As early as after conquering Jianye, Cao Liang had already planned the next strategy. Yang Hu's Central Army was responsible for marching to the southeast to clean up the remaining forces of the Wu Kingdom in Yangzhou and Jiaozhou.

In fact, this task is relatively easy. Most of the troops of Wu were deployed along the Yangtze River. In fact, there was not much force in the southeastern region of Yangzhou and Jiaozhou that could compete with the Central Army. Yang Hu's conquest could be said to be like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, sweeping all the way.

The only difficulty is that the journey is long and the terrain is complex. The journey of thousands of miles is the most difficult task for logistics supply, so Cao Liang did not ask Yang Hu for speed, so he only needed half a year to pacify the southeastern counties.

This pacification is not a simple conquest. It is Yang Hu's responsibility to select officials, station troops, appoint virtuous people, and restore people's livelihood.

The Jingzhou Legion, which is located at the center of Wuchang, still maintains sufficient combat effectiveness. With famous generals like Lu Kang in charge, they are still an opponent that the Wei army cannot be despised. Therefore, Cao Liang will personally command the battle and mobilize the two major legions of the Right Legion and the Navy Army to prepare to launch an attack on Wuchang from the north and south lines.

Du Yu's three infantry battalions of the Right Legion had already moved south from Xiangyang and headed straight to Wuchang as early as last year when Cao Liang was preparing to cross the river.

However, Du Yu's troops were not the main attackers. The purpose of Cao Liang's request for them to send troops to Wuchang was also obvious, which was to restrain Wuchang's troops and prevent them from aiding Jianye in the east and provide strategic support for the Eastern Front operations.

Although the Wu people also understood that this was the Wei army's feint attack plan, they did not dare to easily mobilize the army in Jingzhou to assist Jianye. After all, Wuchang is an important city. Once the troops are empty, the Wei army's feint attack will not be a feint attack, but a real attack.

The strategy on the battlefield is originally virtual and real, and there is virtuality, and the virtuality is real, and it changes according to changes in the situation. If the Wu people think that the Wei army is just a feint attack and do not take precautions, then they will definitely suffer in the end.

Moreover, the Wu people have always been very confident in Jianye's defense, so when the Wei army did not show strong attack power, the Wu people did not even have the idea of ​​mobilizing troops to support the east. Does the impregnable Jianye defense line still need to add icing on the cake?

After the Wu people discovered the real method of crossing the river by the Wei army, Jianye's loss was only a matter of a moment. Wu army in Wuchang was out of reach and there was no time to make any moves. When the news of Jianye's loss reached Wuchang, even Lu Kang was completely confused. He seemed to be unable to believe that the Wei army had really crossed the Yangtze River and conquered Jianye City in such a quick time.

Jianye has been lost, so Lu Kang would certainly not be stupid enough to mobilize Wuchang's troops to Jianye. His current idea is how to defend Wuchang, which is the top priority in front of him.

Jianye's fall also brought a huge sense of crisis to Wuchang. Although the Wei army's crossing the river strategy is unreplicable, the Wei army crossing the Yangtze River is like a giant dragon coming out of the abyss, and the tiger going down the mountain has no power to stop them from advancing. Can Wuchang, which has lost the Yangtze River defense line, still be defended?

After Du Yu went south, although he did not launch an attack on the Wuchang Yangtze River defense line, he also swept through many strategic areas of the Wujiang North and conquered Bianxian County continuously, Yundu and Dangyang Zhucheng, the east road approached Wuchang, and the west road approached Jiangling, posing a major threat to the Wujing defense line.

Although Du Yu had only three infantry battalions and the army directly under the army, with a total strength of 50,000 troops, the Wei army's field infantry strength was extremely strong, which was simply unmatched by the Wu army. Therefore, even if the Wei army swept across Jiangbei, the right general Lu Kang who was stationed in Wuchang, Shi Ji, the Mu of Jingzhou who was stationed in Jiangling, and the Xiling governor of Xiling, the Infantry Association, did not dare to fight at all. They could only sit down and watch the Wei army advance to the front line of the Yangtze River, and dare not act rashly.

In fact, the situation in Jingzhou is also quite serious now. Even if it is located on the Yangtze River defense line, it is difficult to describe it as optimistic. This time, the Wu Kingdom lost 150,000 yuan in the Battle of Huainan, which was only 250,000 or 60,000 yuan, which was undoubtedly the heaviest blow to the Wu Kingdom, which had only 250,000 or 60,000 yuan in the standing army. Although the Wu Kingdom continued to recruit troops for more than a year after the war, it was difficult to restore to the level before the war.

And even if the number of people is reached, so many new recruits will inevitably lower the combat effectiveness of the Wu army. The war is not just the number of soldiers and horses, but there are many factors that determine the war. However, the quality of the army and combat effectiveness are definitely an indispensable factor. The Wei army's team is good at fighting for a long time, and their combat effectiveness is far above the Wu army. Apart from the competition on the water, the Wu army really has no advantage.

However, the advantages of the navy, with the loss of Jianye, became gone, and the entire Jingzhou was in panic.

Jianye owns more than half of the army of Wu and the Yangtze River defense line, but even so, the Yangtze River defense line could not resist the attacks of the Wei army. It took only two or three days from the Wei army that crossed the river until the fall of Jianye. When Lu Kang in Wuchang received the news of Jianye's loss, everything was over. Lord Wu Sun Xiulong was driving Bintian, the ministers of Wu State dispersed, and the Wu State was destroyed.

After hearing the news, Lu Kang cried bitterly in the direction of Jianye. The Lu family has been loyal and kind for generations. They worked hard for the Wu Kingdom and loyally guarded the foundation of the Sun family. However, they did not expect that the Wu Kingdom would die in the third lifetime, so how could Lu Kang not be heartbroken.

Although Jianye fell and Wu Lord collapsed, Jingzhou and Jiaozhou were not lost. Wu still had most of its territory. Lu Kang was not a person who could surrender easily. So after receiving the news of Sun Xiu's death, Lu Kang immediately decided to confront Wei State to the end. He immediately ordered people to inform the news to the governor of Jingzhou Shi Ji and the governor of Xiling, and invited them to Wuchang to discuss the plan together.

This is a top priority. Shi Ji and Bu Xie, who received the news, took a boat overnight and arrived directly to Wuchang. After the three of them met, they began to discuss the issue of where to go.

The three people reached a consensus at that time that although the Wu Kingdom had destroyed, as Wu ministers, they would never surrender to Wei Kingdom. Bu Xie proposed to appoint the sons of the Sun family as emperors, inherit the throne, and restore the Wu Kingdom. As long as the flag of Wu Kingdom did not fall, the people of Wu Kingdom would be disintegrated.

Lu Kang and Shi Ji immediately agreed, believing that Bu Xie had a good idea. In the face of national crisis, a new monarch must be established in order to lead everyone out of the predicament and repel the enemy.
Chapter completed!