were sleeping in the cabin and the grain and grass bales waiting for transfer were smashed to pieces, and the corpses everywhere could be seen as a mess when they looked at the north bank of the river.

A dozen warships are nothing to the wealthy Yan clan, and if they are burned and destroyed in a water battle, they are nothing. But it was overturned and floated away in the harbor, and the Yan clan only had more than 40 large ships among the hundreds of warships on the north bank of the Yellow River, and nearly half of them were lost at once...... Who can afford such a loss?

It was already difficult to move grain and grass south in the rain, and it suddenly became more difficult to maintain the grain road.

"As soon as possible, the big ships in the Bohai Sea will not be able to pass, and the small boats will also go to the other side, and this rain will rain for at least ten and a half days, and we cannot have the slightest understanding of Henan's military." Yan Bei pressed the case of rain and dampness for several days, and said: "Even if you rush, you have to bring back the battle report!" ”

Guan Cheng was ordered to walk out of the Zhongjun tent, Yan Bei lifted the curtain and squinted his eyes, looking at the gloomy sky where heavy rain was falling, still frowning, and sighed: "This rain is coming...... How good it would be if the whole world descended together, why is it thinner than Mengde! ”

Henan sent back the last battle report seven days ago, which was to tell the situation in the south of Yanbei, Cao Cao sent troops to Puyang with great fanfare, Zhang Liao was worried that it was a suspicious strategy, and after consulting with Yan Rou, he ordered Yan Zhi to lead 4,000 Wuhuan cavalry to the west, trying to occupy Puyang before Cao's time, which was praised by Yanbei as an old strategy.

In this way, if Cao Cao really poured his troops to come, the speed may not be able to catch up with Yan Zhi, who has all the light cavalry, even if there are only 4,000 Wuhuan, it is within his power to avoid the battle for more than ten days, and this time can allow Zhang Liao to completely spread out his defense in Dongjun, so as to survive the rainy season and wait for the army to go south; If this is Cao Cao's suspicious strategy, it will be better for Zhang Liao.

Although the city of Fan County was full of flags and surrounded by Wuhuan camps, in fact, Zhang Liao did not put the main force in the city, and only one of the soldiers and horses of Beiyan was stationed in Fan County, and he commanded the most elite 7,000 soldiers and horses under his command to be stationed on the northern edge of the Wuhuan camp in the west of Fan County, ready to ambush and attack the Cao army in Fan County.

It's just that there is also bad news in the war report, that is, the torrential rain that swept across southern Hebei only spread to the northern part of Dongjun, and the southern part of Dongjun and even the entire area controlled by Cao Cao did not rain, the roads were unimpeded, and the sky was shining.

In other words, even if there was no barrier from the big river, in the time it took for Yanbei's soldiers and horses to march a hundred miles on the north bank of the Yellow River, Cao's army could travel three hundred miles or more. If it is replaced by Xiahou Yuan, a general named after Cao Cao's subordinates who is known for forced marching, he can travel 800 miles at a rapid pace.

Eight hundred miles, enough to walk Dongjun from the south to the north and back!

Such a favorable time and place, so that Zhang Liao could not attack the Cao army at all, so he could only passively wait in the west of Fan County, fortunately, the Wuhuan people brought a lot of cattle and sheep to the south, and Yanbei also transported some livestock to them in case of emergency, otherwise the grain and grass would collapse in less than a month.

The worse consequences are still to come, blocked by heavy rains, muddy and waterlogged roads, and the swelling of the big rivers is difficult to walk, Yanbei's control over the entire Henan, whether it is Qingzhou or Yanzhou, has been reduced to a minimum, and it is impossible to rely on the overall spy to connect the various armies, and the generals of each department can only fight on their own, and even communicate with friendly forces through themselves...... And they faced Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who formed an alliance and had extremely high control over their subordinates.

The difficulty can be imagined.

How not to make Yanbei sad?

"It's better for the general to send someone to forcibly cross the river and grant Zhang Liao a scepter to the south, so that he can temporarily have the right to lead the troops and control the generals." Yanbei's worries were all on his face, and Guo Jia, who was standing on the side, naturally knew it, and arched his hand: "At present, General Qingzhou Koji doesn't have to worry, as long as Zhang Junyi can defend Leling, the worst thing in Qingzhou is nothing more than to throw away a county; On the contrary, in Yanzhou, both General Yan and Hu Shuai of various departments have no experience in fighting in the south, and only General Zhang has accompanied Wen Hou to the south to conquer Dongjun, knowing the geographical advantages, but he can only control the two generals of Zhang Mill and Beiyan, and the number is only 16,000, which is difficult to stop Cao Cao. ”

"Grant a scepter?" Yan Bei turned his head, his face suddenly showed joy, and he stroked his palms and smiled: "What Feng Xiao said is that granting Zhang Wenyuan a scepter can control the soldiers, although we have no geographical advantages, there are people who know geographical advantages!" ”

Without waiting for Guo Jia to respond, Yan Bei strode into the Chinese military tent to open the bookcase, and planned back and forth against the topographic map: "The best situation at the moment is that Meng Dezhen leads the army to attack Puyang, whether he preempts it or not, whether he can fight it or not, at least it can give Zhang Wenyuan enough time to put his guard on guard." The worst-case scenario is that Cao's army is divided, even if the 60,000 army is divided into four formations, it is still much stronger than Wen Yuan's army. ”

"Order, send people and horses to cross the river with a scepter, and let Guan Cheng send the scepter to Zhang Liao for Yan no matter what, and!" Yan Bei pressed on the case and said in a deep voice: "Send someone back to Handan, enable Chen Gongtai, and participate in the Yanzhou military!" ”