Cao Pi insisted on attacking Jiangdong, but he had his own considerations.

Not long after Jinzong surrendered to the State of Wei, he was appointed as the prefect and Mu Shou at Sima Yi's suggestion.

Less than half a year later, He Qi was captured alive, and he was a little embarrassed.

Not to mention the reputation of Cao Pi and Sima Yi, the monarch and ministers who are not aware of people and are not properly employed, even if Sun Quan betrays himself and formed an alliance with Liu Bei, he forced him to send troops.

After the death of Jinzong, the rabbit died and the fox was sad. The influence was not on the surrender and rebellion against the Wu Kingdom. The infiltration and disintegration of Shu Han would also be greatly affected. Even another benchmark, Meng Da, would be disheartened and unstable in the morale of the army.

If Cao Pi wants to establish his orthodox status, he must show the momentum of the sect leader.

Although he insisted on sending troops to the south, he did not rush to send troops. He followed Sima Yi's advice and asked the Ministry of Works to recruit craftsmen to work day and night, build ten dragon boats, more than twenty feet long, and can accommodate more than two thousand people as a boat for him crossing the river.

In addition, more than 3,000 warships were collected and equipped with tens of thousands of elite navy troops were like attacking Jiangdong.

Two months later, Cao Pi's preparations were completed. He gathered more than 100,000 soldiers of all sizes and big, and ordered Cao Zhen to be the front, Zhang He, Wenpin, Xu Huang and other generals to go first, Xu Chu and Lu Qian as the guards of the central army, Cao Xiu as the queen, Liu Ye and Jiang Ji as the staff officers.

Cao Pi's camp was naturally not considered a luxurious lineup when Cao Cao fought.

No matter what, no one can match the top strategists such as Jia Xu, Xun You, Guo Jia, and top military generals such as Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and Zhang Liao.

These strategists and generals have been born one after another, and now Cao Pi's camp has almost all the elite.

Fortunately, Jiangdong has also experienced a decline in talents in recent years. Taishi Ci, Gan Ning and Jiang Qinzhang decided to kill military generals. There is no problem in Cao Pi's camp overwhelming Sun Quan.

Cao Pi claimed to have more than 30,000 troops, and he raised his troops to defeat Japan.

Only Cao Pi's confidant Sima Yi was named the Minister of Shangshu Pushe and stayed in Xuchang. He followed Yi's decision on all major national affairs to ensure the safety of the rear.

Cao Pi's dispatch of troops this time was exactly the opposite of the last time the three attacks on Wu. Before the army set off, it was already full of storms.

The detailed work sent by Sun Quan to Wei State to find out the matter and quickly reported it to Jiangdong.

After Sun Quan received the report, although he was as expected, he was still a little scared about Cao Pi's clamor. He immediately summoned a group of civil and military personnel to discuss. Sun Quan said:

"The spy came to report that Cao Pi, the King of Wei, personally took a dragon boat and carried more than 300,000 water and land troops. From Cai and Ying to Huai, he would take Guangling to cross the river and come to the south of the Yangtze River. This is a great advantage. Do you have any strategies to withdraw your troops?"

Due to Jiyan's personnel system reform, although the number of officials sent to the military by Huaisi Group was not large, the proportion was far greater than that of the Jiangdong family.

Because Ji Yan is not obviously targeted, they are not easy to have an attack.

This time, Ji Yan and Zhang Wen joined forces to impeach Sun Shao, Wang Jing and others, which aroused collective dissatisfaction among the Huaisi Group. First, Sun Shao wanted to resign and apologize, and then Zhang Zhao and others claimed that they were not sick. Although Sun Quan summoned all officials to discuss matters, Zhang Zhao, Sun Shao and others did not attend.

Because Sun Quan had not dealt with Ji Yan yet, although Huaisi Group did not threaten Sun Quan's courage by resigning collectively, it was still possible to say that he could not come out of illness. The civil servants present were led by Gu Yong. He stood up and said:

"Now that the Lord has been in harmony with Shu Han, he can immediately compile a book with Zhuge Kongming and order his troops to rise up and go out of Hanzhong to divide his power; on the one hand, he sent a general to station troops in Nanxu to resist him."

Sun Quan dared to challenge Cao Pi because he had Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, Zhu Ju, and He Qi a group of available generals.

But what he trusts most is undoubtedly his niece, Lu Xun, who led the army to turn the tide and defeated Liu Bei. He also recognized the strategy proposed by Gu Yong and said:

"What Yuan Tan said is extremely true. If you resist Cao Pi's army, you must not take this great task if you don't want to take it."

Gu Yong is a safe person, but he doesn't want to make a major mistake in his strategy. He can't get away from it at that time, so he dissuaded:

"Old King, although Lu Boyan is enough to resist Cao Pi's army, he is now guarding Jingzhou, which is also a key area for Wei's attack. Once Cao Pi bluffs his power and attacks the east and west, Jingzhou will be in danger. I foolishly think that Lu Boyan should not move lightly."

Sun Quan suddenly realized that he paid a lot of money to get Jingzhou. He didn't want Cao Pi to get a bargain. At the same time, he also needed to cover up his Meng Lang, so he nodded to agree with Gu Yong's opinion and sighed:

"What Yuan Tan said is that I am not aware of it, but there is no substitute in front of me."

Sun Quan's words not only covered up his mistakes without any trace, but also played an aggressive role.

His words worked very well. As soon as he finished speaking, a man came out from the team:

"King, although I am not talented, I am willing to unify the army to be the Wei soldiers. If Cao Pi dares to lead the army to cross the river, I will definitely capture him and offer him to His Highness; if I do not cross the river, I will kill most of the Wei soldiers, so that the Wei soldiers will not dare to face my Jiangdong."

When Sun Quan saw that it was Xu Sheng, the general under him, Sun Quan said happily:

"If you have the literary spirit to guard the Jiangnan area, how can you worry about being alone!"

Xu Sheng was also Sun Quan's confidant. During the period when Sun Quan advocated the generals to study in the army, Xu Sheng was also one of them. He can be said to be Sun Quan's disciples. Among them, the most outstanding ones were Lu Meng and Jiang Qin, followed by Xu Sheng and Ding Feng.

Xu Sheng has been fighting in the army for many years and has made his mark.

His battle to become famous was that the Wei general Cao Xiu sent troops to the cave entrance. Xu Sheng, Lu Fan and Quan Cong crossed the river to resist the enemy. He encountered a strong wind. The Wu army suffered heavy casualties. In a critical moment, Xu Sheng gathered the remaining troops and confronted Cao Xiu across the river.

Cao Xiu ordered his soldiers to attack Xu Sheng on a boat. Xu Sheng took advantage of the navy and used the advantages of the navy to control more in the river. The Wei army could not win. Both sides had to retreat their troops and won the final victory. Xu Sheng was appointed General Andong for his merits and was named Marquis of Wuhu.

Although Sun Quan appointed a general to command troops, he still had to let his clan generals follow the battle every time he sent troops to fight, not to check and balance the commander. He just wanted to get the actual news on the battlefield in time and felt at ease.

When Lu Meng attacked Jingzhou, Sun Quan used Sun Jiao to lead the troops to support him; Lu Xun resisted Liu Bei, and Sun Quan used Sun Heng to lead the army to defend Yiling City.

This time, Xu Sheng was used to resist Cao Pi was no exception. Sun Quan appointed Xu Sheng as General Andong, general governor Jianye, and Nanxu Army horses.

He also asked General Yangwei and Jiande Marquis Sun Shao to lead his troops to follow the battle.

Xu Sheng thanked him and took the order and retreated.

Then he ordered the officials and troops to set up more equipment and flags to protect the river bank.

Although Sun Shao's position was not under Xu Sheng, he followed Xu Sheng to fight this time and was only responsible for the defense of one of the river banks and could not interfere with Xu Sheng's decisions.

He was very familiar with the terrain of Guangling and felt that the chance of winning the battle across the river was very high.
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