Cao Liang has been playing a big game of chess.

A big game of chess requires careful planning during the layout stage. This is crucial. Only if the pattern is big will the final victory be big enough. If the pattern is small, it can be won.

In one battle, Xiling can be captured, but that is all, and it will not have any effect on the general trend of the world.

Therefore, every move in this chess game was the result of Cao Liang's careful consideration. Even the failure of Liu Jing's attack on Guiniupo was completely within Cao Liang's expectation.

The location of Xiaoting is very important. Jiang Wei sent Sima Lun to garrison the place with heavy troops. He also sent Sima Lun to the Shu army's few organic three thousand companies of crossbowmen. This shows how much Jiang Wei attaches great importance to the defense of Xiaoting.

Cao Liang took Liu Jing as the vanguard to attack Xiaoting. If Liu Jing could successfully capture Xiaoting, Cao Liang would naturally have nothing to say. If he was blocked like now, Cao Liang would have a plan to deal with it.

In this battle of Xiling itself, the Wei army invested more troops than Liu Jing. In addition to Liu Jing's 30,000 men as the vanguard to march directly to Xiaoting, Shi Bao led the right guard camp and the Tunqi camp in Xiaoting.

The northeastern flank can be thrown into the battlefield at any time, and Qianhong led the Zuowei Battalion and the trapped camp have already arrived at Suiyang and captured Xingshan in the Wu Kingdom, forming a siege to the Zigui enemies.

These three armies alone each had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the total strength reached 90,000. They formed an encirclement against the enemies of Xiling in three directions. Liu Jing's attack on Xiaoting was blocked, so Du Yu asked Cao Liang

It is proposed to send 30,000 people from Shi Bao to reinforce Liu Jing, capture Xiaoting as soon as possible, and open up a channel to attack Xiling.

As the commander-in-chief of the right army, Du Yu was also the commander-in-chief of the Wei army in the Battle of Xiling. He was responsible for coordinating and commanding all the troops. In Du Yu's plan, Xiaoting was naturally the first fortress that must be captured. Only by opening up the

Only the Xiaoting road has the qualifications to enter Xiling.

Therefore, Du Yu's entire tactical arrangement revolved around Xiaoting. Even after Liu Jing was frustrated in attacking Xiaoting, Du Yu had a complete set of contingency plans.

Shi Bao did not serve as the main vanguard this time and was still complaining. However, Cao Liang decided that Liu Jing would serve as the main attacker. Neither Du Yu nor Shi Bao had the right to change it. Shi Bao's grumbling was understandable, but he did not dare.

Any act of disobedience.

However, Liu Jing's attack on Xiaoting was blocked this time, which finally gave Shi Bao hope. He took the initiative to come to Du Yu, hoping to send troops as soon as possible.

In this battle of Jingzhou, Shi Bao also held his breath. At that time, he was ordered to lead the Tunqi Battalion and the Right Guard Battalion to pursue Lu Kang. Shi Bao led his army non-stop and chased Yanziji in one breath.

Lu Kang could be surrounded and annihilated, but unexpectedly, Luo Xian came out halfway, tore a hole in Shi Bao's encirclement, and helped Lu Kang's entire army escape.

At that time, when Shi Bao saw the cooked duck flying away, he couldn't help but became furious and immediately raised his troops to chase him. However, the Shu army threw countless horse nails on the way to escape, and the Wei cavalry was unable to advance. In the end, Shi Bao

Bao fell short of success.

This almost made Shi Bao's lungs explode. He chased him all the way from Wuchang to the west of Dongting, covering a distance of nearly a thousand miles. He was about to succeed, but Lu Kang escaped unscathed after all the hard work of chasing him.

It took a long time, but in exchange for such a result, Shi Bao was naturally very angry.

But something even more depressing for Shi Bao was yet to come. After chasing Lu Kang, Shi Bao had no choice but to fight against the Public Security Bureau and was ordered to cross the river from the Public Security Bureau and go straight to Jiangling.

This was originally an excellent job. According to the information obtained in advance, Zhu Qiao, the governor of Nanjun, neglected the defense of the river and only stationed his troops and horses in Jiangling City, preparing to defend Jiangling. In this way, Shi Bao would not be able to cross the river from Gong'an.

There will be no resistance.

Unexpectedly, Shi Bao's crossing of the river was blocked by the Wei army again. This time it was Jiang Wei of the Shu Kingdom who took action. Landing operations are often the most difficult of all battles, even though the Wei army has the dual advantage of land and water.

, but under the stubborn resistance of the Shu army, it took Shi Bao three or four days to complete the crossing.

At this time, enough of Jiangling's defenders had fled, and all Shi Bao could get was an empty city in Jiangling.

Jiangling is not only the seat of the state government of Jingzhou, it also stores a large amount of grain, grass and materials, and has an army of more than 20,000 people. This is also the place where Lu Kang wants to reach. After Lu Kang evacuated from Wuchang, he traveled lightly without any

There was no food and baggage, and the main purpose of his rush to Jiangling was to obtain supplies.

Obviously Jiangling City is not important. What is important is the materials and food in Jiangling. This is the only capital for the survival of the remaining Wu army.

Cao Liang asked Shi Bao to attack Jiangling, obviously to drain the firepower and completely put an end to the last thoughts of the Wu people.

Without this batch of supplies and food, even if Lu Kang escaped, he would not be able to stay in Jingzhou for long. Taking Jiangling would mean cutting off Lu Kang's retreat.

Originally this was an easy matter, but Jiang Wei's sudden arrival caused Shi Bao to mess up again. It is conceivable that Shi Bao, who was already impatient, was repeatedly blocked by the Shu army.

Then he flew away. How could this make Shi Bao not be upset?

Shi Bao met Cao Liang when he was at the lowest and bleakest time in his life. At that time, he had no relatives in Luoyang City and could only make a living by blacksmithing and selling swords. Fortunately, Cao Liang appreciated him and came to Luoyang.

He took up the official position of Sima of another department in the Xiaoqi camp, and from then on he began his life of cheating.

For so many years, he followed Cao Liang in the southern and northern wars, and made many meritorious deeds. From the captain of the Tun Cavalry to the deputy governor of the right army, the general of the Eastern Conquest, and the Duke of Yiyang, he had a high status.

Of course, all of this was achieved through Shi Bao's hard work, and Cao Liang was indeed a bole, but if Shi Bao didn't have the potential to be a thousand-mile horse, he wouldn't be able to achieve great success.

Although Shi Bao is now a prince and holds great power, he is not satisfied with this. Now Cao Liang's pace of pacifying the world is accelerating, the Sima family has been destroyed, and only sporadic people are left in the Wu Kingdom.

The only resistance force in the world that can compete with Cao Liang is the Kingdom of Shu. Can the weak Shu Kingdom really stop Cao Liang's steps to dominate the world?

Obviously Jiang Weilu's resistance to these people was just a mantis trying to block the car. Today's unification of the world is already unstoppable. For generals like Shi Bao, this is also their last chance to gain military exploits. Once they miss it, they will no longer be promoted.
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