The sight returned to Suiyang.

After Ai Lang arrived in Suiyang, he immediately asked about the situation of the Cao army. Zhuge Ruoxue reported: "According to the report sent back by the scout not long ago, Cao Pi recently dispatched troops from the north. It is expected that the total strength of the Cao army gathered in Chaoge will reach 300,000 soon. That should be the time for them to launch a counterattack!"

Ailang couldn't help but say a little depressedly: "I defeated the barbarians, so that Cao Pi can free his hands!" Zhuge Mengxue said: "My lord did not do anything wrong. Although the Cao army has recovered a lot of troops, it was defeated by our army not long ago. The morale is low. I believe it is not difficult to deal with!" Ailang nodded deeply and smiled: "Although it is not difficult to deal with, we cannot be careless!" After a pause, he thought: "Every army is almost in place, and now we are waiting for Cao's army to attack!" At present, twenty in Ailang's hands

The 50,000 army has been divided into three parts, one unit, sixty thousand troops, including ten thousand cavalry garrison Xuchang, and Chen Gong is fully responsible for the defense. One unit, twenty thousand infantry guards Fugu, and the leading general is Lu Meng, who has not shown any performance since he surrendered Ailang. The purpose of this army and horse is to ensure the connection between Xuchang and Suiyang. The last part, that is, the main force led by Ailang, gathered in Suiyang, and prepared to fight Cao Pi's 300,000 troops. Ailang has already set up a formation and is waiting for Cao Pi to launch a counterattack.

At the same time, Cao Pi was also actively mobilizing to retake Xuchang in one fell swoop. Cao Pi was preparing to gather 300,000 troops in Chaoge to launch a counterattack from the north, while Cao Ren would lead 160,000 troops north to attack Xuchang directly. After Cao Ren left, Li Dian was responsible for the defense of Wancheng, and he had 100,000 troops in his hands.

After Ailang and his sister Zhuge finished their discussions, the sister Zhuge went down. Ailang stood up, walked to the huge map, looked at the map and thought about it. He felt that although he had won several big victories, the current situation was not at all careless.

At this moment, footsteps came from the door. Ailang turned around and saw Concubine Dong's main maid coming in. He couldn't help but smile and said, "It's you?" Concubine Dong couldn't help but bow to Ailang Yingying. However, after the salute, a feeling of uneasiness arose in her heart. She felt that as the Concubine, she had always only the principle of worshiping the emperor. At this moment, Concubine Dong could not help but be beating the heart, and her beauty couldn't help but blush.

After calming down his chaotic thoughts, Concubine Dong calmed down and said to Ailang: "General, I, no, I am ready to set off. I will say goodbye to the General!"

Ailang nodded and said, "Okay. I have already sent an order to Xuzhou. After we arrive, they will place you well, so you don't have to worry about anything." Concubine Dong couldn't help but bow, "Thank you, General!" Ailang laughed and waved his hand and said, "No need to thank you, no need to thank you! Concubine Chen is the first and last patient of me, the first and last patient of Dr. Chen. Our relationship is extraordinary!" Concubine Dong nodded with a blushing face, and she was filled with bright colors in her beautiful eyes. I don't know what she was thinking. What else was going to say, but Zhuge Mengxue suddenly came in. Concubine Dong was shocked and quickly bowed to Ailang, "General, I have bid farewell to the palace!" Ailang nodded. Concubine Dong led the palace maid Yuanyang away.

Zhuge Mengxue looked back at the maid of Concubine Dong who had left in a hurry, came to Ai Lang, presented a bamboo slip and said, "Mr. Xu Shu sent an urgent report from Xiangyang. Cao Ren has led an army of 160,000 northwards! At this moment, he may have arrived in Xuchang City!" Ai Lang took the bamboo slip and looked at it, and smiled, "I didn't expect that there would be a start there first! OK! If they could open up the situation in one fell swoop, our problem would be solved! At that time, Cao's army would have to temporarily retreat north!"

Zhuge Mengxue said: "Cao army is taking a gamble. However, Li Dian is not an easy character to deal with. His wisdom and courage are all the talents of a general! Although Mr. Xu Shu and General Zhao Yun have nearly twice his troops, it is hard to say that they will win!"

Ailang laughed and said, "Do we have to have confidence? Didn't you say it too? The morale of Cao's army is low now, but our army is as strong as a rainbow. It's not difficult to defeat them!" Zhuge Mengxue said, "I'm afraid there is a chance! Many things on the battlefield are difficult to say very much! After all, people are not gods, so it's difficult to calculate everything!" Ailang smiled and waved his hand and said, "What do you think about so much? If there is really something wrong, it's God's will!" Zhuge Mengxue looked at Ailang and couldn't help but sigh, "The lord's mentality is really good!..." Ailang laughed and said without being modest: "Then you need to say it! Otherwise, how could I be this lord!" Zhuge Mengxue couldn't help but burst into laughter.

After a pause, he thought of something, so he said, "Lord, that Concubine Dong,..." "Huh? What's wrong?" Ailang said, walked to the desk, threw down the bamboo slips, picked up the water cup and started drinking.

Zhuge Mengxue stood behind Ailang and asked, "Master, don't you want to put her into the room?" Ailang was drinking water when he suddenly heard her words, and sprayed a sip of water out with a sip. Turning around, he rushed to Zhuge Mengxue, who seemed a little uneasy, said, "I said why did you ask this suddenly? How could this be possible? They have a husband. Although I am not a good person, I can't do anything to occupy someone's wife!"..."

Zhuge Mengxue hurriedly said, "I don't mean that! I just think that the lord seems to treat this imperial concubine very well!"

When Ai Lang heard this, he couldn't help but tease, "Mengxue, you're not jealous, right?" Zhuge Mengxue didn't expect that he would ask him back like this. He was shocked and then became panicked. He didn't know what to do. This was a psychological state that this female Zhuge had never encountered before. At this moment, her mind, which was full of wisdom and far-sighted in the past, seemed to have completely lost its function. Then the thing that was bathing in Xuchang that day couldn't help but burst into his heart, making him look so beautiful that he seemed to be burning.

However, because Zhuge Mengxue was wearing a thick gauze hat, Ai Lang did not see Zhuge Mengxue's unusual expression at this moment. After making such a silly joke, he explained: "It's not a special meaning. I just think that she is a woman, her husband is a waste, and her father is killed again. She is helpless and lonely, so I can't help but take care of her more! Haha, she is the Imperial Concubine. I think she will be put in the palace in Xuchang after the war is over!"

Zhuge Mengxue looked at Ailang without saying anything, but said in her heart: "You really don't understand women! Who can forget you when you treat a woman like this!"

At this time, Concubine Dong's carriage was escorted by a team of female soldiers and left Suiyang and headed towards Xuzhou. These female soldiers were originally dispatched by Huang Wudie to protect the two Zhuge sisters at Ailang's request. Ailang considered that it would be more convenient for female soldiers to escort Concubine Dong and the others, so he divided a small team from the female soldiers guarding the Zhuge sisters to escort Concubine Dong to the master maid.

The group walked along the official road for half a day and were a little tired. Then they stopped in a small wood next to the official road for a while to rest, and also had some food and water. Concubine Dong, supported by Yuanyang, walked under a tree. At this time, a female soldier brought an embroidery pier to the tree. Concubine Dong sat down on the embroidery pier. The female soldier team leader came to Concubine Dong with a big bag, opened it, put out a few wooden plates and wooden bowls, then opened the oil-paper bags, placed braised meat, fried meat, sauce meat and other delicacies. Then he took out a few white sesame cakes and put them in the wooden bowl in front of Concubine Dong, stood up and bowed, "My lady, please give me some instructions! What else is needed, please give me the order!"

Although Concubine Dong was a concubine, she was actually in a state of imprisonment and had never been served so carefully. She couldn't help but be moved and said, "Thank you! She was so thoughtful!"

The female soldier captain smiled and said, "We are all responsible for doing these things. How dare we be the word "Grandma"? Besides, these foods are prepared by the General for the Empress. If the Empress wants to thank you, we should thank the General!"

Concubine Dong was moved and asked quickly, "You said these are all the generals, he prepared for me?" The female captain nodded, "Yes." Then he pointed to the sauce and fried pork and said, "These two foods were cooked by the general himself! As far as the subordinates knew, only a few wives had enjoyed this kind of treatment! The general was so good to the emperor that he had nothing to say!"

Concubine Dong was in a state of turmoil, and a feeling that she had never felt before was lingering in her heart. Then she couldn't help but burst into tears in her eyes.

The female captain was startled when she saw Concubine Dong crying suddenly, and asked hurriedly: "Empress, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Dong realized that she had lost her composure, so she quickly lowered her head and shook her head, saying, "It's nothing..." Seeing that she said this, the female captain couldn't say anything else, but she was very surprised.

Ai Lang, who was looking at the map, suddenly sneezes, couldn't help but touch his nose, and muttered with a smile: "It must be my wives who are talking about me at home!" Then he calmed down and continued to look at the map. Soon after, the scouts came with an urgent report. The 300,000 army led by Cao Pi finally left Chaoge and went south to fight towards Suiyang. Ai Lang was very excited and ordered the troops to prepare for battle.

A few days later, in the evening, the scouts heard another news that the Cao army had arrived at the Gexiang Town on the south bank of the Bian Canal dozens of miles west of Suiyang and stopped and were building a solid camp on a large scale. The so-called Bian Canal, also known as the Bian River, was Chenliu County more than a hundred miles west of this Bian Canal. This Chenliu County was very famous in future history because it would become Kaifeng (Bianliang), the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

When Ailang received such a message, he felt very surprised and said to the Zhuge sisters in an inquiring tone: "What the hell is Cao Pi doing? Since he is going to counterattack, why are you building a camp in Ge Township?"

Zhuge Ruoxue thought, "This must be the preparation that Cao Pi made just in case. He probably wanted to use this as a support to attack Suiyang. In this way, even if the battle is not good, he can retreat to Gexiang to defend, so that he will not be unable to stop his position after defeat!"

Ai Lang felt that what Zhuge Ruoxue said made sense, so he nodded, and then laughed and scolded, "He won't come, I'll go and meet him for a while!" The two women were shocked, and Zhuge Mengxue said anxiously: "No, lord! The enemy has 300,000 troops and strong troops. Our army only has 170,000 troops. It's okay if there is a small attack and many, it's okay if you can't win. If there is a situation, the army will be defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Zhuge Ruoxue immediately said, "What sister said is extremely! You can't act irresistibly!"

Ailang laughed and said, "Look at what you two said! It seems that I will definitely lose! I am not going to lead the army to attack his strong barriers, but just leading thousands of cavalry to curse the formation and challenge the slightest slams his spirit!"
Chapter completed!