The ice and snow melted, and the freezing temperature gradually warmed, and the Yanzhou farmers were wrapped in several layers of linen clothes inside and out, but they still had to work in the fields. Last year's heavy snow melted in the fields and made the land fertile, and even the impending war could not stop them from clearing the land.

Even if you can occasionally see cavalry foot soldiers marching in the fields with swallow-shaped banners? Even if the land was plowed at noon, it was trampled and scattered by the soldiers crossing the border in the afternoon. The fields must be planted, these old revolutions may not kill them, even if the war is nearby, the life of the common people still has to live.

If they don't plow now, they won't be able to survive without enough food in the autumn when this war is over.

The lives of ordinary people are counted in years, and they don't think about what will happen in a year, and they don't want to think about what will happen in a year, they just want to live through this year. The so-called Chinese New Year is also a celebration of everyone living for another year!

Because of the heavy snow and the midwinter ceased for two months, it was just February, and the Yan clan once again encouraged the soldiers and horses to advance southward, and the first to bear the brunt was Cao Ren and Yu Ban, who were still holding on to Jiyin County. If two months ago, Cao Ren would have held on to the city, but now, two months later, Yu Ban has directly camped on the left side of the main road outside the city, not afraid of the tough offensive of the Yan army's southward movement.

For no other reason, Cao Cao was supplied with 30,000 soldiers from Chen State, and took this opportunity to regroup and re-dispatch more than 20,000 people, and with the help of the cars made by Liang and Chen, he was barely able to transport the baggage over long distances...... Last year, as a heavy transport team, originally only wanted to attract the attention of the Yan army, but was unexpectedly attacked and submerged in Pushui by Yan Zhi, a subordinate of Zhang Liao, who was a subordinate of Zhang Liao, and directly caused the Cao army to have tens of thousands of soldiers but could not support long-distance battles, so it could only respond to Zhang Liao's continuous transfer with an aggrieved defensive position, and thus missed the great opportunity for the main force of the Yan army to be trapped in Hebei by heavy rain.

Cao Cao held back for a long time, and now he finally has the opportunity to set up his troops and horses and take the initiative to attack the Yan clan.

"You can't fight the Yan clan in Jiyin County, once the battle situation on the front line is unfavorable, and the Yan clan's soldiers and horses drive into the Liang country, the soldiers of the Chen State will not be able to rush to the aid quickly." Cao Cao pointed to the mountain range on the border between Chen and Liang on the map: "Zhang Xiu and Jiang Jin have retreated from Chenliu and led the army into Jingzhou; On the left, the tiger and leopard cavalry led by the general Cao Chundu quickly entered Chenliu, and the flank of the Yan clan waited for the fighters; The army was scattered to the southeast to ambush the enemy, and then the army moved north from the east to attack the rear of Yan Zhongqing...... The rear of Cao can be in Liang State, or even in Chen State, but his Yan Zhongqing's rear army grain road can only be on the south bank of the Great River in Dongjun, and he can't run! ”

At this point, Cao Cao was extremely confident, this is the great river natural danger, the defending armies on both sides of the north and south have such a strong advantage, once the attack to the bank of the river, the grain route can not be guaranteed.

"Send a message to Cao Zixiao, before that, he must guard the main road, at least for three months, and not let the Yan army go along!"

Hearing this, all the generals widened their eyes, and Li Dian asked with some hesitation: "General, is it too long to hold on to March?" ”

Cao Ren's headquarters had 8,000 soldiers and horses, and he assumed the responsibility of breaking off the rear on the way to retreat south from Puyang, and suffered a lot of losses when he was pursued by the Yan army. Subsequently, Cao Cao successively sent 5,000 troops to Cao Ren, but even so, Cao Ren only had more than 10,000 soldiers, even if he added 3,000 troops from the forbidden department, it was still less than 15,000.

And the Yanbei he has to face, there are at least 70,000 troops under his command, even if it is delayed, Cao Ren can be dragged to death in three months!

"Tell Zixiao, just tell me what you need, but you must hold Jiyin March, otherwise you will lose everything!"

In the following war, Jiyin County, where Cao Ren was located, was crucial to Cao Cao. His strength is like a scorpion spreading its two large pincers, but in order to fight big with small ones, the center is not thick enough. The formation is like a pocket, Cao Ren's Jiyin County is the bottom of the pocket, once the pocket is closed, the Yan army in the middle will be controlled everywhere, but once Cao Ren is broken...... What else can a leaky pocket do?

What's more critical is that if Cao Ren is broken, the Liang State will not be protected, and the Chen State will not be able to rescue in time, and the baggage and grain routes of the two soldiers and horses will be cut off in an instant, and what awaits the Cao family is a catastrophe.

"What about Liu Bei in the south?"

"Liu Xuande is certainly heroic, but he is a few soldiers and generals, and he can't be compared with Yan Zhongqing, even if I don't send troops to drive him away, Jiangxia's Huang Zu will not let him go."

Cao Cao waved his hand and didn't pay much attention to Liu Bei. This is also what it should be, Liu Xuande, who has less than 10,000 soldiers and less than 10 generals, what qualifications can he compare with Yanbei? He, like Zhang Xiu, was sent by Liu Biao to attack Yan and Yu, but halfway through the road, he changed his order because Liu Biao changed his mind and wanted to attack Si Li, but obviously Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei would not obey Liu Biao's orders at the moment, but Zhang Xiu was more resolute, and directly led Jiang Jin and his troops to go southwest into Nanyang to declare war on Liu Biao.

However, Liu Bei did not obey Liu Biao's order to return to Jingzhou, and was unable to continue the northern attack, but repelled Chen Xiang Luo Jun, and occupied the land of Runan in vain, but it would take at least a few years to count on Cao Cao's attention!

The letter was carried by the fast horse rider and arrived in Jiyin within a few days and was delivered to Cao Ren, even Cao Ren, who was often broken by Cao Cao, couldn't help but gasp when he saw the order and Cao Cao's plan...... Unlike Li Dian's idea, it was not difficult for Cao Ren to guard Jiyin County for three months, but this was a dead end, as long as he received the order, eighty percent would not survive.

It is easy to defend the city, the big cities in the county are equipped with enough grain, grass and ordnance, and the people outside the city are moved into the city by the strong wall Qingye, and the people are mobilized to make ordnance and serve as preparations, and it is not difficult to defend for three months. What really worries him is what will happen after three months, it is easy to keep, what if he can't go? Three months becomes six months, and six months becomes a year...... In the end, just like Han Meng, who was reckless in Yuan Jun, he was blocked in the city for more than half a year and was killed.

Not being able to run is the biggest problem.

Cao Ren's reply was very resolute, he didn't want troops or grain and grass, he could get everything he should have in Jiyin County, and he had only one request, "Ren will defend the city to the death, and never let a single soldier of the Yan clan enter the Liang State." The soldiers and horses are sufficient, the food and grass are also prepared, please be sure to think about the strategy of breaking the enemy before June, when the benevolent defense is dead! ”

Cao Ren knew very well that the only chance he could survive was that the Cao army won in the process of holding on, and the Yan army withdrew from Jiyin, so that the siege would be solved.

"Where there is anything before June, I only have three months." Cao Cao smiled bitterly when he saw Cao Ren's reply, blinked his eyes and waved his hand: "Within three months, Yan Zhongqing will be broken in Henan!" ”

He only had three months to go, and the land of Yanyu had been fighting for half a year, and the soldiers and horses from all sides were vying for food, so that Yanzhou had no grain to collect, and his grain and grass were only enough for the long-distance march in April. If the battle is won after March, the crisis will be solved; If the war is not won after March, it is enough to spread the message that Yanbei is ready to surrender.