The current situation was much faster than Ailang had expected. He originally thought he could stay in Lujiang for another ten days, but now there was no time left, and he had to rush to Xiling immediately to prepare for the war.

Back in the backyard, he was about to explain this to his wives. Suddenly, he saw Yan standing alone in front of the corridor and looking at him with a smile. Ailang was very happy and hurriedly walked forward, reached out and grabbed Yan's slender hand, and smiled, "It's so good! Are you waiting for me here?" Yan smiled sweetly, "I'm here to pick up my husband. At this moment, my sisters are waiting for my husband in my husband's bedroom!" Ailang was stunned, then his eyes shone brightly, and he said excitedly: "You, you..." Yan's beautiful face turned red, and said, "Sisters all know that my husband is going to Xiling, so he plans to serve his husband well today!" Ailang couldn't help but be moved. Yan took Ailang's palm and walked towards the bedroom far away, saying, "Don't let my sisters wait for a long time!"

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It was almost noon the next day, Ailang led his personal guards away from Lujiang and headed towards Xiling to the west. Walking on the road, Ailang seemed to be absent-minded and unconscious. His mind was still full of the tempting styles of his wives last night.

A few days later, Ailang and his group arrived at Xiling. Jia Xu and others went out to welcome Ailang. Ailang entered the tent surrounded by everyone. He sat down at the top, and his subordinates were separated from each other. Ailang looked at everyone and saw that all the generals had arrived, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I thought it would take you several days to get all of them, but I didn't expect your actions to be much faster than I expected!" The generals couldn't help but smile.

Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Report to lord, our army's 120,000 troops arrived the day before yesterday, but only half of the food and supplies were in progress, and the rest should be in place within about ten days." Ailang nodded, "Okay." Thinking of the situation on Liu Bei, he asked, "How is Liu Bei?" Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Report to lord, Liu Bei has already prepared, and all 90,000 troops and a large number of food and supplies have been transferred to the Lulin Mountain Camp. However, Liu Bei himself has not yet set off and is waiting for his lord's arrival in Xiling."

Ailang said: "Then let's not stay here either. Lao Jia immediately ordered the three armies to rest today and set out westward early tomorrow morning." Jia Xu bowed and agreed.

At this moment, a personal soldier officer rushed in and reported: "Report to the General, Liu Bei asked for a meeting!"

Ailang smiled and said, "I was just about to see him." As he said that, he stood up and walked straight outside the tent. Jia Xu and the generals immediately followed him out.

Liu Bei led Zhuge Liang to wait outside the camp. Suddenly, he saw that the camp gate was wide open. Lu Bu personally led everyone out of the camp. He was so flattered that he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "How dare I work here to welcome my brother Xian!" Ailang smiled and said, "Brother Xuande is my good friend! How can I not greet him personally! Come on, let's go in and talk!" As he said that, he grabbed Liu Bei's arm and walked into the camp gate and walked straight towards the tent.

Everyone walked into the tent, Ailang ordered someone to bring a slap to ask Liu Bei to sit down, and he himself returned to the top and sat down. The civil and military members of Ailang were separated from the tent, while Zhuge Liang stood beside Liu Bei. Liu Bei asked, "When will Fengxian start?" Ailang said, "I have ordered the departure tomorrow to go west." Liu Bei said, "In this way, I will go together with Fengxian. There is still one night today, so why not Fengxian come to the humble house. Let's drink and drink!" Ailang felt that it was boring to stay alone and there was nothing to do. It would be good to go to Liu Bei to drink, so he smiled and said, "Since Xuande invited me, I will be disrespectful!" Liu Bei smiled and said, "It is an honor for Fengxian to be a guest in the humble house!" Ailang laughed.

Liu Bei curled his smile and said, "According to the latest information, Cao Cao's 850,000 infantry and cavalry have all gathered in Jingxiang. This battle will surely be unprecedented in scale!" Ailang couldn't help but nod.

Liu Bei glanced at Ailang and worriedly said, "The scale of Cao's army is larger than we had imagined before. Under the current circumstances, it is quite difficult for our coalition forces to win! I have an idea, but I don't know whether to say it or not?" Ailang said generously: "If Xuande has anything to say, just say it!"

Liu Bei said: "I think if Fengxian can gather an elite force to advance westward from Xuzhou and directly attack Yanzhou, it may be able to greatly alleviate our current pressure. I wonder what Fengxian wants to do?"

Ailang said: "I have thought about this method, but although Cao Cao went south in large numbers, he still arranged 400,000 troops around our Xuzhou. The troops left in Xuzhou are only enough to defend, so there is no need to think about attacks or something!"

Liu Bei frowned and said, "Although Cao Cao is strong, it is really unbelievable to have an army of hundreds of thousands! I was wondering whether Cao Cao was bluffing around Xuzhou?"

When Ai Lang heard his words, he felt something reasonable and couldn't help looking at Jia Xu. Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Maybe it's unbelievable, but according to our various information, Cao Cao does have so many troops. Mainly after destroying Yuan Shao, he took over the more than 700,000 troops of Yuan Shao and his sons, and then subdued various units of the Western Liang army in Guanzhong. Therefore, the current total strength of Cao Cao's army is definitely more than 1.4 million. The reason why Cao Cao was able to raise so many troops was mainly because of the military farming policy implemented by Cao Cao. His army was farming in peacetime and gathered to fight in the east and west during wartime. It can be said that he hid soldiers from the people. Although the scale is huge, it does not consume much in daily life."

Liu Bei asked, "In other words, there are indeed 400,000 Cao troops around Xuzhou?" Jia Xu nodded, "That's right! Therefore, although the envoy's idea is good, it is not possible to implement it at all! All we can do now is to find a way to defeat Cao Cao in Jingxiang!" Liu Bei frowned and nodded.

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The next morning, Ailang led a 120,000 army back to advance westward, preparing to join Liu Bei's army at Lulin Mountain. Ailang and his friends planned to launch a river crossing war to directly drive Nanjun to assist in the battle, so as to attract all the main forces of Cao's infantry and cavalry to the city of Nanjun, so that they could create opportunities for the Jiangdong navy to go upstream to attack Xiangyang.

A few days later, the army led by Ailang rushed to Lulin Mountain to join Liu Bei's army who arrived in advance. At this time, news came from Nanjun that more than 200,000 Jiangdong troops led by Sun Jian were ready, just waiting for Cao's army to arrive. The coalition can be said to have been ready for a big battle. Although the coalition's strength is very different from that of Cao's army, everyone is ready to give it a try.

However, something beyond Ailang and his friends expected happened. They originally estimated that since Cao Cao had transferred his army to Jingxiang, he would definitely launch an attack on Nanjun soon. However, ten days passed, twenty days passed, and a month passed, but Cao's army had been stationed on both sides of Xiangyang and showed no sign of attack. Ailang was very confused and did not understand what the Cao army was doing.

Liu Bei paced back and forth in the tent, looking very anxious, and said, "What is Cao Cao's conspiracy? Since the 850,000 army has gathered in Jingxiang, why hasn't it been slow to launch an attack?"

Zhuge Liang thought, "The scout did not find any intention of Cao's army. The biggest possibility of this situation is that Cao's army's food and grass have not been fully prepared, or..." Jia Xu continued, "or maybe Cao Cao does not intend to attack immediately." Zhuge Liang couldn't help but frown and murmured, "If this is the case, it will be difficult to deal with!"

Ailang suddenly remembered what Jia Xu had said before, and couldn't help but say, "Old Jia, I remember you said before, the most feared thing is that the Cao army would not launch an attack immediately, but instead train troops to train troops and waste with us. Cao Cao wouldn't really do this, right?" Jia Xu said, "It's too early to draw this conclusion at this moment!" Paused, clasped his fists and said, "It's better to send an elite cavalry across the Han River to fight Cao's army and see the situation." Ailang felt ok and nodded. Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "In this case, this is a feasible solution."

Zhang Fei immediately shouted, "I will lead 500 cavalry across the river to knock on his Cao army!" Zhuge Liang said, "Yi De is invincible, and is the best candidate for this job! But Yi De must not fight in love!" Zhang Fei said, "I know, you don't have to worry about military advisor!" Then he clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, "Brother, I'm going!" Liu Bei nodded and reminded, "Yi De must not be reckless, remember what the military advisor said!" Zhang Fei said angrily: "Why do everyone think I am a fool? I know what to do, please don't worry, brother!" He bowed to Liu Bei and turned around.

Ailang felt that it was not safe to let Zhang Fei go alone to alert the snake, so he said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, you can also lead 500 cavalry crossing the river to support Zhang Fei!" Zhao Yun held his fists and immediately ran out of the tent.

Speaking of which, Zhang Fei left the tent and immediately lit up five hundred elite cavalry and rushed out of the camp. Soon after, Zhao Yun also led five hundred cavalry out of the camp.

Zhang Fei led his army to the riverside, set up bamboo rafts and crossed the river. Then, the five hundred cavalry rushed straight to Xiangyang in the north.

One day later, the five hundred war cavalry led by Zhang Fei arrived outside Xiangyang City. Huge military camps were scattered outside Xiangyang City, wrapping Xiangyang City in the middle. There were flags and figures in the military camp. Zhang Fei was fearless and immediately led 500 cavalry to rush towards the nearest military camp. However, at this moment, more than a hundred whistle cavalry rushed towards Zhang Fei and the others. The leading Cao army general shouted loudly: "Which part of you are from? Do you know why the command?" Zhang Fei had no intention of stopping, and led the five hundred war cavalry to rush forward.

In front, Zhang Fei raised the Snake Spear and shouted loudly: "The command is 'Your Grandpa Zhang is here'!" Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed to the front of the general. The general was surprised. Without saying a word, Zhang Fei suddenly thrust the Snake Spear forward with his arm, and pierced the general's chest with a sniff. Then he raised his arm and threw the corpse of the general. Almost at the same time, five hundred war cavalry rushed into the middle of the Cao army's whistle and fiercely killed the flesh and blood, and in an instant, the unprepared Cao army's whistle and stormed in a flash!
Chapter completed!