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"Go quickly to summon Xu Shang and Lu Jian, and order them to quickly assemble the soldiers of their headquarters and march along Nanyang County to Yanglingpi to join Xu Huang and unify them under his control!"

After receiving the military intelligence report jointly signed by Xu Huang and Zhao Yan from Jingzhou, even Cao Cao, who was now sitting in Chang'an, had an extremely deep melancholy on his old face.

After thinking for a moment, he dispatched reinforcements again to reinforce the battle in Jingzhou.

This move was not only to allow Xu Huanghui and the Xiangfan garrison to defeat Guan Yu, but also to rescue Cao Ren and save his life.

But he also knew that the soldiers under Xu Huang's command suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Hanzhong. A lot of new troops had been recruited, and their combat strength had not yet been formed.

Without dispatching elite troops, it might be difficult to compete with the Jingzhou Army, which was in great momentum at this time.

After the king's order was passed down, Cao Cao seemed to have fallen into deep thought again.

After a while, he suddenly waved his hand and said: "By the way, you quickly take the order of the lonely king and rush to Xu Huang's army in Yanglingpi, ordering them to stay where they are and not to fight."

"Wait for all the reinforcements sent by Gu to arrive before we can march!"

"Here!"

When the order was passed down, the guards on one side naturally did not dare to show any slightness and quickly accepted the order.

But when the guards took the order and left, Cao Cao seemed to have a splitting headache again, and kept secretly exclaiming, "Reinforcements, reinforcements, where should I go to recruit reinforcements this time?"

The current situation is very unfavorable for the Cao family!

First, Cao Cao personally led the main force to conquer Hanzhong southward, which ended in failure.

On the Longyou side, since Zhang Fei and Ma Chao led their troops to assist Zhao Tong's troops stationed in Wudu, the battle situation has been unable to break through, resulting in a stalemate.

This is not the most critical thing. According to the battle report, Liu Bei may have his main force marching northward at any time.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao was forced to sit in Chang'an and dominate the overall situation.

He did not dare to abandon the war here and return to Luoyang in time to monitor the war situation in Jingzhou.

The western front is in trouble, the middle line is in danger, and Sun's Jiangdong Army is also cruising in the river outside the Hefei defense line, watching eagerly, and they are suspected of taking advantage of the situation at any time.

Facing the pressure from the third front, Cao Cao, who has always been optimistic and resourceful, felt a little out of his depth.

Since the beginning of the army, it has been on the battlefield for decades.

At this moment, Cao Cao was in trouble again.

He seemed to feel that there had never been a moment as difficult as it was now.

He guarded the huge territory in the north, but found that he had no troops to mobilize.

Guanlong and Hefei need to have sufficient troops to defend Liu Bei and Sun Quan's offensive.

Naturally, there were very few troops to support the battle in Jingzhou.

Deep in his heart, he suddenly felt a little hesitant.

Isn’t it that I’ve reached the end of my rope?

Thinking of this, Cao Cao, who had always been decisive, unconsciously felt a little fear.

He couldn't help but think wildly.

What should I do if I can't bear the pressure in this battle?

Will the northern territory that I spent decades of hard work conquering be divided between the Sun and Liu families?

…

However, heaven pays off in the end!

After previously listening to the suggestions of Liu Ye, Jia Xu and other advisers, Cao Cao followed the plan and secretly sent an envoy to Jiangdong.

The envoy returned and recounted everything he had seen and heard after secretly meeting Sun Quan at the Hefei front line.

In the temporary palace.

When Cao Cao heard that the envoy from Jiangdong had returned, he rushed out eagerly, regardless of his recent worries. He didn't even have time to wear the official royal robes embroidered with patterns.

Regardless of any manners, he summoned the messenger very casually.

"how?"

"What did Sun Quan say?"

After meeting each other, Cao Cao knew that this matter was urgent, so he did not mince words and quickly asked in a deep voice.

Seeing this, the envoy did not dare to show any slightness, and quickly raised his hands and replied, "Your Majesty, I was ordered to go to Jiangdong as an envoy and met Sun Quan in the Wu camp on the front line of Hefei."

"The minister secretly explained his purpose of coming to him, and invited him to take advantage of the situation when Guan Yu personally leads the main force to attack Xiangfan, and to use the opportunity to mobilize a large number of people to attack the counties in Jingzhou."

"As long as Guan Yu can be defeated, your Majesty will definitely cede the land south of the Yangtze River to him as promised."

After saying this, Cao Cao looked impatient and quickly asked, "How did Sun Quan react after hearing this?"

After the words fell, the envoy still looked serious, and responded truthfully with his hands raised, "Sun Quan did not show any emotion after hearing this, nor did he agree to this matter face to face."

"However, he suddenly became extremely polite to me in the next day or two."

"Oh? Really?"

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely true!"

"Okay, then please step back first, I understand."

"Here!"

When the envoy surrendered, Cao Cao, who originally had a hint of anxiety on his face, suddenly turned from worry to joy, and even secretly muttered:

"This boy Sun Quan is really rich!"

"Although he did not openly respond to his plan to secretly attack Jingzhou, judging from his courtesy to the envoy, I am afraid that he has already coveted Jingzhou deep in his heart."

"His courtesy to the envoy should also be a signal to Gu that he has plans to attack Jingzhou."

His mind immediately became active.

Sun Quan's actions reported by the envoy gave a little bit of insight into his motives.

"From this point of view, the crisis in Jingzhou is not unsolvable."

"As long as the Sun family leads a large-scale attack on the rear of Jingzhou, the defenders on the front line of Hefei and the Central Plains can be slowly transferred to Jingzhou to reinforce Zixiao."

"In this way, Xiangfan's safety will be resolved!"

He pondered secretly, and the joy on his face became more and more intense.

He was still worried about the situation of the war before, but he suddenly reached a point where he had no troops at his disposal.

But Sun Quan's attitude suddenly made him feel a lot more relieved in his heart.

Stress suddenly reduced!

It's like someone is ready to give you a pillow when you fall asleep.

As the war situation in Jingzhou needs to be resolved, uu Kanshu www. Cao Cao was so excited that his head wind seemed to have improved a lot.

He then began to focus on the war situation in Guanzhong.

Just when his mood recovered, something disturbing happened again.

After Zhang A led his troops to retreat to Xicheng after being defeated in Qishan, the defeat report he wrote on his own was also sent back by Kuaiqi at this moment.

When Cao Cao checked it out in person, his happy face seemed to have been hit by a bolt from the blue, and he even said, "Ah?"

Why did Zhang A lose?

He is the main general who he has arranged to guard in Guanzhong!

Now even Zhang Fei and Zhao Tong cannot compete.

When the main force of Liu Bei's army comes to attack, how can we resist it?

Originally, he thought that Zhang A's ability and the governorship of Longyou would be enough to prevent the Shu army's offensive.
Chapter completed!