A few days after the letter was sent to Jiangdong, Cao Cao received no response from the Eastern Wu direction.

During the waiting period, Cao Cao was not wrong. He ordered Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to personally drive the elite Jingzhou Navy along the river to Jiangling, and then assist Cao Cao's 50,000 Qingzhou soldiers in water battle training.

Cao Cao was very interested on this day. He took Sima Yi to the water village in person to watch the training of the navy.

After boarding the huge main ship transformed into Cao Cao, Sima Yi looked at the spectacular scene he had seen for the first time in his life:

Warships of all sizes almost covered the vast river surface, and rarely saw them. It was like islands floating on the water surface. Although Sima Yi, who was also a northerner, had never seen what a water battle was like, when he saw this scene today, he knew that Cao Cao's ambition to conquer Jiangdong and then unify the world was fully revealed.

"Zhongda, before we started fighting, wasn't it too early for you to show such a surprised expression? After I waited for the Jiangdong Navy who wiped out Sun Quan's Jiangdong on the Yangtze River, you would see a more spectacular scene than this."

Cao Cao, who was stepping on the deck, put his right hand on his hips, pointed at his Jingzhou navy with a heroic attitude and said to Sima Yi:

"Looking at such a scene, there are only a handful of people in the world who can be brave enough, it depends on Sun Quan's attitude."

At this time, late autumn is coming to an end, and the wind on the river is no longer so gentle and gentle. Sima Yi’s hair on his temples dances with the west wind. He bows to Cao Cao and says, “Prime Minister Hu Wei has been invincible since he left the army. Liu Cong is resigned and Liu Bei is defeated. These news may have already reached Jiangdong. I believe that Sun Quan’s ministers must be divided into two factions and argue endlessly.”

"Yes." Cao Cao raised his left index finger and nodded:

"You are saying this to the point. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that I intend to conquer Jiangdong, but how could Sun Quan and others not? What I want is the chaos and contradictions within them."

Sima Yi took over and said, "The Prime Minister is wise. No matter how you say a disintegrating Dongwu is much easier to deal with than the Dongwu, which is united in the king and ministers and is united in the enemy."

Cao Cao suddenly laughed to the sky, then reached out and patted Sima Yi on the back:

"Luckily you are on my side, otherwise if someone like you stands opposite me, it will be difficult for me to deal with it."

From Cao Cao's tone, Sima Yi heard that he seemed to have doubts about him. Just when he didn't know how to respond to Cao Cao's words, Cao Cao changed his mind and said to Sima Yi:

"I heard that your wife is about to give birth?"

Sima Yi did not expect that Cao Cao would suddenly care about his family, so he replied:

"I have to worry about it. Zhu Jing was pregnant for several months when I left Tangyang, so the time is almost done."

Cao Cao smiled and walked to the mast behind his hands:

"You should have been with your wife at this time, but people like you are indispensable to me. You will be wronged for a while. After the battle is over, I will ask the emperor to give you a generous reward and let you go home and accompany your wife and children more."

At this time, Zhang Chunhua was nearly eight months pregnant. During this period, Sima Lang specially hired a Wenpo to live at home, ready to deal with emergencies at any time. After all, there are a group of big men at home, and no one understands this.

Zhang Chunhua, who missed Sima Yi day and night, was waiting for the last moment with the care of everyone, along with the fetus in his womb.

One day, Zhang Chunhua, who was sitting in the courtyard, stroking his bulging belly while basking in the sun, saw the maid running over from the door in panic: "Madam, there is a luxurious lady outside the door who claims to be Cao Hong's wife, who comes here to visit you."

Zhang Chunhua knew that Sima Yi was now by Cao Cao's side, and his words and deeds were likely to affect his husband, so he did not dare to neglect. He quickly stood up with the help of a maid and came to the hall.

Since Cao Hong is Cao Cao's brother, he is relatively considered Sima Yi's elder and superior in status. After Zhang Chunhua arrived at the lobby, he found that the wife was facing her back. Although she was inconvenient, she still saluted her respectfully:

"I don't know that my wife has come from afar and I have missed her to welcome you. Please forgive me."

At this time, Cao Hong's wife turned around, looked at Zhang Chunhua in front of her for a long time, and smiled and went up to help him up: "Madam Sima, don't need to be polite. Sima Yi is now offering advice around the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister learned that you are pregnant with Liujia, so he specially asked my husband to send me some herbs and supplements to maintain the body."

Zhang Chunhua lowered his head and expressed his gratitude to him: "Thank you, General Cao Hong and his wife for their worries."

When Zhang Chunhua saw Mrs. Cao Hong's face, she felt very familiar. She seemed to have seen her somewhere, but she couldn't remember her for a while. Just when she was surprised by this, Cao Hong's wife said to the servants around her:

"You all go down. Mrs. Zhang and I hit it off at first sight and wanted to talk more."

After receiving Zhang Chunhua's instructions, the maid from Sima's mansion also retreated.

The two sat opposite each other and collapsed. Zhang Chunhua reached out and picked up the tea pot and poured tea for Cao Hong's wife. Mrs. Cao smiled sinisterly:

"Did you not recognize who I am yet?"

Before Zhang Chunhua could respond, she nodded again:

"Yes, you were only five years old at that time, and I'm afraid you can't remember me."

As Mrs. Cao's words became more and more strange, the figure in Zhang Chunhua's memory became more and more obvious, until her mind once again showed the face of Zhao Rui's holding her hand on the hill and then letting go again... Zhao Rui's face.

"It seems that you have already remembered your expression."

Zhao Rui picked up the teacup on the table and placed it gently under her nose and sniffed it:

"We haven't met for nearly fifteen years. I thought you had died when you fell off the cliff. I didn't expect that God would favor you. I heard that you were adopted by Zhang He and his sister and became Yuan Shao's adopted daughter..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Rui put the teacup back on the table again, and her tone changed subtly:

"After that, Sima Yi was ordered to travel thousands of miles to Youzhou to find you. I thought he would marry Cai Jue, but I didn't expect that it was still you..."

"Cai Jue?" For a moment, Zhao Rui revealed that the amount of information to Zhang Chunhua was too great. She had never heard of this name in Sima Yi's mouth, and she didn't know what kind of relationship he had with Cai Jue.

"I thought I lost to that bitch Cai Jue, but I never thought I would lose to you in the end."

Looking at Zhang Chunhua's expression, she didn't seem to know everything about Cai Jue, so she raised her lips and smiled:

"It seems that your husband has not told you about his previous love affairs. You have to be more careful in the future..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly changed her words and said:

"No, I should congratulate you, because he will never have the chance to see Cai Jue again."

After hearing this, Zhang Chunhua already knew that the visitor was not good. She stood up and retorted at Zhao Rui in a vigilant tone:

"I can't understand what the lady said since she was just now, and I have never heard your name in my husband's mouth. What exactly did you mean by what you just now?"

Zhao Rui was not angry at all after hearing this. She smiled coldly, full of contempt and disdain:

"I heard that Sima Yi had named the child in your womb in advance before traveling. You should be planning to wait for Sima Yi to come back to reunite. Now I can tell you solemnly that Sima Yi can't come back..."

Now Zhang Chunhua completely lost her calmness, and she stepped forward to force Zhao Rui to ask:

"What the hell is going on?"

But Zhao Rui had no intention of explanation. She pointed at Zhang Chunhua's abdomen and suddenly showed fierce light in her eyes:

"I originally wanted to kill you and this evil seed, but now I have changed my mind. Why do I feel lonely when I was hurt by Sima Yi and forced to marry someone like Cao Hong, but you are here to enjoy each other's love? During this period, I always think about revenge on Sima Yi. I want you to taste the bitterness of being an orphan and widowed mother. I want you to understand what I can't get from Zhao Rui! Not only that, I want Sima Yi to die and not be able to live forever!"

As her emotions continued to change, Zhang Chunhua felt her abdomen began to hurt slightly, but she still insisted on standing:

"How did Brother Zhongda offend you? Why did you do this?"

"Why?" Zhao Rui turned around and looked at Zhang Chunhua with hatred:

"If you really want to know, when he dies, go down and ask your brother Zhongda in person..."

After saying that, Zhao Rui turned her sleeves away. At this time, Zhang Chunhua could no longer hold on because of the pain in her abdomen. She collapsed on the ground and covered her abdomen. Beads of sweat the size of beans oozed out from her forehead. She still kept calling Sima Yi:

"Brother Zhongda..."

At this time, Sima Kui passed by the door of the lobby and found Zhang Chunhua dying. He quickly stepped forward to check the situation and asked someone to find Wenpo. Zhang Chunhua grabbed Sima Kui's arm tightly before he was about to lose consciousness:

"Hurry...go and notify your second brother...he..."

However, in the end, Zhang Chunhua's physical strength reached its limit, and she fainted without finishing her next words.

Although Sun Quan had almost given up on the years of wanting to give up the battle and surrender under Zhuge Liang's persuasion, Sun Quan would face practical problems such as how to deal with the attack of Cao Cao's army and how to retreat to the enemy.

In response to this, Zhuge Liang also spoke clearly to Lu Su who came to visit him in the inn. Lu Su asked Zhuge Liang:

"Since the gentleman has a good idea, why don't he tell my lord during the day to dispel his fundamental concerns?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Zijing, don't you understand Wu Hou's temperament? Even if I, an outsider, can't play any role in saying this. Only the general who Wu Hou trusts and relies on the most will be convincing."

Speaking of this, Lu Su suddenly realized: "By the way, why did I forget it? Zhou Yu must do this."

Zhuge Liang, who picked up the wine cup, sat in place, looking at the bright moon hanging in the night sky through the window:

"Everything is ready, let's see him next..."

As expected, Sun Quan quickly summoned Zhou Yu from Chaisang to Poyang to deploy defense the next day, but what Sun Quan asked Zhou Yu to discuss was not the issue of war and surrender, but how to fight.

Zhou Yu made incisive analysis on this issue, such as the Northwest Horse, the hidden dangers of South Korea, the Cao army came from afar and was not adapted to the local conditions, and the food and grass for war horses were scarce at the moment. After getting Zhou Yu's determination to pat his chest to ensure that he would win, Sun Quan put down all his concerns. He pulled out the sharp blade on his waist and cut off the table together with the letters sent by Cao Cao:

"Now all the heroes in Hebei have been destroyed, and only I am left. I swear to fight to the death with Cao Cao. It is my great blessing that God gives me Gongjin. If those who advocate surrender dare to say more, it will be like this memorial!"

Then Sun Quan formally promulgated his final attitude of joining Liu Bei to fight Cao Cao together, and reused Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu, the main war faction, as the governors of the left and right, and Lu Su as the captain of the Zan Army. After joining forces with Liu Bei, he coordinated the strategic plan to fight Cao.
Chapter completed!