On this day, Zhao Yanran stood on the top of the Jiangshui Temple and looked into the distance, revealing a look of thought on her face.

Xiahou Qingwu, dressed in military uniform, quickly walked to Zhao Yanran, presented a book of Fei Ge's letters and said, "Sister Yanran, husband Fei Ge's letters."

Zhao Yanran's heart moved, immediately took the letter, opened it and read it, frowned slightly, and murmured: "Lu Meng is really not simple! I didn't expect that he would dare to come out in full! This battle is really dangerous!"

Xiahou Qingwu nodded in agreement and said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, my husband finally turned the tide and defeated Lu Meng, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!"

Zhao Yanran showed a thoughtful look on her face.

At this time, a scout came quickly and reported: "You have reported to the Grand Governor that Cao Ren has retreated to Guangling, and the army led by Cao Cao has arrived in Guangling. At present, Cao's army has not taken any further action for the time being."

Zhao Yanran thought for a while and said to the scout: "Continue to monitor." The scout clasped his fists and agreed and walked quickly.

Zhao Yanran looked at Xiahou Qingwu, and saw Xiahou Qingwu frowning tightly, as if he was worried, so she asked with a smile: "Sister Qingwu seems to be worried about something?"

Xiahou Qingwu immediately clasped her fists at Zhao Yanran and said, "Sister Yanran, my little sister is a little worried..."

Zhao Yanran signaled her to continue talking.

Xiahou Qingwu frowned and said, "Although Cao Cao is not as good as his husband, he is definitely a hero! My younger sister thinks he is definitely not a person who waits for death! Although the overall situation is not good for him now, my younger sister thinks that Cao Cao will definitely make a desperate attempt!"

Zhao Yanran thought and nodded, saying, "You think the same as I think!" Then she smiled and said, "Cao Cao is the most respected person of his husband, so he will naturally not surrender!"

He paused and continued: "From the current situation, Cao Cao is likely to use Gaoyou to resist Sanshu's army and concentrate more than 300,000 troops to siege our army!

As long as we can eliminate us, we can not only overcome the difficulties, but we are afraid that the situation in the entire Huainan and the situation in the world will change drastically!”

Xiahou Qingwu nodded in agreement and frowned: "Although Cao Cao still does not move his troops at this moment, he is just ready to go. A big decisive battle may be not far away!"

Zhao Yanran looked into the distance and said proudly: "This is different from the past. Cao Cao is just surviving. I want to see if he can turn the tide!"

At the Lujiang Palace, Liu Xian looked at the information sent from all parties and was worried. He felt that Cao Cao was going to fight to the death. He couldn't help but worry that Zhao Yanran and Xiahou Qingwu would come, and they looked anxious.

"Damn it! If this damn Lu Meng was wiped out by me, I wouldn't be so embarrassed!" Liu Xian couldn't help but curse.

At this moment, Lu Meng had retreated to Jiangnan and still threatened Lujiang and other places. If Liu Xian led his army eastward to support Zhao Yanran under this situation, he would definitely open the Lujiang portal and cause Lu Meng to march straight in.

At that time, the entire flanks of Huainan collapsed, and Hefei and Shouchun would be in danger, and the entire battle situation would probably be reversed immediately.

Liu Xian stared at the sand table, and various thoughts quickly turned into his mind, murmured: "I didn't plan to increase troops in the first place, but now it seems that I can only send troops from Luoyang and other places to reinforce."

As soon as he thought of this, he immediately returned to the back of the desk, picked up his pen and wrote the order to mobilize troops, called Dian Wei, and ordered him to send a fast horse to Luoyang immediately.

After doing all this, Liu Xian came to the backyard to stroll, walking absent-mindedly, constantly demonstrating the various changes in the battle situation in Huainan.

Thinking of Cao Cao, Liu Xian suddenly felt uneasy, and always felt that this battle might have happened that he had unexpectedly expected.

Jiangdu, Jiangshui Temple Camp.

Accompanied by everyone, Zhao Yanran rode his horse to the high ground, and saw soldiers and horses coming from afar were coming here.

Zhao Yanran frowned and murmured, "Cao Cao is finally here!" Turning his head and asking the scout beside him: "How many enemy soldiers are there?"

The scout clasped his fists and said, "According to all aspects, there should be more than 300,000 people! Cao Cao personally led the army, and famous generals such as Xiahou Dun were there!"

Xiahou Qingwu frowned and said, "Cao Cao came in person, it seems that he has made up his mind!"

Zhao Yanran asked the scout again: "Can the enemy be found in other directions?"

The scout clasped his fists and said, "Report to the Grand Governor, he did not find any enemy troops in any other direction except the enemy troops in the north!"

Zhao Yanran frowned and murmured: "The enemy has not been found in other directions? Does Cao Cao want to have a head-on decisive battle with me?"

Thinking of this, I felt that this was definitely not Cao Cao's style. However, I couldn't think of any reason for Cao Cao's conspiracy for a while.

He raised his head and looked at Cao Jun who was approaching, shouted to the messenger around him: "The ministries are ready to go with great force. Without my orders, you must not attack without authorization!"

The messenger clasped his fists and agreed and went down in a hurry.

Cao Cao led an army of 320,000 to the northwest of Jiangshui Temple and the northeast of Jiangdu, a land close to the stream and backed the forest five or six miles away, and stopped moving forward and camped on the spot.

Then there was a busy scene in Cao's camp, and many Cao's officers and soldiers began to cut down trees and rush to make various siege equipment.

The Cao army obviously did not intend to launch an attack immediately and was preparing for the siege.

Zhao Yanran suspected that this was Cao Cao's suspicious plan, which made the army more vigilant. At the same time, he sent additional scouts to monitor and investigate around Cao's camp.

Before we knew it, night fell, and Zhao Yanran, who was standing on the top of the mountain, still saw the busy and noisy scene in Cao Jun’s camp.

At this moment, in Cao Cao's tent, Xun You reported to Cao Cao with excitement: "It's really God to protect the King of Wei! The scout who went to explore the way came back and found that the tunnel leading to Jiangdu City was still open."

It turns out that the clever plan Xun You mentioned was an authentic tunnel connecting the middle and outside the city of Jiangdu.

This tunnel was actually not dug by hand, but a naturally formed underground waterway. It has been controlled by a local tyrant named Jiangbang from the past to the present, and it uses its transportation to transport prohibited items such as salt and iron.

Jiangbang had a very good relationship with Xun You, and he was also a relative of his children. Therefore, after Jiangdu fell, Xun You wanted to use this underground channel to turn defeat into victory.

After hearing Xun You's words, Cao Cao couldn't help feeling that God was standing on his side this time, and then asked: "Did you contact Jiangbang?"

Xun You clasped his fists and said, "Jiangbang has arrived and is waiting for the news outside the tent."

Cao Cao showed joy on his face and hurriedly said, "Call him in!"

Xun You immediately called, and after a moment he led a tall and burly figure dressed in a cloth dress like a hero in a green forest.
Chapter completed!