Seeing that it was approaching noon, Cao Liang did not dare to delay, so he said goodbye to Deng Ai and returned to the central army.

By this time, all the soldiers of the Confederate Army had finished their rest, and were full of energy and high morale. The troops in each battalion and department had been assembled, and they were just waiting for Xia Houxuan's final order.

Cao Wei's central army was not a pampered aristocratic army, but the real elite of the empire. They had participated in many battles against Wu and Shu, and each time they entered the battlefield at the most urgent and critical time to turn the tide.

In the Battle of Jieting that year, it was under the leadership of Zhang that the Wei army marched long distances and killed the Shu army by surprise. Taking advantage of Shu general Ma Di's camping error, he conquered the Jieting fortress in one fell swoop, allowing the enemy to take advantage of the situation.

Zhuge Liang, who came after the revival, returned in despair, and the Northern Expedition that the Shu Kingdom had carefully prepared for several years came to nothing.

Cao Wei's Chinese Army is like the mainstay. Every time the battle situation is the most critical, the Chinese Army will always appear. They are like fire-fighting heroes. They save the Eastern Front when the Eastern Front is on fire, and the Western Front when the Western Front is on fire.

The Western Front is invincible.

At this time, the Central Army of Cao Wei arrived at the Huainan battlefield. Many of the soldiers had participated in the battles against Shu and Wu, and could be considered veterans. The war was imminent. Not only did these veterans who had experienced battles on the battlefield not feel any nervousness, but they became more nervous.

She was extremely excited, her blood was boiling, and her passion was overflowing.

Those recruits who have never been on the battlefield will inevitably be a little nervous, but under the arousal of this emotion, the fear is quickly lost, replaced by an inexplicable excitement and anticipation of what is about to happen.

The desire to fight.

On the way back, Cao Liang could feel this strong atmosphere. The closer to the war, the stronger the atmosphere became. The momentum of the entire army was in a high state. The ancients said that with one go, the Wei army

Even if there is no encouragement from the drums at this moment, the fighting spirit is still high and the morale is like a rainbow.

After returning to the Chinese Army, Cao Liang saw Xia Houxuan talking to Ren Lan. It was probably the final arrangements. In the charge battle later, people like the Chinese Army's Chang Shi and Jianjun would not be involved.

During the attack, many logistics matters still needed to be handled by them, and it was obvious that Xia Houxuan was responsible for the logistics matters.

Seeing Cao Liang coming back, Xia Houxuan smiled and greeted him. Everything was ready and he was just waiting for the signal from Sima Yi.

"Ziming, where have you been?"

Cao Liang replied: "I looked everywhere. There must be many troops stationed in the Wu army's camp for several miles. This battle must be a fierce battle."

Xia Houxuan laughed and said: "That's not necessarily the case. As long as our army cooperates with the outside to attack from the front and back, the Wu army's formation will definitely be in chaos. It will be difficult to organize effective resistance."

Xia Houxuan was determined to win this battle, and he was quite confident in his words and deeds.

Cao Liang didn't say anything else. Xia Houxuan was in high spirits at the moment, and Cao Liang didn't want to dampen his mood. What's more, Cao Liang couldn't determine the direction of the battle. It was too early to say anything now.

In fact, the key to this battle lies with Sima Yi. If Sima Yi can use his secret troops to cross the Huaihe River and hold back the main force of the Wu army, and Xia Houxuan stabs the Wu army from behind, this battle will probably end soon.

Ren Lan asked someone to take a wooden stick and put it on the ground to determine the time.

People in this era did not have an accurate concept of time. Most of the time was measured by looking at the sun, starting at sunrise and stopping at sunset. The auxiliary tools included the sun and the oval. It was impossible to be precise, but the time could be roughly calculated.

Fortunately, the sun is shining brightly today. By inserting a wooden stick, you can judge the time based on the length of the stick's shadow. When the shadow of the stick reaches the shortest, it is noon.

The sound of troops gathering could be faintly heard from the Wu Army's camp ahead, and dust could occasionally be seen flying. It was obvious that the Wu Army was also entering a state of war. However, no news came from the other side of the Huaihe River for a long time, which made Xiahou Xuan feel inexplicably irritable.

According to the prior agreement between him and Sima Yi, both sides raised the signal of wolf smoke. As long as Xiahou Xuan saw the wolf smoke rising in the direction of Anfengdu, the conquering army could launch an attack.

However, the shadow of the wooden stick became shorter and shorter, but there was still no movement on the other side of the Huai River. Xia Houxuan's expression began to become gloomy.

Without the support of the army led by Sima Yi, Xiahou Xuan's army would have gone deep alone. With 30,000 people facing Wu's army of more than 100,000, there was no chance of winning. If the entire army was not defeated, it would have been burnt.

Already.

In fact, all of Xiahou Xuan's battle plans were centered around the main force of the Wei army. Only when the main force of the Wei army crossing the river attracted the attention of most of the Wu army, could Xiahou Xuan succeed.

But now there is no news from Sima Yi. This undoubtedly puts Xiahou Xuan into a dilemma. He can neither advance nor retreat. He doesn't know what to do for a while.

The shadow of the stick has completely become the shortest. Noon has arrived, but there are still only blue sky and white clouds in the northeast sky, and there is no trace of wolf smoke at all.

Xia Houxuan's brows were knitted together, his hands clenched tightly into fists, and his face was extremely gloomy. He stared intently at the sky in the northeast, and even the muscles on his face were slightly distorted.

This is probably the scene Xia Houxuan least wants to see. The entire Southern Conquest Army is now waiting for his order, but he is unable to issue this order.

Ren Lan comforted Xiahou Xuandao: "General Xiahou, don't be impatient. Maybe something has delayed the Sima Governor. I believe there will be a result later."

Xia Houxuan shook his head gently. He was the only one who knew nothing about the situation of Sima Yi's army. The Wu army was setting up an ambush in Huainan at the moment, and the Wu army had never set foot on the north bank of the Huai River. Therefore, Sima Yi would not receive any threats before arriving at Anfengdu.

obstructive.

Could it be said that Sima Yi was really trying to avenge himself and put himself to death?

Xia Houxuan shuddered when he thought of this. It was reasonable for Sima Yi to deal with him, but was it too vicious to bring 30,000 Wei soldiers to be buried with him?

Xia Houxuan never believed that Sima Yi would do this before. Even if Cao Liang tried to persuade him at that time, he turned a deaf ear. He thought that Sima Yi was not the kind of person who pretended to be a public servant and abandoned the public service for personal gain. The hatred between them was a personal hatred. At this moment,

Everything he did was a national matter. Even if Sima Yi had other plans, he shouldn't waste the lives of 30,000 Wei troops, right?
Chapter completed!