Sun Sheng was very annoyed by the Wu army's generals' mentality of being at ease with their wealth. He just took down a new city and was not enterprising. No wonder the Wu Kingdom has been trapped in Jiangdong for so many years and it is difficult to find development, because these people in Jiangdong have seriously dragged their backs!

Sun Feng looked unhappy. This time he was determined to seize Shouchun and even take down the entire Huainan. Therefore, he was very dissatisfied with the generals of the Wu army led by Ding Feng, and turned to Sima Yiqiang and said, "What do you think?"

Of course, Sima Yichang and the generals of the Wu army had different ideas. He defected to the Wu Kingdom, one for living and the other for revenge with the help of the Wu Kingdom. Therefore, when Sun Jing went to Huainan, Sima Yichang was the most active, even led by the leader, and took the initiative to take on the position of vanguard and took the new city. Sima Yichang was the first achievement.

If Sun Jing continued to use troops to Shouchun at this time, it would be exactly what Sima Yiqiang thought. Anyway, the bigger the battle, the more Sima Yiqiang's wish to revenge could be achieved. If the Wu army stopped there, then would it have to wait until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month to advance to the Central Plains?

At this moment, Sun Jing came to ask for his opinion specifically. Sima Yi immediately said: "What the Prime Minister planned is that Cao Liang's main force is now empty in the northwest and southeast areas. If he took this opportunity to advance to Shouchun, seven out of ten would be sure of success. If Cao Liang made a move and rushed to the south, not only would he have no hope of capturing Shouchun, but he would probably not be able to protect the new city he obtained this time. Therefore, Hu Zhi believes that since our army has taken down the new city, opened the gateway to Huainan, he should march quickly and take Shouchun straight, without giving the Wei army a chance to breathe."

Sun Feng was overjoyed, and smiled and said, "What I said is very consistent with my intentions. How can the sparrow know about the ambition of the swan and the sparrow?"

Immediately ordered Sima Yichang as the vanguard in the front, Zhu Xiong, the Hulin governor and Zhu San as the deputy vanguard, to march northward and take Shouchun directly. At the same time, he sent generals to attack Yiyang, Anfeng, Lujiang and other counties, trying to annex Huainan in one fell swoop.

Sun Feng had a very big appetite. Before capturing the new city, the Wu army's attack was still orderly and in accordance with the rules. However, after taking the new city, Sun Feng's ambition instantly expanded countless times. In his eyes, the Wei army was nothing more than an err. As long as the Wu army made full efforts, they could take Huainan in one go.

As long as the Wu army can take Huainan, even if Cao Liang's army is transferred from the northwest by then, the overall situation in Huainan has been decided, and the Wei army will probably not have much chance of winning if they want to counterattack.

Huainan is a springboard. As long as Huainan is taken down, the Wu army will have the possibility of advancing to the Central Plains in the next step. Sun Feng is looking forward to a bright future and becomes increasingly proud.

……………………………………………………………………

"Your Majesty, after Zhuge Liang evacuated the new city, he led his troops to Shouchun. As His Majesty expected, Sun Jing immediately divided his troops into four groups and launched a large-scale attack on Shouchun, Lujiang, Anfeng and Yiyang, which was very much like to swallow Huainan." After Yang Hu obtained the military information on the Huainan front, he immediately went to the palace to report to Cao Liang.

Cao Liang smiled slightly. Sun Feng came to power with his brother Sun Jun. He did not have any real talent, but his ambition was quite good. Judging from his deposed emperor, this person should have the intention of Wang Mang. Cao Liang gave him a little sweetness, and Sun Feng immediately forgot about it and launched a large number of troops to invade Huainan.

The Wu army went deep into Huainan, which was beneficial to Cao Liangyue. The new city was only more than thirty miles away from Chaohu Lake. If the Wu army stopped here, it would be very difficult for Cao Liang to fight an annihilation war. After all, once there was a retreat, the Wu army could retreat back to Chaohu Lake at any time. There was a navy there to respond. Once the Wu army boarded the ship, it would be like fish and shrimp entering the sea, and it was hard to find any trace.

The further they landed, the more beneficial the situation was to the Wei army. Once they arrived in Shouchun, more than 200 miles away from Chaohu, they wanted to evacuate quickly, which would be difficult. The Wei army could take away the Wu army in one roundabout way.

Cao Liang deliberately ordered the withdrawal of the new city, which was to introduce the Wu army into the encirclement of the Wei army and set a long line to catch big fish.

"Tell Wang Chang, let him fight slowly and give Sun Qian more sweetness. The gains and losses of several cities will not affect the overall situation. When the turtle is in the jar, we can get back the capital and profit."

Yang Hu bowed and took the order and said, "I obey the order, and I immediately drafted the order to Shouchun and let the troops in Huainan act according to Your Majesty's order."

Cao Liang said: "Uncle, your troops should have taken action. He ordered the Xiaoqi Camp and Guoqi Camp to go to Yiyang, the Tunqi Camp and Ruiqi Camp to go to Xuyi, and the Third Battalion of the Central Army to go to Runan. All the troops must be divided into divisions and silence the flags and drums, and the Wu army must not be noticed."

This was a plan of a major counterattack planned by Cao Liang. Before the situation in Huainan changed, the Central Army and the Second Cavalry Battalion of the Right Legion, which had returned from Yongliang to the Central Plains, had always remained unmoved. After all, if such a heavy army group was rushing south in large numbers, it would definitely scare the people of Wu. It is very likely that they would turn around and flee south and retreat unstoppably.

This is obviously something Cao Liang didn't want to see. It was simple to repel Wu's attack, but it would not be easy to wipe out the Wu army. After all, the Wu army has an absolute advantage in water power. If the Wei army is approaching, the Wu army will be afraid and retreat slightly, and then they will be able to get the support of the navy and escape.

Therefore, if you want to completely annihilate the Wu army, you must lure the enemy into the depths, so that the Wei army will have the opportunity to catch turtles in the jar. Giving up the new city is one of Cao Liang's biggest moves. Only in this way can the Wu army march northward and step into the Wei army's ambush circle step by step.

This time, Cao Liang adopted not a small siege and detour strategy, but only targeted the army attacking Shouchun, but a large-scale roundabout strategy. The Tunqi Camp and Ruiqi Camp were deployed in Xuyi in Xuzhou, while the Xiaoqi Camp and Guoqi Camp were deployed in Yiyang in Jingzhou. The two places were more than a thousand miles apart. Cao Liang's move was to launch a huge clamp-shaped offensive, and to encircle the Wu army invading Huainan from the left and right respectively, directly cut off all the retreat routes of the Wu army and capture them all in one place.

The three infantry battalions of the Central Army will be deployed in Runan. After completely encircling both sides, the Central Army's army and infantry cluster will also cross the Huaihe River south and enter the Huainan area. Together with the Huainan defenders, launching the most fierce counterattack against the Wu army.

In short, this time Cao Liang will adopt a different strategy in Huainan than in the past. In the past, the Wei army only needed to repel the Wu army's attack, but now he wants to completely wipe out the Wu army and make a pot of steamed-up.
Chapter completed!